september is coming up fast and one of luvinthemommyhood's sponsors - amy from magpie patterns and i thought a fun giveaway was in order to get your little ones all ready in style! my little girl is getting all set to start preschool (insert my tears & 3 paragraphs telling you how fast she has grown & all that lovely mommy mumbo jumbo). how about a stylish new outfit or a hat? a knitted dress or vest? some cool embroidery to brighten up a basic tee for boys or girls? today's your lucky day!

magpie patterns is one of my favorite go to places for lovely patterns. you can pop over there anytime to drool over the latest sewing, knitting, crochet and embroidery patterns as well as a great selection of books to boot! fabulous! magpie patterns is also one of the sponsors that helps support our friendly neighbourhood here :) so show your luv! check out amy's shop and also follow along on her blog as she makes some of the great patterns sold in her shop. you can read more good stuff about magpie patterns here as well.

now time for the back to school giveaway.............ready for the prizes? here ya go.....
1. little cap pattern 2. sweet dress pattern



ohhhhhhhhhh, so fun! i love these! wanna win?

the prizes:

1) 2 lucky winners will each win 2 patterns ! the 2 patterns are:

2 - leila and ben patterns (sewing)
or
2- cotton and cloud patterns (knitting)

2) the first name drawn will win the embroidery patterns for "A, B & C" from penguin and fish as a lovely bonus prize!

wanna know how to enter?

how to enter:

giveaway rules:

***all commenter's must leave a contact email and stipulate which prize you would like to win - sewing or knitting (or either). you must mention the prize you prefer or you will be disqualified.***

pop on over to magpie patterns and tell me which new "new finds" on amy's homepage is your fave pattern and leave me a comment with it along with your prize of choice - sewing patterns or knitting patterns (or either). then for additional entries you can do all or any of the following:

a) subscribe to luvinthemommyhood (the top right hand corner of our sidebar) and leave me a comment telling me you subscribed.

b) become a follower (google connect) of luvinthemommyhood (in our sidebar as well) and leave a comment telling me you followed.

c) follow us on twitter, tweet about the giveaway and then comment you followed/tweeted on this post.

d) join our facebook group and comment that you joined.

that's five ways to enter!!!! this giveaway is open until sunday, august 22nd at midnight (PST).

thanks for the wonderful giveaway amy! i heart magpie patterns :)

ok everyone, have fun and happy back to school crafting! i'll be back tomorrow with some more fun for "tea cup month".