And the winner is.....

Congrats to Sarah H. She was entry number 30! Again congrats Sarah, you have 24 hours to contact me to claim your prize!

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Don't forget it'll be August before we know it, and I'll have another giveaway ready to go!

Until Next Time.....

Adventures with Sashay yarn and Giveaway!

Want to win something really cool? I recently won a pattern from a giveaway and set it aside, I knew it would be awhile before I could go to Hobby Lobby up in Roswell to buy the special Sashay yarn that was needed for the skirt part of the dress. Then last week I was wondering around our local Walmart and did like I always do. I walked down the yarn aisle to see if there was anything new in stock, and low and behold on the end cap I found Red Heart Sashay yarn! I was instantly giddy. So giddy in fact that I took a picture and labeled it as "score".

That night I set aside time and started on the dress, something I thought I could whip up in no time flat, after all I'm pretty fast at crocheting when I don't have munchkins climbing all over me. In fact it took me about 3 days to complete the whole dress. The top was a breeze, but crocheting with the Sashay yarn took a little bit to get used too. I eventually mastered it and it turned into something very beautiful, something I am very proud of.

Finally I decided to add a headband and have my 3 year old model it, sadly I have no daughters, but since my son is the right size, heck why not right? Needless to say Jeff was not thrilled that I had his first born in a dress, but also that his son liked being in the dress. I think this picture will fit perfectly in the "embarrass Brodie in front of his friends" photo album.

So now to the good stuff. I want to give this cute little outfit away to one lucky winner! This dress set is valued at $45 in my shop, but you can win this exact dress if you're the lucky one chosen by Rafflecopter! It is a size 3T - 4T.

Now for the fun stuff, to enter you have to...

1. Be a fan of my Facebook page. Mandie's Krafty Kreations This one is mandatory, the rest are optional/extra entries.

2. Leave a comment on this blog letting me know what you'd like to see in next months giveaway.

3. Post a status to Facebook sharing this giveaway, make sure it's public and post the link in the Rafflecopter widget where it's asked for, it needs to be public so I can see it. If I can't see it, it doesn't count. You can do this once a day for extra entries.

4. Tweet about this giveaway, you'll need to leave the link to your tweet and make sure it's public so I can see it. If I can't see it, it doesn't count. You can do this once a day for extra entries.

The first entry is mandatory, the other three are optional.

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Have fun, and good luck everyone!!!

Until Next Time.....

Independence Day Giveaway!!!

As most of you know my shop is closed to custom orders right now. We're trying to find a new house, and get moved, and I don't want to bogged down with orders during this time.

That said I am still trying to host my monthly giveaways. I'm cutting this one close, but in honor of our nation's birthday I am going to giveaway 2 prizes. One is a toddler-small child sized sun hat, this is made already so there's no waiting for me to make it. The second is a kitchen set, which includes; a towel holder, a floor sweeper cover, and a coaster set which can double as little washcloths.

To enter please use the Raffle copter widget below! The only rule is that you must be a fan of my Facebook page Mandie's Krafty Kreations

The Sunhat

and the kitchen set

Good Luck Everyone!!!

The contest will actually end tomorrow evening so I can mail out the prizes on Friday, if they need to be mailed, Rafflecopter wouldn't let me set it for a specific time, so the widget says it will end at 12:01am on the 29th. Please note that I WILL BE DRAWING THE WINNERS ON 06/28/2012 @ 4:00pm MST. Thanks!

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Until Next Time.....

Summer is Here!

I'm pretty sure all this heat gave it away! I just wanted to update how the Lawson fam is doing!

Kris is doing great we're adjusting to him being home 24/7 now that school is out. He's helping a lot more around the house which is just awesome.

Brodie is fully potty trained.....finally! Whew! I do have to say he was a lot easier to train than Kris was. He's such a big boy and I can't believe how much he's grown. It's so weird to see him now as this preschooler, I still remember him being a toddler, and speaking of toddlers.....

Jax is so close to walking now! He's cruising everywhere, standing on his own, and getting into everything! I'm so sad he's already a year old. I was truly hoping this past year would drag on, but sadly it didn't.

