Friday Freebie on Facebook

I'm doing a spontaneous little giveaway over on my Facebook page and wanted to make sure my blog readers knew about it too, if you aren't already following my page there.

Here's what I've got up for grabs: winner's choice of the two purple trimmed blankets from my latest batch of Stablemate blankets.

They were made on the G3 Stockhorse and will fit similar sized molds.

If several people enter, I'll most likely draw two names and give the both away.  :)

Giveaway Done - New Pad Underway

This evening I drew names for the Giveaway on my Facebook page.  I was offering pick of 4 prizes to one winner, but I decided to draw 4 names and give everything away!  (it is Christmastime after all)  ;)

Today we went to town and picked up some feed for Bo and also cardstock, for product picture backgrounds, and clock parts.  We have some clock designs for the laser that we hadn't made yet, but last night we received an order for two of them!  Now we have the bits to get them done.

I'm well underway on my latest saddle pad, using my newest frame idea.

I haven't gotten any different wood or pins/tacks yet, but obviously it works well the way it is!  I like that I'll also have room to stitch a few mini pads along the bottom too.

I really enjoy making these saddle pads, but I'm thinking this might be my last one for a little bit - mainly because I really need to get busy on the laser for the Stock Show AND I need to get back to work on finishing up some custom horses, for past orders and future shows/donations.  There is a show in March I'd like to go to, before our big move.  I'd also like to get back to work on the Stagecoach (gasp!).  I haven't worked on that for a while and I think it would be a neat display piece for the Stock Show, if I can get some major work done on it by then.

Tomorrow we are going out with some friends for a little while.  I'll probably do more work on the saddle pad, and also some work on the laser.  I would like to work in the Studio room at least a bit too, we'll see!

 

Giveaway! - First of Many

I love to give gifts, I think it's easily as much fun to give as to receive - or even more so!  I almost always try to include "extras" when I ship off orders and for a while now I've wanted to do some sort of giveaway on my Studio Facebook page.  I've seen a lot of other pages organize giveaways as a way to increase traffic and so on.  I've wanted to do it for that reason, but also just because I love to give things away!

So, today I set up the first ever Giveaway on my Facebook page!  I couldn't decide what to offer as the prize, since I have a bunch of different things that I make, so I decided to offer a choice to the winner.  Whoever wins (I'll draw a name on December 6th) can chose from something in the picture:

Up for grabs are two Christmas cards, a dreamcatcher, a cross necklace or two Stablemate-scale saddle pads.  I already have plans for future giveaways - with more prizes and larger prizes too.

Ideas for future prizes...  More of the above...  plus: larger saddle pads and custom horses - maybe even NAN-qualified custom horses!  I might do some craft supply giveaways too, since I am wanting to pare down my "hoard".  The ideas are endless and I'm really excited about the opportunity to get more of my work out in the world, hopefully gain some new FB friends and fans, AND spread some cheer - not only during the holidays, but all year long.

Most giveaways ask you to like and share their page, I decided to give multiple entries for doing things.  So... Like the post = 1 entry.  Like and Comment on the post = 2 entries.  Like, Comment, and Share = 3 entries. 


In  other news, I've spent a few more sessions on my latest saddle pad and here's how it looks right now:

I did decide to go with the black, though I feel like I'm really itching to use a tan/sand color in a design, possibly in the next one.  I'd like to stitch this design again using shades of pink...  maybe it will turn out to be pink and tan? 

I love the way the 18 count pads turn out and the amount of detail I can work into them, versus the 14 count, but boy do they take a long time!  I've heard there are some pads stitched onto even higher count fabric - yikes!  While looking through my collection of fabric recently, I did find that I have some in a higher count - 20-something..  (I scored a bunch of fabric and floss for a few dollars at the thrift store a little while back and hadn't fully picked through it all until recently)  I'm thinking I'll break some of that out soon and see what kind of smaller scale pads I could make.  I'm not sure I'd do them in the Traditional-scale though, it seems like they would take for-ever.  Though knowing me, I'll probably try and do one anyway.  Yeah...  I'm nuts.  ;-)