Lefty Loops Review & Giveaway {closed}

I recently discovered Lefty Loops when we won a Custom Cupcake Hat from a giveaway at Wee Share. Tara, is the creative mama behind the Etsy shop Lefty Loops. She is the full-time mom to one little boy and a part-time speech-language pathologist. She began her business of selling adorable crocheted hats on Etsy so that she wouldn't have to go back to work full-time. What a great motivation!

When I found out that we had won a Bake your Own Cupcake Hat, I was very excited. I knew it would be perfect for Emahry, even though she has never eaten an entire cupcake in her life, the hat seems to fit her personality. Emahry loved choosing the flavors for her hat.

We both anticipated its arrival and were very excited when the package showed up at the post office. Every time Emahry wears her cupcake hat it gets noticed. The unique design makes this a perfect addition to any little girl's cool weather wardrobe.

Since we love Emahry's hat so much, I was thrilled when Tara asked if we would like to review a new hat design that she was adding to her shop. We waited again with anticipation until another package arrived.

Tara sent us this adorable Bunny Hat and Carrot Rattle for Eliya. She wore it on our walk home from the post office and it has already received many compliments.

This precious hat is made from white yarn and has a small flower that can be customized with a choice of four colors. The combination of this bunny hat and carrot rattle would make a wonderful Easter gift for a baby or toddler in your life.

We are very pleased with both of these hats. The stitching is very uniform and the overall design and quality is very good. We will definitely recommend Lefty Loops to all of the people who stop and ask where we got these adorable hats! These hats are truely finer things.

Here are some more of our favorite things from Lefty Loops. Simply click on each picture to view the listing or browse through the entire shop.

Buy It:
You can purchase your own adorable crocheted hats from Tara by visiting Lefty Loops. If you make a purchase, please let Tara know that you found out about the shop at A Heart For Home. Also be sure to visit her blog.

In an effort to help the people of Haiti after the devasting earthquakes, 15% of each sale made until March 16, 2010 will be donated to the Red Cross.

Win It:
Tara is offering one of our readers a hat of their choice from Lefty Loops.

To Enter This Giveaway:

Mandatory
1. Head over to Lefty Loops and browse through their selection of adorable hats. Then come back here and leave a comment telling us which hat you would love to have.

Make sure you leave an email address with each entry if it is not posted in your profile. (If we don't have your email address we will have to choose a new winner.)

For additional entries you may do any (or all) of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. If you complete one of the following that is worth more than one entry, please leave the corresponding number of comments so your extra entries will be counted!

For ONE Additional Entry EACH
2. Tell us how you found out about this giveaway ~ saw our post on google friend, a reader, prizey, a giveaway linky (which one), etc. (1 entry)

3. "Heart" Lefty Loops on Etsy (mark them as a favorite shop) (1 entry)

4. Follow our blog publicly through Google Friend or subscribe using a reader (1 entry)

5. Follow the Lefty Loops blog publicly through Google Friend (1 entry)

6. Follow us on Twitter ~ leave your twitter ID in your comment (1 entry)

7. Tweet about this giveaway ~ leave the URL to your tweet & include @heart4home & #Giveaway. (1 entry) Feel free to use this tweet: Win a Handmade Hat for a special Little One from Lefty Loops @heart4home #Giveaway http://tinyurl.com/ylsy7zn(Ends 3/23) PLEASE RT

For TWO Additional Entries EACH
8. Place our blog button on your blog (copy the code from the box in our far right sidebar) ~ leave the URL & let us know where we can find it (2 entries)

9. Place Lefty Loop's button on your blog ~ leave the URL & let us know where we can find it (2 entries)

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10. Post about and link to this giveaway on your blog ~ leave the Permalink to your post (3 entries)

The giveaway will end Tuesday, March 23rd at 11:59 Midnight EST. We will pick the winner through random.org. The winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is selected.

Make sure you leave a way for us to contact you.

Photo Credit: Lefty Loops & A Heart for Home

(While the crocheted hat and rattle were provided to A Heart for Home for review, no other compensation was given. All remarks are the personal and honest opinions of A Heart for Home)