Holiday Makers Blog Hop

Spectacular Holiday Products 

 Makers Blog Hop

With the count down to Christmas underway, there's plenty on the to-do list. And while you may have more to do than time, come visit us each week with new featured Christmas products and possibly save a little time and get some shopping for your loved ones, or yourself, checked off your holiday list!

From November 13th to December 11th, two Makers will be featuring their best Christmas Products and sharing them with you! Not sure you follow everyone? That’s okay! Follow Mad Mad Makers on Facebook, Twitter or G+. Or you can check out the bottom of this post to see who’s scheduled when and their links when they do share their products.

I for one am so excited for the holiday season. It is definitely my favorite time of year. (except the bitter cold.... haha) Anyway I have some fun holiday felties to share with you. These are all available in my Etsy Shop.

My newest Feltie is the Mr. Snowman.  I just think he is so cute lol. He would be perfect for a bow center piece. OR perhaps as a winter themed felt tic tac toe game piece. 

 To ~ Snowman on Etsy

Next on the list is the Christmas Tree. This makes for another create center piece or even to put on a hair clip for the holiday concert at school. 

To ~ Christmas Tree on Etsy

Then we have Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread. These are probably my favorite so far. You can glue them back to back and make some adorable ornaments from them. 

To ~ Mr. Gingerbread on Etsy

To ~ Mrs. Gingerbread on Etsy

   


Make sure you check out my shop to see what other great holiday felties are available.

From now until Christmas Day if use use coupon code MMMHOLIDAY15 you will get 15% off your entire purchase.


That includes all crochet patterns.

So don't miss out on these great patterns

The Strand of Christmas Lights 

And also the Christmas and Winter Tree double pattern pack

Enjoy and make sure to follow the rest of the blog hop!!!!

Maker Blog Hop Week 1

Fabulous Fall Products ~ Makers Blog Hop

Falling leaves, cooler temperatures, shorter days, approaching holidays… all those mean Autumn is here. Whether your a fan of the cooler weather or not, Fall offers some amazing products. And that’s what this blog hop is going to bring you! The newest, trendiest, best selling products of the Mad Mad Makers will be brought to you throughout the next few weeks! From September 25th to October 30th, two Makers will be featuring their Fabulous Fall Products and sharing them with you! Not sure you follow everyone? That’s okay! Follow Mad Mad Makers on Facebook, Twitter or G+. Or you can check out the bottom of this post to see who’s scheduled when and their links when they do share their products.

Divine Debris and I are kicking off the first week of the blog hop. Make sure you check out the other weeks as well so you don't miss out on some AWESOME Fall fun.

Smalltown Dreamz offers unique, quality made Felties and Key Fobs. I have a special going on all my Fall/Halloween Felties in celebration of kicking off our Fall Maker Blog Hop. 25% off No Coupon Needed. I also have 2 brand new Feltie Designs releasing today. 

The Maple leaf is a brand new Feltie being offered in my Etsy Shop. These would be great to dress up those fall hats and headbands. Or they would make some adorable Fall hair clips. You could even use them as decorations on your Table center pieces during your holiday meals. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/249351769/made-to-order-maple-leaf-felt-applique

Here is another type of Maple Leaf Feltie that is brand new to my shop.

  

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/249352077/made-to-order-maple-leaf-felt-applique

Below are some other Fall/Halloween Felties that are available in my shop at 25% off.

Witches Boot  

https://www.etsy.com/listing/241853215/made-to-order-halloween-witch-boot-felt

Witches Hat

https://www.etsy.com/listing/241957438/made-to-order-halloween-witch-hat-felt

Spooky House

https://www.etsy.com/listing/241854383/made-to-order-halloween-spooky-house

Pumpkin 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242016470/made-to-order-fall-pumpkin-felt-applique

My 1st Halloween

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242785128/made-to-order-first-halloween-felt

Ghost

https://www.etsy.com/listing/241857631/made-to-order-halloween-ghost-felt

Boo

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242775032/made-to-order-halloween-boo-felt

Want to see more Fabulous Fall Products??? Check out the following businesses and the fabulous products they have to offer!

