CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Winners TBA shortly. Thanks for entering!!
As 2011 comes to a close, you are probably thinking about plans for the new year. Ways to improve on this and that. Do less, you aren’t Superwoman. Do More. You are Superwoman!! (Or man!!)
Maybe you are even thinking about taking up a new hobby. Learn something new.
Well, I CAN HELP WITH THAT!!
Welcome to my Get-You-Started-On-A-New-Hobby Giveaway…
All you have to do is leave a comment finishing this sentence.
I would love to try (one of the below).
- crocheting
- beading
- sewing/quilting
- macrame
Giveaway Guidelines:
Contest starts today Friday December 30, 2011 and runs through Thursday January 5, 2012. One comment per person.
Two comments will be randomly selected by the Random Generator.
Winners will be posted on Friday January 6, 2012 and notified via e-mail. Make sure I have a way to contact you. Winners will have 48 hours to reply by e-mail with name and address or new winners will be selected.
Prize boxes will be mailed within three days of contest close. (Everyone is welcome. I will ship international.)
Photos are showing craft supplies I gathered to take pictures. Not necessarily the exact items you will receive but I will send enough to get you started.
Each package will include How-To Instruction books/booklets and/or patterns.
I am so excited to offer this giveaway to my blog followers. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement year round. And a HUGE thank you for your comments both here and by e-mail. They mean a lot to me!!
Psst… even if you already know how to do these crafts, you can still enter. Just tell me which is your favorite.
And please do come back to show us what you made. I will post pictures on my You Made It page. Good luck!! Thanks for participating.
I would love to try beading!
I would love to try macrame!
I would love to try crocheting.
I like to try to beading ty
Todos são lindos, gosto muito de crochê e patchwork, admiro todos os seus trabalhos e quero agradecer a sua generosidade em nos oferecer tantas postagens lindas.
Obrigada e que 2012 seja marcado pelo SUCESSO em todas as áreas de sua vida, abraços carinhosos de Maria Teresa
(Maria Teresa said, per the translator: All are beautiful, I love to crochet and patchwork. I admire all your work and I want to thank you for your generosity in offering us so many beautiful posts. Thank you and 2012 is marked by success in all areas of your life. Loving hugs Maria Teresa)
I would LOVE to try macrame!
I remember my Mom doing macrame as a child and making the coolest
potted plant hangers. At least I thought they were neat at the time – because MY
MOM made them! LOL.
I love the owl on the cover of that book (magazine) – I’d make that!
Happy New Year!
I would love to try crocheting. So many of the things you’ve done have inspired me. Thank you! I love the quilted wall storage containers. They are my next project.
I would love to try crochet!
It is difficult to choose one as these are all crafts that I would love to try or continue to learn more about.
Thank you for all you share with everyone. We certainly enjoy seeing your skill and pride in your crafting. If we benefit from it, it is just icing on the cake!
I would love to try crocheting!
i would love to learn Macrame. Thank you.
I would love to learn to Crochet. Thanks.
I would love to crochet
I live in Darwin a remote place where is so hard to get material to fullfill all the inspiration I get from the net
Happy New Year
I think I am going to try and do sewing/quilting this coming year. My oldest is really into making things and she was given a ton of crafting items for Christmas (friendship bracelet making kits, weaving loom, an art kit). She would love having a sewing kit we could use together.
I would love to try beading
I would love to learn/try beading!
I would love to try and make a beautiful crochet set of booties and fingerless gloves for my daughter’s birthday. We live in the mid-west and she on the west coast; I really miss her.
I would like to win the crochet set. I do crochet but just the basics and recently decided I wanted to get more proficient at it. I have been enjoying your quilting posts. Quilting is on my bucket list but not yet as I recently started to learn how to knit!
Put me down for the quilting! I would love to enter for your give away. I am a beginner quilter and ready to soak up all the info I can gather, I have been following your blog for several months and love the things you have been making. A few ladies in my small town have started a monthly quilt group. So I actually have my first project cut out and partially started, waiting on the lesson on applique. My sister has quilted for years and has tried to get me to start. I have mostly done smaller projects, like tote bags, fabric bowls, and I weave rugs. So now I will be a quilter too. thanks for this nice offer. Happy New Year to you and keep up the good work on your site!! Dorothy
I would love to try Macrame, you make the greatest stuff!!! I have only done jewelry, so want to try the bigger stuff
What a fun giveaway, Donna!
