Jolly & Bright Christmas Stocking – New Pattern Giveaway!

I’ve always wanted to make crochet Christmas stockings. Yes, I love crochet, but I don’t offer much in the decor department when it comes to crochet patterns. Christmas, on the other hand, is the perfect time to offer hand-made gifts and decorate your abode in crochet goodies to your hearts content!

I’m usually a season behind when I design, and good ideas come to me only just after the perfect timing to release them: sun hats in fall, leg warmers in summer, sweaters in spring. But, this Jolly & Bright Christmas Stocking set, I believe, is being offered at exactly the perfect time! So, let’s celebrate this release with one of two giveaways:

1) Pin it to win it!

Using the pinterest button on this post, pin the below image! I’ll randomly choose 1 successful pinner to win a free copy of this pattern. Please comment below to let me know why I should pick you to win!

Pin it to win it winner is: Rhonda Humphreys!

CONTACT ME before 9.22.2013 to claim your prize!

2) Share it to win it!

Check out my post for this pattern on facebook. Click the facebook share button on that post to help spread the word about this great new pattern design! Be sure to comment on the post too, and let me know why I should pick you to win! I’ll randomly choose 1 successful share to win a free copy of this pattern.

Share it to win it winner is: Crocheted Creations by Teresa

CONTACT ME before 9.22.2013 to claim your prize!

1 winner will be chosen for each above; there will be 2 winners total. Winners will be randomly chosen in 24 hours (9.19.2013 @ 9:00 AM, MST), and their names will be posted as an update to this blog post. Once named, winners have 48 hours to contact me to claim their prize or this offer is totally void. Not chosen as a winner? This pattern will be released in all my pattern shops on 19 September at 10:00 AM, MST. Enjoy!

Didn’t win?

Get 30% off this pattern with code JOLLY30 in my Ravelry shop until 22 September!

Get 30% off this pattern in my Craftsy shop (no coupon needed!) until 22 September!

ETSY | RAVELRY | CRAFTSY

New Pattern Giveaway | eBook Goods for Guys

I’ve always received great feedback about my eBooks! New customers love that they provide a variety of my work for them to consider, and fans always enjoys that I compile a hand full of specific patterns into one neat package at one low price!

My latest eBook is the Goods for Guys pack, and includes the teen / adult versions of my Beard & Bonus Beanie, Unise(X) Beanie, Side Tab (mini) Slouch, and Simple Slouch hat styles. This is a great collection of modern crochet styles for men, and the eBook is currently on sale in my Ravelry and Craftsy shops until Friday, 28 June !

Want a chance to win the FULL pattern for all the styles in my Goods for Guys eBook? Yes, the complete version, to include every size, of each style listed in the eBook! Good! I’m running a GIVEAWAY on my fanpage and entries will be accepted until this Friday, 28 June!  3 winners will be randomly selected, and announced right here as an update to this blog post. Once named, they have 24 hours to claim their prize or my offer is totally void. Enjoy 😉

UPDATE: 28 June, 2013, 10:00 AM MST

Winners are as follows, and have 24 hours to contact me and claim their prize or this offer is totally void: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk

1. Michelle Ferguson

2.  Alycia Boyle

3.  Natalia Moratti

Baca Creations | Beard & Bonus Beanie

Baca Creations |Unise(x) Beanie

Baca Creations | Side Tab Mini Slouch

Baca Creations | Simple Slouch

eBook Goods for Guys | Baca Creations Crochet Patterns

New Pattern Giveaway! | The Paisley Capelet (Adult)

I’m thrilled to announce that there was a ton of interest in making my Paisley Capelet (6M – 8y) in additional sizes for adults, so I’ve been working with pattern testers to make that happen! While it was initially released a few years ago in sizes 6-12m, 2-3T, 3-4T, 4-5T, and 5-8Y, I’m releasing a brand new Adult pattern pack in sizes 8-12Y, X Small Adult, Small Adult, Medium Adult, Large Adult, and X Large Adult!

To spark interest in the release of these new sizes, I ran a giveaway on my fan page that ended earlier this morning. Winners have 24 hours from now (18 June, 2013, 4:45 PM MST) to contact me to claim their prize, or this offer is totally void. If you are named above, please e-mail me: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk.

1 Baca Creations Crochet Pattern |  Justyna Kopac

2 Baca Creations Crochet Patterns | Llyn McClure

3 Baca Creations Crochet Patterns | Laura Crowder

Not a winner? You can get this pattern in any of my shops, on SALE for a limited time too!

ETSY | RAVELRY | CRAFTSY

Design Wars 3 Pattern Giveaway | Winners Announced!

Design Wars 3 is coming to a close, and the winner will be announced shortly in issue #5 of our Newsletter! You can sign up to receive our newsletter issues as they are released, or you can check our blog schedule for release dates to read them at your leisure! If you are interested in seeing all the crochet patterns derived from our Design Wars Challenges, you can find them all right here.

