Pattern Pyramid Giveaway!

 Giveaway now closed!

I was one of the very lucky winners of the first round of the Pattern Pyramid giveaway hosted my the lovely Karen of Did you make that? 

My parcel!

THE RULES

• Anyone, anywhere can enter the giveaway by posting a comment below by midnight GMT Wednesday 18 July BUT you must have an active blog. (Reasons to become obvious.)
• I will randomly select one winner.
• I will post on a selection of approximately 5-6 patterns and/or Burda magazines to the winner, along with the Pattern Pyramid hand woven labels to be sewn into anything made from one of these patterns.
• The winner will pick one pattern to keep for themselves, then host their own giveaway. They will randomly select a winner, post the remaining patterns to that Person C. Person C will pick a pattern for themselves, host their own giveaway and post the remaining patterns to the winner, Person D. Person D will…

THE SMALL PRINT

• The patterns have not been checked so pieces may be missing, it is pot luck!
• If you’re a winner, I would love it if you could make a small contribution to The Brooke. This is a charity close to the heart of Catherine, who so generously provided these patterns.

 So go ahead, enter the giveaway and you get to choose your pattern from the lovely goodies provided.  Below is a little sneak peek of what will be arriving in your package.

Finally, this is the pattern I chose.  I cannot actually believe my package contained this pattern, as it was the one I was lusting over on Karen's original sneak peek post and I just cannot wait to make it up!  (Apologies to anyone else who was hoping to receive this one!)

How pretty!!

Resolved to Sew 2012

There is a fab giveaway going on over at Very Berry Handmade with 11 amazing prizes!  All you have to do to enter is blog about your sewing resolutions, as I haven't done this yet, I thought it would be a great time to do so.

My newest purchase, I didn't know this pattern existed!  Anyone remember the Wuzzles?

(1)  Sew more and procrastinate less. 
I have an awful habit of picking a pattern, fabric, notions and saving until I can buy them, thinking about my new dress for weeks, then the stuff gets here and suddenly I find something I HAVE to watch on tv, a blog I HAVE to read or a cake I MUST bake and it gets forgotten even though I was so pumped up about this before.  I am not sure why I put off the actual sewing as I love it, maybe it is because once I start something I like to sit and see it through rather than stop then come back to it.

(2)  Complete my 12 in 12 challenge
I didn't quite complete it last month, I skipped one month, but I am trying to sew one garment each month to improve my sewing skills and create a home made wardrobe.

(3)  Take part in The Sew Weekly Challenge
I am not going to do every week but I sew more when it is to a deadline and I love some of the themes that they come up with for people to sew along with.


(4)  Learn a new sewing technique(s)
My main aim with sewing different patterns is to learn new tips, tricks and techniques.  I like to try something different with every project and would like to try pattern drafting, french seams, sewing sheer fabric, hand embroidery etc

(5)  Start a monthly book review section on my blog
I always have a book on the go and I love to read maybe more than I love sewing (eeep can't believe I just said that!) and was thinking about doing some book review posts.  I'm not sure whether to just make them part of my current blog or if I should start another that would deal with them but I tend to read 4 or 5 books a month and people I know often ask me what they should read next.  Plus I like to keep a record of what I have read just for my own pleasure.

So thats it!  Not too specific as I don't think I would keep resolutions that are too difficult or time consuming.  Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

My Memories Giveaway!

Hello readers!  I have been away on a little holiday to see them family and I am now going to offer you a chance to enter my first ever giveaway!  I have been contacted by the lovely people at My Memories who have a fantastic prize for you!

In case you did not know about My Memories they are an award winning digital scrapbook software company where you can create your own digital scrapbooks, photobooks, cards, calenders and gifts.  I have tried the My Memories suite and found that although it can look pretty complicated at first, it is actually fairly easy to use and has a whole lot of features for complete customization.  I am by no means a computer wiz but I will give you a little look at something I was able to knock up whilst playing around with it this morning.

I just used a standard template and added pictures from my travels last year but you can do so much more.  Once you have finished you can even have it made up in a real life scrapbook.  I really think the calender is a great idea too, imagine giving your grandparents a calendar with family photos on each month.  If you get stuck, they have loads of handy hints and tips on their website, including YouTube videos which can be found here.

Birds of a feather pack

That's not all!  If you are interested in purchasing anything from My Memories then they are offering my readers a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software and another $10 for the My Memories store, so a total of a $20 saving!  This is about £13 in sterling and if you are not from the US (like me) you can still use the code.
Just enter this code at the checkout:  STMMMS43

Spooks and Candies Pack

To enter the giveaway: Visit the My Memories store and browse what is on offer, then
return to this blog page and tell me which of the scrapbooking kits or templates you like best and what you would use the digital scrap booking software for.

Don't forget to leave your e-mail address or to link to your blog or have an already linked profile so that I can contact the winner!

The closing date is Sunday 16th October 2011 at midday London time.

Good Luck!