Showing posts with label give aways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label give aways. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 January 2012

50 Crafts of 2012 & The Dino-Winner

Happy New Years everyone! This past year has been amazing, and I'm so excited to see all that the new year brings. Thank you to everyone who has taken interest in my blog and who has been following along with me.

This year I plan to complete a list of 50 crafts, all of which I will share with you, make tutorials for, and/or offer in store. I've got a huge list (far over 50) and I'm sure it'll grow over the year. The point is theres 50 things, 50 specific things that I want to make, that I will make, within the year. (And probably, knowing myself, much more than that).

The first one, and the longest one to complete, will be a memory calendar. Each year I plan on writing down a memory of each day, and then if I can make myself do this for a whole year, to do it all again the following. That will be by far the hardest thing on this list. Wish me luck!

I hope you all join me and follow along, and by all means, join in if you'd like! Share a list of crafty things you want to do this year!

Here's a few items I want to make:

A recycled leather purse. (..Like this one maybe?)

A piece of artwork for the walls.

An attempt at glass etching.

Tank top tubes.

A little black dress.

A makeup stand. Done! Though I can't count it because it was actually finished in December. Though I'd like to make it much prettier than what it is (currently eyeshadows stuck on a baking sheet, hahaha).

A place to organize my jewelry.

Paper quilling.

A fork pendant I actually like.

Spats.


Do you have anything you want to get done in the new year?

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Now, on to the winning free stuff part of this post (I put them together to avoid 2 posts in a day :P). 
Thank you to everyone who participated in my blog's first contest!! I've tallied all the votes and used random.org to select the winning number.

Aaaaand the winner is... Ashley Murray! Congratulations :). I will send you a message to get your mailing information. 

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Dinosaur Skeleton Necklace Giveaway!


I was surprised to see how many people love dinosaurs as much as I do when I posted my necklace tutorial here.

So I thought for December I would have a contest. During the month, leave a comment on this post telling me what you would like to see more of on this blog (tutorials? personal? recipes? photography?), or what song/artist you're listening to lately. At the end of the month, I will use a random number generator online to choose the winner, and mail it to you!

Contest details:
Anyone can enter, but if you're underage make sure someone knows about the contest and approves of it. I don't want anyone to get in trouble for giving a stranger their address.

When a winner is chosen, I'll make a post as to who it is and send off an email. If I don't hear from you in 48 hours with your information, I'll pick another winner.

For extra points:
1 point- Tweet this message 'Rawr! I want to win the dinosaur necklace with @thisiskristina from www.TamedRaven.com!'
1 point- Join my facebook page. If you're already a fan, leave a comment and I'll count it.
1 point- Share the 'win me' picture from the facebook group.
1 point- follow the blog.
3 points- Blog it with the above picture and a link to this post, then leave a comment with the link to your post.

Fairly easy, right? Good luck!

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Hintonburg Artisan Craft Fair

For sale here.
Exciting news! I will be at the Hintonburg Artisan Craft Fair November 26th, 10am-5pm with a whole bunch of Tamed Raven goodness! Some old items, some new items, and some free items (while quantities last, of course.. which means I should start making them!)

The address is 1064 Wellington St. W, Ottawa. Take a trip down, partake in the festivites and get some one of a kind presents for everyone on your list (including yourself! ;) There are super deals, regular priced things and big ticket items. Something for everyone.

Now to take the list of things I need to make, do and get, and make myself a schedule. It's going to be a busy few weeks!

Come say hi!



Friday, 30 September 2011

Fortune Cookies & Hide and Seek


Remember when I said I had a surprise in store?


Mini fortune cookie charms that I whipped up the other day. They're going on an adventure! I intend to hide them in Ottawa for others to discover. As much as I love them, they were made with this plan in mind.. And I can always make another for myself..

Inside each one is a little fortune with the website on the other side.


I'm going to keep them safe by keeping them in plastic bags, and tying them to unsuspecting fence posts, statues, tree branches..

So if anyone out there comes across one of these, I would love to hear about it! Please leave a message in the comments about how you found it and where you're from. Thanks!