I also just had my 32nd birthday. Wow I can't believe that I'm this old already haha!

I also wanted to let everyone know to keep an eye out for a giveaway I'll be having again. I'm going with a 4th of July theme, after all America's birthday is creeping up on us!

Until next time.....

Did you win?

The widget has spoken and winners have been decided did you win?

Winner #1 is Angela Baylock, you win the spring bloom hat, in any color that you'd like, you can also choose to have a flower or not.

Winner #2 is Nicole Simonton-Heine, you win the brimmed sun hat, in any color that you'd like.

and finally

Winner #3 is Marissa Mendoza, you win the spring bloom hat, in your choice of up to 2 colors, and you can also choose to have a flower or not.

Ladies you have 24 hours from 10am MST, to contact me to claim your prize! Please email me at mandieskk@yahoo.com. Thanks for playing everyone, and remember May 31st is the last day to get custom orders in. I'll be closing to custom orders for a couple months starting June 1, 2012! Until next time.....

Summer Giveaway!!

Since I want to do this right and not lose my Facebook page, all giveaways will be hosted over here now. =) Thanks to Rafflecopter it's going to be pretty easy! For my first giveaway in a long time I'll be drawing three winners. I have three great patterns to make for Summer, you can either win the Summer Breeze, Spring Bloom, or the Brimmed Sun Hat. All you have to do is use the widget below and it'll show you what you need to do to enter. Pretty simple! The giveaway starts today and will end on Saturday May 19, 2012, winners will be drawn and notified within 48 hours of the end of the giveaway. Don't forget to share, share share!!!

Now for the pictures of the prizes.

#1 Spring Bloom Hat. Can be made in any size from Newborn - 24 months. Choose your color(s) with or without flower.

#2 Brimmed Sun Hat. Can be made in any sizes from Newborn - 5+ years. Choose your color(s). Great for boys or girls!

#3 Summer Breeze Hat. Can be made in any sizes from Newborn - Adult. Choose your color(s) with or without flower.

Now for the good stuff. a Rafflecopter giveaway Good luck everyone and until next time.....

Talk About Slacking!

Life has been just so incredibly busy as of the past few months! I can't believe it's been 6 months since my last post! The boys are all growing like weeds! Brodie is now 3 whole years old, and Jaxon is almost 11 months. Seriously where is the little baby I just had?! He's crawling everywhere and recently started cruising along furniture! Kris is doing alright too! He's had a few meltdowns, but I feel like a lot of it has to do with it being near summer, he's ready to get out and do what Kris wants rather than worry about school. My last post was about Brodie's rubber rain boots, well sadly those boots were wore in a little too much, we threw them away right before his birthday back in February.

I do have some exciting news, up until a few months ago I had never met another parent who cloth diapers. Well I was going to go through the process of becoming a host for the Great Cloth Diaper Change 2012 here in Carlsbad, well that didn't happen, but what did happen, was I met a fellow crunchy mama from Carlsbad who lives in Midland, Texas. Together we are co-hosting the event over in Midland. Actually this Friday I am headed that way to help get last minute stuff together before the big day which of course is Saturday the 21st. I can't wait to come home and share how it went with everyone!

I could keep going on since it's really been so long since I did last post, but I won't bore you with the details of me trying to change to a healthy lifestyle and get my butt in gear to shed the extra baby weight, or how well my little crochet business is coming along, or how horrible I am at knitting still! Instead I'll just share some pictures of the kids and myself.


I'll start with Jeff's new baby, he decided for his birthday he needed a new motorcycle, so we went up to Roswell and picked out this brand new 2012 HD Sportster 1200 72.

Jaxon modeling my newest creation!

Jax being cheesy!

The "Littles" as I refer to them!

Three of the most important people in my life! <3

The boys Easter morning!

My oldest, my Kritter, so hard to believe that he's going to be 11 this year!

Jax and myself after he tried ripping my hair out! =)

and finally Brodie and myself!

Until next time...