It is Giveaway day in Blogland. Go to Sewmamasew.com (click on blog) to check out the master list of the handmade giveaways today. I think there is something very valuable and endearing about something that has been made by hand. It is unique, it is worked, it is special. What better than a handmade item to celebrate the unique and special people in our lives. I am talking about birthdays people!
I am giving away a fabric celebration bunting and a special birthday hat. The banner has multi-colored and patterned triangles that will surely make any party more festive. It is trimmed with stripes cut on the bias so you can stretch it from the rafters and party like its 1999, only greener!
The party hat has coordinating fabric and a jaunty 100% wool tassel on the top. It is sure to make any child the captain (or princess ) for the day. Also, the colors for both the banner and the cap are gender neutral so bring on the boys!
TO ENTER:
Leave a comment ON THIS POST. I thought to require you answer a question but I couldn't think of a clever one. Instead, if you leave a clever comment I will put your name in twice.
I will hold my random drawing of those who entered on Sunday, December 7. Good Luck and Happy Birthday to those December birthdays (like my grandma, my cousin, Jesus Christ, and many others!)
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195 comments:
why it's oh so cute
that it leaves me mute
I want to win this so bad
or i'll be mad!!
(ahha its a poem) =)
I'm desperately trying to think of something cute to say, but this baby (whose birthday WILL be in December, dammit!) is literally sucking the life force out of me. And Adam is peacefully snoring away (I think that's an oxymoron--peacefully snoring) in the bedroom but I can hear him out here in the living room, so I just KNOW I won't be getting to sleep any time soon. So between by brain cells being leached and my lack of sleep (not to mention my insatiable need to pee and the sugar rush I have from the last 2 pieces of turkey day pie that I ate about an hour ago), I have nothing creative to say. So I'm hoping I'm at least somewhat amusing and/or get a pity entry into your drawing. That is all I have to say.
that is so cute, and i have always wanted to make one, yours is fabulous. I hope to get one!!! Thanks for doing such a fun giveaway and I like the fact you called it Happy Birthday December!
It's too early to come up with anything clever (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it hehe) but I sure would love to be included in your giveaway. The winning and the prize would give me an excellenet excuse to throw a party.
Greetings from Italy :)
Here people usually don't use fabric banners, but I always wanted to have one, so I really hope to win this :)
Your work makes me happy.
Love the banner - have always wanted to make one but somehow or another never got round to it. Love your blog as well.
I will be back win or no win!
My daughter is having her birthday today and I would like to hang this into her room.
That banner is adorable! And it may be just the thing to brighten up the day of my grumpy SIL for her December birthday!! ;)
I love love love this! I'm crazy about buntings!
count me in :)
I don't have a clever comment, but I do have TWO daughters with DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS! They would love the banner and so would I (I've admired them before just never took the time to make one). Thanks for doing the give-away. Blessings!
super cute! I have nothing creative to say. Nothing at all. Sorry...
My baby's 1st birthday is this month, and I'm trying to impress on my 3 yo that Christmas is Jesus's birthday - this would be fun to help celebrate both!
I love it!
That is so darn cute! Please enter me in your drawing...although I will be in Mexico on Dec 7th which is my Birthday! Hey I think I need that banner to celebrate!!! ; )
I love the birthday banner giveaway in the pre-holiday time :) This is such a great idea for kids whos birthdays merge with the holidays - I always hated that when I was a child and wanting to be special ;)
Little Barb Blue has lost her clever, and nobody knows where to find it. Leave it alone and it will come home, hopefully with a banner behind it!
I hope I have a "banner" day.
Such a cute banner. I love the fact that it's gender neutral. Thank you so much!
mengels[at]hotmail[dot]com
I love December birthdays! We have 5 in our family and that banner would definitely add to the festivities!
Pick me, pick me,
To win that beauty!
Thanks!
There are far to many clever bloggers out there
for me to find anything new and creative to share.
Love it! Thanks!
~Shawna
this us so cute
thanks for offering it
-t
http://theherbalway.blogspot.com/
I love this. I would hang this in my daughter's room.
