And the Winner is...

... Just Jingle

She is now the proud owner of a felt Flying Pig. Easy to feed...no mess to clean up...and won't oink too loud when visitors arrive. She has a great blog herself...you should go check it out. And bonus, she has some giveaways going on now too!



I thank everyone who joined in my first ever giveaway here on Tilt's Creations (do I sound like a game show yet?). I hope to have many more of these. If at any time any of you would be interested in sponsoring a giveaway, feel free to contact me here, my email (it's in my profile) or over on one of my shops.

That little piggie inspired a few more felties. This one here is the first that made it from sketch to sew (there are still some fixes to make). I used a pattern from softies by Therese Laskey for this first one. It's siblings will be changed up a bit as I redesign them to better fit the way I work. It is a fab & fun book for anyone interested in making some little soft friends.

My First Giveaway on Tilt's Creations Too

Contest has ended...winner is being informed & I will post once they have responded.
Thank you to all who joined in on my first giveaway!
I hope there will be many more to come!

And the winner is...Just Jingle

Woo Hoo!
I have been trying to figure out just how I wanted to do the giveaways on this blog and came up with, well, too many ideas. So I am starting with non-handbag crafts that I have done. I love playing with different medias and can never choose just one. Solution: give them away. I am hoping that in the process I will discover which ones are sellable, but either way - it's fun.

I also wanted to help other artisans along the way. Sometimes I will be giving away their goodies and other times just working along side them, promoting them...like now.

This little Flying Pig stuffie/wall hanging was originally made thinking of Shannon from Pigatopia. She is a fellow Plugger and wonderful artist. She creates to help those that can not help themselves.

I spoke with her about why she does what she does for the animals and this is what she said:

"lets see my first pig Vinny is now 11 years old. I got him when he was 6 weeks old. I hand raised him and carried him everywhere with me. until he got up to 60 lbs. lol anyway when he got to be 300 lbs I needed to get his feet trimmed and tusk trimmed. Trying to find a vet was a big joke. I called around after 30 phone calls got the phone number for Noahs ark pot bellied pig rescue in New Port Richey Florida. Lynne taught me that pig's should not be that big and that dog food was bad. she came out and trimmed Vinny's feet and tusk and taught me how to do the hooves by myself. I call Lynne to this day if something goes wrong with one of my kids. I soon realized that I needed to do something to help Noah's ark more then just giving her money and I could not bring home more pigs as at one point I had 22 pigs and 9 dogs. I now only have 12 pigs and 6 dogs. I started helping Noahs ark with her fund raisers and making art to sell to raise money for her. was not long before I found other wonderful sanctuary's and rescues that could use help with not only funding and donations but just public awareness. Just seeing the rescued pigs eyes when they look at you you can see they are saying thank you for helping us. It just makes my heart sing."

So for this giveaway - I would like you to go check out her shop and tell me which item is your favorite. I also recommend checking out her blog, just for the fun of it :)

And while visiting her shop, don't forget that the money generated from her sales of are used to pay vet bills, shelter and food for animals that have been abused and Rescued.

Rules:
1) For one entry (required) Visit Pigatopia's Etsy shop and leave a comment here telling me which item was your favorite PLUS the link to that item.

Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you - if there is no contact in your blog profile or any left here in your comment, I can not include you in the drawing.

For an extra entry, follow this blog and leave a separate comment letting me know.
For 2 extra entries - purchase an item from Pigatopia and leave me a comment with a link to the item you purchased.

• This contest will go until midnight EST March 10, 2009.
• I will pick the winner using the highly advanced technical method of having my son shout out a number from 1 to however many entries I have...then count down the list & find the winner!
  
• You must be 18 to enter...having a blog is not necessary...but very fun - you should try it.
• You need not have an etsy account to enter.
• I will contact the winner via email or whatever contact they leave, who will then have 48 hours to respond. If I hear nothing back - I will choose another winner.
• I will pay the shipping fees: if International, any customs related fees will be yours.
  

So - Comments away!
note: Look for these little animal felt stuffies in my Etsy shop, Tilt Too, soon...they will be herded on in during this month.

on another note: If this basic design looks familiar to you - please let me know from where...I had it sketched out in my book and think I got it from an image online...but can't remember where from...I would like to credit whoever made the basic design originally :)

Giveaway Goodies

I have decided that I will start doing monthly giveaways. I have been participating in the One World One Heart giveaway and have been having a blast. It is always fun to win something, heck, even the possibility is fun. So starting next month I will be giving away a goodie each month. What they will be, I can't say for sure. I plan to change it up - stuff from my etsy handbag shop, sewn crafts, artwork and maybe I can even find some "donations" from other artisans...we'll see.



But for now, feel free to head on over to my OWOH giveaway on my other blog: Crafts, kids, home and life. Just click here. Good luck :)

click the world to go to the OWOH blog where the over 870 participating blogs are listed