Archives for December 2009

Thank you guys for all the comments and I am super excited about announcing all the winners.  And thanks to my wonderful assistant Josh who drew all the winners.  Check out all those little slips of paper.

So here they are:

Winner of $25 Gift Certificate: #84 Allison

Winner of Custom Initial Towel:  #48 Kate Newson

Winner of Key Fob/Fabric Hair Pin Set Your Choice: #108 Katy

Winner of Key Fob/Fabric Hair Pin Set Your Choice:  #79 Anne

Winner of Key Fob/Fabric Hair Pin Set Your Choice:  #60 Gina

Congrats to all the winners and I will be sending you an email soon.  Also here are some new creations.  I made this shirt for my nephew Jack’s transportation 2nd birthday party.  He loves planes and I know he will be super cute sporting this shirt.

This shirt I made for my niece Meiya in China.  I had so much fun making this and packing it all up in Meiya’s Christmas package.  Had to send lots of goodies to China and  I hope she loves it and knows that we love and miss her tons.

And lastly, key fobs are going fast.  This set is headed to Washington for Carrie.  She contacted me today about getting 8 apple print key fobs.  She works in apple country and she was excited to know that I had those ready to go.  Thanks so much Carrie for your business…I hope everybody loves them.

I have a few new items that I will be offering for purchase and thought I would draw some extra names for the giveaway and mail out some of my new items for FREE!  So don’t forget to go HERE and leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.

Key fobs are all the rage on Etsy right now.  I have had several requests for these and recently my mom told me all she wanted for Christmas was for me to make her a key fob.  So of course I made her one and then ended up making quite a few.  I am selling these for $6 (that includes shipping) and they make such a great little gift.  I am going to make Harper’s teachers each one for a little added Christmas gift.  If you would like to order one, just shoot me an email.

I have been searching for something I could make using all of my scrap fabric and these are what I discovered…adorable hair pins.  I love these and already am planning which ones I am going to have to make for Harper.  They are super cute and are only $3.  Let me know if you or your little one need some.

And lastly, I really love to give gifts that are fun, but also useful items.  So hence these awesomely cute, fluffy towels.  These towels are really thick and soft and measure 30×54.  The initial measure roughly 8 inches high.  They come in great, bright colors and are just a great gift for $25.  Let me know if you are interested.

So for the giveaway:  I am going to draw 5 winners—-1 winner will get a $25 gift certificate towards any purchase, 1 winner will get a custom initial towel and 3 winners can choose between a key fob or fabric hair pin set.  I will be drawing the winners tomorrow.  So go here and leave your comment now.

First off, thanks for all the comments on the Christmas Giveaway post…if you haven’t left a comment, you’ll want to.  I’ve decided to add a few more items up for grabs and will post those tomorrow.  I am going to draw 5 winners.  One winner receiving the $25 gift certificate and the other 4 receiving new items that I am going to feature tomorrow.  So go HERE and leave a comment to be entered. I have lots of orders that I have not had a chance to post yet and wanted to make sure I got them up.

This first order was placed by Beth in North Carolina for the 18×18 Names of Jesus.  Beth actually purchased this out of my Etsy store.  Thanks so much Beth.

This birthday shirt was ordered by Amy for her niece’s 4th birthday.  She wanted a big M and a little 4.  Thanks Amy for your order and hope your niece loves her shirt.

This Africa tee was ordered by Joe in Missouri for his wife.  How sweet!  They are in the process of adopting from Ethiopia.  Thanks Joe and hope everything goes smoothly.

This next Africa shirt was ordered by Joanna.  She was very specific about what she wanted…bleach spots, Africa with heart of Ethiopia and the word “hope” in different fabrics below Africa.  Joanna is apparently one cool teenager that knows what she likes and it was awesome working with her.  Thanks Joanna and Joanna’s mom!

This plate was ordered by Betsy in Alabama.  This is a special Christmas gift for her mom.  It has all of “Gamma’s” grandchildren’s names going around the outside of the plate.  Thanks Betsy and hope Gamma loves her special gift.

This next piece was ordered by Susan.  She decided on a 4×12 canvas and wanted the verse Jeremiah 29:11.  She left the rest up to me and once we nailed down all the details, I think it turned out great.  Thanks again Susan.

This next order was actually my last remaining item in my Etsy store.  This adorable (might be my favorite so far) Africa tee was bought by Paula for her new little niece who’s parents lived in Kenya.  Thanks so much Paula.

