cleaning out my gift stash (giveaway!)
October 11th, 2011
By 9:30 this morning, I had done more than I usually do in an entire day. I’m not sure why. I didn’t even have coffee first. It’s probably because we were working this weekend to get Elliora moved into her own room, which involved setting up the new crib, moving furniture around, dragging the changing table down from the attic and assembling it, and going to IKEA for curtains and a rug because without them every little sound echoed doubly loud in there. We did a lot of it yesterday and Sunday, but there were still a few things to finish up this morning.
I dragged the lovely but annoyingly-uncomfortable rocking chair out to the minivan so we can donate it to Goodwill and lugged the ugly, awesome video chair up from the basement. I moved the changing table from the living room (where Troy assembled it) to Elliora’s room. I found the baskets we originally used for changing-table storage, found new places for the yarn and craft supplies they were holding, and arranged them on the shelves below the changing pad filled with diapers, lotion, and wipes.
All of this rearranging has activated my Must Get Rid of Excess Crap mode. I’ve been regularly donating bags of Elliora’s outgrown clothes to friends and charity in recent months, but now I’m feeling the itch to get rid of more. Books, toys, clothes, furniture, give it all away, MWAHAHAHA! Ahem.
So anyway, while I was busy this morning I had the sudden need to clear out my gift stash. I put a bunch of it into the giveaway bag, but some of the things in there I thought I might give away to you guys. These are all items I bought to give as gifts a couple of years ago but then didn’t, for one reason or another. They’re all new and unused.
Two white, 100% cotton baby t-shirts screenprinted in red with a little cardinal saying, “Cheer.” Although one is tagged 3-6 months and the other tagged 6-9 months, they look exactly the same size to me, and they’re both too small for Elliora. These were purchased from paperbluebird’s Etsy shop, but the shop is no longer open. Know any babies who’ll be about those sizes this holiday season? (Note that the ink on the one on the right, the 6-9 months shirt, is very slightly blurred.)
Two pink and green striped fabric wallets, purchased from bluejaye crafts on Etsy, which also seems to be on hiatus. I own one of these little pouches and have been using it constantly for the past three or four years. It’s a little faded, but has held up beautifully.
Mom’s Birthday Calendar, designed by Sandra Boynton. It’s a perpetual calendar, so you can write birthdays or other important anniversaries on it and use it year after year. On the right is a photo of a similar calendar (the design is slightly different; my calendar is taller and narrower) that I’ve had for years, hanging on my fridge.
Last, a set of square magnets with little nature-y sketches or motifs on them.
Would you like any of these things? Comment and let me know which item(s) you’re interested in. If you only want one or two, that’s fine. If you are interested in all of them, that’s okay too. If more than one person is interested in anything, I’ll just do a drawing. If you win an item and you’d like to PayPal me a couple bucks to cover postage that would be nice, but you don’t have to. Call this a random-act-of-kindness giveaway, I guess. I’ll leave the comments open for a day or two, and once I do any drawings I’ll post the winners’ names. If you don’t email me your address within a day or so, I’ll draw another name. Sound good? Okay then. Comment away!
Updated 13 Oct 2011: Comments are closed. I’ll post the winners tomorrow.
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Ooooh, I love the little stripy wallet!
Congratulations on your productive morning – I’m impressed and slightly jealous (though at least I made soup for dinner this morning so all I need to do tonight is reheat it).
Look at you go! I get in the same mood sometimes, usually at night! I would love one of the striped wallet pouches.
I love magnets!
I love those magnets : )
Also, I suddenly want/need to get my house de-cluttered.
I love the magnet set and I’d gladly send you some money for postage. Or we could meet up in DC sometime.
I’ve been looking for a birthday calendar like that! Love it! I just went through my sewing scrap stash and threw away, I kid you not, 3 trash bags full. I ain’t never gonna sew anything with those… so they don’t need to be hanging out in my closet, lol.
I would love the wallet. It would be perfect for my waitressing cash.
Yep. I still want those magnets. They are just a cute every time I look at them.
I would love one of those wallets! I just bought a purse with the similar design! :)
I love the magnets! They would brighten up my cube at work :)
Those t-shirts are too cute. I wouldn’t mind having one to give my friend whose baby is due at Thanksgiving.
The change purse is adorable! the one I’ve been using just fell apart and I haven’t found one to replace it yet :)
What a great idea!
I love the baby t-shirts and think they would be perfect for my niece who I refer to as the baby bird :)
And the bird magnets are too cute! They would look great holding up pictures on our fridge!
Thanks!
I love those fabric wallets and magnets! Too fun! Thanks, Bethany!
This is such a lovely idea!
I’d love the magnets or the pouches! I wish I could use the baby shirts but my baby is already growing out of 6-9 months. :( (I’m in denial, he’s our last one, I keep trying to keep him tiny but its not working!)
What a great idea Bethany! I usually have a gift stash going too, but it’s looking pretty bare at the moment (which I am glad of! Love getting rid of clutter!)
I love the magnets and the baby tees.
Thanks!
Erica
Yay for cleaning out and getting organized!!! Good job! I don’t need anything, but think all the items are very cute. KATIE! If you ever find yourself (or any other readers here) with extra cotton fabric, PLEASE let me know! I’d be happy to take it if it’s not too pricey to ship…I volunteer for Project Linus which makes blankets for kids in the hospital and foster care system. All our unusable scraps go to a group that makes dog beds for the SPCA…so nothing goes to waste around here. Our PL chapter quilts, but they also accept knitted, crochet and no-sew fleece blankets too…just as long as they are hand made and suitable for kids. Most cotton fabric can be added with other fabric our chapter already has to make it suitable for children. Think of me before you toss fabric! Thanks!!!
Cleaning… I feel like I am always doing this :)
Those little pink & green wallets are adorable!
I think the magnets are super cute and I always need more for photo postcards I receive!
I’m not entering the contest, but that perpetual calendar is pretty cool.
It always feels so good when you purge things. I have some boxes and at two large bags of stuff to donate all sitting in my living room. One day I’ll be well enough to actually get the items into the Jeep. For now they just sit there and mock me.
So much cute stuff!! I love the fabric wallets, the calendar and the magnets!! So fun :)
Deborah! Email me!!!! I have more!! kmbsorensen at gmail dot com : )
What a great idea. Getting rid of the extras. I get too attached to the strangest things…suits, fabric and lots of those wallets and their cousin “the grab and go wallet/keychain”.
I have given as many as I can to sister-in-laws and neices.
I would love the wallet or the magnets!
I am in dire need of new – and cute to boot – magnets. :)
I love the wallets and the magnets!
I love the new banner by the way.
Or maybe it’s not new and I just read your blog so often through Google reader that I have no idea what it actually looks like anymore!
[...] Winners of the baby t-shirts are: Annika and Erika. [...]