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Facebook giveaway and temporary Etsy closure…

Raffle prize!

I’ve just realised that I completely forgot to mention my Facebook giveaway!

I’m hovering around the edges of 100 “Likes”, which is quite exciting, so I thought I’d do a giveaway when I reach that nice round number. All you have to do is share the giveaway photo from the Eternal Magpie Facebook page. It would be nice if you felt like “Liking” the page too, assuming you don’t already.

I’m hoping the details should be conveniently pinned to the top of the page when you get there – if not, you’re looking for a photo like the one above, but with the giveaway information listed next to it.

I don’t know how long it might take to reach the magic hundred. The numbers keep going up and down, and are currently on 93 – so close! But once we’re there, I’ll put all the people who shared the photo into a hat (not literally, I don’t have a really big hat), and draw out a winner at random. The prize is a set of tealights, and a voucher for one large candle in the fragrance of your choice – stock permitting.

Speaking of stock, I’ll be closing the Etsy shop tomorrow, just for the day, while I take my wares to a local Christmas fair. We’re rapidly nearing the deadlines for Christmas postage, so please feel free to snap things up sooner rather than later! The Etsy shop will go back online as soon as I’ve adjusted the stock to reflect anything I sell out of on Saturday. Hopefully it’ll be a good day!

For anybody local, it’s the Berkshire Autistic Society Christmas Fair. Hopefully I’ll see some of you there!

A lovely parcel arrived from France!

Cozy Memories goodies

Look at all these lovely goodies! I recently entered a giveaway on Facebook, when Sonia of Cozy Memories reached 500 Likes. I was very surprised to find out that I’d actually won – and here’s my prize!

I was expecting to receive the festive Mug Rug, shown at the bottom – a lovely organic cotton coaster with room for a biscuit on the side. I was also expecting the scarf, which I chose with a voucher that was part of the prize. I wasn’t expecting the matching square coaster, the lovely handwritten card, and the delicious tea bag! The scarf came in a lovely hand-dyed drawstring bag too, which looks to be just the right size for storing my tarot cards.

Cozy Memories Scarf

Best of all – everything is made by hand, with natural materials. The linen scarf is dyed with Sicilian Sumac, sourced locally to Sonia, and the colour is a gorgeous grey-toned purple. I had a really hard time choosing which item I wanted from her shop, as everything is so lovely! I was very taken with this zipped pouch, dyed to the same colour and decorated with a ginkgo leaf.

Cozy Memories scarf

In the end I decided to choose something that I could wear often, and that would fit in with my wardrobe. I have a lot of clothes in variations of black, grey and purple, so this scarf will go with all of them! I especially like the variations in the dye that you can see in the photo above. They add a lovely depth to the fabric, and a reminder of the natural dyeing process.

In the spirit of paying things forward, I’ll be having a giveaway on The Eternal Magpie Facebook page, when I reach 100 Likes. Now I just need to choose something that I think people would actually like to win!

Spectacular spats!

When I wrote about those gorgeous ruffly boots, Cathryn pointed out that I could achieve the same effect on any pair of boots by making myself a pair of spats. Brilliant!

I went straight to the internet for inspiration, and came across this amazing pair from Maide. Her motto is “good mood fashion”, and I’m definitely in a good mood now that I’ve seen these. Maide has a gorgeous Dawanda store which is filled with amazing creations.

I liked this pair particularly because they reminded me of this beautiful Mucha print bag, which I bought from Baba Studio last Christmas. If you become a fan of Baba Studio on Facebook, you can see sneak previews of Karen’s latest designs. The new printed chiffon wraps are especially lovely!