Who won?

I decided to go "old school" for my giveaway and wrote everyone's (abbreviated!)names on raffle tickets, scrunched them up and handed the hat to MrNifty...

Congratulations Sarah! I'll be in touch to ask for your mailing address, then the prize-winning meerkat will be on his way to you.

My own prize, from Homecrafts, was to spend £50 on supplies from their shop, can't wait to get my goodies - and I can promise you some new designs as a result!

Ooooh we got another parcel!

*WARNING* not suitable for those of a nervous disposition ;-)


As you may have read, the meerkats were very excited recently when Graham the snail came visiting, so they were extremely pleased when the postman delivered a parcel. Maybe Graham is back?

As it was such a sunny day we took the parcel out to the decking.


I can see little pink ears! (it's not Graham the snail then!)


I think he's asleep, look at his little closed eyes - let's lift him out.


Oh good grief - a severed head! HELP! HELP!

Quick - get behind the box - I hear rustling - HELP!


Fortunately a Superhero was at hand - and as Axel the Executioner Mouse leapt out of his box Thor Meerkat stepped firmly forward, hammer poised to deal a deadly blow...


Luckily Niftyknits was also around (well, honestly - who do you think took the photos?) and lifted Axel and the severed head out of the way. After seeing he was poised above the pond, Axel promised he'd retire from executing, and only use his axe for chopping logs in future.



We were last month's mouse-winner from the blog of the House of Mouse - why not enter and see if you're as lucky as us? If you can't wait then head over to the House of Mouse and buy one!

I won a prize!

I've been meaning to show you my prize for a while, but life (and those blessed meerkats) keep getting in the way.

I entered a giveaway on Veryan's blog Beadypool and had to make a decision...necklace or bracelet and earrings? Teal or purple?

I'm not good at decisions, but finally decided on the braclet/earring combo and asked Veryan to choose the colour for me.



My prize came beautifully packaged as you can see, and inside was ...



not just a bracelet and earring set in fabulous petrol-purple but an extra pair of earrings in the teal, which I am giving to my daughter. The purple is stunning, my photo doesn't do them justice. The colours change as they catch the light - so I spend my time waggling my wrist around!

If you also find Veryan's work irresistable, why not check out her shop, Beadypool?

I win - you win!

As you know, I love entering giveaways! Yesterday my prize from Maria's blog Scarlet Butterfly arrived. I had won a £10 voucher, and chose to spend it on some lovely ribbons to use when wrapping my sales.



These are some Nativity Meerkats on their way to a new home!

Scarlet Butterfly links can be found on their website

Blog giveaway winner...ME!

I do so love a giveaway - and I've been lucky enough to win a couple recently.



Maggie of intothemagpiesnest.blogspot sent me a beautiful faerie collage sheet, and I knew there was someone in my family who would love it even more than I do. If collage is where your heart is, check out Maggie's shop MagpieMine.etsy.com for more.
Follow Maggie on twitter

And the winner is...

I listed the 20 entrants in order of post:



number 17 is ....variation.etsy.com

FickleFaerie.etsy.com will be in touch - many thanks to all the other entrants, and remember you can always relieve your disappointment by buying!

Mint Julep

As my regular readers will know I do love entering giveaways - and I like winning even more! Talking Beads was quite a challenge, as I had to name a piece of jewellery and I don't usually go in for "arty" names. The beads were so pretty, such a lovely minty shade mixed with lilacy pink so I had to have a go - and Jean picked "mint julep" as the winning entry!



If you're tempted, you can find more of Jean's jewellery on her website http://www.talkingbeads.co.uk/ or on Etsy talkingbeads.etsy.com or Misi or www.talkingbeads.folksy.com

and of course - don't forget to check out her blog in case she does more giveaways!

Knitted Jewellery Giveaway!

Well - actually some is crocheted, but I think you'll forgive me.

Stop waffling Nifty - what do you win?



Your prize will be whichever jewellery item you choose from my Folksy shop, www.niftyknits.folksy.com



HOW do you win?

Seemples! Leave a comment telling me (1) your favourite not-a-meerkat item from my Folksy shop and (2) the jewellery item you would like if you win. Don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you.



***Please note there is way more jewellery in my shop than is shown here!***

Good luck - I'll draw the prize on Wednesday. Open to all - Folksy is now open to buyers from outside the UK, but not yet for overseas sellers. I *love* overseas buyers!

***COMPETITION NOW CLOSED, I'M BUSY CHECKING ENTRIES***

ETTEAM giveaway

I am very proud to be a member of Etsy's Etteam (Etsy Treasury team). We're all just a bit obsessed with making treasuries, so here's my latest. It's called koumpounophobia which means "fear of buttons".



One of our members, Zaftig Delights is our team blogmistress. The blog features a range of useful information for Etsy users and has just published our first giveaway!



Hot foot it over to the ETTEAM blog to win these fabulous charms from midnightcoiler

I won a blog prize!

I entered a blog competition at http://oceansidecreations.blogspot.com and won a gift voucher to spend at www.OceansideCreations.etsy.com

After much deliberation I chose these lovely earrings.



