Our Second Winner!

After putting the dates in a cup we drew...

On Sunday there were 29 comments...

and #17 is our winner...

Extras include tags to sew onto your handmade gifts, twin and another festive fat quarter!

Memmens!! You will get an email from us shortly, then after we have you info these goodies will be on their way! Enjoy!!

For those who didn't win, don't despair... buy yourself a copy of this beautiful book, enjoy 20% OFF ALL TRIMS in our new Trims + section of the web-shoppe and create your own Ruby Star Wrappings!

Thanks for following our Wrap-Along!

April

Emily wraps it up and takes us out

Emily's blog, The Boy Trifecta, is the final stop on our Wrap-Along blog hop. Today she's posted her projects made from the brilliant book...Ruby Star Wrapping!

Emily crafted the Take-Out Box and The Gift Card Truck Softie... 2 seriously cute packages anyone would be ecstatic to receive! Check it all out here:

Now comment away 'cuz TOMORROW IS GIVEAWAY DAY!!!

You can comment on one or all of  the daily posts. Please comment once per post and please be sure to include your email address or change your settings so you are NOT a No-Reply Blogger. We will randomly choose the post and comment # to get our winner!

Wrapping some more with Ericka!

Our friend Ericka of Low Beam Studios posted her Wrap-Along projects today! She and her daughter wrapped more Plucky Pantry Boxes and added  felt flowers and a button closure to this one..

She also stitched up a few gift bags, all coordinating. Pretty fun!! Check it all out on her blog: http://lowbeamstudios.com/2012/12/05/ruby-star-wrapping/

Leave us a comment for the Ruby Star Wrapping GIVEAWAY!!!

Rae Wraps Around

Today our blog tour, wrap-along hops over to the marvelous blog of Rae aka Made by Rae! She has crafted this super sweet "Festive Flag Garland wrapped around a “Plucky-Pantry-Box” with a POCKET to slip a card inside! How fun is that?! Both projects can be found in Ruby Star Wrapping!

New baby boy gift by Made By Rae!

For more inspiration, insight into her pocket addition and other loveliness see her full post here: http://www.made-by-rae.com/2012/12/ruby-star-wrapalong/

Our Ruby Star Wrap-Along + The Second Prize!

"But wait! There's more!"

Here's the next bundle up for winning!

It includes a copy of Ruby Star Wrapping! 2 fat quarter's of Liberty Of London Lifestyle prints, 1 1/2 yards of pompoms, 2 yards of sweet sea foam ric rac, 1 yard of Anna Maria's Poppy ribbon, and one yard of sunny yellow lace. And we'll of course be adding in a few extra surprises!

Below is a bit of what we've been making from Ruby Star Wrapping...

Anita (aka Mom) stitched up several variations of the Simple Drawstring Bag.. including one specifically sized for giving wine! The book also includes another just right for that purpose ;) And I made the Festive Flag Garland which was so quick to make (with no sewing needed) that I'm going to craft up some more with my daughter later today. 

Stop by tomorrow to see Rae's project and in the mean time keep commenting for the chance to win this festive giveaway! We'll draw the winner Friday!

My wrappings.

Today I posted over on my personal blog...
I adore both Melody and this book so much that I had to join in! I made three gift boxes and added my own scrappy little felt project... A Happy Geese Garland.

See how I made it and check out the full post here: http://aprilrhodes.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-wrappings.html

Continue to comment for the chance to win another copy of Ruby Star Wrapping plus a bundle of trims and such to help with your own packaging. We'll post the photo of those tomorrow, but trust me, you want them.


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Left on the tour:

Tomorrow, Dec. 3rd - we'll post some of our projects here on the Sew To Speak blog plus show you what's up fpr the second win!!

Tues. Dec. 4th - Rae of Made by Rae

Wed. Dec 5 - Ericka of Low Beam Studios 

Thurs. Dec. 6 - Emily of The Boy Trifecta

then finally, on Friday  Dec. 7 - the final winner will be announced @12 EST!!

Amanda Wraps-Along

Our lovely friend Amanda Sasikirana has posted on our Ruby Star Wrapping tour today. We are all crafting up projects from this AWESOME book by Melody Miller and Allison Tannery. Amanda stitched up some pretty gift bags using beautiful fabrics and ribbons! She'll use these soft sacks for knitted gifts and the receiver will get  2 gifts in one! Wonderful!

See more photo's and read her post here: http://amandasasikirana.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/ruby-star-wrapping/

Comment to get in this Friday's GIVEAWAY! 

GIVEAWAY DAY!

First we wrote down the days that we've posted on the Ruby Star Wrap-Along so far...

Camilla put her little hand in the cup and drew out..

as of now there have been 16 comments on Wednesday's post..

we randomly generated a number from those..

and our {first} WINNER IS... 

Lise!

Lise - you will receive an email from us shortly. Then after we have your info...

these fun goodies will be coming your way!

Hooray! :)

Plus here's a look at the other surprises..  some fun felt beads like the ones Melody uses so sweetly... some golden bakers twine and a fat quarter of this pretty rain drop print! Enjoy!!

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The Sew To Speak Ruby Star Wrap-Along is not done yet! 

