6500 likes Giveaway!

I was trying to get some sewing done over the weekend and my Daughter, Amelia, just would not give me a moments peace. So I told her she could design a dolly for Mummy's market night and asked her to pick whichever fabrics she liked from my stash. She delved into my box of felt and came out grinning holding a sheet of bright red polka dot felt that has been in there for years! I bought it ages ago because I liked it, but couldn't find a use for it! Great. Thanks Amelia! She then got her stool from the bathroom, reached up onto my shelf of fabrics and pulled out some green toadstool fabric. All I could think about was my mum saying "red and green should never be seen"! But I was given my orders. That's what she wanted and she also insisted on blue socks!

 

I was apprehensive whilst cutting it out, but the more I sewed, the more I began to love her and her quirky style!  The end result was this spotty dotty toadstool dolly, aptly named "Dot". Not  a bad designer for a four year old after all!

 

 

 

As I reached 6,500 Facebook likes on Saturday, I figured a giveaway was well overdue as I didn't do one when I reached 6000.  Amelia's dolly design gave me the idea to run a Design Your Own Dolly competition and the winner will receive one dolly in their chosen design (or as close as possible). So without further ado... Here's the competition rules:

TO ENTER:

1) Pop over to my Facebook page and LIKE the competition post which is pinned to the top.
2) Design a dolly using the free colouring sheets on my Facebook page.
3) Scan, (or take a photo of the picture if you don’t have a scanner) and EMAIL it to me at littlesugarplums@hotmail.co.uk along with your child’s name, age and the address where you would like the dolly posted to, should you win. Mark the subject line COLOURING COMPETITION. I will then upload the photos into an album on my Facebook page and the winner will be the picture with the most likes.

Feel free to share this fab giveaway with your friends and family, but as per Facebook rules this is not a requirement of entry.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. The giveaway will close at 8pm on Monday 14th July.
2. The competition is open to all children aged 12 and under.
3. ONE ENTRY PER FAMILY
4. The winner will be chosen by my Daughter Amelia. This will be announced as soon as possible afterwards.
5. The winner must claim their prize within 48 hours or it will be redrawn again.
6. Postage within the UK is included. The prize can be posted outside the UK if the winner covers the additional shipping costs.
5. This giveaway is in no way affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Facebook.
6. Upon entering this giveaway you release Facebook from all responsibility.
7. Email addresses will be entered into our database, however you will be given the option to opt out of any future emails from Little Sugar Plums if you do not wish to receive them.
8. If anyone is found to be abusing the competition they will be disqualified from the competition. Please remember this is for children. Please play fair.
9. Please allow 4-6 weeks for the dolly to be dispatched from the close date.
10. Prize does not include embroidered personalisation.
11. Little Sugar Plums reserves the right to revise the terms and conditions at any time.
 
Colouring sheets can be printed here.

 

HAPPY COLOURING SUGAR PLUMS AND GOOD LUCK!

Pencil Case Tutorial

This past weekend has been quite awful. My Husband's Grandad died in the early hours of Sunday morning and at the same time, his shop was broken into so he had to go back into work at 1:30am having just half an hours sleep. He didn't get home until 5:40am. He was absolutely exhausted. They say bad things come in threes and this weekend was no exception. I had a bit of a nightmare on Saturday afternoon too. My Son, Oliver (14) went swimming with his friend and both ended up a victim of theft when their locker was broken into and their belongings were stolen. Luckily Oliver had nothing valuable in there. He had left his phone at home. But his friend's trainers were taken along with a small amount of money and Oliver's bag containing his school books(?!) was also taken. Why he had his school books in there I don't know. I'm not going to question the mind of a teenage boy! I suspect laziness had something to do with it though.

Oliver's school planner was in his bedroom from Friday when he was doing homework, and I assumed his pencil case was with it. But no... 8:30pm on Sunday night, he informs me his pencil case was also in his bag and therefore he didn't have anything for Monday morning. Grrrrr!

So I raided my fabric stash and found this cool Pac Man fabric by Timeless Treasures.

I did a bit of searching on the internet and found this lovely pencil case tutorial by Ann Kelle. I'd never sewn a zip on before and i'm not sure I used the correct zipper foot, but it went on OK. Hurrah!
I love how I'm still learning new things in the sewing world every day.

The end result was this...

