Winner!!!

The lucky winner of the fancy rubber gloves giveaway is

#23 The Garden who said:

"Super cute... What a great give away!"

Congrats to The Garden - we'll be contacting you!!

Final Days of 12 Days of Giveaways!

Here are the links to the final few days of the 12 Days of Giveaways!

Young and Crafty

Sew a Straight Line

Craft Rookie

We'll be announcing the winner of our giveaway soon, so check back!!

12 Days of Giveaways & Fancy Rubber Gloves Tutorial

We're excited for our chance to participate in the 12 Days of Giveaways!!  Today we are giving away a pair of Fancy Rubber Gloves (we think every woman should still look fashionable when washing dishes or cleaning toilets).

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave us a comment with your name and email address. It's that easy!

You can get one additional entry if you are a follower of if I could... Just leave a separate comment letting us know.
 

This giveaway is open to US residents only, and will close at Noon (MST) on Saturday, December 11th. The winner will be chosen via random.org and will be announced later that afternoon.

Good Luck!!!

Now if you're not lucky enough to win a pair of gloves but still want some, here's how you can make your very own...

What you'll need:
Pair of household rubber gloves (we found these cute tangerine colored ones here)
Oilcloth (1/4 yard is plenty) (we ordered ours from fabric.com)
sewing machine and thread

1.  Cut your oil cloth for your cuffs.  You will need two 19" x 3.75" rectangles.

2.  Sew the pleats in your oilcloth.  You will need to take your oil cloth from 19" to about 10.5" inches.  I think the easiest way to do this is to finger press/fold the oilcloth as you sew, making about 1/2" folds and sewing over the folds. (I like to mark my oil cloth so I know where to fold my pleats.  I marked my oil cloth every two inches, and then 1/2" before and after so my folds would be even.  So, I made marks at 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3.5", etc.  You really can skip the marking step, for me it's just easier.) 

3.  Repeat sewing pleats in the other rectangle of oil cloth.

4.  PRESS your oilcloth.  You want the pleats in the gloves to stay folded and neat.  The best way to press oil cloth is with weight. Make sure your pleats are laying flat, and stack weight on top (I used puzzles and books).  I recommend letting them get pressed overnight.

5.  After your oilcloth is pleated and pressed, put right sides of short ends of oilcloth together and sew, using a 1/4" inch seam allowance.  You should now have 2 rings of pleated oilcloth.

6.  Slide your oilcloth ring onto a glove, right sides together.  Leaving about 1.5" of glove at the top.  Fold over the glove, use a couple of pins to hold everything together and sew- using 1/2" seam allowance.  If the arm of sewing machine is skinny enough, you can fit your glove around it.  If not, you kind of have to cram everything in there to sew- kind of tricky, but doable. 

7.  Sew a second time around the glove, I just used my presser foot as a guide, just to make sure everything is secure. Repeat with other glove.

8.  Turn gloves right side out- voila!  Your own set of fancy-schmancy rubber gloves!

12 Days of Giveaways - Day 8

Today's giveaway is over at Creative Itch!  I'm sure it'll be a great one - don't miss out!

12 Days of Giveaways - Day 7

Today's giveaway is over at Crystal's Craft Spot...
hurry over to enter!

(psst... only 2 days left until our giveaway!)

12 Days of Giveaways- Day 6

Mommas Kinda Crafty is hosting today's giveaway. Head on over to enter to win a gift package with 4 handmade gifts!!

12 Days of Giveaways - Day 5

Hop over to Wildflowers and Whimsy to enter today's giveaway.  GOOD LUCK!

12 Days of Giveaways - Day 4

Today's giveaway is over at Night Owl Crafting... you could win these cute JOY chargers!  So get on over there and enter.  Good luck!

12 Days of Giveaways - Day 3

The Funky Polkadot Giraffe is hosting today's giveaway.  Head on over to enter to win these cute ribbon princesses - the whole collection!

Keep checking back every day for more fabulous giveaways!!

12 Days of Giveaways- Day 2

The Best of Momma Chef is hosting today's giveaway.  Head on over for a yummy recipe and a chance to win some family blocks. 

Good Luck!!

Giveaway Day 1

We're participating in the 12 Days of Giveaways!  Today is Giveaway #1 over at Me Making Do so head on over there to enter!!

12 Days of Giveaways

Guess what?

We are lucky enough to be participating in the

12 Days of Giveaways!

(and you are lucky enough to know about it!)

What is it?

12 great blogs each hosting a giveaway...

one a day Dec. 1-12.

We'll link you up to each giveaway,

so be sure to check back every day.

The item we are giving away is AWESOME...

(in my humble opinion)

Trust me, you'll want to win.

(More details over at Mommas Kinda Crafty)

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the No-Slip Doll Blanket giveaway is #18

#18 Amy said...
Fan on Facebook! (and about 20 of my friends--way to advertise)

Congrats, Amy - and thanks for telling your Facebook friends about us!  Please e-mail us your contact info and we'll send your blanket!

