staying within the lines

Do you love giveaways? I must admit I sometimes think I'm addicted...but you don't win unless you enter! I was very pleased to win JordanDene's superhero ammo belt because it meant I had a perfect excuse for a spot of colouring in!

Perhaps there's a bigger question here - why do I own a steampunk colouring book? You'd have to ask my son, he gave it to me last year. And why not?

I promised some online friends a picture of me wearing it when it came, but I'm afraid I no longer fit into something designed for a 2-9 year old, so I shall be passing it along to a little friend just as soon as I've finished my picture!

You can see in JordanDene's instruction leaflet how to wear it - and actually, Jordan does make an adult sized version, but the giveaway I entered was for a childsized superhero.

Thanks Jordan - if you know someone who would love to wear their crayons instead of leaving them in the sofa for the cat to eat, why not head over to JordanDene on Etsy where she currently has 54 different styles of crayon ammo belts and much much more.

Giveaway panda winner

thanks for entering!

4 of you desired the panda. Goblinf posted a second comment which I didn't count, so I put 1,2,3,4 into random.org (goblinf=1, Rachel=2, Josh=3, TattooedMummy=4)

The screenshots are not the best, but if you click on them they'll grow.

Result =1 Congratulations lucky new panda owner!

I name this rabbit...

Nameless rabbit waits impatiently whilst MrNifty stirs the pot. 

Sometimes he takes his job very seriously indeed.

MrNifty makes his choice...who can it be?

BigBlueBed! Congratulations, Hector is now a rabbit who knows his name.

Thanks for entering, everyone.

Competition and Giveaway!

Remember the Homecrafts competition I was invited to enter? You can see the entries here. We were each sent a box of random yarns and asked to work our magic. I asked if I could use other yarns as well (no) and if I could use stuffing and wire (yes)...and as you know, came up with the two meerkats. They're one-of-a-kind because the yarns are so different from my usual.

Anyway, long story short wanna know who won?

 I want to share the love! I'm offering one lucky winner the choice of either of these very special niftyknits meerkats. To help you decide, you can see more pictures of them here.

How to enter?

Two ways. I'll put your name in the virtual hat for each entry, so if you choose to use both ways of entering, you've got two chances!

#1 leave a comment below saying which meerkat you'd like *and* a way to contact you. Don't forget, if your blogger profile is set to private I will NOT be able to find you there. 

#2 Go to any of my shops Folksy or Etsy or Zibbet , select your favourite item and come back here and leave the link. Again, please make sure you leave a way to contact you.

Good luck! I'll choose the winner randomly on Sunday evening (UK time) 12th August. Open to all, international, as always. Thank you once again, Homecrafts!

******************GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED**************
Thanks everyone - I'll announce the winner tomorrow.

I won a circus tent!

Well - that's what the yarn is called ;-)
Isn't it gorgeous? I had a hard time choosing from Tiffany's shop "A Geek's Yarn", it's like a woolly rainbow in there!
I'm off to scour the internet for a sock pattern worthy of such loveliness, I'm going to knit something for *ME* for a change!

For those of you who are still nervous of buying from abroad, it was shipped from the States on Saturday, and is in my hands in the UK today, Friday, less than a week!

Who won the fairy?

Did you enter my giveaway?




I've counted through to the 74th comment and it's from DancingRainbows - congratulations!

Many thanks to everyone who entered - and better luck next time! Follow my blog to be sure to spot the next giveaway, or sign up for my newsletter.

Giveaway result

Thank you everyone who entered - it was great to hear what "says home" to you.

I listed the total of 24 entries (including the second goes - it seems we're all manet fans) and asked random.org to choose the winner:



11th entry was jms, also known as blogger joyknitt, congratulations!

Winner!

Yay me, I won a giveaway! Jordan of The Art of Jordan has sent me two of her lovely Art cards all the way from Australia! It's silly, but somehow it's way more exciting to win from far away, it makes me feel quite exotic!

Jordan can be found here:
Twitter
facebook
blog
and on Etsy - she's got a fabulous style, join me in adding her to your favourites?

I absolutely love the little handstitched "THX!" tag she attached to the package, I wonder if it's copyright? ;-)

YAY me! I win again!

A wile ago I entered a fiendishly difficult (but great fun!) contest on Laughing Daisy's blog. She showed us a picture of her button collection in which she'd hidden some birds - anyway, it brought my competitive nature to the fore and yesterday my prize arrived. I wasn't expecting anything like this much in the package!



There are some hairclips made from fabric-covered buttons, another couple of funky plastic hairclips, very retro! a temporary tattoo with which to horrify my grown-up kids, a dear little gift bag, a couple of gift tags, introductions to various new shops ... and some American candies!

Many thanks Mindy!

Please check out Mindy's shop LaughingDaisy
become a fan on facebook (I just have!)
encourage her to get going 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!

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!