giveaway:

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March 7, 2009

hello friends! i am very excited to announce an very special giveaway for all my lovely readers, to go end our special series this week. there are seven lovely shops participating in this giveaway of lace, pleats, ruffles, cut out, and crochet. here are the prizes:

tweedylane: win the Pleated Mini Zip in Sea Glass! $8.50 value.

tweedy lane offers some most lovely purses and hand sewn items. she's donating a mini pleats zip bag. her attention to detail is so evident. when the economy is so down, her items are still affordable and make you feel less bad about spending $ :) Bryn also just opened a lovely baby shop, so be sure to check it out!

lolabear: win the ivory crepe - Ruffled Flower Pin! $10 value.

lola bear offers a hand made assortment of vintage clothing, home decor and other needlework items. Linda has been kind enough to donate a lovely ivory ruffle pin! Linda also runs: squirrels in the Attic: squirrelsintheattic.etsy.com - which offers OLD vintage handmade clothing and home accessories and NeedleWork Attic: needleworkattic.etsy.com - a needlework destash "outlet".

folk: win the Storm Clouds on the Horizon - Textile Cuff! $11 value.

Folk offers one-of-a-kind, all original jewelry, wallets, bags, and clothing. Leanne has donated this beautiful pleats 'storm clouds on the horizon' cuff for the giveaway! be sure to check out her awesome other links: blog! handsclupted shop! witchita handmade group website!

corrieberrypie: win the Morning Lace Necklace! $17.50 value.

Corrieberry Pie offers textile jewelry, garlands, and other homespun miscellaneous. i love everything in corrie's shop! all her lace and felt creations are so lovely. Corrie's donated this beautiful Morning Lace Necklace (note: the link is to different necklace in the shop, but so you can see the description) and she'll be participating in the Spring '09 giveaway as well! Be sure to check out Corrie's blog as well for her latest projects, announcements, and musings.

blue seraphim: win the Turquoise Ruffle Post Earrings! $10 value.

Jennifer hand makes every single bead using Italian and German glass. Each bead is annealed in a digital kiln and carefully cleaned. She has been so kind to donate these lovely aqua ruffle earrings! She is having a shipping special where from now until March 11, shipping is only $1! Check out her shop for more lovely earrings and necklaces.

the smiling frog: win the Wintertime Brooch! $12 value!
The smiling frog has so many lovely handmade creations for sale from clothing, bags, pins, home accessories, and jewelry. Angelica's shop is so much for to look through, because every item is so unique. (and she's having a buy 1 get 1 half off for anything in the store!) Be sure to stop by her supply shop as well and she blogs here!

riley project: win the ruffle clutch pdf pattern and tutorial! $5 value!
riley project offers affordable PDF patterns and tutorials for all sorts of lovely bags, wallets, and clutches. I thought it'd be fun to include something in the giveaway that can help you get inspired to make your own items! This ruffle clutch is too cute! and with the tutorial, super easy to make! She also offers a special 3 pattern deal for only $9.50! Be sure to check out riley's shop for lots of other great pdf patterns.

there are 3 ways to enter the giveaway! you can do each of the following once for 3 chances to win:

1) leave a comment. effortless, simple + easy!

2) visit the shops and comment with your favorite item from any shop!

3) blog about this giveaway and comment here that you blogged about it (if you want to post a banner, you can use the one below) or twitter if you don't have a blog!

the banner + code:

please take some time to visit each sponsor's shop and support! thank you to all the lovely ladies who donated something for the series giveaway.

1 winner will be chosen via random.org. giveaway ends march 13, 11:59 pst.
please be sure to leave your name + email address with your entries so that i may contact you if you win!

series / ruffles:

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March 6, 2009

ruf⋅fle:ˈrʌfəl/ [ruhf-uhl] verb
to draw up (cloth, lace, etc.) into a ruffle by gathering along one edge.

the feature for friday is ruffles! i saved my favorite for last. i don't think i was really a fan of ruffles in the past. they always had sort of a little girl / cupcake feeling for me. or i would associate ruffles with the circus. heh. but now i love them! i want ruffle everything and anything ;) hope you've enjoyed this series!