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A Mustard Seed Dream Giveaway

September 20, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 58 Comments

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I LOVE vinyl! And I especially love the huge wall stickers. I want to share with you all a brand new Etsy shop that sells these very things, that are unique and just…amazing! Tara, from A Mustard Seed Dream, gave me a glimpse into her life and business…

HBL: How did you get started with your craft?

MSD: My mom taught me when I was little to be crafty, when I found out about the stickers it just fit with all the possibilities they have to offer.

Chalkboard Map of America: Made from Chalkboard Vinyl!

HBL: What do you love about your craft?

MSD: That if you get tired of it you can take it down and change it. It doesn’t have to stay forever.

HBL: Describe yourself in one word and explain

MSD: Grungy. That was my nickname that my dad gave me after I fell off my horse in a big frozen mud hole one fall day. Since he passed away that name is really special and reminds me of him.

Tree with Leaves

HBL: What is a typical day of work for you

MSD: No day is typical. Whether it is doing the stickers or working with the Juvenile Probation. Nothing is ever the same. Change is good for me and keeps me thinking.

HBL: What would be your dream for your shop?

MSD: To have my own lil craft store in our own lil town.

Sports Silhouette

HBL: What do you do with your time off?

MSD: Ride my Horse. I love it!!

HBL: Describe your family…married, kids?

MSD: I married my Middle School and High School Crush, we dated all through High School and eventually ended up married. We both grew up in a small town with small town values and we still live by those today. We have one sweet little girl who is the center of our lives. I wouldn’t change a thing!

Love Letter Sticker

HBL: What is the most important thing in the world?

MSD: My family is the most important thing ever to me. Even though we are not perfect and sometimes we don’t see through the same eyes or have the same ideas. I love each and everyone of them!

Tara wants to offer the beautiful 24″ x 4″ vinyl sticker to one of you ($20 value.)

What a perfect thing for a craft room, kitchen, play room, etc!

And as an awesome BONUS, Tara wants to offer everyone 15% off a purchase! Just mention “Honeybear Lane” in a message to her and she will give you the discount!

To enter this giveaway, please visit Tara’s SHOP or BLOG and leave a comment here.

For a second entry, tell me your something sweet that happened today!

This giveaway will end on Friday, September 24th at midnight

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The Picture Board Giveaway

September 13, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 94 Comments

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I am so privileged to know so many people who are so creative and talented…and I meet more of these talented folk every day! Today’s spotlight, Holly from The Picture Board is actually a friend of mine who is so cute, and her product is adorable!

Introducing…

These are so cute! I would love one to give to grandparents…(and keep one for myself!)

HBL: What is your favorite thing about your craft/product?

TPB: I like that it’s unique, affordable, and easy to use. It’s the kind of thing I would buy if I saw it online or at a store.

HBL: Describe a typical day for you.

TPB: I spend up to a few hours a day collecting our online orders & passing them on to my husband to build, boxing up & shipping orders, responding to emails, and finding new places to advertise. Most of my day, however, is spent chasing around my two-year-old son! (business work usually just gets done while he’s napping or sleeping at night)

HBL: How do you balance all your responsibilities and work?

TPB: I put family first and fit everything else in wherever I can. My husband is a huge support, however, and he’s always there to help me when I get stressed out!

HBL: Tell me a little about your family…husband, kids?

TPB: I have a fabulous husband who is a general contractor, currently running his own construction business. We’ve been married for five years, and we have an adorable little 2 year-old boy, with another one on the way, due in March. I am blessed to be able to be a stay-at-home-mom, and I love it!

HBL: What would you do if you had a day off?

TPB: A day off from all responsibilities?! I would want to spend it with my husband–shopping, eating out, and seeing a movie, or something along those lines.

HBL: What are your hopes for the future?

TPB: My hope is that someday we can grow The Picture Board to be big enough to outsource the building & shipping of the boards, or sell the whole company for lots of money.

The Picture Board would like to offer you wonderful readers

a $25 gift certificate to anything in their store!

And just because they’re so great, they also want to offer everyone 15% off your entire order! These would make amazing Christmas presents, so you do not want to miss this sale! Just type in “Honeybear Lane” in the ‘instructions to merchant’ section at checkout.

To enter: Visit the Picture Board website and leave a comment!

2nd entry: Tell me what you were like in Middle School! …This should be good…

This Giveaway Closes Friday, September 17th at Midnight

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Our Sponsor…Skye Reve Fabrics!!

