And the winners for the give away are ...

So, for our give away we had two fun baby hats like the one pictured above. Now, thanks to Rafflecopter (which we officially LOVE!) we have two winners!

0-3 month hat: Alona Romanow

3-6 month hat: Erin Warren

Congratulations, ladies, and thanks for stopping by! We'll email you also to get your mail address.

And a huge thank you to you who participated in anyway. You bless us tons with your kind words and encouragement! :) 

2nd anniversary celebration is up and running!

Yes, we've had some delays, but here we are...celebrating at last! We promised more details, and here they are...

What: A celebration (a wee bit belated) of our 2nd anniversary of business as MotherDaughter Creations

Why: Because we are so very thankful for all of the support and encouragement that so many have given us over the past two years!

When: August 2-9

All the good stuff: 

1. First of all, the coupon code in our Etsy shop is up and running. Use coupon code 2ANNIVERSARY at check out and you'll get 30% off your order!

2. Our patterns on Ravelry and Craftsy are both 50% off! Yes, you read that correctly...50%! And you don't need a coupon code. :)

3. We have relisted some of our favorites that we had, quite frankly, just been too busy to think about relisting. In addition, we have two brand new items, with one more coming on Saturday, August 3. And this leads us directly to #3, because...

3. We have a special offer for you that we have never done before! One of the new items in our Etsy shop is adorable baby booties. This weekend only, August 2-4, when you buy a pair of the booties (take note of item #1 here ;), you'll get a matching beanie, with a handmade wood button, absolutely free! You don't have to ask for it; it will just appear with your order!

4. And finally, we're giving away two hats, one 0-3 months and one 3-6 months. These are not going to be offered for sale in the shop. So you should try for one while they're around! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

2nd Anniversary Celebration ... a little belated!

Due to unforeseen circumstances last month (i.e. life happens!), we had to postpone the celebration for our 2nd anniversary. At last, we've rescheduled and want to let you know what's coming up. 

Dates: August 2-9

Details: 

1. We're going to have a big 'ol sale in our Etsy shop and on the two patterns we have listed on Ravelry and Craftsy. The Etsy sale will be in the form of a coupon code that we'll post next Friday evening. The Ravelry and Craftsy sales won't need a coupon code.

2. We're going to release a few new items. (That number is vague because it depends on how busy this upcoming week is!) 

3. We're going to have a special offer on Etsy with one of our new releases that will be available ONLY next weekend. (Hint: Does the acronym BOGO make you happy??)

4. We're giving away two hats, one 0-3 months and one 3-6 months. (Don't miss them...they're not going to be offered for sale in the shop. And they're fun!) Sneak peek, anyone? 

This 3-6 month size baby hat will go to one lucky winner of our 2nd anniversary celebration give away!

Details will come later in the week about how to enter the give away. Be sure to check back!

And the winner is...

When we made plans for our give away, we offered the opportunity for each person to gain an extra entry by sharing the give away on her Facebook page. But here’s what we didn’t anticipate…we had fewer people enter than we had prizes! So we just entered everyone’s name in the drawing, doubled up some of the prizes (the patterns and the dishcloths) and everyone’s a winner! Important information for each winner---you are responsible for contacting the vendor from whom you won a prize. I have sent them your names, but you must contact them to make arrangements for receiving your prize.

And here are the winners (as determined on www.random.org):

1 pattern from Busy Mom Designs:

Sherri

2 patterns from Busy Mom Designs:

Jennifer Luhman Ryan

2 patterns from Speckled Frog Crochet:

Jennifer Kessie DeLury

2 patterns from Speckled Frog Crochet:

Kim Dell'Aquila

1 skein of handspun yarn from Lolaz Thyngs:

Sue Anderson

4 hand-sewn baby burp cloths from Graceful Baby Boutique:

Julie

1 hand-crafted necklace from Jillian Raye Designs:

Tiffany

1 upcycled newborn hat from MotherDaughter Creations:

Brittany Ressler

1 newborn beanie (purple) from MotherDaughter Creations:

Teara Watson

1 daisy cloche from MotherDaughter Creations:

Denise McGeary Elliott

1 teddy bear hat from MotherDaughter Creations:

Brook Grayson Jones

1 party hat from MotherDaughter Creations:

Jennifer Kessie DeLury

1 pumpkin beanie from MotherDaughter Creations:

Shelly Dibble

1 brown baby beanie from MotherDaughter Creations:

Terry Webber

2 dishcloths from MotherDaughter Creations:

SweetyHeart Photography

2 dishcloths from MotherDaughter Creations:

Mary Poland Fukuhara

2 dishcloths from MotherDaughter Creations:

Jessica Hollopeter

$20 credit in our Etsy shop from MotherDaughter Creations:

Niicole Luhman

Congratulations to all of the winners! Thank you for participating!

The give away is now closed!

Thank you soooo much to all who sent congratulations for our anniversary, shopped our Etsy shop, bought great deals in our clearance sale and entered our give away. Andrea and I are enjoying coming up with new ideas, and we're looking forward to what year 2 will bring. Hope you'll stay with us to see what's coming in the days and weeks ahead!

We will post the winners of the give away here on the blog...hopefully yet this evening! Winners, you are responsible for contacting the vendor that you win a prize from...you can do that through their Facebook pages. 

Stay tuned.....!!

It's time to celebrate!

