Giveaway Winners Round 2

Well, I've chosen two more winners for our $25 store credit as well as the wonderful chunky pumpkin appliqué beanie. It's always so sad when people enter a giveaway and then don't claim the prize. Lets hope try #2 is better!!

Our new $25 credit winner is Michael Middaugh

and the winner of the Newborn Chunky pumpkin appliqué beanie is Erin Ramsay

Congratulations you two! Please email me ASAP at briarrosecraftythings@yahoo.com

And the Winners Are.....

I'm so glad I decided to do this giveaway the way I did. The wonderful, encouraging, and incredibly sweet comments couldn't have come at a better time! I am still at a loss for how I will be able to dedicate my time to our long awaited little one as well as stay on top of the business which is still our only income. Your encouragement is keeping me going. I wish I could giveaway something to everyone!!

With that said our winners are.....

Random.org chose for our first prize, ironically enough, comment number ONE! How funny, love it!!

Jana

Prize number two of the fantastic chocolate covered apples goes to...

#10 Abigail Mallon

And last but certainly not least, our final prize of my favorite beanie at the moment goes to...

#19 SpringSandra

Please contact me with your mailing addresses and I will aim to have these lovelies made this weekend or this week.

Thank you all again and don't forget we are still running our 20% off sale with coupon code Anniversary02 which will bump into our monthly auction on the 14th. Keep an eye out for our cute halloween and Thanksgiving items!

Xoxo,

Happy 2 Year Anniversary!

Its hard to believe the little baby that started off as a few items made during my free time has turned into something so beautiful and rewarding! I never would have imagined we would be where we are and still growing!

This year has been stuffed with new items, incredible customers/fans, fun custom orders, and even a magazine feature! We just can't thank you all enough! So, we are going to give away THREE prizes!!!

You know I like to keep giveaways simple! So, in order to enter leave a comment below with your name and the reason you support handmade. Specifically Briar Rose Crafts & Things. What makes us stand out? Why do you keep coming back? What would you like to see?

We want to hear from you! You are why we do this and how we continue to support our growing family. If you're not satisfied, we're not satisfied!

The prizes??

First Prize:

$25 Gift credit to be used in our shop. This credit can be used on anything! Custom orders, larger sizes, you name it!

Second Prize:

1 Newborn Chocolate Apple Beanie. These are just so delicious! I want to share them with everyone!

Third Prize:

1 Newborn Chunky Beanie with Pumpkin Appliqué

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You know I absolutely love autumn and since it was chilly when I was making our very first ( and few) orders I can't help but want to give away these beauties! I hope you love them as much as I do!

Winner will be chosen Saturday September 8th!

Please be sure to spread the word and invite your friends and family to enter! I am also activating coupon code ANNIVERSARY02 which can be used to take 20% off your entire order through the 15th!

Thank you all for another fantastic year, we really couldn't do this without you!!

<3,

Where have you been!?

Hello my dear fans! It has been too long! I apologize for disappearing but I wanted to update you on some of the exciting things going on in our neck of the woods!

Our first big excitement is obviously that we are having a little boy! Michael James is said to be due on October the 28th but I'm pretty sure he's coming mid October. Daddy thinks he's going to wait until Halloween to come out.

Isn't he cute? These were taken Monday. I HIGHLY recommend a 3d ultrasound!! We got ours for a GREAT price so if you can afford it I vote, yay!

Rocking a gorgeous smile!

We had just complimented his cute little ears before he let out this smirk

Just for kicks! I think the kitties have spent too much time in my lap. He is already grooming like them!

We were so excited to see how much he had developed and grown over the last four weeks. He definitely looks like a little baby now! Such a stud!

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Our second big Yay announcement is about our feature in Ocala Style Magazine in next months issue. Thea article is on local Etsy sellers. We were so beyond honored to have been contacted (literally the day we found out we were pregnant) and to have my photo taken today for the article. I can't wait to share it with you and I can't thank you all enough for helping us to get on the radar of such a talked about magazine in this area!

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We've got our Christmas as well as our Autumn items back in the shop. I am sending out some more Autumn items tomorrow so I hope to have them in the shop very soon!

This brings me to my last little rant. I am so thankful to everyone who has gotten their Holiday orders in already. I have gone back and fourth, around and around, up and down.... on how I will handle closing the shop during the busiest and most influential part of the year. Michael will need me and I know how many people love having our items this time of the year but I have to come up with something! My current plan (though who knows if this will change again) is to continue accepting orders until we are scheduled up to October 15th. At which point I will close the Etsy shop until at least a couple of weeks until after little MJ arrives. This seems to be the most logical but because we rely on these fantastic orders to pay our bills I worry about closing TOO early and then not being able to pay our bills. Have you noticed I'm a bit of a worrier?

