Soap Winner!

Thank you to all that stopped by and left a comment.

The winner of my soap giveaway is....


Schneiderbären said...
Danke für das schöne Candy, Deine Seifen sind einfach super.

Liebe Grüße
Claudia

She gets to pick out 10 scents and I will send them off her way.

Sorry to those of you that didn't win. Thank you for checking out my Etsy shop and giving it some LOVE. :o) You are wonderful.

I will have another fabulous giveaway from my shop in another week or two so come back and check soon.

Friday Give Away! - Soap Samples

I have been snowed in for almost 2 weeks with my five kids. I am ready for something fun today!

(we actually got a lot more snow than this, this was the first little bit of snow)

So .... to break the the monotony I am doing a little give away.

I have chosen to give one of my Sample Size bar packages. These bars are 1/4 the size of my regular bars. It gives you a chance to try several of the soaps with having to break the bank to check them out.

This Sample Pack is for 10 bars of your choice.

If you are picked as the winner, you get to pick the 10 sample size bars I send you.

And YES it is open to international bloggers.

I will take comments all day today and will pick a winner Saturday night/Sunday morning.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment.

To get an extra entry, go to my etsy shop and favorite it and come back and tell me what soaps you like.

To get 5 extra entries, post the giveaway on your blog (or facebook page) today and come back and leave a link to your blog.

Soap Giveaway!

The wonderful Mindy at Apron Girls is hosting a giveaway for my soap!!! It is a furoshiki 4-pack of my soaps (your choice). So hop, skip or jump on over to Apron Girls and Check it out!!

Tessa Bloomers and Matching Bag Giveaway!!!

The lovely ladies at Marie-Madeline Studios are giving away a pair of their new Tessa Bloomers and a matching bag.

You just have to go to their blog and follow their directions to leave a post and get counted. (be sure to mention that you came from here and that Lucy sent you so I can get an extra point.) :o)
You can also buy this pattern at their Etsy Shop.

Gock's Frocks Giveaway

If you don't know about Gock's Frocks you have been missing out!!! Kristen of Gock's Frocks is a very talented clothing designer. She artfully uses the many bold and beautiful fabrics available now to create unique children's clothing (and now adult skirts too!). My friends Vea, Jill and Michelle put me onto her site months ago. Her dresses inspired the gifts I made for my three girls this Christmas. Her color use is so exciting.

Anyway she is having a give away open now to April 13th. She will pick three lucky winners. :o) So run on over there and check out her blog and her two etsy shops,
Gock's Frocks and Betty's Closet.

Late Winner

Oh my Gosh! I totally forgot to pick a winner from the lip-stick giveaway. What a goober!

I promised a lipstick and some little goodies.

The winner is .......

AmyK said...
So if you're sewing an apron, does that mean you have to toss flour across your face, dip your hands in molasses, and stick a wooden spoon in your hair?I did enjoy that as much as you did. What a funny read! Oh how times have changed.

Check out her blog Homemaking for Kings. It is fabulous. I love the Tackle It Tuesdays.

Sorry to have totally forgotten. The treat is on it's way.

I am looking for sponsors for some prizes for my Fall Sassy Apron Swap. If you have an Etsy Store or Website that deals in something related to aprons, kitchen items, flirty fun stuff, or foodie things. I am looking for at least three sponsors. If I get more I might consider running some giveaways here at My Byrd House.

You help me reward my good swappers and You get free advertising here and at the Sassy Apron Swap.

You can contact me at byrhouse1(at)windstream(dot)net or leave a comment with a link back to you please.

Oh, If you are wanting to donate something to give-away here it can be anything to do with home and family and wonderful craftiness.

Old Red Barn Quilt...

Old Red Barn is giving away this scrumptious quilt.



Yes giving it away. If you want a chance at it go to her blog and read all the juicy details for yourself. This quilt makes me weak.

The Winner Is

Ok so I waited till morning. I was just too tired. :o)
I numbered everyone and put the numbers in a number generator and it picked number 32 and that is .....


mattie said...
Happy Birthday! Such a cute apron...

So I will contact Mattie and get the shipping details from her.

