5 January 2012

Start as you mean to go on!

Hello there!
Hope you are all doing well... here on the North Coast we have been battered & blown by winter storms....the other morning we woke up with a 10ft tree at the bottom of the garden & we've no idea where it came from!! At least we fared a little better than our neighbour who's garage roof blew off!
I've also been catching up with all the comings & goings in blogland. One thing I've noticed are all the plans & resolutions everyone is making. I'm absolutely awful at sticking to my New Years Resolutions, but I've come up with with something which I fully intend to stick to... So this year, each month I am going to host a giveaway for you all. Now they may not be as wonderful as some of the incredible giveaways that we have all entered, but each one I hope will be special & appropriate for the month they are set in.. So here is January's giveaway...
Its a pack to make a patchwork notebook or diary cover. The pack contains small fabric squares (approx 1.5") from Sweetwater's gorgeous Hometown or Reunion fabric and will cover a notebook or diary measuring up to 8.5" x 11". There is also a label for you to put on too if you would like to...
The photos are taken from the Sweetwater blog, but I'm going to make one too in the Reunion fabric (one of my favourite fabric lines).
To enter the giveaway I would love you to tell me:
If you could pick only one new sewing project/technique you would like to accomplish in 2012 what would it be?
The giveaway will be open until Sunday 5pm GMT & I'll announce the winner that evening. If you are a lovely follower please do let me know too. If you are interested, the pack is also available on the Sweetwaterscrapbook etsy site.
Thanks for stopping by & I hope you all have a wonderfully creative day!
Karen

1 January 2012

Hoping You Have Wonderful 2012

Its the first day of 2012 & I just wanted to say hello!
I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas. Life has been so hectic since I last posted, so please forgive my silence, but I have been thinking of you all & hope that once all the festivities are over I can get caught up with you & all your wonderful creativity.
In looking back over 2011 I am so grateful for special times with my wonderful family, happy moments shared with by best friend, new wonderful friendships with some incredibly creative women, challenging & humbling experiences with local teenagers with special needs & children from the slums in Pattaya, Thailand....
So many of you have contributed to these memories & so to each one I would like to say thank you. It has been an honour to share a little bit of my life's journey with you. I wish each one of you a happy, creative and peaceful 2012 & hope that we will continue to walk this journey together.
With much love to each one of you
Karen