Our top ten Craft books + blog birthday giveaway (CLOSED)

A double whammy of awesome for you today, We have curated our Top 10 Craft Books and because we are lovely and it is our blogs 4th birthday (where has the time gone) we are giving you the chance to win the lot! Stick around until the end for your chance to win and in the meantime, lets get into the Top 10.

We have a mix of slightly older titles and new ones too, one of which has only been out for a week! But it is that good we couldn't not include it in our ten.

We have two books in the top ten from the Queen of crafting magazines Mollie Makes (you know how much we love the team at Mollie) the first is Making it! The book you need if you are embarking on a career in the craft industry. Packed with great tips and seriously useful information for anyone looking to make it big in the world of crafts.

This is the super newbie we were talking about and it is also the second from the Mollie Makes team. We knew as soon as we saw it, it was going to be a winner for us.so much so that Sammy pre-ordered two copies knowing that it would be featuring in this top ten. Sammy love's the Paper book-zine that the Mollie team had published a few times in the past and she had a feeling that this was going to be all that and more. It did not disappoint. It is packed full of awesome projects using paper of all kinds. Sammy is going to love working her way through the projects in this one. 

We reviewed Craft, Show and Sell on the blog last year and it has been a go to tea-break read ever since. With it's beautiful images and useful storage and selling tips it is a great read for all kinds of crafters. 

The second book from the lovely Kate (the Makery) We have a full review of this coming soon, but spoiler, We love it. We loved the first offering from the Makery which we reviewed back in 2013 but we think we might love this one even more. We suppose because we are sewest at heart, the projects in this book are some of our favourite's.

The beautiful Makers Spaces by Emily Quinton is a must for any Top 10, crafty or otherwise. If you love interiors this book is an equally joyous read. Pages filled with gorgeous photography of makers homes from all over the world, 'Home Goals' on every page! 

We were lucky enough to be chosen to be Cut Out and Keep Superstars earlier in the year and you may have seen our review of the book that takes you on a tour around the USA with different crafty projects along the way.  We love the quirky projects in this book and Cut Out and Keep in general really, they rock!

Hoarders like us will LOVE Pretty Organised. You can tell, we hope, that we really only end up recommending books we love, because we reviewed Jane's book back in March. We loved it then and we still love it now, with loads of creative tips and again, beautiful photography, this book is a must for crafters and hoarders alike. 

1980's Bumper activity book was a book Sammy received as a birthday gift a while ago and enjoyed it so much she has since re-purchased it as gifts for so many of her friends! It's jammed with fun projects and activities that will have you reminiscing about your mis-spent youth for weeks! (even if you were born in the 90's)

One of our favourite people on the internet is the lovely Katie Allen and her book Just Sew Stories was always going to be in our top 10. Packed with achievable, cool, trendy projects. All of which you would actually want in your home/wardrobe and that you would be proud to give as a gift. 

Another of our fave people is Tilly (and the Buttons) Walnes. We kind of knew, didn't we, if you had been reading her blog for a while (like we had) when we saw her on the first season of the Sewing Bee that a book was on the cards. Her sweet personality and enviable style shines from the pages. Each project is wearable, would fit in anyone's wardrobe and as it is with her blog, her tips and techniques are great for beginners and more experienced sewers.

Now for the fun part! For your chance to win all ten of these amazing crafty books, all you have to do is comment on this post below telling us your favourite craft book that is NOT on our list. Don't forget to include an email address, twitter or Instagram account so we can contact you if you win.  

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The Giveaway is open until Midnight (UK BST) on Friday the 3rd of July and the winners will be announced and contacted shortly after this.

H & Sammy

T&C's:

Your name will only be counted once, but please do feel free to comment as much as you like.

You don't need a gmail account to comment. Just go to the drop down box below the comment section and you can post as your name or anonymous (just remember to put your contact details in the comment box).

Only replies on the blog to this post will count.

The winners name will be chosen at random.

All ten books will be posted to the recipient after the closing date.

The competition is open to everyone, in the UK and Worldwide! yey. 

Disclaimer: These books have all been purchased by ourselves, with the exclusion of the Cut Out and Keep book, which was sent to us for consideration. We fell in love with it and had a spare copy which we have chosen to give away as part of this competition.


