winner is..

the giveaway winner is...

MICHELLE @ GIVE A GIRL A FIG!

michelle, email me your address (enhabiten@live.com) and i'll get your new scarf in the mail.  thanks everyone for entering!  it was good fun.

xo

giver

today is the last day to put your name in the hat to win this enhabiten organic cotton hemp naturally hand-dyed infinity scarf.  you can go HERE to enter.  i'll pick a winner later tonight and announce the result on the blog tomorrow.

x

giveaway

good morning folks!

interested in winning this enhabiten scarf?  just leave a comment on this post and also follow enhabiten on facebook to enter.  i'll pick a winner next wednesday .  the scarf specifics are here.  

good luck!

x

this that other

good morning all.

how's your life, eh?

i'm thinking of a few things i want to share with you and here they are:

no. 1 is free will astrology.  follow on facebook for out of the ordinary weekly horoscopes, pep talks, quotes and links.  

no. 2 is the giveaway i'm doing over on vibeke's blog.  because today is the last day to enter  oops! got that wrong.   TODAY friday the 14th is the last day so you still have some time!.

no. 3 is an interview with picture's i did for desha on her blog the desha show.

and that's it.  

i got this that and the other thing to tend to today.

luv,

L

giveaway

i've been making and shipping cross cushions at a great price of $25 each.  they're made with heavy hemp canvas (a different and heftier material than in the past) and hand-dyed felted wool cross which i hand-stitch to the cushion.  the sale on these cushions will last through december.  

FIND THEM HERE

also, i'm taking part in an advent calendar giveaway over on vibeke's blog this month.  she's got a great  thing going with giveaways every day of the month on her blog, a butterfly in my hair, from all sorts of people you may already be familiar with in the internet design community!  

i'm giving this vintage and hand-dyed zip purse away: 

HERE

is the link to enter and definitely check out the other offerings!

xo love, 

me

new things i'm working on plus a few pillows going into the shop today.

sometimes i get excited by a new project and then it doesn't live up to my expectations.  that's just the creative process, me thinks.  i can't help mentioning here or to a friend when i'm jazzed up about an idea or a seed of a project.  even though i know sometimes it fizzles. 

but this one thing i'm working it is super fun and i'm dreaming up all sorts of images in my head of how it may turn out.  if you don't dream it it'll never come true, right?

also, i apologize for not announcing the book giveaway winner sooner!  picked at random the winner is SARAH! (sarah, will you email me with your address so i can't get this book out to you?)

Sarah said...

"Wow! Stupendous productivity. I am in awe.
My current DIY is a pillow...cross-stitching a heart on some wool plaid that my grandmother bought many years ago from the Shaker colony in Amana, Iowa.
I really enjoy your blog!"
....
alsooooo, just so you don't forget how immature i am here's a link to jog your memory. 
.......
and double alsooooo, i just finished my lost tv marathon last night.  PEOOPPLEEEEE!  i loved that show and i ain't gonna apologize for it.  last night i had to be by myself for a few minutes when it was all over to PROCESS.  no joking.  and i cried off and on during the last double episode (dork).  so now you know my dirty little secret. 

xx
me

sunday in bed

the giveaway winner is.....sunday in bed!  yay!  sunday, email your address to enhabiten@live.com and i will put the book in the mail.

i spent the early morning hours today watching youtube videos of vandana shiva, jerry mander and derrick jensen.  oy.  am i trying to make my head explode?

but now i'm going to go out back and play in the dirt before it gets too frozified.  i need to rip up the dead plants from this season and get them into the compost bins.  and then in theory i plan to rake leaves this weekend. 

i've had a few weeks of not enough outdoor time.  i need air. 

the pictures are random about the house ones.  the painting at the top is by ethan.  it's got some nice brushwork you can't appreciate in my photos. 

i had some new heels put on the vintage boots i bought awhile ago.  and then i dropped off these vintage leather cleats i bought at auction for the shoe repair guy to resole.  they are going to make sweet little flats.

