1000 fan giveaway

It is Freebie Friday!!! Today I am giving away an extra special gift to thank all of my facebook fans because hit 1000 fans this week! This is an exciting day so here it is.....

The giveaway includes a Show Your Love Handbag (you pick a design from my shop) filled with soaps, jewelry, an apron and a few other special items. This giveaway is worth more then $100!

Here is what you have to do:

You can click on this link: Red Shoe Affair Facebook or the picture above. Like my facebook page (though I know you all already have!) and leave me a comment on what your favorite creation is that Red Shoe Affair creates! Browse my Etsy Shop to check out my wonderful creations! That is it! Simple, easy and you win a wonderful prize!! So go comment and share with your friends so they can enter to win! 

This giveaway ends on Thursday July 18th at midnight EST. I will announce the winner on Friday on my Freebie Friday blog post!

A Cat Like Curiosity Blog Giveaway

Hey Everyone and Happy Friday! This is the blog post from A Cat-Like Curiosity Blog in which my Black and White Show Your Love Handbag is being given away! Please enter to win that or many other amazing prizes!!

Hey there people and Happy Thursday to you! I hope you're having a great day, wherever in the world you may be.

Today is the day for my Curiously Gorgeous Giveaway for June! SO exciting. I have lots of lovely prizes up for grabs and there will be a winner for each prize! My lovely sponsors have been very generous in their giveaway items and I have joined in too. There will be eleven winners altogether - just because I love to spread the giveaway love as far and as wide as I can :) So just enter the individual rafflecopters for  a chance to win each prize :)

So, let's get our party on people - here are my lovely sponsors giveaway prizes for you (just click on the pics to visit their stores/blogs):

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No rafflectoper for me - just leave me a blog post comment telling me something that's making you happy right now :)

Giveaway is open from 6th June until 10th June. Good luck everybody!!

Pancakes with a Bacon Surprise

Since I missed Thirsty Thursday's recipe, I am going to give you a review and link to this delicious Pancake with a Bacon Surprise recipe. I am a self-admitted Pinterest addict with all the delicious recipes and awesome DIY ideas and crafts. I came across this recipe for Pancake Dippers by the Lady Behind the Curtain and fell in love! This is pancake strips with a strip of bacon hidden inside. I love love love to dip my bacon in syrup so this was finger food at its best! 

My first take at making Pancake Dippers

Once a week, Lily and I have breakfast for dinner because it is the one time that I can get her to eat meat. To her bacon, pork roll and sausage do not count as meat so we eat it at breakfast for dinner. The recipe is simple and easy with step by step pictures to follow. The recipe calls for a squirt bottle to help get an even strip of pancake batter on the griddle but I did not have an empty bottle so I used a spoon. I was fine with using a large spoon. The thing I did learn was that you have to be very quick to get the pancake batter and bacon set up. 

The dippers were a huge hit with Lily who asked for seconds! Now I know that it is not the healthiest thing to eat but it is the yummiest breakfast food ever! Click any of the links or here to see the recipe: Pancake Dippers Recipe 

Win a Free Artisan Soap! Freebie Friday

Who doesn't love to win something? I know that I love that feeling that I get, that warm wow I am a winner feeling that radiates through my body and smile when I win something! Since the Powerball and Mega-Million lottery jackpot is SOOOOO big right now, I am going to give away something special on my blog! No I can't afford to give away free money but I can give you something that handmade with my own two hands! 

So here is the giveaway.....

For the first 10 comments on this post, I will be giving away an artisan or felted soap in the scent of your choice! Please be sure when you leave your comment that I will be able to get in touch with you to send you the soap. I will be holding this giveaway for 1 week so be sure to be in the top 10 comments!!

You can choose from the following scents: Island Coconut (tropical getaway), White Tea Ginger (one of my favs!), Men's Coldwater (for attracting the women), Women's Lovespell (based off Victoria Secret's perfume), Lavender (for relaxation), Citrus Enegry (a boost for you), Oatmeal Almond Honey (one of my popular scents), Cucumber Melon (my favorite!), Shea Butter (for sensitive skin), and Honey Vanilla (my other popular scent). You can choose either the felted version or the artisan (naked) version of the soap! 

Enjoy your freebie friday and please share this with others! 

Crochet Face Cloth Pattern

It is Freebie Friday again! As a new blog, I didn't have any entries in last week's giveaway so I will be doing another giveaway very soon. I love to give things away especially my patterns that other people can create items that they can use in their everyday life! Today I am giving you a free crochet pattern that I have been using for years. This is my much loved face cloth pattern that have been very popular with my friends and family.

I make the face clothes using cotton yarn. It is a great way of using scrap cotton yarn from the end of a project or you can buy a skein for under $2 at Walmart or Michaels.

*If you have any questions about the pattern please feel free to comment on the post or email me at redshoeaffair@gmail.com

Crochet Face Cloth Pattern

Supplies:

Size G Crochet Hook

One skein of cotton yarn 

Large Eye Needle to sew in ends

Basic Knowledge of Crochet terms and stitches 

Stitches:

hdc= half double crochet

sc= single crochet

ch=chain stitch

ss= slip stitch

Instructions:

ch 10

Row 1: hdc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in each ch (8 hdc), ch 1, turn

Row 2-5: hdc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn

Row 6: hdc in each stitch across, ch 1

Edging:

This will be done evenly along each side of the cloth without cutting the yarn. With the cloth facing you, we will start with the left side of the cloth. 

Sc evenly along the side of the cloth for 6 sc. At the Corner 3 sc in one stitch (this keeps the cloth flat and helps it to not curl its corners). Sc 8 along the bottom. At the Corner 3 sc in one stitch. Sc evenly along the right side. At the corner 3 sc in one stitch. Sc 6 along the top leaving the last stitch open! At the 6 sc ch 10. Attach the ch chain  to the first sc on the left side with a slip stitch. Cut off the end and weave the end in.

Now you have a pattern you can use for yourself or make for you friends and family! I hope you enjoy this pattern and have a great day!