Saturday 7 May 2011

April Winner

The randomly chosen winner for April (I asked my teenage son to pick a number between 1 and 11 telling him he could also choose 1 and 11 and he picked 9).

Number 9 is sarabeth with this lovely layout featuring 4 large butterflies as the criteria



Sarabeth please can you email your name and address to the email address in the sidebar ---> and I will get your little prize to you.

The May challenge is open until midnight GMT on 31st May - full details can be found here and there is also a little prize for a randomly chosen winner.

I will be doing a shop update at some point this week. In the meantime there are a few sets of flowers still available here and also there are some auctions up on ebay starting at just 99p.

Sunday 1 May 2011

May Challenge

Our May challenge is a picture inspiration with a bit of history.

The following is taken from part of the report here

In medieval times, May Day was often celebrated by young men and women dancing on the village green around a specially-decorated tree called a maypole.

The branches of a slender tree were cut off, coloured ribbons tied to the top and the revellers held on to the ends of the ribbons and danced. Some villages still carry on the tradition today.

Before the dancing began there was also a procession led by a woman appointed May Queen for the day. Sometimes she was accompanied by a May King, who dressed in green to symbolise springtime and fertility.

Your challenge this month is to use this picture for your inspiration
 

Here is what the Design Team did:





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We also have a guest designer this month who I will feature in a later post.

You have until midnight GMT on 31st May to enter the challenge. Again I am donating a small RAK for a randomly drawn winner. To enter please click the inlinkz button and follow the instructions.