Thursday, April 23, 2009

sound the trumpets - it's a mystery giveaway


Now that title certainly sounds impressive! I thought it would be nice to have a little giveaway, it's a mystery package so I can't give away what you will find inside...

The above image is one of Mairuru's quilted furoshiki, Mairuru has kindly written a great post on how to sew your own furoshiki on her blog. And although you won't be receiving the above furoshiki, I will be making one just for my mystery giveaway to wrap all the goodies in!!

I'll be pulling the winner's name out of the Handsome Steve's coffee cup on May 1st and my giveaway is open to both Australian and International bloggers.

So if you are tempted to put your name in for the opportunity to receive my mystery package you just need to leave a comment with this post to say Hi!

Photo Credit: Mairuru.
More furoshiki goodness over here!

112 comments:

dream quilt create said...

Yes, I am tempted! Please put my name in the coffee cup.....I love your blog and the inspiration it gives me.

jokerine said...

I always love a giveaway and if it is mysterious all the more. :)

I'll take another peak at your blog now.

polly pratt said...

I would love to enter, i`m going to check the blog on how to make a furoshki right now.

CurlyPops said...

Oooh how exciting! I love a mystery.

lisa :: the red thread said...

Hello. I love a good mystery, and a good giveaway! Put me in the cup too please.

Tanya said...

Oooh how fun, don't mind a mystery myself (and a fun parcel in the mail never goes astray!!)

Unknown said...

you pulled me in with the mystery! put me in the cup! heart a sweet giveaway!

Unknown said...

Love a good mystery , count me in please .

milasmum said...

Ooh a mystery! what goodies could possibly be inside!? I'd love to go into the coffee cup :)

Anonymous said...

Please pop me into your cup too...it's very lovely to be in a giveaway suprise draw, thank you.

Cindy said...

Hello! What a beautifully wrapped package :-) What could be inside??

Cosy said...

Yes please! Name + cup + luck = giveaway (maybe)?

Sounds terrific. Please count me in.

Carolyn

crafty diane said...

Sounds like lots of fun to me!
Blessings,
Diane

missfee said...

I'm saying hi for the wrapping so so cute

Lisa said...

Love the idea of wrapping presents with a furoshiki! Thanks for the link.

Gina said...

Me me pick ME. At random, of course!

felicakes said...

Oooo add me add me. I love a good mystery. :*)

Tania said...

Goodies as well?! I'd be chuffed to pieces with a furoshiki - consider me counted in!

Missie Krissie said...

Me please! Oooo... why is not knowing what the prize is so enticing?!

Marcella said...

aw i'd really like to enter! but i live in amsterdam, is that ok?

trash said...

I read about that groovy type of wrapping just yesterday somewhere. I would love to be entered in to this competition please Missus.

Hello Sandwich said...

Ow you sweet little sewer! How cute are you!? I would love to put my name in the mix! thank you lovely lady! am sure you will be making an extra special furoshiki and I am so excited to see it on your lovely blog!
Happy Friday petal.
Love love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

meg said...

hi!

Amy Badskirt said...

I'm lured in and love a good mystery. Was it Ms Buttons in the sewing room with the rotary cutter?

Oy, maybe that's the wrong kind of mystery? Either way, please put me in the cup.

Hyena In Petticoats said...

Fabulous.

I'm in on this one for sure!

Leah xxx

Kate said...

I'd be pleased as punch just to win the furoshiki, not to mention a mystery gift. Please count me in!

tikki said...

ooh, I love a mystery, how excitement. Please put me in Handsome Steve's cup

Kristi said...

Very neat. Very mysterious. Very making me want to know what's inside.

Rosanne said...

Oh, I love a good mystery!

Wood Violet said...

I'm a long time lurker and have really enjoyed your blog. Please count me in for this mystery giveaway.
Karen
kareno369(@)hotmail(dot)com

sarasophia said...

Wow--just found your blog through a comment you left on Kayi Dreaming. I LOVE your blog title--so cute.

I would love to win your mysterious package. Please count me as a new follower; I am definitely adding you to my blog list:)

Have a Lovely Day
<3,
sarasophia

Barb said...

