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Giveaway Day 18
ByHeather Bailey August 18, 2013

We went out for my birthday on Friday night for Thai food and a movie
with my siblings and their spouses, and my dad. It was
great to get together after we were all scattered this way and that for
the summer. And just the kind of birthday party I like—easy and low-key.
I'm so glad they all could come along. If you ever visit Tempe, AZ, Yupha's Thai Kitchen is the place to eat.

Of course, this year wasn't a 'big-deal' birthday. When the next one of those
comes along, I'd like a Disco Dance Party with wigs required—nothing
mellow.

This giveaway circus is keeping me plenty anesthetized from any potential
birthday blues. It's quite a project behind the scenes to make sure
everything is reported accurately and the winners are chosen fairly.
(Random number generator, after duplicates and late entries are
subtracted.)

I hope you're having as much fun as I am. I feel like
a game show host at this point, "Step on down, take a spin, survey says
— you win." I need fine, feathered 70's hair and a sparkly dress.

As soon as today's giveaway post goes up, I'll get to work drawing
winners for the last few giveaways. Expect those updates by midday
tomorrow.

And remember that our Day 16 giveaway for a Cricut Expressions 2 electronic cutting machine ends at 11:59pm PST tonight. So, there's still time to enter.

Without further ado, today's giveaway prize is a sewn book tote from FamLee Treasures, made with fabrics from my Garden District collection, as well as a Heather Bailey planner, a chevron note pad and a pack of personal stationery. A $73 value.

FamLee Treasures
is my office manager Karen's Etsy business. Her adorable totes also
make perfect craft totes or church bags. Karen was excited to get
involved with our giveaway party—and it's her birthday this next week
too. That's another vote for Birthday Month. Happy Birthday, Karen!

Comment to enter. One entry per household. Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form. Today's giveaway will close at NOON PST on Monday 8/19/13. Watch for the winner to
be announced early next week at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on these August HELLO Giveaways, click here. Please
share the word. Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 16 — A Big One
ByHeather Bailey August 16, 2013

When I say that I'm friends with some cool people at some cool
companies. I mean, wow. I put out some calls, told everyone I wanted to
have a big Thank You Party for my readers, and look what's coming in.
Today's giveaway prize is another big one.

This incredible machine here is called the Cricut Expressions 2.
It is an electronic cutting machine. Digital designs are plugged into
the system on cartridges and out come perfectly-cut pieces. Pieces of
what, you say? Pieces of cardstock, chipboard, sheet magnet, foam, felt,
balsa wood, vellum, cling vinyl, fabric and more. That's a lot of
creative possibilities.

This
Cricut is a free-standing machine that is easily operated using
touch-screen technology. You don't have to have a computer. From what I
read, this is one of the easiest cutting machines to operate and there
are a number of video tutorials and reviews posted online if you're a
visual learner.

Included with the Expressions 2 machine is their Cricut Essentials
cartridge which includes hundreds of designs and a Cricut Alphabet
cartridge. Beyond that, Cartridges galore
are available separately from a variety of designers. The machine
features a cutting area as large as 12" x 24" and it will arrange
multiple items for you in order to prevent waste.

Great for crafts, party decorations, card-making, scrapbooking, fabric
applique, product packaging, valentines. I can think of so many fun
things to do with a cutting machine. What incredible technology to have
on hand.

Oh! And Cricut is also including a bundle of iron-on vinyl in three colors—winner chooses the colors.
Wait till you see what you can do with this iron-on vinyl. Holy cow.
You can customize tee-shirts, pillows, shoes, sports jerseys, hats,
handbags, Christmas stockings—anything. To see images of this
heat-transfer film in use, visit Cricut's iron-on vinyl product page, then click on each color of vinyl to pull up project ideas.

