Hello March! Isn't spring on its way? Here are some beautiful gifts for the gardener from The Handpicked Collection:
Robin's Egg Soaps by Gianna Rose
Robin's Egg Soaps by Gianna Rose
Have a stroll at Blueberry Fields on ETSY to see sweet handmade treats and bright eyed muffinpie dolls! See more of Monique's handmade goodies and projects on her blog Blueberries in the Fields.
I'll be closing the Sweet Valentine sponsor giveaway from Yozo Craft in just a few hours so hurry and enter while it is still open. Have fabulous Thursday!
Fashion design students or any fashion design enthusiast would adore this Fashion Sketch Pad from M&J Trimming. The Fashion Flat Sketchpad features an industry standard front and back female croquis on every page. You can draw your design and concepts right onto the page of your pad and then photocopy or scan your design, the croquis will not scan or copy eliminating the need for a light box or tracing paper. Brilliant isn't it?
Check out the DIY video tutorial on the M&J Blog on how this fashion sketch pad works.
I won this charming set of Lovemobile cards during Sarah's Valentine Giveaway. Since Valentine's has passed, these would come very handy next year. Thanks Sarah!
Check out Sarah's ETSY shop Simply Pretty Prints for some seriously cute handmade goods such as custom message coffee cups, mini flower pots and beautiful thank you cards.
Today is the last day of the Sweet Valentine sponsor giveaway from Yozo Craft. Don't forget to enter as there are five (5) wooden Decole antique style wooden envelope templates to be given away. Today is also the last day to take advantage of Yozo Craft's free gift offer!
I scored one of Yozo Craft's newest additions a couple of days ago. It's a Japanese Antique Style Scissor to add to my sewing notion shadow box. Isn't it gorgeous? I've been looking for something like that for a long, long time! So glad I found it at Yozo Craft.
Happy Wednesday!
I love discovering new artists and sharing them on this journal! I'd like to introduce Char & Tam from We Blog Artist. Their blog is an avenue of creative collaboration and connection and it is inspiring in every way.
Char has a very delightful ETSY store called Blueshine Baby offering fairytale inspired wall art. Better check out the shop as Char is offering free shipping for the whole month of February. How can you not resist these prints? As for me I am totally smitten!
You'd be thrilled to know that she has a fabulous giveaway! But hurry as it is ending very soon!
Visit the We Blog Artist Blog and tell Char which animal,bird or insect you would like painted with the number of children/adults on the back, 3 colour preference and whether it is a night or day scene. As for me, I would like to be painted sleeping soundly on the back of a big, cuddly dog on a starry night.
On that note, sweet dreams beckon. Goodnight!
Rebecca of Blinking Flights just added a very sweet and free pattern to her blog! It's a super cute Babushka Doll pattern! Check out other free patterns of her delightful and cuddly bugs and critters! She has PDF patterns of other doll designs available on her shop too. Her patterns are delightfully illustrated and very colorful to boot.
Do add your Blinking Flights creations to her Flickr Group afterwards. Thank you so much Rebecca for sharing the softie love!
Make it a great week!
Ready to try MT (masking tape) crafts? Get your colorful MT stash at Yozo Craft. The shop offers various delivery methods such as SAL (surface air lifted) which makes shipping even more affordable. Alternately you can buy single japanese masking tapes from their 3point5dollars shop on ETSY. Yozo Crafts' special promo for Sweet Tidings readers is still ongoing! Readers who leave the message "Valentine" in the "Remarks" field before shop checkout will receive a cute gift. The free gift offer is good until the end of the sponsor giveaway on Feb 24, 2010.
Learn more about masking tape here. There are also some great craft deas on Flickr. Here are some crafty japanese masking tape projects you can try at home:
Image from Style Me Pretty
Pretty Garlands from Style Me Pretty
Image from A Spoonful of Sugar
Garden Mama is hosting a 2-part giveaway from Pipodoll, a very whimsical shop on ETSY that sells the cutest art prints, hand drawn plushies and gnomes--handmade gnomes! As you know I am crazy over anything gnome or gnomish. Pipodoll is one of the first shops I've discovered on ETSY and Samantha has so many happy, inspiring creations to fall in love with. Have a gander around the shop.
Enter Garden Mama's giveaway for a chance to win the handmade gnome and art print featured above. I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. Good luck!
P.S. I just added Garden Mama to my ever growing list of must-read blogs. I am hooked by her engaging writing style, photos and homestyle sensibility. Her shop is a must-see too!
Don't forget to enter the Sweet Valentine Sponsor giveaway from Yozo Craft. Five of these Decole Antique Style Wooden Envelope Templates will be given away. They are perfect for making handmade stationery!
Kitty Coin Purse and Piggy Pillows from Craft Passion
I just adore this redwork embroidery of Project Runway's Tim Gunn that Sarah of Totally Severe made! I found her creative site via the lovely How About Orange. Isn't this total genius?
Check out Sarah's creative offerings such as incredibly colorful and stunning downloads, printables and print-on-demand fabrics. So severely sensational!
Image from Martha Stewart
15 classic cake recipes to master plus 35 chocolate cake recipes to drool over from Martha Stewart. Get inspired to bake a cake this weekend!