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Cozy House Curios {giveaway}

Today’s giveaway is from Anna of Cozy House Curios.  She makes many things including adorable dollhouse miniatures! (Everything in the photo above is tiny!!)  I asked Anna to introduce herself here today and share a little about her business with all of you!

Hi! My name is Anna and I’m the owner of Cozy House Curios on Etsy. I’ve been married to my husband, Fr. Benedict, for 17 years and we have six children, the first five who are 15 down to 7, and then the caboose, Miss Moppet, who is 13 months. We’re homeschoolers and bookworms living in south Mississippi and ministering to a small Orthodox mission here.

I grew up with a dollhouse and loved making my own miniatures for it, and also enjoyed sewing for my dolls. When I had children of my own I continued making miniature blankets for their doll and dollhouse beds and crocheting tiny sweaters. I’ve made ornaments for nieces and nephews for Christmas and have made countless baby items as gifts and for use with our own babies. Time and time again I’ve heard, “you should open a shop and sell that!” When we moved to Mississippi five years ago we were able to realize our long-time dream of having me at home with the children. It finally seemed possible to put more time and effort into creating. At first I opened a small shop, Hand Crocheted Blessings, directly from my blog featuring baptismal blankets and matching bonnets. After a long delay, I finally opened Cozy House Curios on Etsy less than two months ago.

While the items in the shop are primarily miniatures and doll items, I also make baby knits and the latest hit, a crocheted toy censer. I’m liable to pop just about anything there so you have to go back and keep looking! You can see many more items I’ve made, quilts, baptismal blankets, sweaters, and more, on my blog, Praying with my Feet. Eventually some of those things will work their way over to the shop.  You can find Cozy House Curios on Facebook, and I am on Ravelry as well as matushkaanna.

 

It has been a blessing to have a way to help support our family while staying at home with the baby and helping homeschool. I’m delighted to be able to help support Ginny as well!

Anna is offering one Small Things reader a hand knitted baby set including a baby hat and booties.  The hat will fit from approximately birth to 3 months, and the booties should fit from birth to 6 months. They’re made from pure, washable, stretchy merino wool (the leaf is acrylic). The booties have ties so they’ll stay on!

In addition, use coupon code CHRISTMAS2014 for 15% off a minimum purchase of $15 through December 19th.

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post!  Comments are closed and the winner is Anne who commented, “Such beautiful things.  We will have a new baby join the family in February.  These would be treasured.  Thank you.”

 

handmade dollhouse miniatures

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  9. Oh my, I can’t wait to check out the etsy shop. I have been furnishing a dollhouse for a year now. What fun I have had! Thanks for the chance to win!

  11. Just learned we have a new niece or nephew due this summer. Your creations would be a lovely, loving gift.

  13. What adorable booties and hat! Baby #6 is set to arrive this winter right as we move from warm Florida to chilly eastern Pennsylvania…these would be an amazing blessing for our little one.

  14. Oh how sweet! We have baby 3 arriving next year so the hat and booties would be so precious to have for him/her!

  16. What lovely things, and what a lovely family! We are expecting our first baby, and I would love to put him or her in the hate and booties listed in the giveaway. But even if I don’t win, I’ll be moseying to her Etsy shop…

  17. Such beautiful things. We will have a new baby join the family in February. These would be treasured. Thank you.

  23. I would love to win these for a friends daughter who was born a few days a go with a very serious heart defect and needs three open heart surgeries.
    These are simply divine.

  26. Hello!
    I don’t know if this is open internationally, but here goes!
    A family I care for are having their first baby girl, and these would be the perfect welcoming gift!
    Lots of love,
    Bella

  32. Wow, this is most excellent work! My girls would have loved this when they were young. My youngest is restoring a dollhouse for a 4-H project, so we may be contacting you!

  33. I was going to leave a comment about how cozy your bedroom looked – then I realized (after reading) that it was all miniature – WOW she is really talented! I’d love to win the hat and booties – have just the little (on the way wee girl) who this would be perfect for!

  38. I’d love to win these and pass them on to my sisters new baby boy, just a month old now! They would help keep him warm here in the swedish winter. Love your blog!

  39. Good morning,
    I love the dollhouse miniatures and the hat and booties are so cute!
    Thank you for a chance to win. : )
    Good luck everyone!

  42. Beautiful! I’d love to give these as a gift to my friend who’s about to have her first baby.

  50. I loved playing with my dollhouse when I was younger. My granddaughters love to play with theirs now. Love that hat and baby booties. We have a grandbaby due in February! They would look adorable on her! Thanks!