Patriotic cupcake pincushion {The Winner}

Hey you all!! Enjoying the holiday week end? I sure hope so!
I have work shift and my hand full of crochet orders, but I did sneak out to the restaurant today.....oh right, you want to know about the winner, not my whereabouts!
Pardon me, here you go!

The winner is #26
Cindy Patrick said... 26

I love all of the items in your shop!

Here you go Cindy, you have 72 hours to get back to me and claim your prize!!

Have a safe Memorial day everyone!

Awesome news!

As most of you know, I moved here is Florida around 3 and half years ago with my husband and my kids, leaving in Italy a piece of my heart and my my parents and siblings.

I got a green card 2 years ago and open this business in order to save up enough money to be able to fly in Italy every once in a while.
Well, my business had never be successful enough to pay for an airplane ticket, but you also know that I do appreciate every customer of mine and the money is being used to special doctor visits for my Gabriel.
My parents understood all this years, Gabriel is improving and I'm happy.

So I thank you for that, with all my heart.

Now, before the tears start coming out and I will start sobbing like a baby, I want to thank you again because with last month profit I was able to buy a kick ass GPS for my car and still have plenty for all that Gabriel will need for this month.

Why did I buy a GPS you might ask. I need it for my very first road trip and this time is all mine, no hubby (he wasn't able to take off from work) and no kids since I will need space in the car.

Why? Where am I going? I'm going to the airport in Atlanta to pick my mom and sister flying in from Italy tomorrow.

We're super happy and excited. Gabriel can't wait to see his nonna and my baby girl will kinda meet them for the first time since last time she saw my family she was 9 months old, too early to remember.

So, maybe my business will never be able to pay for me to go in Italy, but I was able to organize a comfortable enough trip in less then 3 days (yeah, they told me very last minute because wanted to make sure was really happening).

Now I'm sobbing and my heart is swelling with happiness and once again I sit here writing to all of you a
BIG THANK YOU!

For all my customers, for all my friends, for all the people who encouraged me, gave advices and promote the heck out of me and just for reading this.....
THANKS!

Trying to give back a little, I invite you to enter a giveaway for $60 gift certificate for CSN.

And I also want to apologize in advance if I'll be a little be missing-in-action for the next month, but I want to spend as much time as possible with my folks.

I promise I will tell you all about is as soon as I can!

The winner!!!

Another giveaway ended and we now have a winner!!!!

#19 Atypical Girl
+ 5 I purchased the crocheted earrings I liked in the previous post!


Thanks for the giveaway!

Amy

All right Amy, thank you for being a sweet customer and congratulations for winning my giveaway.
Can't wait to hear from you! You have 72 hours to get back to me to claim your prize other wise another winner will be appointed!

Mommy Bragging!

Yes, I'm definitely bragging today after being at Gabriel's school play yesterday night!
HE WAS AMAZING!!!!!
Dancing, singing, saying his line and having fun on the stage just like a pro!
I couldn't keep it for myself, I had to share!!!!
Looking at him yesterday I realized there is a lot more of myself in him that I ever thought possible. He was so comfortable on stage that reminded me the ol'days when I used to do that and enjoyed to no end.............ah missing those days, but watching MY SON doing the same thing yesterday was precious and I revived old memories through him and I must confess that I cried a little!!!
Can't wait to have the DVD and look at it over and over!

Well, I leave you all with a reminder now.
It's last day to enter the cupcake pincushion giveaway: tomorrow we'll have the winner!!!

And it's also the last day to use the coupon to receive a FREE GIFT with your purchase from my ArtFire studio!

Visit Crochetedlittlethings's Studio

Receive a free gift with
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Use Coupon Code:

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during checkout.

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I Won a giveaway from Mockingbird Monograms and other giveaways!

Hi readers,
a while ago I pre announced that I won a sweet giveaway and I was delighted to receive my price in the mail Saturday!

I won a scrumptious set of 12 monogrammed card and Kate, the owner of Mockingbird Monograms let me personalize the colors and the letter: I obviously picked pink, white and brown like my cupcake and the initial CLT for Crocheted Little Things and I'm so pleased with the quality of the paper and the monogram.....amazing!!!
And I have to thank Celeste with her Etsy It Up blog for hosting this giveaway. I do recommend you to check her blog daily, since she has giveaways going on continuously from amazing companies! Better yet, subscribe to her blog, so you can have giveaways delivered directly to your inbox, like I do and you can be the lucky winner of the next one!

And speaking of giveaways there are a couple that I want to point out to all of you:

1- The Etsy Giveaways Crew (me included) is hosting a "Big Thanks Giveaway" to celebrate our 1000 followers! You don't wont miss this one, there are 16 prizes for 16 winners that included items for the team crew members and 6 free ads for a week on our blog Etsy Giveaways that will be soon redesigned and improved. We're hosting it on PurrsPrints blog and will end 11/29, so hurry :)

2- The Handmade Highway members are having a gorgeous Snowmen & Staying Warm giveaway with lots of prizes and will end 11/23, so hurry some more!

