As a stationery nerd this is one of my fave letterbox subscription boxes.
Each month’s is decorated by a different illustrator, allowing you to support artists and charity as 20p from each box goes to Post Pals, which sends letters to children in hospital.
This month’s box contains quirky illustrations from Louise at Gaze of Dolls Designs based on Alice in Wonderland, and this month I have a box to giveaway too (see the bottom of the post).
There’s some fab stickers
This card is brilliant
Postcards I can’t wait to send
These little cards and notepad are my favourite and there’s washi tape for wrapping presents too.
If you like the designs and want a box for yourself you can subscribe here.
And you can win your own box of Louise’s fabulous designs right here.
I am a total magpie, I love shiny things and have a crazy amount of jewellery.
Pretty much
So as I can’t stand this cold and gloomy weather and shiny things cheer me up, I thought I’d give you lovely people a chance to win this very cute Punky Pins necklace.
To enter, all you have to do is post a comment telling me what cheers you up when it’s cold and grey outside. Simple as that. You have till next Wednesday (25th November) and then I will put all the names in a hat and pick a winner.
Reminder: there is one more day left in the mystery giveaway. All you have to do to enter is guess how many items are in the bag and you could win the lot.
Brands include Benefit, Models Co, Stila and more. What are you waiting for??
So, thought I’d have a little giveaway. All you have to do to enter is guess how many items are in this bag and then you could win the lot!
The winner will be picked entirely at random, name quite literally out of a hat, on Friday.
The boring bit: this giveaway is not associated with any of the featured items or brands. It is not in relation to Instagram or WordPress. The decision of the winner is up to fate and cannot be bribed. The winner has a week from the draw to get in touch and claim their prize. The results will be posted separately. Only people who follow my blog can enter. Entries on Instagram do not count. You can only enter once. International. Thank you.
So look really hard at this picture (the same one is on Instagram as well). Make a guess and it could be you!
I am not one of life’s winners, I don’t have natural luck.
The only thing I ever won as a kid was a blue stuffed elephant, who I imaginatively called Elephant. I still have her. Turns out it was rigged. I was three, it was my great-aunt’s birthday party and the raffle was for a local charity. My Grandad swapped out the ticket so I’d win the elephant.
At school I didn’t win things, I wasn’t that kind of kid, and they don’t give prizes for reading. I won first place in girl’s shot putt in year 10 at sports day. That was a fluke, I am not athletic. But I do have a younger sister and many years of practice in throwing stuff.
Recently I’ve been entering competitions, mostly on social media, and I’ve hit a lucky streak.
I won Saturday’s giveaway on Scribblicious which was an Anne of Green Gables mug and Dr Seuss bookmark.
Then I won Butterfly Twists competition on Instagram, two pairs of ballet pumps (I love shoes)!!
The re-grammed image
Previously I’d won London Craft Club’s giveaway – a book on hand knitting, canvas bag and other bits, and The Vagenda’s discussion group starter kit (book, postcards, badges, snacks, balloons and stickers).
Lomdon Craft Club prize
While it would be nice to win some bigger items, like the bed in this week’s Observer (the slats in ours are on their last legs – that’s what you get when you buy cheap!) or a holiday, even winning little things gives me a nice buzz of excitement, and I didn’t spend any money!
What about you? Have you ever won any competitions or giveaways? Let me know in the comments.
There will be a blog giveaway soon so stay tuned. 🙂
Every year I sign up to be a World Book Night giver, and this year is no different. I have collected my copies of Charity Norman’s After The Fall and am ready to give them away.
WBN was set up to celebrate and foster a love of reading and is now run by The Reading Agency. It is a charitable initiative supported by the publishing industry (which supplies hundreds of books for volunteers to hand out).
I have been involved since the start, when publisher Jamie Byng launched it on a freezing cold night five years ago in Trafalgar Square. Since then I have handed out dozens of books, from poetry in Soho Square, to fantasy on the Underground, free books are popping up everywhere this week.
If you see someone handing out books, take one, read it, pass it on.
To celebrate the event I am offering copies via Instagram to anyone who tells me what reading means to them.
The book is about what happens to a family after a serious accident, secrets and what happens when you keep them. Set in New Zealand it chronicles the lives of the McNamara family after five-year-old Finn falls from the upstairs veranda.
I really enjoyed it when I first read it, it’s quite compelling.
To celebrate this new blog, I’m having an instagram giveaway. Head over to instagram.com/ramblingmads and tell me what your favourite book means to you. You could win the seven Quick Reads pictured above.
ramblingmads 