Giveaway winner!

So I was supposed to post this at midnight on the 31st, but I was out of town for spring break.  I knew when I set the deadline I would be gone, but what I didn't realized was that the family condo I was staying at didn't have internet access!  AARGH!

So without further ado...

So I used that random.org thing'y but when I tried to post it it kept going back to 1 through 100, how are the rest of you giveaway blogger adding that to a post? Anyway from numbers 1 to 120 (comments and followers- here, twitter, facebook...) the winner was lucky number 4.

"Nelly said...

Super cute socks!

March 27, 2010 7:30 PM "

Congrat's Nelly!  Email me at mycornercrafts@aol.com with your shipping address and what size(s) and colors you want and I'll get those off to you!  Thank's to all who commented, or became followers on my various sites!  What should I do for my next giveaway next month?  Silhouette jewelery?  Canvas?  Zipper purse?

Flashback Friday- Thread crochet blessing dress

I actually bought the pattern for this dress back in Japan when I first got interested in Thread crochet.  We weren't pregnant yet, but getting ready for it.  Then the next baby was a boy, so this didn't work.  Then we had a miscarriage and THEN got pregnant with this little girl.  But because of the miscarriage I was nervous to start it, and couldn't quite get as invested until pretty far along into my pregnancy.  Good thing I get manic once I get started.  I finished this dress start, restart (the gauge wasn't quite right and after doing half the top I restarted) to finish took 2 weeks!

Making the under dress was more of a challenge.  I had to make the pattern up myself.  The dress itself fit great, but the under dress was a bit too tight!  But isn't this dress exquisite?  You can't see it but there are small pink beads crochet into the dress.  I bought a second pattern from the same designer.  I wonder if I'll get to make it ever (hint hint hubby!)

It had a sweet little hat too.  I should have made it bigger as well, it barely fit around her noggin!  We moved when she was 5 weeks old so I didn't get around to getting her professional pictures taken until she was 2 months old!  Luckily it still fit, barely!

These shoes!  SOOO precious, but the shoes I made to fit the pattern didn't even come CLOSE to fitting my Sasquatch.  I doubled the footprint size, and it was still too small in the end.  But it fit for this one day, and really that's all it needed to fit for! 

Giveaway- beaded socks

So I though it was about time for a giveaway.  These socks are from my etsy store.  I could pick the size and color to offer, but the whole point of all my store items is that they are all personalized.  I make everything to order.  So this offer is for 3 pairs of beaded bobby socks.  Any size socks, and any color/style beads including personalized alphabet beads.  Depending on the size of the sock I can tell you how many letters I can fit around.  I usually repeat the child's first name over and over, but I have done first and middle names as well.

These are great for your own child, or gifts for showers, birthday's or just because!  Also in honor of my first giveaway as well as my first month anniversary on Etsy I'm offering a 10% discount on any orders from my Etsy store.  I'm so new to Etsy so I'm not sure of the best way to do discounts.  You can email me what you'd like and I'll set up a discounted order specifically for you.  Or if you place an order in the next 5 days I'll refund you 10%, just mention this post in your checkout comments so I know to refund the 10%.

There are 13 ways to enter!  Yup, 13!
1. Leave me a comment and your entered!

Want more than one entry?  Just leave a comment for EACH of the following (I know it's repetitive, and a bit annoying, but it's the easiest way to make sure you get counted for each entry!).  If you already have one or more of the following just remind me with a comment for each.
2-3. Follow either of my blog's. Add yourself over on the left sidebar (go HERE for my baking blog).
4-6. Put any of my button's on your blog. Just copy and paste (In the right column of both blogs).
7. Make a post about this giveaway on your own blog with a link.
8-9. Become a fan on facebook. (of either blog, click here for Bittersweet's facebook page)
10. Mention it on facebook.
11. Follow me on Twitter
12. Tweet about this giveaway!
13. Order something from my Etsy Store.


I'll leave this giveaway open until March 31st at Midnight!

Socks!

I started making these socks a few years ago for my daughter, nieces and baby shower gifts.  I can usually finish a pair while watching a show or movie.  Most of mine are packed up since my "baby" is turning 3 next month.  But she LOVED these, and so did everyone else.

These were my top 3 favorites: personalized socks.

Red (my favorite color to dress my kids in, easy to find them when we go out)

And Rainbow!  Anyway, I've added these socks to my Etsy store.
And the reason I still have some out?  My "baby" loves to wear them on her hands!

