Tea Rose Home 3rd Bloggersary Giveaway/ Jennifer Paganelli Signed Book

Are you all excited? Yes! The Tea Rose Home 3rd bloggaversary's giveaway for the first week is a "Girls World" signed by Jennifer Paganelli! The book contains 21 sewing projects to make for little girls, but I think there are things that are for big girls too.:) I have a copy of my own that I bought, but it is not signed... Whoever wins the beautiful book, I will envy you!



Let me tell you a little bit about Jennifer and Sis Boom Fabrics...



Back in May I had an opportunity to meet Jennifer at the market and bloggers meet up. First of all, she was such a nice person. When you meet famous designers it is a little intimidating, but Jennifer had this presence about her that is very warm and sincere, I was able to say hi and took some pictures with her.



There are so many reasons why I love her Sis Boom Fabrics. I love her use of colors. Her fabric lines are very modern yet have a vintage and traditional feel too. I read somewhere that she uses tag sales, flea markets and European sources as a starting point to create her design. No wonder I love her art work so much, they are a mix of many things I love!



I think it was a couple summers ago, that I first "Met" one of her fabrics. It was Nelly from Honey Child collection. I bought a couple yards, and went home that day thinking that I was going to make a top for summer. I just have a hard time cutting in to beautiful fabric, but I am really motivated to sew something pretty.







When you go to her site, you will be greeted by gorgeous pictures (can you imagine how I was glue to computer screen oohing and awing her site?). They just take you to a different place.



Also, on her blog, she will share the latest updates and other fun things. Also, on the left sidebar there are links to shops where you can purchase her fabrics and patterns. One of the things I have been keeping an eye on is her laminates; there are so many things I want to make with them!



Jennifer, thank you so much for helping me to make this anniversary giveaway so special! :)



Ok, are you ready for the giveaway? Here are the rules:



1. Visit her site first and come back here to let me know which one was your most favorite thing (pattern and fabrics). (1st entry)



2. Become a follower on my main page. (2nd entry)



3. Blog about this giveaway, tweet, become fan on Facebook. (3rd entry)



I will run the giveaway until midnight of the 8th and post the winner on the 9th.

Good luck!

Link Love No. 67!

Mr. TRH was away this week attending a Wood Badge training camp. If you don't know what it is, that is ok; I didn't know either until he got involved with scouting. Basically, it is training for scout leaders.



He is not at all outdoorsy person, even though he is an Eagle Scout. We don't go camping as a family either. I was little worried about him... I felt like "one of my boys was going on his first campout!" (Well, maybe this was good practice for me since my oldest will start going on a campout once a month in about a year). After he packed everything, off he went...



Today the families were invited for lunch and a special program. I packed my kid and went to the camp ground. Me? I’m not an outdoorsy person either, but I really enjoyed being there.



Sitting there looking at the clear blue sky and mountains in a perfect breeze was so liberating. Also, there are so many different types of butterflies and blue dragonflies flying all over the place...there were hundreds flying about. It was just such a pretty sight. My kids were so excited to see so many bugs all in one place too.



Who knows, I might become more in tune with nature and start going camping someday. :)



I have the link love for this week, are you ready?



Look at this cute project shared by One Perfect Day. I love how simple and pretty the design is, very refreshing!





These pants totally rocks! I am Momma-Hear Me Roar created these stylish pants for her son. I love the color of the pants as well as the stylish pockets in the back. Great job Cheri!





Erin from Lemon Tree Creation shared her decorated nursery. Please head over to her post, because she shared so many cute creations and ideas with lots of pictures. I miss the excitement of trying to decide on the names and decorating a nursery for a new baby. Her post made me wanna decorate a nursery... (I am not saying that I want to have more babies, I just want to name them and decorate the nursery :).





You know, I just love this chandelier shared by Nest Full of Eggs. This is another perfect example of how a can of paint can make a huge difference on something dull or outdated. I will be looking for chandeliers like hers on my next trip to a thrift store. :)





Wow... Vixen Made really took themed party to a whole different level! Look at all the stuff she made for this party, amazing. My daughter loves Pinkalicious, I know she would squeal with joy if I threw a party like that. Thank you for sharing your creations and special day with us!





Thank you all for participating!



By the way, as I mentioned before, September 20th is Tea Rose Home's 3rd birthday! I am going to have special giveaways during this month and the first giveaway post will go up on Monday. Are you excited? You should be! I am hiding some awesome items up my sleeve, make sure to come back and enter for a chance to win!

One for me, one for you! (revisited)

First a great big THANK YOU to all who left birthday wishes and shared birthday memories with me during this past week! I am feeling much better, thank you…still not completely over whatever summer germ I picked up, but at least functioning again!

I loved reading the birthday memories. Some were sweet, some were tender, some were funny…and they all made me feel immeasurably better!

Virtual friends are wonderful friends!

Another thing that made me feel better this week was receiving the most wonderful package from Tina at What We Keep! I mentioned here that I was lucky enough to win a giveaway she sponsored. She had promised an apron and a gift card, but there was much, much more!

I opened the box and saw something red! I was confused…I was sure the apron was supposed to be of brown linen! I pulled it out, and what did I see?

What a cute bag! A sturdy red canvas bag, embroidered with "red hen home” over chicken wire!

That wasn’t the end of the treasures… I pulled out 1, 2, 3…

…4, 5, 6 fluffy little chicks! Inspired, I know, by my own six chicklets! Plus there was a cute blue bird with a tag that says, “It’s the smallest birds who sing the sweetest songs.”

Then there was this darling red-and-white striped dishtowel embroidered with my initial…

…And this beautiful apron embroidered with a fancy red hen just for me! I love it! Sorry about the blurry picture in the mirror…I sent the chicklets (my surrogate photographers) to bed!

Thank you, Tina! You really made my day!

Now I have the chance to return the favor! The winner of my birthday giveaway for the custom beadboard sign is:

Laura from I’m So Vintage!

Laura has a lovely etsy shop that just happens to be where I purchased the wooden shoe last that appears next to several of the beadboard signs in this collage! That coincidence tickles my fancy

So Laura, I hope you’ve been thinking about what you’d like on a beadboard sign.

I’m thinking something along these lines, maybe?