it's my party...

...and i'll cry if i want to. it's my birthday today and i'm feeling very sorry for myself as im quite sick, slowly on the mend but still out of sorts and a little blue. so in order to try cheer myself up i thought i'd take a leaf out of brenda's blog and have a birthday giveaway.

as i'm now vintage and wish my home was feeling a little more lovely, the beautiful book "home made vintage" by christina srutt is up for grabs

to enter just leave me a comment and i'll draw the winner next friday 30th july (melbourne australia time). good luck.

sew mama sew

sew mama sew are having a giveaway day (week- 17th till 20th) where lots and lots and lots of very generous beautiful people from all around the world host a giveaway. pop on over and check out some of the links to these amazingly talented people. also a great way to discover some beautiful new blogs. but beware you'll loose track of time! have fun!

and the winner is...

brenda from mira narnie. 

Congratulations you are the winner of my 103rd post giveaway!

email me your address when you get a chance and i'll pop your new bag in the mail. hope you like it! 

as you can see i popped the numbers of entrants into the random number generator. 1 being the first comment to 7 being the last and 2 was the random chosen number. 

thank you to everyone who commented/entered it meant a lot. x

Random Number Generator

This page simply picks a random number, within a range you specify.

For example, to pick a number between 1 and 100, set the Lowest Number to be 1, and the Highest Number to be 100.

Then click on Pick a Number to pick the number. That's it. Have fun!

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The randomly picked number is: 2

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happy snail mail

on arriving home from work tonight i was very excited to see some happy snail mail from the states. camille from camille creates very generously hosted a giveaway back in april and declared everyone a winner, so she sent a mini banner to all of us. so sweet! it's gorgeous, i love the colours of the banner and the wrapping with lovely notecard was a special touch. i cant wait to pop it up in miss poppets room and see it in all its glory! thanks camille you made my day so much sweeter!

103rd post giveaway

i wanted to host a giveaway in honour of my 100th post but that didn't quite happen so instead it is in honour of my 103rd post. i have made my very first mini messenger style bag and would love to give it away.
so if interested just leave me a comment by wednesday 12th may and i'll pop your name into a hat.
the bag is made from lovely soft chocolate brown cord and lined with beautiful studio e fabric-birds of a feather, which is also used as a ruffle feature on the front. perfect autumn/wintery colours.
thanks for stopping by & good luck!

giveaways

while miss poppet has her morning nap i've jumped online to get stuck into homework, but it just wouldn't be right not to check out some of the latest posts from some blogs i love and they have alerted me to some very generous giveaways. so easy distracted!

firstly from kittyrobot is this fabulous giveaway which includes a fabulous selection of handmade buttons. they are simply gorgeous. however we may be hard pressed wrestling them off kellie from push my button jewellery : )

second is the equally generous giveaway from kellie at tickled pink stamps. pop on over and take a look to see which is your favourite. it's a hard choice! 

stitchbird's fabric giveaway

i have just stubbled upon a fabulous and extremely generous fabric giveaway. interested? pop on over to stitchbird to be in it. good luck!

happy mail exchange

like most people i love nice mail. to open the letter box and see a little parcel just for me gives me a thrill of excitement. a nice needed change from the dread feeling accompanied with the mean bill variety. chantelle over at fat mum slim is hosting a happy mail exchange. you will be allocated another participant to send a bundle of surprises, gifts and joy. pop over and register cos' the more the merrier!

thrifted treasure

thrifted treasure is having a giveaway to celebrate her 1 year anniversary, and the prize is a copy of "flea market style" by emily chalmers. i adore this book, its gorgeous, pop on over to go in the draw.