September 9, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane Leave a Comment

Natasha of Skye Reve Fabrics, is a seriously amazing woman! She has the fabulous fabric shop that she runs in addition to designing clothing for Abercrombie & Fitch! (Oh, p.s. she also is a wife and a mother of two kids! Superwoman?) She has so generously donated the prizes to the Applique Away contest so you are going to hear LOTS and LOTS of praise for her! She has many different fabric lines in her shop by the most current fabric designers so you might wanna run to her shop to get your fabric for your next project (which better be an applique for our contest!) Here’s a little more about Natasha…

How did you get into the Fabric business?

I had my own shop on etsy making kids clothes, but was so passionate about the fabric that I decided to start my own shop.

What excites you about selling fabric?

Knowing that it inspires others to do something creative with it. My favorite thing to hear is that people are inspired by one of my fabrics. I love to see what people make with the fabric. My favorite thing about the fabric business is researching new lines. I am going to Quilt Market for the first time this October, couldnt be more excited!

Michael Miller’s Delovely Demask

Tell me about your family…

I have been married for 12 years and we have 2 little girls who are 5 and 7. Chelie is in 2nd grade and Brielle is in kindergarten. My hubby is a high school teacher and coaches football. He teaches psychology and sociology. He’s pretty smart.

How do you balance your work and everything else?

Good question. its not easy. i also freelance for fashion design. At the moment I am focusing on my shop. I stay up pretty late working on my shop just about every night. Its a work in progress every day to balance it all.

Kate Spain’s 12 Days of Christmas

What is the most important thing in the world to you?

My family and God!

What is your favorite fabric line right now?

Tanya Whelan’s Darla line is my all time favorite, which I just got in again. I love all kinds of shabby chic lines. Fresh Cottons by Fig Tree is another favorite right now.

Tanya Whelan “Darla” in reds

What would you do if you had a day completely off?

Sleep in and read a good book all day long
What is your favorite craft medium?

Sewing

What are your hopes for the future?

To have another baby and not have to work outside of my home, just like I am right now.

Now go visit her shop, pick out your favorite fabrics, and Applique away!!

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Get Ready for this…

September 8, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 7 Comments

Okay you remember how it’s National Sewing Month?

And you know how sewing projects are super awesome?

And you remember how I just barely did an Applique tutorial?

And you know how winning prizes is completely amazing?

I am combing all of these elements to bring you…

You are all invited to make an appliqued item and submit it to me by September 30th!

I love applique because it is the easiest way to add a personal touch to a sewn item. And you don’t even have to sew something to enter! You can think outside the box and come up with all sorts of cool things. So now is your chance to make that onesie for your little one or come up with a super cool personal Christmas present for your mommy! You can submit stuff you’ve already done or brand new projects. Limit your entries to five items. Send me your entries with pictures to honeybearlane@gmail.com and then PLEASE upload them to the FLICKR group so that everyone can see your amazing projects!

Now, onto the most important thing…what are you competing for?

Natasha from Skye Reve Fabrics is our wonderful sponsor for this contest! I will tell you all about this amazing woman a little later, but right now you need to know she is generously donating gift certificates to her shop Skye Reve Fabrics! What a perfect way to celebrate National Sewing Month than by getting free designer fabrics!

Grand Prize:

$50 Gift Certificate to Skye Reve Fabrics

$25 to my shop

“Start to Sew” sewing kit

Includes: Singer scissors, pink measuring tape, craft/sewing needles, Sharp machine needles, elastic, shiny pearl pins, and thread

2nd Prize:

$30 Gift Certificate to Skye Reve Fabrics

$15 to my shop

3rd Prize:

$15 gift certificate to Skye Reve Fabrics

$10 to my shop

I’m SO excited to see what amazing things you guys come up with! Spread the word about the contest and make sure to put the button on your blog! And remember, the deadline is September 30th. That’s plenty of time to crank out some amazing appliques!!

Now go Applique Away!

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Mama Stellato & Giveaway!

August 30, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 67 Comments

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This is Rachel. She designs all-original patterns for children and babies…that takes talent, my friends. And a couple of months ago, she opened her brand-new Etsy shop….

“I started my Etsy shop just a few months ago. I’m really excited with the response I’ve had so far! I started crafting my own patterns after my daughter was born and I’d see all these adorable outfits at the mall with pretty hefty price tags. I went home and started plotting how I was going to recreate them! All of my patterns are drawn on the computer so even though they are handmade, they don’t look it!

