Contest

As always, I want to thank everyone for entering the Hopscotch Game Giveaway, and give a truly heartfelt thank you to Debbie, at A Child's Dream, for supporting our efforts here at Wee Folk Art and for her generosity to our readers.

So, without further ado (don't you love the word ado?) the winner is...

Hopscotch!!  Yeah!!!
Submitted by ginny on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 12:40.

When I was growing up there was never any "I'm bored" in my house. We went outside and played hopscotch, cowboys and indians, or created fairy houses under the trees.

Congrats. I hope the hopscotch set brings loads of fun to your family :) Please email us at weefolkart@yahoo.com with your snail mail address and we'll send it along to A Child's Dream. You have 1 week to contact us or a new winner will be selected.

Thanks again, everyone, for participating in this giveaway. The next In the Good Old Summertime giveaway will be at the beginning of July. Watch for it :)

EDIT: The winner's of this giveaway are announced HERE.

EDIT: The giveaway is now over. The winner will be announced tomorrow, 5/9/11. Good luck to everyone that entered, and thanks again, Debbie!

Whenever we get a new sponsor, we love to introduce them and their shops to our readers. Because of a series of unlikely happenstances, we have never "formally" introduced Debbie Staggs from A Child's Dream Come True. We are about to change that! Here's a little bit about Debbie and her shop. I'll meet you on the other side to tell you about a wonderful giveaway she has for Wee Folk Art Readers!

A Child’s Dream Come True is a family business located in the Northern Rockies of Idaho owned and operated by Debbie and Bob Staggs. It was originally the mail order catalog A Child’s Dream founded in the early 1990s by Waldorf educator Ronna McEldowney as a handwork and classroom resource for Waldorf early childhood teachers.

In Debbie's words:
Bob and I were creating natural fiber craft kits under the name of Naturally Creative when given the opportunity to acquire A Child’s Dream in 1999. Our youngest was nearly a teen about to enter the public middle school after attending Waldorf since kindergarten, the oldest was unschooling high school. I felt it important to work from home, at least for the next several years. This together with our determination to stay in a rural town; my deep affection for the fiber arts; our experience in home schooling as well as being a founding family of the local Waldorf School made it a wonderful fit so we took a leap.

It was quite an adventure learning everything and, with the help of Bob and Nancy’s Services, in short time the catalog was online and an Internet business. I was able to work from home for the next six years until 2005 when a need for more space prompted a move to within walking distance.

Our children are now grown and we have an adorable grandson. Bob and I, with the interim help of our son, continue to supply educators, home schoolers, handworkers and crafters around the globe. Handling the inspiring materials, surrounded by color, serving what have to be the best customers any shop owner could ask for all the while having the ability to create a business around our lives really is a dream come true.

You’re invited to peruse our online shop where you’ll discover not only an extensive array of wool felt and goods for handwork and felting but also a complete selection of art supplies and many lesson books, doll making materials, one-of-a kind kits like the new Shooting Star Balls felting kit, and even a few favorite books and must-haves for creative play. Additionally, we stock the current and all the back issues of Living Crafts Magazine!

As a special offer for our WeeFolkArt readers, order $40 or more online, use the code: WeeFolk in your shopping cart and 15% will be deducted from your order! Good through May 31, 2011.

Debbie Staggs

And now about the giveaway...

Debbie has very generously put together 3 bundles of goodies. Now you've got some work to do. Go to the three links below and, first, decide whether you would like to receive the bundle of Holland Wool Felt, a stash of Felting Fibers, or 4 yummy skeins of Lamb's Pride Wool Yarn.  Next, decide which colors you would like to receive. 

Holland Wool Felt  ~ Your choice of one of the Holland Wool Felt Color Collections (value $34.95)

Felting Fiber ~ Your choice of one of the Ashford Felting Wool Color Sets (value $36.00)

Lamb’s Pride Yarn ~ Your choice of four skeins of Lamb’s Pride Wool Yarn (value $33.20)

Finally, come back here and let us know, if you are one of the 3 lucky winners, which prize you would like to receive and the colors. The contest begins today, Wednesday, May 4, and runs through Sunday, May 8, at 9:00 p.m. EST. At that time a winner will be drawn at random, for each of the prizes. Winners will be announced on Monday, May 9. Winners have 1 week to send us their snail mail addresses at weefolkart@yahoo.com or a new winner will be selected. A Child's Dream Come True Will ship outside USA if winner pays additional postage.

I suggest, if you aren't already familiar with A Child's Dream Come True, to spend some time looking around her shop. There are tons of wonderful goodies! Then, enter the contest and cross your fingers. But remember, even if you do not win one of the three prizes, Debbie is offering WFA readers a 15% discount on all orders over $40.00, throughout the month of May.