up since four

does waking up at 4 AM everyday qualify as insomnia?  if so, i've got it.  so now 7:20 in the AM is kind of like my lunch time.  and if i'm not in bed by 8 i'm a lunatic zombie.  annoying. 

i'm heading down to boston shortly.  but i wanted to remind you of this giveaway.  i will pick a winner tonite and post the result tomorrow.

the images above have been on my flickr forevah but i thought i'd post a couple here.  they are from a trip we made to olde sturbridge village in 2009. 

oh, also i make notes to myself about things i want to see or read in my moleskin weekly notebook (which i love btw).  i thought i'd share them here with you periodically.  one is this documentary (the title of which always makes me titter.  really immature, i know):



and another is this book by this author:

till then,

liane

homemade life giveaway

morning all!  i was cleaning up my kitchen yesterday...like crazy clean where you scrub all the shelves (including UNDER the sink, holy cow).  AND since i have two copies of the above book i figured i would do a little giveaway on my blog and let a reader have one of them.

so, babies, if you want to join in leave a comment.  let's seeeee, what sort of comment should it be...hows about you tell me what kind of food you've been craving lately.  it can be real general like, i want SALT and i want it NOW.  or it can be more specific along the lines of GIVE ME fresh apples, HEIRLOOM ESOPUS SPITZENBERGS only, with HOMEMADE HOT CARAMEL SAUCE.  that would be my current crave.

i will choose a winner in a week from today.

ok?

love,
me

giveaway winner! woot woot!

Hey Amy! You were the winner picked at random and the old-fashioned way by picking out of a hat. Well, bowl. So I will wrap this up for you. I think I already have your e-mail/address over on etsy but send it to me at enhabiten@live.com if you read this. I so hope you like it.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to enter and especially leaving such kind and endearing comments. I made my family read them, each one.

In other news, all the presents have been opened. We did a smaller Christmas than usual. My dream Christmas is one where everyone in the family makes one handmade gift for each other. We will do this when my youngest, Eli, who is eleven now gets a bit older.

My gift was a trip to get tattooed with my 19 year old son, Ethan. I'm trying to narrow down the design I want and I'm fairly certain it will be a bracelet-esque one in a 1 inch band or so with one of my favorite vintage fabric patterns. I cannot wait! I just have one now on my shoulder which is a Moses Eaton stencil design from the early 1800s. We have an appointment January 2 and I'm certain you will be getting pictures, maybe even at the shop as I'm getting it, when the date comes.
Merry Christmas. Lots of love.
Liane

linea carta and enhabiten giveaway

I bought this 2010 linea carta linen calendar for myself and I'm looking forward to hanging it in the new year. I love that I can use it as a tea towel when the year is up. In fact, you should know that all my kitchen towels are calendar towels from the 60s and 70s. I remember thinking when I was a kid that they were mucho hideous. And actually, now that I'm ruminating on it, they were. What am I doing with a collection of 70s calendar towels?? What next, spider plants in macrame hanging plant holders??

You can purchase your own 2010 calendar towel here.

In other news, the crazy quilt pillow giveaway is still going and HOT HOT HOT. You have time to enter here, but this may be your last reminder. I've gotta get my pointy ears and curly booties on and start wrapping presents.

enhabiten giveaway

I am thoroughly enjoying blogging. I love reading your comments. And I figure since it's the giving time of year I'm wanting to do a giveaway! So the top picture is a detail of one of my crazy quilt pillows. This pillow is made from a quilt which was hand-stitched in 1924. The bottom of the pillow is made of eco-friendly hemp, hand tea-stained, and the filling is kapok. Love mother earth, dudes.

So, if you wanna win this pretty baby just leave a comment here and I will pick a winner on Christmas day.

On the enhabiten homefront, I'm working on a large custom order today and hoping to complete it so I can ship it off to a lovely customer and get on with buying a few presents for my offspring. Don't read this part, children, but Mommy hasn't gotten you any presents yet.

xoxo

Liane