Felty Goodness !

Look what came this week !

Fantastic 100% wool felt bags !!!

Available in 8 colourways (the same as our purses) and all ready to be embellished with buttons, ribbons, felt flowers, felt balls - you name it, we've got it !

I was SO excited when I opened the box up. Of course, I knew they would be in there, but even so, seeing them made me smile bigtime !

They're all loaded onto the website and are ready and waiting to be snapped up.

Go fill your boots !!

xx

PS. Don't forget the freebie is still running here

AUGUST FREEBIE TIME !!

I'm so sorry - we're late AGAIN with the monthly freebie ! Blame it on the school holidays !

This month's FREEBIE GIVEAWAY is a set of 6 American Crafts Elements Ribbons in one of three colourways - blues, sage greens or lime greens - the winner gets to choose. Each box contains approximately 24 feet / 7 metres of ribbon

This isn't our standard stock, sadly, but I found them sitting in the bottom of a box and thought it would be nice to give one away to one of our lovely customers / followers !

So, as always, you just need to leave a comment on this blog post (for our Facebook readers - please ensure you leave a comment on our actual BLOG post, and NOT on the FB post, as it won't count)

All comments need to be received by 5pm on Monday 8th August and we will draw the winner via a random number generator later that evening and then post on this blog.

VERY IMPORTANT - please read the rules below, particularly the point about me being able to contact you !!

RULES:

• The giveaway is open to everyone - I'll ship worldwide
• Only 1 entry per person
• I MUST be able to contact you via your blog or website. If you don't have either of these, please ensure you leave your email address on the comment. If your number is picked and I am unable to contact you, the prize will be redrawn and offered to another participant
• All comments to be received before 5pm on Monday 8th August

GOOD LUCK !!!

WINNER !!

OK, the winner of this month's FREEBIE was originally number 22. Comment number 22 was left by somebody who didn't leave any contact details and I am therefore unable to contact them regarding the prize.

This is the 2nd time this has happened, so please be warned. If you don't leave any contact details and your number comes up, then you'll lose the prize. Them's the rules. Sorry !!

So, I redrew the number and number 7 came out. Comment number 7 was left by Lisa Marie of Cake it or leaf it ! (and they are mighty fine chocolate chip cookies on your latest blog post Lisa Marie !)

Hurrah !! I'll send you a little email and if you could let me have your address details, we'll get your prize straight out to you.

Sorry to everyone else and in particular the original winner who has sadly lost the prize this time. Our next FREEBIE will be up for grabs on 1st August.

Right - next up a little bit of housekeeping. If you're wanting to stock up on any of our goodies in time for the school holidays, please do it NOW ! We'll be closed from 12 noon on Wednesday 13th July until Tuesday 26th July (inclusive), which means that no orders will be processed or dispatched within this time. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

See you again soon !!

xx

It can't be that time again can it ???

I can't believe yet another month has passed !! What is going on ? I really wish I could stop the clock every so often - time is quite literally flying by at the moment.

So yes, it is, once again, FREEBIE time !

This month I've decided to give away some flat pad stuff for you to get glueing with !

Eagle eyed readers of this little old blog will know that we recently added some fab new cabochons to our website. They're perfect for glueing onto our flat pad rings as, of course, are buttons, felt balls, and our new FIMO flat pad bows !

So, here'swhat this month's lucky winner will receive ....

5 flat pad rings

10 flat pad hair slides

A bottle of Gem-Tac glue

and a selection of cabochons

To enter, just leave a comment on this actual blog post (NOT the facebook blog post), before 5pm next THURSDAY 7th July.

RULES:

• The giveaway is open to everyone - I'll ship worldwide
• Only 1 entry per person
• I MUST be able to contact you via your blog or website. If you don't have either of these, please ensure you leave your email address on the comment. If your number is picked and I am unable to contact you, the prize will be redrawn and offered to another participant
• All comments to be received before 5pm on Thursday 7th July

GOOD LUCK !!

xx

Announcing the winner ....

Thank you for all of your lovely comments for June's Freebie !

I just put the 37 numbers into www.random.org and it picked number 15. (I'm trying to work out how to put proof of the actual number picked onto the blog - fingers crossed I'll have sussed it out for next time !)

Comment number 15 was from Gill - CONGRATULATIONS ! I'll email you to find out which ribbons etc you'd like.

Sorry to everyone else, but we'll have another Freebie Giveaway in July, so do please keep coming back and entering !

I'll be back again next week with details of lots of the lovely new goodies that are in the process of being loaded onto the website.

See you soon !

xx

Before ...

During

After

Finally, it's finished (except the toilet leaks) !

Blooming bathroom !

