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Blogiversary Blogger Guest- Kris from Resweater and a wool sweater giveaway

By Tricia on April 2, 2011 in CCM Guests, giveaways, Happy Blogiversary, Refashion

Day six of year three

Are you having fun yet? I hope you have been able to be part of every post and giveaway this week, if not go back and check out the past five days of awesome guests and giveaways. You can enter each giveaway many times just check out the rules at the bottom of any of the posts and you the winner in each giveaway will be announced on Wednesday!

I met todays guest in a yahoo group. She is a super creative, out of the box thinker and has come up with a business which I just love. She owns a blog and online store at Artfire called Resweater. What is Resweater, you say? Resweater is Kris’ blog where she posts loads of wool and wool blend sweaters for sale every Sunday and gives lots of ideas on how to use them. Too cool!! She has lots of giveaways (I actually won one a while back) and new ideas all the time. I love her “what I am working on Wednesday” posts. Check out her blog yourself here, it will become a fave.

you can find a new stash like this one every Sunday

dryer balls

here’s a cute monster pillow she made for her son
and she finds other bloggers who reuse wool around the web

what would you make from this wool sweater?

how about these really warm and cozy baby shoes

As part of my blogiversary celebration she is giving one lucky winner their choice of wool sweater from her shop here. Wanna meet her, here you go with a little Q&A:

My favorite blogs are: There are way too many to pick favorites, but here are a couple I enjoy:

http://24-7-365.blogspot.com/ because it is funny & amusing, and real.

http://sewingdork.blogspot.com/, because I love seeing her creations, and reading her funny posts, and she is such a lovely person.

My favorite color is: orange. Oddly enough it was blue my whole life, until I had my son. His favorite color is orange & he converted me.

My first job was: delivering newspapers. I was a little girl, and would hand deliver the papers before school every morning.

My favorite guilty pleasure is: Gummy bears!

The best advice I ever received is: God helps those who help themselves.

I am inspired by: My son, nature, creative people.

If I have an afternoon off I like to: Hmmm… I never have an afternoon off, but I think I would try to nap.

Think quick, if there was a fire and you could only grab three things (not people) what would they be: My antique Singer Featherweight sewing machine, my laptop, and my camera.

As Kris would say, Reuse, Recycle, Resweater!

Winner will be announced on Wednesday night, April 6th!
This Crunchy Catholic Momma’s giveaway can be entered by any ONE of three ways. You get an entry for every one that you do.
1) By linking about this giveaway (to your blog, facebook, or any other site), you have to let me know you did and where you did.
2) By leaving a comment
3) By becoming a follower of my blog. There is a FOLLOW button at the upper right hand bar on this blog. If you win and are not a follower, the prize will go to the next person : ( sorry!

Just remember to please leave me a comment telling me what you did so that I can go back and look for your entry. Either give me the link that you posted for the giveaway to or tell me that you began to follow me.

Good luck to all my bloggy friends and thank you for joining me for my blogiversary giveaway week.

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Blogiversary Blogger Guest- Janet from Felt on the Fly and a 100% wool felt giveaway

By Tricia on April 1, 2011 in CCM Guests, felt, giveaways, Handmade, Happy Blogiversary

Day five of year three

I hope you have all been having fun this week with me. Today’s guest is just as fun and if you love 100% wool felt then hold on to your chair. I have mentioned here before and if you look at alot of my projects you can figure out that I love, love, love working with felt. Once you work with wool felt you will never see the other felt the same way again. The feel of it, the beautiful colors and the ease of use will hook you. Even the newest crafter will have success.

The biggest question I get is where to buy it. If you start a search on google you will probably go hide under the bed. It is so hard to find a good source and when you find it the price is no fun. I am so glad that I have a source that is affordable, has all the colors you could ever want and fun to work with.

That is who my guest is today and I had originally promised that she would give away a 100% wool felt Color Story set of 3 sheets but she is now giving away a set of 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woo-hoooooo!!! and I am sooo happy to share it with you. Did I mention she has every color you could think of?

Remember to enter, this is one I would love to win myself (but that would be cheating haha), rules are at the bottom of todays post and don’t forget to check out the last four days of guests and giveaways.

Here is today’s prize: 5 pure wool sheets of the Sailboat collection

and without further adieu:
Meet Janet from Felt on the Fly, this is what she said when I sent her the Q&A:
Uh oh…questions! About me?? Yikes. But, here goes:

Favorite blog: OhMy!Handmade www.ohmyhandmade.com/
I’m really bad at ‘following’ blogs, but when I stumble across one that’s particularly interesting, I’ll click on every associated link and it feels like taking a mystery trip. I never know where I’ll end up, I see some amazing things, meet some new people and always learn something along the way.

My Favorite Color: Well, just look at my shop! I love them all! It would be easier to tell you which color I *don’t* like. I *don’t* like burgundy. It really disturbs me. I don’t like to be anywhere near burgundy.

My first job: I don’t remember….can I tell you my favorite job? I worked during the holiday season years ago in Men’s Shirts and Ties at a brand new department store in a swanky mall. Oh my gosh…so much fun matching shirts and ties and suits – colors and textures and patterns! When guys come in to buy something, they keep it so simple. They come in. They buy. In ten minutes, they’re happy and they’re gone. Easy peasy! I learned that I could get along with *anybody* for ten minutes!!

Favorite guilty pleasure: I have a favorite ‘napping couch’ and like to spend time there for an hour or so a few afternoons a week!

The best advice I ever received: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”, Dr. Seuss. “Always have a can of WD-40”, my Grandpa.

I am inspired by: All things old. Things that, if they could talk, would have a story to tell. I am inspired by history, by the way things used to be done and by the people who did them. I am inspired by so many things that catch my eye because of their uniqueness. I am least inspired by that which is common, mass-produced or far removed from anything that exists in our natural world.

If I have an afternoon off I like to: browse with no regard for time. Antique shops, fabric shops, craft stores, book stores and more…I’m easily amused.

If I could only grab three things…my sewing basket. Purse. Does my dog count as a people?

Thank you Janet for being part of my blogiversary celebration. You are the best!