Week 12 Winner!

I'd love to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you who participated in the giveaway series over the last 12 weeks! I've had fun sharing each of the participants' wares with you, and giving you all a chance to win a little something, too.

Without further ado, I'd like to announce GloJoeSews as the winner of the last giveaway in the series. Congratulations! I'll be emailing you shortly to work out delivery of your prizes.

Thanks so much to everyone for your readership - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Giveaway #12!

Here it is, the final giveaway of the
12 Weeks of Christmas at the SewArtsy blog!

Enjoy!

Over the past 11 weeks I have put together a couple of Christmas craft tutorials (found on my sidebar), and have been really happy with what I've produced creating them. Now I'd like to share my creations with you as my way of saying thank you for following along with this series.

Up for grabs this week is a stash of Christmas-themed items, handmade by me, for you to enjoy or pass on to someone else (open world-wide!) Included are one Christmas cake tabletop quilt made from charm squares, three small coordinating fabric gift bags with red grosgrain ribbon ties, and two winter print coin purses.

(click for larger, detailed photo)

There are many ways to enter to win:
1. Earn your first entry by heading over to check out my SewArtsy Etsy and SewArtsyAmy Artfire shops, and leave a comment below about your favorite item (don't forget to leave your email address in your first comment!).

2. Earn an extra entry by shouting out about this giveaway on Twitter - each tweet containing @sewartsy = an entry.

3. Earn an extra entry by shouting out about this giveaway on Facebook or other social networking site- leave a comment with the link to the post.

4. Earn an extra entry by blogging on your blog about this giveaway - leave a comment with the link to the post.

5. Earn 10 extra entries by making a purchase from either SewArtsy shop (I'm having a BOGO sale this week!)

This giveaway will be open from today through 11:59pm EST Friday, 12/18/09. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Saturday, 12/19/09.

Good luck! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Deal of the Week #12

Looking for a great deal? How about this? This week's SewArtsy last 12 Weeks of Christmas Deal of the Week is:

Buy One Get One on the entire SewArtsy stores! 12/14-19, atboth SewArtsyAmy's Artfire Shop and SewArtsy's Etsy Shop.

Just use the coupon code 12WOC12 in the comment section at checkout, and I will refund you the cost of each of your second items (of equal or lesser value) to your Paypal account.

Hope this helps with your holiday shopping!

Merry Christmas! Amy

Week 11 Winner!

Give a big "congratulations!" to Shelley, freeindeed - the winner of Maggie Sue Designs' cup and tissue cozy! Meredith will contact you to set up delivery of your prize.

Check back tomorrow when I'll announce the last of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Deals of the Week and Giveaways - see you then!

Happy Sunday! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Tutorials #11

Today I wanted to give you a tutorial for a "Gift For Him", but I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what I can make for the three adult guys in my life - hubby, brother and dad. So instead of sending myself to the looney bin I went hunting for ideas in blog land. I've found some really cool gift ideas for guys, along with their own craft tutorials so I can make them myself!

Here are the links to the blogs and the tutorials I like best:

Every man has a desk, right, so how about a pencil and pen cup? Here's a fab pencil cup from How About Orange (love, love, love this blog!)

Every man has a gadget he carries around with him, right, so how about a gadget case? Here's an excellent tutorial on repurposing a tie into a gadget case from Luvinthemommyhood (a blog I'm newly following!)

Every man needs to be reminded to put on a scarf when it's cold outside, right, so how about a snuggly flannel-backed scarf? Here's a great scarf tutorial, that with the right fabrics, a man could proudly wear into the cold winter weather from Max and Ellie (two sister-mommies who make, and blog about, items for little ones!)

There we go - I'm covered! Three great gift ideas for the three men in my life. I hope I saved you some time in your perfect-gift-idea-hunting!

Happy Thursday! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Giveaway #11!

This week's giveaway is brought to you by

Maggie Sue Designs

Meredith, of Maggie Sue Designs, has a justification for her fabric "obsession" - she creates her sweet handmade handbags and accessories in her Etsy shop! Cute accessories like cup cozies, key fobs, headbands, ponytail holders, wallets, organizers, tissue holders, fabric magnets, and more. This wife and mom has been running her business since 2005, and has been on Etsy since 2006. She is a member of EtsyKids and the Capital Region Etsy Street team, and right now in her shop, you can get one free cup cozy for every three you buy at regular price! (Many sold cozies, but not all, can be re-made for you - please check with Meredith for availability.)

This week's giveaway is for one of Maggie Sue Designs' Cup Cozies and Matching Tissue Cozy (open world-wide!)



Check out Meredith's blog at maggiesuedesigns.com

To win this cozy set you need to do is check out Maggie Sue Designs Etsy Shop and leave a comment below about your favorite item (don't forget to leave your email address in your first comment!). And of course, you can earn more entries by leaving a link to places you've made a shout out about this giveaway - Twitter, your blog, or social networking sites, etc. The more shout outs, the more entries!

This giveaway will be open from today through 11:59pm EST Saturday, 12/12/09. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Sunday, 12/13/09.

Good luck! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Deal of the Week #11!

Hello!

This week's SewArtsy Deal of the Week is:

15% off my entire stock! 12/7-13, at SewArtsyAmy's Artfire Shop and SewArtsy's Etsy Shop.

Just use the coupon code 12WOC11 in the comment section at checkout, and I will refund you 15% of your entire purchase to your Paypal account.

Hope this helps with your holiday shopping!

Come back on Thursday for my next tutorial.

Happy Monday! Amy

Giveaway #10 Winner!

Congratulations to Cynde Clark, Hip Chic Designs, for winning this week's giveaway from Bette's Bags!

Tune in Monday to read about next week's Deal of the Week and Giveaway!

Happy Sunday! Amy

12 Weeks of Christmas Tutorial #10!

Here's an easy peasy gift wrap option that will take you no time at all to whip up. The best things about these bags - they're reusable, you can adjust the dimensions to make them to fit your gifts perfectly, they'll hold the homemade delectables and handmade goodies you're giving this year :o)

For this 8.5"x11" bag, take a 1/4 yard cut of 44" cotton fabric, press and fold selvedge to selvedge right sides together.







Sew the short edge, leaving a hole for turning.


Then stitch up the two long sides.




Turn right sides out.







And top stitch the turning hole closed.








Using both hands, pinch the middle, and tuck the end with turning hole inside the bag - making the end seams meet at the bottom of the bag.






(The middle of the untucked piece becomes the top edge of the bag).

Cut a 30" piece of 1" wide grosgrain ribbon, and after filling the gift bag, tie up a nice bow to finish off a fabulous gift!