With so many functions and uses, it's quite impossible for me to cover it all in this one post. I recommend you visit their "New to Cricut?" page, the Cricut Blog, and the Cricut Forum if you want to delve in to the details and see all that the Cricut Expressions 2 can do. Cricut is also on Facebook (a great resource), Instagram and Twitter, so go say hello.

All in all, today's generous prize is a $345 value. Thank you, Cricut! To enter for today's
giveaway, leave a comment here on this post. One entry per person.

Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Sunday 8/18/13.
(This is a big one and it's Friday—so I'm giving you all weekend to
enter. This means it will overlap with Saturday's and Sunday's
giveaways.) Watch for the winner to
be announced early next week at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on these August HELLO Giveaways, click here. Please
share the word. We have lots more in store for you this month.

Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 14 — Art Supplies!
ByHeather Bailey August 14, 2013

Art supplies! Who doesn't love to collect art supplies!?

I'm incredibly excited to share today's prize with you. Copic has generously contributed a set of their Ciao Too
artist-quality markers. I've been researching markers heavily all year
and Copic stands tall at the top of the list. Not only does Copic offer
their markers in scores of colors, with a variety of nibs to choose from, but Copic markers are also refillable and blendable. That's right—blendable. The ink flows smoothly and colors can be blended together without glaring streaks or stripes.

They make several styles of markers which hold differing amounts of
ink, but follow the same color system. The Ciao markers
here come with a brush tip on one end and a chisel tip on the other.
With some product lines, you can choose which nibs you like best and
swap them out as you see fit. Most of their markers are
double-ended—except for the super-duper wide ones.

One popular style, the Copic Sketch marker, can be attached to their proprietary air-brush system where
colors swap out easily and there's no fussy clean-up.

I'm just mesmerized by these. Like every product I'm including in the
giveaways this month, I contacted the company because I genuinely love
what they do. I have been fawning over this prize ever since it arrived
at the studio on Monday. Someone is going to be one lucky duck.

Copic
markers are top-of-the-line. They don't come cheaply, but they do their
job fantastically and they maintain their value quite well. With refillable alcohol-inks and replaceable nibs, these valuable tools can be used in perpetuity.

They work great for fabric studies and that works for me. I love them.

So, here's your chance to get hooked on these amazing markers too. Today's winner will receive this 24 pack of Copic Ciao Too markers. A $130 value. Thank you, Copic!

Follow Copic on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the Copic Marker blog. In fact, check out the Gallery on their site for inspiring artwork and artist interviews.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Wednesday 8/14/13. One entry per person. Winner chosen at random using the random number generator at Random.org. Watch for the winner to
be announced within a day or
two at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on my August HELLO Giveaways, click here. Please
share the word. Check back every day.

Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 13 — Puj
ByHeather Bailey August 13, 2013

Today's giveaway is from my friend, Katie Richardson, who invented this crazy-cool folding baby tub and quickly expanded her business, Puj Baby, to include several other hip and helpful products for families.

Katie
is good friends with Isaac's sister, Maureen. She and I have met up a
couple of times and every time I see Katie she's reached new heights in
design. I'm incredibly impressed with her and her success.

I discoverd the Industrial Design program at my university when I was
just about to graduate in Apparel Design. I have kicked myself ever
since for not learning about it sooner. At one point, after I had
abandoned my plan to pursue Medicine, I had hunted for a degree that
would lend itself to animatronics (mechanical puppets and special
effects for the movies, that kind of thing). I wanted to know how to
make anything and everything, sewn items on through to electronics.

I am still mad that the Industrial Design program never came up on that hunt. I
had grouped it in with Civil Engineering and passed it right by. If I
could do college again, I would major in Industrial Design and minor in
Apparel Design. The inventor in me still craves that education on
materials and processes. Perhaps I can find a program somewhere yet and
scratch that itchy itch.