I ran a giveaway during our voting period to help spark interest in our forum, get fans to vote, and help circulate the release of my Midsummer Wrap!  The giveaway ended yesterday and these 10 winners are all eligible to receive 1 free copy of my Design Wars 3 Pattern | the Midsummer Wrap:

Winners now have 24 hours from now (2 June, 2013, 9:00 AM, MST) to contact me to claim their prize, or this offer is totally void. If you are named above, please e-mail me: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk.

Rhondda Winn-Mol – Claimed!

Beth Masog – Claimed!

Darlene MacDonald – Claimed!

Heather Evans – Claimed!

New winners were drawn! on 6/3/2013 @ 9:00 AM MST  – you have 24 hours to contact me and claim your prize: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk
1. Michelle Mitchell

2.  Lisa Dean – Claimed!

3.  Katy Bouthillette

4.  Angelynn Harrison-Satterwhite

5.  Kelly Gladstone – Claimed!

6.  Jackie Ramsdell – Claimed!

My Midsummer Wrap pattern is available in my Etsy, Ravelry and Craftsy stores. Enjoy!
Photos courtesy of my dear friend Kimberly Dierkhising Photography.

Hmmmmm, working on something that me thinks will be offered for FREE. Who’s interested?

Please help me to circulate the release of this exciting new pattern that is now available in all of my pattern shops!

To enter, simply pin this image with the caption:

 “I Want to win this Baca Creations Wine Market Tote!”

Entries of this nature will be accepted until 3.24.2013, and a winner will be randomly selected via this link to assure the pin is sourced from this blog entry. Winner will be notified by way of

1) a comment on their pin,

2) a follow up on this blog post, and

3) a notification on my facebook fan page,

and will be given 36 hours to respond and claim their prize!

You are entering to win a Baca Creations (Crochet By Salena Baca) original Wine Market Tote, 100% cotton; retail value $18.00. No substitutions or cash value. Good luck!

Update 3.24.2013 @ 8:05 AM MST

And the winner is… Elizabeth Aris!

Elizabeth, please contact me via e-mail within the following 36 hours to claim your prize: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk.

Thanks to everyone for participating to help circulate the release of my newest pattern; your support means everything! I hope you enjoy this pattern, now available in all of my pattern shops:

Etsy

Ravelry

Craftsy

Design Wars II: Sneak Peek Week (Hint #2!!!)

The wait is nearly over – in just under a weeks time we will be revealing our Design Wars II garments for your vote! That’s right, mark your calendars and stalk your favorite designer for updates because February 21, 2013 will be our final reveal for this round, and your vote will determine who used the yarn best!

These hints today are meant to confuse you –  we don’t really WANT to reveal what we’ve been up to, however, we do want you to have a vague idea so you can play along in our fan page challenge. After this blog post is released, our DWII challengers will be sharing and pinning it to the tops of their respective fan pages, and they want YOU to place your guess there. So, if you think you know what your favorite designer has made for DWII, click on over to their fan page to let them know! Every fan who participates in the designated area will be eligible for a chance to win a special prize from that designer (prize details will be available directly from your favorite designer…).

Finally, this is the last week you will be able to participate for your chance to win our Red Heart Yarns $150 prize pack! Be sure to enter before the deadline – it’s a prize you won’t want to pass up!

PIN it to WIN it: My All Seasons Hat Pattern!

 

Please help me to circulate the release of this exciting pattern!

To enter, simply pin this image with the caption:

 “I Want to win this pattern!”

Entries of this nature will be accepted until 13 February, 2013, and a winner will be randomly selected via this link to assure the pin is sourced from this blog entry. Winner will be notified by way of 1) a comment on their pin, 2) a follow up on this blog post, and 3) a notification on my facebook fan page, and will be given 48 hours to respond and claim their prize!

You are entering to win a Baca Creations (Crochet By Salena Baca) original PDF crochet pattern; retail value $5.00. No substitutions or cash value. Good luck!

And the winner is….

Rosanne Van Hoose! 

To claim your All Seasons PDF Crochet Pattern, please send me an e-mail within

the following 48 hours: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk

(Updated 14 February, 2013 @ 8:50 AM MST).

 

Design Wars II: Schedule and GIVEAWAY!!!

UPDATE: 25 February, 2013 @ 6:55 AM MST

Congratulations to Amanda Gregory Rog! You were randomly selected as the winner of our Red Heart Yarns Prize Pack! Please contact me within the following 36 hours for details to claim your prize: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks to everyone for participating, I hope you enjoyed following this challenge and I hope you continue to follow and enjoy our progress!

Your wait is over – Design Wars II is now underway and will begin on 24 January, 2013, with a new and exciting line up of participants, spotlights, hints, and prizes! I’ll be blog posting as each line-up nears, so keep checking here for updates!

We are proud to announce that Red Heart Yarns has agreed to sponsor this segment! They have been amazingly supportive, supplied yarn for our DWII challenge garments (Red Heart With Wool), and will be donating a prize pack valued at $150 to one of our faithful followers!