Keep coming back and commenting... we'll have projects posted everyday until next Thursday!

You're welcome to comment on ALL the wrap-along posts once for the best chances to win :)

Here's whats left on the blog tour: 

Sat, Dec. 1st - Amanda of Sasikirana Handmade 

Sunday Dec. 2nd - I (April Rhodes) will post on my personal blog

Monday Dec. 3rd - we'll post some of our projects here on the Sew To Speak blog plus show you what's up fpr the second win!!

Tues. Dec. 4th - Rae of Made by Rae

Wed. Dec 5 - Ericka of Low Beam Studios 

Thurs. Dec. 6 - Emily of The Boy Trifecta

then finally, on Friday  Dec. 7 - another winner will be announced @12 EST!!

Kara Wraps and ReUses

Kara of Me and Elna helps us continue our blog tour wrap-along.. sharring ideas from Ruby Star Wrapping! She made a few bags and repurposed old containers for cute, thrifty and fun gift giving. See all of her projects and read all about it on her blog today: http://meandelna.blogspot.com/2012/11/its-time-for-prizes.html

Also today this is the last chance to leave a comment for tomorrows GIVEAWAY!!! But remember even if your #'s not draw another giveaway starts right after this ;)

More Wrapping and Crafting with Sew Liberated

Continuing our Ruby Star Wrap-Along..
Meg McElwee from Sew Liberated posted her project today. She crafted this adorable little apple book for her son plus a bag to gift it in (and later reuse for snacks)! Precious! Read more about them and see more beautiful photos over on her blog: HERE!

A book for little Finn - made and photographed by Meg Elwee!

Molly Flanders Wraps-Along

Our dear Mary of Molly Flanders is the first to post on our Ruby Star Wrap-Along blog tour... featuring projects from the book Ruby Star Wrapping.

She stitched up some lovely fabric and felt envelopes and made some of the beautiful Newspaper Flowers using fabric instead. These will adorn a suitcase card catcher at her daughters upcoming wedding.. sweet.. sweet..sweet!

Hop over to her blog to see the full post and be sure to leave a comment here to enter Friday's GIVEAWAY!

A Ruby Star Wrap-Along with Sew To Speak!

For the first winner: all this plus a few other surprises.. ;)

Have you seen or read the book Ruby Star Wrapping by Melody Miller and Allison Tannery?

Melody graciously gifted me a copy at Quilt Market and I really love it!

I had already been thinking about changing my holiday routines this year and committed to buying all my gifts from locally owned and independent stores (if not hand-making them myself) but now I will definitely be wrapping them in reusable materials!!!

While the book's true contents are beautiful and inspiring suggestions for thoughtful giving, I found one statistic within it's covers that solidified my resolve;

"According to the Sierra Club, if every American family wrapped just three gifts this year in something that could be reused, we would save enough paper to fill 45,000 football fields."

It's such a wonderful concept and a much needed movement, so I've asked some great bloggers to join us here at Sew to Speak and do a little Wrap-Along!! We'll be linking to one post per day over the next 2 weeks, with 2 GIVEAWAYS in-between. Follow along with us and comment on one or all of the posts for chances to win a copy of the book plus a bundle of fabric, trims & other goodies to help with your own wrapping!!!

Here's the line up:

Tues. Nov. 27 - Mary Dugan of Molly Flanders

Wed. Nov. 28 - Meg McElwee of Sew Liberated

Thursday, Nov. 29 - Kara of Me and Elna

Fri. Nov. 30 - We will announce the first winner here... sometime in the morning..

Sat, Dec. 1st - Amanda of Sasikirana Handmade 

Sunday Dec. 2nd - I (April Rhodes) will post on my personal blog

Monday Dec. 3rd - we'll post some of our projects here on the Sew To Speak blog

Tues. Dec. 4th - Made by Rae

Wed. Dec 5 - Ericka of Low Beam Studios 

Thurs. Dec. 6 - Emily of The Boy Trifecta

then finally, on Friday  Dec. 7 - another winner will be announced @12 EST!!

Will you join us?

For the chance to win leave a comment, here on the Sew To Speak blog. You can comment on one or all of the daily posts. Please comment once per post and please be sure to include your email address or change your settings so you are NOT a No-Reply Blogger. We will randomly choose the post and comment # to get our winner! 

For the first win, this Friday, the randomly drawn winner will receive a copy of Ruby Star Wrapping, 1/2 yard of some of Melody's beautiful fabric, 1 yard of pom-poms, 1 yard of an awesome wide vintage style ribbon, 1 yard of Anna Maria Horner chevron ribbon, 1 yard of ric-rac plus a few other surprise bits to sweeten the pot ;) 

It's true that another group is also wrapping along with the book at Sukie don't you know... I did know this going in :) But after I ran the idea by Miss Melody, she told me not to be discouraged. Our's takes a bit of a different spin.. a little smaller scale, but still lots of fun. Plus I should mention that this is actually our very first blog-along of any kind!

Finally there are just sooo many ideas and ways to rework the projects in this book so be sure to follow them, follow us and most importantly...

wrap your gifts with love and care! 

♥

April