last chance to enter to win my patchwork cloud

 

Leave a comment for a chance to win this patchwork paper and fabric cloud (or click here to learn how to make one of your own)! I will pick a winner this Tuesday! Happy Spring! 

diy: patchwork cloud {plus a giveaway}

I whipped up this patchwork cloud for the march bed in under an hour. It's really easy to do! The hardest part is choosing your fabrics. I went with vintage linen pieces, most of which were a gift from Tara and I left the quilting threads long to create a raincloud. They are not very easy to see here but they are there. This is a really loosey-goosey diy and can be adapted in any number of ways.

 

Think about where you are going to hang or display your cloud. Make sure your fabric choices will showcase nicely with your wall color. I went with white because the bedroom is really dark and the aqua colored walls make it seem even darker. I was hoping the white would show up better and brighten things all around. If you have any fat pieces of lace or trim around, add those as well. The contrast in textures is really nice to have. Along with my vintage linens I have some vintage floral seersucker. I love the texture of the seersucker!

I wanted my cloud to be a bit larger than the paper I had on hand so I taped two sheets of 11"X17" paper together with packing tape. I drew a cloud shape until I was happy with it then cut it out. Ta-da! A pattern!

Next up I cut my fabric pieces into smaller bits all about 3" tall/long and anywhere from 2" to 6" wide. I adhered my fabric bits to the pattern (beginning at the bottom) with my trusty craft glue stick. Just swipe it onto the paper and press your fabric on top. This is really just to hold it in place until you stitch it all together. You could pin it all in place if you prefer to do so. Once I had one row adhered to my pattern, I popped it into my sewing machine and did a quick zig-zag stitch (set at 4) across the whole thing. Repeat with the glue, add more fabric a few inches above the bottom row, stitch and repeat.

Once I had covered my whole pattern, I flipped the whole mess over and trimmed away excess fabric. Popped it back into my sewing machine upside down so I could see where to stitch and stitched all the way around with a running/straight stitch (also set at 4). When the cloud shape was too wide on the right to move nicely through the machine, I rolled it up and continued on.  After stitching around the entire cloud I flipped my cloud back over so that the right side faced up and "quilted" the top pieces by vertically stitching along the cloud at various intervals. This serves two purposes, one to anchor down edges of overlapping fabric scraps, and two to add a textural element to the piece. The quilting threads also made for happy "rain" along the bottom of my cloud.

 

Trim threads where you want them trimmed and hang in a happy place (I used washi tape looped onto the back along with a length of yarn clipped to a wire)! I love my cloud and will need to make more I think. If you would like a chance to win this bit of happy, leave me a happy comment below. You have until Earth Day to leave a comment!

sweet november: pretty {and a giveaway}

 I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and some may think this wee bit of denim and doily is far from pretty but I like it. I really like it. It's pretty, don't ya think?

I cobbled this brooch together with a bit of burlap, denim, doily, and shine. All small bits randomly cut from thrifted items and folded and stitched together in just a few minutes.

I made  three and so two are up for grabs. If you would like a chance to win a wee bit of handmade pretty from me, leave a comment and share what your favorite thing to make is be it cooking, crafting, or mischief!

winner! winner! winner! winner!

Oh how I wish I could give each one of my entries a garland. As there were but only a few of you, it could be doable but my time is so wonky as of late I would never finish and follow through and then it would hang over my head like all the other things that fell through the cracks (I STILL have nervousness projects dangling overhead and I cannot even remember the details but always think about my dropping the ball there. Shoot!)

Four garlands for four ladies, here ya go!

wonderbread

Geri

 Jess

ButterandBuntings

Please email, etsy mail, or FB message me your address and I will get thee a garland out this week!

just in time for solstice, it's a garland giveaway!

Remember these? Leave a comment on this post and one of these lovely festive beauties may be yours!

Along with the three festive garlands I also have this lovely origami papel picado that would look lovely in your home. When you leave a comment, let me know which one is your fave and I'll do my best to make sure it is yours. You have until Saturday, June 22 to enter! Happy almost summer if yer in the western hemisphere!

garland winners!

