NOW CLOSED - Blog Birthday Giveaway

It's been five years since I started this little blog of mine.

I have sometimes been awol for months on end but I've never given up on my little piece of cyberspace.

As a little thanks for hanging in there with me I thought I would offer a little giveaway.

Up for grabs are these three brand new 50g skeins of Debbie Bliss Paloma in Light Blue (42010)60% baby alpaca and 40% merino wool.  I will of course add in a few little extras.

Simple Rules:

To enter the giveaway you don't have to follow me but I do need to be able to contact you. If you don't have a blog please leave a valid email address.

Just leave a comment on this post and I will add you to the list.

If you have your own blog and if you wish, please add me to your sidebar and link to this giveaway and I will add you again. Please let me know if you do and I will add you twice.  

If you prefer you can enter on Instagram.

I will draw the winner in one weeks time on Thursday the 16th April. 

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~ ♥ Giveaway Winner ♥ ~

Thanks again everyone for joining in my little giveaway, I was blown away by all of the entries.

  I scribbled your names all down and added to you to my little pink bowl again.

(This picture was taken for my last swap but I promise it looked broadly similar just the paper was white!)

My beautiful assistant Thomas picked out the following;

~ drum roll please.....

Winner ~ Sarah (cute & cosy)

Please email me your addresses and I will send some goodies your way!

Thanks for entering everyone x

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Christmas Giveaway

Well I promised a little giveaway once I reached 400 followers and today I did!

Thank you all for following and bearing with my ramblings, and to say thanks I would like to offer up a few festive handmade gifts for you.

Made by me:

Made by you:

To be in with a chance to get your hands on my goodies please follow the simple rules below, no jumping through hoops required :0)

Simple Rules:

To enter the giveaway you don't have to follow me but I do need to be able to contact you. If you don't have a blog please leave a valid email address.

Just leave a comment on this post and I will add you to the list. 

If you have your own blog and if you wish, please add my button to your sidebar and link to this giveaway and I will add you again. Please let me know if you do and I will add you twice.

In order that I can post out in time for Christmas I will draw the winner on Thursday 15th December and post out that day!

~ ♥ Good Luck ♥ ~ 

~ Giveaway Winner ~

Many thanks for all the entries to the Tea Towel Swap.

I added the names to my trusty jug and Thomas plucked out...... 

 Vix - Vintage Vixen ~ yay congratulations lovely please let me have your details and I'll bundle it all up for you.

I'm so sorry you couldn't all win :0(

In other news several people have asked about the little lego men melts, I have popped a few in my folksy shop and will make some more as soon as my latest order of soy wax arrives.

Right, back to the felt!

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Tea Towels & Giveaway~ NOW CLOSED~

~ NOW CLOSED , THANKS FOR ALL THE ENTRIES~

I was approached by All Tea Towels recently and they asked if I would like to review a couple of tea towels from their lovely store.  I have to say I have had many offers like this in the past and I usually decline, but I just couldn't decline this one as Tea Towels are a bit of a soft spot of mine.

After browsing their store for ages, I decided upon these two, it was not an easy choice...

 How cool are they? They are really heavy duty, very well made and both are made from organic unbleached cotton.

They look and feel fabulous and the first person to use them is sure to shed a little tear.

Actually their website has lots of good ideas for uses for tea towels, from making tote bags, to covering a pin board ~ I will definitely try that one!

Just a few more from their site that I love:

I will be back for more of these. Thanks Al for sending these I'm glad I was introduced to your site, my purse however might end up disagreeing!

  I really am a bit of a tea towel addict, I took this snap of my own tea towels on the washing line today, and these are just a small selection of the vintage tea towels I own.

I don't have a drawer in the kitchen for tea towels I have a cupboard, a drawer wouldn't come close!

These new Tea Towels really are too good not so share so I though I would offer one up as a little giveaway treat.

You get to choose which one you would like and I will send it to you with a box of my favourite tea (Camomile ~ to keep me calm at work!) and one of my vintage tea cups to sup it from.

Simple Rules:

To enter the giveaway you don't have to follow me but I do need to be able to contact you. If you don't have a blog please leave a valid email address.


Just leave a comment on this post mentioning which tea towel you would like (Tea or Tunnocks) and I will add you to the list.
 If you have your own blog and if you wish, please add my button to your sidebar and link to this giveaway and I will add you again. Please let me know if you do and I will add you twice.
 I will draw the winners in one weeks time on the 24th September.

xX Good Luck Xx

 P.S. Thanks for all your kind words and advice on the Folksy Issue, when I get a minute to myself I will review all the suggestions and look into the best way forward forward xx

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UFO Progress and Bits

I joined in with LaaLaa's UFO Support Group with the intention of clearing some of my unfinished objects before starting even more.

 

(Trouble is I'm such a sucker for new things, I already have two new projects on the go ... shhhh, dont tell Lynda)

I didn't really get my backside in gear and still have not finished anything!!

This has been almost ready for over a month now and just sat there unloved,



I did make a little progress with my little hexies, they are joining together to make something pretty.  

To be fair it does take ages to do these and they are coming along quite well,

Second was my crochet squares I started these and quickly fell out of love with them. 

