I’m a day late, but here’s my offering for Sew, Mama, Sew!’s giveaway day: a collection of little girly gifts! I made the wallet using the “Snap Trap Wallet” tutorial at Just Another Hang Up. The top uses pieces of a metal measuring tape to create an opening that snaps open and closed, and there is a zippered pocket on the front.
I made a bunch of these owl ornaments using this tutorial. I added the ribbon for hanging, but it would be easy to snip off and remove if you just wanted to stand it up on a table or shelf. And finally, the necklace is made from a Scrabble tile and a snippet of scrapbooking paper. (Sorry for the blurry picture, the lettering says “MONKEY.”)
For those who are new to my blog, I hope you’ll come back and look around! As a bit of background, I’m a reporter for The Associated Press by day, crafter by night. Sometimes the two intersect and I get to write sewing and craft columns for AP (My most recent column about using old photos in holiday decorations can be found HERE), but my main job is covering politics and other topics in New Hampshire. My husband is the national food editor for AP, and we have an 9-year-old son who enjoys sewing as long as it involves jamming his foot down on the sewing machine pedal as hard as he can!
For a chance to win, just leave a comment. Anything will do, but if you are feeling chatty, tell me about a memorable Christmas gift you’ve given or received.
I will close comments at 10 p.m. EST Friday, and will announce the winner Saturday. I will ship internationally.
Please check out all the other great giveaways by clicking the image below:
super cute!
I received a quilt with my grandchildren’s handprints quilted around the borders.
Everything is really cute! A couple years ago, I made a giant checkerboard quilt, with giant checkers for my brother and his family. I think that one was pretty memorable! 🙂
Thank you for a sweet giveaway. My most memorable Christmas present is my eldest daughter, she was a Christmas baby and a big surprise as we were expecting a boy!
The little owl is so sweet! I love it.
Thank you for the giveaway!
We always get a new pair of pj’s on Christmas Eve! I look forward to it every year! I adore the owl, my sister would LOVE it!
I love that little owl too. I always remember the sentiment of the gift I gave my SIL when she was going through chemo…I made her a lap quilt and she was so touched by that.
I love owls, the sign of wisdom in my country.
My most memorable Christmas gift was a huge parcel from the States with lots of different things!
ariadnesky(at)hotmail(dot)com
AriadnefromGreece!
Thanks for the chance to win!
i love the bag and owl, especially the owl.this christmas is a sad one indeed. my daughter, an only child, died in my arms. the pain is devastating. her best friend made me a collage of pictures of her and the things she enjoyed most including owls. she put it all in a large picture frame and gave it to me. it was the most thoughtful bittersweet gift i have every received. i hand piece and hand quilt all my quilts and donate them all to charity. i really love to pay it forward. thank you for a beautiful giveaway. babscorbitt@gmail.com
I have always wanted to make a snap purse. I couldn’t ever bear to cut up a measuring tape! LOL. Thanks for the chance to win.
Beautiful bag and adorable owl, and I’m hoping to make new memories.
the owl is adorable!
These are really cute! Thank you for the opportunity.
I made my mom a quilt and had to hand quilt it because I didn’t know how to machine quilt it at the time.
Hi! My most memorable gift was my bike ♥! Best wishes from Argentina
That owl is so cute! The best gift I ever got was a fisher price 110 camera when I was four or five. I haven’t been without a camera since.
My boyfriend bought me a sewing machine for Christmas once. It was a fabulous gift!
My little sister would love this and it would make a perfect Christmas gift!
Q; What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo?
A: A pouch potato!
hi! so cute 🙂
The owl is sooooo adorable thanks for the chance
So lovely!
I love your giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
Adorable! I’ve been meaning to try one of those pouches.
Hello. I really want the Owl, especially, for my step daughter.
I love those owls. I made many one year to give away as gifts, and didn’t save one for myself. I love your yellow one.
THese are so cute!
adorable giveaway! i just love anything handmade from my son. a self portrait is one of my faves.
