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Week of Winners Giveaway #2

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Just perfect for hiding away with the Christmas stash! This sweet little Webkins Elephant will keep you or someone you love company online or off.

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Also included are two Webkins trading card packs and the Webkins Elephant charm.

To enter, just leave a comment on this post.

For two more entries, post about this giveaway on your own site, and send me the link.

For three more entries be sure to click on the “Divine Caroline” button below and vote for Gracious Rain—it’s not hard and it’s free! Simply say, “I voted” in your comment and that’s it!

If you have already voted get 1 other person to vote–husband, sister, brother, mom, cat, kids, dog…hamster. Hey, if they have an email, they can vote!!

All “Week of Winner” winners will be chosen and announced on Monday October 5, 2009 at 10 am.

Good luck everyone!

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The “Sunday Bib”

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A common complaint from moms all over the place is that at dinner time, their babies are nice and covered with bibs all except for their arms. No problem, unless they are wearing long sleeves. Now they still need to change because they have apple sauce on their elbows. To these moms–I say…Meet the “Sunday Bib.”

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It’s nearly a smock but without so much back—and again, it’s made from a disguarded T-shirt and a cute new washcloth. Sorry, couldn’t help the Halloween colors. It must have been the moon…

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We cut the bottom of the shirt off about 2 inches below the sleeves.  Then, just put the washcloth where you want it and pin it in place–to just one side of the shirt.

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Be sure to keep the back side fabric out of the way–and sew the washcloth onto the shirt a few inches below the neck ribbing.

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You may want to take in a bit of the sleeve if the shirt is really huge. Just trim off the excess.

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Slit up the back side of the shirt. You can fold in and sew all the raw edges if you’d like to, but that’s the beauty of using T-shirt fabric–it doesn’t fray, so you don’t HAVE to unless you want to.

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Sew a tie of ribbon or soft string at the neck top, on each side. I used the shiny cord from old gift bags. It’s the perfect length and it comes in every color of the rainbow. Hey, you were throwing it out anyway!

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And there you have it my darlings. It’s quick and simple and every mom that sees it says, “Ohhhh, yeaaaah. That’s what we need!”

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And…poof!

Like magic.

It’s yours.

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Week of Winners Giveaway #1

Our first illustrious giveaway for the week is for this adorably sweet…

Little Punkin’ Head Toddler Hat!

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Made of 100% cotton and tell the truth—is it not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? The winner may choose from infant, toddler, child or adult sizes.

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For two more entries, post about this giveaway on your own site, and send me the link.

For three more entries be sure to click on the “Divine Caroline” button below and vote for Gracious Rain—it’s not hard and it’s free! Simply say, “I voted” in your comment and that’s it!

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All “Week of Winner” winners will be chosen and announced on Monday October 5, 2009

Happy Autumn everyone and good luck!

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Washcloth Bibs

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So easy, so fun, so resourceful.

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When you’ve taken all the random T-shirts and made baby pants, and rice pillows and nightcaps and pirate hats out of them…

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you end up with quite a pile of scraps. Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I just have a hard time wasting stuff like this. I’d say it was because I’m a child of the depression, but I’m not. It’s just fun to find a new life for something on it’s last leg.

You will need:

old T-shirts

colorful washcloths

scissors

sewing machine

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So, we cut the sleeves off and most of the front and back and cut through the back neck piece of the shirt.

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Then we laid the washcloth on top…

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and sewed it on.

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You can sew down the bottom of the shirt back to the washcloth as well, if you’d like. Some I did, some I didn’t. Either way works.

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Another way to do it is to cut the shirt in more of a half circle…

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and sew it on top of the washcloth. Again, either way works.

We found that if you turn the bib around–it also makes an adorable cape…

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just perfect for the hardworking superhero.

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The First Day of Fall

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Happy Autumn Everyone!

Can you feel it? That crispy nip that’s slowly creeping into the evening air. The colors of the yard slipping over to the deeper greens and browns and oranges. The need for longer sleeves and socks as the sun goes down. Leaves and apples and football. Hmmmmm…delicious.

September 22nd is the official “First Day of Fall” and our very favorite time of year. To celebrate we will be hosting an “Autumn Week of Winners” with a giveaway a day (except Sunday) beginning tomorrow–Wednesday, September 23, 2009 and ending Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Just think–seven prizes that you’ll reeeally want to win. No, really.

The giveaway prizes will help get this lovely holiday season off to a warm and cozy start–free stuff is always a good thing!

Stay tuned—you’re really going to LOVE this!