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CALLING ALL UK CRAFT BLOGGERS 2015 edition...WIN £1000

Do you craft? Do you blog? Do you like fabric? Do you want the chance to win £1000????

We know that a lot of you guys do, so today we are here to let you know about our fave craft competition, courtesy of the lovely Hillarys Blinds.

Hillarys approached us to be judges for their Craft Competition for craft bloggers again the second year running and we couldn't be more excited. We will be judging all the entries alongside Dragons and Fairy Dust and the Hillarys design team. This year there is also a public vote!  It is an honour as always to be a part of this creative competition. We saw some amazing entries last year and we can't wait to see what you all come up with this time round. 

There are some lovely fabrics to choose from this year too. Sammy loves Rayna Apple and H's fave is Safi Turquoise. For some ideas check our our post from last year.

Entering is easy:

• Send an email to Chris.Roome@hillarys.co.uk with your Name, Address, Email, Fabric Selection and Website URL by Friday 22 May 2015.

• A 1 metre squared piece of your chosen material will be sent out to you on Monday 25 May 2015 (to give everyone the same amount of crafting time).

• Using the fabric and any other required materials that you have, put your creative talents to the test by making a craft design. This could be a soft furnishing, item of clothing, child’s toy… or something else entirely! The only limit is your imagination.

• Publish a blog post describing how you made your entry and featuring photographs of the finished article, which mentions this competition.

• Submit a link to your entry via an email sent to Chris.Roome@hillarys.co.uk.

• Hillarys will add a photograph of your entry to our Pinterest board for the world to see.

• Once the closing date is reached, a shortlist of 10 will be created. Hillarys will post the shortlist on their website, where visitors will be able to like, pin, share and tweet the entries they like the most.

• The judging panel will consider the 10 submissions and the winner will be contacted by email.

• See the full terms and conditions here.

For more info head to Hillarys website

As an added extra we would love to see all the entries that have come via our blog.  If you post about it on Instagram or twitter use the #livelovemake so we can take a look at what you have made. 

The closing date for entries is 11.59pm on Friday 19 June 2015, (but don't forget to order your fabric by Friday 22 May) so get crafting and creating soon and Good Luck!

Sammy and H 

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#HomemadeMothersDay With Roberts Radio

Time to get your crafting supplies out and create a masterpiece to win a retro classic. Mothers Day is just around the corner and we have a great competition with the lovely people at Roberts Radio. The best part is that you get to show off your creative talents and we get to pick the winner!

With our love of all things retro, both H and I have had these classic radios on our own wish lists for a while. My Mum would love the classic black and of course H thinks her mum would love the the duck egg blue.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win one of these adorable Roberts Radio Mini's for your Mum in a colour of her choice is:

• Create an original, one of a kind Mothers Day Card
• Share a photo or video of your handmade card with Roberts Radio on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. 
• Make sure to tag us and Roberts Radio
• Use the hashtag #HomeMadeMothersDay

The competition runs from the the 1st or March to 12 midnight on the 16th of March 2015 and winners will be announced on the 17th of March. The wining design will get a beautiful mini radio in the colour of your choice to give to your Mum. Check out full terms and conditions here.

We can't wait to see the cards that you make! Good Luck!

Sammy & H


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House of Wonderland *Giveaway* (CLOSED)

Earlier you had a little sneak peek into how to make your own Cupcake necklace from House of Wonderland and now you can win one of your own!

All you have to do is comment on this blog post below for your chance to win.

This competition is now closed

I'm afraid this giveaway is only available to those in the UK this time, but good luck!

H & Sammy

P.S.  The lucky winner is Laura, who will be getting this lovely necklace very shortly! Lucky Laura.

Blog Birthday Giveaway (CLOSED)

All these photographs were taken for us by the Lovely Carly Wurly Photograms

It's Official! today our little blog turns Two.

We want to say a massive Thank You to everyone who reads the blog and has supported us over the past two years, it has been an amazing learning experience for both of us and we can't wait to show you what we have planned next.

It's not a birthday without cake and so two of our very good friends Kelly and Katie who run a little cake business called Cupcakkes,  made us some gorgeous Live it. Love it. Make it. cakes especially for our birthday, aren't they cute, and, oh my, were they Yummy!

Along with Birthday's, come presents and luckily for you guys the presents are for you and not for us.  We have decided on a BIG giveaway for 2 lucky readers, yes that's right, there are 2 chances of winning some great goodies.  We have a box full of goodies each to compliment our personalities and so you have the chance to win whichever box you fancy the most.

