Monday Giveaway

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Congratulations to Kama for winning a monogrammed Easter baby bib!

Last week for an Easter themed giveaway! This week The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co will be giving away a toy that's perfect for the littlest kid in your nest. This sheep teething ring is the perfect tool to soothe your baby through all that troublesome teething. Imported from Germany, this teething toy features a removable soft sheep made from cotton/polyester and terry-velvet, and the ring is made from color free beech wood. Natural European toys are great for baby gifts, toys for parents and gift givers concerned about toy safety.

1. Leave a comment about your favorite trick to calming your baby or child.
2. Mention how you found this site
3. Check out the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. to see what other newborn gifts they carry.
4. Make sure I can contact you! Either leave an email address in your comment, or make sure that you have contact information on your blog profile.

You can receive an extra entry towards this giveaway if you link to this give-away in your blog and put that link in your comment. Or Twitter this giveaway and follow me on Twitter.

The give-away is open for entries until Sunday, April 5th, at 11:59 PM. Winners will be chosen at random, and announced Monday afternoon. Good luck!

Note: At this time, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. cannot ship give-away items internationally. They apologize for the inconvenience to all of you great people living outside of the U.S.

Fabric Sale - Novelty Bird Fabrics

Going along the bird theme from my post about Etsy, this week The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. will have any of these bird fabrics at 20% off the normal price.

To get the 20% discount just call in anytime 9am-6pm EST toll free 1-800-231-4231 until next Friday and just mention this blog.

Going clockwise starting with the upper left corner: vintage bird blue fabric, song bird pink fabric, vintage bird ivory fabric, autumn sparrows fabric, aviary pink fabric, and yellow partridge flannel fabric.

Fabric Craft Ideas- Spring Clothes!

With a new season coming, it's natural to want to add something new to freshen up your wardrobe. Here are some ideas I'm excited to try, for adults and kids!

From Craft magazine comes this simple yet chic wrap skirt. What I love about it is that they offer two versions- a simple version for beginners, and a more advanced version with piping for people who are comfortable behind a sewing machine. Oh, and this skirt is reversible. Which is great if you're like me, and have a hard time picking just one fabric to use! Plus I love wrap skirts. They're easy to make, and pretty much a one size fits all.

From Joy's Hope comes this adorable Tutu T-Shirt. What a great idea! This seriously makes me wish I had a little girl- I just might have to make it for a friend's kid anyway. She provides detailed instructions, and promises that it's a lot easier than it looks. She made her first tutu t-shirt when she was just a beginner at sewing, so don't be afraid to try this!

If you are looking for ways to save old clothes, here are some useful tips. Amy at Glitter, Vinyl, and Thread has this tutorial for fixing t-shirt sleeves by shortening them. Craft gives directions on how to crochet that hole in your favorite sweater, as well as how to make your jean pant/skirt patches more stylish.

Etsy Inspiration - Birds Birds Birds!

I love all birds, especially owls. I mean, I really love owls. I hot owl potholders, owl figurines, owl candles, owl bowls...there is something just especially adorable about them.

So I'm always on the look out for beautiful bird inspired creations. Here are some of my favorites I've seen on Etsy lately.

I like how this bag is sturdy but still looks chic and elegant. Plus I love the fact that they use a pearl vintage button, and the bird applique is great. And that little flap? It's magnetic! How cool is that? This makes me wish I was better at sewing heavy materials.

This little bird dishes are just too adorable! I love how the imprinted lace pattern forms their eyes, and I like the vintage light blue. I would love to use these as a key plate, soap dish, or just as decoration. This artist has a lot of beautiful items on Etsy...totally worth checking out.

First of all, I just love this fabric print. Could see this being great for pillows, curtains, you name it. But I love the use of these flying geese on a passport holder! What a clever idea. Now if only I had time to go traveling the world...

Okay, now it's time for an owl. I'm not a much of a jewelry person myself, but this resin pendant is cute enough to win me over. If you like this style but not owls, the same artist makes many different adorable vintage pendants in the same style.

Monday Giveaway

I hope you all had a good weekend! I went on a little family trip to Mississippi to go to St. Patrick's Day parade and visit with friends. I'll post some photo's later-- it was quite a scene!

Congratulations to Meg for winning a monogrammed girls dress!

This week to continue with the theme of Easter toys and clothing, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. has a personalized Easter gift for newborns and toddlers. This monogrammed Easter baby bib will be a big hit, with the choice of an appliqued baby chick or bunny.

