8.31.2009

tutorial fodder giveaway.

One more thing before I sign off for a couple weeks. Free stuff.

I've got all this tutorial stuff! We've got plenty of lunch sacks around here, so we don't need more. My hair is too short for scrunchies. And I've already got a diaper strap. So you guys can have it!!

Leave a comment, and everything pictured below is yours.




But seriously, I couldn't send it all naked to you, could I? So I made a bag. This bag has been in my head for a while, and I just couldn't contain it any longer. I love this bag. When I'm done all the other do quickly projects, I'm making myself one for Christmas.


So if your name is randomly drawn, this is what you get:

1 blue "LUNCH" oil cloth lunch sack
1 pink flower oil cloth lunch sack
6 scrunchies
1 diaper strap
and 1 cool vintage looking bag to put it all in.


Rules:
  • Leave a comment.
  • be nice. (no dirty words)
  • Link to this post (and let me know) for 2 entries.
  • Giveaway ends midnight Sunday, September 6.
  • I'll post the winner MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7.

Now I'm off to make noodles for lunch, grind some wheat, chalk a driveway, perfect my lightsaber skills, increase my iron saturation levels without taking pills, which means eat steak, sell a house, stalk the coupon queen until her powers sink into my soul, and finish the pile of unfinished.

It may take a while.

119 comments:

Amanda Joy Petersen said...

Yea first comment. Two small ones in diapers the strap is perfect, plus one is a boy and one is a girl; so the sack colors are ideal. It would be an awesome birthday present to me:) (September 6) Good luck with the long list.

Amanda Joy Petersen said...

I put a link up, I hope I did it right. www.joyfulbirdie.blogspot.com. I hope your little Batman is feeling better; my silly boy just got tubes in and adenoid out. Sick little boys are no fun, but when they feel better life is good:)

ShEiLa said...

I just can't help it...
I have to have a chance to win especially such cool stuff.

I am linky you too!

Oakey-dokie artichokie?

ToOdLeS.

kelly m said...

i'm not sure if i've ever wanted to win a giveaway this much- so so cute and incredibly generous! thank you!

Kathy said...

This is the most generous giveaway I have ever seen! What a bunch of great stuff!!

Carisa said...

Love your stuff!! I am up for any of it!! you are just amazing with your ideas!!!

Kathy said...

I linked to this post, because I think you're awesome!

Kathy said...

I get two for that right?? :)

Anonymous said...

WOW! totally cool giveaway.
i would use all the things everyday, all the time.

thank you!

-Addy

addyb28@gmail.com

Christina said...

what a treat!

Amber said...

REALLY LOVE the bag...really, really! =)

Joy said...

Thanks again for the sewing machine tips - haven't bought one yet, but did score some knitting needles for $1 while thrift-storing last weekend! Love your stuff, truly creative and inspirational!

Carrie said...

That bag is awesome! I love the color, especially.

Mia said...

I would love love love the lunch sacks they are so cute!

Melissa Waldrop said...

stalker here...want your stuff!! haha seriously, so stinkin' cute and i have a new nephew due at the end of september and i was thinking about trying to make the diaper strap. great idea!

Amber said...

We are adopting and about to once again enter the land of diaper changes, so I love that strap! And the bag...oh the bag!!! LOVE.

~adelle said...

Yes. I too would like to be entered into the drawing. It is fun to win stuff. Especially yours.

I will link.

Adelle

juliannarichman@blogspot.com said...

Okay if this giveaway wasn't designed for me...I am growing out my hair, I love lunch (okay I love any meal-all food really) and gingham, I just had a baby and that bag is sosososososo cute! I have 100 totes but none that cute so please oh please pick my name!

Nana/Mom said...

Hi Cali, Awesome stuff, pick me. I check your bog everyday, for the smiles and the laughs.

LOVE your stuff-would love to have all the goodies. I have seriously been dreaming of a bag from you,(especially since I saw the one you made for Cherstin, it almost didn't make it back home with her at Christmas) and to get one with such good stuff.

Great Birthday present for me, so if Cherstin wins, just send'em to me....LOL.

No link to add to this, but I do seriously love what you do.

May the force be with you (whichever ones you may need)

Patsi

Nana/Mom said...

oh, and MY birthday is Sept 3rd!
Patsi

AMBER said...

Oh the stuff you give away you crafty queen. I love it all. You are so gifted I am jealous!!luv girlie
TA TA for now

Amber

Camille said...