2 amazing giveaways!

Hey you all readers!! Ready to win some cute eye candy??? Then look no further! Go on Giveaway today now! Crocheted Little Things and Sweet Irie are both giving away a $30 gift certificate! Nice at this time of the year uh? And even if you don't win, there is a nice discount going on fr checking Giveaway Today :)
Enjoy!

Newsletter #3

Hi there to all, this is Lu. Welcome to my 3rd newsletter and Happy Veteran's day to you all in the US!!

What happened in the past month?
After long thoughts and a little push on the behind from my sweetest friend Michele at Sweet Irie I opened a new shop on etsy that matches my store name: Crocheted Little Things. Wasn't an easy decision and I'm still scared about it but I hope it will work for the best. The new shop will carries all thing cupcakes, spa items and fake food items. The old shop http://piccoladonna2006.etsy.com will continue to be open and will carries my bags and my jewelry and more traditional crocheted items. Thank you for all the support of my lovely costumers I reached my 100th sale, actually exceeding my goal to reach 100 sales before Christmas!! Thank you!
In light of a new branded shop, my blog got a make over too. Fell free to leave a comment to let me know what you think and don't forget to check out my latest cupcakes finds from other artists.
What's about to happen?
We currently have an amazing giveaway going on on Sweet Irie blog: 5 lucky winners will win 2 Sweet Irie Key fobs! Crazy, isn't it?
Also, to celebrate Veteran's Day with all of you I'm having a 10% off sale on any of my shops! Help me jump start my new shop and get a good deal for the fast approaching holidays! Use the code: Newsletter #4 and I will refund you 10% off your entire purchase! This offer is valid in any of my shops: Crocheted little things, piccoladonna2006, ArtFire or ShopHandmade and will be valid from now until 11/11 at 12 am.
Thanks Giving is almost around the corner and with it so is Black Friday: Don't miss my FREE SHIPPING SALE of any Crocheted Little Things shop!
Hope you enjoy these savings and to see you there!

A Little bit personal....

All right, a little personal update and then tomorrow I will feature my fave again!
Some of you know that I'm fighting with all my power with my son autism. Today I'm a little bit discouraged, I have the feeling that the doctor that has my son in care is know the best I can get. He's keeping stuffing my son with meds that are not doing any good and are drying up our finance heavenly. I'm afraid I will have to call him tomorrow and let him have a piece of my mind.....shave those pills down your throat and leave my son alone!

Ok, now that I'm done whining about life, I wanna tell you all that I'm really grateful that my dear friend Michele at Sweet Irie is back home and doing better after an emergency surgery. She scared me to death, but my prayers worked and she's back to her own self.

Also, I take this time to remember you all that there is a wonderful giveaway going on at Sweet Irie blog! be sure to check it out!

$15 Store credit for Crocheted Little Thing (Ends 8/16)

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Crocheted Little Things – Artisan Feature and Giveaway
(Click here to go to the contest page)

• Prize; Prize Value: $15 Store credit


• How Many Winners: 1 winner


• End Date: 8/16


• Can Be Won: Worldwide


• Prize From: Crocheted Little Things

The sponsor's description of the giveaway rules: To Enter:

1. Visit Crocheted Little Things, and come back here leaving a comment about your favourite piece from the store.

2. For additional entries, leave a comment saying that you: followed or subscribed to Epheriell Designs (or already do); have Twittered about the givewaway; have shared the giveaway with friends on Facebook, or; you have written a blog post about it.

3. Entries close next Sunday night, the 16th of August, at 12pm Australian EST. Winners are announced the next day as part of next week’s Feature and Giveaway post.

Remember to leave me a way of contacting you.. and Good Luck!


Click Here to go to the contest page!

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T-strap slippers giveaway: The winner

Thanks to everyone for entering my giveaway! I always appreciate all the comments and found very interesting one this time!
Time for the winner now, I suppose..............
#7 Bella
I already contacted you and can't wait to send the prize your way :)

Last day: T-strap baby slippers giveaway!

Another giveaway is coming to end! I really enjoyed reading all your comments and feedback. If you haven't enter yet, this is your last just to do so.
Enter here!
And spread the word with all your friends that my need or like the prize above!
Thanks!!

Baby slippers Giveaway!!!

Are you ready for another giveaway????? This time I'm gonna pimp my ArtFire shop so that you all will become familiar with it :) I'm holding a marvelous Christmas in July Sale over there where all my items are offered with FREE SHIPPING within US. So, if you're looking for Christmas ornaments already or simply starting your Christmas shopping early, this is the right time and the right place :)

Prizes Details:
One lucky winner will receive the sweet T-Strap baby slippers in the pictures above, valued $15

How to enter:
Please leave a separate comment for every entry for increase your chance of winning!!
1) You must go through ArtFire shop and comment back here on your favorite item with your name and contact information.
2) Give me a SUGGESTION: what I should change/add in my ArtFire shop? I'd love to hear from you and you will gain 1 EXTRA entry.
3) Become a follower of my blog and earn ONE extra entry. Leave another comment telling me you did! Past follower don't count, sorry!
4) Subscribe to my blog and you'll earn ONE extra entry. Leave a separate comment about it! Past subscription don't count, sorry!
5) Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
6) Twitt about this giveaway and earn ONE extra entry. Be sure to put @piccoladonna before your twitt, so I will know you did it :)
7) Earn TEN (10) extra entries by purchasing something from ArtFire shop. Just come back here and tell us what you purchased along with your contact info to claim your extra entries!

