. . . so this little elephant will be going to a new home. He's made from genuine vintage fabric--my mother's dress in junior high in the fifties--with a braided cotton tail and a beady eye. If you'd like to have your name in the hat for a giveaway next Friday at noon central time, why then just leave your name in the comments!
My goodness, am I first?! I would love a little elephant friend around our house. :)
ReplyDeleteI find your blog to be quite an inspriation and your elephants are so adorable. When I first saw you post about them I immediately looked up the book at Amazon.com.
ReplyDeleteMy sewing skills leave much to desired, but you have inspired me to pursue them further. I even followed you link to the vintage patterns on Ebay and won a pack of 1950's dress and skirt patterns. I am looking forward to tweaking my skills with these, and hopefully getting something at least half as wearable as you lovely housedresses. Thanks for the inspiration!
How very cute! Your projects really inspire me to get out the sewing kit!
ReplyDeleteLisa
Your elephants are very quaint and I admire your creativity! I was also wondering, being a mom to tiels, how your son's cockatiel is doing? Is that ok to ask? Also if I may did your son build the bird gym stand for his bird also?
ReplyDeleteAnna
I would love to be added to your drawing....this little guy is too cute for words!
ReplyDeleteYour sewing projects are beautiful, and I love the fabrics that you use!
Tracy
I would love to be added into your drawing!! Such a sweet little elephant and I would give it a good
ReplyDeletehome. :0)
Kelli
Oh, I'd love to have a sweet little elephant! Please put my name in the hat too!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Angel :)
Oh, they're so beautiful and you're definitely very talented.
ReplyDeleteYour little elephant is adorable. It reminds me that someday we will have to let our kids go into the world as well.
ReplyDeleteI admire your skills. Wish I could sew like this.
Please do add me in the draw. I will take good care of the little elephant.
Isabelle
Pick me! Pick me!
ReplyDeleteLike many others - I have been reading your blog for some time and enjoy it - I am inspired by your many capabilities. My daughter is a bit younger than your Daisy - your photographers manage to capture her beautiful babyness so well!
I would like to enter the drawing. Thanks so much for offering!
ReplyDeleteEmily B. in Texas
Well of course I would like the chance to have a elephant made out of a vintage fifties dress! How fun is that?
ReplyDeleteLyn
How lovely! I would love such a cute little elephant!!
ReplyDeleteKate
I am a bit frightened of the reaction to this contest. Mass chaos as the crowds rush toward the comments section...destruction and ruin all that is left behind.
ReplyDeleteI had never EVER seen so many comments on a blog post as I did for the last contest give away you had.
I know my chances are well...like 1 in 500 but I am gonna give it a whirl anyway. Because my "Panda" would love an elephant...and because it gives me an excuse to tell you I appreciate your blog ONE MORE TIME! ;-)
Oh yay!! Count me in! (o: I just love the fabric.
ReplyDeleteThat elephant would love his new home here.
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented and I'm always drawn to your blog both to see your new creations and the stunning photographs.
Melisa
Since my daughter's name is Ella, I need to throw my hat into the ring for the little "ella"phant! Thanks for the fun giveaway, Anna!
ReplyDeleteEmma
I would like a chance at the elephant as well. We have been admiring the creation of the entire family. Very cute!
ReplyDeleteOh! I'm so glad to have found your beautiful blog! And those elephants are absolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteMelissa
www.homeschoolblogger.com/honeybee
That little elephant is so cute! Love the blog!
ReplyDeleteOh so cute. Please add my name Kim E. in Ohio.
ReplyDeleteI love your elephant babies esp in the vintage cloth. Yes, please enter me in your drawing.
ReplyDeleteCount me in. I so love vintage fabric. Add your sewing acumen to the pot, what could be better?
ReplyDeleteI would love to be entered in your elephant drawing! I have a little one that would love it. Thank you for sharing! Gail
ReplyDeleteThose elephants are adorable! I would love to welcome one to our home :-) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love your little elephant, my favorite colors. Please add me to your drawing. Thanks Anna! :)
ReplyDeletePlease add me to the drawing. I love those little elephants!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be added to the drawing as well. My oldest daughter collects elephants and just loved the first ones you made.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Anna,
ReplyDeleteMy 3 year old daughter is currently in love with all the small animals we have in our stuffed toy collection - they're all her "pets"... add me to the drawing so I can see if I add an elephant to her little zoo!
~Shannon
We are preparing a place for him. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMy mousing hand is getting tired from scrolling through to the bottom of these comments but please put my name in, too! I've always loved blues and greens together and have been noticing them more and more lately. And yet, your fabric is from the 50s. Maybe, blue + green is making a comeback.
