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Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner! (Days 3-5)

Wednesday - Day Three Winners

Then winner of Giveaway #1 -
Trick or Treat bag from Strawberry Sweetie's Shoppe

#1

BubbaandM said...

1

I follow her blog and left a comment.

Then winner of Giveaway #2 + Tutorial -
Rolled Flower Brooches from Tatertots & Jello

#52

The Palmers said...

52

I am a follower of your blog

Giveaway #3 - Scripture Tote from Kristen's Junk Drawer

#12

Erika said...

12

Would love to see headbands with interchangable flowers :)

Thursday - Day Four Winners

The winner of Giveaway #1 -
Halloween Countdown Blocks from Dragonfly Wishes

#8

Kikal said...

8

My favorite are the little pumpkins!

The winner of Giveaway #2 -
$20 to Polka Dots on Parade

#4

Larissa said...

4

I love the Jailhouse Rock Elvis Potholder Hot Pad Set and the Apple Pear Polka Dot Potholder Hot Pad Set. Never enough potholders!

The winner of Giveaway #3 -
Your choice of a Christine & Co. handmade pendant

#1

sy said...

1

i hearted her shop, i love the Witchy woman pendant.

Friday - Day Five Winner

The TWO winners of Giveaway #1 -
Custom Digital Silhouette for TWO winners from ashtinafayelou

#40

Jennifer T said...

40

I "like" you on FB!

and

#20

Kikal said...

20

I'd definitely get them done of my kids!

HOORAY for all the winners.
I tell you, this was the week to be the first commenter!
Number 1 was picked by Random.org THREE times.
Crazy.

Winners have 48 hours to respond to my verification email
(ie 10:30AM PST 10/9/2010)
or I will choose new winners!

You have until MIDNIGHT PST today to enter
Lady Cupcake's Corner
(remember there will be FIVE winners)
and my giveaway.

Stay tuned because my
Tricks of the Trade Bow Tutorial is coming tomorrow!

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner! (Day 2)

The winners from Day #2 of the Blog PAR-TAY are:

Tuesday - Day Two

The winner of Giveaway #1 -
$25 GC to Eli's Lids

#25!!!

For The Luv Of Boys said...

25

I'm following on twitter! fortheluvofboys @ yahoo . com

The TWO winners of Giveaway #2 -
Family Tree from Sugar and Dots

Amy said...

13

Such cute stuff! I love the family tree print and the flower headband!
arlittlefield@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Winners have 48 hours to respond to my verification email
(ie MIDNIGHT PST 10/7/2010)
or I will choose new winners!

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

The winners from Day #1 of the Blog PAR-TAY are:

Monday - Day One

The winner of Giveaway #1 -
Super Hero Cape and Mask set from Baby By Brooke

#25!!!

Mike and Melissa said...

25

I love the navy, red, and white tie. So cute! And I LOVE the green apple sprinkles ice cream clip!

Missy1285 at hotmail dot com

The TWO winners of Giveaway #2 -
TWO photo sessions for California LA or OC residents
from Sylvia Galloway

#1!!!!

Jaime said...

1

Oh oh oh!!! Pick me, pick me!! I would love to have my little girl's photos taken in a very special dress I bought her!! Thanks for the chance!!

hugsrfun at gmail dot com

AND

#13

Kristin said...

13

I would LOVE to gift this photo shoot to my BFF in SoCal!! We have been friends since we were in 5th grade in 1990! She is getting married in July 2011, and an engagement session would ROCK!:D
I will be doing her invitations, and would love to have some awesome photos to use!!
daydreamerdesign2010 at gmail dot com

The winner of Giveaway #3-
Fall Accessories Set from Creation Corner

#45

Pedey said...

45

I love all of the vintage flower clips and the multi-colored polka dot headband.

Pedey (at) sbcglobal (dot) net

http://pedersenfood.blogspot.com/

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Winners have 48 hours to respond to my verification email
(ie 2:15pm PST 10/6/2010)
or I will choose new winners!