Totoro isn't getting to keep them!

Look what I won!

I entered a giveaway at lej-jewellery.blogspot.com and was lucky enough to win. Here's my crochet piglet trying one on for size - they look way better on me though!



If you fancy some piggy earrings of your own (who knows, they may even protect you from the dreaded swine fever?) then head over to http://www.lej-jewellery.co.uk/ where you will also find other fun earrings such as penguins and sheep, and some more conventional items too!

Look what the postman just delivered!

Aren't they gorgeous? I had to dash upstairs and change my shirt so I could tone with them!

"Now hang on" you're thinking, "Doesn't nifty keep saying she's unemployed and broke? How come she can afford such lovely earrings? And all the way from America at that?"

I won them! http://tangok.blogspot.com/ have a monthly giveaway and I was the lucky winner. check the blog for this month's contest (I've already got an entry in!) for a lovely Ocean Jasper Nugget, Silver Ring Drop Necklace on a 28" black silk cord.



If you can't wait or don't trust your luck - why not pay a visit to TangoKDesign.etsy.com

And of course, don't forget to enter my giveaway to win a meerkat!

I won a prize!

Yes, blog giveaways are for real ( as if you ever doubted!)
My postman brought me a package yesterday containing this little darling!



She's come from a giveaway on thedreamdesigner and looks right at home with my knitted flowers. For your very own Waldorf Fairy, go to Inbal's shop

and of course - don't forget to enter my own giveaway to win a meerkat

And the winner is...

... is it you? Well, if you were one of the 40 people who guessed the number of buttons in the jar, it might have been!



















If you guessed correctly, Naughty Nellie might be getting ready to be popped in the post...to you!




Shall I stop tormenting you now? ;-)





Here are the buttons, all laid out and ready to count...there were 91!

Nobody guessed the exact number, so Nellie is going to the person who guessed closest.

FairlyGirly was an early front runner, with her guess of 87 ... and then AMIdesigns guessed 87 too (tsk tsk, you didn't check back properly ;-))


*drumroll*
But the winner, with a guess of 88, was Adorn Me Jewelry!

Congratulations, Nellie will be in the post to you as soon as you've let me know your address.

Many thanks to eveyone who entered, I hope you will continue to follow my blog.

I have an idea for another competition in a few weeks time...this time involving a meerkat!

Competition time!

You may remember that I was joint winner of a competition organised by Folksy back in January?
So much yarn, so little time.: Folksy Make the News...
When I told the sponsor what I would like for my prize, it was with today's competition in mind. So - now that my prize has arrived - it's your turn!



In true school-bazaar tradition, your mission is to guess the number of buttons in the jar!

You can have several attempts.

To enter, one way is to become a follower of my blog. Leave a comment with your guess, tell me you're a follower. If you're already a follower, that's great - that counts too of course!



You can have a second try by going to either my Folksy shop or my Etsy shop and then leaving me a comment here with your guess and your favourite item from my shop.

For a third and fourth try - buy something from one of my shops and leave the details in a comment with your guesses!



If more than one person guesses correctly I will give the prize to the first correct guess, so it might be worth your while checking what other people have guessed.

But what's the prize?

When I started selling my knits I was very naive. I had no idea that buying a pattern did not give me the right to sell the product of that pattern. When the light dawned, I had to remove a few things sharpish!

Your prize is Nellie (seen here doing her Marilyn Monroe impression), knitted from a commercial pattern and therefore no longer for sale in my shop.



This competition is open to anyone and everyone from wherever you happen to live - good luck! I will check the guesses in one week's time on Wednesday March 11th. If more than one person has guessed the correct number I will give the prize to the first correct guess. If nobody has the exact number I will give the prize to the nearest guess. If there are two nearest guesses (one higher, one lower) I will give to the higher guess.

And if there's any other quibble I haven't thought of, please let me know!

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! I AM BUSILY COUNTING BUTTONS...

Good morning world :-)

I hardly dare tell you that this morning the postman brought me another prize!

A really stunning photographic print from a blog giveaway at MNH photography.



The print I chose is also available in their etsy store of the same nameMNH photography

I'm going to really enjoy looking at an amazing sunrise (without getting up early!)

Another day, another prize :-)

My run of good luck continues with the arrival of a package from over the pond!

I entered a competition on Patti's blog a short while ago, and was lucky enough to win.

Even though I am a crocheter myself, I've never made anything like these nylon net dish scrubbies.



Mine are in all colours of the rainbow, and will look great in my grey kitchen!

They came complete with a lovely crocheted tote, but I think I will use that to keep my tangle of bracelets safe.



Plenty more in Patti's shop, Peacox Creations, so why not check it out?

And as always - if anyone else has a blog giveaway going, I'm always happy to enter!

Only 342 days to Christmas (I think!)

Some while ago I entered a giveaway on Bagladee's blog and the prize has arrived!



I've had great fun gloating over my winnings and reading the little craft mag - I now feel much more confident about tackling some beading, so look out world!

Bagladee has some great bags of all sizes (well, the clue is in the name!) so check out her shop if you have a moment.

As I keep saying about blog giveaways...you have to be in it to win it!