PS. The FREEBIE is still running - it's here

xx

It's FREEBIE time again (and it's late !) - Sorry

I can't believe it's June already !! It sort of crept up on me all of a sudden and consequently I've been in a flap trying to decide what to offer as this month's giveaway.

So, I'm afraid it's a bit late, and it's a bit of a last minute thing but I've decided that for June's freebie, the prize will be ....................

5 metres of ribbon, or pompom trim, or bias binding, or waxed cotton cord, or beading elastic ! You can have a mixture of all if you want - it's up to you. (Prize subject to stock availability)

To enter, just leave a comment on this actual blog post (NOT the facebook blog post), before 5pm next Sunday 12th June.

RULES:

• The giveaway is open to everyone - I'll ship worldwide
• Only 1 entry per person
• I MUST be able to contact you via your blog or website. If you don't have either of these, please ensure you leave your email address on the comment. If your number is picked and I am unable to contact you, the prize will be redrawn and offered to another participant
• All comments to be received before 5pm on Sunday 12th June

GOOD LUCK !!

xx

Announcing the winner ...

Hellooooo lovely people !

I hope you're all enjoying the wonderful weather this weekend - well, it's lovely here in the South East at least so I'm hoping everyone else is having similar weather.

So, on to the winner of May's Freebie. We had 49 comments and the random number generator picked number 30. Comment number 30 was from ........

Louise from "Here's what I did today" blog.

Congratulations Louise - I'll email you via your blog to get your

contact details.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment and enter the giveaway this month. Sorry you couldn't all win, but we do have lots of the purses in stock at the moment

along with lots of lovely felt shapes

and we've also just had a bumper delivery of buttons which are also available on the website, so you can easily make up your own little felt purse set.

I'll be back again later this week with all the latest news from Blooming Felt Shedquarters.

See you soon !!

xx

IT'S FREEBIE TIME !

Hellooooooo !

It's been far too long my friends ! Having been away for nearly 3 weeks, catching up on orders, Easter and of course, the Royal Wedding it seems like I have been away from this little old blog FOREVER !

But, I'm BACK and raring to go.

So, without further ado I shall announce this month's FREEBIE giveway. And it is .........

A Felt Purse Kit !

This fantastic little kit contains one of our turquoise 100% wool felt purses (complete with felt ball zip pull), some felt shapes and buttons for you to embellish the purse with.

As with all of our giveaways, it's open to everyone, wherever you are in the world. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post (only 1 comment per person please) and ensure that I can contact you via your own blog, website or email address. If you win and I am unable to contact you, the prize will be redrawn and another winner picked. Please note - last month's giveaway went to a redrawn name as the original winner didn't provide any contact details. Please don't make the same mistake.

The Giveaway will remain open for 1 week and will close at 5pm next Sunday 8th May when a winner will be picked and the name announced.

GOOD LUCK !!

xx

It's FREEBIE time !!

Hellooooooo !!

Well, it's the 1st of the month which means .... IT'S FREEBIE TIME.

Goodness me - where did that last month go ? I can't believe we're into April already.

So, what's happening in April ? Hmmmmm, let me see.

Well, on Sunday it's Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely mums out there (including my own of course !)

What else? Oh yes, I'll be having a little rest from BF. I NEED a rest. Please don't begrudge me a little rest. I promise when I come back I will be completely refreshed and will hopefully have lots of lovely new ideas for the business. Sometimes, you need a little rest to sort out your head and get everything reorganised again !

Anything else ? Of course - it's EASTER ! Sadly, because I've just been so busy I haven't had time to get an Easter tutorial organised. But I'm sure you've all got lots of great ideas of your own and I'll look forward to seeing pictures of your finished projects using BF supplies.

And, of course, the other big event for April is The Royal Wedding !

Now, as you will have seen, we've already created a Royal Wedding Supplies section on the website which contains all of our red, white & blue supplies. So, I got to thinking about this month's FREEBIE and it came to me ... how about if I offer a bag full of red, white & blue supplies for the lucky winner to use in creating their Royal Wedding crafty bits and bobs. I'm sure lots of you will be having and attending celebrations so will be looking to make corsages, bunting, table decorations, crowns etc.

So that's it. This month's FREEBIE is a bag of ROYAL WEDDING THEMED SUPPLIES.

It's worth approximately £25, so this really is a good freebie this month !

As always, the freebie is open for one week (the winner will receive their supplies in plenty of time to make use of them). Just leave a comment on this post and next Saturday (9th April) I will use the random number generator to pick a winner. Make sure I am able to contact you via your own blog, website or email address. If I am unable to contact you, then I'm afraid I will have to redraw a winner.

