5th Blogaversary GIVEAWAY!!! *enter here*

Hello!!!
Finally...I have a few minutes in between waiting for the rice to cook to post about my 5th blogaversary giveaway!!
I am so excited about this. I always get a little thrill when I think of how far this blog has come and the changes it has gone through!
Through it all, I have met some great people, been introduced to some lovely ladies who inspire me on so many levels.
I have had constant readers who delight me with their comments and for this I am the most grateful. Anyone can blog, but it's the feedback at the end of the day that makes it seem more worthwhile! YOU know who you are... thank you!
I also love the fact that it's a bit of my life recorded with photos, and all the things I love all in one place! Like a 5 year long diary!!

There are a TWO giveaways, so make sure you enter the one/s you want to and please read the rules carefully...

GIVEAWAY ONE

I am giving away a whole stash of stuff to ONE happy person.
{everything is handmade by me:
-mini bunting
-Paris tags
-Gift tags
-embellishments including felt birds, foam butterflies, ribbon, fabric and felt flowers, paper flowers with buttons sewn in the middle, ticket stubs, crocheted flowers, altered flowers.
Here is one of the gifts...a crocheted flower sewn onto lace and tulle complete with guinea fowl feathers. This I made to be a brooch or to be made into a hair accessory, although you will need to add the safety pin or hair band to it.
A close up of some of the goodies.

GIVEAWAY TWO
Again this is will go to one happy person.

A scrap booking embellishment set such as you see in the photo below.
The set contains two crocheted flowers with vintage style button detail, fabric roses with tulle, ribbon and feather detail, (can be used as a brooch too), a pack of 6 paper flowers with buttons and butterflies sewn on, a pack of 3 assorted trim and assorted tags/tickets.

The prize may differ from the photo below, depending on what I have in stock.

SPECIAL FREE ENTRY for:
If you are a follower of my blog and/or a newsletter subscriber, you automatically are given a FREE entry. So say you are a follower AND A newsletter subscriber, you get TWO free entries automatically without having to do anything!! {just to say thanks!}


All you have to do to ENTER these giveaways is the following:

1) Just leave a comment in THIS post to enter.
State which giveaway you are entering eg "giveaway 1".
You can enter for both in one comment, but then please say "giveaway 1 and 2".
-only comments in THIS post will be accepted as an entry for the giveaway

2) You MUST leave me some way to contact you....
* an blog address
* an email address
-no contact details, no entry

3) To enter, you MUST answer this simple question: (just a random comment like "pick me! pick me!!" or "thanks for the chance" won't qualify.)
Question: What do you enjoy most about this blog that keeps you returning?


4) Giveaway closes the 31 May 2011 and the prize will be randomly drawn on that day.
The prize will be shipped by registered air mail at the beginning of June.

5) Don't forget, subscribers to my newsletter and followers each get a free entry!

YAY!!!! And thank YOU for sharing this journey with me!

5th Blogaverssary!!

Technically the anniversary of my blog was yesterday!! Eek.....but I have been so inundated with all kinds of things, I completely forgot!!!

Please come back within the next 24 hours and as I am having a GIVEAWAY/s!!!

It's going to be fun!!!!

Winner for Journal!

Hello!!!
I am back!!!
Trip was great!
Took over 1700 photos!
Learned a lot more French while there.
Discovered, explored, and walked....oh boy, did we walk...
Took the metro, RER, tram and bus too.
Went up the Arc Du Triomphe.
Saw just about every park in Paris.
Ate delicious food.
Hubby rented a car and we drove up the Champs Elysees!!
Had wine every night (which I never do back home!)
Had three lovely days of sun.
The rest of the time it rained.
Got caught in the rain up by Montmarte.
Got soaked to the bone.
Smelled the heavenly scent of new spring blossoms.
Kissed under the Eiffel Tower...

I could go on but more on that later in the week...

Thank you for all that entered my little giveaway.

I faithfully went through the enterants and made a note of those of you who entered by commenting, blogging about it, tweeting about it and posting the banner on your blogs. A entry was awarded for each of these.

I wrote them out rather messily onto scraps of paper...

Threw them all into my bed and tossed them around...

closed my eyes and chose one...

wait for it....

And the WINNER is....

CONGRATULATIONS JAN!!!

I will be posting if off to you this week!
Please email me at [bouncingbonbon]at[gmail]dot[com] with your postal address.

Giveway!!!

But first....


With only

more days to go! I am so excited I just couldn't help but get carried away with making journals and I thought what better way than to celebrate my excitement and GIVE one away for FREE!


Plus two packs of my button flower embellies!sewn together....






the back

Yipppieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! FOR FREE!!!

Play by these numbers:
1) All you have to do is leave a comment in THIS post *only comments in THIS post will be entered into the draw*.
I would like to know why you would like to win this journal and what you like about it, that's all!
2) You may enter only once on this blog post
3) You must be contactable, ie a blog address or an email address is fine too.
4) Yes, I will ship internationally.
5) For extra entries to increase your chances...Tweet about this giveaway (link to it) and link back here with your tweet.
6) For another extra entry, BLOG about this giveaway, must include a link to this post.
7) Draw closes on the 2 April
8) winner announced on the 4th April.
9)Post this button on your blog for ONE more chance (along with a link back to this post)
(that's 4 chances altogether!)

