I'll be giving away two prizes. First, a set of Symbols of Christmas ornaments and keepsake bag, along with laminated explanation to one lucky winner. (The ornaments will look a lot like this:)
Second, and a free Symbols of Christmas sewing pattern to make as many sets of ornaments as you'd like. I wish I could see your smile when you win! Please know how thankful I am to each of my readers!
Entry is simple. Leave a comment telling me the most favorite gift you've given. If your email isn't linked to your profile, leave an email so I can notify the winners. One entry per person, please. I'll pick two winners via random.org and announce them here on my blog December 17. So, you have until 6pm MST on December 17 to enter.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
105 happy thoughts:
fun giveaway. I'd like to use those at preschool (next year I guess). My favorite gift given was the year we got to give the grandparents little baby items announcing to them that they'd be grandparents.
This giveaway is adorable! Thank you! My favorite gift I have given is a log cabin quilt to my mother in law! She loves it!
Beautiful ornaments! My favorite gift that I gave was a quilt for my parents.
I think this is a GREAT giveaway!
Merry Christmas!
Sweet giveaway! Gosh, tough question. I think my favorite gift I've given was a handmade woven basket filled with goodies for my Mom. One of the last holidays I got to spend with her.
Such a sweet giveaway! I'm having so much fun finding new crafty blogs to read!
One year, when I was a teenager, I had saved up my money for months and months to take a trip and my Mom's clothes drier broke. It was making her life so difficult (I am one of six kids) so I used all of the money I had saved and bought her a new one. Sure, it's not glamorous, but it made her life better on a daily basis!
MERYY CHRISTMAS!
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Those ornaments are so cute, I love the idea of symbols. Right now my favorite gift I'm giving is a quilt for my brother and his wife. I really hope they like it as much as I do. You can see it on my blog. Have a great day!
What a great giveaway... I would love to win! I think my favorite gift to give is something I have made myself; the recipient always seems to like it more when it is made with love!
I really enjoyed giving my parents a handmade art piece that I created for them last year! It was so fun to see how much they loved it!
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I would love something like this for my Christmas decorations! Cute ornaments.
Well my favourite gift to give is picture(s), in all side or shapes, of my daughter to her grandparents. I'm allways sure that they love the gift!! ;)
those are so sweet! favorite gift ever? i just made my family's stockings. for me and my husband i put our favorite gifts ever. pink jambox. so cool!
I would have to say the shadow box I made for my mom, with pictures of my brothers and I.
My husband surprised me with a serger, and it has become my best friend.
rebekahricker at yahoo dot com
how cute are those ornaments?! this year i'm giving my mom my first quilt ever :) finished it last night
dkburroughs21(at)aol(dot)com
We'd love those ornaments!! I made a pile of Barbie clothes last year. That might have to be my favorite. Although the felt food I'm working on this year should be a huge hit. It's so cute :)
i gave this softie that i had made to my son when his younger sister was born. i was so excited to give it to him. he looked at it and tossed it aside. :-)
a hand embroidered wall hanging for my cousin
fingers crossed,
Melissa B.
mbabecka@gmail.com
www.minimomentsoflife.blogspot.com
A play kitchen for my daughter. :)
CUTE ornaments!!
I really like those ornaments and that they have meanings behind them. I think the fav gift I have ever given is two caned bottomed chairs to my MIL.
aww these are really great! the best gift i am giving this year is a new wardrobe to my daughter!
nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com
my favorite gift this year is yet to be bought... I am going shopping this weekend at a craft fair!
Happy Giveaway Day, so fun!
b.freecaster{a}gmail.com
What a fun give away I so want to win. My favorite gift I've given is 2 afgans I made for Christmas gift exchange.
Holly
My favorite gift has to be when I was 13 I made a doll for each of my sisters complete with wardrobes mind you these were 2 ft dolls, i have no idea how I got it all done now...
The best gift I've received is time with my family. I don't know what could be better than that. I love your symbols! I'd like to do something like that for my nephew's Advent calendar next year.