We are so excited to be celebrating our 1-year anniversary on Etsy this week! We're very grateful to all who have supported, purchased, encouraged...thanks to each and every one! But what's an anniversary without a celebration! So let's get right down to it...here are details:

1. Give away begins Sunday, July 8, and runs through Sunday, July 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern.

2. To enter, you must like our Facebook page. You must also like the Facebook pages of the vendors who are giving away prizes. (A thank you to each one on their Facebook pages would be lovely as well, though it's not necessary to enter the give away.)

3. After liking the Facebook pages, come back to this post and comment that you have done so.

4. Want an extra entry? Share our contest on your personal or business Facebook page, come back and comment separately that you have shared the contest (link to this page) and you'll get your name in again (only one extra entry). 

5. Wait patiently after July 15 to see if you've won! Please give us several days after the contest closes to get the winners all figured out. :)
6. Don't forget the other celebration fun! Get 30% off in our Etsy shop through Thursday with coupon code ETSY1YEAR. We've added several new items, included our brand new upcycled section! The coupon code is good on everything in the shop.
7. Summer clearance sale coming later this evening to Facebook! Everything at least 50% off regular price.

And without further ado, here are the prizes and the AMAZING vendors who are generously sharing in the give away for our celebration:

Busy Mom Designs

Three people will each win one pattern of their choice!

Speckled Frog Crochet

Four people will each win one pattern of their choice!

 

Lolaz Thyngz

One person will win a skein of handspun yarn...a $20 value!

Graceful Baby Boutique

One person will win a set of four hand-sewn baby burp cloths!

Jillian Raye Designs

One person will win a hand-crafted necklace (for the grown-ups!).

MotherDaughter Creations

We're giving away one each of the following pictured items:

Upcycled newborn hat

Newborn beanie

Daisy cloche (pattern by Busy Mom Designs!)--size 1-3 years

Teddy bear hat (pattern by Speckled Frog Crochet!)--size 3-6 months

Party hat--one size fits many

Our new pumpkin beanie (pattern by Busy Mom Designs!)

Our most popular...the brown baby beanie! (newborn size)
(photo by Jenny Modisett Photography)

Six dishcloths...Six winners!

And last, but certainly not least, one person will win...

Thanks for celebrating with us!

The plans are coming together, and we want to share some specifics with you! You'll want to be ready for the anniversary fun! Here's how we're going to celebrate:

**The give away! It will begin on Sunday, July 8 at 8:00 p.m. and run through Sunday, July 15, 8:00 p.m. MotherDaughter Creations will be giving away a variety of goodies, plus we have five other vendors who have graciously agreed to participate! We'll have patterns from Busy Mom Designs and Speckled Frog Crochet, credit for yarn from Lolaz Thyngz, burp cloths from Graceful Baby Boutique, and a necklace from Jillian Raye Designs. Whew! It's going to be good!

**30% off in our Etsy shop for four days! We'll give you the coupon code on Sunday.

**We're adding new items (think autumn!) to the shop in time for you to use the 30% coupon code!

** We're adding our brand new upcycled section to the shop this weekend!

**Giant summer clearance sale for Facebook friends...more than 40 items, and everything at least 50% off!

Is anyone looking forward to it yet? Be sure to let your friends know about the fun!

We're getting so excited about celebrating our anniversary with all of our wonderful friends! We invited a few vendors to participate, and you're going to love what they're offering in the give away. Right now, here's a sneak peek at some things we're going to give away. Later this week, we'll post details about all of the fun that begins on July 8!

These two hats that we're giving away, the pumpkin beanie and the party hat, are going to be new listings in our Etsy shop in conjunction with our anniversary. 

And for a little something different...something we haven't offered in our shop, but might consider...we have six crocheted dish cloths to give to six lucky winners!

Check back later this week for more details!

Welcome to our new MotherDaughter Creations blog! It's hard to believe that Andrea and I are coming up on the 1-year anniversary of being in business. When we began MDC, we opened our Etsy shop and started our Facebook page. We didn't really know where we wanted to go from there, other than we love to create and wanted to share those creations! We also made the decision to support HOPE61, a ministry of One Mission Society with a percentage of our profits.

Now, one year later, we have loved every minute of it, but we're always thinking about new things can we try, what do our friends and fans want to see, how can we better serve our customers. The first thing we've decided to do is this blog. We are doing it for several reasons: 

1. We want to share a variety of things...other creators; awesome photographers; amazing yarn vendors; and various ideas, tips, and websites that we've run across over the past year, just to name a few.
2. We are planning a give away to celebrate our 1-year anniversary, and we want to do our best to honor Facebook rules. We felt like the best way to do that is to use the blog to run the give away (and any future ones!). 
3. Honestly, as hard as it may be for some people to believe, not everyone is on Facebook. :) Hopefully, with the blog, we can reach some folks who haven't found us yet simply because they're not Facebook-ites.

What else can you expect from MDC in the days to come? In conjunction with our anniversary and the give away, we are also going to have a huge summer clearance sale! We have quite a few items that we've made as samples or were just playing around with and we need them gone so we have room for more new things!

We're also going to venture into the area of selling patterns. Our creations vary...some are made from patterns that we've purchased (love them all and will share those sellers with you later!), but we've also done some original designs. We've been asked about selling them, and this seems like the time to do it. We'll be looking for testers! ;)

Last thing, for now, is that we're planning (also to celebrate our anniversary!) to add a new section to our Etsy shop: Upcycled! That will definitely be a work in progress.

The anniversary celebration begins on July 8 and will last that entire week. Watch for more information, coming soon to Facebook and this very blog!