If you can't wait that long, or if you're not lucky enough to win then worry not .. we will be putting a smaller version of the freebie prize on the website later this evening - The Royal Wedding Goody Bag will be in the Royal Wedding Supplies section and will cost £9.

And finally, don't forget, we'll only be posting website orders once a week between Saturday 2nd April and Wednesday 27th April.

GOOD LUCK !

xx

It's the 1st of the month which means ....

IT'S FREEBIE DAY !!!

YAY !

This month, we are giving away one of our feltabulous new needle felting starter kits !

These kits are fantastic if you want to give needle felting a go - you get a sponge, a needle, a single needle holder and 75g of wool (3 different colours). You can choose from Caribbean (blues), Forest (greens), Citrus (orange, yellow & lime green), Berry (purples), Candyfloss (pinks) or Woodland (browny reds).

To enter the FREEBIE giveaway, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post before the end of next Tuesday and a winner will be picked by the random number generator on Wednesday 9th March. Please ensure I can contact you via your email address, blog or website. If I am unable to contact you, I will unfortunately have to redraw the number.

Good luck !!!

xx

And the winners are ....

So sorry for the late announcement of the winners of the FREEBIE GIVEAWAY ! I wanted to give everyone the best possible chance of entering and so closed the FREEBIE at 12 midnight.

So, without further ado - I popped all of the numbers, a massive 49 in total, into the random number generator website I found on Google (http://www.random.org/) and it produced the following numbers:

12 - which I believe was a comment from Claire Mackaness

and

18 - which was a comment from another Clare, of Weekend Crafter

Well done ladies - I will email you to get your address details and your Goody Bags will be on their way to you very soon !

Sorry to all those of you who didn't win this time but the next monthly FREEBIE will be up for grabs on 1st March. Same thing, you'll need to leave a comment on that particular post once it is published and the winner will be picked a week later.

Now - what to offer ?! You'll just have to wait and see

Thank you to EVERYONE who took the time and trouble to leave a comment on the Freebie Giveaway post - I was overwhelmed by the response.

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Sarah xx

An exciting new range

A couple of posts ago I said that we would be introducing a number of new felting ranges to the Blooming Felt shop.

The first one that is now ready to be snapped up is now available on the site. It's a needle felting starter kit.

We trialled these at the Knitting & Stitching Show last year and they were very popular. Since then, we have been thinking about adding them to the website, but were unsure as to the best way to do it. But it has finally now all been sorted out and we have decided to offer 6 different colourways

Berry

Candyfloss

Tropical

Citrus

Forest

Woodland

Each kit contains a sponge, a felting needle, a single needle holder, 75g of felting wool (25g each of 3 different colours) and some basic instructions. Each kit is available in a different colourway (as shown above) and will arrive in one of our fantastic branded cotton drawstring bags.

Priced at £9.50, these kits offer fantastic value for money - you actually save £2.00 when buying a kit, compared to buying the items individually. So that basically means that you're getting the sponge (or one colour of wool) for free ! YAY !!

For anyone who would like to give needle felting a go, we have a number of tips available over on our website. Click here and you will be magically transported. And don't forget we also stock lots of books relating to needle felting (with a couple of new ones on their way !!), so once you've got the hang of it (or in most cases, caught the needle felting bug), you can grab yourself a book and needle felt to your heart's content !

There are a number of other new felting items on their way so if this is your thing .... keep checking back !

The MONTHLY FREEBIE is still open (until Friday 18th Feb) - click here to go to the relevant post and leave your comment. Thanks to everyone who has commented so far .... looks like rather a lot of you are after one of our Goody Bags !

Sarah x

Hurrah - the monthly freebie has launched !

Well, it took a while, but today we finally hit 200 followers and as promised, are now launching our monthly freebie !!

As a special thank you to all of our blog readers, we will be offering a fantastic freebie every 1st of the month from now on.

So, for our first monthly freebie we are offering 2 (yes .... 2 !) lucky followers the chance to win one of our new "Goody Bags". Each bag contains some felt string, felt shapes, buttons and felt balls. In other words, a wonderful selection of Blooming Felt goodies for you to do whatever you please with !

"How do I enter ?" you ask.

Well, all you need to do is leave a comment on the Freebie Post (no anonymous comments please) and once the freebie closes (one week later) all comments will be entered into a random number generator and a winner will be chosen. I must be able to contact you via an email address, or your own blog / website etc. If your name / number is selected and I have no way of contacting you then I'm afraid you will lose your prize and another winner will be selected. All winners will be announced on this blog and an email will also be sent requesting your address so that we can get your goodies out to you.

Our monthly freebies are available to absolutely everyone, wherever you are in the world !

This freebie will close on Friday 18th February 2011.

So go on, what are you waiting for ? Go get those freebies !!!

Sarah x