Blog giveaway - winner announced!

Thank you all for entering the giveaway. Despite technical hitches which somehow deleted all the comments on the page (eep!) I managed to gather all the entries (41 in total!) and used a random number generator to pick a winner:

Which doesn't mean much to you, but i can tell you that number 24 on the list is angie. Congratulations, angie! I will be in touch shortly to get your details so I can send the ring off to you.

Thank you all again for your lovely comments and for entering the giveaway. :-)

Beaded wire-wrapped ring - a giveaway!

My last blog post was about our Crafteroo Pinterest Challenge, and I've made another item on my list - yay!
It's another wire-wrapped ring - the tutorial is here. I've made a wire-wrapped ring before (see blog post about wire-wrapped jade ring), but fancied trying another with some rather nice vintage bronze wire I have. So I made myself one:

And then, just because I was feeling cocky, I made another. The second one is slightly bigger than the first (about US size 7, which means an inside diameter of about 17mm). So...I have a spare beaded ring, and I'm giving it away to one of you lovely readers!

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is leave me a comment on this post before 20:00 (CET) on Friday 3rd February 2012.  Please make sure I am able to contact you so I can get your address if you win. I will randomly choose one person on 3rd Feb. to receive the ring. Good luck!

Crafteroo Pinterest Challenge - January

Yes, we're not even halfway through the month, but several of the Crafteroo gang have been mad busy crafting. I say most, as I seem to have spent the beginning of the year making sure that the sofa doesn't feel neglected, and ensuring that the chocolate mountain in the fridge doesn't engulf the entire kitchen. So far, mission successful. *high fives self*

Less successful are my attempts at making something from my Pinterest Challenge board. The first attempt at making something resulted in a small pile of bent wire, a slightly scratched finger, and some excessive swearing. The second make looks promising, but will need to be sanded and painted at the weekend. And so third time lucky, here is what I have made so far. It's a felt flower brooch.

And here is the Pinterest version:

The tutorial is from Infarrantly Creative - it shows three flowers together, with leaves, which looks really cute, but I wanted just a simple flower brooch for a jumper or coat.

As for the rest of the Challengers, well, take a look at what they've been up to!

The first make was actually posted on the last day of 2011, which is pretty impressive - talk about organised! It's a baby blanket in lovely candy colours from Jaydee:

Pin details here

Next is a super cute fabric purse by Pennydog:

Pin details here

This next item from md0u0131 looks delicious - cookies in a jar!

Pin details here

And to go with the cookies, how about a nice cup of tea (or coffee)? And you can keep it warm with one of these mugwarmers by audrasilk:

Pin details here

The last item is two challenges in one - t-shirt yarn, made into a cute rug by BigBlueBed:

Pin details here and here

Phew, it's made me tired just reading through that list, and there are still a couple of weeks left of January. :-)