Exuberant Giveaway

After all this meditation talk, I'd like to take an off topic day. As I mentioned a week ago - I've reopened my Etsy Shop Mayhem Arts, and I've been filling it with eye pillows that I make myself. This post is primarily about a specific pair of eye pillows. They're not sold as a pair, but they inherently exist together.

I have two eye pillows listed under the "Upcycled" category in my shop - they're hand tie-dyed organic cotton (not dyed by me) and they once led a completely different life. Well not completely different. Before they were eye pillows - they were my favorite pair of yoga pants. Shining Shakti "Exuberant" pants in bright yellow and pink. See, I love my Shining Shakti pants. I own a couple different pairs, but the Exuberant pants were too long for me. I chopped off the bottoms to a more appropriate length and was left with a fab pair of pants and two circles of fabric. I wasn't sure what I'd do with them - I figured I'd wear them as headbands or something, but I set them aside because I felt like the answer was something other than "chuck em". Finally one day after I'd started on this crazy eye pillow-making spree I came across them again and realized that they were the perfect size to make eye pillows! That was that. The Pink and Yellow Shakti eye pillows are the softest in my shop and I seriously considered keeping them for myself.

In non-me news - The Dainty Squid is having another giveaway! This time she's giving away something from someone else's shop, but it's still amazingly cute stuff, so check it out. Here's the details:

What? $25 gift certificate from This and That from Japan. They sell tons and tons of super cute crafting supplies including fabrics, Japanese craft books, trims, clay molds and more!

When? October 25th- 28th

How? Leave a comment telling us what your favorite thing in the This and That from Japan shop is! (Make sure there is a way to contact you if you win!)

Extra entries? Of course! You can earn one extra entry by posting about this giveaway on your blog, tumblr, myspace, twitter, etc. Just leave a SEPARATE comment with the link for each place you mention the giveaway.

Who can win? ANYONE, anywhere in the world!! Winner will be announced Friday morning.

GO HERE TO ENTER

P.S. I'm Sick. Have been for a couple days, and I don't think it has peaked yet. Blech. Think I'll lie around and watch scary movies all day.

Edibles and a Giveaway

I mentioned recently that I'm a big fan of pumpkin products. I'm sure that extends beyond food, but what I ultimately mean is bread and pie. I made some super delicious pumpkin bread a few days ago. The recipe makes 2 loaves of bread, so I make one loaf and a ton of muffins instead. That's for 2 reasons:

1) I only have one loaf pan

2) muffins are super portable and cute and fast.

Rather than me putting in the work to give you the recipe myself (because I'm feeling super lazy) I'll give some link love to Lisa Roy who just happens to use the exact same recipe I do. She also makes handbags and blogs about design that inspires me to keep my house from getting too bogged down in minimalism and hippydom.

In the spirit of more blog love (and full disclosure - my interest in winning) I'll also take this opportunity to tell you about a Fabulous Giveaway by the one and only The Dainty Squid whom I've written about before. Here are the giveaway details:

What? One of three handmade pencil pouches that I've made exclusively for ShanaLogic.

When? October 14th - 17th

How? Leave a comment! (Make sure there is a way to contact you if you win!)

Extra entries? Of course! You can earn one extra entry by posting about this giveaway on your blog, tumblr, myspace, twitter, etc. Just leave a SEPARATE comment with the link for each place you mention the giveaway.

Who can win? ANYONE, anywhere in the world!! There will be three winners chosen.

So go Enter the Giveaway and then make some pumpkin bread - because it's autumn and it might be cold outside.

Photos from Lisa Roy and The Dainty Squid's own posts on these topics.