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!
Oooh, I need to start getting Family Fun, I think my girls are old enough for that now. I just got Living Crafts for Christmas, I don’t think anyone’s mentioned them yet.
I read Family Circles. I have kids so I am always looking for fun things to do together.
I forgot to say what magazines I read for inspiration…Real Simple, Sandra Lee’s new magazine, Better Homes & Gardens are a few.
I read papercrafts magazine and Martha Stewart Living. I also get the cards magazine and now the Handmade one and they are excellent. Linda Gerig
That is so sweet. What a lovely heart. I just love it. I heart Skip to My Lou!!!
My favorite magazines for inspiration are Martha Stewart, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens and Family Fun.
I am a Papercrafts gal for inspiration. I also try to find the special holiday magazines…something like Holiday Crafts … when they come out. Sometimes I can find inspiration from Martha Stewart also.
I will miss Domino! I subscribed to Martha Stewart for as long as it’s been publishing but due to the economy I recently had to cancel. I also did subscribe to Country Living, Family Circle, Womans Day, Good Housekeeping & Better Homes & Gardens, Birds & Blooms. I save all my mags & yes it takes a lot of space but now I’m so glad. I’ll just have to be satisfied and settle for looking at my past issues. I have also gone to Zino the online version for my mags. I’m not quite used to this form but is less expensive and not near the storage issue. I also get most of my new ideas from the internet to economize!
We also get Family Fun and Parents, though as far as being crafty goes, Family Fun is definitely the magazine to turn to for us.
I love Family Fun, Family Circle, and BHG.
I like Martha also!
Family Fun Magazine
I was enjoying Heart and Home which is no longer being published as well. Last month I subscribed to Sandra Lee’s new magazine, Semi-Homemade.
Yes Family Fun is a good place and Martha Stewart is too. But to be honest I think I go to blogs more often then magazines to look for craft ideas. I think they should start a blog and show their crafts.
Hugs,
Joanne
Hello! I adore handmade. Magazines that I like for ideas are Country Sampler, Paper
Crafts, and Romantic Homes and Somerset! Please enter my name in your delightful giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi