the night before Christmas

Image Source: doe-c-doe

Just popping back in to wish you a magical Christmas / Holidays. The presents are wrapped, the cooking is done, Roxy's asleep waiting for Santa. I'll see you on the other side.

xx
Lisa

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And the winners are....

The winners were chosen with an online random number generator. Congrats ladies, I'll be in touch and you can choose your prizes.

Edit: Barb can you email me please lisa [at] theredthread [dot] com [dot] au. I've already contacted the other winners but can't get hold of you.

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway, I really appreciate your feedback and lovely comments about my work.
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broken.wrapped

my.keyboard.is.broken

spilt
water
at
1am

no.spacebar
no.caps
no.commands

i.can't.let.it.stop.me.from.sharing
more
gorgeous
wrapping
from
essimar

can't.make.a.link
sorry
see.my.previous.post.for.the.link.to.essimar

off
to
apple
now
for
new
keyboard

enjoy


Edit: Here is the link, and look at me typing with caps and spaces again on my gorgeous new keyboard! Who would have thought that a keyboard could be so gorgeous... it's an Apple, and it is.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

... but not around here!

Because of my total lack of Christmas posts this year I'm doing a last minute round up and have collected some of my favourite things from some of my favourite blogs. I hope you enjoy them, and maybe they'll lead you somewhere new, or back to an old fave.

A Creative Mint.

Bliss.

Bloesem.

Cafe Cartolina.
Aren't these vintage matchbooks fab?!
ekko*eko

Hello Sandwich.

Bloesem Kids.
This absolutely gorgeous wreath is orginally from pickles - go and take a look at their lovely blog header too. Sweet! This image also inspires me to make more of my mini bunting.

Katy Elliott.
I'd love to have a white Christmas like this!

maya*made.

The Style Files.

The Lark.
I'm always a sucker for vintage anything.

visual notes.

A Cup of Jo.

Design*Sponge
Love. This. Wreath.

Ingela P Arrhenius.

Oh Joy!

Oh, hello friend.

dottie angel.

Dos Family.
There is a tutorial for this fab bauble on the Dos Family blog... maybe if I finally learn to crochet in 2010 I'll be able to make this and the many other crochet projects I've been coveting this year.

Daydream Lily.

Esimar.
Be sure to visit Essimar for more totally awesome wrapping.


Don't forget to enter the giveawy, which ends tomorrow.
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A Big Thank You and a Big Giveaway

I owe you, all my lovely readers, a very big thank you. I've had such a great time here on my blog this year and I really do appreciate all your comments, ideas, encouragement and friendship. Thanks for making it fun and interesting for me. Thanks to those of you who've introduced yourselves to me at the markets - it's been lovely to meet you and to have a chat in person. I'm still so flattered to think that you're out there reading along. I know there are many of you who drop in here without leaving a comment - and that's OK too ;0 - my little blog recently hit a new high of over 5,000 visitors in one day. So I know you're out there!

By way of thanks this is my biggest giveaway to date. There will be 6 winners who will each be able to choose which prize they'd like. Each prize is valued between $35 and $40.

A set of 5 cards hand printed on timber.

A yet-to-be-finally-named softie doll/pillow
(probably called Sweetie Beans, but possibly Cuddle Bundles).
Winner to choose one.

3 handprinted notebooks and a set of little deer tags.

2 Vintage Face fabric panels (one with auburn hair and one with black).
Fabric panel only, not the cushion.
Plus one Sweetie Petite kit of your choice.

I'll draw 6 winners at random on Tuesday 22nd December. Each of the winners can choose the prize they'd like and I'll post anywhere in the world. I'll even post to my "real life" friends, who I notice hardly ever enter my giveaways! (You know who you are... go on, enter!) All you have to do is go to my website and tell me in a comment on this post what your favourite item is and why. Your favourite could also be something like the Beans or notebooks that aren't on my website yet. If you have more than one fave you can enter as many times as you like by leaving more than one comment. Just make sure your name links to your blog or leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.

The way things are going here I may not get to post the prizes off before Christmas - it will probably be more like the week after.
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