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TRINNY & SUSANNAH!

With much fanfare, style queens and celebrities Trinny & Susannah visited Perth today!

Arcadia West Fashion Agency represents their fantastic Magic Knickers range here in WA, so this was an event not to be missed.
Here is Susannah from back stage. The stars were on & off-stage throughout the show to instruct an army of stylists charged with making over audience members picked at random.

In a brief post-show chat, Susannah said it gave her "goosebumps" to know that the Magic Knickers range was helping so many women here in WA, and was so pleased women here had access to such a great product.

Can you say { Exciting } ????

What a day! First I was notified that I'm member of the month { April } for EtsyBABY, which is a huge honor! Then I finished my entry to the EtsyBABY Story Time Challenge, which I loved! And then I was pre approved to buy a new home!!! I just don't know if it get's much better then today??? Thought I'd share my entry with you... The Giving Tree Wall Art...







P.S.
If your haven't signed up for the Heather Ross Fabric giveaway... ya'd better hurry the first winner will be named Friday night!

Shoot.. it's STASH building TIME!!!

OOOhhh thanks so much my most favorite of stash building blog sites { TRUEUP } for they have presented me with gold... Contemporary Cloth is having the BIGGEST sale!! I'm talking 60% off on some of my most favorite fabric lines! Here's a little taste of what I helped myself too this morning and what available to you... all I really need to say is... $4.00 a YARD... Let's keep it real!


{ Park Slope }


{ Za Zu }


{ Ginger Blossom }

feeling grey

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so here's the five:
frichic
alice
sue
meri
laura

you must have received an email or a comment by now. :)
i hope you like it or expect not as much because it's just really a toy. haha

i should also get a medal for being a bad blogger.
i don't know if it's the weather or it is just me but lately i am so lack of inspiration and all i wanna do is clean or re-decorate my pad.
i am more likely to be seen in ikea these days.
yes, being mommy becomes me.
sorry.
but i think miguel needs me more than now because he's learning new things and i wanna be there with him and not in front of the computer.

EDIT:
thanks to the many emails i received regarding the necklaces.
i didn't expect that it would receive such a commotion. haha
for those who didn't win,
i am selling the cc pieces without chain as you probably have thousands of those for:
4 euros with shipping in GERMANY
and 5 euros for ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
i accept paypal.
i can also do it in yellow, brown, pink, white, black&white, black, blue and violet.
shoot me an email at
anjelicalorenz@yahoo.com


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I can't tell you what a massive fan I am of Heather Ross' fabric lines... but this one really gets me excited! I completely remember the story of the Princess and the Pea being read to me as a child and I truly can not wait for the opportunity to make a darling quilt out of these sweet prints! You can find out so much more about the story of Heather Ross' new line on her blog... I have a link under my { favorite blogs }...

Introducing { Far Far and Away } coming this spring!!!





If you haven't had a chance to sign up for my Heather Ross { Lightning Bugs } GIVEAWAY... please scroll down and check it out!

OOohhh GIVEAWAY examples...

What a wonderful first day of sign ups! I was very humbled by all the action (wink, wink) I thought today... I might show you examples of goodies made with these amazing fabrics by the most wonderful artists :)



VW Vans PINK Quilt ~ sewinggeek
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_6&listing_id=22400604&ga_search_query=heather+ross+quilt&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=&min=&max=&order=



peace camper van ponytail holders ~ janssendesigns
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_20&listing_id=18034542&ga_search_query=heather+ross&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=15&min=&max=&order=



Goldfish Cloth Play Block Set of 3 ~ knitstyle
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_13&listing_id=22843715&ga_search_query=heather+ross&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=1&min=&max=&order=



This is my darling VW Camper Baby Quilt ~ alamodefabric

A La Mode GIVEAWAY Rules....


After some serious consideration about my “New Blog Giveaway”, I decided to go with a wonderful fabric stash featuring Heather Ross’ Lightning Bug line. These prints are all very hard to find and in high demand ;) I will be doing { 2 } giveaways’ for one week each. Okay… so if your interested…Here’s whatcha do… please leave a comment on this post with your contact information! That’s it! Easy Hugh???