Week 1     9-25-15 Smalltown Dreamz & Divine Debris

Week 2     10-2-15 Gramma Beans &

Week 3     10-9-15 Pink Snail Boutique & Sisters’ Craft Corner

Week 4     10-16-15 Kaleidoscope Art & Gifts & Crystalized Designs

Week 5     10-23-15 Sincerely Pam & Blackstone Designs

Week 6      10-30-15 Piedmont Purls & AllieCat’s Hats and Crafts 

Blog Stalkers ~ Issue #6

 Summer is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds!

Hello Stephanie here your friendly neighborhood Blog Stalker… Lately I have seen a lot of people starting their own blogs which is AWESOME!!! I wanted to share an really great resource that can help with all your blogging needs. Keylime Digital Designs has a wonderful round up that gives all the important info you will need for a great blog. She covers everything from HTML to Social Media. This one is definitely bookmarked so I can always go back to it.

LINKS: 
http://www.keylimedigitaldesigns.com/2014/04/blog-tutorial-round-up-updated/

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Hello! Crystal here and another month of crafty finds! Do you remember those Scratch Cards? Yes, those black covered pieces of paper, the wooden pen-type instrument, the few seconds it took to scratch off a design only to reveal the colors beneath? I loved those, so when I ran across a DIY post about making these, I knew I had to add it to this month’s finds! Babble Dabble Do is an amazing site that offers so many activities for kids. And if you’re like me andlove the DIY type projects, this is a site you’ll want to follow! But back to the Scratch Cards… this post offers detailed instructions on how to create these cards. Also, the author tells readerspros and cons to certain to suggested inks. You can check out the post here and I can’t wait to make these for my children!

LINKS:
http://babbledabbledo.com/
http://babbledabbledo.com/diy-art-material-scratchboard…/

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Hello, Lisa here with a crochet blog find this month. I don’t know about you, but I have a bag full of scrap yarn. I can’t seem to part with it. Well thanks to Pinterest I found a pin to inspire me. Joy of Motion has a blog post titled “8 creative ways to use your yarn scraps” and I love all the ideas however, my favorite is the scrap blanket idea. It can take years to make but what a treasure to pass down. The blog includes several crochet stitch instructions perfect for beginners and she offers some beautiful patterns. This is a blog I will check in on too see what’s new. 
Blog: http://joyofmotion.no/
Blog post: http://joyofmotion.no/blog/left-yarn/

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Love

Crystal, Lisa, and Stephanie

Blog Stalkers ~ Issue 5

April sure brought some amazing blog posts! Spring is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds!

Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly neighborhood blog stalkers. Ever since I started following blogs I have been a big fan of How Does She! I find this blog amazing for families that are big on how to’s and DIY projects. She covers just about EVERYTHING from organizing to decorating, to cooking. She even added a section called How Does He where her husband gives some manly how to’s and DIY advice!!!! http://www.howdoesshe.com/

Hi Crystal here, I’m a mother of two energetic boys… and I really do try to keep up with them. Unfortunately, I can’t find any bottled energy in the stores so I settle for trying to keep life fun and interesting for them. A few weeks ago I ran across a blog post from Skip To My Lou and immediately wanted to build all 10 DIY toys she had listed on one of her posts. 10 PVC Pipe Toys for Kids is an amazing collection of just a few awesome things you can make with PVC piping!I plan on making each of my boys their own chairs with fabric of their choosing and the ball pit is just amazing!! I might even have to go in to play! And the pipe sprinkler, that’s totally awesome! Which ones would you do? You can find the original post here.

