The winner of the fabric giveaway is Cath of Changeling Things! Congratulations Cath, The Oz Material Girls should be in touch with you shortly to arrange everything!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and thank you to the girls for sponsoring and Congratulations on your fifth year of business!
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I’m currently moonlighting over at Meylah.com, head over there to check out this year’s Halloween roundup. I’ve scoured the internet, high and low and have come up with some awesome finds, plenty of tutorials, inspiration and recipes for the spooky season.
Meylah is a brand new blog for creative folks looking for inspiration and advice in turning their hobbies into businesses. Featuring entrepreneurial advice, craft tips and motivation to take what you enjoy doing in your spare time to the next level.
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With another baby on the way and the incentive of saving up for a car that can actually fit all five of us in, we’ve been working hard on saving money over the last few months. This is the first season change where we haven’t had any hand me downs to rely on from my nephew, as Declan, my weed like two year old, is now the same size as his five year old cousin. My one year old isn’t so hard up for clothes, but as Declan seemed to skip size 1 in summer clothes he’s not all that prepared for the heat.
I’m not willing to go to target and fork out anything between $15-25 for a pyjama set, particularly as my eldest has the height of a four year old combined with the waist of a one year old, making it near impossible to find sets of clothes that fit him. So out came my sewing machine and I got creative with some fabric that I had laying around.
The t-shirts came in at $4 a pop, (normally $5 but there was 20% off kids’ clothing at Target), the only fabric that I bought new was the “I have a bright idea” cotton which I picked up at (my husband’s request! wtf?) last weekend from Spotlight. The rest of the fabric was half yards left over from other projects and the Ghostbuster’s flannellette was the shirt half of a pyjama set I bought for my husband so that he could relieve the glory days of his youth – he’s not one for pyjamas shirts, so I managed to get 2 pairs of shorts and lots of bits for embellishments out of the top half of the set.
Grand total of a six new PJ sets to cover the next six months from the stores? Somewhere between $100-$150 (basically Best & Less – Target)
Grand total of a six new PJ sets to cover the next six months from my sewing machine?$30!
Hah, take that recession!
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If you’re a crafter in Australia, you’d have to have been living under a rock to have never heard of The Oz Material Girls. This family team, based in NSW, is one of the leading independent online fabric stores in Australia. This October The Oz Material Girls celebrates their fifth birthday and to share in the excitement they’re offering one lucky CraftBlog reader the chance to win a fabric pack worth $60 from their amazing range.
A bit about The Oz Material Girls
The Oz Material Girls started 5 years ago this October, when mother and daughter team, Louise and Judy decided to sell some of Judy’s fabric stash as she was running out of room in her home. From the very beginning there was an incredible level of interested in Judy’s fabrics – many were rare and out of print designs, which inspired Louise to start sourcing fabrics from around the world. This quickly turned into a full time job for both of them.
With the explosion of fabric and patterns taking the craft world by storm, The Oz Material Girls and Patterns Only are at the cutting edge of the sewing world. If its patchwork and quilting, wall art, soft toys,clothing or home decorating you want to make, then The Oz Material Girls have the fabric and patterns to inspire your creation.
The Oz Material Girls are committed to customer service and go that extra mile to ensure every customer has an exceptional shopping experience and loves their order. From beautiful packaging and super fast postage to fabulous giveaways, The Oz Material Girls are your one stop shop for crafting needs.
The girls have a huge selection of beautiful fabric, including several discontinued prints, rare fabrics and vintage finds. Some of my favourites include this fabulous Rock N Roll inspired print featuring poodle skirts, a very colourful owl print,this abstract print which would look amazing on a canvas as wall art and my absolute favourite is this vintage tattoo print from Alexander Henry’s skin collection, which is now almost impossible to find in stock anywhere.
Not to be left out of anything, the boys decided to get in on the action, my husband apparently can’t go past a Yoda fabric without getting all excited, my almost three year old fell in love with this dinosaur print, my one year old was just completely bemused at being held up to the laptop, but his favourite colour is red, so I figure I couldn’t go wrong with this owl print by Saffron Craig. The feotus didn’t seem too fussed about anything, but we’re thinking pink, so lets say that s/he would go for this Moda monkey print from Erin Michaels.