What fun! A riddle:
Druifes u tooi
dis traag schone
does ent et?
Thanks for a great giveaway!!
anthonlm01@aol.com
That banner is adorable - I'm so glad I found your blog!
my son, who's turning three, would be totally filled with glee, if you decide that you'll choose me!
this would be great in my daughter's room. Perhaps it will distract her from the "cowman who lives in the wall".....I know! What is that??! She keeps mentioning it and now I'm scared too.
What a great idea! I think I know a few people with birthdays I could party down with!
Clever you say? I say no way! Too early to be clever. But I LOVE the fabric banner. What a great "green" way to celebrate all kinds of holidays.If I don't win, I may have to work on crafting one myself!
Happy December!
Thanks so much for the chance to win! This would be a great decoration for my daughter's upcoming birthday!
Jennifer
jennifereladd@yahoo.com
http://jenniferlad.etsy.com
Very cute.
I'm glad you got your mom's bernina back!! Yea for Meg, the creative inspiration to me. You inspired me to make some stockings this Christmas. Do you have a store you get good deals on fabric?
The reason I want it is because if it is the one from Lilly's party, it will have a little bit of Maui mist on it. :)
Thanks for sharing your talents Meg.
Cute banner- not so cute comment.... I hope the weather is fine with you cos here we had lunch on the balcony and sunbathed :) Happy days!
You are clever.
Does that count as a clever comment?
I think you are clever and talented and the banner is very pretty and would liven up any party.
I think that deserves at least 3 entries.
Did you kmow i can say the alphabet backward faster than forwards? Pretty clever.
kamyrensmiles@hotmail.com
cute! thanks for the giveaway opp!
I've been thinking of making one of these but what if I could just win one?! :) SO cute.
happy birthday! my birthday is tomorrow and even though i'm going to be 29 i still hang up an old "powerpuff girls" happy birthday banner! you think it's time to retire it!? :) happy birthday to all of us december birthdays, even Britney Spears!
My birthday is in December! Yay! Is that clever? :)
The bunting and hat are adorable. Thanks for the giveaway!
What a great idea! I think I would write the persons name and date on the inside of the hat. And keep recyling!
Looooveeee the banner I say, tomorrow is MY B-Day!!! Woo Hoo!!!
I need this so I can celebrate the big 3-0 in style this year!
What a lovely banner! Merry Christmas!
thats adorable. I want one.
These are all so adorable!
No cleverness here...sorry.
Thank you for the happy birthday wishes, mine is the 29th. now for the clever part, I'm stuck. how about
Often forgotten are those,
Whose birthdays impose,
On Christmas!
"Dijon vu" - I think I've eaten this mustard before.
Love the banner - it'd be great for all our birthday celebrations.
www.hemmeke.blogspot.com
December is birthday month around her, both my girls are this weekend!
Something clever....hmmm....if only this had been last week and I had won, then we could have used the hat and banner for not one but 2 birthdays. Oh yes last week was one heck of a week. Thanksgiving, then my daughter's birthday the next day, and my son's on Sunday. Talk about a week late and a dollar short lol!!!
This would be perfect for an upcoming January birthday a special family member will be having!
I wouldn't have to make one if I won yours! It's so great :)
I remember partying when it was New Year's Eve 1999...no one was around for the fireworks because so many thought the year 2000 was going to bring doom to the US. We had a front row view of the harbor and saw the most amazing fireworks ever!
Banner is lovely btw!
"bring on the boys!" hmmm..My husband might object. I'd rather just win the bunting, thanks! =)
Way cool. I'd love to win.
Great! My son's Birthday is the 7th! I wish the giveaway was last month so I could use it this month for his first birthday!
My creative juices left me, but I thought it would be fun to use the birthday hat and banner for every birthday as a tradition. If I don't happen to win I think I might make my own. :)
I'd love this!
Wow. So festive! My daugter's birthday is january 2nd and I just know she'd love to win this. I have no clever comment....but 6 years ago I was clever enough NOT to have that baby on Christmas day. That's gotta count for something, right?
