1 Year Anniversary - GIVEAWAY!

I recently celebrated my shop's 1 year anniversary on June 25. With life being what it is, I haven't had a chance to celebrate properly. I finally have a chance to do it!

As a way to thank all of the clients and fans that have supported me over the last year, I am giving away a $20 gift certificate to my Etsy shop. Yes, $20!! That is the biggest giveaway I've had so far!

There are several ways for you to earn entries into my giveaway.

To Enter:

Visit My Etsy Shop and leave a comment here as to what is your favorite item is.

For Extra Entries:

• Be a follower of this blog.

• "Like" All You Need Designs on Facebook.

• Follow All You Need Designs on Twitter.

• Add my shop to your favorites on Etsy.

• Share this giveaway on your: Facebook, Twitter and/or Blog (if you do all of them that's three extra entries!)

Be sure to leave a comment on this blog post for each action you take because each comment counts as one entry. That's up to 8 chances to win! Also be sure to leave your email address so I know how to contact you if you're the lucky winner!

The Details:

Giveaway will end on Tuesday, July 12 at 8 PM EST. A winner will be selected using random.org. Giveaway open to US & Canada. The certificate can be used towards any item(s) in my shop and shipping costs. It can also be combined with my Christmas in July sale. So what are you waiting for? Enter now!

Christmas in July SALE!

Later this month, Etsy will be having a site wide Christmas in July sale. I've decided to start my sale early! Check out my shop to recieve 10% off all earrings and necklaces and 15% off all beaded bookmarks. Choose something special for yourself or start your holiday shopping now. Happy Christmas in July!

Ryah Sofia Cancer Benefit Auction

Beginning tomorrow, June 21, Ryah Sofia Headbands is hosting a benefit auction to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I am happy to have donated two items to this very worthy cause - one of my HOPE bookmarks and Lucky Penny necklace. Be sure to stop by the auction site and bid on one of the may great items from all of these amazing vendors!

Goodbye to Kindergarten - End of Year teacher gift

My son is days away from "graduating" from Kindergarten. This year has been great for him - he's made great friends, learned loads and loved his teacher and is terribly sad that in a few short days, she'll no longer be his. We wanted to be able to say thank you and good bye with a fun and useful gift for her.

We already gave her one of my handmade bookmarks and a lucky penny necklace this year, so I needed something different but still useful for a teacher. I saw something like this Gift Card Book on a blog a while ago and I knew that I had to do it! I took the idea, tweaked it a bit to work for me and ran with it!

I used double sided tape to stick two pieces of card stock together to make it more sturdy and so each page was "decorated". Then I used a hole punch to punch two holes in the pages. I was going to use ribbon to tie them together but then the pages wouldn't turn easily, so I used a couple of jump rings I had in my jewelry stuff and then tied the ribbon to them to make it prettier. :)

What will Mrs. X do on summer vacation?Read a good book. ($5 gc to Borders.)Plant pretty flowers. ($5 gc to a garden store.)Go on a shopping spree! ($5 gc to Target.)Go out for coffee. ($5 gc to Dunkin Donuts.)Create something! ($5 gc to Joann Fabric & Crafts.)This is the back cover of the book:

I had my son write the little sayings to put in the book. I used double sided tape to stick the sayings and the gifts cards in and that's it!! Pretty easy and I love how it turned out and so did he. He's so excited to give it to her tomorrow. His last day of school is next Wednesday, but he doesn't want to wait to give it to her. LOL!!

Hope your kids enjoyed their school year too!

Summer Mini-Readathon with Sarah Says

It's been a long time since I've had a chance to blog!! My life is slowing down just a teensy bit, so I'm going to try to be better about this! Promise!

I hope your summer is off to an awesome start! We've been having some lovely weather here (finally!) and I've been enjoying it with my family! There are a lot of things I love about summer - baseball games, picnics, playing at the park, vacations (or staycations).... but my very favorite thing about summer is taking a book outside and laying in the sun to read. Even if it's only for a half hour, it's so relaxing and peaceful!

My awesome sister Sarah, over at the Sarah Says blog is hosting a mini-readathon this summer. It's a fun little event with challenges, prizes (including a beaded bookmark donated by me!) and more. Check it out and go sign up!

Featured!

Recently, I was lucky enough to do a swap with a wonderful Etsy mom, Jennifer of Lavender Avenue. Please check out my review and feature over on her blog!

I'll be reviewing the lovely nightgown that Jennifer sent me for my daughter soon, so check back!

EtsyMom Charity Auction!

As I am sure you have gathered by some of my past posts, I am proud to be a member of the EtsyMom team. EtsyMoms have a history of contributing to charitable causes, including our sister Moms. Beginning today and ending on April 7, the EtsyMom team is hosting a Charity Auction to benefit one of our long standing team members who is in need of a great deal of financial assistance.

The auction is chock full of handmade goodies donated by awesome EtsyMom team members. All proceeds from the auction will be given directly to the mom in need to help her and her family.

To check out the items and bid on the ones that catch your eye, visit the EtsyMom Charity Auction Blog.