I'm such a softie that I'm going to send all of my (12) commenters (ors?) a garland. While I do not know which one you will be receiving exactly, I DO know that those  who send me addresses first will mostly likely receive one of their top two choices....sooooo email, tweet, etsy or facebook me a mailing address and one wee scrumdilly-made garland will be heading your way! 

ten garlands in ten days: the recap and a giveaway

Well hello! I hope you enjoyed my ten garlands in ten days redux. I really enjoyed planning and making my garlands and I love how they look all clustered together. Now for the fun part. I'm going to be giving these garlands away! All of them except for the fingerprint garland, I cut that one in half for a prettier picture and it is kinda in a shambles now but if you really liked it, I can send you  a blank one so you can add your own fingerprints. If you would like a chance to win, I will select ten winners (one for each garland) to receive one of my garlands from this round of ten garlands in ten days. Note that some of the garlands are quite small but I still believe they pack a pretty punch. Leave a comment with your three favorite garlands in order of favorite and I'll draw names on my birthday, February 23! Happy garlanding! 

*day 1: heart cluster

*day 2: heart windows

*day 3: fingerprint hearts

*day 4: paper hearts

*day 5: bead easy

*day 6: amaranth blossoms

*day 7: paper chain hearts

*day 8: pom pom happy

*day 9: falling stars

*ay 10: foil festive

sweet november: winner!

Happy Tuesday friends! I have ben walloped over the noggin by some sort of virus (that's what I get for working with kids) and so my giveaway announcement is a tad less pretty than I had imagined. So, without further ado...

the winner of the sweet november dilly pack is....

cherrym who wrote: All you recipes look so yummy and tasty! I cant wait to try! My favorite post is your place settings! I love the beads and jewels and the painted napkins♥ Thanks for the great week!

and in the spirit of sweetness, I pulled two additional names to send trinkets to...

so...cherrym, Linda, and greeblygreebly (jessica) please message me you mailing info! 

winner, winner!

 

 Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun. I will be giving away a wee bit of more goodness sometime this week so stay tuned! Bonita Rose, please email me with your color preferences and an address for me to send to. I am jekinthebox at the geeee-mail. You have until Monday then I pick another name out of the jar. Don't delay! Happy Wednesday!

make a mini yarn garland with scrumdilly-do!

 

I created this fun mini take on a yarn bowl/garland for you and/or your kiddos to create. The details and fun can be found at scrumdilly-do! Don't forget about the Holiday Blog Hop and my giveaway. For the details click here and learn how to make a coffee bean sachet! Happy December!

diy caffeinated christmas gift {and a giveaway!}

 Have you been enjoying our holiday projects and fun? I hope so! I actually had planned to post a DIY on an alternative stocking (that is a way to package up stocking stuffers not in a stocking, not an emo themed stocking) but that project still needs some pretty pictures so instead I will be sharing a nifty way to present a coffee card to those coffee lovers in yer life.

I recently had a Secret Santa gift exchange for job-o number one. Our limit was $10 and my person is quite fond of coffee so it made sense to go with a gift card (who doesn't enjoy a gift card?) but it needed to be dressed up a smidge. Lucky for me I have boxes and suitcases and tins full of fabric and bits so it was really easy to create this wee gift package without going over the limit. This is a great way to use up yer tiny fabric scraps (I know you have a baggie or box or tin stashed away somewhere) so plug in your iron, clear a work space and grab two pairs of scissors; one for fabric cutting and one for burlap cutting (never use your good scissors on burlap).

Materials

*paper coffee cup (w lid) from local shop

*1/3 cup whole coffee beans

*loaded gift card

*coffee sleeve (for pattern)

*two scraps of burlap 3"sq

*assorted fabric scraps

*sewing machine

*2 pairs of scissors (one good, one not so)

*tissue for wrapping

*scrap happy gift tag (optional)

*ribbon or yarn for tying

The first thing I did was hit up the local (one of many) Starbuckeroos. I do live in a town full of exceptional coffee shops but for the sake of easy access I went with a bigger name store. I picked up a gift card and coffee sleeve and instead of the box they like to give, I asked for a tall paper cup. I told the gal that I was going to add a scoop of coffee beans into the cup and nestle the green bit of happy plastic inside and she whipped out a silver scoop and gave me a dash of the sweet smelling beans at no extra charge. Whoo-hoo!  She arranged the card just so inside and then grabbed her black pen and wrote out the recipient's name and type of bean inside just like they do when you place your order. She also graciously gave me a small handle bag and oodles of tissue before she sent me off on my merry way.

