12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 1

Oh. My. Gosh.

It is FINALLY here!!  

Day 1 of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  

Are you as excited as I am?

Just a reminder that each of these giveaways (Days 1-12), there will be one winner.  

So, in total, we will end up with 12 different winners.

Let's get this party started, shall we?

Up first today, we have the shop, Perfectly Organized.  Our lucky winner will win a reading log/journal to help you keep track of all those great books you want to get your hands on.  You can also quickly jot down any great quotes you come across so you can find them easily! Be sure to check out their shop; there are plenty of organizational helps to choose from!  

You can find Perfectly Organized on Facebook and Etsy!

We also have the shop, Celine and Kate.

Today's winner will receive this gorgeous 16x16 metallic leather monogrammed pillow (with the monogram of your choice, of course!).  Seriously drooling over this.

You can find Celine and Kate on Facebook and Etsy!

And last, but not least...today's winner will also receive this darling Christmas hoop from Miss Tweedle Crafts.  I am dying to get my hands on one.

Her hoops are darling and she does quite a few custom hoops to match pretty much anything you want!

You can find Miss Tweedle Crafts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, her Blog and Etsy!

So.  What do you do now?  Follow all the Rafflecopter prompts that you wish!  There are plenty of way to enter available; choose as many or as few as you'd like.  Good luck - and be sure to come back tomorrow for another chance to win a new set of prizes!!

Click HERE for Day 2's giveaways!

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Nordic Tree Garland

Last month, I saw a random clip art photo of a tree garland that I thought was cute.  

I had also been eyeing a lot of red and white Nordic print fabrics in a few different Etsy shops.  

So, I put the two together to make this:

Cute stuffed little Christmas trees made out of Nordic inspired cotton and strung by hemp on a piece of twine.  I love it! It was super easy and quick to throw together.  Did I bother to take photos of the process as I went?  Of course not.  That would have made too much sense!!

Once I decided what size and shape I wanted my trees to be, I just made a quick template (out of my most recent Pottery Barn catalog cover) and started cutting trees out of my fabric.  I purchased a set of 5 fat quarters from Christmas Jul, which gave me PLENTY of fabric (I actually have enough trees/fabric cut to make probably 5 or 6 sets of these garland).

Putting right sides together, I sewed along one edge, placed my hemp in the top corner piece for the loop and then sewed down the other side (when sewing with right sides together, the loop end of the hemp has to be placed inside the tree with the 2 ends sticking out the top.  Does that make sense?).  I did sew along the bottom side as well, but left about a 1" opening that allowed me to: 

a) flip the tree right side out  

b) put stuffing in my tree and 

c) place my tree trunk in to be sewn in.

After flipping all the trees right side out, I ironed them and stuffed them.  The little trunks? Absolutely no rhyme or reason to them at all.  No measuring or anything.  Just snipped a square of fabric, placed a tiny bit of stuffing in it and stuck in the bottom of my tree.  I then zipped across the bottom of my tree(s) again with my sewing machine to sew the trunk in place.  That's it!

A quick and easy project that can be done in one evening.