Going to the Chapel!

I hope not to be away from my shops, listing new items and making things for too long, but I'm getting married tomorrow! Yup, tomorrow, May 27th at 2:00pm. It's going to be a quick courthouse wedding, pictures at Ritter Park and then Dinner with the family and just the best friends from each side. Very low key, just the way I like it!

I hope to be back with new items and more shop updates after this! Hosting people in our house, cleaning and preparing for the big day really gets in the way of crafting!

Finally! New PDF Patterns!

So, while in school, all I kept thinking about was re-vamping the two PDF patterns I have listed in my shop plus making more! I know many of you out there are DIYers and would love to make your own items. I decided that I would make the patterns of my bags available to others and also allow you to sell them (as long as you respect my requests!) I have made a new pattern called the Grab and Go Bag. It's small enough to be used as a child's bag (who think she's an adult) or for an adult who just wants something small to carry around.

I am also in the process of making another pattern for the All Day Tote. I do not have any listed in my shop right now but have about 5 in the making! Hopefully in the next couple of days I can also re-vamp the other two patterns that are already listed (the market bag and coasters.)

Any patterns that you are looking for in particular? Let me know!

New Ventures!

Now that school is coming to a close, I am finally able to get back to the things I've been yearning for since the first day of class back in August. This Friday through Sunday I'll be at the Dogwood Festival. My friend Beth and I are doing a lot of home shows after the festival as well as a couple shows at the mall.

I opened up a supply shop on Artfire and a graphic design shop on Zibbet. Testing out new waters as well as new venues. I still have my regular bag and accessory shop on etsy as well as my vintage inspired hair accessory and jewelry shop on etsy. I also switched my kids shop on etsy to a de-stash shop as I just have had not had time to make children's clothing like I planned.

I also have plans to make a bunch of new tutorials this summer as well as changing some of the looks of my wristlets and some other items. In my graphics shop I want to make some printables, collage sheets and other things for those DIYers out there that want to make things themselves! If you have any suggestions for anything, I'd love to hear them!

Handmade Portraits

Normally I watch Etsy's Handmade Portraits and that's it. But I'm totally in love with this one... Enjoy!

Let ME host your giveaway!

Do you have an online shop or business and would like to have a giveaway? Contact me and let me do all the work by hosting your giveaway on my blog! By having a giveaway you can get more people following you on twitter, facebook fan page, your blog, and hearting your shop! It's free advertisement!

You can contact me through my blog or through my own shops! Just let me know and we'll work together to get you some more traffic!

Giveaway #3 Winner

Holly is the winner! You will be contacted shortly! Thank you everyone for entering!

If you'd like me to host a giveaway for you, just contact me through email or etsy!

Giveaway #3 from Littlemamas!

So a little bit about littlemamas! She is a 35 year old work at home mom of a 3 1/2 little girl and a 15 month old son. She spends her days chasing after them and her 2 dogs and cat. Her nights and nap times are when she is able to work on her crafts. Crafting has been a huge part of her life for my than half of it. Its like meditation of some sort for her. She has recently turned turned her focus towards kids things after her daughter was born. She keeps finding new things to create for her kids to play with and learn with. Right now she's working at getting herself into nursing school and her goal is to finish within the next five years. Big goal, but its very important too her.

I actually have a doggy coat from her that was hand dyed. It's awesome and keeps my little puggle warm during these cold days! I loved it so much that I actually got two more for my parent's dogs as well!

Now about the giveaway!

Be My Valentine Sugar cookies, valued at $7.50. What a great way to show your love day after day with these sugar cookies with red heart frosting. Children really love to use their imagination and these work with kitchen play and also can be for Valentines Day. They measure 3 /2" so they aren't your average size cookie, they are jumbo sized for those little hands.Set of 3 jumbo sized cookies

Here is how to enter:

• Leave a comment about a like and/or dislike about her shop or a particular item in her shop.
• Remember to leave your email address or some way for me to contact you if you win!

To get bonus entries you can do one or more of the following:

• Add yourself as a facebook fan and post another comment saying that you did
• Follow her on twitter and post another comment with your user name
• Tweet about this post with @nitelily3 and @littlemamas and post another comment saying that you did
• Blog about this post and post another comment with the link of the post
• Follow her blog
• Heart her shop on etsy and leave a comment with your username
• Buy something from her shop and get 10 bonus entries
• Buy something from my shop and get 10 bonus entries

This is open to anyone in the world :) I how how much it sucked to be abroad and not be able to enter contests! The giveaway ends February 8th and a winner will be chosen by a random number generator.