The original idea was a cushion but I couldn't bear to carry on with them so they will end up as a mini cushion with lavender for my bed.  I have made a start on the back of the cushion but again not finished!

Oh and a sneaky pear dishcloth I just had to make...

Can I just share some lovely gifts I won this week from the lovely Jodi at OhSewBeautiful

I love cups and this one is my new breakfast cup, and how cute are these buttons?

The chocolate is long gone, the lavender bag is asleep amongs my fabric stash and the card has pride of place on my fireplace - I love it!  I have only skimmed the book but it has loads of promise.

Thanks again chick xx 

Jodi is hosting a Cupcake Swap, if you fancy joining in? 

 It's open until the 20th August, pop over and have a look I'm all swapped out for the minute but I might be tempted to join in at the last minute, I hate to be left out ;0)

I've had a few enquiries about the book thongs I mentioned in my last post.  Thank you for all the kind words, I have added some to my folksy shop if anyone is interested, I plan to add more soon x

Right I'm off to make another dint in my UFO pile.



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~ ♥Giveaway Winner ♥ ~

Thanks again everyone for joining in my little giveaway, I was blown away by all of the entries.  I scribbled your names all down and added to you to my little pink bowl again.

My beautiful assistant Thomas picked out the following three;

~ drum roll please.....

Gift No 1. Winner ~CupcakeJoJo

No.1. Housey Gift includes

Food Glorious Food Placemats (4)

Cuppa Tea Brewed in Britain Coasters (4)

Shabby Tealight Holder Cage

Handmade by me Soy Wax Tea Lights Bubblegum scent (4)

 

Gift No 2. Winner ~BETHANY Sweet Bee Buzzings

No 2. Stitchy Gift includes:

First Issue of Mollie Makes (for those of you that couldn't find one) brand new with the felt kit

Three ribbons in red, pink and blue

A bag of Romance/Love Buttons

Gift No 3. Winner ~Bee Happy

No 3. Wooly Gift Includes:

6 big fat soft balls of 4ply and DK yarn

1 Pair of 4mm bamboo knitting needles

Rowan Bigger picture pattern book, with 26 different patterns for clothing, hats, scarves and mittens

I promise the Bee thing is a conincidence!
Please email me your addresses and I will send some goodies your way!

Thanks for entering everyone x

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Mess

I'm not generally a messy person but this craft lark plus a small house full of people means that mess is inevitable!

Most of my crafty stuff is stashed in my bedroom but I have a little box with my current stuff in that travels about the house with me, well this grew and grew into this pile in the corner!

I saw this sexy plastic trolley in Aldi last week (I think it's for vegetables) so I thought that might do to get my mess sorted.

It works a treat, I roll it round the house like a crafty demented trolly dolly and even though you wouldn't know to look at it I now know where everything is!

I'm quite pleased with my bit self, I even pimped it with crochet flowers.  When we get company I will scuttle away and hide it upstairs, promise.

Don't forget to add yourself into the list for my giveaway, I've had a fantastic response so far ~ thank you!  I have resized my button as on other blogs is was a tad too large.  I will draw the winners on Sunday.

 

I feel the need to note that I'm currently poorly sick, I've got a cold; and as a rule I don't get colds.  

You know when you feel like you have an egg stuck in your throat and you are hot then cold, and you ache in places you have not even seen for years ~ well that!  

I just don't have time to be ill there are so many things I want to do, I have booked a day off work on Friday so I might throw myself into my illness then...

....Sympathy now please :0)

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~ ♥NOW CLOSED Three Way Giveaway NOW CLOSED ♥ ~

Yes it's Giveaway time again folks!
Now closed ~ thanks for all the entries!

This time I'm offering three gifts, one 'Housey' gift, one 'Stitchy' gift and one 'Wooly' gift.

Here's what's up for grabs:

No.1. Housey Gift includes

Food Glorious Food Placemats (4)

Cuppa Tea Brewed in Britain Coasters (4)

Shabby Tealight Holder Cage

Handmade by me Soy Wax Tea Lights Bubblegum scent (4)

 

No 2. Stitchy Gift includes:

First Issue of Mollie Makes (for those of you that couldn't find one) brand new with the felt kit

Three ribbons in red, pink and blue

A bag of Romance/Love Buttons

 No 3. Wooly Gift Includes:

6 big fat soft balls of 4ply and DK yarn

1 Pair of 4mm bamboo knitting needles

Rowan Bigger picture pattern book, with 26 different patterns for clothing, hats, scarves and mittens

To be in with a chance to get your hands on my goodies please follow the simple rules below, no jumping through hoops required :0)

Simple Rules:

To enter the giveaway you don't have to follow me but I do need to be able to contact you. If you don't have a blog please leave a valid email address.

Just leave a comment on this post and I will add you to the list. 
I will add you all into the hat for each gift, if there is a gift you don't wish to recieve please say so in your comment (I won't be huffed).

If you have your own blog and if you wish, please add my button to your sidebar and link to this giveaway and I will add you again. Please let me know if you do and I will add you twice.

I will draw the winners in one weeks time on the 5th June.

xX Good Luck Xx

p.s. Thanks Betty for advising about the blogger issues.  It seems that if you log into blogger but don't tick the remember me box it enables you to leave comments, it's worked so far for me.

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