Woodland Winter Giveaway!

 Welcome to the wonderful woodland winter giveaway! There are four things in today's festive giveaway......a little deer ornament made specially for you by me, a fabulous Enchanted Forest Tea Towel (thanks to the very generous Al of All Tea Towels), a cute little toadstool tealight and a little chocolatey surprise too........

 ....a while ago i planned to make a little felt ornament for my winter giveaway and decided on a little deer...

 ....and then when i featured this gorgeous festive tea towel in an earlier post so many of you liked it so i decided to add this to my giveaway too.......the design is by the talented artist Linda Edwards and you can see more of her delightful, colourful work on her website here.....
To enter the giveaway all you have to do is to leave me a comment on this post (and if you become a follower or are one already, just mention that in your comment  and you can have two entries!)......the giveaway is open to everyone worldwide and will run until  December 8 .........

                      ...you could hang the little deer on a door or on the christmas tree.......

 ....the buttons i used are some vintage pearly ones i bought at the famous Duttons for Buttons shop in York this time last year....the shop had them packed in little bags looking like sweets........i embroidered some tiny stars here and there too.....

 ....and of course there will be a chocolate novelty in the package..... this little robin and yule log......

Good luck in the giveaway!

Have a happy week and thanks for visiting me and all your sweet comments xxxxx

Crafty Giveaway

Today is a very special day here...it's my blog birthday!! For one year I've been occupying this little space and what a wonderful year it's been...I didn't realise just how much blogging would enrich my creative life and that I would meet so many wonderful bloggers out there who like the same things and share a real creative connection...
So it's time for a giveaway, and it just had to be a crafty one...when I tidied up my work things a few weeks ago I realised I have LOT of things in my stash, some that have been given to me by companies I work for ......so I decided to give some away. First I chose a little bag to put them all in...a bit like a lucky bag filled with surprises...

 This little drawstring bag is handmade, though not by me..I bought it from a lovely lady at a local craft fair.....

And in the bag are lots of beautiful beads and buttons (and some sequins too, not shown in the pix)....

 A whole rainbow of gorgeous specialist threads - perfect not just for sewing with but for embellishing cards, threading through tags, sewing on beads for added sparkle.....

                                                   Some card charms shaped like flowers...

...a bundle of printed cotton fabric with cupcakes and a party theme...plus other small crafty surprises so you can dip in and find crafty inspiration to play around with...

If you'd like to enter the giveaway all you have to do is to leave me a comment on this post and I'll put your name in the hat.  The giveaway will last for one week, till Monday June 13.

Off to do some more work now - I'm busily crafting at the moment working on various commisions including cross stitch sampler charts, patchwork, applique, sewing, drawing and writing up instructions...so if I have seemed a little quieter than usual that is why! Thank you so much for visiting me here. Wishing you a wonderful sunny, happy, crafty week and ..good luck in the giveaway! Back soon xxxxxxx