Archive for August, 2009
August 28th, 2009 -- Posted in blinkies & other cuteness, contests & freebies, work/career |
The winner of the 3rd place prize is…. #6! Amanda W, who chose Chocolate Raspberry as her fave colour palette! 
She will get a coupon for $5 off her own baby birth plaque (or image).
The winner of the 2nd place prize is… #7! Kat (owntwohands), who chose Fresh Citrus (or variation of!) as her fave! She has won a birth image which will be personalized with her baby’s info!
And the grand prize winner, who will receive a free baby birth plaque is…. #11! Somer, who also chose Chocolate Raspberry as her favourite, as her daughter’s room is pink and brown!!! She has won a free mounted plaque, with the customized design image with her daughter’s birth info, including free shipping!
I’ll be getting in touch with the winners to e-mail me with the birth information of the babies that their plaques will be for. Please send me the baby’s name, birth date, birth time (if you like), weight and length, and birth place (or hospital, or whatever else you would rather include on the last line).
Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks for helping launch my new line of unique baby gifts Thanks also to my 2 kiddos, who helped pick the winning numbers!
Since I like to on a policy of “there are no losers, only 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc. winners”, I will be offering all the other entrants of the contest a coupon for $2 an order of a baby birth plaque!
To use a coupon, please be sure you e-mail me directly (at my KStar address) to arrange your order instead of using the shopping cart on the site. You can check out colour palettes there though, and also soon there will be photos available of the finished product (with baby info blurred out of course). I’ll be creating one for my son this weekend as well as one for the top winner, so if you’d like to get your order in, it’s a great time for that!
August 20th, 2009 -- Posted in EZ-blog Oven, blinkies & other cuteness, contests & freebies |
I’m excited to announce a new line of baby gifts from KStar Design… baby birth plaques!
They share all the hand-crafted and personalized characteristics of hand-painted nursery signs (you know, with the cute ribbons and bows), but are very stream-lined and modern… All the customization and colour is added at the graphics design level, so you are left with a finished keepsake that is very up-to-date and chic. They will last as your baby (and his/her décor!) changes over time.
To celebrate the launch of these cherished mementos, I’ll be giving away 3 prizes, including a top prize of one FREE Baby Birth Plaque!
To enter the give-away contest, simply comment on this blog telling me which colour palette you would choose if you were the winner – and why it’s your favourite! So far we have “Chocolate Raspberry”, “Blue Denim” and “Fresh Citrus” available:
If you’re feeling really creative (and/or already have a favourite blinkie from KStar), you can opt to choose that set of colours and if you win the contest, I will put together a new palette based on that blinkie. 
Visit the Baby Birth Plaques store to view a couple of examples of the artwork. I will hopefully also have a sample to show you of what the completed project looks like in the mounted frame.
Here are all the details:
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August 20th, 2009 -- Posted in domestic engineering, house to home, pics |
So my learning-to-sew adventures continue and it’s going pretty well. I made only 1 trip to a fabric store and got 2 different fabrics on sale. For those few metres and 4 buttons, it was less than $20. And out of it, I’ll be able to make 3 valances, give a piece to Paul to construct some nifty Roman blinds for our bathroom AND have enough left over for a pillow or 2.
The fabric I chose for the kitchen valance is just amazing, I love it. Cream with streaks of metallic gold!
I kept the valance pretty simple – just a rod pocket about 2 inches down. After the pocket, there was about 15″ of fabric to make up the valance. The kitchen window was 51″ wide, and the width of the valance was more than that to give it some volume.
We’d been very lucky to find custom wood blinds in our local Home Depot that were almost exactly the size of our window! It’s possible someone in the area also had a Minto home that was the same model or a different model that had a similar window. So we were able to get the blinds (a dark brown with 2″ slats) for a third of the price!
All in all, the look came together really nicely…
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