On the fifth day of Christmas...

Welcome to day 5 of the 12 days of Christmas Giveaway!

Today meet the fabulous crafty momma Sandi of Portabellopixie!


Sandi is not just an amazing seamstress, but the designer of the Portabellopixie fabric line, creator of adorable sewing patterns, author of "Sewing bits and Pieces", and salvager of vintage treasures.

Tell us a little about yourself
Me in a nutshell? I am an overly creative person with too many ideas. I love my family and faith. I am a foodie and love really good chocolate. I have severe OCD over some things, and am completely lackadaisical about others.. For example, we recently painted our bedroom and I went through 5 paint samples and debated for a week before deciding on the color. But not showering until noon and taking the kids to school in my pj's - meh. No biggie.

How did you get started crafting?
I fell into design purely out of a need to do something creative. I was working as a phlebotomist when my daughter was born. For me, sending her to day care wasn't an option, but I knew I needed to find a source of income to generate from home. I started sewing children's clothing in custom sizes, which led to a greater love of fabric. One day I decided to just give fabric design a try and luckily, it came quite easy to me.

What is your favorite medium to work with?
My process involves a mix of paper sketching, digital rendering and then physical color samples that I send off to the Michael Miller who then sends them to the printing mill. But I have to say my favorite part is the sketching on paper. I start with a Derwent sketching pencil and then layer in color with Copic Markers and Prismacolor pencils. Copic markers are a new find for me and I am in love.

What is your biggest goal for 2011
A few things happening for me in 2010 are the addition of stationary goods and fine art prints to my line-up of goodies. I would love to have a scrapbooking line of paper and have actually designed one. Here's to hoping. :)


Share a favorite Christmas memory.
I would have to say that the year I was married was a magical Christmas. We were married on December 19th, 2002 - so every year when Christmas rolls around, it is wonderful because of the Holiday spirit that is floating in the air, but it is extra special for us because it remind us of our marriage.

Sandi has been so kind to offer today's winner 2 of her new patterns and 3 yards of Fabric!

In addition to Sandi's amazing prize today's winner will receive 3 of my exclusive Queen Bee Keychians. You can keep one and give 2 to friends :)




Now how can you win these lovely prizes?

You will receive one entry per each of the following.
~Head over to Sandi's Website and then come back and leave a comment sharing your favorite of her fabric lines

~become a follower of Sandi's blog
~become of follower of this blog
~facebook about the giveaway with a link for others to find it
~Blog about the giveaway so others can get to know Sandi
~add my button to your blog
~Become a Fan of Cinnamon*Sticks on Facebook

Be sure to leave one comment per entry. Lots of chances to win!!
Winner will be announced tomorrow before day 6 starts!
xoxo
Canela