Holiday

I have just returned from a wonderful 9 days spent with my daughter in the Eastern Cape.

What a beautiful coastal area, unspoilt beaches for miles and miles, rock pools to explore, wide open sand to walk, rivers mouths with small clutches of homes built right to the edge. East London where my daughter lives has so many quaint coffee shops and crafty country stores to explore. The Grahamstown Festival was alive, with shows, buskers and stalls but the journey to Grahmstown was the most spectacular with the natural vegetation of red hot pokers in all their splendour. I will write more soon on some of the quaint parts we visited.

In Memory of Mum

Its almost a year since the passing of my mum, I can't believe how time has flown. Not a day goes by when I don't think of her and I so miss all her little mannerisms. Mum was the life and soul of every gathering, family or friends. She knew of all her loved ones whereabouts and worried about all. Mum was like a true mother hen, clucking and fussing about her brood.

Having run her shop for the past year, trying to wind up things has been an emotional roller coaster ride. Her shop had been her passion for the last 30 years, one I hope to continue for more years to come.

We love you mum, you will always be with us!

Spring is in the Air -New stuff on Etsy

I have so neglected my Etsy shop, time just seems to run away. So today I made a point of going through my stuff and found some items to list that bring a feeling of Spring to mind.

Take a look if you feel so inclined, just to enjoy!

Collecting Collections

How many of you out there collect different things? It's said that having more than two of similar items starts a collection. Well then I am surrounded by my collections of all sorts and so I decided to share with you some of the things I collect.

Today its shoes, not the ones you wear but miniatures and shoe trees.

Here are a few miniatures shoes which I may eventually turn into pin cushion or something similar and an enamel jug of shoe trees. Oh by the way I collect enamelware too, will have to show that later.

Winner of March Madness

time has come to pick the winners of my March Madness 4 week give-away.

I used a random number generator and this is what came up;

Week one -Trivet and tags ..............winner is Sue of

Collector of Crafts

Week two -Drawstring Bag with eggs and tag ...................winner is Karen of

My Colonial Home

Week three- Head bands and rose posies ..................winner is Bettina of

Glass Dragon Bears

Week four - Vintage Aged bunny ..........winner is Patti of

Wild Berry Primitives

Congratulations to all the winners, your give-away will be posted airmail on Monday. Please just drop me an email when you receive it so I know it hasn't gone astray.

Thank you to all who left a comment, wish you could have all been winners. There will be many more give-aways on A Prim on a Whim this year so if you haven't already added me to your favourite list, make sure you visit often.

Two days left............

Only two days left to enter my March Madness give-aways.

There are four weeks of give-aways for you to enter. Enter one or all, its up to you, just leave a comment to the one you want to enter, (don't forget to make sure your email is availble for me to let you know if you have won.) Thank you to all those who have entered so far.

Have fun!

4th and final March Madness give-away

It's hippity-hoppity into my 4th and final weekly March Madness give-away.

This week you could be the winner of one of my aged bunnies. I dyed the calico in a paintwash then sewed my "vintage style" bunny. Next he was given my aging process, then little embroidered features and finally a vintage organza ribbon was wrapped around his neck in a pretty bow. Bunny -hop would look great propped up amongst your Eastery displays.

If you would like to be in the draw for one of my simple "vintage" bunnies, just leave a comment (make sure I have your email) and you could be the lucky winner.

March Madness -3rd Give-Away

Its the 3rd weekly give-away in my March Madness Month.

This week its something for all those who love miniatures - two handmade rose hairbands and two rose posies, all made in silk ribbons and wire. These are perfect to embellish a miniature bear or doll (will fit a 3inch-4inch) or use in your scrapping. Perfect for a spring or Eastery look.

Just leave a comment to this post, make sure I can get your email and your name goes into the draw. Click on picture for a close-up view.

March Madness -2nd Give-away

Yes its Sunday and it time for my second give-away.

This week its a little drawstring Easter bag, embellished with a fabric egg, sprinkled in mica flakes. Inside you will find four fabric covered cardstock eggs, all aged and sprinkled with mica and an aged Easter tag, all handmade by me.

So leave a comment to this post, together with your email, and your name will go into the lucky draw.

March Madness -Give-Away

Yes it my March Madness, a month when I love to do something different from the other months of the year for my loyal customers and friends ----------soooooooooooo join in the fun for my weekly March Madness give-aways. That's four different give-aways for March Madness.

The first starts today, Sunday 1st March. Every sunday throughout March, I will put up the new give-away. You can enter all or the ones you want, just leave a comment each week for each give-away. On sunday 29th, the March Madness give-aways will close, the four names will be drawn, one name for each weekly give-away and the four lucky winners will be notified on monday 30th. Remember to leave your email so I can contact you if your name is drawn. Your give-away will then be airmail posted to you anywhere in the world.

If you leave a comment to this post, together with you email, your name will go into this week's give-away draw for the month of March ending on Sunday 29th.



Well after all of that what is this week's give-away.
Here it is!
A hand appliqued and quilted trivet or pot holder (can be used as either) and two "vintage" bunny tags with a fabric back for you to write your message.