Here's how to wine a personalized Easter bib:

1. Leave a comment about the most useful/best baby shower gift your received or your favorite outfit as a kid.
2. Mention how you found this site
3. Check out the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. to see what other newborn gifts they carry.
4. Make sure I can contact you! Either leave an email address in your comment, or make sure that you have contact information on your blog profile.

You can receive an extra entry towards this giveaway if you link to this give-away in your blog and put that link in your comment. Or Twitter this giveaway and follow me on Twitter.

The give-away is open for entries until Sunday, March 29th, at 11:59 PM. Winners will be chosen at random, and announced Monday afternoon. Good luck!

Note: At this time, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. cannot ship give-away items internationally. They apologize for the inconvenience to all of you great people living outside of the U.S.

Fabric Sale - Geometric Fabrics

This week for the fabric over at The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. we will feature our geometric fabrics. Geometric fabrics are great for lots of different sewing projects, from curtains to pillows to table cloths! All of our geometric fabrics will be 20% off this week!

To get the 20% discount just call in anytime 9am-6pm EST toll free 1-800-231-4231 until next Friday and just mention this blog.

Going clockwise starting in the upper left corner: blue spirals fabric, vintage fashion dot fabric, blue leaves fabric, pink topiary fabric, brown aqua toile fabric, pink pinwheels fabric.

Spring Has Sprung at Warm Biscuit Bedding!

Last week I did a post on items I had found on Etsy.com that were spring-inspired. Not to be left out, there are a bunch of new items at The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. that will help everyone be ready for warm weather and sunshine!

Girls Ribbon Watch
Each girls watch set comes with 11 different tie on grosgrain ribbon straps, which are a bright and fun mix of stripes and polka dots. To wear, simply thread the quartz time piece with the grosgrain ribbon and tie around your wrist. Your girl will be keeping track of time in seconds!

Girls Straw Ribbon Bag
Your fashionable girl will simply adore this ribbon bag that is just perfect for fun days in the sun. It has easy-to-hold fabric handles, an adorable polka dot fabric lining with a zipper close, and is just the right size for toting to the beach, the mall, or over her best friends house.

Girls Fruit Packs
These sweet fruit girls day packs with grosgrain ribbon straps is perfect for toting all your little girls valuables around town, or off to school, with a colorful flare that everyone will notice. Designed to fit pencils, notebooks and snacks. Pick between a strawberry backpack and a lemon backpack.

Kids Beach Chair
Perfect for lounging in the backyard, at garden parties, or on the beach! These fabric kids beach chairs are sure to be a big hit this summer. Made by a crafty Mom in Oklahoma, these fabric beach chairs are made with vintage fabrics that are inspired by retro designs. Carefully sewn to last and give you a strong value. So pick from our space, western, baseball, yellow rose, pin dot floral, hula girl, surfer boy, or camping themes.

Photo from the Weekend

While walking around the neighborhood last weekend with my boys I passed this lady selling flowers in front of a church letting out. The colors of the flowers were too bright for me to resist snapping a shot. Yay for Spring coming soon!

Monday Giveaway

Hope you had a great weekend!

Congratulations to cdziuba for winning a personalized kids Easter plate!

This week The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. will continue with the Easter theme for the giveaway, and feature our girls personalized pink ric rack dress. Sewn with soft cotton pique, each dress is trimmed in raspberry pink ric rac. Customize it with one of the six available embroidery threads for monogramming. This little frock also makes an adorable keepsake to stow in mom's hope chest. Machine washable. Comes in four sizes from 6 months up to 3 years.

Here's how to win a personalized Easter dress:

1. Leave a comment about your favorite outfit as a kid.
2. Mention how you found this site
3. Check out the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. to see what other kids clothes they sell.
4. Make sure I can contact you! Either leave an email address in your comment, or make sure that you have contact information on your blog profile.

You can receive an extra entry towards this giveaway if you link to this give-away in your blog and put that link in your comment. Or Twitter this giveaway and follow me on Twitter.

The give-away is open for entries until Sunday, March 22nd, at 11:59 PM. Winners will be chosen at random, and announced Monday afternoon. Good luck!

Note: At this time, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. cannot ship give-away items internationally. They apologize for the inconvenience to all of you great people living outside of the U.S.

Spring Fabric Sale - Easter Fabrics!