Well, I can't compete with your grandma, cousin, or Jesus Christ so if one of them wants the cute hat and banner then let them have it. But if it's up for grabs then I throw my name in the ring!
Nice to make your blog acquaintance!
Cheers,
Tracey
What a cute giveaway - Upcountry eh? Is that Upcountry Maui by any chance? I'm off to check your blog and see if my suspicions are correct.
Amber
Something clever? I am too brain dead. Too many projects laying around my house. But this giveaway is excellent--and would totally make my day!
A birthday collection that looks amazin'! ~H
That is the coolest hat I have ever seen! Would you ever consider a tutorial of it? Thanks for the gender neutral give away - too many pink things in blogland when you live in a house full of boys!
*clever comment* ;)
( I was going to not leave it like that but I thought I'd be a little deviant. I scrolled to to see if anyone one else had already left a comment like that too!)
Donny Osmond's birthday is December 9th. Yes, when I was a young girl I had a life size poster of him. Oh, and I looooovvve your giveaway. If I could I would have a lifesize poster of it.
Its give-away day and I must admit . . .
I am loving being a part of it . .
So I look up and wish on a star . .
That these items can travel afar!!
If I could hang this to decorate for New Year's Eve, I know we would have a "banner" year!
so cute it would be perfect for my sons birthday even though its in January:)
How adorable. Reuseable bunting is the most brilliant idea. I hope I win otherwise I'll have to try and make one and I'm really not that great a sewer.
I love this bunting! I've been wanting to make one but this would be so easier :)
This giveaway day is so fun. I've known so many great blogs.
Take a look at my blog and enter my giveaway if you like the prize :)
Love the birthday package! This would be a great gift to make for new parents too...I might have to steal the idea!
Super cute banners!!!
emily_jo@hotmail
Oh oh I've got a good one ...
Why didn't the turkey eat anything on Thanksgiving?
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Wait for it ...
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Because he was stuffed!!!
Muauahahahaa!! :)
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Rahcel
athenagwis at hotmail . com
What a fun way to celebrate a birthday! My crazy daughter is turning 2 next month (where has the time gone???) and we're just having a small party here at the house for her. I'm a summer birthday so it's a bit difficult for me to figure out fun things to do for a winter birthday party. Great decorations are definitely a must, since we can't go outside for very long. Thanks for being a part of the great giveaway! Your birthday favors are darn cute! :D
roses are red
violets are blue
send that bunting to me from you.
Lynn
http://thelittleredhen.typepad.com
Everyone needs bunting in their life! Love the picture of your little ones holding the flags, so totally cute!
Here is my very cute promise. On my next birthday I will be 46 years old. I promise to wear the birthday hat to Target. The end.
oh soooo cute!!! I want it so bad!
This is SO beautiful!! :0)
My December born daughter would love this!
Ah, such cute birthday bunting. I had planned to try to make one for Halloween, but it never panned out. Sigh.
cute
lovely
ever so fun
very festive
elated if I win
rip roaring and loads of fun!
this would be perfect for my lottle guys forst "real" party in a few weeks!
Awww this is precious and my daughter will be 7 on the 20th of this month!! Hmmm ... a good quote I read this year was "a woman should be so into God that a man must seek Him to find her". I loved it.
Then there's the ol' standby- "never play leapfrog with a unicorn" ;o)
Oh and I can be reached at clwendy at yahoo dot com :O) (or my blog!)
Absolutely the coolest. I just want to reach through the screen and touch it! :)
Oh man, that's cute. Do you have a larger size of hat I could use as a dunce cap for my husband, too?
OH thats soooo cute count me in
Cute bunting!
How awesome is that hat!!!
I wish i could think of something clever to say, but alas, my brain is nearly shut down and nothing is coming to me. Oh well.
I have a little one who will be turning two on New Year's Day-- we would love to celebrate with your goodies!