ReplyDeleteHi Anna,
ReplyDeleteI would like to be in your drawing for the elephant! How neat that you would be so generous!
Blessings,
Deana
I used to have an elephant in very similar fabric when i was a little girl. I actually hunted for it at my Mum's last weekend but no luck. Please put me in the draw for this little one.
ReplyDeleteThere are three little girls in my house to love your little elephant.
ReplyDeleteIf we win the drawing, we'll welcome a little Southern charm into our home.
Love to you and yours...
Laura
Any hope for a UK reader?!
ReplyDeleteLove to visit and compare your lifestyle, very similar to mine, although I reside in the beautiful lush county of Dorset comprising forests, verdant farmland and beautiful soft sandy beaches.
I also homeschool my children, which raises eyebrows here - not as common as in the USA!
We have chickens, pigs and an increasing rabbit population (I hasten to add that they are pets) and grow most of our own fruit and veg.
I grew up in a very industrial and deprived part of the UK, in a small terraced house with tiny garden (yard) so I now say thank you, thank you every single day...and finding blogs like yours are the icing on the cake.
Regards, Marina
Oh, please count me in for your drawing! I have loved seeing your elephant "family" grow!
ReplyDeleteLove the blue/green thing. Have waited for it to come back since my sister had a blue/green sofa in the late 60's.
I would love to be in the drawing, too! We have very few baby elephants here in the MidWest.
ReplyDeleteHe is adorable! Count me in! :)
ReplyDeletePlease add my name to the drawing!
ReplyDeleteThe little guy is adorable!
Oh, I would love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Mary D. from Texas
Please add me to the drawing. I love your blog and enjoyed seeing your beautiful needlework.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be entered in your drawing Anna! The elephant is adorable!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Nichole R.
My little Victoria has a headboard which looks like a house. One of those little rooms would make a perfect Elephant Sanctuary :o)
ReplyDeleteCount me in!
Katherine J
Anna - I'm Lily from the sense and sensibility board - but my real name is Trina. I love your blog, and I love the baby elephant!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are such an inspiration to me in living life beautifully. You make homemaking into an art, and I love that!
Anna...I've always admired your blog. Please put my name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteO, yes add me please! I have a little 2 &1/2 yr. old who adores elephants of all colors.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and look to it for daily inspiration.
Rain in NY
An elephant that is so charming would be a wonderful addition to our two elephants. One of them my dh won at an amusment park when we went to FL right after my miscarraige-19 years ago. We now have 7 dear children! The Lord is good!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet thing for you to do with the work of your hands-bless others. Thank you for doing that.
What adorable elephants. I don't know how you could part with them. :)
ReplyDeleteSusie
I would love that adorable elephant for this new little one that I'm expecting!
ReplyDeleteThat is the cutest little elephant ever!! I would love to have it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun drawing Anna!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Katie in Idaho
I LOVE IT! please PUT MY NAME IN.
ReplyDeletetHANKS,
cHRISTINA
So adorable! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteThe elephants are wonderful! Put my name in, please!!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Of course put my name in as well.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, a roommate of yours from college (Sarah) told me about your blog quite a while ago, and I have been enjoying it ever since.
Janna
Hi Anna
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be included in the draw.. this is such a neat idea...thanks
Heather at "The Zoo" (my blog name).
I would love to be in the drawing! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI never win anything :) but I'll throw my name in the hat anyway!!
ReplyDeleteWOW...I almost missed this as blogger wouldn't allow me on last night! They are so cute! Put me in too, please!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Karen
Your blog is wonderful! I love the little elephants and wish I had the talent to create such adorable things!! I would love to be entered to win them : )
ReplyDeleteCatheryn
Please count me in! :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, count me in!
ReplyDeleteMommyKellogg
Ooooeee, count me in too please!! His colours just pop...I like the fabric :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! My daughter and I just LOVE those little elephants!!! We've been drooling over them! Please put my name in the hat!!!
ReplyDeleteKathy Frazier
Oh how fun! I'd love to be in the drawing! What a great thing for you to do!
ReplyDeleteEyvonne in AR
I'll give it a try!
ReplyDeleteMy little boy would love one!
ReplyDeleteYour projects are so beautiful! I would love to be a part of the drawing! Thanks for all your posts. Lindsey
ReplyDeleteYour elephants are truly adorable! This is my first time stopping by, but I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteWhy not? I mean, who in her right mind wouldn't want an adorable homesewn, vintage fabric, baby heffalump for herself or her children?
ReplyDeleteOh, and welcome to the Toy Animal Sewing Tribe, Anna!
Kara in Texas
He's so cute! I love elephants and will give him a happy home.
ReplyDeleteKaren
I would like to be added....Thank you Anna!
