Feed it Forward

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

With the holidays fully upon us I wanted to share

a wonderful program that I found online.

Restaurant.com

has a program running called

"Feed It Forward"

which allows you to gift up to 40 people 

with a $10.00 credit to Restaurant.com that will

allow them to buy gift certificates to a number of restaurants 

of their choice.

If you don't have 40 people to give to you can 

donate these gift certificates to

"Random Acts of Kindness"

which will distribute them to those in need.

This program runs until December 25th

go check it out and give some holiday cheer!

In the spirit of giving, 

if you would like a free $10.00 gift certificate,

leave me a comment on this post telling me

what you are grateful for this holiday season

 and I will send you one before Dec 25th!

(don't forget to include your email address)

Freebie Friday!

Lana is the creative genius of 

She makes these 

GORGEOUS 

pieces all by hand.

How is that for talent?

On top of it she is

super sweet.

Proof of this is that she is 

giving one lucky winner a 

$30.00 gift certificate

to her shop.

To enter head over to her blog

The Planet Earth

Freedom Giveaway Hop

Giveaway Is Closed


Happy Cananda Day

AND

Happy Independence Day!

I have a wonderful treat 

for all my dear readers

to celebrate!

The Freedom Giveaway Hop 

is a blog hop giveaway

that is 

200 blogs strong!

Hosted by

I am A Reader Not a Writer

AND

Simply Stacie

This giveaway features 200 bloggers

all giving away something book related.
Please go check out all the 
participating blogs
 here!

So this is what I 
have for you dear readers:

One copy of 

Simple Stitches Crochet

by Carol Meldrum

This book is perfect for the novice

crocheter. 

The patterns are clear and

easy to follow and the projects are 

SO

pretty!

This book retails for $17.95

and you can have it

for 

FREE!

Here are the details:

Open to US and Canadian 

mailing address only

1. Follow NekoKnits via GFC

2. "Like" NekoKnits on Facebook

Fill out the form below for 

EACH 

entry!

Winner will be

announced on 

July 8th!

  

          

Karmacrochet Winners!

Happy Monday 

dear readers!

As promised 

here are the winners

of the Karmacrochet 

Giveaway!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

22	94

Timestamp: 2011-06-28 00:38:54 UTC

Which means,

the winner of the 

Scrabble tile pendant 

is

Entry #22

Christine!

The winner of a choice of 

magnet or pinback set 

is

Entry #94

Francine Enger!

Ladies congratulations

and a huge thank you to

Patricia 

at 

Karmacrochet

for 

sponsoring this giveaway.

Karmacrochet: Review and Giveaway

Remember 
a few weeks ago I told you about 

Heartsy?
And how I bought some great stuff 
at fraction of the regular price?

Well I just had to share this with you!


For those of you who don't remember I purchased a store credit on Heartsy 
to the 
Etsy shop 
Karmacrochet

I used my credit to buy
4 Scrabble Tile Pendants

At $5.00 each 
they were a real steal
plus
my credit cost me half that amount!


They arrived only a few days later 
despite the fact that the shopkeeper Patricia was overwhelmed with orders in a nice padded envelope.

Each pendant came in it's own organza bag,

all ready to be given as a gift.

I'm in total envy of her packaging,

it's so pretty!

Just to confirm,

each pendant really was/is a genuine

Scrabble Tile!

The bails are nice and heavy 

and on very securely so you can 

definitely give these to the young ones.

Just make sure they don't get them wet. 

These are not waterproof!

I talked to the fabulous shop owner

 and asked her a few questions.

Tell me a little bit about yourself:

  My name is Patricia. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and for the past 12 years I live in Dallas, TX. 

  I enjoy a good number of crafts that is why you will see a variety of items at my store, from pendants to pins to neckwarmers and blankets. 

  I love all animals, but I have a very soft spot for cats.

  Crafting is my way to balance a very stressful day job and allows me to unwind at the end of the day.

Where do you get the inspiration to make your pendants and pins?

  I’m drawn to bright colors and funny sayings as well as everything Japanese and French. I’m constantly searching for images and things that reflect that.

Share one random thing about yourself

  I do not know how to ride a bicycle.

Another cat lover!

A girl after my own heart.

Well dear readers you lucked out,

thanks to Patricia's generosity we have another

GIVEAWAY!

Patricia has offered to give

1 lucky reader their choice of a pendant from her shop

AND

1 lucky reader their choice of a pinback or magnet set from her shop!

So here are the rules:

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Mandatory Entry:

Visit Karmacrochet and tell us what your favorite item is on the entry form below.

Bonus Entries:

• "Heart" Karmacrochet on Etsy
• "Like" Karmacrochet on Facebook 
• Follow Karmacrochet on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway or any item in the Karmacrochet shop (remember to use the "Tweet" function on the page"
• Follow NekoKnits using GFC or Bloglovin

Remember to fill out the form bellow for each entry.

Winner will be announced on 

Monday June 27th.

Good Luck

Legal Stuff: The opinions stated in the above post are mine. I have not been compensated in any way for these opinions.

Freebie Friday

Good morning! 

I have my coffee on hand and am using this as the perfect excuse NOT 

to work on my psychiatric care map.