Funky PolkaDot Giraffe Blog PAR-TAY Day 6: FINAL GIVEAWAY!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

What Funky PolkaDot Giraffe PAR-TAY would be complete
without a giveaway from moi?
HOLLA!

And what, you may ask, am I giving away?

YOUR choice of FIVE items!
(excludes car seat canopies and korker sets - but single korkers are eligible - up to a $25 value)

To enter

Leave me a comment about the best thing about your week.

Be sure to leave your email address as well so I can contact you if you win!
If you don't leave an email address, or if your profile isn't linked to your email,
I'll pick a different winner!

ONE entry per person.

Giveaway ends Oct. 7th at MIDNIGHT PST

Don't forget, I entered
my Candy Corn Bunting in this awesome competition.

I'm really excited for the opportunity to be teamed up
with a blog-land crafting maven.

So pretty please with sugar on top,
please click HERE and click on my picture -
it helps my chances of being chosen.

AND!
Don't forget to come back next week
for my first Tricks of the Trade Bow Tutorial!

Blog Party Wrap Up

Here's a wrap up of what happened each day
with the deadline dates for the giveaways.
Make sure you didn't miss any of them!

Monday - Day One
Giveaways end Oct. 2nd at MIDNIGHT PST
Giveaway #1 - Super Hero Cape and Mask set from Baby By Brooke
Giveaway #2 - TWO photo sessions for California LA or OC residents
from Sylvia Galloway
Giveaway #3- Fall Accessories Set from Creation Corner

Tuesday - Day Two
Giveaways end Oct. 3rd at MIDNIGHT PST
Recipe - Pumpkin Roll Recipe from Comfy Monster's Craft Corner
Giveaway #1 - $25 GC from Eli's Lids
Giveaway #2 - Family Tree Print from Sugar and Dots

Wednesday - Day Three
Giveaways end Oct. 4th at MIDNIGHT PST
Giveaway #1 - Trick or Treat bag from Strawberry Sweetie's Shoppe
Giveaway #2 + Tutorial - Rolled Flower Brooches from Tatertots & Jello
Giveaway #3 - Scripture Tote from Kristen's Junk Drawer

Thursday - Day Four
Giveaways end Oct. 5th at MIDNIGHT PST
Giveaway #1 - Halloween Countdown Blocks from Dragonfly Wishes
Giveaway #2 - $20 to Polka Dots on Parade
Giveaway #3 - Your choice of a Christine & Co. handmade pendant

Friday - Day Five
Giveaways end Oct. 6th at MIDNIGHT PST
Giveaway #1 - Custom Digital Silhouette for TWO winners from ashtinafayelou
Tutorial - Ruffle Bag from Amy Cornwell
Recipe - Monster Madness Cupcakes from The Bonjour Family

Saturday - Day Six
Giveaways end October 6th
Giveaway #1 - Cupcake Key chain for FIVE winners! from Lady Cupcake's Corner
Giveaway #2 - TBA - bet you can guess!

There you have it!
Make sure you got them all.

Funky PolkaDot Giraffe Blog PAR-TAY Day 6: GIVEAWAY #1

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Howdy PAR-TAY goers!
Did you enjoy the week?
We're here on our last day of the PAR-TAY and I'm sad!
I've loved hearing from all of you
and I hope you'll stick around and keep visiting
once the PAR-TAY is over.

I'd like to introduce you to my "cousin" - Cory.
I say "cousin" because our husbands are cousins,
but we always say we're cousins,
and then we go into this whole explanation about
how our husbands are cousins because
my husband's dad and her husband's mom
are brother and sister.
LOL

She's a woman of many talents.
She makes GORGEOUS things out of fondant.
And since we both adore cupcakes,
she had the genius idea to do a cupcake blog together.
Then, one day, she realized if she could make awesome
things out of fondant, why couldn't she make them out of clay!

So, now she also runs a cute little Etsy shop called Lady Cupcake's Corner
and has an awesome blog called Sometimes I Craft Myself.
If you live in Utah and are regulars of The Sweet Tooth Fairy
(Like I wish I could be- VaNIElla, that is all.)
you might have seen her awesome
cupcake key chains in their shops.