Blog: http://www.skiptomylou.org/

Post: http://www.skiptomylou.org/…/04/10/10-pvc-pipe-toys-for-k…/…

Lisa here, this past month I joined the homemade laundry detergent (soap) bandwagon and I love it. I had been reading posts and talking to friends for awhile about trying a batch. I opt’d for a dry version because I wasn’t sure how much the liquid would actually make or what to store it in. Then I couldn’t figure out the best place to buy all the ingredients. Online or local. Earlier this month I was walking through my local Wal-mart and not only did they have all the ingredients together on the shelf, they were about $3.00 each. SCORE!! I added the Oxyclean and spent about $13 for 6-8 Months worth of soap. Yep! you read that right. I gave 3 jars of it away for Mother’s Day gifts too. I ended up with about 16lbs of detergent when I was done mixing it. **Note- mix in a ventilated room. I have been using my soap for about 3 weeks now and loving it. One son has eczema and sensitive skin. Next time I may try the liquid. I found Wellness Mama to have the best information on the soap.

Blog – http://wellnessmama.com/Blog post- http://wellnessmama.com/27059/diy-laundry-detergent/

Thank you for following us and looking forward to next months finds….

Until next month,

Stephanie, Lisa, & Crystal

Blog Stalkers ~ Issue #4

April sure brought some amazing blog posts! Spring is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds!

Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly neighborhood blog stalkers. I have a family that is CONSTANTLY on the go and it seems that we are gone at least 4 days a week when the weather gets nice. With that we are almost always in need of certain items. My family has been doing this for years. And I wanted to share a blog post that I found that is great from the Tip Toe Fairy

http://thetiptoefairy.com/2014/03/create-a-health-and-wellness-necessity-kit/

My oldest son is a kindergartner. As a first time mom of a child in school, I want everything to be perfect! I want him to succeed, I want his classmates and teacher to love him, I want him to be safe…. as of right now, it’s off to a perfect start! And then there’s a holiday, a day in which a gift should be given to the teacher and I’m torn! I want my son to give something nice, something his AMAZING teacher would love and use… but what??? Year after year, students give teacher gifts… what would really stand out?? And there’s SO MANY blog posts on ideas, all of which are great… but I found the best gift of all, one I never would have thought of. We all like to be recognized for our hard work and our teachers have one of the most important jobs of all- teaching our children. What better gift to give than a letter to a principal or administrator explaining how amazing your child’s teacher is! Brilliant idea!! Read more from It’s Always Autumn and her post about the very best (and free) gift you can give your child’s teacher. And just a reminder- Teacher Appreciation week is May 4-8.

As we near the end of another school year, I have been looking for ways to tame the paper monster of drawings, stories, and report cards. I already take pictures or scan artwork and special project but then what? They end up taking up space on my hard drive. I need organization and inspiration so I turned to Pinterest. My blog find this month has met several of my challanges. Thirty Handmade Days has a plethera of binder ideas including a School Binder. It even includes a First Day and Last Day interview form to have your children fill out. They also have binder printable for the family. http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2013/07/school_binder_with_printables/

Thank you for following us and looking forward to next months finds….

Until next month,

Stephanie, Lisa, & Crystal

Blog Stalkers ~ Issue #3

March has come and gone. Spring is here and we all seem to be on the upside of the sicknesses.  We have some great blogs to share with you this week.  Don't forget to follow us on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/blogstalkers

"Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly blog stalkers. WhenI first decided to start blogging I started following a blog called U Create. I found this blog to cover so much in the DIY world and better yet just about everything that comes out of this blog is bright, colorful, and inspiring!!!! Head on over and check out U Create for yourself!!!!!  http://www.u-createcrafts.com/

I love crochet, that's no secret! But crochet in my life is limited! What do I mean?? Well, I have a few hats, a few tops, and a few items that are not yet complete that are just for me but that's it! No crochet blanket, no slippers, no hot pads or scrubbies... so when I found this article from Moogly, I had to share it with you all! The post is about 10 FREE crochet curtain patterns. Love, love, LOVE #3 on her list... and #10!!! Hilarious!!!! One day, I will have crocheted curtains! What kind of crochet do you make for yourself?http://www.mooglyblog.com/10-free-crochet-curtain-patterns/

This months Blog find was one of desperation. Having 2 boys who both spend way to much time on electronics, I needed a solution. I wanted to incorporate a chore chart but not pay them for doing things like brushing teeth or making bed. Homework is a must but I would give time on tablets for doing it without whining (oh anything to stop the whining). I found lots of blog posts but the one I liked the most was yourownhomestore.com. I am still finding my way around the system we are putting into place but I am so excited for trying it out. So far my 7 yr old has chipped in more around the house and even has more completed that his 10 yr old brother. If you are finding yourself at a loss for finding a happy median between the tv, tablets, game systems, and just plain old legos, check out this blog post: http://www.yourownhomestore.com/family-store-and-chore-system/

Thank you for following us and looking forward to next months finds....

