tiny polaroid magnets

Can't fit all your favourite family photos on the fridge? Looking for a thoughtful, personal gift? Solution: diy tiny polaroid magnets from Ambrosia Creative.

Photos: Jenn from Ambrosia Creative. Via: Row House Nest

etsy success sydney

Are you going to Etsy Success Sydney? I am! Join us at the event on Saturday, 2 June, at the Museum of Contemporary Art from 9am to 10pm. Stylist Lara Hutton and I are speaking on The Basics of Product Styling and Photography. Tickets cost $100 and include access to all sessions, day-long catering and a delegate pack. Etsy Success Sydney is presented as part of the Vivid Ideas program at Vivid Sydney 2012 (25 May — 11 June), a festival of light, music and ideas, and a major celebration of our creative industries. Oh, and guess what? EtsyAU has kindly offered me one double-pass for a lucky reader (valued at $200). To win the tickets, by Friday, 25 May, tell me in a comment (below) or email why you need to attend the event. Good luck!

giveaway winner: gaelle lalonde

Hooray! One copy of Taking Great Photos is going out to Gaelle from Germany. Gaelle, originally from Canada, is a crafter and illustration student. She has crafted with women with special needs, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is currently working on her Masters in illustration. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. 

Illustrations: Gaelle Lalonde

taking great photos giveaway: from me!

I'm so pleased to offer one copy of my book to giveaway. For your chance to win, tell me why you need a copy of the book and how will taking great photos help you. Post your entry in the comments field below or send it to me via email. (If you enter via commenting below, be sure to include an email address so that I can contact you if you win.) You're also welcome to attach or link through to one or two of your photos, if you like. Entries are open from now until Friday, 16 March. I'll announce the winner on Monday, 19 March. Murdoch Books is going to send the lucky winner one copy of The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos (AU/NZ version/cover) to anywhere in the world. Good luck!

useful and lovely from scraps

I've been looking for simple projects to make useful and lovely things using fabric scraps. So far I've found these seersucker napkins from Martha Stewart and this fabric mouse pad from How Joyful. I think they'd make great gifts, too. Do you have any favourite projects from scraps?

taking great photos giveaway: from heather

Are you feeling lucky and living in South Africa? If you are, Heather Moore from Skinny laMinx is the girl for you. Heather's running a giveaway on her blog for one copy of The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos. You have until 29 February to enter. Good luck!

Photos: Cushion Covers by Heather Moore, Taking Great Photos AU/NZ cover.

taking great photos: free button download

To my fabulous contributors for The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos. You are welcome to download any of these free 250x250px buttons that I made for your website or blog. Find the US button here, the UK button here and the AU button here. Link your button through to your choice of Interweave, Amazon.com, Search Press, Amazon.co.uk or Murdoch Books.

taking great photos giveaway: from frankie and canadian living

Are you still feeling lucky? Two more giveaways of The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos are rocking and rolling: 
Frankie - click here for more details and your chance to win a copy

And there are two days left to enter at Canadian Living - click here for more details and your chance to win a copy. Good luck!

Photos: Frankie (top) and Canadian Living (bottom)

taking great photos giveaway: from jenny and jenny

Today might be your lucky day! Two of the gorgeous crafters interviewed in The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos are each hosting a giveaway of the book:
Jenny Gordy from Wiksten - click here for more details and your chance to win a copy.

And Jenny Nemlekar from Jenny N Design - click here for more details and your chance to win a copy.

Photos: top Wiksten; bottom Jenny N Design

for you and you and you

Three months. That's how far behind I am with my little photograph giveaway. To make up for June and July, this month I'm sending out three small prints to the first three readers who email me (who haven't won before). It doesn't matter where you live; postage to anywhere is included. It's a tribute to London: choose from Quietly (4x5" two copies available) or Forty Kegs (5x6.25").

 Photo: Heidi Adnum

for you

My little gift to you for May is one more small copy of Forty Kegs at the Apollo (approx. 5x6.25" in size). I'll be delighted to post it to the first person to email me who hasn't won before. It doesn't matter whether you live in Australia or abroad, just don't be shy and don't forget your postal address!

Photo: Heidi Adnum

for you

I'm not sure what happened to April, but before it ends I'd love to give one of you a little print. I have another Peonies in Full Bloom (once again it is 6x4" in size and the crop is slightly tighter than this one below) and I'll be delighted to post it to the first person who emails me at heidi@heidiadnum.com (who hasn't won before). Just be sure to include your postal address.

Photo: Heidi Adnum

for you

If the rumours are true, it's March. That means there's a little photograph here just waiting for you. The nice man who prints my photographs sometimes gives me small bonus prints. I don't sell them but I love to give them to you, dear readers. This time it's my Cupcakes photograph at 4x6" (it's as wide as the one below, it's just a little shorter - you can't see the blue sprinkles). Like the last two times, I'd be delighted to send it to the first reader who emails me at heidi@heidiadnum.com (who hasn't been first before). Include your postal address and I'll send it off ASAP. 

Photo: Heidi Adnum

for you

Last time was so much fun but quite a few people missed out (boo!) and my fab studio man keeps giving bonus small prints, so, I thought I'd keep it going every month. For February and for you, rad readers, it's Peonies in Full Bloom (6x4" in size and the crop is slightly tighter than this one below). I'll be delighted to post it to the first person who emails me at heidi@heidiadnum.com (who didn't win last time, to be fair!). Just be sure to include your postal address.

Photo: Heidi Adnum

for you

My rad studio man gave me a couple of bonus small prints of Lower East Side and Forty Kegs at the Apollo (they're only around 5x6.25" in size) and I'd like to give them to you, my lovely readers. I'll be delighted to post them to the first two people to email me at heidi@heidiadnum.com. Just let me know which one is your preference and give me your postal address. Don't you be shy, now!

Photos: Heidi Adnum

space images

This fantastic free app is direct from NASA and sends you images direct from their spacecraft, 'bringing the universe to your fingertips'.

 

free lego christmas fun

Build your own Christmas-themed Lego figurines/decorations using free PDF instructions, right here. Fun!

      

levi's photo workshop

Lucky New Yorkers interested in photography can visit a free, temporary professional photo studio courtesy of Levi's, Tuesday to Sunday from now until 18 December. The Levi's Photo Workshop is open to all and you can even rent and try a vintage camera. Fun!

Photo: Levi's. Via: Chase Jarvis

new life

I just love Heather aka Skinny LaMinx's idea for mugs with broken handles: glorious pencil holders! It makes me think how sweet they'd look as little vases.

Photo: Heather Moore

things

Here's a unique opportunity to contribute to Henry Wellcome's curious collection at the Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London. Donate, loan or upload a photograph of an item no bigger than your head for possible inclusion in this intriguing exhibition from 12-22 October. Will you take part? What thing will you offer? 

Photo: Wellcome Collection