Thank you for the chance! This is adorable!
how cute! I love owls 😀 I enjoyed a handmade quilt from my grandma. I cherish it. Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh I love your owl and giveaways… I have always loved owls. That is so funny what you said about your son loving to sew …sounds like a typical boy to me… I loved the year I got my embroidery machine for a combined Christmas gift and 20th anniversary present. The best gift ever. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway. conn_and_vans_mom(at)yahoo(dot)com
So cute! Love the idea of using the measuring tape to make the opening snap together!
I love that little owl! Thanks for the giveaway. Looking forward to browsing your blog.
What a sweet selection of items. I love sew mama sew’s giveaway days because I always find a few new blogs to follow. I’ve added you to my reader. Thanks!
So cute, I love that owl and the pouch! I love making ornaments as Christmas gifts, this year they’re all hexies.
Love the owl. My sister gave us a queen-size quilt in Christmas colors a few years ago for Christmas. I store it away during the year & take it out in December, so it’s a happy “surprise” again each year. Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for joining in! I love to give homemade hats; nothing like that this year, a toddler keeping me on my toes!
Your little owl is so dang cute. I love the bright yellow fabric.
Thanks for participating. My best christmas gift ever was a suprise visit from my grandparents when I was little.
I’m new to your blog and have loved having a look around. What a great job to be able to write about crafting at times! The best Christmas gift I have received was having my youngest son on Christmas Eve!
wonderful, i love the colour and thank you for giving me the chance.
I love that adorable owl. So would my daughter. And a memorable christmas gift? Probably when I surprised my husband with an iPad. You should have seen his face 🙂
A great giveaway! I have a DD who loves monkeys.
Love the little wallet! Will have to find a little girl who likes monkeys!
Cute, thanks for the opportunity! I think the favorite gifts I’ve given for Christmas have been hand-knit items.
Love the owl. Memorable gift? Nothing I can think of, but I love when anyone makes me a scarf.
My husband and children have given me so many wonderful gifts that I could never pick just one
I love giving handmade ornaments each year. The best gift I get? Love!
Happy Holidays 🙂
A sewing machine was one of the best gifts I’ve received. Love the owl!
Love the owl! It is adorable. Favorite gift is hard to choose, but maybe the bike rack for my jeep.
Love the owls!
Thank you for your kindness and generosity (even if I don’t win)!
I am super excited to give my girls their handmade gifts this year!!! a hobby horse with vest and a baby doll
Those are ADORABLE!!! I loved getting a sewing machine for christmas when i was a young teen!
Mu husband got me a Message in a Bottle when we were going out. It was sweet!
These are so adorable! Thanks for participating in the giveaway day.
One year I received a Christmas plate full of my favorite candy bar…in fun size!
Deborah
pinkscissorsdesign @ gmail. com
Pink Scissors Design on Etsy
love the owl. When I was around 10, my auntie gave me materials to make my Snoopy a Santa suit (the shop bought one was out of budget). We had a great time making it and the suit still comes out each year for Snoopy to wear.
Very cute!
Those are so cute!
Thanks for the chance to win! I love giving homemade gifts!
Love the owls! AP reporter sounds fun!
Love the giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
My niece is obsessed with owls — would love to hang that on the tree Christmas morning 🙂
One of my favorite gifts was a giant stuffed poodle from my grandfather. Loved it! Thanks for participating. 🙂
This is so perfect for a little girl (my granddaughter is 4 years old). I also follow by e-mail. It is cold and snowy here in Oklahoma, USA and feels a lot like Christmas. Merry Christmas. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
I love owls and yellow!
Thank you for the giveaway.
Such a gorgeous giveaway – thankyou. I love owls!
What an adorable prize!
One of my favourite Christmas gifts was from my husband – a set of stacking rings one each inset with a birthstone of all my family. 🙂
Cute! When I was little, my older sisters wrapped a container of bubbles for me with ribbons around either end of the wrapping paper. It was the exact same shape as the liverwurst packages in our fridge. I was so sure that they had wrapped up liverwurst for me (and I HATED liverwurst). I was sooo happy when I opened it and it was bubbles! haha
Thanks for the lovely giveaway
The owl is so sweet.
