Map Week Day 3: Travel Paper Bag Scrapbook Journal Craft Along Day 3

Are you crafting along?  How's your Travel Paper Bag Scrapbook/Travel Journal coming along?

In case you missed them:

Day 1

Day 2

and today is Day 3

Welcome to B.B. Bellezza Virtual Open House III

Welcome!

Hi!  Welcome to the home of B.B. Bellezza and the Virtual Open House!

If you would like to learn more about me and how I got started, you can find that information on the about page.

I make green handcrafted jewelry, rag dolls and digital tutorials.  Digital tutorials, which I sell, are on my tutorials page (or this week to get a discount, make sure to purchase them from my etsy shop green tutorials section and use the coupon code below.)

For free tutorials, head over to my free tutorials page.  

I believe strongly in preserving the Earth, and regularly post tips for greener living and how to reuse or recycle certain items, on my blog.  My tutorials are all about reusing items usually, too.

Virtual Open House

If you have been to either of the previous Virtual Open Houses here, this one is a little different!  Usually it's one crazy frenzy of a night.  This time, it's for the entire week!

10/31/11 - 11/6/11 

How it works:

Starting today, there will be a giveaway right here every day.  To enter to win, just leave a comment and make sure I have a way to get a hold of you if you win! (Click on comment below the individual blog post with the giveaway and then write your comment.  If you don't have an account to log in with, just leave your comment anonymously and make sure to include your email address.)

You just have one day to enter to win each giveaway because the following morning, I will announce the winner and list another giveaway!

Get extra chances to win by tweeting about the giveaway with a link, joining my facebook page, or for sharing on your facebook wall.

Every day I'll be giving away a different freebie with any purchase from my online shop - I'll let you know what the freebie is each morning.

All week long you get 20% off in my online shop!!  Just use the code VIRTUALOPENHOUSE when checking out to take advantage of the deal!

Any questions along the way, email me, tweet me or leave me a comment on facebook and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. 

I think this is going to be more fun and give more people a chance to win!  Plus, there are all kinds of freebies for anyone to get!

Here we go....

Monday, Day 1 Giveaway

Hardware Earrings

OR

Hardware Earrings with Bead Tutorial

Winner chooses whether they would like the earrings or an eBook tutorial to learn how to make the earrings themselves.

To Enter:

Simply leave a comment below and indicate which you would prefer to win!  If you don't have an account, you can leave your comment anonymously.  Just make sure to leave your email so that I can get a hold of you!

Get extra entries for doing any of the following.  For each item you complete, leave a separate comment:

• Get a chance for joining my facebook page.  If you are already a fan, just leave a comment saying that.
• Tweet about this giveaway.  Please make sure to include a link to this website.  Here's an example tweet you could use:  I just entered to win the giveaway from @BBBellezza at http://www.BBBellezza.com There's a new giveaway each day this week!
• Share on your facebook wall.  You can use the same example from above.  
• Join my newsletter, or leave a comment letting me know that you already are a subscriber.  (Make sure you're leaving the same email address that you are subscribed with.)

That's 6 total chances!  Winner will be chosen tomorrow morning!

Freebie!

Free with any purchase today is:

Scrabble Tile Magnet (Magnets will vary depending upon my supply.)

To get this freebie, make a purchase in my online shop any time between now and tomorrow morning.  (Tomorrow a new freebie will be announced.)  Everyone who makes a purchase gets this freebie!

Don't forget, get 20% off in my shop the entire week, too!  Use code VIRTUALOPENHOUSE when checking out.  (click on coupon code and enter the code)

Good Luck!

UPDATE:  This giveaway and Day 1 are now closed!  Congratulations to Brenda! 


The fun continues all week!!


Tuesday, Day 2 Giveaway and Freebie
Wednesday Day 3 Giveaway and Freebie
Thursday, Day 4 Giveaway and Freebie
Friday, Day 5 Giveaway and Freebie
Saturday, Day 6 Giveaway and Freebie

Design - A - Doll!

I have been making dolls for quite a little while now and I love it.

Things I love about rag dolls:

• I love picking out the fabric for their outfits
• I love embellishing their outfits.
• I love reusing old clothes or using up fabric scraps that would go to waste to make something so sweet and cool.
• I love it when little girls love my zombie dolls - I love that they are so cool that they know that they are zombies!

My favorite memory was when my nephew asked me for a boy zombie doll, which I made him for his birthday. 

You see, I made my own pattern so I change my own pattern all the time.  I only made girls up until that time.  Caleb wants a boy, I made him a boy!

(He loved it, by the way!)

That's the cool thing about this tutorial, too.  There is a pattern included.  But I take you step-by-step through making a doll from actually designing and drafting a pattern!  It's completely customizable.

You can use any fabric - even old clothing.  Make memory dolls to remember those who have passed.  Use your children's favorite clothing that doesn't fit them anymore.  The ideas and possibilities are really endless!

Design-A-Doll Tutorial Details:

Skills:

You need to know how to sew.  I am a self-taught sewer and I only really learn new sewing skills as they are required for me to finish a project.  You'll need to know how to sew in a straight line and go around a curve for the head.  You'll have to hand-sew the head closed.

You'll need: 

• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Needle
• Embroidery floss and needle OR paint (for face)
• Fabric - for body and hair (I often use felt for hair)
• Buttons (for zombie doll)
• Any embellishments for your doll - lace, ribbon, etc.
• Stuffing - poly fiberfill

With this tutorial eBook you'll learn how to design a doll, draft the pattern and put it all together.  You'll also get a pattern (like my zombie dolls) to help you if you get stuck.

You'll want to make dolls over and over again!

You get all of this for $15!

I know you can do this!  Come out of your cocoon and emerge creatively!

Design - A - Doll