When on of Da'Gorgeouses (my twin 2 1/2 year olds) wakes up crying in the middle of the night and I feel like I've already gotten up enough the last few weeks (DrillSgt. sleeps like a rock he used to fall asleep next to booming canons--hence the lack of hearing), I wait until she starts yelling out HIS name!
Hugs & Blessings!
Oh, I love that banner!! I can't thing of anything funny right now, but I'm sure I'll win, and that banner will have to fly all the way over to Barcelona, Spain!! :-))
(I hope you do ship internationally... otherwise I'll have to fly all the way over there to pick it up!!)
Contact:librosfera(at)gmail(dot)com
My daughter's birthday is New Year's Day, not as bad as a December birthday, but almost. Plus, mama always has it off work.
The banner would look smashing in our entryway.
Great idea for the giveaway. I love the joy that will be spread from the giving, the hand-made-ness, and the cheer that is irresistible in these two items.
SOOOO CUTE!! Love it! Please enter me and can I please please please win.... Thanks!
My sweet little niece will be having her first birthday in February! I would love to surprise my sister with this! My sister is NOT a crafter, but understands the work involved in making things. She loves to save things that are handmade to be used generation after generation. Wouldn't this be a great First Birthday tradition to hand down????
A clever comment?? Oh, the pressure!! Lovin' the b-day banner. Might just inspire me to go make one m'self.
I could see these being part of many birthday traditions!
I'd love to enter your contest. Thank you for your generosity!
Dance as though nobody is watching. Love as if it is never going to hurt!
Sincerely,
Kali
Oh, I am not the very clever type, but I know a little girl whos birthday is the 23rd and it would be nice to give her something special for her bday!
clever uhhhh! This list of blogs is long and I am beyond clever at this point.... That said you banner is lovely. Happy give away day!
Hahaha! The Giveaway Diva's comment made ma laugh out loud. Ah, but of course I can't think of anything clever...
Will a totally random and useless fact do? Did you know that a group of crows is called a "murder"? Yup! And a group of frogs is called an "army". I told you it would be useless! :u) Thanks for the giveaway!
The hat is sooooo lovely and the banner is great!! Thanks for taking in part in this great giveaway day!
We do sing Happy Birthday Jesus on Christmas... but my baby turns one at the end of Jan so these would be great.
Thanks for joining give-away day!
So cute! Please count me in!
I apologize if this posts twice, it didn't seem to accept my first comment... We love to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas day. We also bake a cake for His birthday. :) Thanks for joining give-away day!
I would love to win!! I have nothing clever to say. I'm too sleep deprived from having 4 children to have birthday parties for!! :-)
gregjulianne@juno.com
Thanks for the giveaway!
Birthdays are the greatest day of the year! How cute!
My son is a Dec. birthday! Great giveaway! Thank!
What a great giveaway! I love that it can be used year 'round! On Dec. 5 would have been my Memaw's (that is grandmother to those not residing in the southern united states) 86th. It will also be the 6 month birth date for my little boy. He never got to met his great Memaw, but she would have loved his laid back happy personality.
Your banners are the best! So bright! Thanks for the chance!
so lovely! thanks so much for the opportunity!
how about a joke?
what did the hat say to the hat rack?
you stand here. i'm goin' on ahead!
Greener birthdays and happy tots
cute and clever, this post is not.
I hope I win your awesome stuff
It's not too pink, and not to tough.
:)
I'm not thinking of anything cute or clever to say. I do love your bunting regardless of my lack of cleverness!
Clever...I am not clever. My daughter's birthday is in a couple weeks. I am trying to come up with something clever to do for her pictures. Last year for her 1st birthday I baked a cake (only cake I have every baked) and took it with me for pictures. I let her distroy it and the pictures were fabulous!
=) melanie
http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
melanieadey at hotmail dot com
I love this. How "green" to have a reusable birthday banner. Also, how sentimental to have one that is brought out each year. Great idea.
I've been hunting for a bunting :)
OOooooh Yeaaaaah!!!! Paaaaarrrrrttyyy Time!!! Maybe not clever, but certainly enthusiastic.
