Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a handmade heart to decorate your home. The folks at Swirly Designs are sad about the recent loss of magazines like Home Companion and Domino. They are wondering where you will go for gift ideas and design inspiration.
From Swirly Designs:
Do you love celebrating the holidays?
Here at Swirly Designs we loooove the holidays. We create handmade polymer clay ornaments. You can learn more about our process here. We’ve been creating ornaments since 2000, starting with just Christmas designs but since have expanded to all the holidays including Valentine’s Day! Each ornament is handmade and no two are exactly alike. They’re great for gifts, for your holiday tree, to dress up a package or just to hang on your wall!
These days we have been wondering where people go for their holiday inspiration? Where do you go to buy handmade gifts? And now, with the ending of such great publications like Country Home and Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, we would really love to know which magazines you will turn to now, to get your holiday fix.
For a chance to win one of our ornaments please leave us a comment by Monday midnight EST, Feb 9, telling us which magazines you read to get ideas for your holiday gifts and design inspiration from, and we will randomly choose one winner and send them one of our handmade limited edition Valentine Cupid ornament from our new 2009 collection (see first photo).
From Cindy:
There was an overwhelming response to having weekly “guest” giveaways. Over 95 percent of you said that it would be something you would enjoy. If you have a business you would like to promote or something you make and would like to host a give away please send me an email (again if you already did) and I will send you more information. Thanks!
I now go to, Family Fun (like many others) as well as Real Simple, Hallmark, and sometimes Martha Stewart.
I check out Pack-O-Fun, Cardmaker and Papercraft. I look on-line for many ideas too. Planned Parenthood has a huge book sale in Des Moines, Iowa and I buy a lot of older magazines and books there.
Another big fan of Martha Stewart, particularly the Kids magazine. Also love Interweave Knits.
I like Pack-o-fun. I also look online at lots of blogs and website
Martha Stewart! I look at Family Fun sometimes too & Real Simple.
Papercrafts is awesome, I love the cards they display!
I like Family Fun and Martha Stewart. I also check out Quilts & more. Thanks for this great giveaway!
I love Martha Stewart – lots of great ideas – I will miss ME and Domino though.
I love looking through Martha’s Magazine and website! I also get great ideas out of Cookie Magazine!
I like to check out Victoria and Martha Stewart Living for inspiration.
I reallt enjoy looking at Family Fun magazine as well. They have inexpensive ideas that are easy and not very time consuming.
Cindy,
Are we supposed to respond here? Or at their website?
If here:
I too check out Family Fun. ReadyMade mag is a source of DIY inspiration also.
Online I like to check out craftzine.com for ideas.
Family Fun and Parents Magazine usually have some fun holiday crafts.
I get most of my ideas from FamilyFun. I love all the crafts that are directed towards kids.
Family Fun magazine has been a great resource for me. Thanks!