a friday giveaway // closed + a little guest posting

today we have an exciting giveaway for you from the lovely erin who blogs over at erin loves earl!  she is a wife and mommy to two of the most adorable little 18 month-old twinnies {stella + olivia}, plus a bun in the oven.  we have more than just our little gals names in common, erin also loves to craft, and she is mighty good at it too!  this self-proclaimed craftaholic sells her beautiful creations in her shop, candy kirby designs.  one of her absolute favorite things in her store is her elise doll pattern.  i, too, adore these precious creations and can't wait to start making one using erin's pattern this summer.

here's more from miss erin herself to tell you about 

these darling dolls and what she is giving away to one lucky reader:

"the elise doll came about when i ordered my twins some adorable dolls from an etsy shop.

i wanted to buy every. single. one. in their collection.

but then the unthinkable happened...they closed!

no more cute dolls.

i was so sad.

but not to be deterred, i decided to make my own.

i spent countless hours drawing and redrawing patterns, adding my own little changes.

quickly i had an army of dolls."

"i had a lot of people ask me to make them dolls, but with twins, i don't have a lot of time.

so i created a tutorial full of 40+ step-by-step images to help even the most novice seamstress make their own.

and today i'm giving away my pattern + tutorial to one of you!

plus, you can also get 50% off the elise doll pattern + tutorial through this weekend only by going here."  -erin


you guys, i love everything about this classic doll pattern, but especially that it is customizable!  you can choose the hair, skin color, and clothing. how neat is that!?  and what a wonderful gift this would make for any lady at any age.  i'm pretty sure my grandma would flip for one but my first one goes to baby girl. you get the next one grams. 


i also am very thankful that erin has made this pattern simple enough so that even the non-crafters or novice sewers {like me} out there can make this dolly, too.  i am eager to make my very own for baby girl this summer.  i am thinking i will make the little dolly with the big red bow, brown hair, and polka dots tights.  :)

to enter this giveaway, please do the following:

MANDITORY:

- become a GFC follower of this blog and visit her site telling us which doll pattern you would choose.

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH:

- become a GFC follower of erin's blog.

- "favorite" erin's etsy site.

the winner will be drawn at random and will be announced next friday.  good luck!

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and by the way... i am sharing ten things miss stella and i are crushing on right now over on erin's blog.  come take a peek!

xo, amanda


update:  we have a lucky winner!!  congrats to ashton over at the discourse (and narrative) of ashton!  

thank you to everyone who entered.