You can count me in...please.....I love a mystery and a surprise.

sewfunky said...

Please enter me in the draw!! :) Love your blog!

Mal said...

oh how exciting!! I have to check that tutorial!

JULIE ♥ ADORE said...

HI! Bonjour!

Sandra @ Pepperberry & Co. said...

Ooh, I love mysteries!! Fun :-)

Harley Dee said...

Ooh, ooh, put my name in please! What better to have your name drawn out of than a coffee cup? :)

Nicola said...

Me too I would love to be included in the mystery give away. I think you might need a very large coffee cup for all these entries.

Mark said...

Another that loves a good mystery, add me to the cup too please!
And thank you for the intro to Furoshiki, i hadn't heard of it before.

Kate said...

Yes please! I can't resist: a mystery AND a furoshiki? Fabulous! Thanks!

Christie said...

i think i need to make one of those-fantastic!

Mistea said...

Hello, I do like a good mystery. I happen to be living through one at the moment! Hey thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

oooh... love a mystery giveaway!

bloggytreasures said...

Don't we all just love a good mystery?!! Thanks for the fun!
quelleheure4[at]gmail{dot}com

ellie said...

Would love to receive a surprise in my mail box. What a fun idea for a giveaway. Yah - can't wait to see what it is.
I've had furoshiki's on my mind lately. Been making some of my own, with my screen printed fabric. This quilted one is lovely.
Thanks.

Joy and Melissa said...

I like the idea of my name being draw out of a hot looking guys coffee cup! Throw my name in, I love a good mystery. I love your blog! Thanks! Have a great weekend. madly59

Gillian R said...

Sounds like a very exciting thing! Drop me in the coffee cup now please!!

Cindy said...

I could always use a soak in a coffee cup - help to wake me up at least - hooray for Fridays

Jacinta said...

Ooohh I'm a sucker for the mysterious! Count me in please!

Katy said...

Hi There!!

Anonymous said...

oh my what a gorgeous giveaway!!! and that's without even knowing what's inside the furoshiki!!

Nikki said...

Oh - need a nice cheer-me-up surprise. Love a bit of Japanese wrapping cleverness, too!

Gingham Skies said...

I'm crossing my fingers and toes! I love surprises! :)

Anonymous said...

Ooh, yes please, yes please :)

calicodaisy said...

I've been enjoying Mairuru's site for a while. I would love to have a little craft like hers.

Jessica Lonard (The Crafty Librarian) said...

Hi Angela! I love giveaways! I actually just dropped in to say that I made your Shopping bag keep-safe from the Mike's book. It is not quite the same, because I'm not so good at following patterns. Oops! Anyway, I posted pics on the Flickr group :o)

Sara Downton said...

mysterious giveaways are so exciting :)

gemma @ loz and dinny said...

I love surprises .. please count me in!

Kylie said...

Oooh! Sounds so intriguing. Count me in. I'm going to click across to Mairuru's blog for a look on how to make a furoshki myself! Looks lovely.
K xx

jodie said...

love surprises! This is great!
jodie.marie
at
verizon.net

Jenaveve said...

This is your 61st 'Hi' for the day. :)

Kylie said...

Just saying hi - I have a little giveaway on my blog at the moment as well. Love the mystery of it all.

The Giveaway Diva said...

hi i'd love to be entered! come enter my two!!

Unknown said...

Hey lovely, add me to the list. I liked spotting the little picture of my feet in your sidebar! xx

Karin said...

oooh how lovely. I love the idea of wrapping gifts with beautiful fabric like this! And quilted too! nice!

...and how cheeky would I have to be to put a brown owl badge on my blog without being a member! haha!

Cate Lawrence said...

ooh how lovely and intriuging xx

Christina Lowry said...

Me too! Why not come and enter my giveaway too? :)

Ps - You will show those of us that don't win what it was?!

myfuroshiki said...

My favourite combination - mysteries and furoshikis :) Put me in the cup, please...and have a peek at our blog myfuroshiki.blogspot.com if you'd like more ideas on how furoshiki can be used.

Flea-Bites said...

I've only just found your blog through Miss Fee - I love all things Japanese, so I'll be visiting again :o)

Laura said...

there's nothing better than a surprise!

edward and lilly said...