The first thing I made was the coffee sleeve (that DIY will be posted in a few days) but then I broke out a small scrap of burlap and a handful of even smaller scrappy scraps and got to work on a coffee bean sachet. The burlap has an open weave so the sweetness can shine, plus it looks mighty hip and pretty all at the same time.

 Cut out two squares of burlap about 3". Wonky is fine, it is burlap after all. Do not use yer good scissors!Find some happy scraps and trim if you need to. Arrange scraps atop one of the pieces of burlap.

Beginning with the bottom scrap, stitch to burlap using your sewing machine. Keep stitching until all scraps are in place. Play with stitch length and style. Raw edges are just dandy, we're going for a rustic look here.Once pieces are stitched on. Sandwich your two burlap pieces together and stitch all the way around leaving one side open. Leave about a quarter of an inch allowance at the edge. We're gonna jazz it up a smidge in a moment.

Tuck about a tablespoon or so of coffee beans into the open end of the sachet. Bring back to machine and stitch closed. Trim all edges so they appear more even than not and then pull out excess burlap strands. The open weave makes for easy unraveling and any strands not anchored into your stitching is fair game.

Ta-da! Happy shabby fringe!

Which makes for one happy little coffee bean sachet! Your recipient can keep this in her car or on her desk for a refresher. It can also be used as a pin cushion or light paper weight. See? Multi-functional!

Never one to not go a wee bit overboard, I also make a stitched paper garland which I wrapped around the gift card and anchored with a wee clothespin.

Tuck the card, garland and sachet into the cup and pop the lid back on.

Nestle the sleeve onto the cup and you now have an original take on a gift that is difficult to fool people.

I wrapped up the whole bit of pretty in the tissue from the shop, tied it with a brown ribbon and added a scrap happy tag (DIY also to be posted soon) to finish it all off. I hope the receiver enjoys this bit of fun! I know I would!

Leave a comment here at scrumdillydilly on this post here or this post for a chance to win a dilly-made coffee bean sachet, sleeve, paper garland and gift-tag pack (gift card not included). To make it more interesting, I would love to hear/read what your favorite project from the four of us was. I know it's kinda hard to choose (at least I think so, mine not included) but I would love to know what you think. I'll announce a winner Tuesday morning. Winner will have until Monday, December 19th to contact me otherwise a new winner will be selected (I want to mail out the gift pack asap). Happy Holidays from little old me and as always, be kind!

sweet {sweet} november: giveaway winners

Thank you to all who followed along last week. And now for our winners! I used True Random Number Generator to pick three numbers and here they are:

10 Mommyswanson who said:
I just love your blog & fall so it's too hard to choose!!!!
But the yo-yo's are extra sweet!!!

14 Danielle who said:
Found your blog through Tara's pink couch ~ Absolutely LOVE your blog and all
of the beautiful, creative things that you make and show us <3

Those little yoyos are so sweet and they would look PERFECT on fall layouts or
mini-books <3 and the mini photos are the bestest!!!!

7 Michael-Innkeeper who said:
um, i'd have to say i really liked the yo yo wreath. even though i haven't made
them yet, it has inspired me too make them for an upcoming project. and who
would have thought yo yos would look great on a wreath.

the pumpkin butter also looked ah-mazing!!! i do want to try that at some point too!
thanks so much for the chance.

So, there you have it! Please send me your address so I can mail your goodies out to you! You can find my email on my sidebar near the top left...

sweet {sweet} november: giveaway a-go-go

I meant to have my giveaway ready on Friday but let's just say I'm sticking with character and lagged just a wee bit. So, talk to me folks, did you enjoy our little blog hop? Did you find anything inspiring between the two of us? Do you think fun like this is a good thing? Should I do more or should I throw in the towel and stick with scrumdilly-do (I'm only half kidding folks).

