We have a winner!

Thank you ALL who played my contest, I just loved reading your emails - seems that alot of us had these toys when we were kids (or our kids had them). So much fun to walk down memory lane!!! I enjoyed doing that with you too.

OKAY yes I have a winner, Laura P is my winner! I notified her this morning, so CONGRATS to you Laura!

And everyone did guess the answers because I gave hints out along the way :) I wanted everyone to be entered. But in case you are back to see the names of the dollies, here they are:

Attic: Apricot, Cherry Cuddler, Strawberry Shortcake (ballerina), Apple Dumplin and Tea time Turtle

Balcony: Orange Blossom and Raspberry Tart

Bath: Strawberry Shortcake (she needs clothes)

Bathroom: Lemon Meringue and Lime Chiffon (see the green hair peeping up?)

Living Room: Raspberry Tart, Lime Chiffon, Orange Blossom, Frappe the Frog, Souffle Skunk

Kitchen: Blueberry Muffin, Angel Food Cake, Cheesecake the Mouse

Bonus 1: The snail cart turns into a picnic table, complete with ice cream party! here's my dollies enjoying their ice cream (EEk and Sour Grapes and her snake make an appearance!):

Bonus 2: Berry Merry worm aka Philbert

Bonus 3: Purple Pie Man and his bird, Cackle

Hope you all had fun and HAPPY 4th Anniversary Homespun from the Heart!

New dolls and new patterns

I added some new dolls and 4 new patterns to my website within the last week. I've been busy working on new designs and building inventory for the fall since I will be offline for a while when the baby comes.

Anyway, I'd love to have you check out my new items:
http://www.homespunfromtheheart.com/store/WsDefault.asp?iNew=New

Here's a peek at a couple:


Don't forget if you want to be entered in my special contest, there's only one week left to enter!
Til next time :)

Vintage Strawberry Shortcake fans?

Heehee, I'm such a kid at heart! My sister & I began re-collecting some of these dolls and things that we had as kids. The new SSC dolls have been out and I don't know but I just don't like them the way I do the old ones. So we started re-collecting again :) It started with my sister finding this HOUSE (that we did not have as kids) at a yard sale for only $5! Then we both started finding things on eBay to fill the house, lol.

So I decided one day (a non-craft I don't feel like working day) to set up the house and make it all pretty. Here's the 'front' of the house where theres a little mailbox and even a porch swing. See Strawberry Shortcake getting the mail? I love her striped tights and little shoes.

I set up the dollies inside the little rooms. They are all doing different things... let's see how many we can identify! This is my newest CONTEST to win a doll making prize package.

I'm going to show close ups of each of the rooms. Email me with the names of each of the dolls you see in each room - like Strawberry Shortcake at the mailbox. Hint: you can look for pictures of each of them on google if you aren't sure of the names.

Attic: (4 dolls and one pet)

Outside balcony: (2 dolls)
Bathroom (eek close the curtain!) - 1 doll (um nekkey) Heehee, strawberry shaped potty!

Bedroom (2 dolls) look closely!
Living Room (3 dolls, 2 pets):
Kitchen: (2 dolls, 1 pet)

Bonus Questions!!!
1. What does this special 'snail ride' become after the dolls get to their destination? (hint: what's inside the big strawberry?)

2. What's the name of this transportation? 3. Who's the tall guy with the bird on his arm? OKAY Offical contest information.... Just email me (admin@homespunfromtheheart.com) your answers no later than April 15th (midnight). All the correct answers will be posted here shortly after the winner is announced. You must get the answers right to be entered; for each bonus question you get right, you get another entry! I will draw ONE lucky winner to win this ultimate doll makers kit:

This is a $200 value prize! You get tea stained muslin, several half yard cuts of different homespuns I carry on my website, some fun and shabby fat quarter fabrics, Vintage Doll Spray (exclusive by Homespun from the Heart), several trims and notions, turning tool set, Mark B Gone pen, vintage blue tinsel, vintage toys for your dolls and your choice of any 3 patterns PLUS the doll making guide for beginners with Candy Cane Ann Pattern on CD. And the winner gets this prize shipped to their home!