For the rest of you, I am sorry I couldn't give an apron to each and every one of you. Your sweet comments made for an extra special birthday treat each time I sat down to the computer.

THANK YOU!

I do have two extra aprons left though. ( I couldn't help myself). They were so fun to make and I had such fun fabric in my stash. I had a lovely pair of black jeans (my favorite pair in fact) that were screaming to be made. So I did two more in black and pink. I am putting them in my Sexy Apron Day Etsy shop. If you want one made by the master (hee hee) you can snatch them up today.

Birthday Giveaway!

OK, I promised that I would post this. It is my birthday today. I am now 3 times as old as my oldest child. To celebrate I am giving away one of my new Jeans aprons. I stayed up late last night making one but didn't get a picture taken yet. I will get that as soon as I can today. It is FREEZING outside so it may be a little bit before the pictures get loaded.
So, until I get that done I wanted to make sure you had the opportunity to post and get in on the drawing. What you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I will pick one of you at midnight tonight and post the winner. If your profile is one that won't let me e-mail you directly then you are going to have to come back here tomorrow morning and find out who won. If I can't contact that winner with-in a day, I will pick another one. :o)

Finally got a minute!

I used my one and only Amy Butler piece of fabric. I love the little bit of blue in it.

Here is the pocket detail.

Jeans Half Apron Tutorial

I couldn't help myself. I had to make another apron tutorial. I vowed I wouldn't do anymore after last year but I miss them! I love creating aprons. I can't take all the credit for this. I got the idea from my niece Angelic's Spring Sassy Apron. It was just so sweet and simple. I had to make one and I thought you might like making one too.

Supplies:
an old pair of jeans (actually just one leg)
Scraps of fabric
1 1/2 to 2" Ribbon (optional)

The instructions - (I won't be giving exact measurements because I didn't really make them and you can tailor this to fit what you have on hand.)


1. Cut the leg off an old pair of jeans and cut the inside leg seam open. Lay the leg out flat.

2. Fold the fabric in half and trim off the leg hem. I measured down 18 inches and made a straight cut. This is easily done with rotary cutting tools.


3. You will notice that one side of the pant leg is wider than the other. Trim them up so they are even.

This is what it should look like now.


4. Fold the sides under and top stitch to finish the edge.

5. Cut a piece of fabric the width of the top of your apron plus about 2 inches or so. I cut mine about 6 inches wide. This will be your waist band.


6. Take your waist band piece and fold it in half lengthwise and press. Then fold each of the long sides in about 1/2" to 3/4" and press. Sandwich the apron top inside of this band now. Take the ends and fold them over the apron top and then fold the band piece down. I know that sounds confusing but I hope the picture shows this.


7. Cut two pieces of wide ribbon for the ties (about 32" long each) and sandwich them into the layers of your waist band. Top stitch all the way around the band to secure everything.


8. For the quick pleat ruffle, fold the apron bottom in half. Fold it in half again. Fold it in half one more time. :o) Yes three times. Now press it really hard with your iron.
I cut out a ruffle piece that was about 5 inches wide by the width of my fabric. (that was the size scrap I had so I used it.) Hem one long side of it and the two short ends by folding under and stitching. Fold this ruffle in half three times like you did the apron bottom. Press it very well with a hot iron.


9. When you unfold the apron bottom, quickly pin where the creases are or they will disappear quickly.


10. Unfold the ruffle piece and pin it to the bottom of the apron matching up the crease lines.


11. Eyeball the pleats now which ever direction you want them to lay. Have fun. I made box pleats.

12. I almost forgot the pocket. I cut out two 7" squares from my fabric scraps. I sewed around the edges leaving a hole to turn the pocket. I top stitched across the top of the apron and the pinned it in place where I wanted it and stitched it in place. I like my pocket on the right side because I am right handed. I think the pocket looks better on the left for some reason but works better on the right for right handed people.


13. To finish off your ties, cut the ribbon at a 45 deg. angle. You must seal the edge or it will ravel really bad. You can do this by running it quickly over a flame from a lighter or a match. I just couldn't take a picture and demo it. :o)

Now you are done!



