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giraffe winner!

Published on February 2, 2013 in news. 4 Comments

A gigantic thank-you to everyone who entered my second giveaway! I’m super excited to announce the winner…

This time I decided to pick the winner in style by drawing numbers out of a hat.

giraffe draw

And the winner is…..  the 8th commenter in the post!

Congratulations Jeanette!!! :D  I will contact you by email shortly for your mailing addresses. And yes, I do ship internationally. Giraffe the neck warmer is equally excited to have a new home!! 

 

Thank you to everyone for your support…

have a fantastic week and a very Happy Groundhog day!

giraffe giveaway! :D

Published on January 26, 2013 in news. 11 Comments

giraffe 1

 

 Giraffe the neck warmer is one of the things that I was letting go of from my last post.

I made it for a craft show a few years back, it’s been sitting in my “potential sale items” bin since then. 

giraffe 2

 

It’s crocheted with a fuzzy brown yarn like this and a soft yellow acrylic yarn, with two large white buttons for closure.

This is how it looks on a neck…

giraffe 3

 

Very warm. A customer who bought a similar neck warmer from me said it was good for bike-riding in cold weather.

So if you are interested in giving Giraffe the neck warmer a home, please leave a comment in this post before midnight on Friday February 1st. The winner will be selected using a random number generator and I will post the result on Saturday, February 2nd.

Friends and visitors from far and wide are welcome to enter, I will send it anywhere :D

 

Have a sweet weekend! 

 

 

 

craft-along gallery posted! :D

Published on November 18, 2012 in news. 1 Comment

All the awesome photos and stories you’ve sent are finally posted! You can find them by clicking the “craft-along gallery” tap above. A huge thank-you hug to Mike who added the nifty gallery viewer :D

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A tiny Yeti hug :D

The craft-along was a lot of fun! And I’ve been oooh-ing and ahh-ing over the photos everyone’s sent me. I will totally be up for having another party sometimes in the future. Maybe next time we can have a themed party!

Thank you so much for joining me! So inspired by your creativity. I hope you’ve had a good time crafting, and I hope you enjoy looking at everyone’s projects!

Have a great week, everyone!

you are so awesome!

Published on November 13, 2012 in crochet and news. 10 Comments

For the past few days I have been receiving pictures from the craft-along weekend and stories to go with them. Thank you so much! :D your creativity is awesome and inspiring! I thought I would also share with you what I made with the white fuzzy yarn while watching Jurassic Park on the weekend…

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Yes! A Yeti! I will have to take better photos of him with props and everything, and I plan on sharing the pattern, but there’s been a family emergency this week and I’m a bit frazzled. So I hope to post the pattern later next week. But I’m still aiming to post all of your awesome photos this weekend :)

Thank you so much for crafting along with me! Have an awesome rest of the week!

partying along…

Published on November 11, 2012 in crochet and news. 2 Comments

Had some school work to catch up on today but happy to be setting aside some time for crafting in the evening :D Making something white and fuzzy while watching the Jurassic Park 3 DVD I borrowed from my friend :D I saw the first two when I was a kid but didn’t even know that there was a third one. I heard there’s a fourth one coming out in 2014… whoa.

It is now storming and pouring rain outside, just like one of the scenes in the movie. And the thunder kind of sounds like the dinosaurs roaring. Roarrr.

Still not too late to join the party if you haven’t heard about it earlier! :D

Can’t wait to show you what I’ve made (will post about that mid-week) and to see the awesome projects you’ve worked on! :D

Have a fantastic Sunday! 

 

you’re invited :D

Published on November 4, 2012 in news. 10 Comments

 (Image from I’m Invited to a Party by Mo Willems – highly recommended!)

 

To a craft-along party this weekend! :D

The idea for a craft-along party was inspired by the comments from the weaving post. Over the years I’ve gotten to know many of you through this blog – so grateful for your crafting tips, ideas, and encouragement! I would so love to have a crafting party together with all of you, but we live so far apart! So I thought, why not have a virtual craft-along party? Where we craft together in spirit :D

I figure everyone’s schedule is different, and I’m kind of confused about time zones… so instead of setting a 24-hour period (as I initially suggested in my last post), I thought the party can be extended to the whole weekend :D

So! The details!

 

When: Saturday & Sunday, November 10 & 11 – your local time :D

What:
You’re invited to set aside some time over this weekend to craft along with everyone who’s joining the party. Can be an hour, several hours, the whole day… Whatever you wish in terms of the time and what to make - maybe a craft that you’ve been wanting to try for a while, maybe continuing on a project that has been hibernating, maybe just setting aside an hour to be spontaneous and make something unplanned and free-formed, maybe baking a cake for the sake of baking a cake… Or maybe gather some friends and have an actual crafting party, that would be super awesome! 

