Craft Corps Giveaway Day 22: Signed Copy of Susan Beal’s Book!
UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS:
Vicki Flinchum!
Please e-mail your snail mail address to: contests@vickiehowell.com within the next week to receive your prize. Congratulations!
Name: Susan Beal
Gig(s): Designer/Writer
Excerpt from Craft Corps (Chapter 16):
“VH: How do you handle juggling craft with parenthood?
SB: It’s going pretty well. There are definitely some limits on my time that weren’t there before. I’m sure you can relate–there are some days that you don’t go outside, or you barely stop to eat because you’re busy writing or making something. It kind of consumes your whole life. With a baby, you really do have to become more balanced, even though it’s not necessarily restful. It definitely gets me out of my hard-core, deadline oriented pattern. I find it so much fun to take time to play with her when she’s just waking up from a nap, and I’ve gotten something done while she was asleep–then I have her all over again. It’s a real treat coming back to her after that break.
It’s hard though, saying no to projects. It’s been a real gift to be able to contribute to other people’s projects, or to do things that are more time and labor intensive, but I’ve had to say no to some things I wouldn’t have had to a year ago. There are some real advantages to focusing on creative outlets outside your own work, like raising a baby and doing things that are more focused on the household.”
How to Win:
POST A COMMENT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS (BY 8AM CT ON TOMORROW). Poster’s will be chosen via drawing at random.
Rules:
Please be sure to include your real, FULL name (not just your screen name) on your post. Winners will be posted on this blog every few days with instructions on getting me your mailing address. Prizes unclaimed will be put up for grabs at the end of the Craft Corps Give-Away-A-Day in May.
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Craft Corps: Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time hits shelves May 4th. Be one of the 1st to get a copy by ordering today from BN.com!
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Craft.Rock.Love,
Vickie
Psst! Come back tomorrow for a giveaway from yours truly!
This book looks so cute! And do I have a million buttons waiting for a project!
Wow! I love projects with buttons–they’re so clever. What a neat giveaway. ~Sarah Woodbury
What a wonderful book! I have a jar of vintage buttons from my mother-in-love that I could use with these sweet projects.
Great book! I’d love to use up my buttons in a better way. Thanks for this giveaway :)~Meg K
This book looks like a lot of fun. My grandson and I love making litte critters like the owl on the cover.
Elanor Gona
This looks like a very cool book and a would be a great addition to my library!
Buttons are fantastic to work with.
Nikki Baker
OOhh love button projects!
~Stephanie Lauffer
Looks like a great book! I make glass buttons and this just might be the book I’m looking for! Thanks for offering it up!
I’d love a chance to enter your wonderful book giveaway – Thanks!
Kim Reid
kimberlybreid at hotmail dot com
Oh, Grandma’s big can of buttons – finally a way to use them! I’d really like this book.
June Rhodes
I would love to win this! Thanks so much!!
Jodi Brown
Lots of buttons over here – would love to do something fun with them. Thanks, Kristi Hall
This book is perfect for my Grandmother. She has a huge button collection.
Thanks, Danna
what a fun book – keeping my fingers crossed~!~
Ahh so cute! Another must-have!
I love buttons!
Jennifer Cory
It would be great to win this book!
Linda Wilkes
I love buttons (1 million!) Mary Helen McNally
Ooooo! Lovely book!
OMG cute as a button lol
Sherri
Oh, something to do with my stash of buttons! Sweet!
I have a million of my Grandma’s vintage buttons that would be perfect!
Thanks!
Kelly Bronsink
Oh this would be perfect! Just got a hold of a massive bag filled with buttons in all sizes and colours!
looks like a great book. thanks for the chance to win.
colleen martineau
glyndi4don@sbcglobal.net
Love the button book!
This looks like a great book. I love love buttons and it would be great to have more ways to use them.
Nancy Lynn
Pick me! 🙂
Meghan Barr
Wow! This book will go great with my vintage button collection! 🙂
Rebecca Selander
This book looks like a real fun one. I always loved looking through Mom’s button box.
Miriam Giles
This book looks really neat and interesting.
amanda cox
very cute! one thing i inherited from my grandmother were jars and jars (and i mean cases of jars) full of buttons! She loved to collect buttons! Would love to see ideas of how to showcase them better throughout the house! Tanya/turtle
Would love to put the book to very good use. I have my grandmother’s button collection and the book woulf give me ideas on how to share these in gifts to her many offspring! Thank you.
Andrea