I will still be active on Facebook and will still encourage some orders from our fans. If nothing else our turn around will be super fast and we should be able to ship things in plenty of time for Christmas. So, that is my plan as of now. I am currently starting to schedule a couple of days past what I have posted above (right hand side towards the top :-) ) so I hope we can stay at a two week turn around. PLEASE, if you are considering placing an order for Halloween or Thanksgiving contact me soon about placing the order. I don't want to rush anyone but I dont want to send out those yucky "I would love to make this for you BUT we unfortunately are already booked." Those break my heart!

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Rant's over! I hope this helps catch you all up to speed a bit! I am doing very well with this pregnancy, minus some minor blood pressure blips and the weight gain, but both Michael and I are coming along very well. Thank you everyone who asks and continues to wish us the best of luck!

One last belly shot before you go! 28 1/2 weeks <3

Gender Reveal Winner

And the winner of our Guess Jellybeans Gender Contest is....

Amanda Cobb

Congratulations, Amanda!! We chose a winner out of those who guessed BOY. He is certainly a boy! He is healthy, growing, and very active!

- I'm sorry we don't have an ultrasound picture! We had an issue with our USB so we have to go back and have them saved again. Then I will happily share my cute kid -

It was such a pleasure including you all in this. He will certainly help me create more boy goodies which I know we are lacking in. We are very excited!

Amanda, if you would like to email me we can work out the details of your $25 credit.

Xoxo,

Guess Jellybeans Gender Giveaway

I am so excited to be only 2 weeks from our next ultrasound! The BIG one. I know my husband is tired of the babies name being "it". This pregnancy has already been such an incredible blessing for us. We have had no problems so far and are feeling good. This ultrasound will be so amazing for us after the long years of trying.

As soon as we found out we were expecting back in March I knew I wanted to do a fun giveaway for when we find out the babies gender. You guys mean so much to us so we want you to be included in such a fun day ( hopefully this kid isn't bashful! ) I have yet to pick out the prize. I KNOW! Thats awful lol! I wanted to do a boy hat if its a boy and a girl hat if its a girl. BUT we don't want people to make guesses based off of the item they hope to win. Hence the reason I haven't decided. Seriously, who enters a giveaway if the prize isn't decided?

- Prize updated below-

I promise, entry into this giveaway aren't crazy like some of the others. You don't have to like 20 different pages or bend over backwards. 

- I hate that!-

I will post a couple of pictures below in case you need reference for guessing and if you feel you need more info to make your guess don't be afraid to ask and I will add that info HERE:

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PRIZE:

I will give the winner a Newborn/0-3 month beanie valued at $25! YOU get to pick the cuteness that will be created for you! If you prefer a large size the $25 credit can be put towards that. The same applies if you'd prefer something else entirely. Like booties!

                                          

                                                      For reference this was taken a week before I got pregnant.

                                         

                                                     This was just taken Thursday. I was 1 day shy of 20 weeks

Here is Jellybeans ultrasound at 11 weeks. Heartbeat was a good 160 BPM.

If it is important for anyones decision making I have been feeling kicks since about 14 weeks .

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TO ENTER:

Please leave your guess ALONG with your first and last name in a comment below. On July 3rd we will pick the winner from the correct guesses. If for some reason we are not able to find out the gender we will pick a winner from all of the comments we receive.


I will post an update about the prize once I make my decision along with any other information we get requests for.

XOXO,

Birthday Celebration Sale and a new Giveaway

I'm sorry for my absence and lack of posts lately! We have been caught up in the joys of expecting our first child who should be here this Autumn as well as preparing for Christmas in July. We are very excited! 

- See later in the post for details on a fun giveaway. -

I't that time of the year again. Time to celebrate my husbands birthday. Last year we held a huge sale which did very well and was so much fun. I would like to honor my husbands birth with yet another sale this year. I will be activating coupon code 30BDAY on June 15th only which will take 30% off of each order! It is a great opportunity to stock up on props. We even had a customer purchase Christmas presents through this sale. She saved a ton of money plus had all her goodies in plenty of time for the holidays!

I will absolutely be accepting custom orders for new items on this day. Anything you've had in mind, don't hesitate to contact us about it!

Happy Birthday to my best friend, my business partner, my soul mate.

- We were 13 weeks Pregnant in this image. I can't believe its been 6 weeks since then! -

NOW, about that giveaway!! Dale thought of this when we were talking about announcing our pregnancy. I've been super excited about it! We have our next ultrasound July 3rd where we should hopefully find out if Jellybean will be Cybella Dona or James O'Dale. We would like to run a giveaway where your entry is a guess to Jellybeans Gender. Once we know we will pick a winner from those who guessed the correct sex. A full blog about this will be posted on the 16th after our Birthday Sale. I can include current pregnancy pictures if that will help with guesses.

We appreciate each and every one of you! It is always such a pleasure to be welcomed into your lives and I love that I can welcome you into mine.

Remember, that coupon code 30BDAY will only be active on Friday June 15th. If you would like to contact me about a custom order ahead of time you can email me anytime at briarrosecraftythings@yahoo.com

Thank you all!!