Giggle Junction Giveaway

**GIVEAWAY**

I am SO excited to share this giveaway with you!

A couple months ago I came across these AMAZING Spy Bags sold on Etsy.com made by Giggle Junction.

      

I have seen I-Spy bags, and was wanting to make some myself... but gosh, I wasn't sure I could top these no matter how hard I tried!  I mean, seriously!  These are SO FUN!

Each Spy Bag has a little window where your child can search for little items hidden within the bag.

And, not only are they beautifully appliqued with these cute little images...

but do you see that tag?  

On the other side you'll find this.  A key for all of the items found within the bag.

My son was SOOOOO excited when his Monster Spy Bag came in the mail.

He was on the hunt immediately.

   

"Hey!  I found one!"

The tag is laminated, so we were able to use a dry erase pen to mark off each item as he found it.

  

This kid was one happy camper!

Then he got really annoyed with me for taking pictures, and told me to leave him alone so he could hunt in peace.  ha ha... I got a couple more shots over his shoulder.

  

My three kids (ages 4-8) were all waiting for their turn to play with it.

(Ok... so yeah, my kids were fighting over it... like that never happens at your house!)

  Which means, I've already promised to grab a couple more.  These would be great to keep in the car, for waiting at restaurants or doctor appointments, on plane trips, for party favors...

Did I mention Giggle Junction even sells Spy Bag party packs?!  

The AWESOME part of all of this is that Giggle Junction is going to give one of these adorable Spy Bags to one of my readers!

Want to know how to win your own Spy Bag?

1) Visit Giggle Junction's Etsy Shop HERE or their web shop HERE

2) Comment to this post, and tell me which Spy Bag you like best (1 entry)

3) Share this giveaway on Facebook or Tweet it, and tell me about it in a comment to this post (1 entry for each)

4) Share this giveaway on your blog, and tell me about it in a comment to this post (1 entry)

You have until Tuesday, June 28th!

I will announce the winner on the Wednesday following.  Good Luck!!

And the Winners Are...

My son and my husband each drew 3 names. They are listed in the order in which they were drawn,

1- pretty things- The Jeweler's Directory of Decorative Finishes

2-Denise Werkheiser-The Surface Designers Handbook

3-Summers Studio-Semiprecious Salvage

4-Carol-Creative paint Workshop

5-Kathy-please contact me, no email on your profile

6-Janice-will let you know as soon as I hear from Kathy

If you could just email me your mailing address and your choices 1-6 I will let you know which you won! Thanks for participating!



Home and Away (Giveaway That Is!)

As promised here is the follow up to yesterday's post ,of the studio at home. This came about last year when i was facing surgery and didn't know how long the recuperation was going to be, so I moved the jewelry components from my studio to home so as to be able to do something if I was stuck here for awhile. Fortunately all went well and I had a short recup but liked the ability to go to the worktable and put a little somethin somethin together while dinner was cooking or laundry was going , so here it has stayed.

This is one side of our enclosed front porch which faces East with a few North and South facing windows and has lovely light most of the day. There are 12 windows altogether. Being out here makes me happy, I love this space. This is where we usually drink our coffee/ tea in the mornings, listen to music and have a drink in the evenings and occassionally eat meals at the table and chairs on the other side.  It is very peaceful.

This is the worktable, again, NEVER looks this clean! See that beautiful roman glass? I can't wait to set that in a bezel and create something wonderful with it, if you remember I love everything glass! The necklace on the hand display was made by my grandaughter. The stacked white jewelry display trays hold seed beads by color groups.  Ok so I have a little latent OCD, not generally evident.

I take that back.... This is a bookcase which used to hold photo albums in the spare bedroom, now holds beads and gems and findings and vintage treasures. Organized for the most part by....you guessed it, color.

This is the enclosed south facing side porch, AKA the laundry room. This is the original workbench i bought from Harbor Freight which was set up while taking the homesteaders metalsmithing class. This is where I will be doing all my metalsmithing now. I have the flex shaft, brake shear, anvils (notice the larger one on the floor to the left) and bench grinder attached (thanks Ray). I can hammer out here without disturbing the peace too much now. The plastic containers hold the metals and I'm thinking of sliding them beneath the workbench so as to put more of the tools in easy access ( the knife box from yesterday will help here) and out of the drawers. I had avoided that so as to be able to vacuum under there easily.

Now, don't ever think if you drop by this will ever look like this again! Like I said yesterday it's because nothing is happening right now. As soon as it gets started all bets are off!

Now for the Giveaway!

Here's one thing I found out while cleaning, I am not allowing myself to order a book from Amazon or go to Barnes and Noble for the latest magazine, BEFORE CHECKING THE STUDIO FIRST!!!

Remember that pile of books and magazines on the floor? Well, once excavated i found that I must not have realized a particular book or magazine that i wanted was in said pile so i bought one again! To the tune of 6 very nice books and 6 magazines.  Good for you though, I have paired one book with one magazine so there will be 6 giveaways! 

Very simply leave a comment on this post, anything at all (please be nice) and on Sunday evening I will draw 6 names , first one drawn gets first choice, second one drawn gets second choice etc. Last one drawn will get whatever remains.  If you feel like spreading the word on your blog that would be very nice but not necessary. 

Good Luck and thanks for sticking with me through the studio redo!