She also makes cute coasters . . .

spooky paintings . . .

and cute clips . . .

that you can hang artwork or Christmas cards on during the holidays.
And of course, because she is Lady Cupcake,
she has darling cupcake items.
Like these cutesy business card holders.

I *LOVE* the cupcakes,
but I can't wait for the custom Funky PolkaDot Giraffe she's making me.
::hint:: ::hint::

The awesome thing about having such a craft cousin
is that I get awesome crafty presents.
I own a set of coasters, a set of clips for my Christmas card display,
and as a goodbye present,
(sadly she moved FAR away from me this summer)
I got a cute purple cupcake key chain.
Cory is here to giveaway,
not one,
not two,
not three,
not four,
but FIVE cupcake key chains to FIVE lucky winners.
To enter

Head on over to Lady Cupcake's Corner and have a look around.
*HEART* her shop and then
come back here and leave me a comment telling me which TWO items are your favorites.

Be sure to leave your email address as well so I can contact you if you win!
If you don't leave an email address, or if your profile isn't linked to your email,
I'll pick a different winner!

ONE entry per person.
(not per email address - per person)

You can also find Lady Cupcake's Corner on Facebook!

Giveaway ends Oct. 7th at MIDNIGHT PST

Funky PolkaDot Giraffe Blog PAR-TAY Day 5: RECIPE

Bonjour! I'm Libby from The Bonjour Family

{hope you will stop by and visit!}, and I am so excited to
be a guest over here at Funky PolkaDot Giraffe today.

What a fun par-tay Kyla has going on right now!
Isn't she awesome? Lots of fun giveaways!

There are so many fun Halloween ideas

floating around the blog world lately, so
I thought I would contribute to all the fun and
share with you a little Halloween do-it-yourself.
{Except I'm being lazy and giving you recipe
cards instead of doing a step-by-step tutorial.}

The other day I was reading Taste of Home,
{one of my favs} and saw an idea for monster cupcakes.

Totally inspired, I thought I'd try my hand
at it and here is the result:

Meet:

Green Eyed Monster



Orange You Spiky

and
Purple People Eater

Wouldn't these three be perfect for
a Halloween party?!

I am planning on making them again
for our church's Fall Festival coming up at the end of October.

Except I might have to leave out Mr. Purple People Eater.
His tongue was a pain in the rear end, to put it nicely.

But, these are definitely a lot of fun to make.



And my kitchen, whoa, it looked like Willy Wonka's
Chocolate Factory after I was finished making these guys.

My little guy, Noah, thought they were pretty fun!



So now you can make yourself, um..I mean your kids,
these monsters for some Halloween fun!

Click here to download the recipes.
{Right click, save link as, & save it to your desktop}

Enjoy!

Thanks Kyla again for letting me join
in on the par-tay! ;)

Funky PolkaDot Giraffe Blog PAR-TAY Day 5: TUTORIAL

Hi, I'm Amy and I'm super excited to guest post on Funky Polkadot Giraffe. This is my first guest post so hopefully I won't disappoint. I have just started sewing a lot in the past month or so and I've been having a great time. My grandmother has been a seamstress for decades and I'm proud to say that she's inspired me to start doing it myself.

Now for aa little bit about me. I have been married for the past 8 years (almost 9) and we have two children. I own my own business where I make hand stamped jewelry and specialize in heirloom pieces. I love creating items that the recipient can cherish for years to come. I've just started adding my sewn goods to the shop as well. I have a blog where I post just about everything: crafts, jewelry, sewing, tutorials, recipes, family pictures, ideas I love from other blogs and more. I hope you'll come visit.

On to the tutorial! I used four different patterns of fabric, but feel free to use as many as you want to make the bag as eclectic as you choose. I did interface some of the pieces to make it a little more sturdy.

