It's pretty clear that Ahmelie loves to craft and sew.  If you're a crafty person, you may want to check out her blog to see what she's working on and get some inspiration!

For review, Ahmelie sent me a set of burp cloths.  The ones I received are in a cute retro owl print.  The outer material is much like the regular rags we use in the NICU, but Ahmelie has sewn in a thick, absorbent panel of colorful fabric in the middle to make these some designer burp cloths! Not only is the fabric fun and colorful, it's soft for your baby too. I love the owl print, don't you? I know that burp cloths will go through a lot of washings so I wanted to see how these held up.  The thinner material may fray a bit after a few washings, but the soft printed fabric looked good and didn't get fuzzy or pill.  These would make a great baby shower gift, especially if you paired it up with some of the matching swaddling blankets or one of her hooded towels.

   Enter the "A Heart for Home" Giveaway!

 Introduction: Ahmelie is a wonderful shop filled with the creative outlets of it's owner and namesake Ahmelie, which means "Industrious One." Ahmelie has always loved creating objects with her hands and absolutely loves to sew. She loves bright colors, vintage prints and repurposing useful items instead of throwing them away.

Ahmelie loves trying new projects and shares many of them on her blog. Her shop is also filled with many of the items that Ahmelie sews on a regular basis.

Selection: Ahmelie carries a large variety of sewn goods including burp cloths & bib clips, coffee cuffs & snack sacks, coin purses, hand bags & accessories, hooded towels, blankies, lovies,  patterns and more.

Review: Ahmelie was kind enough to send us a snack sack to review for our Green & Clean Event. We love replacing plastic baggies with reusable fabric snack sacks. Ahmelie's reusable snack bags help to reduce the amount of garbage going into landfills and can be used over and over again!

Ahmelie's snack sacks are sandwich-sized bags. They are made of 100% stylish cotton fabric exterior and are lined with water and stain-resistant nylon. The tops have sewn in easy-open velcro for little fingers, but close securely to keep snack contained.

These snack sacks are easy to care for by turning inside out and wiping clean. When they get really dirty you can even throw them in the wash and line dry.

Each Snack Sack is approximately 6.5" x 6.5".

We chose to review the Chocolate Leaves print Snack Sack. We have been very pleased with this reusable sandwich ad snack baggie. The velcro keeps everything inside, but is easy enough for Emahry (3 1/2) and Jonathan (2) to open on their own. I also love that the bag is so easy to clean. Most of the time just shaking the bag out and giving it a quick wipe down is all you need to do.

Our family has used this snack sack many, many times and it still looks as wonderful as the day we got it. The sewing is very professionally and consistent. I have no doubt that this bag will last a long time.

Connect: Etsy Shop, Website, Twitter, Blog

Buy It: You can purchase your own Snack Sack for Ahmelie for $7. When you take into consideration how many plastic baggies this will save you from buying and then throwing away, the price is very reasonable.

Special Offer: Ahmelie is offering a special sale to our readers. From now through Dec. 15th, 2010, A Heart for Home readers can get 10% off at Ahmelie's Website or Etsy Shop by using the promo code HEART4HOME10.
 
Win It: One of our readers will win their very own Snack Sack from Ahmelie's Etsy Shop. The winner can choose which print they want (subject to availability).

To Enter This Giveaway:

Mandatory
1. Visit Ahmelie's Etsy shop, then come back and tell us one item that she carries that you'd love to have OR which print you'd choose for the Snack Sack if you won.

Make sure you leave an email address with each entry if it is not posted in your profile. (If we don't have your email address we will have to choose a new winner.)

For additional entries you may do any (or all) of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. If you complete one of the following that is worth more than one entry, please leave the corresponding number of comments so your extra entries will be counted!

Bonus Entries

2. Subscribe to receive free updates through email or our RSS feed (2 entries)

3. Follow our blog publicly through Google Friend (1 entry)

4. Follow us on Twitter ~ leave your twitter ID in your comment (1 entry)

5. Tweet about this giveaway ~ leave the URL to your tweet & include @heart4home & #Giveaway. (1 entry) Feel free to use this tweet: Green & Clean Event Nov 1-Dec 14 @heart4home GREAT #giveaways http://tinyurl.com/green-clean-event Please RT

6. Connect with Ahmelie through Twitter or publically following her blog through Google Friend Connect ~ leave your name as it appears or your ID in order to verify your entry (1 entry)

The giveaway will end Monday, December 13th at 11:59pm EST. We will pick the winner through random.org.

I LOVE key fobs, especially in beautiful colors!! The one thing you won't have to worry about with anything from Ahmelie is the quality! The awesome top of the line fabrics she chooses for her shop are made to last! And if you are really in love with her fabrics, make sure to pick up a yard or two in her shop! Ahmelie is even sweet enough to offer up free sewing and craft patterns (like this fabric necklace one I LOVE!) -- no strings attached! If you're thinking about Christmas shopping, Ahmelie has offered a special discount code to Ivy Twines readers for 10% off your purchase! (IVYTWINES10)

Yeowww, it’s that time again!

Each month, Gussy sponsors have the opportunity to participate in a group feature &/or giveaway promotion. With the feature option, sponsors can highlight their shop by showing off new products. By offering the Gussy community a giveaway item, sponsors draw even more attention to their shops. It’s no surprise the Gussy blog is a place for handmade-ness: products, how-to posts, even my very own ruffled items :&91;

I’m so proud of the sponsors that sit in my right sidebar >>

This group giveaway will run through Sunday afternoon {10/3} — it’s open to the US & Canada, and one winner will win all 6 items! I’ll announce the winner on Monday {10/4}.

To enter in the giveaway: please leave a comment & say hello.
If you love what you see, consider visiting their shop/blog and saying hello there as well :&91;