My husband is going back to school to get his PHD so I get to be the breadwinner for the next 6 years! I'm trying to find some great items to sell than I enjoy making.  One idea is to sell food grade silicone molds, like my Lego one (except I can't do Lego's because they are copyrighted).  What do you think?

Flashback Friday Crochet baby blankets

So after finishing the thread crochet tablecloth for my mom I got back into yarn!  I got into baby blankets, they are just SO easy and so fast and it's satisfying to have a project you can finish (unlike the thread crochet tablecloth or cross stitched stocking I'm STILL working on for myself!).  I made one for both of my sisters babies, for cousin's kids and for my sister in law's baby.  I also got to make one for my latest two babies.  This one was for P's baby blessing (that's my mom, he's about a month old here)

And this one was for my baby girl!  I just LOVE the ruffles on the outside of this one!  The inner square went really quick, the ruffles took a LOT longer!  But it was done before she was born so yippee!  This is my youngest, S, 1 day old!   I need to lay out these blankets for better pictures.  This just doesn't do it justice (but she's sure cute and chunky, huh?)

Flashback Friday- Thread Crochet

Usually how I get into a new craft is I see a project that I love and learn how to do it.  When we were in Japan and I had just learned how to crochet I saw this book.  THE book, insiring!  It had the most beautiful thread crochet patterns.  I made a few of the smaller pieces before I decided to make this one for my mom for Mothers day.

I started it to late for that year, but finished it in time for Mothers day the next year!  And she loved it!  The think about rounds is the first hundred rounds goes SO fast, by the time you get to the outer rounds it takes forever for just ONE round!  It was so worth it.  I started a different style for myself, a tuilip based one, perfect for the spring.  But it's about triple the size so I'm STILL not done!  Maybe it's another goal to add to my list...

Flashback Friday- First Crochet

This was actually my VERY first crochet project.  We were living in Japan in 2003.  We'd been there for 6 months and I hadn't brought any crafts with me (knowing we wouldn't have much space in our Japanese apartment).  My mother in law was mailing our Christmas gifts to us and I mentioned I wanted to learn to crochet so she sent me some beginner's stuff! This was actually just a few days after Christmas and the first thing I made was this hat!  This is my oldest B. when she was 2 1/2~

They had beautiful yarn in Japan and I ended up making quite a few hats during the next month.  Then I discovered thread crochet...  That's a post for Next Friday!

Yearly Ornaments

Every year growing up my mom got us each a new ornament.  So when I got married I had 20+ ornaments to start my own tree.  So when I had kids we continued the tradition.  The first few years we bought them.  Then one year we were living in Japan for Christmas.  I not only didn't have a tree, but no where to look for ornaments.  Since I had gotten into origami while living in Japan I started looking around for a good design.  I decided to us 'Stiffy' to stiffen some fabric and use that instead of paper.  I found 30 different prints that I LOVED and got them.  Then I found this star origami instructions and fell in love.  I ended up folding about 60 stars and mailed 40 away to family members. 

Then I got into Crocheting and thread crocheting!  I found these great books on crochet snowflakes and made about 90 of them.  I did give quite a few away again.  I got them all done in one year, but didn't get around to stiffening them.  So the next year I got around to soaking them in 'Stiffy' and pinning them out to dry. 

I decided to stick with my star theme (there were some 5 pointed snowflakes...  it counts).  And found some inspiration in some wired ornaments.  I have to say I liked these when they were first done, but the next year when I pulled them out they were flattened and just not what I had envisioned when I planned them.  I think someday I'll try again with MUCH thicker wire for the outline and then wrap it tight instead of lose. 

I would love to get into ceramics more.  I'd love to throw vases and do glass blowing too!  Someday...  Anyway this was actually a craft through a church craft day (Super Saturday for those in the "know").  They were also a bit more expensive and time consuming so I only did 5 of these (one for each kid and one for my husband and I to share).  I'd love to go back and make more of these some day to add to the balance of my tree. 

Last year we were in the middle of yet another move as well as fixing our house to get it on the market so I didn't have time to make one, but I fell in LOVE with THESE and decided to buy them in honor of TX (where we were living at the time, I also have an AZ ornament from our years there).  And finally this year I decided to try my hand at Mod Podge for the first time!  Each side of these star's are different!  They were fun to make and turned out GREAT!  I used my Dremel to drill the holes.  I LOVE getting to use my dremel!

So now I'm already looking for inspiration for next year!  Any suggestions or ideas, remember it needs to have a STAR somewhere in the design!  I'm thinking of glass etching, or felt???  Help!!