Brown Bear, Brown Bear Giveaway Winner Announced!

     A big "Congratulations" to Meredith M. for winning the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear Book and Burp Cloth Giveaway"!  An e-mail has been sent to you to get the shipping details.  :)

      I want to thank everyone who participated and stopped by the blog and Etsy store.  You guys are fantastic!

      Keep an eye on the blog.  With Spring in full-swing, we've had a lot of exciting stuff happening in the garden.  I've got another giveaway planned in the very near future to help celebrate it!

"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" Book and Burp Cloth Set Giveaway!

********Contest Ended- Congratulations, Meredith!********


     Since I've been busy whipping up a bunch of baby stuff, I thought it would be fun to do a baby-themed giveaway!  At our house, the Eric Carle books are a huge hit and one of our favorites is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"

     The prizes for this giveaway are a "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" board book and a set of 3 burp cloths.  The burp cloths are made with 100% cotton fabric that is sewn onto Gerber pre-folded 3-ply birdseye cloth diapers.  The fabric embellishment extends down the middle of the cloth diaper, leaving white areas on either side for additional coverage for burpy babies.

Photo showing the embellished fabric-covered middle of the cloths.

    

       The giveaway starts today and ends midnight on the 23rd.  See, there actually are some good things that start on Friday the 13th.  ;)  Open to US and Canada.

Baby Blankets Galore!

     I've been working on a lot of baby stuff recently to get ready for the newest addition to our household.  Of course, after my last child, I had given all the baby stuff away thinking that we were done.  (Go figure.  Isn't that how it always goes?)  Been scrambling to catch up and wanted to start off with some baby blankets.

     The first one I made:

    This was in case the baby was a girl.  Used 100% cotton for the top part, and then a fuzzy material found in the "minky" aisle for the fluffy underside.  Also, my new labels came in!  Was so excited to have those arrive and couldn't wait to start attaching them to everything.  :)

    This was before I opted for an elective ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby.  That's when we found out that we were actually having a BOY!  Yay!  Another excuse to start whipping up different blankets.  I gave the fuzzy blanket to my daughter after she saw it folded and tucked away in my closet and started petting it like it was a fuzzy animal.  Looks pretty on her new toddler bed.  For once, she actually made her bed this morning.  (Knock me over with a feather!)

    Anyway, onward to the boy blankets:

     Both are lightweight blankets with 100% cotton top and soft flannel underside.  They were both super quick and easy projects and a great way to make the kids' naptime really productive.

    Finally, on my list of baby "done"s, is my first knitted project.  To those out there who knit on a regular basis, I salute you.  This was my first knitting project and seemed to take FOREVER.  Used two strands of yarn to knit with and it still took me four days to complete a single washcloth.  Still have two more to go.

     Currently working on knocking out a few more burp cloths.  Definitely in full-on "nesting" mode.

    Keep an eye on the blog, I've got a giveaway or two in the works.  Will be posting in the next week or so.