Friday's Fresh Finds: Giveaways

Hi to all of you! Today's Fresh Finds are some great giveaways on some other craft blogs! I thought you might like to have a go at winning some of the wonderful finds being given away...

1. Poppy Place PDX is giving away Four 5x5 Rose prints... really lovely. All you have to do is follow their blog and leave a comment... easy peasy! =) Enter the giveaway HERE!

2. Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a custom owl. Let me just say that she makes super cute owls that she involves her kids in... they help her choose fabric and colors and they also help name them. Cute, huh? Anyway, all the details about entering her giveaway are HERE, but it's basically follow and comment. Easy again!

3. Java Mama Cooker is giving away an altered recipe journal. Same requirements: follow and comment. Enter the giveaway HERE!

4. Crafty Dream is giving away a beautiful tree necklace from Earrings Nation. There are a few ways to enter the giveaway, so find out how to enter HERE!

5. That Girls Crafty is giving away a beautiful pair of earrings from Julie Ellyn Designs. They're gorgeous! There are a few ways to enter the giveaway, so find out how to enter HERE!

Hope you all have a great Friday! This week seemed really long and I'm glad Friday is finally here. The weekend is tomorrow! Yay! =)

Something from the Scrap Pile

From Adriel:

The other day I found a piece of Old Olive CS in our scrap bin that was already folded as a standard A2 size card and the front of it was stamped with some images from Fifth Avenue Floral. I must have been feeling adventurous because I decided to make the poor card into something...

Um... I'm not sure if I like it. The card may have been better off left uncompleted in the scrap pile. I don't know... when I picked it out of the scraps, it seemed to be screaming for someone to finish it. I just think I wasn't the right person to finish it. =D


Anyway, it was fun to play around with. I used my mom's sewing machine again and tried out
(by memory) a ribbon pleating tutorial I ran across awhile back. It also has a nice paper pleating tutorial along with it and you can find those HERE on Studio Calico's blog. I don't know if I followed their directions exactly, but I ended up with pleated ribbon and that was the point, so I was at least successful in that regard. =P

At least I tried something new and had some fun. And I enjoyed myself!