Oooh, count me in!

Unknown said...

What fun and enjyoment you have put into my life in the last few days. I'm on long service leave and set my self the goal of learning to sew. I boldly set forth and purchased a machine and a Miss Allsorts kit. Wow, I can sew!!! great fun, except I now think i need to get glasses as eye very sore at the end of it all!!! Thanks :)

Betty Jo said...

It must be the season for blog giveaways.. I've got one going too.
I'd love to be entered in yours, but I think you'll need a bucket not a cup!

Gunn said...

Hi from Norway! Been silent follower for a while now and would love to get a little mystery in the post :-)

Gunsan

Noni said...

I'm intriged...I'm in! ^-^

danica said...

oooh, i love mystery suprises!

Cleo said...

Just a little line to let you know that my birthday is in MAY ... use it dont use it ...... LOL .. great bog as per ususal!!!

Windy Days said...

I can't resist a mystery package, please count me in!!
xx

Running Thread said...

And me toooooooo! Purleeeeeese!!

littlelovelies said...

i love your blog & surprises... so please put my name in the coffee cup too!!

x nadine
little lovelies

Jessi said...

there is nothing like a surprise prize!!! i'd love to be in the running :)

Girl Land said...

I'm delurking to enter. Thank you, and I love your blog. :)

xo

pepper said...

well sure I sure would like to put my name in for your mystery package! how intriguing!
x Pepper

Alyssa said...

I think I am more excited for the wrapping than the surprise. then again, I love surprises. Especially crafty ones.

Kitty said...

hey there angela
pop me in the cup too please
thankyou for sweet comment

Lyn said...

Hi! So lovely to find your blog, and what a lovely idea for a giveaway!

Jacinta said...

looks like you might need to get a bigger cup from handsome Steve. How exciting! I do love a good mystery.

miss~nance said...

I also cant resist a giveaway. And a furoshiki is a very new thing to me, what a lovely wrapping it makes.

I found your blog through Craftydiane's.

Gail

Caffeine Heartbeats said...

Hello!

Cass said...

Hi I always love a giveaway. Although the word verification is gloom so that doesn't bode well for my chances of winning

heleen said...

wow I can't believe I've never heard of furoshiki before, I think I'll make a tiny purse using the technique as explained on Mairuru's blog. Oh and of course I'd like to enter this giveaway!

Anonymous said...

Hello, hello, hello... do three hellos give me three chances to win??

flutter said...

hi! I love your blog, this giveaway looks fab!

noahgina said...

Yes, please include me in the giveaway. I am new to blogland and sewing and find your blog very inspirational. I am gong to try my hand at a furoshki as my next project.

Michelle said...

I LOVE furoshiki!! Thanks for sharing that link!

Cath said...

Does Handsome Steve do wheelbarrows? Perhaps he does remote control ones that fly off to the lucky winner???

sophie said...

I am commenting to say hi and that this is a lovely giveaway!

Mary said...

mystery giveaways are even better than normal giveaways :)

Bird Bath said...

hi! I love a good mystery...please count me in for the giveaway :)

Lilli boo said...

The mere fact I will the 100th commenter is exciting enough!...I don't know why? everything else is a bonus..after an incredibly busy month it's good to back in blogland.
Cheers, Lil

.girl ferment. said...

please count me in. surprises are good.

Jessie said...

ooooohhhh I love a mystery prize! count me in

Christine Chitnis said...

Oh yeah...i love surprises! I just found your blog and subscribed! Love it!

joolee said...

Yes please!! I love mysterious...

DrCris said...

What a coincidence! I ahve just been lookin into furoshiki in the last few days. And then I see it echoed here. And count me in for the mystery!

mairuru said...

Thank you very much for this post. I'd like to see how it comes.
Thank you!

Booco said...

Yes please! That sounds lovely. Count me in. Thank you.

petapledger said...

Add my name to the list please! xx

Anonymous said...

Please enter me in the giveaway. I just love your blog.

Anonymous said...

Hi!

Hello Sandwich said...

How exciting you draw the name tomorrow! fingers crossed! xxx

danielle said...

please add me for a chance!

lovely, thanks