Ruffle detail.

Ok Now that you made it all the way to the end, I have a treat for you. I just love this apron. I would like to share one with one of my many bloggies. So in honor of my Birthday on Tuesday, I am going to make another one of the puppies and offer it to one of my bloggies. What I will do is post a picture of it on Tuesday morning and I will watch all the posts that day. At midnight, I will put all your names in a pot and pick a lucky winner that I will ship my apron off to to celebrate my birthday. I can't wait to see which of my blog land friends gets to have the sassy jeans apron.


****Edited May 26, 2009 *****

Dear bloggers,

I have had some questions asked about how to make this apron just a little wider. This might be necessary if the jeans you are using are not really big. I use rather large men's jeans because that is what I have access to.
To widen the apron simply cut off the other pant leg of the jeans. Cut it as long as the desired apron. Cut the let seams open and trim up the pieces so you have two equal sized pieces. Simple add each of the pieces to the sides of the apron and sew them on. Then follow the tutorial as normal. You will now have a much wider apron with a very similar look to the ones in the pictures.
Hope that helps!

Mother's Day Give Away

I am posting this for my friend Jan. She has a lovely apron shop where she sells aprons, tea pots, tea cozies, cookie cutter and more.

Here is what she is doing.
Jan has set up a Mother's Day Giveaway on her blog.
She will be sending out this lovely apron to a lucky winner.

She is also including this teapot set and cookie cutters.


How do you get in on this wonderful giveaway?
Go to Jan's site and follow her directions.

I can tell you that her aprons are simply wonderful.
I have one. hee hee! I love it.
Jan was my secret partner for the Flirty Apron Swap.
She took a peek at my blog here and somehow figured out that I love chickens. She made me this lovely chicken apron.

I wear it every chance I get. It is so fun, covers everything and is dark so I can use it for what ever I am cooking without stain worries. :o)
You should go check out her blog and store. Her aprons would make wonderful Mother's day gifts, birthday gifts, or just a treat for you!

Apronista Giveaway - Farm Chicks!

Apronista is hosting yet another fabulous Aproning giveaway. The wonderful prize or I should say prizes are from Farm Chicks.

They are giving away a gift bag with a couple of treasures in it.

This is the one I just love. That scrap of wallpaper makes my heart sing!

Their site is full of other aproning and farm girl goodness.

Happy Blog Day To Me

I have been blogging for a year now. I can't believe it. Last week was my actual blog day but I was too busy to post then.

Here is where I started.



This this post about my Halloween costuming attempts.

I have done so many things. It is amazing to look back over the year and see an actual record of what I have done. Here are some photos of my favorite things.

My first quilted post card.

My first "Not So Sock Monkey".

My Soft Baby Shoes

My first apron tutorial.

The ice storm.

Cooking with my kids.

My first Tie One On Apron.

Cloth Diapers.

A Hogwarts Birthday.

Mama Byrd Creations.

My Ipod winning Mother's Day Apron.

My first tutorial on Whip-up.

The Peg Doll Party.

The starting of Prairie Hen Day.

My recycled Jeans Apron tutorial.

Sexy Apron Day.

Four Seasons Doll Quilt Swap.

Henna Hair

and Train Love.


In Honor of my very First Blog Day I would like to give away some things to my blogging friends.

First off is one of my Ozark Patchwork Christmas Stockings.

Second is on of my Original Mama Byrd Aprons.

And third is one of my Recycled Jeans Aprons.


How Do You Get One of These??
Enter a comment telling me something new you did this year. This will get you one chance one win something. If you blog my give away and post a link to your post in a comment, your name will be entered again. (thanks Domestic Chicky for that idea).
The deadline to get your name in the drawing is Midnight Saturday November 10th. I will put all the names in a hat and draw 3 lucky winners out.

I just wanted to say to all of you that come here that I have really enjoyed blogging with you this year. I was so nervous to start. I didn't think I would have anything to say or share that anyone would want to read. I have learned so much this year and have made some really good friends. I would list them now but the list would be long and I would just die if I left someone off the list. I love you all and thank you for stopping by and brightening my day with your comments.