Handmade Feature Thursday

It's very rare that I come across a shop who's product makes my heart skip a beat.

Today, I found a shop that made made me do just that!

She makes the most gorgeous bags and I am just so smitten with the colors!!

Made By Hank

I am so in love!

Just look at those colors! My personal fav is the "sea glass" {the blue one}

There are so many cute things in her shop, but I am really needing/wanting this bag! I could totally rock it as a diaper bag!!

Go check it out, you may find something you can't live without!

{etsy}

{blog}

Guest Blogging at Fun To Craft::Tutorial

Today I'm guest blogging at Fun To Craft! Stacey had a temporary moment of insanity, so I jumped at the opportunity and have hijacked her blog! 

I have a sweet little tutorial to share with you all. 

 So head on over there and check it out! Her blog is A.Maz.Ing! Be prepared, there a ton of other awesome crafty ideas on her blog, fair warning.


Don't forget, today is the last day to enter the giveaway hosted by my sponsor, 
Abigail Leigh Handbags.

Enter Here. Winner will be chosen tomorrow!

Some Super Awesomeness::And A Giveaway

I don't know if you all noticed, but I have a GREAT new sponsor. Yep, <--- Over there.

Her name is Abigail Leigh and she makes the most DARLING handbags!! She also does CUSTOM orders!! And what's super great, her prices are so amazingly awesome you'll want to buy one for your friends, neighbors,strangers, etc!

I have this bag! I LOVE this bag!!

It's called the Audrey bag. I love it for three reason's. It's so super cute and stylish, it's totally functional, and it shares the same name as my daughter! 

She has several other designs and styles to choose from, such as

The large Maggie bag

 This Darling Wristlet

The Olive bag (in a beautiful Kelly Green)

And she has several different clutches to choose from as well

But the BEST PART

She is giving one of you lucky readers this amazingly ADORABLE Audrey bag!

How perfect is this for Summer time?! Just perfect! I know!!

All you have to do is go to her shop, come back here, and leave a comment letting us know which one is your favorite.

The winner will be chosen via random.org on Friday 5/14

Want more entries to win? Do the following and leave a separate comment for each.

1. Follow Abigail Leigh's blog {here}
2. Follow Abigail Leigh on Twittter {here}
3. Make a purchase and leave a comment {here}. This will earn you 5 extra entries

Good Luck! And spread the word. She is too amazing to keep under wraps!

Ribbon Bookmarks

Here is my version of a tutorial from Jeanne Winters. These are so super easy to make and so much fun.


I made these for the ladies in my bible study. I will be taking them in tonight, hope they like 'em.


Please feel free to email me if you need further instruction.

We have a winner!

The random number picker -aka- my son, has chosen a winner for a lovely pair of earrings!

So, who is the lucky winner? who is the very fortunate person to win such a lovely pair of Incredibly Beautiful handmade earrings?!

Is is..... comment 4 - Deb from Jeremiah 29:11 who says "I must choose Sophie...because...I have 2 grandsons...Sam and Sawyer...and I've said we need a Sophie...and I'm thinking this is as close as I'm gonna get!! HA! HA!"

Congrats Deb, just send me your addy before Monday and I will get these off to you right away!

For those of you who were not lucky winners, there is still a special prize for you! Purchase anything in my shop (click here) before May 1st and it will be shipped for free. Just pay as you normally would and I will refund the shipping charges back to your Paypal acct. Thanks so much for all who entered!

Keep a look-out, new things are being added to my shop DAILY! through May 1st!!

Dollar Store Craftiness

I was at the $$$ store the other day purchasing some items for my Sunday School V-Day party when I came across this adorable little place mat. I just loved the pattern but I knew I would never use it on my table. 

So of course the wheels start turning, and I am wondering how I can have this adorable piece of fabric in my home, and what I can I do with it?

Ah Ha! A has been wanting an apron of her very own, so, why not? Just a few little stitches and it's done. The hem has already been sewn so this project is Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy!

Gather your place mat, ribbon, pins, needle, and thread (or sewing machine-mine is in need of repair)

Position the ribbon so that it feed through and will be able to tie in the back

Not too bad, she likes it and I only spent 10 minutes on it.

See how it wraps around her neck and ties in the back. Very Simple!

If you have or plan to make one, please share. I would love to see how you do this, or anything you create!