Share your awesomeness: 
If you wish, send me a photo of what you’ve made, perhaps also a description/story about it, and I will post them right here on the good ol’ blog. It will be like a mini gallery exhibition and celebration! :D

Sending photo:
Please send photos of your craft-along party project by Wednesday,
November 14 to genuinemudpie[at]gmail[dot]com 

 

Everyone’s welcome to join, the more the merrier, so feel free to spread the word!

People are welcome to join spontaneously, but if you can leave a comment below to let everyone know that you’re planning on joining that would be really exciting! :D    

 

Have an awesome start to the week, everyone!

 

 

drum roll please…

Published on August 20, 2012 in news and paintings. 8 Comments

A huge thank-you to everyone who have entered the giveaway! I was really quite nervous when I hit the “draw” button… The first ever genuine mudpie giveaway winners are:

 

Congratulations!!! :D :D :D

 

Day at the Farm goes to Alma.

 

Origami goes to Kate.

 

Curious Naturalist goes to Natalie.

 

And Abstractionist goes to shestitch!

 

Awesomeness! I will contact you by email shortly for your mailing addresses. I do ship internationally :D

 

AND to thank everyone for your support…

Shrimpanzee wall papers! :D

“RAWR!”

 Different screen sizes:

1280 x 1024
1920 x 1200
iphone

 

Shrimpanzee is one of my favourite squares, and from the comments I see that he’s a readers’ favourite too! So I asked Mike to help me make wallpapers to share (yay Mike!).

For the rest of the squares, I’ve given some away as gifts, and I think I’m framing the rest of them, together in a large frame :D

I will certainly have more giveaways in the future!

 

Have a bright new fabulous week, everyone! 

 

 

 

shop update :D

Published on August 16, 2012 in crochet and news. 2 Comments

Harvest time magnet set! :D

So named because a friend saw them and said they reminded her of the game.

 

Also added the shrimp duo (but they’re to be sold individually) – shrimp tempura and shrimp sushi, because the maki and dumpling have gone to good homes.

 

I found a jar lid that fits all of the vegetables perfectly :D

 

Have a happy Thursday! (and 3 more sleeps till the giveaway draw! :D)

 

 

 

yay giveaway! :D

Published on August 12, 2012 in news and paintings. 26 Comments

I thought I’d share a few of the paintings I created in my square-a-day project (see background story here), to celebrate the fact that I actually completed it, and to thank everyone one for traveling with me and encouraging me on this journey of rediscovering the joy of paint! :D

Before I explain the details of the giveaway (first ever! :D) Here’s another look at all the squares I have, painted between July 6 and August 4 (you can click on it to see a larger image).

 

I’m giving away four sets of three paintings. I tried to group them by themes.

 

Day at the farm

 

Origami

 

Curious naturalist

 

Abstractionist

 

Each is roughly 4″ x 4″, acrylic paint on canvas.

I think they’d look nice framed individually in smaller frames, or together in a long frame like this one. Or, a couple of visitors have suggested that they can be sewn onto bags or other sewing projects, like patches :D I think that’s awesome idea, as long as the item on which they are sewn won’t need to be washed very much. I’ve ironed them to fix the colours, so I think it would be okay to spray them with some water and wipe them clean. 

If you’d like to give some of my paintings a good home, please leave a comment on this post. Four names will be drawn randomly a week from now, on Sunday, August 19 at midnight (EST). The four people will be contacted by email the following morning :D

Edit: I realized that I forgot to clarify one thing: the randomize draw mechanism will draw four names, the first name being drawn will receive Day at the Farm, the second name will receive Origami, the third name will receive Curious Naturalist, and the fourth name will receive Abstractionist. Basically, the order that the names are drawn will coincide with the order that the painting sets are listed. Sorry that I forgot to make that clear earlier!  

Thank you so much for visiting, and for all of your kind words and support!

Have a great week, everyone! :D

 

 

 

guest blogging :D

Published on August 4, 2012 in crochet and news. 2 Comments

This is the first time I’m guest blogging so this is very exciting – so grateful to be invited by awesome crocheter Sue to write a post for her crochet blog, where I’ve shared a bit of my story of crafting and blogging. Please visit when you have a moment!

Sue has many wonderful patterns and creations on her blog, like these awesome pandas! 

 

Happy weekend! :D

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