…and the winner is!!

The winner of the ruffle skirt giveaway from Dress me up fun is:

Lisa!!

Lisa said:  That skirt is adorable!! I love the yellow and would love this for my daughter, mainly because she can't ever have enough ruffles! I know she would be so proud to wear this :)

Congratulations!!

I will pass your email on to my sister and she will contact you in the next few days.

Don’t forget you can have 10% off your next order when you mention my name.

Thanks again to all who entered, and to Lindsay for a fun giveaway.

Contact Lindsay at lindsaydrobbins@gmail.com to place your order.

Visit her here and here to check out her shop.

Birthday Gifts Week {gives from the past and a giveaway}

Today, I am going to share a few links to some fun gift ideas that I have given in the past.

…and I also have a great giveaway.

This is a sweet little stationary tray that we gave for Birthday’s last year.

The year before that, we made a homemade apron, and passed along a recipe for cookies made from a cake mix.

We included the cake mix with the gift. I can’t seem to find the post about this.  It was much to long ago.

This sweet monkey shirt was made for my adorable nephew.

I have also enjoyed making framed monograms to give to friends.  Here are a few that I made.

I have also given these away as a gift to a neighbor or a friend when you just want to say hi, thank you, or cheer them up.

I am leaving you with one last homemade gift idea.  Except you don’t have to make this one. 

Remember my sister and her cute shirts?  Well today she is giving away a skirt to one lucky J and A & Co. reader.

Please visit her site, and leave me a comment about how much you want the skirt and why.

I will pick the winner, on Monday March 19th in the afternoon.

I ordered this skirt for my little miss, and I just love it.

 

She also made the shirt to go with it.

 

The skirt comes in several colors.

She is also giving 10% off to you.  Mention my name when you place your order.

Visit her here or here. or contact her at lindsaydrobbins@gmail.com

Thanks Lindsay, and thanks to all my awesome readers.

I truly love you and appreciate all your sweet comments and emails.  A nice email or comment from a friend really does make me day.

P.S.  Don’t forget to leave me an email address.

Birthday Gifts Week {Fort Kit}

This is a fun gift that I just had to try out.  I have had a really hard time coming up with something great for boys.  I had seen this idea on pinterest, and I just had to make my own take on it.

The Fort Kit

This was so simple to make, I found the sheet already in the bag at Target.  Even better, it was on clearance for $4.

I cut out a red A for child’s first name and added it to the front of the bag.  I used spray adhesive to make it stick.  If I would have had more time, I think I would have stitched it on. 

I was able to re-fold the sheet and add the rest of the goodies to the bag.

Then I made a tag to attach to the bag.

Kit includes:

One flat sheet

A flashlight

Big clips

A rope

and some treats to hide out and eat

I found everything except the sheet at the dollar store.

I was hoping that this gift would be well received.  I think the gift was a hit when just an hour later I got this text:

“They love the fort.  Thanks so much for a great gift.”

This picture was included with the text.

I think it was a hit. 

My boys are begging for their own kit.

I am going to be stocking up on sheets for this gift.

What fun ideas do you have for boy’s gifts?

Don’t miss my other gift posts:

The Sleepover Kit

Favorite’s things gift

Birthday Gift week {Favorite things}

I thought it might be fun to send my mom and my BFF a favorite things box for their birthday.

A few of my favorite things for some of my favorite people.

This is an idea of what I mailed them:

I put a label on each item to explain just a little bit better.

Included in the box: I made them a CD of my favorite songs, my favorite popcorn seasoning, my favorite Easter treat, cinnamon bears, sugar cookie mix(I love cookies), my favorite deodorant(I know kind of funny, but I found one that I love; and it’s men’s deodorant)(even better, I found it in a trial size), a notebook(because I love making lists), a bracelet in my favorite color, my favorite gum, and my favorite drink packet.

I found this fun pink box:

added this fun label:

wrapped it up all cute:

and shipped it to my favorite people.

I love this gift because I get to share something that I enjoy on a daily basis with people that I get to see a couple times a year.

I saw this similar idea was posted just yesterday on eighteen 25.  Their packaging is fun too.

What would you put in your favorites gift?

Don’t miss yesterday’s gift: The Sleepover Kit.

Birthday Gifts Week {Sleepover kit}

I love giving unique birthday presents.  There is nothing that I hate more then going to the store and spending hours picking out the right Barbie.  A Barbie that will probably only be played with for a few days.  That is what seems to happen in my house anyway.

I have a couple of criteria when picking out, or making a gift for someone.

1.  I like it to be something that is useful.

2.  I like it to be something that is consumable.

3.  I like it to be used to make memories, or when spending quality time.

I am going to share some of the ideas that I have come up with this week.

I will end the week, with an awesome giveaway that will be perfect for a sweet little person’s birthday.

The Sleepover kit.

Kids and sleepovers are such a common thing.  I am not a huge fan of sleepovers myself.  We have decided that we will have sleepover’s with a few select friends.  The kids also sleep over at their cousins and their grandparents. 

Just recently, Stella was invited to a dear friends party.  This little sweetie is someone we like to claim as a cousin.  We have had her over to sleep several times.  She also sleeps over at her Nanny’s house often as well.

I thought it might be fun to make her a little sleepover kit.

I like to change my kids pillow cases when they go to a sleep over.  So a fun only used for sleepover’s pillowcase is a must.

Pillowcases are so easy to make.  They are also cheap to buy if you don’t want to take the time.

Once I finished it, Stella told me it was boring.  So I added some pink trim and the letter B; her first initial.

That seemed to satisfy Stella. 

I already had the owl fabric left from the pajamas my Mother in law helped me make for Christmas. 

This gift didn’t cost me a thing; just a couple hours one Saturday morning.

I decided she would need a bag to keep her personal items in.

We included some toothpaste, floss, and a toothbrush.  I think it is nice to keep these separate from the ones you have at home.  It makes it so easy to just grab them for your next sleepover.

I also already had the toothbrush and paste on hand; from all those dentist visits.

…and the part that makes the gift so much fun; the owl mask.

Every girl, likes to have something fun to show off at their sleepover.  What is more fun then two big owl eyes keeping your little peepers covered while you sleep.

I simply drew out the shape of each piece on paper and made my own little pattern.  Then I cut them out and used iron on paper to make them stick.  I sewed around each piece to tack it down a little better.  I made the headband part out of a tube of fabric, and some elastic.

It is so sweet.

I have also seen masks available to buy in the dollar spot at Target.  They are not an adorable owl, but still sweet.  You could find a pillow case to match, and a sweet bag, that is always easy to find  in the dollar spot. You would have your own Sleepover kit without even breaking out your sewing machine.

Your gift is even better when you package it up nicely.

Add a couple of homemade tags, and you are good to go.

Now that I made one of these for Stella’s friend, Stella thinks she needs one too.

Time to break out the sewing machine again.

Stay tuned for another great gift idea tomorrow.

Post Edited: Just surfing blog land and see that Eighteen 25 is posting birthday ideas as well.  I will be sharing something similar to this gift tomorrow so stay tuned to see my take on it.  How funny.