With a name like “Bead Happily Ever After”, you can probably guess my favorite! (Yep, beading!)
I would love anyone one of them. Happy New year.
Your work is always inspiring and beautiful! Really love the macrame items.
I would love to try beading.
I would LOVE to try quilting! Donna’s enthusiasm and lovely creations have sparked off my love of sewing again, after years in a creative ‘wilderness’. Have some fabric, have a sewing machine, have a spark – just need a firm PUSH in the right direction!
I would love to try beading. I love jewelry but it is getting so expensive for costume jewelry. Thanks
Thanks for your beautifull posts i’ve been following your blog for several months now. I would love to try Macrame. I can make some crochet and beading already, and i love it. In support of the lovely girls there that want to try it: Just do it. It is a great hobby, i’m sure you will ove, it’s very relaxing and when you look at the final result, it’s a great feeling.
Thanks Donna for this giveway, and keep up with your wonderfull work, love it
I would love to try sewing/quilting. I have a sewing machine but haven’t made anything yet. I don’t know where to start, how to do it, what I need to get. I follow your blog and look at your amazing work with envy “I wish I could do that too”!
Wow! My choice has been on my do to list for quite a while. I would love to learn how to crochet. I know the basics only. I haven’t macrame d in years. Love quilting anything and beading is a fancy craft i have dabbled with. You would help me build nice additions to my stashes. Thanks for sharing you crafts and creations with us!
I would love to try macrame.
It’s macrame for me! I’m always intrigued by your purses.
I would love to try macrame! I’ve been hoping to try it for some time already, but haven’t managed yet.
I would love to try macrame! I just love the things you make using this old-school technique!
I thought I wanted to crochet and even got a granny book from the Library. But after looking at the pictures, I think I want to get serious about quilting. I love the thought of that.
I would like to try macrame!!!!!!
I would love to try beading!
I made a plant holder out of one of your macrame tutorials and I love it!
I would love to try sewing/quilting!!!
I would love to try beading.
I would love to try beading!
I would love to try crochet!
I would love to try crochet
I would love to learn to crochet!!
I would love to try beading!
What an awesome idea for a giveaway!
Since I already sew and crochet, I would love to try beading. I’ve been thinking about it, but sometimes you just need a little push to get started. =)
Thank you for the chance to win!
I would like to try quilting. I have always loved the beautiful patterns on quilts.
I used to crochet when I was younger and I’ve been wanting to get back into but I forget some of the patterns so this would be great. Some day, I’ll try beading and quilting, maybe even do more sewing but will buy a machine first..
This is a really good idea! Thanks so much!
I would love to try Beading which I could combine with Macrame and Wire work. I love your creations, and enjoy watching/looking at home made jewellery at festivals and on etsy. I want to make beautiful things to adorn my friends, family and of course myself in. I love beads and the way Macrame and wire work make extraordinary unique jewellery, I can’t think of a better hobby I would like to start =)
I would like to learn more stitches other than sc, dc, hdc, and tc. There are so many really pretty patterns with more involved stitches so I would really like to win the crocheting package. This contest is great! I hope I win! LOL
I would love to try crocheting!
I would love to try crocheting:) Thanks for a fun giveaway:)
annejk112233(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love to try beading. I know how to sew, and crochet. Macrame I used to do when I worked at a greenhouse. My boss had me making macrame plant hangers. Hadn’t thought of that in years. Thank you for the great giveaway.
I would love to try crocheting! It would be a great way to fill up the time I spend waiting for my kids at their various activities.
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CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
Winners TBA shortly. Thanks for entering!!
Carol, I moved your comment to the end.
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Carol DeLater says:
December 30, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Don’t put me in the draw because I do all that now. But I wanted to say Happy New Year and to tell you this is a great giveaway. I love that you are promoting hobbies. EVERYONE needs a hobby..or two…or many.
xx, Carol
I would love to do bead work and macrame.