The favorite gift I've given was a guitar that I gave to my brother a few years ago. It had a very special meaning to just the two of us.
s_vaden at hotmail dot com
Cute! I love giving gifts from the World Vision catalog.
The best gifts I've given are the experiential ones, where it involves an activity or a way to spend time with a loved one!
P.s. I'm participating in Giveaway Day too, so stop on by!
These are so great! I just did this with my children and my oldest is now old enough to remember some of it:) I love giving things I've made... So I've only done that like 2 times, but I'm getting better and giving handmade more this year.
ashleycardon@yahoo.com
Favorite gift to BE giving this year is the quilt for my brother - he's been after me for something homemade for years!
I adore these ornaments! What a fabulous way to start a tradition!
Thanks for the chance :)
hugs, margie
I downloaded this tutorial earlier in the month and haven't got around to making it yet. I would love to win this! The best gift I have ever been given was a Christmas ornament my husband had custom made with our names and anniversary on it our first Christmas together as husband and wife.
The best present I have given is my daughter to our parents. If that is too cliche, then a framed picture I gave my mom that survived a horrific accident I was in.
Desiree
weeshareblog@gmail.com
embyrfire(at)hotmail(dot)com
I think the best christmas present I've given is one I'm giving this year...a pair of handmade earrings to my sister.
Great ornaments, though!
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50 year old balsamic vinegar to my mom. Yum! ksprencel(at)hotmail(dot)com
I love these ornaments, have already ordered a set for my nephew & his fiancee! The best present I've ever given is this year to my son a new Bose stereo - best of all I've been able to keep it a secret - no small undertaking with him - ksolo59@hotmail.com
LOVE the ornaments- my favorite gift I've given was a homemade art piece I made for my sister using sketches I drew in the 80's.
Oh, I love giving gifts too! My favorite gift I ever gave was "The Rudolph Game" - it's a board game from Montomery Wards that my family had when I was very young. A few years ago I tracked one down on Ebay and surprised my family with it on Christmas Eve - everyone LOVED it!
My favorite gift I've given is the handmade doll I gave my mom. She is just lovely, and my mom adores her.
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Cute orniments. My favorite gift I have given is the family handprint frams
Favorite gift given is anything handmade because people love them and there so much more time, love and thought that went into it! Often I pray for the recipient as I'm making their gift!
favorite gifts change a lot... the most recent was a ruffle scarf I knit for a dear friend from sock yarn. It consisted of casting on 650 stitches, but it was totally workth it to see the smile on her face!
My favorite gifts to give are to make baskets of other people's favorite things. It is always so fun to show a person how well you know and love them. I want those ornaments.
found you on SMS. LOVE your blog, added you to my reader. My most fav gift I've given was a cute ruffled pillow to my DD for her birthday.
One of the funnest gifts I've given has been for my sister. For the birth of her first child I gave her 12 onesies. One for each month of her first year. They were so fun to design and have made for her. ~Patti
I made a quilt for my niece's first birthday this summer. She naps with it everyday now. It was the first quilt I ever made, pretty much the first thing I've ever sewn.
For my friends Narnia obsessed sons recent birthday I gave him a red scarf wrapped in brown paper from Mr. Tumnus, a long sleeve t with an applique of a map of narnia, a box of turkish delight and a toy lion. His face, when he saw the tag saying the scarf was from Mr. Tumnus, was enough for me.
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Very nice prize!
I always love it when we are able to gift someone with one of our quilts -- especially someone who loves quilts!
What a wonderful prize! My favorite gift that I have given has to be a hand knitted cable scarf that I designed and knitted for my SIL.
My favorite gift would have to be the ones I've made myself for my family. The sewing around everyones busy schedule, trying to be sneaky....What fun!
My favorite gift about to be given is a set of curtains, potholders, and placemats made from the Metro Kitchen Line in Spring. My sister is going to flip! :)
I've been trying to find a way to share our faith with the kids at Christmas time. God has blessed us abundantly - why bring the little ones up not knowing Him?