♥ Week 1 will end April 3rd at 9:00pm PST

The winner will be able to choose three fat quarters of their choosing from the pictured optional fabrics :)

♥ Week 2 will end April 10th at 9:00pm PST

Although the first weeks winner will get their chance at first choice of their favorites… Guess what… you will too…. week two winner!!! So make sure and come back by to comment again for entry in the second weeks giveaway!!!

Now… if you’d like to gain yourself an extra entry on either week… you can blog about, tweet about it, or sign up as a follower! Just leave a second comment with your contact info and which way you chose to spread the word about my new blog and promotion!

Good LUCK!

Heather

Humbled

Such an amazing Etsy artist and friend featured me on her blog and I was completely humbled... she is a generous heart with a beautiful sense of style for little ones...



Meet Heather


When I first starting sewing many eons ago I made quilts. So, I have first hand knowledge of the difficulty it is to build a quilt from beginning to end, especially if the concept of the quilt is your own design rather than a pattern from a book . When I see others who sew quilts I have mad love for them.

To make a quilt it takes precision, perseverance and at times tons of patience. If Heather is anything like I was (and I suspect she is) ripping apart a full quilt, due to an imperfection, and resewing it wouldn't surprise me. A big part of a quilts success is the fabric choices you'll make . To look at any of Heather's quilts you can see she has a great eye for fabrics.

I recently got to see one of her quilts in progress and I can say her thought process and the impact it was going to make was very important to her. The next time you decide to curl up with a book, grab a quilt from Heather of A La Mode Fabric, you won't be sorry!

Take a look at her store and her beautiful treasures!


A La Mode Fabric


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OOhhh... I ran across this VERY interesting twit today and thought I would share.... Check out this wonderful giveaway!

A Nesty-Betty Giveaway!March 24th, 2009
Hello there bloggy friends! I have wanted to host another giveaway for a while now. So as I have been cleaning up my crafty space I have come across several items that are giveaway worthy. That said I will be having several giveaways in the next few weeks so remember to check back. You can always subscribe to my feed to keep up to date with my posts. Those of you that already subscribe please re-subscribe as I have a new feed reader

Now to the good part! Today’s giveaway is for a Tula Pink’s NEST Charm Pack, and Amy Butler’s Betty Shopper Pattern(which is NEW & Uncut!). International entries are welcome

Okay, so if you are interested please leave a comment on this post. That will gain you one entry. To gain yourself an extra entry you can blog about, or tweet about this giveaway. Then comment that you have done so with you blog link, or Twitter ID. Make sure you leave a second comment because this will count as your second entry. If you do not have a blog please make sure you leave your email address so I have a way to contact you if you are the winner.
The Giveaway will run until 10pm Friday evening. The winner will be announced sometime Saturday. Good Luck!!


http://sevidesigns.com/

giveaways

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remember this?
yes i've broken it and the boyfriend was nice enough to find me the materials to do it myself.
and now i have enough material to do thousand more.
so i am giving away 5 of the thousand. :)
they come with a chain (short) but you can change it if you like.
leave me a comment telling why you would want to own a piece of trash like this, with your email address maybe (if you don't have a blog) so i can contact you later.
i will pick five and will post it on sunday evening.


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spring, what?
i have given up complaining about the weather and have decided to give my winter stuff the much deserved love.
i am still sick and a whiny bitch so please forgive me for the absence.

Fabric de~stash Giva - a - Way!


I am super excited to have this avenue to vent ;) I have been struggling with my fabric stash and I think I have figured out how to diminish the size... I think I'm going to have a give away~ I'm not sure exactly how to facilitate one but, I have some really cool {OOP} fabrics that I would love to share! I'll post later with rules, pics and descriptions... I think you'll be super excited to see whats in the Give - a - way!!




Here's a great example of a friends quilt that can be built with my destash... knitknat's two linen coin style quilts... and they are amazing... Such a simple modern appeal to them.




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