This giveaway will last for 2 weeks and will end July, 29th.
Winner will be announced on July 30th, at which time I will contact the winner to get shipping information for delivery.
If the winner does not contact me within three days, I will appoint another winner through another random number drawing.

Magic Sunday!

And today was the day after the 4th of July, the day to rest after all the eating and visiting and fireworks, and also a Sunday, the first day of the week before getting to work again.
My Sunday was magical today, I spent the afternoon in my back yard enjoying my kids and a swim pool.....It's amazing how much fun and laugh a hose and a water poodle can do!!!
Sorry, no pictures!!! We had too much fun spraying the water everywhere and my camera is not water proof!
But I hope I added a fun memory in my kids virtual album of fun time together :)

I hope all my readers had a safe and fun 4th of July and a magical day after, just like us!

And before I live I'd like to point out the Jingerbella giveaway again, 'cause I forgot to say in my last post the she's giving away earrings AND a matching pendant!!!!

Also, use the new buttons ad in the left column of my blog to enter the giveaway (don't forget to visit Etsyitup blog for the change to win $15 gift certificate for my shop) and check out new sales :)
Until next time......

Happy Indipendence Day!

Not much to say tonight, just wanna wish to all my readers a wonderful 4th of July and to be safe and happy!

And to celebrate with all of you, I'm holding a FREE SHIPPING SALE until Monday, July, 6th!

I've been busy today, went to buy a new computer YAY!!!
Hopefully I will have the thing figure it out soon and my blog post will be much quicker and enjoyable!

In the mean while, glue your eyes at the monitor and go pay a visit to Celeste at her EtsyItUp blog: she hosting a giveaway for me for a $15 Gift Certificate to spent at Crocheted Little Things! So, if you have your eyes on some on my items, this can be it for you!!

First anniversary celebration giveaway!!!

Hi there my dear followers!! Here another fabulous giveaway, this time to celebrate my first anniversary of my etsy shop that will occur May 29th. And what better way to celebrate if not giving away one of my best seller item that brought me so much luck??? You already got that, I'm giving away a cupcake of your choice!!!

Prizes Details:
One lucky winner will receive ONE single cupcake of your choice, valued $8-10

How to enter:
Please leave a separate comment for every entry for increase your chance of winning!!
1) You must go through my etsy shop and comment back here on your favorite item with your name and contact information.
2) You must go through my cupcake section and comment back here with which cupcake would you like to receive, so in case you win I'd already know what to send you
3) Become a follower of my blog and earn ONE extra entry. Leave another comment telling me you did! Past follower don't count, sorry!
4) Subscribe to my blog and you'll earn ONE extra entry. Leave a separate comment about it! Past subscription don't count, sorry!
5) Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
6) Twitt about this giveaway and earn ONE extra entry. Be sure to put @piccoladonna before your twitt, so I will know you did it :)
7) Earn TEN (10) extra entries by purchasing something from my etsy shop. Just come back here and tell us what you purchased along with your contact info to claim your extra entries!



This giveaway will last for 2 weeks and will end May, 29th
Winner will be announced on May 30th, at which time I will contact the winner to get shipping information for shipping. If the winner does not contact me within three days, I will appoint another winner through a random number drawing.

Sounds fabulous doesn't it!?! What are you waiting for....enter now...good luck!

'So Long, Status Quo' Giveaway!

Here's you chance to win a signed copy of 'So Long, Status Quo: What I Learned From Women Who Changed the World' from Author Susy Flory!


If you're like me and enjoy reading,then trust me, you won't to miss this! Enter it's easy: just visit this awesome blog and leave your comment there after reading the interesting interview!


This is a little paragraph from the interview that really made me think about it because I can relate to it sooooooo bad LOL

I loved my comfy couch, and my safe life, for a long time. But at some point it became like a trap, like a safe warm cocoon that I couldn’t break out of. Do you remember when you were a kid and you longed for summer vacation? During those long hot days of school just before break you dream about summer and can’t wait for school to be over so you can sleep in, play with friends, relax, and enjoy yourself. Then summer comes, and it’s wonderful, and you get to do those things you were dreaming about, but after a while it goes on too long. You get bored, and there isn’t much of a routine or purpose to your days, and all of a sudden you can’t wait for school to start again. Do you remember that feeling? That was my safe-on-the-couch life. I yearned for something more.

Interesting isn't it? Go read the whole interview and get your chance to win this amazing book!!!