Happy Birthday to…

{the giveaway for this post is now closed}

ME!

Today is the day!  It’s my birthday!  It’s my birthday!  Put your hands in the air like ya just don’t care!  Now everybody sssscream!!

Just kidding!  You can put your hands down now.  Stop screaming.  Really.  Stop.

I will be brief today because I’m preparing to spend the day off from work and hang out all day with my husband.  Something we haven’t done in a long while.  (I hope he takes me to my favorite restaurant for lunch!  I’ll tweet if he does!)

First, a giveaway.  From the Two Peas studio.

I had an idea that for my birthday I wanted to make something for the giveaway that I hadn’t made before.  Something unique.  I thought…me, the working bloggy mom that I am, I’ll make a laptop sleeve since mine is constantly in arms reach of me.  And how cool would it be to make it from a pair of mens pants, use the pocket to hold the cords, add a couple of mens ties.  In my head, it was a great idea and it looked good too.

I used two ties for the handles...

In real life, what was a “swan” in my head, became this bit of an, I won’t say ugly but let’s just say “unique duckling”

The back pocket stitched on the front, little bling bling button...

Plus a little sparkly buckle {good call Kristen - she helped me pull this together}

Let’s call it our “punk rock business as usual” laptop sleeve.  My sister said it was ugly.  As did my oldest and dearest friend whom I’ve known since the day I was born (we were neighbors growing up and born 4 days apart.  We like to say our Moms must have passed in the hall and we probably were bunk mates in the nursery)  Somebody out there has to love it.  I’m determined now more than ever to give it to a good loving home.  Where someone will love her not because of her outer beauty, but because of who she is on the inside.  A beautiful bag inside of a pair of mens pants and two ties.  Oh, now that’s funny!

But wait folks, there’s more!  Oh yes!  (I sound like one of those crazy info -mercials)  Because the bag turned out so crazy…I’m adding this one in too!

A cute little clutch...

Wait…there’s still more!!

Awhile back, Patty Young, textile designer extraordinaire, was tweeting about this.

A terrible photo of something really cool...

It’s hard to see how cool this is…Patty uploaded a few of her textile designs to this website and created a gelaskin for her iPhone.  I asked her if she could get a couple extra for me and she did…way back in November.  Because I knew, this would be cool for my birthday giveaway.  Yes, I planned this out that long ago.

This gelaskin will fit on your iPhone or iTouch.  It features a design from Patty’s Flora and Fauna line.

3 Fun prizes…ok two for some of you…some may think they are all great.  And the last prize today…a shop credit from Two Peas for $25.

This giveaway will end next Wednesday, March 31st at midnight.  The winner will be chosen by mr. Random.org.  Here’s what you need to do to enter:

Leave a comment each time you do one for multiple chances:

1)  Become a fan of my facebook page

2)  Subscribe to my blog (it’s over there to the left in the sidebar)

3) Post this giveaway as your Facebook status and link back to this post.

4)  Tweet about this giveaway and link back to this post.

5)  Blog about this giveaway for TWO entries!

and last

6)  Visit my etsy store and tell me what your number one must have item is for Spring

Sound good?  All together 4 prizes.  The laptop sleeve that needs a good loving home, the clutch, the gelaskin, and the shop credit.

Birthdays are good, yes?

The fine print Yes, this giveaway IS open to our international friends with one little hitch…you gotta pay $6 shipping if you win either bag (which will help cover my shipping costs…international shipping can be really pricey so feel free to play along so long as you don’t mind helping with the shipping expenses.   Free US shipping on all giveaways.  And Free international shipping for the gelaskin. )

Happy 37th to me, again!  Thanks for making my days such great ones – I really enjoy our network of crafty friends and moms!

And don’t forget to scroll back to yesterdays post and get in on the Britt Lakin Photography giveaway

xoxo,

Trish