Oooh, lovely giveaway, I have my fingers crossed.
I love the warm yellows you have used and that monkey pendant is so clever. My husband took me to Rome for my 30th birthday (not a Christmas gift I know)certainly one of my most memorable gifts.
Thank you for the fun giveaway! My most memorable Christmas gift was a sewing machine. It was a gift from my husband a couple of years ago.
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I love the owl, it’s lovely!
That owl is irresistable! Thanks for the tutorial. svonfumetti at yahoo dot com
I adore the owl!
Cute items! Most recent memorable gift given—my husband and I enjoy following politics, and during the last presidential election, he was overseas and without internet or tv, so I was texting him results as they came in. It was a funny sequence of texts, so I made a graphic design of the convo and framed it for him.
Wow! I love the wallet! And the owl! It’s all fabulous!. Thank you for the great giveaway!
So cute! My husband once gave me earrings in the top tiny bowl of a set of nesting measuring bowls…it was sweet and surprising…
~Have a lovely day!
Thanks for a chance to win! julia(dot)glotova(at)gmail(dot)com
Super cute! Love the pouch, the colors are lovely and the owl is perfect. The monkey is very cool too!
cute pouch! we moved into our very own house on christmas eve 2003. that was pretty memorable. 🙂
My husband made me a rocking chair for Christmas one year. That was amazing, and I love it : ) Your Giveaway is lovely and someone is going to be a very happy bunny.
My husband made me a quilt hanger one year, it was one of his most ambitious projects and I just love it.
Thanks so much for the chance to win. I love owls!
This year I am giving holly and mistletoe kissing balls and some of Great Grandma’s hand made tree ornaments to my kids. If I win, give the prize to Barbara Corbitt listed above. I have the privilege of being able to talk to my kids (now grown and on their own) when ever I want. I cannot even begin to measure the depth of Barbara’s sorrow. Making quilts sounds like a daunting task, I honor and admire her.
Adorable prizes!
The best Christmas gift I can think of was the one when my first child was two months old. We flew home to the midwest for Christmas, and my uncle – 60 years old – had never held a baby before. He had to have help to hold my daughter, because he was dying of lung cancer. But it meant so much to me to see the joy in his eyes.
It sounds like you have a very interesting life – day and evening. I suppose the most memorable Christmas gift we’ve had was when our DIL, who was staying with us for Christmas, woke up in labor and delivered a little boy several hours later.
The yellows are wonderful. I love the little owl.
A few years ago my hubby got me a kitchen aide mixer! I love that thing.
Oh these are SO cute, thanks for the chance!
How cute! Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely giveaway! jphotopoulos(at)gmail(dot)com
such a darling giveaway!
I received a really lovely angel with wings surrounding the holy famliy porcelain piece that lights up. I feel blessed seeing it on my counter!
ohhhhh they are adorable!!! thanks so much
so cool. I love the background story too!!!!
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Love them all! Thanks for the giveaway! Amy @ gasudimack(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Cute giveaway! Thanks!
I have only celebrated christmas twice. I’m excited for the third time this year 🙂
Love it!
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So cute, I love the bright yellow. I adore owls. My grandmother was in the “owls group” back in the 50s. So I collect them! Thanks for the chance!
Cute give away items. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas
These are sooooo cute I could cry!!!!! I have 2 daughter who would love love love this stuff!
Best handmade gift I ever gave was probably this tote bag I made my SIL last Christmas:
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What a cool job you have!
Thank you so much for your giveaway. Everything is so adorable.
The most memorable Christmas gift was given to my Husband & I…from our Kiddo’s…all 7 chipped in to send us (we drove up)to toronto for a weekend…& tickets to see Phantom of the Opera!!!! Was such a Magical suriprise…and we had an Amzing time! 🙂
Merry Christmas!!
