Showing posts with label cardmaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cardmaking. Show all posts

December 16, 2011

Countdown to Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza!

Upcyclers wants everyone to have a fantastic holiday season~ and we wish we could give all of our followers and fans upcycled gifts this year! Unfortunately, we'll have to rely on Santa for that!
But, what we can do is offer several giveaways this week during our Countdown to Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza! Each sponsor will be featured throughout this coming week before Christmas with a fantastic gift for each lucky winner~ And today will be the first!

The rush is on to wrap all those wonderful gifts before Christmas! The Wooden Bee offered some fantastic green solutions that might help: Upcycled Gift Bows & Tags & Upcycled Gift Wrap Ideas!  Our first sponsor also has the perfect solution~ Jacqueline from Paper Jam on Etsy is giving away a set of 8 Teabag fold Gift Tags or Ornaments!


Jacqueline has loved crafting since she was a child and some of her fondest memories are of spending snow days with her mother and little brother crafting. An avid recycler, she started searching for a way to step UP her efforts, which lead to her becoming an UPcycler! She created these intricate origami creations from JUNK MAIL~ What a fantastic use for something so useless! Wouldn't we all like to get rid of our junk mail!

Now she has expanded her materials to include old magazines, books and gift wrap as well, creating paper hearts and roses and even Kusudama flowers!




If you'd like a chance to win her set of 8 Upcycled Teabag Folded Origami Gift Tags now is your opportunity to enter!



First, be sure you are a follower of this blog, Love 2 Upcycle~ not a follower? Just look to the left and click. Voila! You are a follower. But you haven't entered yet.

Now, you can choose 4 of the following ways to enter, up to 4 times!

1. Check out Paper Jam on Etsy favorite her shop and add them to your circle.

2. Tell us here in a comment about your Favorite item in her shop!

3. Become a fan of Paper Jam on Facebook!

4. Tweet or share this Giveaway!
5. Pin one your favorite items from Paper Jam to Pinterest!

Remember, only 4 entries count, and each one must be left in a separate comment! If you don't have an email listed on your bio, leave it here in one of your comments. Deadline to enter is Midnight, December 20th!

Winner will be randomly drawn using Random.org's generator.
Good Luck and Merry Christmas!

Would you like to Sponsor a Giveaway on Love 2 Upcycle? You don't have to be a member of Upcyclers to be a sponsor, all Etsy sellers of upcycled or eco-friendly products are welcome! But of course, we'd love for you to join the team!

February 7, 2011

Year of the Rabbit by Bibliobags

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year. 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. Even though I was born in a Dog year, I've always been partial to rabbits. As a child, I collected rabbit everything. At one point, I remember having over 40 different rabbit dolls!

I had a baby shower to attend last weekend and what better theme for my gift than a rabbit for a baby being born in the year of the rabbit? I put this little bag together with things I already had around the house.




For the gift bag, I used a brown craft bag. I got out an old rabbit cookie cutter and traced it onto a piece of pink felt. I cut it out and cut out a little heart in the middle. Then I hot glued it to the bag.




Even though this was a simple project I really liked how it came out. I tend to go overboard so this was a nice reminder to keep it simple. The bag and card were a hit a hit at the shower.



For more details about this project and exciting news from Bibliobags, Check out her blog! 


20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Book Purse by Bibliobags