Following on my excitement for Spring, this week The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. will be making all of our Spring fabrics 20% off. We don't really have a section for spring fabrics, so our Easter fabrics selection will be what you can all save money on.

To get the 20% discount just call in anytime 9am-6pm EST toll free 1-800-231-4231 until next Friday and just mention this blog.

Below are just four of our spring and Easter fabrics. Going clockwise we have bouncing bunnies fabric, sweet birdy blue fabric, green gingham fabric, and pastel polka dot fabric.

Enjoy!

Etsy Inspiration - Spring Inspired Crafts

I just can't wait for Spring! It might be only March now, but soon it will be April, Easter will be here, flowers will be blooming....

In need of a bit of pick-me-up I was browsing Etsy for some spring inspired creations, and here are some of the best things that I found. Hope you have fun drooling over this eye candy too! Just click on the pictures if you want to go to Etsy.

Homemade Stuffed Animals

As a kid, one of my favorite stuffed animals was made by my Mom. I liked the fact that it didn't quite look like any of the toy animals my friends had. Vintage stuffed animals are not impossible to find, but it can be fun to make your own. Here are some ideas for projects:

From Martha Steward Living is this idea to turn old wool sweaters into adorable little farm animals. I like the way the more classic wool prints look with these, but I'm sure more modern prints would work great too. So if you're cleaning out your winter closets, here's a good way to make sure that old sweater your tired of doesn't go to waste. There are directions for a chicken, lamb, and a pig-- I especially like how the pig looks.

If creating something 3D is a bit daunting to you, this sewn felt penguin is more like a small shaped pillow, and easy enough that older kids could do it as a craft. According to the people over at Craft Daisies, this took them only 3 hours while watching TV. So if you are looking for something simple but still cute, this is it.

Then there is the venerable sock monkey. Crazy toe socks are great for these, or wool socks make for a more classic monkey. And once you've got the basic idea down, there is no limit for what other animals you can create. I've seen some really adorable sock octopuses being sold on blogs lately, that I am thinking about trying to do myself.

Hope these are fun!

Monday Giveaway

Hope you all had a great weekend. It got into the 60s this weekend in New York, and me and the boys went on a bike ride along the East River.

Congratulations to Mickelle for winning one of our monogrammed Easter bags. I hope she and the lucky kid enjoys them!

Continuing on the Easter gift trend this month, this week we will give away a kids personalized Easter plate. Mom and artist Jamie Letzner designed all of her plates and paints each one by hand to order. This darling plate comes with a "Happy Easter" message with a cute bunny in the center.

Here's how to win a personalized Easter plate:

1. Leave a comment about your favorite part of Easter dinner, or your favorite Easter candy.
2. Mention how you found this site
3. Check out the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. to see what other kids meal time items they sell.
4. Make sure I can contact you! Either leave an email address in your comment, or make sure that you have contact information on your blog profile.

You can receive an extra entry towards this giveaway if you link to this give-away in your blog and put that link in your comment. Or Twitter this giveaway and follow me on Twitter.

The give-away is open for entries until Sunday, March 15th, at 11:59 PM. Winners will be chosen at random, and announced Monday afternoon. Good luck!

Note: At this time, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. cannot ship give-away items internationally. They apologize for the inconvenience to all of you great people living outside of the U.S.

Iditarod Weekend!

The Iditarod starts this Saturday, so if you are thinking of things to do with your kids, consider doing some activities around this theme. Can you tell I used to be a teacher? It's easy to get kids interested in the Iditarod, and is a great chance to teach them about an interesting part of Alaska's wilderness and culture.

So here's some information to share with your kids:

The Iditarod Trail began as a mail and supply route. Mail and supplies went in. Gold came out. All via dog sled. In 1925, part of the Iditarod Trail became a life saving highway for the epidemic-stricken city of Nome. Diphtheria threatened and serum had to be brought in; again by intrepid dog mushers and their faithful hard-driving dogs.

The Iditarod is a commemoration of Alaska's past. The race is over 1150 miles long, which the racers cover in 10 to 17 days.

The trip is long and grueling. The climate of Alaska is unlike what most of us experience. In some areas of the state, temperatures can hit extremes of 60 degrees below zero. The northernmost part of the state also has long periods of night and day. The town of Barrow has nearly three months of continuous sunlight beginning in May. However, when the sun sets in November, Barrow receives no sunlight for more than two months.

