I don't do this very often:  but here it is:
a FREE giveaway for one lucky winner!


Remember this fabulous pillow?
With the lucky number seven on it?

With its wonderfully chunky texture and warm cozy fall color?

Remember how it became famous by being in a magazine?  GreenCraft Magazine, Autumn 2011

Well, now you have an opportunity to WIN this pillow!
It may very well be a sweater-pillow for YOUR sofa!
Someone has to win, so it may as well be YOU.... right...???

Now, entering this giveaway is EASY!!!!
You don't have to do much...
Just do ONE thing (of the methods listed below)
To increase your chances, use more than one entry method....
Easy smeezy!

_Four ways to win

Here are the rules:
Entry 1:  Place a comment on Facebook
Entry 2:  Write about this pillow give-away on your wall, and let me know in a Facebook comment
Entry 3:  Place a comment on CrystelleBoutique Blog (right here)
Entry 4:  Write about this pillow give-away on your blog and tell me about it in a blog comment (right here again)

That's it! 
May the most deserving person win!
:-)
Crystelle

p.s.  Give-away closes midnight on Halloween....

Lo and Behold!

The current Idaho Falls Magazine has a whole article devoted to Spud Day in Shelley, Idaho.  Spud Day is an annual event celebrating the potato harvest.  This year's celebration runs from Wednesday September 14th through Saturday September 17th, 2011.

And there is a very cute picture of the adorable running Miss Russet:  Kaitlyn Anderson sporting a potato sack dress, Marilyn Monroe style, but created by.....me.....!!!!
It is fun to see my spud sack creation in a magazine, and having the lovely Miss Russet make it look incredibly fabulous.....

I made this potato sack dress last month, and I'm telling ya, it looks much better on Kaitlyn than on my dress-form.....

Miss Russet:
a real Idaho Beauty!

Her is the cover of the new Idaho Falls Magazine:  September/October 2011 issue. 
Pick up a copy today!

Remember this pillow I made in the spring?
I really like this particular one because it has a good thick sweater look...  Cozy winter comfort kinda pillow......
Well, guess what.....it is famous now.....

{Do you think she will remember me....????}

Yay!!!
Who would have ever thought that our sweater pillow would make it to a magazine!
How lucky we are!
It was so fun to go out to mailbox and find the current GreenCraft Magazine in there, and discovering we had our pillow in the pages...!!!!!  :)

{...insert me doing a happy dance....}

Here we are:  on pages 32,33, and 34.
A wonderful rust colored super soft awesome vintage style sweater pillow....

Don't you just love it...
Can't you just see yourself taking a little nap on the couch, cozy with your head on this snugly pillow....
Makes me sleepy just thinking of it....  :-)

Getting rid of your favorite sweater is hard to do, so instead of donating it to charity or throwing it in the garbage, do what we do:  fashion it into a snugly center-piece for your sofa!







If you want to make your own sweater-number pillow, you just go, girl!

Instructions on how to sew the pillow are in the magazine....
In the mean time,  if you would like the FREE PDF file on how to make those fun number-prints....  I have made an easy to follow tutorial called "Printing Numbers Onto Fabric at Home" that has simple step-by step directions with lots of pictures on five pages.  If you want one:  just download the free PDF file below.....
Enjoy!!!!   :)
Crystelle

I am such a lucky girl....
The editor of Haute Handbags Magazine is a darling.
Her name is Beth Livesay,
and she is a sweet as can be.

Now I must make this disclaimer: I thought she was sweet BEFORE the team decided to put one of my bags on the cover of the autumn 2010 issue of Haute Handbags!

It was quite a treat, though, and I consider myself a very lucky girl....
I guess I said that before....

Anyway:
I you would like a FREE copy of the pattern used for this bag, just drop me a note at this link......


See ya!  Looking forward to hearing from you!
And thanks for stopping by!
Crystelle

I can't believe it!
The second time our bags have been in a magazine.......
Speechless.......
I am soooo lucky....!

Here is the current issue of Haute handbags: Spring 2010
And yes, two or our bags are within the pages:
pages 110-113

A four-page spread.....

Oh my....
I am blushing now!!!!

{click on the pictures to get a better view.....}

This time, instead of making the bags out of potato sacks, I used some of the scraps I have collected after sewing sooo many potato sack bags, and made some flowers out of them.....
On the first bag, I made some potato sack burlap poppies...
Very sweet
Very easy
Click here to learn how to make them.
and on the second bag I showed some burlap roses.....
very easy to make!
Just watch this short video to see how.....

Featuring in the magazine are two new patterns:

• The Dedre Backpack pattern, great for hands-free shopping or day-trips.....
• The Ronda handbag pattern, wonderful everyday handbag with cute ties on the side and convenient exterior pockets for cell-phone, keys, lipstick and the like...

Sew one up today! 
You can find the sewing patterns in our shop...



Guaranteed to love your new bag!

"Haute Potato" by Marijke Mill

That's what the heading on page 73 says....
The article about "HOT" potato sack purses within the pages of Haute Handbags Magazine this season.
Yep, I am such a lucky girl!  the editor from Haute handbags, Beth Livesay,  contact me and ask me to submit some handbags for her Autumn 2009 issue!

I was so honored that she would ask me.......  I couldn't hardly believe it!

And now that the magazine is finished, I am so excited:  she did such a lovely job placing my handbags in the pages of this inspiring issue....

Haute Handbags is such a fun and creative magazine...
You can just look at all the fun and creative ideas for hours...........

While you are doing that, don't forget to turn to pages 72. 73, and 74....

that's where the most popular two potato sack patterns are located:
The Rachel Handbag Famous Potato Purse,
and the Melissa Handbag Famous Potato Purse.....

YAY!!!!
How exciting.....

Oh me oh my!
How wonderful is the photography!
The staff at Haute Handbags is so talented......

My bags have never looked soooo good!

Here is the Rachel Handbag, our most popular design to date.....

And here is the Melissa handbag.....
I love this pattern.....


I am super honored, and ....
frankly....
I am blushing!!!!!






What an awesome opportunity....
Thank you Beth...!!!