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Pillowcase Giveaway

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My new DIY website is FINALLY up!  Woohoo!

The URL is DesignsByKTGreen.com.

Not very original, you say?  I tried all kinds of different combinations of my name and they were either taken or were a letter different.  Like design instead of designs.  Wasn’t worth the confusion.

Since I know how long it takes to get a following  — I’ve been doing this one for about 3 years — I wanted to do something different to get new readers.  A few days ago I saw that one of my favorite sewing blogs SewMamaSew was sponsoring a giveaway party.  You can link with their website, which is very popular, and give something away. They have some rules that were pretty easy to stick with.

I had to think of something very quickly to create with whatever fabric I had in my stash.  I wasted a whole day worrying about what I could make in that short amount of time.   

So that’s how I started my new blog.  And I’ve already had a lot of comments.  I’ve never done this before so it is a learning experience.

I’m giving away two matching pillowcases.  Not just any old pillowcases. These have “french seams” so there won’t be any fraying threads.  Plus there is a flap that covers the pillow.  Pretty cool.  And I used my very beloved zebra fabric.  

So here’s one of the pillowcases:

pillowcase giveaway
The zebra toy nor the pillow form are included!
zebra pillowcases
That’s the flap that covers the pillow.

I know that you TOO want a chance to win these pillowcases.  And you can.  All you have to do is make a comment on my Giveaway post.  Don’t make the comment here.  It has to be on the Giveaway post on my new website. That’s the rules of the game.  Click here! or Click here:

giveaway

Or click on any of those links I just highlighted three times.Or this whole paragraph.

You have until Sunday evening to make a comment.  The winner will be chosen randomly and I’m supposed to let the winner know by Wednesday and send out the pillowcases by next Friday.  So many rules!  (But they are easy!)

You can also go to SewMamaSew  to enter a whole bunch of giveaways for handmade goods or for sewing and craft supplies. 

If you want to see the tutorial for the pillowcases or just more pictures of them, just go out to my new website DesignsbyKTGreen.com.

DIY Day

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

My new DIY blog will be up NEXT WEEK!! 

Can you hear the trumpet fanfare???

This little web design challenge shouldn’t have taken so long but…

I had the new blog all ready and up and beautiful and then decided that it wouldn’t work. Beautiful yes.  Useable no.

So, back to the drawing board.  Or computer keyboard.  And it’s a month later.  Maybe this one will work.  And I’ll be happy.  And there will be peace in the world.  

Or maybe not.

But next Thursday, I’ll post the new website.  I’ll also put up the new DIY for the week on this website.  Because I don’t want to lose all my Pinterest peeps who have been faithfully following for years and years.  Just kidding.  But I do get a lot of web traffic from Pinterest.  

On the new website I plan to put a new project every Thursday. Sewing, quilting, mosaics, gardening, photography, or anything else I might be working on will be covered.  I’ll also be featuring one of my older DIYs at least one other day of the week.  Re-worked, re-designed, and re-cycled!

When Michelle is ready to do some DIY, she’ll own Wednesday.

One more week!  

 

Ch-ch-ch-changes, part 2

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I usually put up a project on Thursday.  Didn’t do it last week, not doing it this week.  

But I will take a few minutes to explain what is going on just in case you only check out the site on Thursday for the DIY. 

When I first bought my domain, KTGreenDesign.com, the “design” referred to web design. I thought I’d make a little money creating websites.  But I really hated coding in HTML.  

(Incidentally, the K is for Kathy and the T for Terry.  Just in case he ever wanted to jump on the blog wagon.)

Then I thought I’d just blog about a healthy lifestyle–exercising, cooking, diets, places to go and the money from advertising would follow. That’s when Michelle came on board with her recipes. But I discovered that there is no money from advertising and I’m not really all that healthy.

So I started blogging about DIY and our adventures here in Perfect.  Posted lots of photos. Decided I didn’t really care if I made any money on my blog.  It’s just fun!  And that was working out well.  I get a lot of visitors from Pinterest and other DIY websites.

But the blog has gradually taken on more of a local view and now my readers are primarily from the state of Florida. (Or people that want to be in the state of Florida.)   And that’s been really fun because there is so much to do here and places to go and things for me to write about.

I’m still sewing and quilting.  Doing a few mosaics here and there. Decorating my house. Refurbishing furniture. Working in my many gardens.  But it just doesn’t fit here anymore.

So, I’ve decided to move all my DIY to a new website.  When Michelle is ready to start posting again, she’ll be on the new site as well.  

The local stuff will stay right here on Just a Slice of Life in Perfect. 

I thought I’d have the new site up by today, but that would mean I’d actually have to stay home and work on it.  

Come on, I have parades to attend. Pictures to take. Banjos to play.

My new goal is to get it up by next Thursday.  So be here next week and I’ll give you the new URL,

or a new excuse!

Kathy