The Charlotte Dress

I started sewing when I was young. My aunt showed me the basics on a rag quilt way back when and I’ve taken a few quilting classes since then. I find I enjoy making childrens clothes best and get the most use out of them.

I used to work in a cardiology office as a Medical Assistant but am now staying home with my daughter and so loving it! I do go a little stir crazy at times so I keep busy sewing and dreaming up new patterns. In my blog I write about things I’ve made, upcoming patterns, life & motherhood and anything that inspires me! I love the feedback from fellow bloggers. My husband doesn’t get very excited about a grocery bag dispenser if you can imagine.

The Gracie Dress

Other than sewing…in my spare time I like to cook and try new recipes (I post them on my blog if they’re any good!). My husband and I like to take the motorcycle out as much as we can, even if it’s just to get a coffee at Starbucks! We are active in the church and with my husbands music and outreach ministries.

I love making all things baby. Baby blankets, dresses, burp cloths.. Luckily, it seems like everyone I know is now pregnant or just had a baby so everything finds a home!”

Rachel would like to offer one of you your choice of two of her fabulous original patterns!

To enter the giveaway:

Visit her shop Mama Stellato and leave a comment

saying which items you like the best.
To enter a second time, go follow Honeybear Lane on Facebook or Twitter and comment back!

***Make sure to leave your email address!!***

This giveaway ends Friday, September 3rd at midnight

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Winner of the Sweet Tea Shoppe Giveaway!

August 28, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 1 Comment

…And the winner of the Sweet Tea Shoppe Giveaway is…

Who is #73?

Congratulations! You and your new necklace will be very happy together. Thank you to everyone else who participated in the giveaway, and please remember Sweet Tea Shoppe for future reference!

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I know it’s a bit early, but…

August 27, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 5 Comments

…I am already pining for Halloween. It’s my second-most favorite holiday (next to Christmas of course!) I love fall in general and my heart breaks a little every time I realize that I have to spend every day feeling the heat instead of breathing the crisp, cool air. And that I have to close my eyes and exhale slowly to visualize the beautiful mountains with all the fall colors. And the apple orchards exploding with ripe fruit, just begging to be pied. WAHHH!

So I do what I can. And that includes decorating my baby.

The Tell-Tale Heart

Spooky Tree

These will be in my shop September 1st!

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Sweet Tea Shoppe & Giveaway!

August 23, 2010 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 140 Comments

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Nicole, from SweetTeaShoppe, is a fabulous jewelry maker. These stamped pieces are SO HOT right now and every time I see one I want it! Gimme, gimme, gimme! Anyway, here’s a little more about her…

How did you get started?
Two things took place in tandem last fall: our family began pursuing an international adoption, and I launched a line of handstamped jewelry at sweetTea.

The Hubby and I had long spoken of someday adopting a child in need of a family, and late 2009 we arrived at the agreement that ‘someday’ was now. The cost of documents, legal fees, travel, and so forth was staggering, so i chose to get serious about my etsy shop.

Through sweetTea, I get to hammer and burnish to my heart’s content, my customers receive silvery pieces of custom goodness in the mail, and this bit of added income helps cover our adoption expenses. A fantastic set-up the whole way around.

How did you learn your craft?
Four words: trial and error and error and error.

Stamping metal is a tricky thing. At the beginning my hammer and I were rarely on speaking terms, but with bunches of steady practice and a healthy dose of vexed muttering, I got the hang of it.

What is your favorite thing about your craft?
Pretty much I love the whole process: the dreaming up new designs; the feel of silver, cold and smooth; the quiet patter of steel shot in a drum; the wire wrapping and packaging.

It completely brightens my life when a customer drops me a note to say how much his or her sister or best friend or spouse adored their custom gift. But mostly? I’ve met brilliant people through this shop. Nothing tops the fresh joy of customers and fellow artisans who turn into friends.

Do you have any favorite items you make?
I’m crazy in love with the ‘expecting’ necklaces; the curved shape of the sterling teardrops makes me think of a belly cradling all this hope. Also? I’m near-giddy about the hammered silver wings of the ‘DREAM BIG’ pieces.

What do you do during your free time?
I relish well-crafted novels (I’m partial to Tolkien and Elizabeth Kostova). I stitch up little-people things and sometimes bake and love playing backyard soccer with my brood till the mosquitoes swarm. I kiss my kids for the sheer pleasure of watching them wipe it off. I’m a fair-weather runner and sometimes-blogger (http://60piggies.blogspot.com).

Nicole also wants to offer one of you lucky readers your choice of the following two items from her shop!