Thanks to all for participating!  Stay tuned... another giveaway coming soon to celebrate 100 followers!

No-Slip Doll Blanket Tutorial & Giveaway!!

Isn't this adorable No-Slip doll blanket such a great idea??  The trick is a secret pocket the doll slides into.

Ingenious, eh?  Found this tutorial at a fabulous new blog: The Little Apple Seed - check it out.

Don't sew?  Well, don't fret... here's how you can WIN one of these super-cool blankets! You have 4 possible entries - leave a separate comment for each of the following:

1) Become a follower of If I Could...
2) "Like" our blog on Facebook
3) Become a follower of The Little Apple Seed
4) Tell us what you'd like to see more of on our blog

Giveaway closes at midnight (Mountain time) on June 3... winner will be announced on Friday, June 4.

Thanks to Leslie at The Little Apple Seed for this giveaway!
GOOD LUCK!

Kleen Slate Paddle Giveaway Winner

using RANDOM.ORG the winner is #25

#25 mframe said...



I would love to see more sewing posts. I am new to sewing and am teaching myself how to sew.
(join the club)

Congratulations!!  We hope you enjoy your paddles!  Thanks everyone for playing- be sure to check back in tomorrow for some tutorials and ideas that are going to amaze you.

Product Review & Giveaway- Kleen Slate

A little over a week ago I got a big brown box delivered to my front door.  This is what was inside:

I was SO excited!!  Not only was this to be our first product review- but what a fun product to try.  These dry erase markers from Kleen Slate Concepts have an eraser right on the lid.  When I was a school teacher, the pinky side of my hand was always black from erasing the board with my hand- an eraser on the back of the marker? Brilliant.

Now, I was already sold on the markers, but then I gave the Kleen Slate Paddles a try.  These are fantastic!   My first experience with the paddles: a 20 minute car ride, 3 year old and 4 year old with paddles and marker in hand.  For 20 minutes my boys drew pictures and wrote their names.  The markers worked the whole time, never fading or drying out.  The boys can easily slide their markers in and out of the paddles themselves.  We kept a couple of the paddles in the car all week and the boys have loved them.

Another experience with the paddles: a 70 minute church meeting.  I let the boys bring the paddles, and the package of colored markers, to church and they were a hit.  My boys loved using them and passing them between the benches with their friends.  All of the kids loved them! 

Go HERE to learn more about Kleen Slate Concepts and its founder, Julia Rhodes (who is a former teacher).  Julia also has a blog with the inside scoop on being an inventor.

Would you like a couple of Kleen Slate Paddles for yourself?  You can order the product from their website, you can purchase the product at Office Depot or Staples, or you can win 2 Kleen Slate Paddles with markers right here!

There are THREE ways to enter the Kleen Slate Paddle giveaway:
#1- Leave a comment letting us know what you would like to see more of on our blog- cooking, sewing, or crafting
#2- Be a follower of our blog and leave a comment letting us know
#3- Blog about something you made or would like to make from something you saw on 'if I could...' (leave a comment letting us know so we can check it out)

Giveaway closes in one week.  The winner will be announced Monday, May 3rd.  Good Luck!



 

Winter Peach Giveaway Winner

and the winner is...

#65-  Tiffany who said "I'm having a girl in July...so the Mary Jane bootie pattern of course. I think they'd be cute in a wool felt in the fall with some little felt flowers."

Tiffany, e-mail us at ificould@rocketmail.com and we will send you the patterns!

Thanks everyone for playing!

Winterpeach Giveaway

Drumroll please...

"if I could..." proudly presents our First Giveaway courtesy of

The winner (chosen by random.org) will receive the pattern for these oh-so-cute baby booties

and just because they're so stinkin' cute, here's another pic of the same pattern, using ribbon for the strap

And because the owner of Winterpeach is so awesome, she is also throwing in the pattern for the child-size version of the Mary Jane flats

Here's how you have TWO chances to enter to win these TWO patterns:
#1:  All followers will be entered automatically.  If you're not a follower already, become one- it will make Missy's day.  (For those that don't know how to follow, click here).  *You must follow publicly*

and/or

#2: Visit the Winterpeach Etsy shop and leave a comment on this post telling us what pattern you like best.

The giveaway will close Thursday night and the winner will be announced Friday.   Good Luck!!!

Our First Giveaway & Egg Decorating

We are SO excited to announce our first giveaway.  It will be taking place next Monday, April 5th- be sure to check back in next Monday... you won't be disappointed! 
P.S. All followers will automatically be entered once...

Also, we're dying our Easter Eggs tonight, so I thought I'd share two of the techniques we'll be trying out tonight courtesy of Martha Stewart.  There's the Leaf & Flower Easter Eggs (flowers might be a little too girly to use at our house, but I figure the concept can be used with any manly shape) and also the Marbleized egg (very cool, plus we might be able to throw in a little science lesson).

Happy Easter!