And lastly, these shirts were ordered by Vonda.  She is about to give birth to her 3rd girl and wanted special shirts for her other two daughters to wear.  Thanks again Vonda and hope the rest of your pregnancy is a breeze.

Recently I was contacted by Dana Hale over at Lifelines about designing a new business card for me!  Dana has actually ordered from me before and I am familiar with her work, so I was so excited about this generous offer and totally took her up on it.  Not only did Dana design my new logo (and I let her just do her thing because I knew it would be awesome), but she also sent me a box of business cards.

It was absolutely the best timing too because I had just run out of my old cards and was actually discussing with Josh about having someone design me a new card.  I have since ordered return labels, more business cards and a gift certificate pdf.  Dana is an amazing artist and you need to check her out at her shop Lifelines.  THANKS again Dana…I really love my new design.  So because of Dana’s most gracious generosity and because Christmas is upon us, I wanted to have a giveaway.  So I am giving a $25 Pitter Patter gift certificate to use on any order you would like.  All you have to do to be entered in this giveaway is leave a comment…any comment will do.  Also I will give you another entry if you Facebook, Twitter or blog about this giveaway.  So you could have your name in there 4 times.  Just make sure you leave a comment for each way you chose to be entered.  Also gift certificates are now available in any denomination and can be mailed out at any time.  I will draw the winner next Wednesday, December 16th and comments will be closed on Tuesday, December 15th midnight.  And for your pure enjoyment, here is a self-portrait with my new gift certificates.  I do SO love them.

January is just around the corner and our trip to the All Saints AIDs Camp was suppose to be taking place mid January, but we have gotten word that we did not have enough people to meet the minimum requirement.  I was totally bummed, BUT the organizer of the trip told me we are now joining another group in July to the camp that already has their minimum number met and so we are on for July.  I still have money coming in for orders I am finishing up, but wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has ordered since I posted about how all proceeds from August until January would go to these people.  They are living in dire conditions, poor and dying of AIDs.  We are so blessed in America and I look forward to seeing what God does with this money for these people.  It will literally will go directly to them and impact them in only a way God could have orchestrated.  As of right now, we are at a grand total of $4,000.  If you would like to add to this amazing number, you can make a donation using the “donate” button in the side bar.  I know God has provided all of these orders, I give Him all the praise and I am just so thankful for everyone who decided they would place an order with Pitter Patter Art.  So again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Today, well I guess technically yesterday, was Sol’s re adoption in the US court system.  He is officially Solomon James Altaseb Kelley.  His birth certificate is now on the way and once it arrives we can then get him a social security card and his citizenship done.  No more courts for us!  I didn’t think I would be very emotional, but our judge was just super sweet and we had to say “yes” to the sweetest questions with our right hands raised.  And at the end, I can’t even remember what all he said, but the end of the last sentence the judge said was “as if he had been born to you.”  LOVE IT!  I was a mess.  The judge then asked to hold Sol and of course we needed lots of pictures.  He let him hold his gavel and then gave Harper, Huddy and Sol big, giant Tootsie Roll suckers for being so good.  Sol wasn’t allowed to eat his…waiting for his first sweet to be his birthday cake.  But he did enjoy sucking on the wrapper.  It was a great day and here are some pictures to prove it.

Waiting for his turn.

We’re about to enter the judges chambers.

Right hands raised.

Also please keep in mind I will not be working on any new orders until January.  You can still email me to place orders, but I will not be starting them until January. Here are some orders that will be shipped out this week.

This 16×20 Names of Jesus piece was ordered by Jenny in Nashville.  Thanks so much Jenny and glad you love it.

This order was placed by Becca in Oregon.  Her family is adopting from Ethiopia and she needed a “Big Sister” shirt for her daughter and an Africa shirt for herself to show some love.  Thanks Becca and hope your adoption goes perfectly.

This Africa tee was ordered by Erin in Missouri for a sweet little girl who is home from Ethiopia with her forever family.  The little one’s 1st birthday is coming up and Erin thought this would be the perfect gift.  Thanks again Erin.

This last order is super special because it is actually my first order out of my Etsy shop and it is headed to Montana.  I am totally pathetic when it comes to keeping up with my Etsy shop, but low and be hold, I had a buyer today and here is what she chose.  Thanks so much Beth for just adding even more to my great day.