December Giveaway - The Three Wise Women

I'm partnering up with my favorite gals (my mom and my mother-in-law) this month to bring you an awesome holiday giveaway! We have lots in common and all three of us are crafters at heart. Take a look at a quick description of their shops below:

BasketBeeDesigns: My mom (Marlene) offers some beautifully quilted Christmas Stockings and Christmas Tree Skirts, as well as adorable chipboard scrapbooks...and of course baskets (her true talent).

FinnsPrettyThings: My mother-in-law (Nancy) offers beautiful jewelry in her shop. She has a flair for combining natural stones and beautiful pendants to create a one of a kind art piece. She also loves crystals and looks for special beads that accent her workings. Her work is truely artful.

Here's what the winner will receive:

1-Peppermint Heart Basket Tie-On from Basket Bee Designs

Tie this on to your favorite basket to give it some holiday umph!

1- Holiday Bracelet - from Finns Pretty Things A beautiful Christmas colored bracelet with heart shaped turquoise and coral beads. Perfect for the holidays or year round!

1- Christmas Past Soap Trio - from Pea Pod Crafts

You'll get three small crinkle cut soaps tucked in an old fashioned, circular box. Soaps are scented with a fresh Christmas scent of balsam and cinnamon. So cozy and fresh!

To enter:

- heart the following stores BasketBeeDesigns, FinnsPrettyThings and PeaPodCrafts.

Extra Credit- how to earn extra entries:

- heart one item from each of the above stores (1 entry- each store)

- add an item from our stores to your Etsy Treasury (1 entry per item added)

- blog about this giveaway (1 entry)

- twitter about this giveaway (1 entry)

- join PeaPodCrafts fanpage on Facebook (1 entry)

- become a follower of this blog (1 entry)

- refer a friend to this giveaway (1 entry- have friend mention you in comment)

Drawing will occur on December 18th at noon CST, so don't wait to enter!!

And the Winner Is.....................

RONANDWHIT

Congratulations!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered:)

Suds of sustainability II

Look what was on NBC's nightly news! I'm SO happy this information is getting out! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news#34094838

****Peapod Crafts uses only palm oil that has been certified by the RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil). ************************************

See my post titled "Suds of Sustainability" for more information.
http://ezpeazy.blogspot.com/2009/08/suds-of-sustainability.html

Roly Poly Make Up Rolls are currently SOLD OUT again! Thanks everyone for the support. You know how to make a girl blush! I listed 10 earlier last week and have already sold them all. Don't fret though, if you're interested in purchasing one I will be busy at the sewing machine for the next few days to add an additional 15 to my store (some new combos as well).

IF you need one sooner than that, OR you'd like a specific color or pattern, please email me or send me a convo through Etsy and I'll set up a custom order.

I'm also working on adding some matching zip-up bags to tote around all your loose make-up too. Stay tuned!

New Treasury

Check out my new treasury:

Lemonade Stand: A Collection of accessories that are ANYTHING but sour

There are some wonderful items listed...take a peek!

Announcing....................................

The Classy Clean Collection - Soap Giveaway

Winner receives one Classy Clean Collection of Soap directly from Peapod Crafts. The collection contains 12 mini soaps in each of the following scents:

• coconut lime verbena
• vanilla oatmeal sandalwood
• sage and citrus
• vanilla oak
• ginger lime
• chocolate mint
• buck naked
• blackberry sage vanilla
• lavender eucalyptus
• mechanic's soap
• gardener's soap
• kitchen soap

RULES

To enter you must do the following by November 26th, Midnight (CST).

1. Add a comment to this post with finishing the following sentence: I am thankful for....
2. Become a follower of EZPea-zy, the blog.
3. Share some love by "hearting" my shop at http://www.peapodcrafts.etsy.com/
4. Follow up with "hearting" your favorite item as well.

Winner will be announced on Thanksgiving. Good luck!

Halloween Costume Bonanza!!

During October I usually throw myself into costume hell. Even though I promised myself I wouldn't wait until the last minute to start sewing, it came down to the wire once again this year. Luckily I had already gathered most of the necessary components for the costumes over the last few months. So................with our annual Halloween party bearing down fast upon us I locked myself into my sewing room (aka the closet) and started the marathon sewfest. Here's how they turned out:

Sean's favorite movie for the past few months has been Willy Wonka (both versions). We decided to honor the classic and dress like the characters from the original movie. For my costume I found: white capris, brown socks, brown turtleneck, white gloves and a green wig. The only additions I had to sew were the suspenders and a few buttons. Add an orange face, white eyebrows, some pom-poms on your shoes and viola! "You get no commercials!" ...a sweet costume for sure.

For Sean's I sewed together the vest, and adapted a pattern for his uber pimpin velvety coat. Add them to khakis, white shirt and a simply tied golden bowtie. For props he used a cane made from a dowel rod (with a round candy top) and a top hat which was made from felt, posterboard and glue. He was proud as a peacock and fit the part perfectly with his rendition of Willy's song ....."If you want to view carrot-dise"

For Bryan's all I can say is ....................YO GABBA GABBA! DJ Lance Rock was pretty easy to make (except finding orange pants). Just add the white and yellow felt stripes to the sweatshirt and pants, find some goofy black glasses and a puffy orange hat. I took two stocking caps and added some stuffing in between then covered it in orange fuzz material. I created a little bling-bling for his white belt by creating a ROCK belt buckle made from posterboard and glitter glue. Don't forget DJ Lance's boom box. Spraypaint a cardboard box and glue on some clip art speakers. The crew needs a place to ride around in! Throw in a kick and a little dance and the kids go crazy!

We're making three appearances with these costumes so the effort is definitely worth it. PLUS we save every costume to re-use and recycle. You never know what next year will bring!