My point is that Katie here majored in Industrial Design. As did her
husband, Ben. And look what they have created! Isn't this impressive?
Together they are a design power house. And I can't wait to see what
they do next. You can too. Follow Katie and Ben's journey on their company blog and on Katie's "Secret Blog"—I sure hope it's not a true secret—Katie? Puj Baby can also be found on Instagram and Twitter at @PujBaby and on Facebook as well. Check them out.

Without further ado, today's giveaway prize is a generous bundle of amazing inventions from Katie and her company, Puj. Winner will receive one Puj Tub, one Puj Hug baby towel and Puj Nubs, knobs to hang your Puj products on. A $90 value.

By the way, the Puj Hug towel
fastens gently around mom's neck so she can get baby from the tub more
safely—without fuss. Or dad's neck. See how this works at Puj.com. I love inventions!

I know some rad people.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday 8/13/13. This one requires a U.S. address. And they can't ship to a P.O. box. Watch for the winner to
be announced within a day or
two at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on my August HELLO Giveaways, click here. Please
share the word. Check back every day.

Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 12 — A Day for Cake
ByHeather Bailey August 12, 2013

Today is my birthday. I don't know if there will be any celebrating just
yet. My kids are sick and at least one of them is staying home from
school. We're waiting to see how the others are faring. Thankfully, with
my campaign for Birthday Month, who really cares. There are 31 days in
August. We should be able to find a day for cake somewhere in there. It's Birthday Month!

Remember when birthdays were an achievement? In the middle here,
birthdays are just novelties, an asterisk on the calendar. If I'm
fortunate enough to reach old age, birthdays might become
accomplishments again. In fact, there should be necklaces to celebrate
your age like an award ribbon. When I'm 86, I'll gladly wear my age on a
gold necklace and swap it for an 87 with a smile.

This year's birthday doesn't just have a small asterisk next to it
though—because I'm giving away big presents every day this month. And
I've planned a big ol' glorious prize for today. Becky Higgins and Project Life are generously donating a complete kit of the Olive Edition I designed for them: a Core Kit of cards, an Album and a Big Pack of Photo Pocket Pages. Everything you need to complete an album. A $75 value.

Project Life is taking the scrapbooking and journaling world by
storm. In summary, it's a simple, efficient system for cataloging your
life in photos and stories.

My limited Olive Edition for Project Life is currently available only at Amazon.com. In addition to the items shown above, there is a big pack of 12" x 12" papers and super-fun month dividers. Everything is very reasonably priced. For more information on Project Life in general, visit BeckyHiggins.com. Becky and her team keep a faithful blog of ideas and inspiration. There are even videos to get you started. Also, for the daily play-by-play, follow @beckyhigginsllc and #projectlife on Instagram.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Monday 8/12/13. Watch for the winner to
be announced within a day or
two at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here. Please
share the word. Check back every day. I have amazing prizes planned this week from my friends at Copic Markers, Cricut, Puj Baby and more, prizes worth as much as $300. Prizes I wish I owned!

Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 11
ByHeather Bailey August 11, 2013

All three of my kids are at home sick today and I'm having a very
difficult time sneaking away to write a giveaway post, so I'm going to
get right to it before there's more medicine to dose out or 'messes' to
clean up.

With a $35 value, today's prize
is THREE Heather Bailey sewing patterns—Flutterby Pincushions, Boho Cloche Hat and Marlo
Bloom Handbag—enough variety to keep you busy well into the fall and perhaps cover you on some holiday-gift sewing as well.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
address
so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes.

Today's giveaway will close at NOON PST on Monday 8/12/13. (I'm
extending the deadline whenever a post goes up later in the day.
Sundays will likely be tricky for me all month.) Watch for the winner to
be announced within a day or
two at the bottom
of the post. For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here. Please
share the word. Check back every day.

My actual birthday is tomorrow, so watch for a big prize in the morning. And some even bigger ones later in the week.

Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 9
ByHeather Bailey August 9, 2013

Wow, thank you for your baby-naming stories and input.
What great comments! I promise that there aren't too many more big
stories I've kept to myself. Just designs. Designs that aren't out on
products yet. But, I have lots of that coming soon. Mostly fabric,
fabric, fabric.

