This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. The winner of the Dillon Rogers giveaway is #63 Nicole. Congrats, I’ll email you the winner’s information. Have fun shopping!

I’m so excited that Dillon Rogers is here today with a really fabulous giveaway. They specialize in personalized jewelry, of the beautiful kind. Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll find.

Dillon Rogers is here to giveaway a $125 gift certificate to their shop, yes I said $125. You can get something fun for yourself or even get some Holiday shopping done early. I know a few Grandmas who would love a beautiful charm of their grandchildren!

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Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win a $125 Gift Certificate to Dillon Rogers, leave a comment on this post by Monday October 26th @ midnight. I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Tuesday morning October 27th. Good Luck!

Extra Entries – enter a new comment for each extra entry telling what you did:
- Become a facebook fan of Make and Takes
- Tweet this giveaway and follow @makeandtakes
- Join the Make and Takes Flickr Group
- Subscribe to Make and Takes RSS feed

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This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for entering. The winners of the 3 books are: Christy D, Maureen, and Ashley F. I’ll email you paper crafting winners and get you your books! Congrats!

Patricia Zapata from A Little Hut has just come out with a fabulous new craft book called, Home, Paper, Scissors: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home. It’s full of creative paper craft tutorials to help decorate your home. This book shares ideas from paper tubes to shredded paper, all to make your house more beautiful. She has a fabulous blog where she shares even more great ideas with paper like these alphabet flash cards, recycled yarn gift tags, and tea light decorations. What Patricia can do with a toilet paper roll is ingenious. She has such simple and original ideas for crafts, she’s an inspiration to me!

I was able to ask Patricia a few questions about her love of paper and how she finds inspiration. Here’s what she had to say:

MT: When did you find you had a passion for paper?
PT: It sounds cliché but I’ve loved working with paper since I was a child. I got away from it for a while but my relatively recent crafty endeavors guided me back towards it.

MT: What materials, other than paper, are you creative with?
PT: Not many people may know this but I do enjoy knitting and crocheting. Embroidery is something that comes and goes. I don’t really sew but I enjoy using fabric for some of my projects too.

MT: Do your children craft with you? What kinds of fun things are your children coming up with?
PT: Our family crafting time comes about in a spontaneous way. Our kids enjoy drawing a lot. I make sure to carry a tote bag with drawing supplies whenever we leave the house for an extended period of time. The kids also like turning any box they come across into a house, building, car, or whatever strikes their fancy at that particular moment. My paper stash is a prime target too. (See Packaging Turned Toys!)

MT: What motivates you to craft?
PT: Working with my hands relaxes me. I get antsy if I haven’t made anything in a few days. Crafting also gives me time away from my graphic design and computer related work which further enhances my two-dimensional projects.

MT: What blogs do you go to find inspiration?
PT: There are so many! It’s really impossible to list any without thinking others should be included. The one that comes to mind right now is Inside Out. I think the variety of work that is featured, that still speaks to me in creativity and style, is what keeps me going back for more.

Thanks, Patricia, for sharing your love of crafts with us. Now on to the good part… We’re giving away 3 copies of this fabulous paper craft book! 3 books = 3 winners, wahoo! So get out your scissors and glue, as you’ll need them for all the amazing projects loaded in this crafty book.

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Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win one of three Home, Paper, Scissors books, leave a comment on this post by Monday October 19th @ midnight, telling which material is your favorite to craft with! I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Tuesday morning October 20th. Good Luck!

Extra Entries – enter a new comment for each extra telling me what you did:
- Became a facebook fan of Make and Takes
- Tweet this giveaway
- Join the Make and Takes Flickr Group
- Subscribe to Make and Takes RSS feed

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The Crafty Crow is featuring my ebook today, Make and Takes Monster Mania: Crafts for Little Monsters. She’s giving away 5 copies to 5 monsterific readers! So head on over and comment for your chance to win!

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This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. The winner is #130 Ginny. Also, the coupon below is still good for $10 off your purchase of $50 or more. Have fun shopping for shoes!

It’s that time of year when we go through our kid’s closets and see what clothes and shoes are fit for school. As my kids have been wearing flip flops and sandals all summer, they are in need of some good sturdy school shoes. So I’m happy to say that Famous Footwear is here today giving away a $100 gift card to one lucky winner, just in time for a pair or two of new school shoes.

Or maybe your kids have all the shoes they need and it’s Mom’s turn to get something new! Take a look at these ladies in this hilarious video from Famous Footwear!

So today, Famous Footwear and Mom It Forward have teamed up to bring us a delicious giveaway! Did you know that two things most all women share is their love of shoes and ice cream? Famous Footwear blends these two ingredients together on its site Make Today Unexpected, which gives us women the chance to discover our style and flavor in a most unexpected way.

Giveaway

Grand Prize

This week, Famous Footwear is awarding one lucky winner with a $100 gift card. Shoes anyone? (See Entry Requirements below.)

