The Big Surprise is...?

In my last post, I mentioned that I would have a special post today... You all might be wondering, "What is the deal?." The surprise is...

I am GUEST BLOGGING on UCREATE today!!! Yea!!!


This is a very big deal for me, I feel like I was invited to the Martha Stewart Show or something. I came up with a special tutorial for Ucreate, and I am going to do a "kit" giveaway so the lucky winner can make the exact same thing that I did.

I am soo excited and nervous at same time. Please head over to Ucreate and check out the tutorial and enter to win the giveaway item here. I will post the winner on Monday night.


The Rules are simple:

1. Leave a comment on this post (you will get one entry)

2. Become a follower on my blog and show me your beautiful face on my side bar (second entry)

3. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and link back (third entry)

I think when I see some blogger love notes, I can swallow my breakfast better.

I hope you will enjoy the tutorial. Thank you so much for your support and keep coming back to read my blog...

Have a wonderful Valentine's weekend!!

Thanksgiving Giveaway Party!

Hi there! It is time for another giveaway! Since it is November, I name this giveaway "Thanksgiving Giveaway" and there is a different rule I want you all to follow... Well, I bet you want to know what the items for the giveaway are. I will explain the rules later.

The first item is (drum roll....)

Four square frames and a Moda Charm pack. When I did this tutorial, I got such a great response and many of you wanted to know where I found the frames. They were all out at the stores, but I found some more! I decided to giveaway four of them, so if you want to follow the framed fabric tutorial, the charm pack squares are the perfect size for the project too.


Next item is...

Little Girls Handbag.

My daughter uses her bag for everything, but on Sunday, it becomes her scripture bag.


The last item is ...

A Doll Quilt. I actually used left over fabrics from the project I am currently working on. This turned out very cute! It is hand quilted, the size is 13 1/2" x 16 1/2". Rachel uses her's all the time to put her baby dolls to sleep. If you don't have a little girl to give it to, you can uses it as a place mat or wall hanging too.


OK, here is the rule.

1, Since this is a "Thanksgiving Giveaway" instead of leaving regular comments, let me know what you are thankful for. This is sort of a pre-Thanksgiving party at Tea Rose Home! I would love to read what people are thankful for, It will remind me of what kind of blessings we have in our daily lives and I bet it will lift up others' spirits too!

For an extra entry do one of the following, for two extra entries do both of the following:

1. Follow me! I would love to see your friendly faces on my side bar!

2. Blog about this giveaway on your blog and come back to let me know.

When you do all those things, you will be entered three times. Unlike my other giveaways, I will keep this giveaway open for two weeks. I can't wait to read all your "thankful lists", it will be fun!

One Year Anniversary - Free Give Away!

As I mentioned on the last post, August 20th is my one year blog anniversary. It has been such a fun experience. It has motivated me to finish the projects I have started (so I can share them with you!), also along the way, I "met" fabulous people that I otherwise wouldn't have met. I will definately, keep going from now on too.

To show my appreciation to my beloved readers, I am going to do a give away!

The items are:

The "it" bag I made from Moda oil cloth! I had great responses to this one, so I thought you ladies would love this.

Pin cusion made out of "Seaside Rose" fabric. It has rice in the bottom to give it some weight.


The last one is a Moda Charm pack! I chose the one by Three Sisters, since I adore their style so much.


Here are the rules:
1.Leave your comment on this post.

2.Follow my blog or link to my blog from your's and let me know so that I can enter you twice.

3.To be entered three times, post about this give away on your blog.:)

4.You can enter until the morning of the 20th. On the night of the 20th, I will post the winner. If you are the winner, email your mailing address to me, so I can send you the kit. If you live outside of the United States, don't be shy, post a comment! I will gladly send you the item if you are the winner. Since I have three items to give away, I will draw three names. The first winner will get the first item, the second winner will get the second item. And of course, the third winner gets the third item. Does that make sense?

I hope you will enjoy this give away, thank you for visiting!

Splash!

I noticed that I haven't posted about my sewing projects or crafts for a few post. I have been very busy, and I absolutly had NO. TIME. TO. SEW. In one more week the kids will start school and I am trying to do something fun with them everyday.

Today, I went to park with a water fountain in Highland with my friends and their children; it was so fun! My kids had such a wonderful time until... Rachel slipped and cut her face on a stone bench! She was bleeding like crazy and of course she was screaming her head off.

It happened when we were getting ready to leave, so I took her straight to the instacare. She cut the corner of her mouth; it was a small cut, but it was also deep. So, the doctor used glue(it is stronger then elmer's glue) to shut the cut tight and she was good to go. Huh...

The whole time her brothers were being such good support for her, they tried to comfort her and made some jokes to make her laugh... eventhough I was a little stressed it was so nice to see that they care about thier little sister.

By the way blogger friends, I have some news to tell you all. August 20th is my first blog anniversary, and I am going to do a GIVE AWAY!! I will post the items tomorrow night and I will post the winner on the 20th. This will be fun! I hope many of you will come to check it out!

New Stitchery Pattern and Free Give Away!!

I have been designing and selling stitchery patterns for several years under the name "Just A Stitch Away". I have been trying to finish up with this Christmas pattern for sometime. Yes it is still July, but when I was talking to a manager at Pine needle, she told me that they will start putting Christmas stuff out on display soon. I guess this way, people can start working on Christmas gifts now. I needed to pick up speed.

I will start putting this patterns in some quilt stores this week and in my etsy store soon. I hope people will love this pattern like I do! (I am crossing my fingers...)

By the way...

I want to do a free give away for this pattern. I will make a kit. The kit will include:
Light color fabric
thin cotton batting
DMC threads
fabric for the borders (same as shown in the picture)
backing to make a pillow. (No frame. Sorry girls!)

Here are the rules:
1.Leave your comment on this post.

2.Follow my blog or link to my blog from your's and let me know so that I can enter you twice.

3.On Saturday night, I will post the winner. If you are the winner, email your mailing address to me, so I can send you the kit. If you live outside of United States, don't be shy, post a comment! I will gladly send you the item if you are the winner.

I hope you started out on a good note this week. See you next post!

Free Give Away!

I made this purse a while back by using an Amy Butler pattern in the picture. It was very fun to make so I made two. Because of the copyright law, I can't sell them on my etsy store. So, I decided to do a free give away to thank my readers! I will give away one of the purses, not the pattern.

Here the rules:
1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. If you follow my blog, I will enter your name in twice- yes, I am very biased, I favor my followers.
3. I will announce the winner on May 19th, so come back and check to see if you are the winner. Then if you are the winner, e-mail me your info. I will send you the bag!

Good luck :)