In celebration of their fifth birthday, The Oz Material Girls are giving away one amazing fabric pack from the picture above , kindly donated by their fabulous suppliers PK Fabrics and Dayview Textiles. Beautiful fabric from Moda and RJR. These packs are valued at $60.
To enter just head to The Oz Material Girl’s website sign up for their newsletter, take a look around and then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite print from their huge range.
The giveaway is open worldwide until 5pm on the 29th of October AEDST, the winner will be picked randomly and announced that evening.
They are also offering free Australia wide shipping for every order placed during the month of October, so if something catches your eye now is the time to snap up a bargain! With every purchase you’re also entered into their Free Fabric Offer, drawn weekly. Keep an eye on their blog to keep up with more giveaways and birthday celebrations.
Good luck!
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Giveaway is now closed! I will be announcing the winner in a seperate post shortly, thanks to The Oz Material Girls for sponsoring, and to everyone who entered!
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Thank you for everyone who joined in on the Where The Wild Things Are giveaway, the responses have opened me (and my sons!) up to so many new books, and already a few of them are ordered and on their way to us.
Random.org decided that the winner would be comment number 7, which is bbeingcrafty – please check your inbox for an email from me!
Thanks to The Book Depository for such a great prize, and if you missed out on winning then Where The Wild Things Are is currently on sale with 10% off and free delivery worldwide.
Check back tomorrow for announcement of an awesome fabric giveaway sponsored by The Oz Material Girls!
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If you’ve been keeping up with the last few days you would have seen an obvious trend on the CB posts, I’ve been celebrating the upcoming release of the Where The Wild Things Are Movie (due out 3rd December in Australia) with a collection of some of my favourite crafts, foods and artworks from around the Internet that have been inspired by Maurice Sendak’s book.
Take a look back at the WTWTA posts:
For those not familiar with the story, Where The Wild Things Are follows the tale of Max, who is so naughty his mother refers to him as a Wild Thing and he’s sent to bed without his supper. From his imagination grows the land of the Wild Things, with beautifully illustrated trees and landscapes. The Wild Things are fearsome-looking monsters, but Max conquers them “by staring into their yellow eyes without blinking once”, and he is made “the King of all Wild Things”. Homesickness overwhelms him and so he returns home to find his supper still hot and waiting for him.
In conjunction with The Book Depository, CraftBlog is giving away a copy of the book to one lucky commenter, just leave a comment on this thread telling me your favourite children’s picture book, either that you read as a child or that you now read to your kids and you’re automatically entered into the draw. If you blog about the giveaway let me know in the comments with a link to your post and you will be given an additional entry!
The competition is open worldwide and closes at 5pm (AEDST) on Thursday the 15th. I will announce the winner that evening.
Due to the popularity of the book I’m sure several of you already have it sitting on your bookshelves, if so, just mention that in the comments and instead (if you win!) you’ll receive a copy of another of Maurice Sendak’s beautifully illustrated picture books, Kenny’s Window.
Please be sure to leave a valid address in the email field so that I can contact you if you’re the winner.
Good luck!
Entries and comments are now closed! Thank you to everyone who entered.
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The final post in the Where The Wild Things are series before the giveaway on friday features some of the fab handcrafted items from Etsy that have been inspired by Maurice Sendak’s book.
Elaine made this cute little monster pendant from sterling silver, it was created for a Canadian exhibition featuring work inspired by the book, and displayed with a matching Max in a terrarium.
Munsters&Cupcakes features this awesome custom made Moishe hat, available in both child and adult sizes, great for Halloween but I think it’s cute enough that kids could get away with wearing this all year round.
Nan Lawson created this hand inked and then digitally coloured print of the king of the wild things, Max, not looking quite so wild as he’s normally pictured! I love the sense of calmness in this print.
Carissa has created a wolf tail for any real life Maxes out there, there’s still time to order one before Halloween, all you need is some footsy PJs and the hat featured in yesterday’s post and you’re set to go!
I’ve saved my absolute favourite for last, I have fond memories of “quiet time” with various felt play sets, scenes featuring schools and hospitals, and as great as there were they were never as awesome as this one! This has massive scope for imaginative play for kids and for retelling their own version of Max’s trip to visit the wild things, check out the full felt kit here.
Hope you’ve enjoyed our saunter through the crafts and pieces of art that have been inspired by Where The Wild Things are, tune in tomorrow for a book giveaway – no prizes for guessing what the book is!
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