It's Friday, and for today our giveaway prize is a copy of my Most-Crazy-Popular-Ever sewing pattern Effie & Ollie Elephant, along with the winner's choice of elephant kit which includes all of the fabric, interfacing and trim for one elephant. A $19 value.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email address
so we can contact you if you win. Today's giveaway closes at 11:59pm PST on Friday 8/9/13. Watch for the winner to be announced within a day or
two at the bottom
of the post.

For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here.
Please
share the word. Check back every day. And stay tuned for some big
whoppers next week, with several prizes ranging in value from $100 to
$300. Good luck!

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 4
ByHeather Bailey August 4, 2013

We are onto Day 4. Hello Sunday. I'm posting a little bit late today.
Perhaps that will increase your chance of winning? Sorry about that. I
had church.

Today's HELLO Giveaway prize is a DOZEN 9"x12" sheets of Heather Bailey designer wool-blend felt ($27 value). Winner picks the colors. Our wool-blend felt is far
superior to polyester felt in appearance, texture, durability — and
style. Great for hair accessories, pincushions, brooches, dolls and more. Several of our top sewing patterns
use felt for embellishments, including Henrietta Turtle, Effie &
Ollie Elephant, New Leaf Folding Totes, and Fresh Picked Pincushions to
name a few.

Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email address
so we can contact you if you win. Today's giveaway closes at 11:59pm PST 8/4/13.
Watch for the winner to be announced within a day or two at the bottom
of the post. For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here.
We have some seriously amazing prizes planned, including tools,
equipment, jewelry, toys, Project Life, stationery, fabric from my next
collection (which I'll introduce this month)—exciting stuff. Please
share the word.

If you're watching
for updates, I'll post the winners from Day 1 through Day 3 this afternoon.

Good luck, everyone. Thank you again for your love and support.

xo—Heather

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Giveaway Day 3
ByHeather Bailey August 3, 2013

Today's fabulous HELLO Giveaway prize is a lovely print from the lovely Laura Gunn. Laura will send today's blog winner TWO beautiful 8×10 giclee print from her Etsy shop—winner
chooses which print. And there are lots of fantastic pieces to pick
from, including watercolor florals, like the one shown below, birds,
butterflies, and beetles.

I hesitate to add more images because those pink flowers up there are
completely doing it for me today. Of course, the three Laura Gunn
watercolor prints that I own myself are all birds. They are also irresistible.

Comment to enter the contest. Be sure to include your email address
so we can contact you if you win. Each day's giveaway closes at 11:59pm PST.
Watch for the winner to be announced within a day or two at the bottom
of the post. For more info on my August giveaway madness, click here.
We have called on a number of our friends with businesses and have
scored some seriously amazing prizes so stay tuned.

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Giveaway Day 2
ByHeather Bailey August 2, 2013

I have new fabric strike-offs to go over today and a magazine ad due
on Monday, along with kids starting school next week. (Can you believe
that? August 5th.) Not to mention a church campout, a dinner party and
more housewares to prep for the factory. It's going to be a busy
weekend.

So let's get right to business. Today is Day 02 of my month-long Giveaway Party. The prize for August 2nd is a Henrietta turtle sewing pattern and a turtle kit
to go with it (winner's choice). Henrietta is one of our top sewing
patterns. She's fun to make and all too cute as a pincushion or toy.

You don't have to be in the U.S. to enter. We love all of you—and we
know how to ship things overseas 😉 Be sure to enter your email address
so we can contact you if you win. Watch for the winners to be announced
at the bottom of each post. For more info on my giveaway madness, click here. Each day's giveaway closes at 11:59pm PST that day.

Good luck, everyone.

Psst—up next week, we have custom jewelry, paper craft craziness, big brands, big prizes. Don't forget to check in every day.

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