My favorite present: I gave my mom a clay handprint ornament of my baby girl last year. Her eyes sparkled with delight as she opened that! Unfortunately I'm a newbie to that particular craft and it crumbled on her after a week! Oh well, life is messy sometimes, isn't it?! :)
Anything handmade is a great gift I think. Thanks for the giveaway. Merry Christmas!
Love these! thanks!!! I have given away lots of baby gifts that I've made, and I love that most!
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My most favorite gift I've is a camcorder for my son and daughter-in-law so I can keep up with my granddaughter in another state.
Now isn't that a great gift for a Grandma like me to win to share with her little redheaded granddaughter :0) thanks for a chance to win.
I think giving a quilt for Christmas is probably my favorite thing to give......my friends are always blown away when they realize what they have received! My family.....oh thanks Mom another quilt :0).
Happy sewing and Merry Christmas
These are lovely! Would love to share these with my boys.
Last year for the first time I made hand-knit scarves for some family members. I took a lot of time choosing just the right yarn, color and pattern for each of them and it was very satisfying to give something that I put so much time and effort into.
What a great prize, I really want to fill my tree with handmade ornaments. My fav gift that I've given was a huge bag of goodies I made for a friends baby shower. Thank you for the change to win!
Cute ornaments! My birthday is Dec. 17th, so winning would make the day even better!
The favorite gift I've given is a quilt i worked on for years, and finally finished.
The ornaments are beautiful. My favorite gift is one I actually haven't give yet - to my fiance - a super hero cape - he's going to be so excited, haha.
Wow. What a fantastic prize! It is the gift that keep on giving! I can't think of one singular gift that is the best I have given. But one time, I flew home for the weekend to surprise my mom on her birthday, that was pretty fab!
The best gift I'd ever given was a kitana to my boyfriend whose a sword enthusiast. This was full tang and not a display model, though that's what it is used for. I thought he was going to die when he opened it up.
I love homemade Christmas ornaments. And I would appreciate this so much! Not only because I would have ornaments, but because I'd get the patterns to make more of my own!
Thank you for a chance at this giveaway!
Very sweet ornies! I think it's always fun to include something handmade in every gift! I made little gingerbread men one year and that was fun to include! Happy holidays! ♥
My favorite gift... I really like making table runners. I made my mom one and my mil one last year. They both loved them. :) Thank you for the chance to win!
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Very nice giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win. The best gift I gave away was a quilt in the shape of a frog. My mother in law collected little statues and she just loved it.
Very nice giveaway! I think my most favorite gift was the handmade doll I made and gave to my youngest DD last year.
My most favorite gift was my two kids to my sweet husband :) Oh, and homemade marshmallows and hot chocolate mixes.
Ooh, what a great giveaway! I would love to share these with my children. I already gave my brother-in-law his upcycled sweater slipper and he loved them, so that is so far my favorite gift given. Thank you so much for the giveaway.
My blood type is O- negative which is badly needed in my city. I give every 60 days, and just gave my Christmas pint:).
I love that these ornaments aren't breakable and come with a message! My little grandsons would love these.
My favorite gift I've given is one I've not given yet. :P My husband has a Garfield twin bedsheet from when he was a boy. I'm turning it into an adult-sized quilt for him for Christmas this year. I've had so much fun making it!
-Jerimi
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Hmmmm my fav gift given is probably an ornament I gave my husband when we were dating. I now love seeingbit when I put it on the tree.
these ornaments are genius! my favorite gifts i've given would be the pj pants my kids get at christmas - they actually love them and don't mind that they're getting clothes as gifts! :)
bess
This year my favorite gift I made is for my sister.....faux donuts and a glass cake plate!
My favorite gift I have given is a quilt for a baby.Thanks.
My favorite gifts are books - reading is so important! Love your bog and the super cute crafty creations - you go! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway! Happy Holidays!
Such cute ornaments and fantastic reminder of the Season's true meanings :)
I love to give people quilts...they always make the recipient feel special and happy which in turn makes me happy (kinda selfish but it won't be stop giving them as gifts to the ones i love). Maybe one day I will get to make myself one! Thanks for the giveaway!
