Nu and Nug's Adventures

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Applique Decor By Melanie Senn Review and Giveaway

Appliqué Decor is a cute shop started by Melanie when planning her sisters baby shower. She did a "make your own onsie station" and loved crafting the handmade gifts so much she started her own etsy.com site, found here.

http://www.facebook.com/AppliqueDecor
or her etsy site here
www.etsy.com/shop/appliqueDecor

Some examples from Melanie's sisters shower.

Melanie is also currently enrolled in Physician Assistant school and uses this as a creative outlet. She has so many options available and also can make custom appliqué to fit your needs.

Melanie was super generous and sent us a bunch of her appliques for Nu and Nug (including my personal favorite the giraffe of course)

First up is the bow tie for Big Bro

He also mustached it up.

Little Bro LOVES dinos so this was perfect for him.

This one is momma FAV! (same wall

as background, post nap)

Little Bro also gets to dress up with his tie shirt.

Our set ;)

I found a few of the shirts at a local consignment event and paid only a few dollars each. The 2 green shirts are from our Wittlebee monthly kids clothes box and the long sleeved grey shirt is from Walmart for $3.88.

I also sewed the edges even though the appliqués she makes, have a very strong bond. I have boys and who knows what they will be doing in these shirts.

You can see all of Appliqué Decors cute items at her etsy.com shop below.
www.etsy.com/shop/appliqueDecor

Melanie has been generous enough to provide a girls giveaway pack and a boys giveaway pack.

See the rafflecopter below for details.

Girl Prize Pack

Boys Prize Pack

Don't forget Christmas is right around the corner, if you would like a affordable Christmas outfit idea check out her new holiday designs!
Her Holiday prices start at $1.99!!!

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Monday, November 5, 2012

TogetherThreads Review And Giveaway

Sewing is very calming to me, Although im not very good, it makes me feel great to have somthing pictured in my head, then whoolaa two pieces become magically attached. Did I mention im not very good?? well let me repeat again, IM NOT GOOD!. I will never be up to the quality of Together Threads! that's for sure...
The pictures below will speak for themselves.

First up is her AMAZING bear made from kids clothes..

The hardest part is picking out which clothes to send. Some of the ones we used were, Irish jammies, since our oldest was born on St Pattys day, a elephant onsie he took his first steps in, a airplane onsie, his room has a plane theme, and the striped onsie with little animals he wore on his first day home.

The super friendly, super sweet, shop owner Katie at Together Threads sent us 2 bears!!! This is great because we can give one to Nu now and save one for him in the future.

The detail is amazing! Check out his cute ear, that was part of the onsie our oldest wore on his first day home. I can remember taking our welcome home picture in the front yard in front of the stork sign our family rented for us, and my grandma holding Camden commenting on "how flat the bottom of his feet are". She even uses the buttons from the actual clothes to make the eyes and nose.

This was the day he took his first steps.

Even little brother wore the Irish Jammies

The bears are a great size and so snugly.

You can order your bear in 15 inch or 18 inch and prices start at $38 which is worth every cent!!! This is such a great idea to use with your children's clothes. You can also use larger uniforms or other special material to make your bear. She mentioned to me that she recently made one out of mens suits and ties and one using a wedding dress. She loves custom orders and encourages ideas!!

Katie from Together Threads also makes other great products. You can view her amazing work at

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TogetherThreads?page=5

and follow her facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/pages/TogetherThreads/278451706290?fref=ts

Headband $8.00

Curling Flat Iron Travel Bag Case $16.00

Passport covers $8.00

Flip Flop Sandal Organizer $18.00

Katie has also agreed to be a hostess with the mostest, and is offering 2 lucky readers a Flat Iron Traveling case

These are great! They are made very well and would make excellent christmas gifts! They are doubled layered for durability, the inside is made of heat resistant fabric. There are 2 pockets in the inside, one for the iron and a second for the cord.

Christmas is right around the corner, buy handmade this season, support small business!!
Check out Together Threads shop, im sure you will find something that interests you, if you have a custom request, please contact Katie...

Dont forget to enter for your chance to win a flat iron travel case of your own!! See the rafflecopter below for entrance details and please be fair and only obtain points for the tasks you perform.

Thank you for your support and for supporting Together Threads on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/TogetherThreads/278451706290?fref=ts

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Puppy & Bean Review And Giveaway

Puppy & Bean is a cute Michigan based, comfy clothes making, 2 boy household company that enjoys finding the humor in raising kids.

Their Mission is simple "To design products the bring levity to the demanding, but rewarding, job of parenting." Their products are aimed at bringing upbeat and honest messages, while finding humor in the delivery.

We were supper excited and honored to receive a shirt for both our boys!.