Thursday, May 30, 2013

Independence Day Contest

Have you started your Independence Day set for our contest yet?

I'm starting to see photos of dress sets for this contest and am so excited!  Very cute and creative options.  I cant wait to start posting photos.

This is another example of what I'm looking for.  This is my Diamond baby dress that I made with a pair of sandals. The sandal pattern was in a book that my grandma gave me but I didn't completely like it, so I made some adjustments. 


To enter, all you have to do is make one of my dresses and an accessory to make a baby set. Email a photo to craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com by June 25th.  Entries will be judged by an independent group and the winner announced on July 1st.  Winner will receive their choice of $25 Etsy gift card to be used in any shop which accepts them, or $25 to spend in any shop on Ravelry, or a $25 Michaels gift card.

The more participation I see, the more prizes I will add :)  Please help spread the word so we can make this a huge success.

Thanks
Kate


Thursday, May 23, 2013

Independence Day Contest 2013

Since I have had the opportunity to work with some other designers and come up with some cute baby sets, I thought it would be fun to have a few contests throughout the year using not only my patterns, but patterns by other designers to make the perfect Holiday baby sets.

This will be the first contest and hopefully there will be enough participation to make it fun and enable us to have more.

Rules:
1. Make one of my dresses in colors and/or using embellishments that would be perfect for the 4th of July holiday. All of my patterns can be found here: Crafting Friends Pattern Store

2. Also, make an item to go with the dress to make it a set.  The 2nd item could be a hat/bonnet, baby shoes/sandals, a blanket....Just something  extra that would help make photos or the gift more fun. Links to matching patterns are posted below. You do not have to stick to this list, it is there to show the options.

3. You agree to give Crafting Friends permission to use the photos entered. It would be fun to have the dresses modeled, but is not required. If a model is used, please make sure I have permission to also use the photos on my blog, FB page, or other sites I sell patterns on.

4. Photos must be emailed to me at craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com by the 22nd of June in order to be entered. Please make sure your name and the name of the patterns/designer you used for your project are listed so I can give credit to those designers also.

5. I will add all photos on the blog and also share them on my Face Book page for 1 week to give everyone time to see them. Each project will be numbered and then voted for by an independent group. Winner will be announced on July 1st.

6. Winner will receive their choice of $25 Etsy Gift Certificate (can be used in any Etsy shop which accepts them) OR $25 Gift card to Michaels OR I will buy $25 worth of patterns on Ravelry for you.  Winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be chosen.

Here are links to the other patterns that match some of my dress patterns











Monday, May 20, 2013

New Arrival and a crazy life

It's been a while since I've posted.  There has been so much going on this last month with my family and I don't seem to have time to get what I would like done. Slowly, things are getting back to normal and I will try and post more often. 

We welcomed our 4th little girl into our family on April 15th.  Kensley Lenora is a beautiful healthy baby and we are very blessed to have her in our lives. The labor and delivery went well and she came fast. What was unexpected was the issues that I had after they took me to my room.  Luckily, I was in a good hospital with a fantastic doctor and wonderful nurses that were quick to take care of me.  I ended up staying an extra night so they could keep an eye on me.
The not so fabulous part of staying that extra night was that my oldest daughter was in a car accident that night and was not wearing her seatbelt.  She hit her head on the windshield and ended up in the back seat of the car she was in. While I was in the hospital with the baby, she was in another hospital's ER 30 miles away.  Luckily, she was able to walk away with just bruises on her knees and a very sore head. 
She was definitely watched over that night. Lots of prayers were said for us that week and I am so blessed to have an amazing family and wonderful neighbors who jumped in to help us out.

With a new baby, and watching my 3yr old nephew during the week along with my 3 & 4 yr olds, I'm a little slower at designing. I do have a new dress which will be released next week. This was inspired by the Ashlee Cloche & the vintage-star-baby-bonnet patterns by Crochet by Jennifer.

Right now, it will be relesaed in infant sizes. Toddler and /child sizes will follow :)