New Shop goodies and a giveaway!

Hello there!
I have been busy creating and putting new items into my Etsy shop.
I did some scrap book pages using cardboard, tore it up and even painted some...it was a lot of fun! I did this one of my dd...


See the little quote bubble? I have made these. I have a "My Girl embellishment set"
which consists of 4 quote bubbles and 6 paper button flowers.



One I did of my son, tore the cardboard and painted it with white craft paint and then some gold in the folds and the edges.
Got some of these paper button flowers -sets of 6 for sale. Called "My little guy".
I also have a My little guy embellishment set consisting of 4 quote bubbles and 6 of these paper button flowers here.



And a travel embellishment set too....also 4 quote bubbles and 6 paper button flowers, just peel off the tape and stick onto your page!

How to enter:

1. Take a look through my shop and leave a comment here in this post on something you liked.
2. To double your chances to win, blog, facebook or tweet about the item in my shop that you liked and then leave ANOTHER comment here with the link to your blog/tweet etc.
3. Maximum of two entries per person.
4. Winner will be announced FRIDAY 1 October 2010

What will you win?

*a set of your choice {While stocks last, if not available, then something similar!}
of one of the above- My little Guy, My little Girl or Travel set.

Have fun!

Winner of Giveaway + felty fun!

Hello there! Happy Friday!
I have a few things to share...

First of all, thank you for entering my blogaversary giveaway!
I am going to announce the winner now....

Congrats to....

{* drum roll*}

According to the Random number generator....

The winner is.... Veronica!!!

Congrats!!! Your prize will be sent via registered mail at the end of the month!


Now...onto some Felty fun
made some hair accessories for my daughter. She loves hair stuff and I love making things...so we all benefit!

An alice band with a felty flower!

two hair clips.
A rose with some pretty lace behind it.

And a orange flower with a button.
They were suprisignly easy to make and such fun!

I also made this little felt heart.
It was my first try, so the next one/s will be neater!

I then finished a cushion cover I started at the beginning of winter... I started knitting it but very sporadically. I wanted pink and gray to match my bedroom. Last night I sewed it all together and then added the buttons and felt roses. I LOVE it!








Finally I am the proud owner of two new couches courtesy of my fabulous father in law! It was a gift from him...I was so touched.
I have wanted new couches for years, but we just never had the money or if we did, we needed to use it for other things... I can't believe the difference it makes, the couches, the color, the atmosphere, and the fact we changed our whole lounge around.. It feels like a lounge now...a conversational place, not just all the couches pointing at the TV!

You can see what my lounge looked like before here - all reds, orange and green. The green accessories are the only ones I kept as I think it looks lovely and fresh with the blue and green together! I have also added some white candles and a glass bowl with shells in. (on the table).
On the main wall above the TV cabinet I still want to have a photo gallery with more shabby frames in assorted sizes and colors of cream, white, pink and blue.
Anyway I am loving my new lounge...I feel so incredibly smart! It's been 12 years since anything "BIG" as far as furniture goes, so it's great! And much appreciated!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

xxx

Last chance...

a quick reminder that my bloggiversary closes tomorrow....so if you want to enter, please do so only in THIS post. {please carefully follow the instructions, only those who have will be entered. No name or contact information, no entry}

4 YEAR Blogaversary GIVEAWAY!!!

Yip, I have been blogging for 4 years!!! This month is my blogaversary!

So I am hosting a giveaway! This giveaway is special because It is all handmade goods by me.
It contains:
6 ATC's made by me

1 card with envelope, 1 embellished tag, 3 Bird Parisan tags (digitally designed by me) and 2 Marie Antoinette tags (also digitally designed and printed by me)

3 sets of my NEW stock going into Etsy this weekend!
All handmade with felt, foam, vintage music sheets, fabric and buttons. Perfect for scrap booking or card making or any other projects.
2 embellished posies, 1 felt butterfly, 1 felt bird, hand stitched.


close up of the fabric-felt and music posiesclose up of the embellished foam and felt.

1 cardboard bird made from recycled board and vintage music paper. (measures 17cm from tail to beak)
2 large embellished flowers




All you have to do to ENTER this giveaway is the following:

1) If you have a blog, you must save the blog button below and put it on your blog sidebar and link back to THIS post and Tell others about the giveaway on your blog. Then once you have done that, come and leave a comment in THIS post.

2) If you don't have a blog, you can still enter, just leave a comment in THIS post to enter.

3) Either way, you MUST leave me some way to contact you....
* an blog address
* an email address
-no contact details, no entry
-only comments in THIS post will be accepted as an entry for the giveaway

4) Giveaway closes the 23 July 2010 and the prize will be randomly drawn on that day.
The prize will be shipped by registered air mail at the end of July.

Here is the button to grab for your blog.
{Please note, if you want to enter and you do have a blog, you MUST put the blog button in your sidebar and link back here.}


Have fun!
PS check out my Etsy store for new goodies!