Activities:

Write a letter to a musher! Though you aren't gaurenteed to get a letter back, it's likely that you will, and this is a nice way to brighten a mushers day.

And if your kids like word searches, here is an Iditarod word search and an Iditarod crossword puzzle.

Fabric Sale

I'm partial to striped fabrics. They are easy to coordinate with, and I feel like there is no room they don't work in. Striped can be girly or good for boys rooms. So this week, our fabric sale will feature a few of the striped fabrics over at The Warm Biscuit Bedding Co.

To get the 20% discount just call in anytime 9am-6pm EST toll free 1-800-231-4231 until next Friday and just mention this blog.

Going clockwise: yellow and white stripe fabric, watermelon upholstery stripe, navy floral stripe fabric, and pink jardin stripe.

Feeding Your Kids

Growing up, my parents fed me pretty healthy food overall. Fruits and vegetables were a part of my daily diet, and I was rarely allowed to get sugar laden cereal, much to my annoyance. But my parents were also by no means strict. There were always cookies in the house, and other slightly junky snacks like chips, cheese-its, etc. While I definitely would not have opposed more boxes of Frosted Flakes around the house, I never felt deprived of the sorts of foods kids like.

With my own kids, I've tried to walk the same line. I watch what they eat, but I try to make a big deal about it. I figure they need lots of energy, and so as long as they are getting some healthy food in there, it's okay if their is some less than healthy stuff in the mix.

In an article published recently in The New York Times, suggests that you can be too overbearing when it comes to encouraging your kids to eat healthy. The overall message is that more than telling kids specific rules like "don't eat candy" it is better to simply encouraging good eating habits by leading by example, and introducing them to as much healthy food as possible.

This is a tricky issue every parent struggles with, and I'd be curious to hear your opinions. How do you try and get your kids to eat well without denying them the joy of childhood and without making them overly worried about food?

Fabric Bag Craft

These days you have an excuse to perhaps one (or two) too many bags- bags are not only a fashion statement these days, they are also a symbol of a green lifestyle. Fabric bags are reusable, so they cut down on using plastic bags. So feel free to indulge without on guilt, get some fabric, and pick from one of these style of bags and get started!

The Sturdy Tote Bag
A basic and practical bag can still be chic and pretty! This sturdy tote bag pattern from Jcaroline Creative will allow you step by step instructions to make a bag that you can use for grocery shopping, trips to beach, or the library. Use upholstery fabric to make a bag that will really last. What I like about this design is that it also includes a smaller pocket, perfect for a wallet, pens, or change.

Pleated Fabric Purse
This fashionable purse does not require a lot of fabric, and does not have a lot of lengeth, but because it is so wide it still holds a bit of stuff. Brought to us by Craftster, there are detailed directions that make this any easy craft to complete. The purse does not need a zipper, lets you mix and match different fabrics, and is nice and sturdy with lining.

Fabric Car Trash Bag
Okay, so this last one is not a bag to carry around, but when I found this craft I could not resist posting it. While it gets the job done, hanging a plastic bag off your car seat leaves something for the eyes to desire. Allyson Hill provides detailed directions on how to make one of these. The fabric featured is the retro rocket fabric. If you don't want to use a trash bag as the liner, you could also pick out an oilcloth to add some extra color.

Monday Give Away

Hope you all had a great weekend! Right now I'm battling the snow a bit, but I can't complain. Congratulations to Cindy for winning the name tiles!

Every week in March we will be giving away an item to make Easter this year be extra fun for the kids.

To start off, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. will be giving away a personalized kids Easter bag. These kids Easter Bags are made from soft, pastel felt, and are great for toting treats or Easter eggs, and can be used from year to year. Available in pink with a bunny or blue with a cute little chick.

Here's how to win:

1. Leave a comment about your favorite Easter candy.
2. Mention how you found this site
3. Check out the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. to see what other Easter gifts that they sell.
4. Make sure I can contact you! Either leave an email address in your comment, or make sure that you have contact information on your blog profile.

You can receive an extra entry towards this giveaway if you link to this give-away in your blog and put that link in your comment.

The give-away is open for entries until Sunday, March 8th, at 11:59 PM. Winners will be chosen at random, and announced Monday afternoon. Good luck!

Note: At this time, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. cannot ship give-away items internationally. They apologize for the inconvenience to all of you great people living outside of the U.S.