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my owl barn calendar for 2011!

 

Just when I needed some creative inspiration, my good friend Eileen sent me a link to this awesome free 2011 owl calendar download!  My Owl Barn (strap yourself to your twig if you like owls, because its all owley goodness!) has collaborated with 30 of her favourite artists so you can create your own calendar using the images you most love!  How owlsome is that!?

Trouble is, I'm finding it hard just to find my 12 favourites - they are all so great!  I think my very favourite is by children's illustrator Flora Chang.

I've popped one of the cute My Owl Barn buttons over there on my blog so you can click through whenever inspiration strikes! Or you can make them for cute Christmas presents!

 

 

brid bird giveaway!

I'm just MAD for these right now and the very generous Bridget Farmer at brid bird is giving away one of her magnificent featherstitch fantail brooches! 

Go on - you KNOW you want one!

Head on over to her Featherstitch Fantail blog and tell her which one is your favourite to win!

and the winner is...

Thanks to everyone who left a comment for my first ever giveaway with Kim from Capebags!  It was great to see all the fabulous craftspirational ideas you have for Ikea fabric!

Via random number generator, the winning comment was number 3!

Congratulations to Ginger who would make a lovely purse from her favourite Ikea fabric!

If you missed out on the giveaway tonight but don't think you can live without one of Kim's bags, head on over right now to Capebags and buy yourself a well deserved early Christmas present in your favourite Ikea fabric (or some gorgeous Heather Bailey fabric!) - go on, you know you want to!

PS: Oh! I forgot to mention that it was the first time Ginger had left a comment on craftjuice! Thanks for taking the plunge Ginger!

ciao ciao for now...

Well, after what possibly has been the busiest week of my year (eek - and its not Christmas yet), I'm off to the Gold Coast to celebrate Mr B's birthday for the weekend sans Miss M.  This is the first time we've been away for a whole weekend without Miss M her entire two year+ life, and only the fourth time this year we've had a 'date' on our own. I will miss my baby so very much, but I am looking forward to this precious time with Mr B too.

This week I've been working on some very special Christmas gifts of which I'll share some pics shortly.  I've even had another visit to Ikea where I was suddenly possessed by the spirit of Edward Scissorhands (if only it was Johnny Depp) and cut myself another few metres of mighty fine prints. Santa came early for me and I grabbed myself the above Jall table top ironing board for my crafty adventures, to save me running up and down a long flight of internal stairs every time I want to iron a seam. Fabulous!

Now all that's left is for you to leave your crafty idea comments in the giveaway craftjuice and CapeBags is having in the post below!  There's still plenty of time left to win this fantastic bag!

Ciao Ciao for now!

CRAFTJUICE/CAPEBAGS GIVEAWAY!

I'm very excited to announce my very first giveaway on craftjuice!

With all the Ikea fabric love around blogland at the moment, the wonderful Kim from Capebags has generously donated this fabulous bag as an exclusive giveaway on craftjuice!

All you have to do is leave a craftspirational comment on this post (click on the teeny 'comment' link below) to tell us what you make, or would make, from your favourite Ikea fabric! 

Remember to leave a link to your email address/blog so we can contact you if you are the winner!

Winner will be selected via random number generator. Comments close next Sunday night 6pm, Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) time with the winner announced later that evening! 

Good luck!