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What a lovely giveaway!
My favorite gift that I've ever given was a little hand-made photo/memory book I gave to my [now] husband while we were engaged. :)
woah those are awesome!!! as for favorite gifts given.... this is so hard, but if i had to choose one it would be a set of dinner plates, mugs, saucers, etc... that i found at the Goodwill store to my mom. i was in law school and had NO MONEY, and was shopping there one afternoon and i saw this set of plates and dinnerware that my Nonni used to have- my mom was so sentimental about them, i could not have been happier to give her them!! marie5k@yahoo.com
I'm not sure of a favorite gift I have given. I just love it when I can find something for someone that is perfect for them without having to buy something off a list of things they want. Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Christmas. stephspitzer at gmail dot com
I can't think of a favorite gift, I know the ones I have hand crafted are the most appreciated.
Thank you for a lovely giveaway!
i've recently given some felt ornaments as a gift as well. But they were made into a felt family of Fisher Price people.
Your ornaments are wonderful. Thank you for a great giveaway!
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The favorite gift I've given is one I'm giving this year - I got a photo book made for my in-laws from photos we took of our vacation with them in UT this last Summer. I think they will love it!!
My favourite gift to give has been the 3 princess dresses I sewed for my granddaughters. They came complete with crown ,wand and cape. Your ornaments are great. Thank you.
jmclean at mts dot net
my favorite gift this year is a blurb book of an interview I did with my folks with a few pictures in it. It's going to all my brothers and sisters. I'm excited. I love the ornaments!
It was years ago - I was 18 my sister 13. I had won a gift certificate from Sears and promptly bought my parents new feather pillows......and then slipped and revealed the words "feather pillows" in a conversation. We thought my parents figured it out. They were flabbergasted. I don't know if it was more exciting to surprise them or the fact I had won the money.
mabbettlorraine@yahoo.com
My favorite gift was a cross-stitch sweatshirt I made for my mom years ago of a Santa with a sack of toys. Thanks for the chance to win the ornaments.
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What neat ornaments! My favorite gift that I have given is a sewing machine to a women in Asia through the Gospel for Asia Christmas gift catalog ( www.gfa.org/gift ). It is so wonderful to know that a gift you give makes such an impact for someone, right now as well as for eternity.
That's so fun! We're giving each great grandma a book to fill out and return about their lives for our son and future grandkids!
My favorite gift I'm giving is a flannel bacon and egg scarf.
Thanks for the giveaway! Robyn (dot) Geddes (at) gmail (dot) com
the best gift I have given was my daughter! Does that count? If not I also like the little people nativity set we gave her.
My favorite gift that I've given was a quilt to my Mom.
Billie
Christmas are the most awaited time of the year. Baby gifts are already wrapped and I'll be the Santa of my nephews.
My favorite gift was for my first nephew's 1st birthday. I gave him the first quilt I made. :)
The favorite gift that I have given was a recent baby quilt for my grand niece due in January. My favorite gift that I've received was a surprise mariner's compass quilt that my mother designed and made for me. Thanks for the giveaway.
This is a cute giveaway. My favorite gift ever was the wii and the wii fit that I got for Christmas last year.
I forgot my e-mail address.Oops, sorry.
swim(dot)kayla(at)hotmail(dot)com
A favorite gift I've given would be the quilt that made for my sister for her graduation. I loved making it and praying for her while sewing!
blessed.mama4 at yahoo.com
My favorite gifts are the ones I make whether they be pjs or aprons.
These are so cute! I'd love to win them. Probably my favorite gifts were the quilts I made my three kids for Christmas in 2000, after I had been quilting for only 2 years.
Leslie S. in MN
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Fantastic giveaway! I love this whole concept. :) Hard to pick a favorite gift. Probably salvation. After that, what else is there?
Thanks for the great giveaway. My favorite gift to give is quilts. So comforting to the recipients!
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