Eternal Girl - Giveaway - Paisley Design Necklace

"Eternal Girl" is the female version of a term used in mythology to describe a child-like being craving boundless freedom.  It seemed very fitting then for Julia Toussaint  to name her shop Eternal Girl  as she associates her artwork with the undying need to reach out and extend her limitations through love and life.

 Julia's inspiration came from Henna & Mehndi art, which is derived from Middle Eastern cultures. She was drawing a lot of henna inspired designs and then decided to incorporate them into jewelry, and her creations have been evolving ever since. 
She purchased some necklace supplies and began experimenting and in 2012  after about a year of making necklaces as gifts, her friends encouraged her to sell them on-line. 

Julia is sponsoring this beautiful Paisley Design Necklace valued at $18 (€13) which features a creative floral Paisley design. Each hand-drawn necklace is created with a unique, henna inspired pattern. In henna tradition, paisleys represent good luck. The image is secured in an antique styled bronze pendant, with a round glass covering and comes with a bronze metal chain, your choice of length.  The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter on the 1st August

 Giveaway is open Worldwide

Extra bonus for you  using  coupon code "20BLOG" for a 20% discount 

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Make a Simple Craft Roll Bag.... Tutorial & Giveaway

Great little gift to make for yourself or a crafty friend, and easy to make. I think I could have made the wording bigger but if you can't see it properly let me know and I can try again. Would love to see yours if you make one. Now as I made this one for the tutorial I would like it to be put to good use, so if you fancy winning this then enter below. Finished size is 38cm x16cm  (15" x 6") Good Luck xx Oh and it's open worldwide.

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Designs by Dana $20 pair of Gorgeous Armwarmers

I recently met Dana on face book and fell in love with her fabulous creations and we got to chatting as we girls do! and she told me about her love of fiber art which for her started at an early age, living then in Spain she saw an elderly lady dressed in mourning black sitting in front of a medieval castle knitting the most intricate and beautiful lace. The lady was so skilled at her craft that she didn't even look to see what her fingers were creating. It was almost as if her fingers had eyes. Dana was mesmerized and thought to herself “It’s like magic… and I want to learn how to do this! This was the start of her love affair with all things fiber.

She also mentioned that she studied flamenco dance and guitar and her work as you can see has been greatly influenced by the vibrant colours and music of Spain, Portugal and Northern Africa.

Designs by Dana are a completely original take on fabrics….  Creating clothing – rather, works of art that force you to see fashion in an entirely new way. 

Dana has not hung her shoes up just yet and here are her favourite pair ready and waiting.....

 Her clothes not only look comfortable, flattering and best of all unique. From original patterns for couture hats, separates and outerwear to reconstructed materials putting life into assumingly tarnished textiles.  The detail and care put into every stitch from Dana is what makes her line unlike anything currently dangling in your closet or what is found on the every-day store racks.

Huge thanks to Dana for sharing her story with us and for her fabulous give away of a pair of up cycled gloves (First picture on post) which will go to one of my lucky followers.  Now how to enter and you know I like to keep it simple..... so for the first time I am trying out Rafflecopter so bear with me and if there are any problems please let me know so I can rectify. So good luck and meanwhile Dana will strum you a little tune on her guitar.

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