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the working mother’s best friend: business card cozy {giveaway}

By Nicole

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is #11, Marci!

Did I mention I’m going to Blissdom?

Well, being a weekend crocheter and inspired by my upcoming conference, I dreamed up yet another thing to make a cozy for…business cards!

Yes, business cards. Or mommy cards, if that’s your thing. I dont know about you, but my poor business cards get tucked into a small pocket of my wallet, only a few at a time. Otherwise they’ll get all bent and molested by all the other ~~junk~~ ~~stuff~~ necessities in my purse.

Feel misplaced no longer, little business cards…behold the business card cozy.

Each cozy holds 50 to 100 business cards, depending on how thick your cards are (If you have super duper yummy thick cards like I do from Prinly, you’ll only get about 50 in a cozy.)

You can find these cozies in my Etsy shop, where I have 10 different colors available…coordinate with your business cards or just go with one you love!

WIN IT! Just for my faithful readers, I’m happy to offer not one, but TWO business card cozies. Keep one in your purse and one in your laptop case…or give one to a friend. Enter below by doing any or all of the following (please leave a separate comment for each):

Visit my Etsy shop and tell me what colors you would choose if you won.
Post about this giveaway on your Facebook page
Like The Pixel Boutique on Facebook
Tweet about this giveaway using the hash tag “#giveaway” up to once a day. Need a suggestion? Tweet this: “Make your business cards feel loved… @pixeldesigngal is giving away 2 crocheted cozies! http://is.gd/FKZHJZ #giveaway”

Giveaway ends January 31 at 11:59 pm MST.

crochet love: mod flower headband (free pattern and for sale!)

By Nicole · Comments (0)

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

A friend of mine asked me a few weeks ago if I knew of a crochet pattern for a cute headband like this one from DownEast Basics.

We both did some searching and came up pretty much empty handed. So, I thought I’d try my hand and creating a pattern from scratch. And it came out pretty sweet if I do say so myself.

Its so super easy to make if you know some basic crochet stitches.

You can download the pattern here (PDF)

I promise it will take you under an hour to make. (Disclaimer: I’m not a professional crocheter, so please excuse my pattern if it doesn’t conform to some strict Crochet Pattern Writers of America guidelines! But I think you’ll get the gist of it…). Questions? Just holler.

If you dont want to take the time to make one, I’m also selling them in my brand new (and still very empty…) Etsy shop.

It will be my flagship piece. You can also custom order them and pick the colors you’d like. And the best part? They’re only $5! Perfect stocking stuffers.

Enjoy!

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