ReplyDeleteC.A. Worcester
Add my name, if you please! I can see it now, sitting above the cherry tree mural on the shelf in my daughter's room...
ReplyDelete~Candace
Please enter me in the drawing for the elephant also! He is so cute as is the rest of his herd!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is the first one I read every day. I enjoy it very much.
Carla
He's a sweetheart!
ReplyDeleteKatharine
Too cute (both the elephants and your description of why he has to leave the herd). I'm glad I found you via Rona Berry-Morin's blog. Please enter me in the drawing as well.
ReplyDeleteHi! Enter me in the drawing, please. Sylvia, in Tennessee
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! And the elephants are adorable, please put my name in!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Alisa
Count me in the running. How could anyone resist such a cute little fellow?!
ReplyDeleteChristian
Can I put my son's name in the hat please? He would pretty much give up his second best doo-doo train for a toy elephant right now :o)
ReplyDeleteso adorable. love your blog too.
ReplyDeleteplease add my name.
Blessings,
Kelly
He's SOOO cute! I'll take him if you draw my name! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow precious is that??!! I would love to have a chance to win the little guy, so please put my name in for the drawing!
ReplyDeleteAmy (Picket Fence Mom)
~Ponderings From Picket Fence Cottage
Please count me in! I have admired your posts about the elephants. My mom and I laughed at the bit "I may have to rethink my identity." Also the elephants are so sweet and charming. :-) Thank you for having this drawing.
ReplyDelete~AmeliaB
So generous and so fun that you have 85 comments...Anna, you are well loved!
ReplyDeleteStick my name in that hat...we'd just love to have him.
Please enter me in the drawing,
ReplyDeleteBarb from Nebraska
Please count me in!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shannon B. in CA
How precious! I'd love to see that little elephant in my home. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! So many commments...Such a sweet elephant and oh how he would be welcome in our home but this reeally just gives me the chance to jump on and tell you how much I adore your blog, yor writing and the glorious photography. It is so inspirational, so lovely and mever fails to offer me a smile and sense of peace.
ReplyDeleteThank you and many blessings to you all.
Warmly,
Sue
I Just love, love, love him!! He is absolutely darling!!! Thanks for the contest...it's so nice of you to share!!
ReplyDeleteI too have been inspired by your site. Thank you so much for sharing your love of sewing with us!
ReplyDeleteand of course enter me in the drawing!
Amy in CA
Lovely fabric, charming elephants! Beautiful and inspiring work, as always.
ReplyDeleteQueenOrual from the S&S Board
I must put my name in here, because my sister would just adore this elephant! He's very sweet.
ReplyDeleteCount Me In Too! ~ Thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat cute little elephants! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this sweet elephant!
ReplyDeleteI love elephants and just adore the little ones you have made. Hoping I'll win...but it's already almost 1 in a 100 chance! wow!
ReplyDeleteI would love to give him a good home.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog everyday, very inspirational =}
Oh Anna, I have followed your posts as you have made these DARLING little elephants. I really enjoy your blog, I visit you blog every day! So I would love to be added to your drawing!
ReplyDeleteBy the way my 4 girlies just love the "homemade chocolate sauce" I followed your directions to make them hot-cocoa in the mornings.
Many blessings
Your little elephants are just precious! I'd love to make him a home with 3 little girls.:)
ReplyDeleteJanet
Oh, I'd love to have my name in also! I love your blog and your son's photography.
ReplyDeleteOlivia
I would love a little friend! Thanks for the offer!
ReplyDelete"Rebecca with 4 boys"
Good heavens those are CUTE! I'm in for a drawing - please add my name. I own my own small sewing business and can't wait to see more on your site. I followed a link from Berry-Morins Bits and Tips blog to you.
ReplyDeleteYour Mamma I will be!
ReplyDeleteA brother,a sister,
and doggies three.
We live on a farm,
with no fear of harm.
You can live in the house,
we've not seen a mouse,
We'll hug you and love you
dear elephant blue.
I would like to be added to the drawing. What cute elephants! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteKiri in Illinois
I love it! I hope I can be the proud mama of this tiny precious elephant!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love that little elephant! The colors are wonderful
ReplyDeleteOh I would just LOVE to have an elephant for my kiddos! We had an elephant birthday party last year where we rode elephants in Thailand (we happened to be there) and this would be just precious! :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be so creative!
Adorable! I love mini's and vintage to boot...say no more!
ReplyDeleteMissy
Wow! I am your 110th commenter! Definitly add me to the drawing. I might as well give it a go. Love the blue and green of the fabric that was once your mothers dress. How neat.:) Take care.
ReplyDeleteme too! :D
ReplyDeleteOoh! OooH!! I want to eat it it's so cute!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have such a cute critter...
-Anna H.
is there a pattern?
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