September Sponsors & 6 Giveaways!

Every month, Freckled Nest promotes a great collection of shops, blogs and artists in the right sidebar. This month, I've invited my sponsors to share about one of their favorite recent craft projects. Each sponsor has also contributed something special & cool to our big giveaway!! Yeeeee! * How to Enter: Visit each sponsors shop or blog and discover something you like about them, their craft or a product you love and write it here in the comments of this post. To make it a little easier, I put a number beside each sponsors blog&shop link so you can list your compliments a little easier :) In a few days, I will randomly draw one winner who will receive ALL 6 GIVEAWAYS, each arriving in the mail, one by one :) Giveaway is open to everyone! 1. blog & shop

"i love to try new crafty ideas, and i have grown really fond of embroidery these past few months after discovering so many wonderful & inspiring images online on various blogs and flickr. embroidery is such a relaxing craft, and i love how quickly a project can be finished! i bought some embroidery hoops at a local thrift store and decided to complete a few pieces for fun that would hang together on the same wall, and this is one of them. i love to use buttons in many of my art & crafts projects, and made sure to pick out the prettiest coloured ones for this piece :)" - Corinne

(8x6" acrylic painting on canvas & a handmade knit flower brooch)

2. blog & shop "Bubble gum has always been something that has reminded me of childhood. You know when you try and blow the biggest bubble ever and you end up getting it all over your face? That is my favourite! So I found this lovely stand up Bubble Gum machine at my local thrift store. There were actually 4 but I could only physically get 1 in my car that day. I took it home and scrubbed it down, and cleaned off and much goo and rust as I could the covered it in Robins Egg blue paint! For the inside I chose some Blue, Teal and Green yarn in which I rolled into various sized balls. I opened the change drawer and used that to hold all of my needles and some fun fabric. All in all, one of my favourite DIY's this last month!" - Kyla (Kyla's premiere print, "We All Develop From Negatives" painting, 2 orange felted cameras & some extra orange surprise goodies!) 3. blog & shop "My latest project has been creating my 2010 Planner from the kit I got at RVA. It is soooo cute and personal and perfect for someone who is super picky about their planners (like me :D)." - Janel

(2 pincushion rings & Elephant Painting)

4. blog & shop "I bought myself a gocco some time ago and I discovered that I love printing t-shirts. The latest project I made is a new "fashion line" called "i knit." shirts and tanks with a cute ball of wool on them and 'i knit.' as a quote. I made these because I am learning how to knit & it's really fun and I love to show everyone what I do. Being someone who knits doesn't make me uncool, right?! :D So I want everyone to see. PS. Right now, there are only Shirts in M listed, but I can print every size of a shirt! :)" - Katja (panda toy, 'you are one in a million' postcard, crocheted headband, a bow brooch, 'it's a polaroid world' digital painting print)

5. "Funky Finds is dedicated to promoting independent artists, crafters and designers worldwide. Our far-reaching network provides artisans with little to no budget the means to promote their work to a large audience. Each week we feature a new giveaway sponsored by an independent business owner. Readers have the opportunity to win everything from cupcakes to earrings to custom postage stamps. The Funky News is our monthly newsletter that features designer calls, event announcements, Funky Finds news, and special offers & discounts exclusively for Funky Finds readers. Also, we recently announced that we will be hosting the 2nd Annual Funky Finds Spring Fling, an indie art & craft fair, on March 13, 2010, in Fort Worth, Texas! They once were funky lost, but now they are funky found!" - Jessica (Funky Finds tote bag) 6. blog & shop "One thing I have made lately that I just love is my doily scarf. I got the idea from the online Red Velvet Art class I took back in spring, and I have been collecting doilies from thrift stores and craft stores ever since. The original idea from the class was to make a throw or pillow out of recycled doilies, but I decide I would rather make them into a scarf instead. One and a half loops of embroidery thread, eighteen doilies, and four episodes of Buffy later, I have a sweet scarf that likes to collect compliments." - Jaime (merry morning coffee sleeve) If you'd like to be a sponsor in October, please email FreckledNest@gmail.com to reserve your spot :) Good luck everyone and a huge thank you to my sponsors & supporters & readers!!! I love you all :) Hugs, Leigh-Ann