I've wanted one of your bags forever. Love the color. Pick me! :) Thanks.

Kara said...

I love all of your stuff you make, you are so creative! I hope I win, especially because I have never one anything:)

Deborah said...

I love checking in on your blog to see what you've been creating - wow have you been busy lately. I would be thrilled to win your amazing giveaway. Can't wait for more tutorials.

Donna said...

I don't need all that stuff....but I WANT IT! I linked to my blog too.

Carolyn said...

I want to win these amazing delights! I'm gonna post about you too!

The Coatney's said...

i love calico. a lot. of course i'll link you. tell joey to pick me.

Mam said...

I love your blog and your photography. Please enter my name into your very generous give away.

I am LoW said...

I visit your blog every day.... I hope that gives me some luck in winning all this. :-)

Jeigh said...

I NEED those lunch bags, because Jenna just started school. And she NEEDS those scrunchies, because her hair is long enough. And I NEED that diaper strap, because I've been changing diapers for 7 years straight and it's getting boring. But most of all, I. NEED. That. Bag. I didn't know until I saw it, but I do. I need it.

Does this desperation count as two votes? No? OK, I'm linking, too.

Jenny said...

what an amazing giveaway! i love reading about your creative endeavors. thank you for sharing!

Lyndee said...

You are awesome and I love all of those things!!! I even have one boy and one girl in school and i'm having a new baby in three weeks. :)
I am also posting a link on my blog for more entries! :)

jenifer said...

cute stuff!! not that i EVER win these things...

Unknown said...

Gaspity gasp.. pick me!

Unknown said...

Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaase let it be me!!!!! I'm linking right now. Consider yourself linked. OK? ok.

Yeagers said...

I want it all-yes, i feel like a greedy little kid, and I'm OK with that! You're so cute! Can we request tutorials? :)

Annette said...

Hey! Send it on over...would LOVE all that cool stuff. Yes, I could make them all (and boy, do I need that diaper strap!!!), but there is something so very cool about getting them as a "gift"...and a couple of cally cruz/calico treats would sure hit the spot!

Crystal Copeland said...

Of course I want it ALL! I am linkin' also!! Anything I can do to increase my entries? haha.

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for the diaper strap tutorial. It was perfect timing. My friend just had a baby so I will be including this with an outfit! I just finished it and am so excited to give it to her!

Jill said...

Thanks so much for the diaper strap tutorial. It was perfect timing. My friend just had a baby so I will be including this with an outfit! I just finished it and am so excited to give it to her!

elaine said...

I especially love the pretty handbag-such a lovely summer color!

Elaine R
emrosser@shaw.ca

Marky said...

I love all your stuff and you do such amazing work!! The diaper strap will come in handy since I am pregger's again with baby #2!

ali said...

yes please to all of it!

That Girl said...

Me me me!

I sound like an opera singer.

Small House said...

Good heavens the bag is adorable. And it was from your head???? WOW!
Thanks for offering a nice giveaway.
Sandra

Teresa Johnson said...

Love, love, love your stuff! In fact, you've inspired me to buy a sewing machine as soon as I get some extra cash! Really...that's a BIG DEAL!!! I thought that no one could ever break me...I would never want to sew...no way, not me! But seeing all the cutesy things that you make really makes me want to try! THANK YOU!!! Oh and I hope you pick ME!!!! :o)

Cassie said...

Oh my goodness. I just drool over EVERYTHING you make so this is like a jackpot!! Thanks for sharing:)

Emma said...

me wanty me wanty!!!!

L. OL. said...

oooh pick me pick me!!! :o) and I have linked to it OF COURSE!!!
http://embyrflame.blogspot.com/2009/09/calico.html?zx=affdc2864268733

The P*dunc's said...

Commenting about how awesome I think you are: done

Posting about how awesome you are: done

http://paulkristendallinduncan.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-giveaway.html

Charity said...

okay I posted it on my blog (www.brazilandchile.blogspot.com). You're awesome!

Wonder Woman said...

Love the lunch bags, and I'll need the diaper and wipes holder in a few months!!

Leah said...

I love giveaways never win but always try. And the purse well everything is so cute. I hope I finally win one.

Wonder Woman said...

I linked in my sidebar.

Wonder Woman said...

I'm hoping this is my shot at a calico bag!

Dany said...

I Love everything that you're offering, I hope I get lucky!! Not quite sure if I understood all the rules but I’ll try to win anyway :)

Holly said...

I love catching up on your blog. Very cute bags!!!