The most memorable gift I ever gave was a Hummel figurine of a little boy holding a telephone. My mom said it reminded her of my son (who was only 2 at the time) talking to her on the phone. The gift was actually for her birthday (which happens to be in Dec.), and since we lived several hundred miles apart, she opened it while we were on the phone together. Six days later, she passed away unexpectedly in her sleep. I’ll always remember her expression of pure excitement and joy and the feeling that I wish I could be there with her when she opened the gift. That figurine now sits in a curio at my home and is a daily reminder to always tell those you love how special they are.
this owl is cute! always adore it, when it pops up somewhere 🙂 tell you something? after reading more than 100 comments you might not be in the mood to read more 🙂
I made a sampler quilt in purples for my sister last Christmas
Loving your giveaway – the owl is so happy! I loved getting some salt dough ornaments from my sisters children one year – still have them and they are so precious and look awesome on the tree (the ornaments, not the children!!)!!!!!
Such a cute giveaway!! Well done you midnight crafter! 😉
My Grand daughter just owls and this one is just adorable.
My dad once showed up out of the blue after not haing seen him for a couple of years. That was pretty good!
all three are adorable. the owl is fantastic.
Growing up I was a total Lego maniac (still am.) One year, I got the enormous monorail set and I still build it and set it under my Christmas tree.
Looking at your childhood pictures reminded me of a gift my mother made. It was a panda bear. The pillow you made is very nice.
my sister in law crocheted awesome 4th doctor(from the tv show Doctor Who) scarves for myself, my husband, and my son one christmas a few years ago. Totally amazing!!
Very cute! Yellow is my favorite color.
The owl is SO cute, thanks for the opportunity to win.
So cute! I received my first sewing machine for Christmas two years ago!
I love monkeys the necklace and owl are adorable. Thanks for the chance in your awesome giveaway. bashfulhal(at)hotmail(dot)com
Loved the year I got a detective set – still stands out some… err… thirty years later?
Every year, I try to give hand knit gifts to family for Christmas gifts; I love the moments leading up to Christmas-knitting, while watching Christmas movies.
These are so cute! If I were to win, they’d go to my one little grand daughters. They LOVE the little things and pouches to put them in!
Oh, they are just too cute!
love the owl!!! thanks so much!
Those are adorable! I love love love them!!
I like to try to make a few presents each year, lately it has been sewing.
My husband booked me on a creative writing course. That was my biggest surprise
Super cute giveaway. Thanks.
I love the owl. thanks
My granddaughter would love these. Thanks!
What cute prizes… thanks for the chance to win! I made quilts for my daughters’ beds last Christmas.
This is really cute!!
These are just perfect! Love the owl esp. One year (a long time ago now) I made jean quilts for my kids out of their dad’s levis. My sons quilt had the pockets attached and for a long time after, he’d stash his favorite hot wheel in one of the pockets when he went to bed. Still makes me smile.:)
I made eyespy quilts for my grandsons last year 🙂
I enjoy making gifts for family and friends.
Thank you for the chance to win your giveaway
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What an adorable owl!! Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I know it’s kind a cliche, but bringing the family together is the best gift I receive every Christmas.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Super cute! Thanks for the chance to win!
First time on your blog – it sounds like you and your husband have very interesting careers! My husband built a sewing machine table for me. It has served me well for many years. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for a lovely giveaway!
OMG OWLS!! I heart owls 🙂
the owl is very cute as an ornament!
oh my gosh, that’s so cute… last year i sewed three little dolls for my three little girls, and those have been so loved this year – that was a great memory!
ho my this is so cute 🙂
it would surely be my best Xmas gift this year hehehe =D
thank you for the chance
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So cute!! I love making table toppers for my family… it’s fun to sew with their colors instead of mine!
Eeee I love the owl, it’s super cute!! Thank you for the chance to win 🙂
Many years ago I got a computer for Christmas, it was a total surprise
My husband surprised me with a serger a few years ago!