For those of you who stuck with us I have a nifty giveaway or at least, I hope you find it nifty...leave a comment here and tell what you think/ What was your favorite fall inspired post? What, like Tara wrote, would you like to see around here? Give me a shout out and I pull three names for some giveaway goodness. You may find yourself the lucky recipient of a pretty wee photo pack like this:

Or this:

Or you may find yourself with a nifty little yo yo pack all hand-stitched and yo yo maker free by little old me! So leave me a happy comment, some praise or a kick in the pants and tell me what you would like to see more of and I'll pick three winners on Wednesday morning so stay tuned!
**oh and if you are soooo taken with these goodies, you can find them in my shop! Happy November!

another giveaway a-go-go

click here for a chance to win yer own pstyle!

i've got a giveaway a-go-go

over on goin' with the a-go-gos. ever hear of a pstyle? check it out!

did i mention i've been forgetful?

eeps! i totally forgot about the giveaway so without further ado i would like to congratulate Always Joy for her bunting win! whoo-hoo! um, if you were wondering how the winner was selected, i just (as in a moment ago) asked mr. a-go-go to pick a number between 1 and 11 and he chose 2 so there ya go, we're sooo professional around these parts.

**Always Joy, i need yer address!

we've been pack, pack, packing our little hearts out and yet it feels as if the tiny casa were just as full as always. i have stacks of magazines i wish i could find a home for and more knick-knacks and tchotchkies than you could pogo a stick with. we leave saturday morning for a week up with family and then it is official lift off...yikes!

just for fun

in celebration of my breathing again, the packing up of the casa and the BIG road trip, how's about a little giveaway? nothing spectacular mind you but leave a comment here if you would like to decorate yer casa with my junk mail picado. it's all wrapped up and ready to go....i'll pick the winner first thing friday morning.

bonanza winners!

being that i am feeling far too lazy to print out numbers and put them in a hat and being that i am far too impatient to wait until tomorrow to put happy numbers in a happy hat i have decided that my itunes will select the package receivers.

i put my player on shuffle and created a playlist with the first 53 songs that popped up (it's a pretty eclectic mix if i do say so myself).* i did not sit and listen to them all. that would take FOREVER, instead i joyfully hit the advance arrow to the next song and added each one to a playlist called "random giveaway".

then i hit that magic shuffle button and here are the first three songs that came up...

33. mom & dad: cub
7. iced tea: the capers
50. guitar rag: sylvester weaver

which means that....
silencer, andrea & susie are the (hopefully) happy receivers of wee delightful orange packages! if i can't hunt you down, please make sure to email me your mailing information (even if you think i have it). yay for birthdays and unbirthdays!

*i know it says there are 54 comments but i accidentally published a double commenter (commentor?). and rather than delete the comment i just skipped the repeat.

**in case you were wonderin' why i chose 8:36pm to be the comment deadline time, it was the time i was born, give or take a minute or two. my memory gets foggy in this old age. heehee!

birthday bonanza!

if ya wanna know 39 things about me click here otherwise read on.

thank you! thank you! thank you for all the wonderfully fantabulous birthday wishes! you sure know how to make a dorky muddled girl feel dorkier for all those wishy-washy feelings of ickiness. as a thank you and as a celebration, i am doing a birthday giveaway. for those of you who know how bad i am at mailing giveaway prizes on time, never fear, this time everything is wrapped and envelopes are stuffed so all i will need is an address to send them to. what's inside? well, that's a surprise but i can assure it's all handmade! leave me a comment or birthday wish here at scrumdillydilly (not my facebook link) and i'll add you to the list. there will be three packages going out and you have until 8:36pm tomorrow (the 24th) to enter the giveaway. yay! here's a sneak so ya know i ain't lyin'!

the two lucky ladies are....

icedteaforme & digital misfit!

take a looksie at the following pic and let me know which band you would like...first contact gets first dibs! and note that the green is a biggie for those of you with pouffee hair and or really gifted noggins...