Sammy trying to put on a brave face as H told her that she was going to have to give 

her box of goodies away!

True to our style of an all or nothing approach, we have a bumper crop of items in the boxes for you to win.

Sammy's Purple box contains: A shopper bag Kit, M&S milk chocolate Pretzels, a note book and two pens, Sewing themed covered buttons, a Candy Kitten's Lollipop, A bag of sequins, beads and studs, a handmade bracelet, some beading cord, 2 reels of washi tape, Essie Nail polish in 'Cute as a button', a mini pin cushion, a mini reel of divine twine.

H's Blue box contains: A shopper bag Kit, M&S white chocolate coated strawberries, a note book and two pens, liberty print covered buttons, a Candy Kitten's Lollipop, A bag of sequins, beads and studs, handmade earnings, some beading cord, 2 reels of washi tape, Essie Nail polish in 'Turquoise and Curacos', silicone cupcake cases, a mini reel of divine twine.

For your chance to win one of these boxes, all you have to do is comment on this post below giving which of the two boxes you would like to win and if you want, give us a why.

The Giveaway is open until Midnight (UK BST) on Wednesday 26th June and the winners will be contacted shortly after this.

( Our Giveaway is now Closed. Thanks to everyone who entered and for all your birthday wishes)

That's it, it is as simple as that.  Remember all you have to do is comment on this post on the blog - not on facebook or twitter I am afraid. (as these won't be counted)  But of course you can spread the word on Facebook and Twitter - if you don't mind that someone else might win of course.

We can't wait to see who wins and who goes for what!  eeek, exciting.

Speak soon,

H & Sammy

Just some things to note:

Your name will only be counted once, but please do feel free to comment as much as you like.

You don't need a gmail account or anything, just go to the drop down box below the comment section and you can post as your name or anonymous (just remember to put your details in the comment box).

Only replies on the blog to this post will count.

The winners names will be chosen at random.

Box will be posted to the recipient after the closing date.

The competition is open to everyone, in the UK and Worldwide! yey.

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Love it: Blog Birthday Winners 2012

Back in June it was our Birthday and we had a competition for you all to win some of our fab Kits.

We have looked through the entries and chosen our winners, So here goes.

Our first prize goes to 

Steph Smith

Well done! we loved your idea of a paper folded lillies tutorial. 

We will be posting that up on the blog very soon.

our second place goes to 

Kelley Murphy

and third place goes to

Kim Royce

Congratulations to all of you, 

pop in to Sew Crafty, Maidenhead as soon as you can to pick up your prizes. 

Love it: Future Vintage finalists

Our ten finalists for the 'Future Vintage' customising competition have been chosen! Can't wait to see them at our fashion show at Live it Vintage on Saturday 4th August!

Love it

Sammy xxx

 

Make it: Future Vintage

Today it's the turn of Future Vintage to take centre stage as we announce our customising competition in conjunction with Sew Crafty Sewing Centre and Fashion Design workshops.

(this competition is limited to those who attend schools within Windsor and Maidenhead at this time)

Future Vintage Fashion Design Competition

CALLING ALL YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS

in Windsor & Maidenhead

'Live it Vintage' are looking for 11-16 year olds to show off their

design skills and transform a plain white T-shirt into a piece of  'Future Vintage' couture!

All entrants must first submit their design, and the chosen top ten

will then get the chance to make their Future Vintage. The finalists

will then have their T-shirts modelled in a fashion show at this summers ‘Live it Vintage’ on Saturday 4th August, where the winner will be announced

The winning design will receive a host of goodies including a £50

Sew Crafty Voucher and a luxury designer's art pack from Boville's Art Shop.

Entrants need to pop into Sew Crafty or Boville's Art Shop to pick up an entry form.

Or visit www.liveitevents.weebly.com to download a copy.

Designs must be handed in by the 20^th July, the finalist will be announced on the 23^rd July, and given their t-shirts to take and customise ready for the fashion show on the 4^th  August.

Design not really your thing? 'Live it Vintage' are also looking for

models for their fashion show. You need to be 11-16 and available on the 4th August. To sign up, bring a photo with contact details attached into Boville's or Sew Crafty before 20^th July.

 

Make it
Sammy xxx