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Giveaways!

Hey all - I've been reading this blog called My Sweet Greens for a while and they've been having this series of awesome green/handmade giveaways!  Some of the things they're giving away are really exciting - so you should go check it out!

Exterminate! (And freeze!)

So.  I just started watching Doctor Who and LOVE it!  If you don't know, it's a British sci-fi TV show about this guy called "the Doctor" who travels through space and time.

Long story short, his worst enemy is this race called the Daleks, and I think they're pretty cool.  (Their catchphrase is pretty much "exterminate!!!!")

So here's my snow dalek...   I don't know if it can exterminate you, but if you stay out with it for too long you'd probably get frostbite.  :)

 

Owl Spotlight #5: Suenosdejmi

Jamie from Suenosdejmi has been crocheting for longer than she can remember; her grandmother and mom taught her when she was little.  She's being doing it here and there ever since, but started to crochet almost daily a few years ago.  Right when she ran out of people to give scarves to, she discovered Etsy.

Jamie has a degree in Cross-Cultural Sociology and a secondary major in Spanish.  She has always been interested in the Spanish language and spent three months in Spain last year.  She had time to explore her love of photography there, and has since opened up another shop with her friend where they sell prints of photos from their travels.

If I could pick anything from Jamie's store, I would have a hard time deciding...  But I would probably pick the Woodstock Tam hat. (That is, if it hadn't already been sold!)  I loved the colors in that hat!

Owl Spotlight #4: Bumblebirch

Sarah of Bumblebirch Designs is originally from the wine country of Northern California but is now living happily in the Pacific Northwest.  She says she's been a crafty girl since she was little, and she can't remember a time when she didn't spend part of the day making something with her hands!

She has an education in architecture, but says that her favorite part was the graphic design, "which is probably why I'd rather make stationary and stitch markers and dye yarn in fabulous colors rather than build buildings."

Sarah is always in search of practical, beautiful things and enjoys knitting, nature, books, and tea.

If I could have one thing from Sarah's shop, it would definitely be the Bumblebirch Yarn Club.  I mean, come on, it's got all my favorite things!  Hand-dyed yarn, unique loose-leaf teas, plus a surprise...  To me, yarn + tea + a surprise = happiness!

Owl Spotlight #3: Zemphira

Sara from Zemphira Creations says that she is pretty much self-taught.  "I mean, come on," she said, "my mom used to STAPLE my try-its onto my brownie sash."  Her mom first bought her a sewing machine when she was 12, and she was out gathering leaves and ironing them into wax-paper books as soon as she was old enough to plug in the iron.

Sara says she loves to make lots of different things, and that her creative instincts jump around - from rubber stamp art to sewing to mixed media.

Although it's not represented in her shop, Sara loves doing beadwork.  She learned from a native Alaskan who is her crafting soul-mate.

The owls in her shop are my favorite, but Sara also sells lots of other awesome things that you should check out!  Besides, in her own words, ""whoo" doesn't need a fancy coffee cuff holder?!"