What fun gifts! I especially love the cute little owl. The pouch is cute too, I might have to try making one myself! 🙂
Super cute! We need to get together and craft some time!!
Thanks for the chance!
Melissa
mjp_0419 at yahoo dot com
My son is mad about owls! He is turning 3 (on Sunday) & part of his birthday treat is to climb into the car when it’s dark (will be dark after 8pm here) and then go ‘owl spotting’. Now, we never ever see any but he always says he does & he also sees ‘tigers, monkeys & elephants’ too!
Thanks for the great giveaway & Merry Christmas to you!
I can certainly remember when my parents game me a gigantic poster of the world, which my dad had framed himself and wrapped in the living room. For each country or major city I visit, I put a pin on the map and I can remember my wonderful trip. Thank you for creating a really adorable giveaway package!
I have received so many gifts that were so great I don’t know where to start. Some pretty jewelry from my hubby, a great doll I wanted as a kid. Some hand made scarves from my mom-in-law just so many.
Last year I made my family members quilts! I know I remember it lol!
I still have quilts that my Grandmother gifted to me. Love the little owl, so cute.
Thank you! That owl is so cute!
I gave my dad a t-shirt quilt with t-shirts from a race he runs every year.
Thanks!
What a lovely blog! Hmmmm… most memorable gift I got for Christmas… when we were dating, my husband gave me a weekend away… to a place where we could take my two basset boys (because he knows I would rather travel with them)… and the place we ended up going to is the place we got engaged at. 🙂
I guess that’s pretty memorable.
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I am late in joining in the fun, so am being selective, as time is running out. When I saw your cheerful owl, I had to comment! I collect owls! My love started 21 years when I worked in a school called “Wise Owl”. Thanks for the sharing the tutorial, so I can make my own if I don’t win.
That owl is so cute. I knitted an afghan for my mother in law many years ago. She loved it.
Adorable! My 5 year old daughter would love these.
I adore owls and think this whole set is SOOOOOO cute. Thank you for the chance to enter and win!
So cute! Thanks for doing the giveaway 😀
last year I got the best Christmas ever. My son was home to celebrate the Holiday.
What a cute giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
My birthday is Christmas Eve, my grandfathers is Christmas Day so we’d have one BIG cake and celebrate together. I miss those simple days….
nice bag. A memorable Christmas gift I received was a doll cot that my parents made in secret.
The gifts that my children make each year and present to me with loving hands on Christmas morning, each one is memorable.
Merry Christmas from the London Suburbs!
They’re all lovely!
Bright and cheery and cute!
Thanks for the giveaway.
I remember one Christmas when I was little that I coveted a toy sewing machine that you could actually sew with.
When some friends of the family brought it over as a christmas gift it was the most magical feeling ever!
The best present that I have given is a round table cloth that I had crochet…it was worth all the time and effort.
Your giveaway would be perfect for my granddaughter. I know she would love to have them! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love your pouch…it’s beautiful.
I love your giveaway! Thanks so much for it!
I LOVE that owl! Good job!
My most memorable Christmas gift was the year my daughter was born. She was born on December 21st and I got to go home from ym c-section on Christmas eve with her. 🙂
A Creche scene for my Daughter and a quilt for her husband. Thank you!
Thank you!
SO cute!! My daughter would love to find these in her stocking this year. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
What a wonderful prize. Thank you for participating in the Giveaway Day.
Thank you!!!
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cute giveaway!!
My granddaughter would love this!
Hello from washington
Very sweet! Love the owl!
The owl is adorable, great fabric choice! Hard to pick a memorable Christmas but when I think of Christmases past, the warmest memories are of being with family.
My very own puppy….
Love yellow.
Very cute! My girls would love them. Thanks!
The most memorable gift I’ve received was a BEAUTIFUL afghan my aunt made me. It was done in bright sunny colors and took her the ENTIRE YEAR to make. It hangs happily over the back of our couch.
Melody
juyahna(at)hotmail.com