Well, it turns out I'm not very witty...so here's hoping only one post will be enough. But this would be perfect for my daughters birthday at the end of the month.
That is adorable! My kids would love to have it for their special day. Thanks for the chance to win!
Pick me, Monty!
Very cute prize!
Oh, what a GREAT giveaway!!! I love handmade stuff. It's not perfect and it doesn't need to be. It just resembles the simpler life.
this is cuter
than a rubber ducky
I hope this poem
makes me lucky. :)
jodcoz(at)yahoo(dot)com
Please enter me and my clever saying that I did not come up with is:Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!libertythreads@charter.net
Great Giveaway! Nice to meet you! You can see my giveaway here:
http://aprylian.blogspot.com/
Apryl
Beautiful banner
Cute hat
I'd love to win both
And that is that.
junglewife (at) gmail (dot) com
Sadly, I am way too tired (after having commented on roughly 217 blogs) to be clever. I'm sorry, but I would love to win! I have three little ones, so I know we would use this over and over in a lovely tradition.
wow this is fun! My kids would enjoy wearing the fun hat!
nothing clever to say - but the hat and banner are darling!
Ha, how about if I say "something clever?" LOVE this giveaway!
So cute! Count me in!
The banner is so fun! I love polkadots!
Too cute! I'd have to leave it up all year though!
Love your stuff!
My birthday is the 8th, does that earn me an extra entry??? I'll be 30, how about that!??
I think you should be queen for the day for coming up with such a cute idea!
My husband's birthday was yesterday. Maybe if we had this, we wouldn't have had to make him breakfast in bed. lol
I love the banner - no december birthdays in our family but 2 in january. I could use this!
I love these, they are both so cute! I want them... now something cute to say.....
My 3yr old son bit our dog today and I had to say "Don't bite the dog" never thought I'd have to say that. Boys???
posch(at)netzero(dot)com
ahm. nothing clever, but i really love the banner and hat! how fun! thank you for such a great giveaway!
Holy Smokes Girl! Thought I would just make a comment myself to add to the madness and make a blog comment record. You do make some cute stuff! Good luck peoples!
it is too late to be clever - my daughter's birthday is in two weeks and her party would be much cuter with this bunting and the hat would look much cuter on her head. not that it doesn't look adorable in the photo. but imagine it all by itself on a dark shelf or in a cold box wanting a little head to warm it up.
These are too darn cute! My little girl would love them! Her B-Day is on New Years eve so how fun would that be to have this! And Yes we just made the TAX deadline on her birth! I hope that was clever....I don't even know why I said that...it just came out!
Thank you so much!
Brooke
I love the birthday hat! Thanks for the giveaway!
all the blog giveaways have asked about favorite xmas things, but you are giving birthday things and xmas is a birthday celebration so i will share a favorite birthday memory. last month my hubby drove me to a salon for a hair cut, it had been 2 years, manicure(2nd ever), pedicure(first ever) and massage(first one). and then he took me out to lunch, I was totally spoiled.
Congrats! that looks great!
Cheers,
melody
mel_88_88@hotmail.com
WHOO! I love the pictures! Very well taken! (does that count for a 2nd entry??? ) :P
Crystal(manhattandolls@gmail.com)
Cute banner and hat.
dakotal5(at)hotmail(dot)com
Cute!!
I just woke up so I don't have anything too clever to say except that I have the most awesome bedhead. I could be a punk rock star with my faux hawk.
Thank you for the chance at your giveaway and have a great holiday.
love your hot and banner-very cute!
thanks for offering such a fun prize!
So cute, perfect for a 1st birthday coming up in our house in 2 weeks (and yes 6 days before Christmas) we are looking for lots of ways to differentiate the two, and a hat and banner to be used every year would be a great start!
I wish I could be clever but the truth is I just can't say no to polka dots!