Ingredients:
A. 3 pieces of 4"x15"
B. 2 outside pieces of 9"x12.5" (interfaced)
C. 2 lining pieces of 9"x12.5"
D. 1 pocket of 7"x9" (interfaced)
E. 1 pocket of 4"x6" (interfaced)
F. 1 ruffle cover of 2.25"x9"
G. 1 shoulder strap of 4"x56"
One zipper

1. Fold over all 4 edges of piece E about 1/4", press, and double over the top edge, pressing again.
2. Sew along the top edge of piece E.
3. Pin piece E to one of the lining pieces (C), centered on the fabric. Stitch it to the lining on the three edges, leaving the top open.
4. Fold over the top edge of the larger pocket (D) 1/4", press, then fold over again and press. Make a seam along the top of the pocket.

5. Place pocket D on top of the second lining piece (C), lined up with the sides and bottom. Stitch a seam in the middle from the bottom of the bag to the top of the pocket.
6. Create the ruffles with the 3 A pieces by folding them over, wrong sides together and stitching a long seam by hand (knot one end of the thread). Pull the thread until the ruffle is 9" wide. Pin the first ruffle 1/2" from the bottom of the first outside piece (B). Sew the ruffle onto the lining with a 1/4" seam and then remove the straight stitch used to make the ruffle.
7. Repeat with the other two ruffles.
8. Fold over both long edges of the ruffle cover (F) 1/2" and press. Pin on top of the raw edge of the top ruffle and sew along the top and bottom of the ruffle cover.

9. Layer a lining (C) face up, zipper up, outside piece (B) down. Sew along the zipper, making sure you use the zipper foot to get close to the zipper.
10. Flip the lining and outer fabric and sew along the edge to hold it down.
11. Repeat with the second lining piece and outer fabric.
12. Flip the fabrics over and sew along the edge.

13. Open the zipper. Pin the lining pieces together and the outer pieces together. Starting 2" from the side along the bottom edge of the lining, sew a 3/8" seam all the way around the lining and outer pieces, leaving about 4" along the bottom of the lining open for turning.
14. Clip the excess zipper.
15. Turn the bag right side out, pulling the lining all of the way out.
16. Fold over the open edges and sew. You can sew this closed by hand with a matching thread if you'd like to hide the seam.

17. Push the lining inside.
18. The finished bag.
19. Assemble the shoulder strap by putting long edges together and sewing a seam down the length of the strap. I had to use three pieces of fabric to make my strap.
20. Turn the strap right side out by using a safety pin attached to one short edge.

21. Press the strap flat with the seam in the middle.
22. Fold over the raw edges by 1/2". Repeat on the second side.
23. Sew all of the way around the strap, very close to the edge.
24. Make yours a little prettier than mine!

25. Attach the strap to the bag at the ends about 2" down. I sewed a square and made an X in the middle. I'm not going to lie, this was tricky and not easy at all to do.
26. All done! Ready to use and I am using it!

I decided to add a bow at the last minute. I didn't like how the strap was laying so I used my ribbon, added fray check to the ends and did a bow on both sides. If anything doesn't make sense, please feel free to contact me via my blog. Thanks for checking out my tutorial and be sure to stop by and see me sometime!

P.S. From Kyla :)
I was lucky enough to win on of Amy's
beautiful hand stamped necklaces
from a giveaway on 30 Days.
It is fantastic.
And I personalized it with one of my favorite sayings.
Holla!
I can attest to her awesomeness.
Christmas is coming up.
I think you should check her out.

PSA: A few things

I hope you're enjoying the PAR-TAY!

I have enjoyed having all of you
and having all our guest posters and giveaways.
They have been awesome.
Thanks, ladies!!!

The party will go til tomorrow at 5pm.
I'll start announcing the winners on Monday.

And before I go,
I want to share this!

You know I love candy corn!
And I was horrified to see that I didn't have a candy corn korker in the shop.
Blasphemy!
So I made one :)
And, I may be crazy, but I entered
my Candy Corn Bunting in this!

Ok, I know I am crazy.
But I couldn't pass up the chance to be paired
with one of the 12 powerhouses of crafting!

ETA: If you could please click HERE and click on my picture -
I found out it helps my chances of getting picked!

Love linking up here!