It's Giveaway Time......

Christmas is coming and no doubt you're all spending money left, right and centre on everyone else!! So, here's a giveaway so you can win something all for yourself or of course if you feel like being really generous you could give it all away as a gift !!

Part of this giveaway is courtesy of Nudey!Rudey! who is based in New Zealand. It's their fantastic "Mother's Little Helper" Organic Soothing Balm and I have one of these to give away to one lucky reader...


Mother's Little Helper is ideal for quenching dry skin, to massage the whole family, protect nappied bottoms and sooth itchy skin on a swelling pregnant belly.

Containing 97% certified organic ingredients, packaged in a handy reuseable tin, free from nut and palm oils you'll find hundreds of uses for the truly multipurpose balm.

You can see the ingredients here:


Now, there's something extra special going on at Nudey!Rudey so please read on:

When Sarina Dickson, the creative vision behind the Christchurch based Nudey!Rudey!, read the short post online, “Could you leave your child because you couldn’t afford to feed them?” she was moved to make a difference. A mother of 2 herself, the very idea of walking away from her beloved children was heartbreaking.

Immediately Sarina contacted Catherine Bolt via her blog www.catherinebolt.com demanding to be allowed to assist her in her incredible mission which involved a move for her entire family, husband and 9 children to Indonesia to raise an orphanage for abandoned children and increasingly vulnerable orang-utans. Sarina being well aware of the plight of abandoned children and the declining habitats of orang-utans, it was decided that $1NZD from every tin of Mother’s Little Helper originally developed for her cloth nappy company would be pledged and would directly benefit Catherine’s charity Project18.

“Nudey!Rudey! has had an environmental and social commitment since it’s conception. This makes us an ideal partner to Project18 and I am delighted to be able to collaborate with Catherine Bolt to bring her dream to fruition.” Says Sarina Dickson.

Mother’s Little Helper is set to be popular with eco-conscious, and socially responsible retailers who are also encouraged to match Nudey!Rudey!’s donation. 97% organic and containing no palm or nut oils Mother’s Little Helper is a sumptuous and soothing New Zealand made balm designed to take everywhere. Packaged in a stylish yet reuseable tin. Living up to its name, Mother’s Little Helper is ideal for quenching dry skin, to massage the whole family, protect nappied bottoms and sooth itchy skin on a swelling pregnant belly.

I am also giving away to the same lucky reader, two of my adjustable rings:

and you'll get to choose which rings you'd like (there's heaps to choose from from kids styles to teen/adult styles).

So, here's what you have to do:

You can choose to do ONE or MORE of the following:

1. Follow this blog;
2. Following me on Twitter;
3. Sign up for my monthly newsletter (send your email address to littlediva @ aapt.net.au);
4. Become a follower on my Facebook Page;
5. Go to my Made It store and tell me what your favourite thing is and why;
6. Blog about this giveaway;
7. Tweet about this giveaway.
   

MOST IMPORTANTLY, Pleeeease add a separate comment for each so that you will get one entry for each and of course if you already follow, subscribe etc then just let me know that you do.

Please note the giveaway ends Saturday 19th December... GOOD LUCK !!

New rings....

Just thought I'd show you a few new rings that I'll have available at the BrisStyle Markets on 5th December.


These are made from gorgeous Japanese Linen fabrics sent to me by the divine Mee a Bee. You must check out her fantastic kids messenger bags in her Etsy store here. Get in quick though as they don't seem to last long!!

New dresses...

Here are some gorgeous new fabrics I just received this week and have made up into Diva Dresses:



I'm loving these fabrics and I've just made some gorgeous new rings too from these.... the glue is still drying so photos to come...

You can see the dresses and rings this Sunday at Boutique Markets, Portside Wharf Hamilton in Brisbane. It's on from 8am to 1pm. Otherwise I'll be listing them in my Made it store next week.

Little Diva's newest stockist......

I went for a little trip out to Ipswich today to take lots of rings to my newest stockist, Handmade Heaven.


Liesa has a gorgeous little shop in "The Old Flour Mill" and it was great to finally see it in person. You can find lots of my new rings there and plenty of other handmade goodness...


Here's a photo of Liesa having a cuddle with my kids:


I decided to take the kids with me to make a day of it and we met my sister-in-law and her daughter who came down from Toowoomba.

First stop after setting up my rings at Handmade Heaven was the Ipswich Art Gallery for the "Wonderland" exhibition. This free exhibition was very interesting and the kids loved it. They even got to do some craft too.


Then we headed off to Queens Park which is huge and has the most fantastic playground. A spot of lunch and a couple of hours play at the park and it was time to head back home.....

Need some inspiration for Christmas Gifts ??

Check out the new Made It blog... It's kind of like a Christmas gift guide and from today they'll be posting daily gift ideas from the fabulous Made It, which of course is filled with lots of handmade goodness.

Also, I've finally listed some of my rings and there'll be more to come too. Click here to visit my online Made It store.


I'm also currently sourcing stockists for my rings so send me an email if you're interested - littlediva @ aapt.net.au


I'm also visiting my newest "ring" stockist tomorrow so keep an eye out for that post when I reveal who it is....

and the winning idea is......

...actually there's two winning ideas because I combined a bit of both:

Faith Hope and a whole lotta Love and Jessi. Congratulations ladies.... Send an email to me at littlediva @ aapt.net.au and I'll get you to choose your prize - a ring of course !!

So here it is, I really liked Jessi's idea of the photo frame with the nails to hang the rings individually but decided to use my mini pegs to attach them instead....


and then I also loved the idea of using a "wooden trinket display cabinet thingy" (love the wording there - he he) from Faith Hope and a whole lotta Love.

I was stoked when I went searching through the cupboards to find something to use and I came across these fabulous Royal Selangor boxes which used to house my husbands 21st Pewter Mugs (which thankfully are now on display in the bar downstairs!).



I took all the bits and pieces of foam out, found some paint in pink and green - which coincidentally happened to be the exact same colour of pink and green as the bowls I originally used as my ring displays - and gave them a couple of coats of paint.


So, I love it because I still get to use the rice idea and also get to use my mini pegs. I also have less to cart around now as I can keep the rice in the boxes, instead of a separate container, and the rings that are pegged can also stay there.


What do you think?



If you live in Brisbane and want to see my little creations and also my range of rings in person, I'll be at the Racecourse Road Street Party, Hamilton/Ascot, this Sunday (just outside the St Augustine's Church Hall). Otherwise, I'm hoping to have time to list some of the rings in my Made It store next week.



Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to share your fantastic ideas. There were other ideas I really liked too but I just didn't have the time or patience to pull them off!!

Stamp It... Stamp It... Stamp It...

I'm probably going to go crazy stamping everything in sight as I just received in the mail, my new rubber stamp. It's just of my new logo but I love it.



I've already started stamping my little envelopes:



to put my new rings into when I sell lots of them *wink* at the markets...




Next you'll probably see a photo of my kids with stamps all over them.... just kidding, I'm not quite that crazy !!



P.S. If you want a stamp of your own, mine was from Argee Rubber Stamps. The price was excellent, service fantastic and I received the stamp super quick in the post!