Beth said...

First of all, I am loving everything up for grabs. Secondly, would you feel sorry for me if I told you that I am in love with the bag and that I had to carry a CORDUROY purse all summer because I couldn't find one I liked!!! I am about to link it up for another entry!!

Beth said...

You have been linked, so one more entry for me puh-lease!!

Sarah D said...

Count me in! :)

Sarahie said...

Oh, wow! I would pack myself a lunch every day (even though I always eat at home) just so I could use that little lunch bag! And I would take that bag everywhere with me...maybe even to bed! =) I'm keeping my fingers (and toes) crossed for this one!

Sarahie said...

P.S. I linked it on my blog. Now I'm crossing my ankles too.

Jeanne said...

Sign me up too!

Kamie said...

Love love love the bag. Seriously wish you sold this stuff. My husband is probably glad you don't :)

I would love to win it. I always have a link to you on my blog, but did a post about your giveaway.
-Kamie

Elizabeth said...

Of course I'm entering...how could I NOT?!?! :) how are those light saber skills coming? :)

Elizabeth said...

Oh, yeah...I used one of your tutorials the other day. Carissa needed footless tights for dance class, and I couldn't find any small enough (and not too expensive... I'm so cheap!), so I bought a pair of regular tights and searched your blog for the post about the cute socks without feet and tried it out. So cute! Thank you! Of course, there is a hole in her new, cute, footless tights now. Right at her knee. Where she was picking at them all day. Because you can't wear your dance clothes for only the 30-minute dance class on the first day. Obviously. I think I'll have her wear them backward to hide the hole until I can find enough quarters to buy another pair. :)

joolee said...

Yeah! Count me in! Love, love all those goodies.

joolee said...

You're linky-linked to my blog,
richardsonshine.blogspot.com. Thanks for the chance to win!

Amber said...

Cally, I have a link up too, but I should mention that it's my birthday... and I'm having a new baby and need a diaper strap. I'm hoping that this influences fate so that I win! Heaven forbid I had to make one for myself!!!

PeanutPosh said...

I love your creative ideas. Everything is darling. I'm crossing my fingers that I win.

Haley
peanutposh@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Cally,

I thought that maybe I got the coupon queen title, and then I realized you were talking about that lady in farragut. MAN!!

And to add salt to the wound, you've got 70 FREAKIN comments. I mean, seriously, who had a blog first??

I guess I will just have to be happy with being the friend to the blogging/creative queen of the world. My kingdom is small. I'm o.k. with it. Even if I am not the coupon queen either..I am just a princess.

So, I know I am not going to win your stuff, and everyone that reads my blog already reads yours...probably more faithfully than they do mine, but I might link, just so that I can get a better chance of winning.

i really need some scrunchies, not really, I left mine in the 80's. :)

Enjoy the fame your majesty.

Kris and Kally said...

three reasons for me to have your goodies!

1. My name is Kally too!
2. My birthday is Sept. 6
3. You are saved on my blog as "Cutest Bags Ever!"

:-)

Jenni M. said...

Pick me! Pick me!

Somer said...

Wow, I want a treat.

Stacey said...

Those lunch sacks are the cutest!

BTW, I found your site from a friend over here in Middle TN and noticed you are the SIL of a friend from our old ward in K-town. Very random :)

Elizabeth said...

OK, I dedicated a whole post on my blog just for you! I put THREE links to your blog in the post, so do I get three more entries? =) I copied some of your pix for the post. Do you mind?

Brittany said...

pick me! pick me!

mandi said...

woo-hoo! 77 comments- that's awesome!

count me in for the giveaway!!!

The Geists said...

Stephanie Geist: My cousin sent me this blog and I so want a chance to win too!! Those things are way cute!

Small House said...

You have been linked by me! THANKS!!

nbarnes2 said...

i love that bag!! so cute.

pamela said...

lovely lovely blog! and that bag. i love it.

**thank you for your kind comments on In My Shoes.

Lindsey Rose said...

Okay so comment number 83 has got to be lucky somehow right? I need the blue lunch box because Benson is using the pink one I made at your house for preschool, Oh the shame!

I am linking!

Very Shannon said...

Ohhhh, I want that bag!!!!!! Gorgeous and the diaper strap! Pick me, pick me, my fingers will be crossed for this one!

Lucy said...

Oh how great is this giveaway!! I need all of these items with my growing family, including the bag!! I have linked to my blog too.

Brenda Howard said...