GOOD luck to everyone!

Sewing Room Make-Over is DONE

I am finally ready to share my sewing room makeover. I wrote a whole article in Beneath the Willow Tree - I hope you will check this issue out: http://www.btwtnews.com/store/Default.asp
My article shows before (eeeeeeeK!) and after pictures. I really love my new space, I can't say that enough - just reorganizing and rethinking how to use my room made a huge difference. And I only spent $182 in total - with curtains, shelves, some antiques, and organization things. I used alot of things I already had lying around the garage/house.

Well our issue theme was "Green" - recycling and reusing especially. Checkout the neat article on fabrics; and gardening :) And if you are like me and cringe thinking, OH I am not doing enough - read Heartspun Thoughts - I'm Greener than I thought I was. There's lots of great freebees too!

My stepdaughter has been here for SPring break this week; we've had lots to do - been cleaning out her old room for the nursery and getting her new room situated. We spent the day shopping yesterday and today have a lot of errands to do. It's gone by real quickly!

I hope to have a few new faces on my website next week :)

Yard sale at PrimMart

Well I meant to come and post about this for the last week but whew! I was so busy with the sale I forgot to :) I have a booth in Prim Mart's online yard sale - I have lots and lots left too. I'm going to mark some things down this morning and hoping to get rid of it all. My stepmom brought me some of her fabric - vintage calico's from the 1970's. All in great condition, wonderful calico prints for your sewing projects. We're selling them real cheap too, just a few $$ for each piece.

I'd love to have you check it out!! Also, if you purchase anything at the yard sale, you get a 25% discount on my site for patterns, fabric, and supplies (only those items).

http://www.ezcraftshow.com/shoppe/default.asp?sid=HomespunfromtheHeart

So exciting!!!

This week we found out we are having a baby girl :) We are both thrilled - truthfully, boy or girl, we would have been this excited. I think the best part was going through the details in the ultrasound - we saw her little heart, brain, fingers, and toes. I even saw her little tongue moving around! I cried alot during the ultrasound - my hubby was much more fascinated. We got a clean bill of health for the baby and we are just thrilled with that news. Now to start planning a nursery, EEK!

Oh and I got busy working this week and added a bunch of new faces to my website! I have a few more 'in progress' too. I seem to have a thing for "pink" this spring season. Here's a peek at one of my newest dollies, done using a Sweet Meadows Farm pattern:

In fact, I love pink so much I am doing a swap with my pal Robin of http://www.buttoneyed-annie.com/ we both love pink so this should be a FUN swap!

I am so happy that I'm down to one final project to finish then my sewing room is DONE! I just have to find the exact thing I'm looking for and finish up this neat organizer. I can't wait to show it off.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and maybe a day off tomorrow!

Finally Friday!

Today is the last day for a fun auction I am doing with a group, Primitive Crafters and Designers. I have a couple things up for bidding and there are many more wonderful hand-made creations available too. In case you didn't get to check it out yet, here's a link: http://www.thepunchinfool.com/pcadauctionpg1a.htm Get your bids in quick :)

I just added some more supplies to my website including some doll hair. I hope to add some more in the coming weeks. http://www.homespunfromtheheart.com/store/WsDefault.asp?Cat=SuppliesandKits&Sub=100&isThumbs=No&Thumbs=

I've been busy getting ready for the online yard sale, hosted by PrimMart. Whewy, last year I had a TON of fabric to sell and sold just about all of it. This year, I will have some fabric and other craft supplies too. My stepmom is going through her fabrics too which means there could very well be another ton for sale this year. Heehee!

My hubby finally got home after being away for a week and a half; poor guy took a red-eye out of Vegas (not feeling so sorry for him now, are we? Vegas!) and then was delayed in Chicago. He got home yesterday after a long day and was exhausted. I'm letting him sleep in, even tho I was wide awake and ready for his help on a few projects at 6am. haha!

Well we are very excited to go to the dr's on Tuesday to find out if our baby is a boy or girl. We are both wanting to know - mostly I can't wait to see our little one again moving around on the ultrasound. That was the most emotional thing I've been through this whole pregnancy. I loved it!

Happy weekend everyone!