I love the birthday hat and banner.
clever??
uh..
well here in Italy we don't even know birthday banners exist
sooo..
pleeease let an ignorant child of 34 to enjoy what she missed all her life
:-)
Antonella
I cannot think of anything clever.... haha But thanks for the giveaway! I've seen these celebration banners popping up around the blogland, I need to find out more about them!
megan.nadalet[at]gmail[dot]com
I love it. My son has his birthday the day after christmas.
What a great idea!! I love the hat.
what a creative giveaway! love the hat and banner. your kids are really cute modeling them too.
Please enter me in the drawing for the giveaway...thanks.
I would LOVE to use these for birthdays in my preschool! I am starting my own preschool next year--wouldn't that be a fabulous way to celebrate so many birthdays every year?
sew cute! i sew hope to win! hehe
Clever. Wow. That's tougher than any of the other questions that I had to answer. I'll just settle for throwing my name in the hat once. :-)
That is SO cute! I love your "jaunty" hat... and your banner is fantastic!
Excellent idea - so much better than the purple crepe paper that stayed up from 4/19 to 11/26 (encompassing all of the birthdays in our family this year). I can't believe we left it up - your flags would have been so much better! Thank you.
Great give-away! Thanks!
Oh! I've been wanting to make a bunting for the longest time, but haven't found the time yet! This would be lovely!
parknj at verizon dot net
Cute idea! Love it! Thanks!
adamandem at yahoo dot com
Oh too cute! Perfect for kids!
I always fail at being clever on the spot. I always come up with the best things to say AFTER THE FACT. So, maybe I'll be back in a week with my clever comment. In the meantime, thanks for the giveaway and cute birthday stuff.
Clever Comments concocted from caring and creative contestants coming!!!
Yikes! That's a little frightening! LOL!
Happy Birthday to Jesus, Happy Birthday to youuuu. Oh and also my son who will be 1 this December as well. Ahhhh. Do you think Jesus wanted a Xmas present as well as a birthday present? Haa haa. JK.
Very Cute. I am glad I stopped by. please enter me in!
So cute, and I really need some help celebrating my kids' bdays!
I wanted to make something like this for my daughter who just turned three, but our whole family got sick AND I'm juggling a three month old! I think I would leave these up all year long!!!
Your DD is adorable!
I would love these for birthday parties around here! Beautiful work!
why is it called a bunting anyway? i love it! lesley
Love love love that banner & hat. I don't think I would save it for birthdays - anything could be a party. I wonder if my kids would go for a "clean up the playroom" party, if I hung a banner for the occassion...
What an AWESOME idea! I would love this for birthday gatherings!
I', so excited. I've been hoping to make a banner. Getting one already made is SO much better. Does this make me a bad crafter?
I'm not feeling at all witty this morning. I need some caffeine and it ticks me off that I need some caffeine. When did I become a drug addict?
Wonderful giveaway, my dear!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Those are adorable!
Ooh, that's darling!
your bunting is one of the cutest ones that i have seen. i really hope to win.
I always hang a Happy Birthday sign for each birthday (8 total--next one in December) but I always wanted something out of fabric--this would be lovely!
So in short.... TO WIN WOULD BE DIVINE!
Words could not express
how much this would impress
my next birthday guest!
espmax@gmail.com
What an adorable bunting! And the hat and those kids too.
Those items are so cute! I would love to be entered into your drawing!
My cleverness is really lacking these days as I have about 2 months before baby number 3 is here, and I'm still trying to get used to my 2yr old and 4yr old!
This would be wonderful for my soon to be 2 y.o. birthday (22nd), not to mention my 10 y.o. daughter would love it too!!! It would also help me to celebrate her birthday without it being lost in Christmas cheer.
Clever comment? Well, my kids are yelling at me to get off the computer and I actually have a pain in my left hip from sitting so long and entering all these wonderful contests. I have lots of birthdays around here so that cute banner would be put to good use.
Ah, what a cutie modeling the hat!
Love the "green" birthday decor.
What fun! Thanks for this great giveaway!
My nephew turns 18 today - it would be great to have a party and have him wear this hat. Too cute. Thank you for hosting a giveaway!
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