This is such a fun idea...Anything free gets me very excited!Thank you, Brenda Howard

Brenda Howard said...

This is such a fun idea...Anything free gets me very excited!Thank you, Brenda Howard

peter marie said...

This is my first time to your blog and I LOVE it!! Wow. Talk about inspiration to learn how to sew! One of these days....

I also linked your post on my blog. Thanks!!

www.petermariecharlton.blogspot.com

Trish said...

I've been following this blog for months and I just love it. The fabric and ideas are fantastic. Your family is adorable. I have shared your ideas with friends and family. It would be awesome to tell my friends that I won some of your awesome creations. But I will continue to follow if I don't win. Thanks for your generosity!

Shannon said...

Your stuff is awesome. I really need some new scrunchies, I haven't had any since 4th grade! Your generosity breeds greediness in us all! Thanks!!

brianne sheppard said...

my goodness.. such color! such creativity! such envy (coming from me) I NEED to learn how to do a pleated front like that bag... as if you need another tutorial though! So maybe, if i win... i could just figure it out by studying it! Saves you time! Gives me something to do! Yah! A win-win!

Seriously, We Are Blessed! said...

Yay!!! I love giveaway!!! Your stuff is sooo cute!!

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Rebecca said...

It seems that loads of other people are totally interested in your stuff! That is great Cally! No surprise! I am not sure how to link it to your blog, but I wanted to through my "comment" in the hat because I just your work and how simple you make everything! Love you my long lost friend!

ShEiLa said...

Cally-O-Cally.

There are 96 comments right now... you have a way of attracting everybody to your giveaway's.

ToOdLeS.

Natalie Jane said...

Today is my birthday! And I am up sick at 5:25am checking blogs :( Oh well, at least this post cheered me up! That bag is awesome. Love everything!

Natalie Jane said...

Blogged about it here. http://shane-natalie.blogspot.com/2009/09/thisholidaycom-giveaway.html

Hoping for some giveaway karma.

Natalie Jane said...

Blogged about it #2

jcmlpickup said...

Ok Cally, you are totally cute and you know I LOVE you and your stuff! I could never have enough Calico bags at my house! I will post a link today on my blog!

Becky said...

VERY nice stuff. So cute. Thanks!

Megh said...

I love it all! What a fun giveaway!

House Queen said...

WOW! Thanks! Send it all my way!!!

Unknown said...

Hope I win! Thanks for the giveaway!

jmparris@cableone.net

Anonymous said...

Loving your stuff as always! I would love to get anything you make!

Do I get extra points for knowing you when you lived at home??!!

Heidi (Haderlie) Jarman =)

Kyla Armstrong said...

Your stuff is rockin my socks! I'm so glad I found your site for fun inspiration.

mormishmom at gmail dot com

Kyla Armstrong said...

I blogged about it and linked back here!

mormishmom at gmail dot com

Kahla said...

Hmm, didn't even know what a diaper strap was until this post... seeing as how we have a baby due next month that would be pretty handy!

Lindsey said...

Awesome stuff! Love the lunch bags, could def. use one.

Brooke Low said...

I love the diaper strap! I needed this two babies ago. You are amazing and I hope I win

Jennifer Dawn said...

As soon as I finish this comment, I am linking this to my blog. You make the coolest stuff ever! I know where Dani gets all her creativity. I love, love, love everything in this giveaway, and I even have the baby and diapers to go with the diaper strap. :)

2dayisgood said...

wow!! neat stuff. would love to win. how sweet!! hope you are having a great weekend!!

Becca said...

Wow! What a great giveaway! Thank you!

You are linked to greatmediocre dot com!

Danielle said...

very cute, as always!!! I would love to when one of your wonderful creations! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Allison said...

Cute!!! I sew, but my things don't look near as nice. Where do you buy your fabrics?

Allison said...

Cute stuff!! I sew, but my things do not look near as nice. Where do you buy your fabrics?

sarah perkins said...

Awesome stuff! Sounds like you are busy busy!
Sarah Perkins
joshandsarahp at yahoo.com

Unknown said...

If I was guaranteed 116 comments, I might take the time to really learn how to sew like the master.

Rita said...

I realize I am WAAAAAY behind on this with no chance of winning a thing but I had to tell you how much I LOVE your lunch sacks and that gorgeous, gorgeous bag! Wow -- feel free to make me one for Christmas too...hee hee...

Melinda Guard said...

I just love how calico bags help our environment! These bags are indeed one of the best green products that are available in the market.