my creative space - giveaway

As promised my creative space today is a GIVEAWAY to introduce my new A4 prints.

My Ruby Slippers have long been a popular gift for girls, so its nice to be able to offer some unisex prints that boys will like too. Coincidentally my two darling boys turn ten this Saturday, can you believe it?! It doesn't seem that long ago that we found out we were having twins. I found my diary from 2001 the other day and by this time ten years ago I was the size of a house and moving very slowly, trying to keep up with a busy three year old!

To enter my giveaway just choose your favourite print and tell me which one it is in a comment below. The giveaway is open to everyone. I haven't done this before but I'm going to give followers who enter an extra vote, to thank you all for being regulars round here and for all your lovely support. Just make sure to mention your follower status in your comment. I'm happy for new followers to take advantage of the offer too.

Prints are named Red Teapot, Triangle Twist, yellow Marble Collection, blue Marble Collection, Turquoise Teapot and Blue Teapot. They are printed on wonderful heavy archival paper with beautiful six colour epson inks. These prints look wonderful framed in Ikea's A4 size Ribba Frame (not included). I'm hoping to offer a smaller a5 print soon too.

Oh and a winner will be drawn Friday week (8th April). Good Luck! For more creative types visit Kirsty!

japanese donations

I was delighted the other day to use the money raised from my Teapot for Japan print sales to buy winter weight sleeping bags through Superbuzzy's Stay Warm in Japan campaign. Its such a great way to help the cause practically - for just $6 you can buy a sleeping bag for someone to use in the devastated and now freezing areas of Northern Japan affected by the earthquake.

And then I was lucky enough to buy a beautiful fabric pack from generous Melissa, who joined a group of friends in Crafting for Courage, donating the proceeds of sales from some of her beautiful items to the Save the Children fund. Aren't they beautiful!

The crafting community is so generous, I'm always inspired by the creative ways they think of to help us show our concern and help the many people affected by disaster and war around the world.

Thanks for all the Marble love!!! I'll be back tomorrow to share some new prints based on my recent designs and I think its time I had a GIVEAWAY, don't you! Come back tomorrow for the chance to win your favourite of the new prints :-)

my creative space - marbles

The Project Selvage competition closes today. I just had a look over there and from what I can see there are over 700 entries! I've made a few designs with the contest in mind but I've finally decided this marble collection is the one I'm entering. Marbles were the first thought that jumped into my head - about three minutes after I started thinking about baby boys and I'm happy that it appears to be the only design with this theme. I've entered the blue, which colour do you like?

I've always loved marbles. I think they're beautiful. Mr Flowerpress has a lovely collection found over the years since childhood. I like the timeless, vintage quality of marbles, I like the swirls you find inside and how they hang in the glass. And I'm happy with the way my marble collection reads as spots from a distance too, I do love spotty fabric!

From all those entries the organisers choose just 75 for voting on by the Spoonflower community. There's a lot of competition so I will feel really honoured if my design gets through to that stage, fingers crossed.

Whatever happens my marble collection will soon be for sale as a print, I think they would be perfect as a present for new baby boys.

For more creations visit Kirsty.