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One Year Anniversary Giveaway!

May 21, 2012 at 23:35 | Posted in Crafts - DIY, Freebies | 63 Comments
Tags: apron, baby quilts, blog anniversary, freebies, giveaway, pincushion, planters, tea towel dress, tutorials, utility apron

This giveaway is now closed.

This week Mother Crafter is turning 1 year old! It has been a very creative year, don’t you think? Here is a round-up of the most popular projects, tutorials and inspiration that I shared:

From Bookshelf to Planters

Paloma’s Quilt from Quilts, Baby!

Japanese Tree Pincushion

To celebrate, I want to give you all the opportunity to win one of my unique aprons. You can use them for cooking, for crafting, for gardening, for FUN! They are made combining four funky prints to make them fun and reversible. The pockets and the ring make them functional too so you can have your hands free while doing what you do.

You will have not one, but three chances to enter to win.

Mandatory:

- Follow Mother Crafter via email. Please leave a comment letting me know you did.

Extra entries:

- Like Mother Crafter on Facebook. Please leave a comment letting me know you did.

- Share this giveaway on Facebook with a link to this post. Please leave a comment letting me know you did.

Leave a comment for each entry you do. This give-away will run until May 26, 2012 at midnight PST. I will announce the winner that weekend. Open to everyone, everywhere! Good luck!

Happy Birthday Mother Crafter! Thank you so much to my amazing hubby Michael, without him this blog would not be possible. And thank you to all of you for reading it and making me happy!

Vacation Month: Guest Blogger Vanessa from {nifty thrifty things}

October 15, 2011 at 12:45 | Posted in Crafts - DIY, Stimulus | Leave a comment
Tags: baby shoes, craft blog, Crafts, place cards, sugar cubes, tutorials

Hello everybody! I am on vacation this month, introducing Paloma to family and friends in home country Argentina. But don´t worry, I have cool stuff for you this month. I will be having guest bloggers every week, and they are bringing you tutorials and lots of inspiration. So please welcome them and go check out their awesomeness in their own blogs. Here is Vanessa, the first guest blogger. Enjoy!,

I am really excited to be a guest at Vanina’s cute blog today! Thank you so much for having me!

A little about me: My name is Vanessa and I blog over at {nifty thrifty things}. My husband and I are currently living in northern Germany (where I am from), but we met, fell in love and got married in Houston, Texas.

I love decorating, designing and most of all, being thrifty. I started my little blog in late December of 2010, but didn’t make it public until the end of January. It has been the most rewarding hobby. Not only being a creative outlet for me, but also giving me the opportunity to meet wonderful people all over the world.

Here are few of my favorite DIY crafts from my blog:

{paper boat place cards}

Remember making these cute paper boats as a child? But not also are they fun to make when being a kid, they also make for some super cute place cards now (and are still fun to make!).

{kimono baby shoes}

I made these little kimono baby shoes for my oldest friend, who had her first baby earlier this year. It’s such a cute and personal gift for new moms/babies.

{sugar cubes}

Another simple DIY project. Making these sugar cubes takes about 10 minutes (+ letting it dry over night). A must have for your next tea party!

I hope you enjoyed the projects I shared and will come check out more on my blog!

Thank you so much again Vanina for having me!

Stimulus: Baby Quilts

August 11, 2011 at 21:20 | Posted in Crafts - DIY, Stimulus | 2 Comments
Tags: animals quilts, baby quilts, cute quilts, free patterns, modern quilt, quilting, quilts, tutorials

Who doesn’t love baby quilts? They are cute and some are handmade by someone special in your life but most important they are very practical. You can use them in the crib, as an art piece to hang on the wall or you can take it with you on the go and put your baby down without having to worry too much about dust or dirt.

Back when I was pregnant I made my first quilt. And since then I have so many ideas to make more but haven’t had the time or energy to fully commit to making one. The furthest I got was making sure the new sewing machine I bought had the basic quilting tools to make it easier. Some progress is still progress, right?

Anyways, back to the baby quilts. We didn’t know what we were expecting but for some reason I was very drawn to everything that had birds on it. It is pretty weird since we were not sure about names either, and when she arrive we knew her name was going to be Paloma (which means dove in Spanish). Weird! So the baby quilt I made has an embroidered bird on it. I found this awesome book from Linda Kopp called Quilts, Baby! and fell in love with all the quilts, but especially with the one in the cover.

I was nervous to make a quilt but it was easier than I expected and I really like how it came out. We decided to hang it on the wall, in her diaper changing station. She really liked it from the beginning, and it is a good distraction for her while changing the diaper.

I totally recommend the book if you are looking for some cuteness to make, from quilts to crib bumpers to a play mat.

If you need some stimulus, I found great tutorials and free patterns online that I want to share with you. Red Rooster has this wonderful quilt with a giraffe applique and you can download the pattern for free.

Milk and Honey Quilts shares this adorable elephant quilt too.

Natalia and Kathleen over at Piece N Quilt made this unique and gorgeous Modern Baby Quilt, and they have easy to follow instructions and a free template.