amigurumi santas and snowmen

from mochimochi land, the pattern for these are free with purchase until jan 2!

max and moop bag giveaway on oh joy

i like birds flying, although i don't think at the moment i own a single thing with birds on it. not one. anyway, there's a giveaway for this bag, from max waxger and moop going over at oh joy.
maybe i like the birds because they seem so light and free.

much love, illy giveaway

just look at those flowers--felt, orange, poppies--3 of my favorites combined in one! this is one of the items made by much love, illy who is sponsoring a shopping spree givaway via paper n stitch: more info here.

eat your local veggies

i just discovered the amazing work of illustrator claudia pearson via design sponge.
claudia has an etsy shop full of wonderful goodies, including this buy local design above, and a coloring book version.
she also has done more food and veggie inspired work, like this print. i recommend you visit her website and shop and blog, it's all great.

these are part of a lovely series of bowls molded on vegetables by mischer'traxler, via craft.
the matching color is an great added touch!

and, if you are growing your own vegetables, susan at west coast crafty is giving away a copy of the sunset western garden book of edibles, and a copy of
growing vegetables west of the cascades. (this book is one of my absolute favorites, and a must have for any gardener in the pacific northwest, in my humble opinion). susan also did a review of these books for craft.

organic fabric givaway

here is another fantastic givaway in honor of earth day--organic fabric from 12 different designers.
details on whipup, or on daisyjanie.

happy earth day

in honor of earth day, mayamade is giving away a few lovely items. go leave a comment for a change to win!

o canada!

would you like to win your very own pair of olympic mittens? visit cafe cartolina to find out how. via poppytalk. go canadia!

purl calendar givaway at inchmark

the 2010 calendar from purl soho looks like it will be fabulous, of course! you have a change to win one if you visit inchmark.

koo and poppet giveaway at bloesem kids

bloesem kids win on wednesdays series always features lovely things, and this week is no different with a chance to win these sweet creatures from koo and poppet. details about the giveaway are here.

giveaway at bookhou

these items are all part of a fabulous giveaway at bookhou this weekend. go here to enter.

free kokeshi stuffie pattern

the nice ladies at melly & me are giving away this pattern as a free download! via whip up.

kanzashi

kanzashi is the traditional japanese craft of making intricate flowers or petal arrangements from fabric. the image above is one of the amazying pieces created by atelier kanawa who is one of the few tsumami kanzashi artisans today. it's a hairpin called 'rain drops world,' which is quite appropriate for these days in japan, as we are waiting for rainy season to finish up this week maybe.
kanzashi in bloom, by diane gilleland of craftypod, just came out, and can be seen around the internet on a blog book tour. whip up has an feature about kuniko kanawa of atelier kanawa, and also a giveaway for the book. betz white also has a copy to give away (you have until wednesday to enter, u.s. addresses only).

ribbit from from spud and chlöe

free pattern for this cute froggy, 'ribbit' is available from the spud and chlöe blog, where they are also having a giveaway right now!

via craft gossip

learning japanese bookmarks

i found these at my local bookstore. hiragana and katakana are the 2 phonetic writing systems in japanese. there is also kanji, which is a pictographic writing system from china. japanese is usually written with a combination of kanji and hiragana, and katakana is used for foreign loan words, names of plants or scary animals).

these bookmarks have all the hiragana/katakana characters, plus the pronunciation written in roman letters below. would you like 1 (or both)? i'll send them to your for free with any order from my shop, just leave a note!

while supplies last.

and the winner is...

wintunancy! email me your address to feltcafe@gmail, and i will send off your felt flowers. i've enjoyed doing a few giveaways, and i plan to continue them...from japan!

another felt flower giveaway

i have 2 more felt flowers to give away! these were such a fun way to play around with felt scraps i am always accumulating.
they are both small, around 2 inches in diameter. leave a comment for a chance to win them both! i will mail them on saturday, so that's the deadline.

pretty flowers and giveaway winner

my walk to the post office is very short, and these days there are always lovely flowers along the way.
and the winner of the felt flower giveaway...lucky number 2! congratulations yamani, your flowers will go out in tomorrow's mail.to pick the winning number, i used a die from monopoly, a game i haven't played in years (although i did play one time after college, and my friends got into a huge fight). but i love the game pieces, from when my brother and i used to play monopoly for hours and hours as kids. here's the wheelbarrow, for everyone thinking about spring and gardening.

felt flower giveaway and spring sale at feltcafe etsy

i'm having a spring sale in my etsy shop, including this ipod cozy. for readers of my blog, i would like to offer you an additional 20% off any SALE item. just type '20percent' in the notes to seller, and i will send you a revised invoice. feel free to share this friends and family discount!


i'm also giving away 2 felt flowers!
leave a comment on this post, and i'll pick a winner at random on march 25th. international entries welcome.