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Ooooh La La: A Shabby Apple Giveaway

Who doesn't love a beautiful dress? And just in time for holiday party season. The lovely ladies at Shabby Apple, a female-owned company based in Utah that creates well-made and extremely fashionable dresses for women, girls, and preteens, have kindly offered to give away one pretty women's dress to a lucky Curious Bird reader.

To win a Shabby Apple dress of your choice (sorry, this doesn't include The Greenleaf Collection), all you have to do is "Like" Shabby Apple on Facebook and then leave a comment here saying you did so, AND for fun, please tell me where you would wear your Shabby Apple dress if you were to win. Keepin' it curious here, folks ;)

As a bonus to all Curious Bird readers: You also get a 10% discount with code Curiousbird10off. This discount is good for 30 days.

Good luck!

Leya, who is pretty sure L'Opera would be her choice.

The random number generator has spoken...Jessica wins the dress!
Thanks to all who put their name, er, comment in the hat. Congrats, Jessica.

you're a winner...

of a digital copy of Nuno Magazine if you left a comment and you are:

Bethany

Oh fun! It looks great!

Posted by: Bethany | November 04, 2011 at 01:07 PM

or

Lisa

eco-crafts inspired by the outdoors! My two-year old and I NEED this magazine. I'm a biologist/ conservationist and his favorite thing right now is outer space. We love to take walks in the woods and make crafts together.

Posted by: lisa | November 04, 2011 at 01:40 PM

or

Jamie

Count me in for that star pillow alone. To fun!

Posted by: Jamie | November 04, 2011 at 06:52 PM

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Congrats! And thanks for participating in the Nuno giveaway.

Cheers,

Leya

 

a giveaway for you and you and you.

Hello there. Happy Friday.

Have you heard of Nuno Magazine? I recently found out about it and have been picking my jaw up off the floor ever since. It's a digital magazine full of amazing eco-friendly projects, and the newest edition, Star Gazing, is 82+ pages of sewing, knitting, crochet, paper craft, and other crafty projects inspired by a walk in the woods on a fall evening. So good. The star pillow created from a felted wool blanket and the pressed plastic garland are my favorites, but there are so many good ideas in this magazine it really is hard to pick.

The nice people at Nuno have offered to give away a digital copy of the magazine to three of my readers. Please leave a comment before midnight tonight and I'll pick the winners sometime this weekend.  In the meantime, be sure to take a look at the Nuno Magazine blog.

for fun on a friday

I'm calling this a Packin' Up and Movin' Out Giveaway. Pretty sure there will be more of these to come.
If you like what you see, leave a comment below for a chance to win this one-of-a-kind shadowbox I created in June, 2007. (Gosh, that was a long time ago).

Here are the details:

11" x 11" square
Media: vintage fabric, emphemera, hand drawings on cardstock

Back to work,

Leya

p.s. going to pick a winner on Sunday or Monday.

The lucky number is 12. The winner is JAYMI who commmented,
"I absolutely love this. LOVE."



 

Brain dump

Hello Friday!

This week passed quick, and hooray(!),  the allergies or whatever was bugging me have left me alone for now. Thank goodness because I'm such a miserable sick person. Full disclosure: I'm a whiner when I'm sick.  A total whiner.

Other than feeling sorry for myself midweek, I had a pretty good week overall.

Felix and I built a huge paper nest out of old New Yorkers yesterday. He was beside himself with joy and the nest stayed in the middle of the floor for hours allowing us to revisit it at least a few times throughout the day. Paper is top dog in Felix's world currently. No question.

I also had tea and pastries with a good friend who showed me how to finish the knitting project I've been working on forever. I CAN NOT believe I am finally finished with it (photos soon). I'll get into the specifics when I post about the project, but I'll go ahead and admit that I learned a lot while completinig this project. I made several rookie mistakes, which I'm pretty sure won't happen down the road. Learning something new is good for me, albeit it frustrating at times.

This week I have found myself thinking a lot about Spring cleaning. I have plans to go through everything and get rid of all the excess stuff. I got through half of our sideboard yesterday during one of F's naps and it felt so dang good. More cleaning to come.

Here's some big news. The hubs is a superstar and has been awarded a fancy pants grant and a fellowship at not one, but two universities. We're definitely moving before Fall and it's bigtime exciting.  (I am going to post a dedicated "we're moving, wanna be my friend?" post soon)
Anyone want to take a guess at where we're going? Here's a hint: the schools are located close together and each place if fond of the color blue. Shoot, this is fun (and totally unplanned). The first person to guess both schools wins the lot of vintage linens I cleared out of my sideboard yesterday. There is a set of vintage Vera napkins involved ;).  *People who already know are not allowed to play... that means you, Heather, Sherri, Mary Beth, and anyone I am forgetting.

Holy smokes!! You guys are good. Duke and Carolina it is. Jodi got her comment in first, so she wins the loot. Congrats, Jodi.

Okay, back to work.

More very soon,
L.

Congrats, Jenna.

The random number generator has spoken and the lucky winner of the yarn giveaway is: Comment #14

"oooh, this looks like heaven. perfect new year yarn"

Posted by: jenna

Thanks to everyone who commented. So glad you were excited about Kathy's lovely creation.
Speaking of Kathy, if you have a minute, please go check out her new e-book,
Handmade Time: how to squeeze in a little more crafting everyday

Squeezing in crafting time is something I think about almost every day. Perhaps she knows a secret. I'm very intrigued.

 

a little something for you

 
Check out this super funky yarn created especially for Curious Bird readers by one of my sponsors, Kathy from While Tangerine Dreams. She even named the skein Curious Bird! I love that.

If you'd like to get your paws on this beautiful yarn, just leave a comment by 10pm tonight. I'll pick a winner in the next day or two.

When asked, Kathy described it like this: "Sixty meters of super bulky softly spun white New Zealand merino orbited by six needlefelted blue birds"

Good luck!

p.s. If you'd like to become a Curious Bird sponsor or have questions about ad rates, please contact me at leya(at)curiousbird(dot)com. 

baggu winner!

Howdy,

The winner of the Baggu zipper set is...

Oh these are wonderful! I seriously heart my grocery tote baggu bags and would organize myself with these!

Posted by: Amanda  

If you are Amanda, please send me your address and prepare to be organized!

Thanks everyone. That was fun.

Fondly,

Leya

Baggu for you

Being a new mama has me doing everything I can to stay organized. Losing the baby nail clippers doesn't seem like such a big deal until three days have passed and you start to notice little scratches all over your sweet baby's face. (sidenote: baby fingernails are my worst enemy right now -- they are the hardest and most nerve-racking  to clip and they grow into sharp talons almost overnight!)

To stay organized in the mom department and in life in general, I'm a big fan of the little zipper pouches from Baggu. They come in all sizes and colors and work for pretty much everything. Some descriptors that come to mind: easy to keep clean. lightweight. durable.  reuseable.

Just for kicks I thought it would be nice to help one of you get a little more organized. Baggu is kindly offering a medium zipper pouch set to a lucky Curious Bird reader. All you need to do is leave a comment below (by 10pm eastern time) and I'll pick a winner in the next day or two.  

Be well, Leya

 

we have a winner...

  
The lucky winner of this sweet table runner from Knotted Nest goes to:

Morgan

she commented:

"love the blog and, of course, the table runners...it would love awesome in our new home. all her stuff is super cute and good quality..i bought some of her flags a while ago for my baby's bday and later for her room...CUTE!"

Congrats, Morgan!