Coupon

Everyone’s a winner in this giveaway! Make your back-to-school shoe shopping spree a little more affordable by visiting MakeTodayUnexpected.com and entering to receive $10.00 off your next purchase of $50.00 or more.

Entry Requirements

To enter for a chance to win the $100 Famous Footwear gift card, please do these four things (make sure you leave a separate comment for each of your entries). Contest ends August 31st at midnight, and winner announced Tuesday Sept. 1st.

Note: Entries that do not follow all of these requirements will not be considered.

1. Take the ‘Find Your Flavor’ quiz by clicking here. Leave a comment on this post with your flavor and e-mail address.
2. Become a fan of the Famous Footwear’s Make Today Unexpected Facebook Page. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Make-Today-Famous/112646406371?ref=ts)
3. Follow @maketodayfamous on Twitter.
4. Post these messages on Facebook and/or on Twitter and leave comments here, linking to your messages:

What’s your flavor? Click here to find out: http://bit.ly/a5zhj PLS RT

Download Famous Footwear coupon 4 back-to-school/fall savings: http://bit.ly/fogQH PLS RT #gno

Extra Entries

You can earn up to two extra entries for this week’s giveaway. Leave an additional comment for each.

• Click here and become a Famous Footwear REWARDS club member (free).
• Post or tweet about something unexpected that has happened to make your day or week more positive on @maketodayfamous or on the Make Today Unexpected Facebook Page.

No purchase necessary to enter. Famous Footwear and Mom It Forward employees, and giveaway hostesses are ineligible to participate. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.

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This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. The 3 winners for the Back to School Giveaway from Cherish Bound are: #4 Lindsey, #65 Renee, and #16 Katy. Have fun with storytelling!

I had the opportunity to go to a mini storytelling festival sponsored by Cherish Bound a few weeks back. They’re getting us ready for the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival held yearly in Orem, Utah, coming up in the next few weeks. This Storytelling Festival is a 20 year tradition in which famous and fabulous storytellers come from all over the world to tell their tales. If you’re going to be in the Utah valley Sept 3-5, stop by to hear a tale or two!

To help celebrate the upcoming Festival, Cherish Bound wants us all to get in on the storytelling fun by giving away some storybooks to you. Their company specializes in helping you create a family storybook that will be cherished for years. You choose your style and create your story. You can use your own words or those from your kids, then add in pictures to complete the tale. Now you’ve got your own ‘cherished bound’ book!

The storybook I chose to make is a Family ABC Book. What I did for my story is I took pictures from our family photos and corresponded it with a letter from the alphabet: B is for Ball, C is for Cookies, Q is for Quilt, S is for Sledding. Now my kids can look at this book and see themselves in the pictures, reading it any time they want, seeing their story in the alphabet!

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Today, Cherish Bound is giving away 3 gift certificate packages for you to make your own story. There’s a $100, $75, and $50 gift certificate prize for 3 winners. I’ll randomly pick the first, second, and third places winners when it’s time to pick.  And they’re also giving away a coupon for everyone else to enjoy and join in the storytelling fun. Send an email to cb{at} cherishbound.com and mention “Make and Takes” blog and they’ll give you a free activation code, wahoo!

Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win one of three Cherish Bound Gift Certificates, leave a comment on this post by Monday August 17th @ midnight. I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Tuesday morning August 18th. Good luck and have fun telling stories.

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This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. The 2 winners for the Back to School Giveaway from Crayola are: #51 Nicole & #70 Alison. Have fun with back to school!

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Even though back to school is right around the corner, just 2 weeks away, we’re still trying to hold on to Summer. I saw this 3D chalk from Crayola and had to buy it to test it out, as I was skeptical that it really worked. But I’m happy to say it is THE COOLEST Summer toy ever!

It really truly works! I wish you could all see it through the 3D glasses here, but I promise, the chalk jumps out at you. It’s even more fun to wear the glasses as you color with the chalk. Sooo FUN.

But as back to school is upon us, ever present in the grocery stores, Crayola is here to help us get ready with today’s giveaway. They’re even participating in the Twitter party #GNO on Tuesday nights for the next couple of weeks, sharing their love of back to school. For more information or to join in the #GNO fun, visit Mom It Forward.

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Crayola is giving away this Back to School Gift Pack to 2 lucky winners, yes 2 winners!  It’s like Crayola has done your school supply shopping for you!

Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win one of two Crayola Back to School gift packs, join the Crayola Fan Page & the Make and Takes Fan Page and then leave a comment on this post by Monday August 10th @ midnight. I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Tuesday morning August 11th. (if you’re not on Facebook, just leave a comment anyway!)

Happy school shopping!

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I just had to feature this great post and video about CarSchooling from Lauren, at Supermom Central. She’s sharing ideas on how-to keep the education ongoing with your kids in the car, even through the summer. Here’s a fun video from Studio 5 showing some of the great gear she uses with her kids when they travel.

Make sure you enter in Supermom Central’s giveaway for one of those handy lapdesks featured in the video.

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