Instead 

I have some wonderful giveaways to share with you.

Starting with...

The Rikrak Studio

Has two amazing giveaways that you simply MUST enter.

This lovely Canadian bloggess 

has found the most incredible pair of earrings to giveaway!

Made by the amazingly 

talented Valerie Tyler

Giveaway closes June 15th

Now if you thought that giveaway is amazing 

here is another one!

Our generous bloggess is also has 

this amazing giveaway.

That's right!

A free dress of winners choice 

from 

Shabby Apple!

HURRY!

giveaway closes TONIGHT

My Girlish Whims

Has a giveaway for $20.00

to her Etsy store

I'm in love with everything she sells!

The winner is going to have a hard time

deciding what to buy with that credit

Giveaway closes on June 14th

i heart this blog

is giving away this adorable ring.

I "heart" it!

If you do too head over 

and sign up to win!

Giveaway closes June 13th

So that's what I am trying to win this week!

As always if you have a FAB giveaway that you want to 

tell the world about (or at least my corner of cyber space)

Contact me, it is always FREE.

Legal Stuff: All images used are property of the blogs promoted on this post.

Look What I Can Do!

Remember that 

Kanzashi tutorial 

I posted on Monday?

Well look what I can do!

Day 1:

This was my first attempt.

Above: Pointed petal Kanzashi

Below: Round petal Kanzashi

I used 2" squares of some scrap cotton that was hanging around my  craft box, I think it was supposed to be a skirt at one time. I gave the fabric a good couple of applications of spray starch and ironed it well. The thin material with the starch acted alot more like paper and folded well.

Turned out to be pretty easy!

Day 2:

This was my second attempt.

Both are round petal Kanzashi.

I played around with the number of petals to see how it affected the look of the flower. 

I made these from squares of 1 1/2" satin ribbon. I sprayed these well with starch as well and ironed them quite thoroughly. 

These were more challenging as the slippery satin did not want to fold as cleanly as the cotton had. 

Also the white ribbon didn't absorb the starch as well as the red ribbon did so it kept unfolding itself and fraying.

Lesson learned:

The more starch you can apply BEFORE attempting to fold,

the better and easier it is for you.

I turned the cotton one's into little hair clips

This one is 2" across

A nice statement piece that isn't

too flashy.

I put this one up on 

WhoopdWhoop

 The red and white one's 

have not been assigned a purpose yet but I think I will make one more red flower and put all three on a comb.

What do you think?

Do you have any tips on making Kanzashi flowers?

Please share if you do!

I have another Giveaway lined up for this week,

you lucky readers, 

so keep you eyes peeled.

Freebie Friday

My husband always comments on my love of "sparklies" and how I happen to collect them worse than a magpie.

So it's only appropriate that todays edition of Freebie Friday is entirely devoted to jewelery, and where to score some for free!

Ready, set, GO!

Hurry over to Kanelstrand Organic Living,

to enter for a chance to win this...

A handmade necklace from JCJewelery 

by the very talented Jessica C. 

This incredibly talented lady lives in Alaska w

where she creates beautiful jewels inspired by nature.

The necklace up for grabs was made especially for this giveaway.

Hurry! 

Last day to enter is June 4th

It's June which means that 

Luscious Lockets

has another giveaway.

Isn't this teacup necklace precious?

I fell in love with it when I saw it,

if you love it to head over and enter!

Giveaway is open until June 15th.

Want to get to pick out your prize?

Head over to How to Raise a Teenager (With Style)

She is giving away a $25.00 gift certificate to

DesignsbyJocelyn

who makes lovely vintage inspired jewelery like this.

Giveaway ends June 10th

The Funner Life

is giving away a $30.00 gift certificate to

The Duchess' Jewels

I found this sweet vintage style necklace

in her shop!

Giveaway ends June 10th

The Reynolds Mom

is celebrating reaching an amazing 1,500 fans!

To celebrate she is holding a giveaway to end all giveaways.

There are a number of prizes up for grabs from a number of different sponsors, 

including yours truly!

If you missed out on winning the 

Boho Chic Necklace 

last time,

you have a chance at grabbing it 

and 

a ton of other amazing prizes.

Giveaway closes on June 10th

Ok I lied, this giveaway is not jewelery.

But a super cute purse always makes me happy,

and I need a new one now.

An Uncommon Thread

is giving away 2 of these beautiful

SHAILA Eco Chic Hobo Bags

Giveaway ends June 7th

50 Followers Giveaway!

Did you love these?

Do you want a set of these for your bathroom?

To celebrate reaching 

50 followers 

I'm giving a set of these hand embroidered towels away!

The winner will receive:

one set 

of 

custom monogrammed 

chocolate brown

hand towels

They will look something like this...

only brown(duh!) 

and 

with your choice 

of initials!

Mandatory entry: 

Be a follower of NekoKnits

(1 entry)

Extra Entries:

"Like" NekoKnits on Facebook - 1 entry

Follow Ginger Snap Crafts - 1 entry

Blog, Tweet, of Share this giveaway on Facebook 

and you get 1 entry each!

Giveaway closes June 17th

This giveaway is now closed.