Pay It Forward

You want to know the 'new', 'cool' thing to do?  Pay it forward!  I just signed up at Kim's blog Flowers and Art to participate in something called Pay it Forward 2011.  Here's how it works.  The first five people who leave a comment on this post telling me you want to participate will receive a gift that has been handmade by me.  You also need to create a post on your blog explaining Pay it Forward.  Then for the best part, make and send a gift to the first five visitors who comment on your post and who agree to do the same.  There is no set  time limit.

This should be a fun way to make new friends and share your creativity.

Pay it Forward is about friendship and sharing.

So what do you say?  If this sounds like fun, let me know and get your name on my list!

Kibbygirl

Nesting

For various reasons I haven't done a whole lot of crafting, or for that matter, blogging lately but I did recently make my first wee nest.  The 'eggs' did not turn out so well so I will have to retry those but my little twine nest turned out great.  I got the bird cage from the jewelry supplier and I am eventually going to try to rust it up a bit.  If anyone has some tips for how to make it shabby looking I would love to hear them. 

Have a great day everyone!

Kibbygirl

A Little Easter Fun

I haven't gotten around to a whole lot of crafting in recent days but I did make a cute little Easter basket with some pink glittered eggs. I just love the colour palette that Easter gives us.  I want to make more!

I'm loving my wee glitter Easter eggs!

Have a great night all,

Kibbygirl

Mini Easter Inspiration

Image from Country Living

Image from CraftJr.com

can be found at Etsy here

I need to get my craft on again so I have been looking for some easter inspiration. These are a few of the things that caught my eye.  Hope you are all having a great day!

Kibbygirl

A stained hutch and 'silver' pots

A little bit of crafting I have finally gotten around to taking some pictures of!  Enjoy.  I am off to a basketball tournament this weekend so I will catch up with you all again next week.  :)

Kibbygirl

Hanging in through the febuary blues

Sorry for the lack of posting lately everyone, but what a month this has been!  First for the good news.  As I have mentioned here before, I am not a big fan of winter.  Oh sure it tries to charm me with soft, pretty snowflakes but I'm not falling for it.  I tire too quickly of its cold, wet attitude. My husband knows this and even though we hadn't planned on taking a trip to warmer pastures this winter he surprised me by booking a last minute trip to Mexico!  It was fantastic.  We went to an eco resort so we got the beach and lots of wildlife.  The boys had a bet going on who would catch a lizard first.  Best of all I got to spend lots of good time with my two guys.

The less good news is that since we have been back we have had computer problems and I have been sick, sick, sick.  Now the computer is sorted out and I am, hopefully, on the mend so with any luck I can get back to my crafting soon. 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Kibbygirl 

CSN Stores giveaway winner!!

As promised the random name drawn as the winner for the CSN gift certificate is.......................................................  by- the- bluegrass!!  Congratulations!  I will email you with the details.  Thank you to everyone who entered.



Kibbygirl

Contest Extended until monday

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the $35 CSN gift certificate giveaway will continue until Monday!  If you haven't left me a comment letting me know what you would like to spend it on do it now.  I will do the draw Monday morning.  Have a great weekend

Kibbygirl

The CSN Contest continues

Good morning all.  In the spirit of my latest giveaway I am posting some ideas on what I might spend the gift certificate on.  Hopefully this gives you some inspiration.  Don't forget to get your name in on the post below.  The rules are super simple.  Just let me know what you would love to spend the $35 on.  I will be choosing a random winner on Friday. 

All items are from the CSN chain of stores.  Visit here for even more ideas.

Kibbygirl

Shake off the winter blues contest

If you're like me winter is not the most fabulous of all the seasons.  Summer is my favorite.  I can't get enough of the sunshine and garden.  Spring and fall aren't too bad themselves but winter I have a hard time working up a fondness for.  It's not winter's fault of course.  Its just being what it was created to be, but oh how I long for summer.  To help give winter a better name I decided to have a contest.  A kind of  'make your own sunshine' sort of thing. How does a $35 gift certificate sound?  Money you can spend on just about anything you would like.  You can even put it towards a truly summer thing like a swing set!  Really!  The great people at the CSN Stores have offered  a $35 gift certificate for me to give to one of my lucky readers.  How cool is that?  Consider it a little boost to brighten someones wintry days.  I have checked out their site for swing sets and more found they have all sorts of summery play things.  I think my favorite was the kids play cafe tent.  It is a little tent complete with an awning so your kids can set up their own wee bistro!  I would have loved that as a little girl.  Actually, I could have fun with that now!  For under $40 it is pretty neat. 

So to win this all you have to do is visit the link and let me know what you would love to spend the gift certificate on.  Easy peasy right?  I will choose a random winner from the comments next Friday.  Good luck to everyone!

Kibbygirl

Thrifty gifts

If you are like me you like to plan ahead, especially if it comes to gifts.  Now that Christmas is over I am planning for birthdays and next Christmas.  I love giving gifts.  Its fun.  Not just actually giving them but, finding them or creating them too.  Even mentally going over "what would this person really like"  is fun.  Satisfying too if you come up with a great answer.  It's even more satisfying when said gifts are creative and not too expensive.  Don't you think?  I am always on the hunt for great ideas and I thought I would share some of them with all of you.

This is a present I made for my niece who love horses and rides a lot.  I just decorated a matchbook case and lined it with velvet.  Inside is a horse charm for a necklace or bracelet.  You could use any size matchbook and put any neat trinket inside.  You may remember the one I did with a pair of earrings inside for a giveaway.  I don't have pictures unfortunately but I also made plaques with a version of the Keep Calm poster.  For my sister who likes bees I made one saying Keep Calm and Bumble On, along with a bee graphic from the Graphics Fairy.  For my dad and his wife I made a wine lovers plaque with the saying Keep Calm and Drink On.  I painted the wood an antique white and distressed it.  They both turned out pretty great if I do say so myself.  As I come across more ideas I plan to share them with you.  For example, here is a recipe I found for homemade scrubs. 

Recipe #1 – Brown Sugar Scrub


1/2 cup of brown sugar

1/4 cup of almond oil

1/4 cup of liquid Ivory hand soap

1/4 tsp of vanilla

Recipe #2 – Lemon Sugar Scrub

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup olive oil

1 TBS lemon zest (grated)

How great would one of these be in a pretty jar.  Possibly a thrifted coloured glass jar.  Hmm, maybe a big ribbon, an old key and a vintage note card.  Yep, I like it.  I have some birthdays coming up and I may just make some of these.  For now though, a cup of tea is what I need so I am off to make it!  Have a great night everyone,
 
Kibbygirl