Until next month,
Stephanie, Lisa, & Crystal

Birthday Celebration (Part 1)

We are finally starting to thaw out over her in WI!!!! YAY!!!! It has been in the upper 50's most of the week which is a huge change from -3 just 2 weeks ago.



So last week I introduced you to my Birthday Twin. This week we are starting the celebration of our birthdays with a sale!!!!

Start celebrating with us!!!

 15% off in our shops from now through March 22 at Midnight (CST)

Use the Coupon Code - CELEBRATEWITHUS

The coupon code is good in both our shops. ENJOY!!!!

8 Little Monkeys

Etsy

Smalltown Dreamz

Etsy

Stay tuned for a Birthday Giveaway announcement 

Happy Crafting

Meet My Twin!!!

HAPPY MARCH!!!!! 

I don't know about you but I for one am so happy that winter is starting to wind down and Spring is almost here. 

So over the past couple years I have started networking and growing my relationships with other businesses. I have met so many amazing people through doing this and have become close friends with a handful of them. I didn't have a sister growing up so it is a lot of fun to be able to talk to someone with such similar interests.

About a year ago while having a conversation in one of my network groups I found out I had a twin. No...not the biological kind but the Birthday kind!!!!!!!! That is right one of my crafting "sisters" shares the same birthday with me. How awesome is that.

There is something to be said about finding someone that not only understands what it is like to juggle our families and our crafts but that can share in a celebration of life with you. I am over joyed to introduce you to my Birthday Twin!!!

Meredith from 8 Little Monkeys is honestly such an amazing person to me. Between everything she does for her family and her business I am not sure where she find the time. On a personal level I look up to her as a mother because she is so strong and selfless. I can only pray that I am that strong. I could not be more honored to share my Birthday with anyone else.

Meredith and I will be celebrating the whole month so stay tuned for more details on giveaways, sales, and whatever else we conjure up this month!!!!!!!!!!! We are looking forward to sharing our day with you!




Happy Crafting

Blog Stalkers Issue 2

Here we are at the end of February. The Blog Stalkers have been battling the sickies within each of their homes. Resulting in being a little behind on stalking blogs. However, we have some goodies for you. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/blogstalkers

"Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly blog stalkers. So I am able to joke often about probably being America's worst cook. However I have found a blog that I love that is inspiring my inner cook (where ever that may be) I have a book mark list a mile long of recipes that I want to try from these amazing ladies. Have you tried any of their recipes? http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/

I'm a huge fan of It's Always Autumn! I love the variety of posts she writes, from holiday crafts to photography to food! After painting my home in preparation to attempt to sell, I kept all my pictures off the walls. I'm the type of person that love to have photos, art,

wording... anything that reminds me of the life I'm so grateful to have. So, this post by It's Always Autumn really caught my eye. I love how this instagram wall of photos looks and really want to do something like!

I also love that the photos can be changed easily. Swapping out photos is something I do regularly when my frames are up, but this would be easy! Check out her blog post to find out exactly how to accomplish this project by yourself!

Find me on Instagram here { https://instagram.com/crystalizeddesigns/ } Where can I find you??
http://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/…/huge-diy-photo-wall-bullet

My blog post find this month is perfect for anyone running a home business. Fellow crochet designer, Thomasina Designs helps us all out with some great advice on "Keeping Accounts." She includes instructions on setting up a spreadsheet to track of your money coming in and going out. Now is the perfect time to get your own income/expenses in order and see how your "really" doing.

http://www.thomasinacummings.co.uk/keeping-accounts/

Thank you for following us and looking forward to next months finds....

Until next month,
Stephanie, Lisa, & Crystal