congratulations too!!:

And the winner is... *drumroll*...

Lazzenia of "A Beautiful Mess", a most beautiful blog!!!

&

two runners up {shall get a handmade journal just for them as well}!!!

so congratulations to Jan of the wondrous "Fancy That"
& a new friend Ceekay of "Thinkin' of Home"

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!!!
Today is raindrops & roses :)

p.s please email me your mailing addresses at gowithwisdom@hotmail.com &
in case the date on my post is confusing, it already is Friday in the southern hemisphere i just havnt changed my calendar! :) kindest thoughts

a gift of thanks!

Hi everyone!


what a busy week!


& now im happy to be back with a giveaway! {because its my 150th post!!}

& also because its a season for Thanksgiving...


though its not an Australian holiday, it is a lovely one!!!


So if you havnt won a journal here before, please feel welcome to leave a comment & share something you're thankful for...

& i'll announce the winner on Friday!

Today im Thankful for the wind in the trees, the frogs near the pond, my family beside me, my friends o'er the sea *&* all of you...Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Congratulations Liss!

The winner is #2...
Congratulations Liss!!! i hope this homemade care bear will bring you lots of loveliness!


And for such lovely support, the two runners-up are Felt4U & Soul Aperture{with a special something made just for you} so please everyone email me your addy, unless i have it :)

"there is sunshine in my soul today"

International Day of Felt

A Give Away

for the

In honour of this lovely day,
i've decided to do a needle felted giveaway.


Held until October 17th, {that seems to be the photo cut off point}
& even if you have already won something here, but would really like a chance to win this lovely bear you are welcome to join, so please leave a comment on this post & i'll enter your name!

I called her Adele, full of spring's fairest sunshine! I know the stipulations were red, orange & yellow, but since white is more a hue than a colour, i included it...i had thought to do an orange & yellow bear, but sometimes plans change/evolve. the beauty of creating...


i did however, make a strictly guideline swallow, which i shall show you soon
Today is filled with the song of Spring!!!

congratulations!

As promised, & by unanimous consent :) todays winner is Blaze Danielle, congratulations for you!!{please email me at gowithwisdom@hotmail.com!} If you have not seen this girls gorgeous work please do stop by & have a look, its illuminating!!!

Lovely wishes for you all today!

a giveaway

i cannot believe this is my 100th post


8 months of surveying the mountainous grandeur


one is apt to come across in blogland!

& so for you





a little rose



some shoes with bows


a tiny expression of beauty & wonder


all wrapped up in a flower-filled matchbox...
{i couldnt quite capture its gorgeousness because its night, but it's so too lovely!!!}

Today...please leave a message on this post & i'll draw the winner a week from today!!!

~ a sponsored giveaway announcement~

There is still time to sign up for the postcard swap...
& i have some good news!!!

Mandy emailed me a couple of days ago with a wonderful suprise...Shelagh from All About Paper would love to sponsor the swap with an RAK giveaway for one of the swappers! i received the package in the mail today & it is so lovely{i wish i could sign up for it :) }!!! A tremendous Thank you for this unexpected treasure!!

It includes:
Christina Re paper
Teresa Collins Damask die cuts (just the right size for post cards)
Flouris Voyage de Route paper with european images
Collections Europe transparancies
and
Collections Vintage butterflies



i didnt want to open it to take the photos but hopefully you get an idea...


Thank you! i'll let you all know the winner in a couple of days!

Today ~kindness begets kindness~!!!

{the winner is!}

& the winner is #4, of the Penelope Basset blog. Congratulations!!!

but for everybody else, i've proposed an alternative treat...

below :)

because today is a day for sharing!!!

~ A swap of sorts ~

~ its a postcard swap! ~

& a button...{or as close to a button as i could get} :)

If you would like to participate, please leave a comment on this post!
& email me at gowithwisdom@hotmail.com

These are some postcards i made for the occassion{inspired in part by Jane Eyre, in a large part by the Festival of Postcards Mandy wonderfully told me of & in part by these gorgeous cards}. i think postcards are the perfect place to pen fragments of thought & capture precious moments of happiness{a style of writing my Mum has perfected & which i am yet to decipher}

so each postcard is labelled with a fragment of thoughtful rumination from Charlotte Bronte's
book ~ {The first 5 people to sign up will get one of these}



"Those who saw her said she looked like a snowdrop"



"A kind fairy, in my absence, had surely dropped the required suggestion on my pillow"



"gentler breathings of April"



"wandered to the impulse of east winds"



"suggest[ing] the thought that hope traversed them at night!"


These 5 postcards will have to be placed in an envelope so i made heart-shaped stamps for them instead of real ones.

The Rules

~ make a postcard {it might be an altered postcard, a photo with cardstock on the back, or any number of creative alternatives}

~ send the postcard by the 16th August {you can elect to send more than one...its more like a round robin, the person/s you send the cards to may not necessarily be the person/s sending you a postcard...i'll draw the names & let everyone know by next Friday}

~ receive a postcard package to cherish & a new friend or 2!

{i hope this is an enjoyable treat?}
Today bears the stamp of pretty packages!
& treasured thoughts for you!

its the "Christmas in July Giveaway"!

Hello!
~ its beginning to look alot like Christmas...in July... which means {drumroll}... a giveaway!


its a tulle-heart Wreath, in pink :) suffused with layers & layers of pink tulle, intricately folded untill its aglow!!! i merged the dreamcatcher idea with these delicious necklaces & hooray!!! what loveliness entailed


with an apricot miracle bead {from Beads & Beads in the Myer Centre} snug in the middle of the bloom...


& a soft silk heart{handstitched!} thats dangling from a silver chain,



irridescent beads & ribbon adorn the wreath...


its almost too dear to part with :) but i shall, for one of you ~ because its Christmas{in July}

so please, dear readers, leave a comment ON THIS POST!!!

i'll announce the winner next Friday! Good luck!

...& no Christmas celebration is complete without pink cakes, Christmas lights, Christmas trees, & Christmas carols !
...& beautifully blossoming wishes for you!!!

Have a Very Very Merry July Day...& a Wonderfully Pink Saturday! How lovely of Beverly to initiate such an ode to pink! Please drop by & see her!!!