Thank you so much Debbie, for your generosity, and for suggesting these wonderful gifts. Good luck to all... let the dreaming begin :) 

It is always such a bitter sweet experience to announce the winner of our giveaways. On one hand, we are thrilled for the winner, on the other hand, we always wish we had the ability to make everyone a winner! Today, the winner of the adorable Waldorf Inspired Needle Felted Wool Painting is...

Ray Sultz on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:28.
I wouldn't mind everything in her studio but if I had to choose just one it would have to be the wool picture of the 4 fairies with the red flowers. Thank you Daria, Kimara, and Tim! Thank you for sharing!

Ray, please email us at weefolkart@yahoo.com with your snail mail address, and Michelle will pry the little tapestry out of my hands, and we will get it in the mail to you. :) As always, if we do not hear from our winner in 1 week, a new winner will be selected.

We would like to thank everyone that entered, and we would especially like to thank the enormously talented Daria from Art of Felting for her generosity in sharing one of her lovely tapestries for this giveaway.  

First off, we would like to thank everyone for your kind words and understanding. Obviously, we love WFA, but hearing that you do too means the world to us! And we really aren't taking a "vacation" from WFA but slowing down. Some weeks it may hardly be noticeable, but other weeks we may be obviously absent. This is a lesson for us to learn... mostly me :) For example, yesterday we sat around the dining room table with the wee ones, and we gave each other manicures. As a show of solidarity, we all painted our nails alternating shades of spring green and lavender. Silly, pretty and springish. It took all of my self control not to run off and grab the camera as sounds of merriment filled the room. Relax, I told myself, and just be here in the moment. That's what I personally need to do more, it be in the moment and stop weighting the "blog worthiness" of everything we do :)

So, on to the give away. We have a basket of projects that for the most part are duplicates of our projects we made. We rummage through this basket when we need a last minute gift. This time, we went through it to get 4 projects to share with our readers. They are...

Treasure Pouch

A Walking Bunny Finger Puppet

Candlewick Mushrooms Wallhanging

Owl Book Mark

The 4 winners, drawn at random, are...

 Lisa L. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 17:32.
I love your website! You have helped me a great deal in finding ideas for my storytelling in the kindergarten classes. I am a speech pathologist in the public schools, I'm a Waldorf parent and have worked in Waldorf schools in a variety of capacities. I'm doing the Caps for Sale story with the puppets/tree in May. Working on the painting/creation of the man and hats over my spring vacation this next week! Can't wait to perform it! I made a bunch of the leprechauns to do my story of "Lucky Patrick" during the week of St. Patrick's Day! They were a hit! I still have one in my classroom on the bookcase. Thank you for all your inspiration!

 Sally Stanley on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 18:25.
I want you know how much I have enjoyed your blog since discovering it last year. I know it is very time consuming so enjoy your time off! Relax, have fun, and take care of yourself. I will miss your daily blog posts but enjoy looking back at your old ones!! Thanks again for sharing all your wonderful ideas with us!!!

Anushka on Sun, 04/17/2011 - 06:37.
i totally understand a step back from the blog and the exact idea of enjoying your cup of tea on the deck without the computer! your blog is somewhat new to me, so i have yet a lot to explore. i am grateful to hear that you are still keeping the blog because i just filled a basket on amazon for the harvest time curriculum as i embark on homeschooling my four year old son with it. i also liked you on facebook and would love a grab bag! thank you for everything you do! 

SewLindaAnn on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 17:53.
I think it's always important to step back and see what's going on in your life, it's the only way to maintain "balance" or a good lack thereof.. I "liked" you on Facebook. And, yes, of course I would love something really made by Wee Folk Art. I'm a grown woman and I love your mushrooms, crafts and all you do.

Congratulations. Please email your snail mail address to us at weefolkart@yahoo.com. We will get your surprise gift shipped to you lickety split! As always, winners have 1 week to send us their address or a new winner will be selected. 

If you didn't win... we are sorry :( BUT, we have another wonderful giveaway this Wednesday, so make sure you enter. Remember... SOMEONE has to win!

The Winners are Nicole One Hook and Meghan G!

Submitted by Nicole One Hook (not verified) on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 10:47.
What a difficult choice! I think I'd go with cotton candy, robin egg's blue, and mellow yellow. Here's hoping! Thanks for the great giveaway.

and

Submitted by Meghan G (not verified) on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 17:49.
Love these! It's go with the pumpkin spice, old gold, and ragtime blue. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who participated and a big thanks to Julie from Prarie Point Junction. Winners please contact us at weefolkart@yahoo.com with your mailing address.