I lined it with some green kona which I also found in my stash which happened to coordinate with the little ghosts. Lucky! Oliver loved it too so more Mum-points for me, well he grunted. But i'm sure that translates to he likes it! :) I might make Amelia one next as she starts school in September.

Hopefully now the three things are out the way, this week should run a bit smoother. :) Happy Monday everyone.

Spring Market Night

SPRING MARKET NIGHT

This month’s market night is all set for 9pm on Friday 30th May. This month will be a little different. The market night will not take place on Facebook. It will be located in my Etsy store. I am trying to find a happy medium for my customers, and for myself. I have had a few people say they don't like the way everything sells out so quickly on Facebook so they feel like they don't have a chance of winning and they don't like having to wait for a secret word, which is the only way I can run market nights on Facebook to make it fair for everybody. So I've decided I will list everything in my Etsy store to give people more of a chance. I will still post a preview album on Facebook and will also blog with photos of this month's dolls, so watch this space!

 HOW IT WILL WORK

You will need to register with Etsy prior to the market night if you wish to purchase anything. The link is at the bottom of this email. All items will go live at 9pm. Please keep refreshing your page on the seconds around this time. Since I can't schedule a post like on Facebook, I will be going by my watch which may or may not be out of sync with some of you by a few seconds. Please note that items you place in you cart are not ‘safe’ until you have checked out and somebody else could still purchase it, so be sure to check out quickly. All purchases can be paid for with PayPal and all major credit/debit cards. If you receive an email with a receipt for your purchase, you have been successful in buying the item you wanted!

 I hope you find Etsy user friendly and I'd love to hear your feedback after the event.

 If you would like any further information, please see the events tab at the top of my Facebook page where I will be happy to answer any questions.

 Good luck and happy shopping!

 

 

Easter Market Night

 

 

 

This year's Easter market night will be taking place tomorrow evening over on my Facebook page. A preview album will be posted an hour or so before so customers can browse. I will then post a secret word at 9pm which customers must use to purchase the item(s) they want.

 

I will have seven dolls for sale as well as my NEW limited edition baby bunnies. Please see below a sneaky preview for all my faithful blog readers!

 

I hope you like them! So many hours have gone into making them and I am now exhausted!

Be sure to be on my Facebook page at 9pm to tomorrow if you would like to buy anything above. I will also have some dress-up clothes which I am currently working on.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Aimie. x

And the Winner is...

 

Wow! The 5000 likes raffle was a huge success and I am so grateful to everyone who supported me and bought a ticket. I'm thinking of running raffles more often as my facebook likers seemed to like it! What do you think?

It took me about half an hour to cut out all the names of the entries and my thumb is still suffering from paper cuts!

Amelia loves to help out with my prize draws, so I waited until she got home from Preschool and we created a special reveal for the raffle winner :)

 

Congratulations to Melissa Hossel!  We hope you will love your dolly as much as I will enjoy creating her for you.

Win a Custom Little Sugar Plum for £1!

 

 

To celebrate my latest milestone of 5000 facebook likes, I have decided to run a raffle!  Virtual raffle 'tickets' cost just £1 and you are welcome to purchase as many as you like.  Each ticket equals one entry. The Paypal transaction ID will act as your raffle number.  The lucky winner will be chosen at random from the list of entries received and will receive a custom made Little Sugar Plum Doll™ as follows:

• ONE 16" doll (this may be a girl or a boy doll) in your choice of fabrics (body and clothing)
• Your choice of skin tone
• Your choice of hair colour and style
• Hair clip/bow/hair band in your choice of colour
• Your choice of eye - open or closed and colour if applicable
• Shoes/socks if required

 Plus ONE outfit - please choose from the following:

Removable skirt
Peasant dress
Trousers & top
Shorts and peasant top
Summer pillowcase dress 
Dungarees & peasant top.


Free UK delivery. International winners must pay postage.

How to enter:

To be in with a chance of winning, you must follow these simple steps:

1. Purchase a virtual raffle ticket from my website by clicking on the picture below. OR You can also send a payment of £1 via paypal to littlesugarplums@hotmail.co.uk.     Please make sure you send details of your name if using somebody else's paypal account.
2. Pop over to my Facebook page and LIKE the page!
3. Like the competition photo (pinned to the top of my Facebook page) and leave a comment to give it more visibility on newsfeeds.

Shares are also most welcome but by no means obligatory.


Good Luck!