You’ve read that right – a HUGE PRIZE PACK WILL GO TO 1 FAITHFUL DWII CHALLENGE FOLLOWER!

How can you support Design Wars II and enter to win this fantastic Red Heart Yarns prize pack? To be considered you MUST:

1) Download a Team Badge for the designer you are rooting for (provided below), and load it as your facebook profile picture; You must keep this team badge for the entire duration of DWII, and a few extra days afterward while we choose a winner (until 26 February, 2013).

2) Share this blog post on facebook! I’ve got an array of fancy sharing buttons at the bottom of this post, and facebook is one of them! When you share, be sure to tag your favorite designer to let them know you’re rooting for them and support their work!

3) Comment on this blog post to let us know that you have successfully completed 1 & 2, and that you REALLY want to win the Red Heart Yarn, Design Wars II Challenge, $150 prize pack!

Every person who successfully completes the above 3 items will be considered as a valid participant in the drawing for this prize pack. 1 winner will be randomly selected from the comments on this blog post on 25 February, 2013, MST. If the participant selected has not complied with all 3 above items, another participant will be considered (and so on, and so forth) until a valid winner is chosen!  There is 1 prize pack, and 1 winner will be chosen to receive it. Winner will be named via an update to this blog post. Once named, they will have 36 hours to claim their prize. Red Heart Yarns will render prize to named winner. Anonymous entries / comments on this blog will not be considered as valid entries.

That’s it! So, who will join me to kick off DWII  with a brand new Team Badge?

CrazySocks Designs * Design by Katie Hanken * Frayed Knot * Salena Baca Crochet * Mamachee * Holland Designs * Unravel Me * One & Two Company * Red Heart Yarns

Note: To save you must 1) Right Click on a Team Badge, 2) Save Image As

Update: 23 January, 2013: Want to support Design Wars II and enter for your chance at the prize pack, but not sure which team badge to sport? Worry no more, there is now a Team Red Heart badge! Download and enjoy! 

Like Crochet? Like Patterns? Want a Boost? ENTER!

Are you:

1) a small business owner working your way into the crochet world,

2) a fan of Baca Creations, (Crochet Patterns by Salena Baca),

3) interested in winning 10 of my Crochet Patterns, my endorsement as a source for Baca Creations completed goods, AND an in depth artist SPOTLIGHT on my blog?

If this describes YOU, then please submit this form to me by 18 January, 2013! Please be quite thoughtful in your submission; I’ll be considering each one carefully and will choose the one that best represents the Baca Creations brand!

Closed for entries!

*Note: This is an opportunity for crochet artists, not pattern designers! You must be a registered business to enter. Entries will be accepted until 18 January, 2013. One applicant will be chosen to receive any 10 of my PDF Crochet Patterns and an in depth artist / store / personal spotlight on my blog. Spotlight will be posted on a date of my choosing, to be determined at a later time. No substitutions or cash value allowed for this offer.*

Update: 1/19/2013, 8:24 AM MST

Thanks to every shop owner who took time to submit this spotlight request! I received an overwhelming response to this opportunity, and personally read every single one of them; I checked out your shops, looked at your products, saw how you interacted with your fans, and gave a few of you a shout-out (basically, I’ve been stalking you…LOL).

The decision to spotlight just one of you was a difficult one, as I had a few favorites in particular. Therefore, I decided to have two runner ups in addition to my top choice that will receive a little something special… And the winner is:

Stephanie MacDermet of The Tiny Plum! Congratulations Stephanie, I’ll be featuring you and your shop in a spotlight post on my blog, and will be happy to provide you with 10 of my Baca Creations Crochet Patterns for use in your shop!

And, because I had so many amazing entries, here are my top choice runner ups:

1) Jess Cadena of Jess’ Crochet

2) Colleen Weesies of Busy Mommy Of 5 Designs

Pin(terest) to create interest, and you could win!

 To enter, simply pin this image with the caption:

 “I Want to win this banner!”

Entries of this nature will be accepted until 28 December, 2012, and a winner will be randomly selected via this link: http://pinterest.com/source/bacacreations.wordpress.com/ to assure the pin is sourced from this blog entry. Winner will be notified by way of 1) a comment on their pin, 2) a follow up on this blog post, and 3) a notification on my facebook fan page, and will be given 48 hours to respond and claim their prize or this garment will be placed for sale in my Etsy shop.

You are entering to win a Baca Creations (Crochet By Salena Baca) original hand-made crochet piece; a banner consisting of 7 tasseled Triangles made in Super Pink and Mustard, measuring approximately 5′ long in total, retail value is approximately $28. No substitutions or cash value. Entries will be accepted until 28 December, 2012.

And the winner is….

Jonna RobsonVentura!

To claim your Motif Banner, please send me an e-mail to include your mailing address within

the following 48 hours: BacaCreations@yahoo.co.uk

(Updated 12.20.2012 @ 12:07 MST).