September 2013 Issue Now Available & A Giveaway

Another issue is here...

Check out the talent and beautiful features included in this issue.

Make sure to follow this link to purchase your copy:

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/635082

Or subscribe here:

http://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/Subscriptions.html

Preview from features by Nina Hartmann and Debi Ward Kennedy

Peak from features by Laura Heise and me 

Peak from features by Janet Coon and me.

Included in this issue is an article, Fragrant Holiday Homes with recipes for Fall Simmering Spices that could also make wonderful gifts. 

Here are printable tags to include with your simmering spices jars. (Click on PDF link for printable sheet.)

www.creatingvintagecharm.com/SimmeringSpicesTagcopy.pdf

 I want to thank the fabulous contributors in this issue. And Thank YOU for being such charming readers of my publications and followers of my blog.You encourage me more and more each day. 

Giveaway

Win a signed copy of the latest released book by vintagebynina.com

Among Vintage & Friends

Now with more chances to enter. 

Pin, tweet and spread the word, daily for more chances to win.

Enter here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The lucky winner of this giveaway will be announced here on this post on the 25th of October.

GOOD LUCK!!

Scrapbooking / Graphic Design Software Giveaway

I was given the opportunity to Giveaway this great tool for any networking savvy followers of Creating Vintage Charm.

The Giveaway is for a digital scrapbooking software called My Memories Suite.

What does this product has to do with vintage?... you ask!!... Not much. Its actually the latest software offered by My Memories. BUT... many readers of my blog are most probably bloggers, also networking on Facebook and Twitter. And if any of you had been wanting to have some fun and versatile way to create your own blog headers, buttons and Facebook covers, Etsy headers, Twitter graphics... then, yes, I would want you to have to opportunity to win a software that can do that. You do not have to afford that "other" expensive software because this can help you create what you need. 

After all, this is what I do, right? Help any of you who would like to promote their business or blog. And we all know, what catches the eye first when trying to draw attention to your business if not graphic design. 

Then again, this software is also focused on digital scrapbooking, so if you are into scrapbooking then of course, this would be a great software for you as well. 

My memories suite is a digital scrapbooking software can be used to create photo books, tags, invitations, labels, blog headers, blog buttons, Facebook covers etc.  The great thing is anything that you create with the program can be exported to a JPG so you can always show your followers your creations.

Custom Facebook cover at 851 x 315 pixels using my own photos and pre-installed fonts,

 created by me with My Memories Suite software.

Custom Blog Header at 800 x 250 pixels using pre-installed fonts and elements included with the software, created by me with My Memories Suite software.

This software retails at $39.97 and ONE winner of this giveaway will receive a promotional code to download this software onto their computer FOR FREE. 

To Enter 1st time: Visit any of these My Memories networking pages and follow

Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/

Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593

Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

The Enter 2nd time: If you do not already follow Creating Vintage Charm then you can do so on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreatingVintageCharm

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CVintageCharm

To Enter 3rd time: Share this giveaway on any networking site.

Leave a comment to this post for each entry.
Winner will be drawn by Random Number Generator on Friday August 30th.
I hope you enjoy this opportunity to win this great software and leave your comment to enter.

{An update with winners details will be posted on this same post}

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Update: Winner of this giveaway is Pam Ballard
with comment number 3

Thank you all for entering this giveaway and congratulations Pam! 

Giveaway: $50 Gift Certificate at Shabby Apple, Vintage Clothing

I love everything vintage style, even dresses. Shabby Apple, a vintage clothing/fashion design company is one of my favorite shops.

"At Shabby Apple, we believe in both femininity and feminism. As feminine women, we create clothing that is artful in design and crafted with a vintage-style flare. Each piece is carefully constructed to both flatter a women’s figure and maintain her mystery. As feminists, we created a company that is women-owned and operated and that donates to help other women start their own businesses. With our old-fashioned style and modern ideals, we believe the best is yet to come!"

What I like about these dresses is that you can dress up or keep it simple. Just slip one on with a nice pair of sandals... either way, you will be stylish, feminine, very pretty and very comfortable.

Shabby Apple has a new line of vintage clothing, called Ferris Wheel...

Ahh, dream of pastels and natural colors, sandy beaches and candy colors...

{Still very cold here in NC but looking at their new line, make me earn for summer and warm weather even more} 

Well hey, we may not be there yet, but you can always start shopping and getting ready for summer. And I have the opportunity to give you a head start by offering you a 

$50 dollar gift certificate to shop at Shabby Apple.

Yepp, that's right! 50 dollars. 

Who couldn't use a little shopping therapy eh?? *wink*

And look at this stuff... Irresistible, don't you think?! 

All you have to do to Enter this Giveaway is leave a comment here along with your email address and share on any networking sites for extra chances {Leave a comment for each network site you share this giveaway at}... And that's it. Please note: Giveaway is open for US residents only.

Winner is drawn on Friday, March 15th.

See you then... and GOOD LUCK!!

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Edited to add: Giveaway is now closed!

Congratulations to our winner, Melissa Palmer

Thank you all for coming by and entering!!

Holiday issue is here!... And another GIVEAWAY!

Another holiday season is with us and this year's holiday issue is another filled with holiday creative ideas and inspiration from all our charming contributors.

Cover photo and styling: Siobhan Volkanovski from The Vintage Dormer

To get your copy visit http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/472321Copies of the magazine will be a great gift for the creative souls and all things vintage lovers.

With the release of this issue, I am also offering another giveaway. 

TWO copies of Nina Hartmann's new book, VintagebyNina Christmas.

ONE copy of Homebound Magazine, Winter issue published by Heather Anderson.

Copies of this book are sold at http://www.atelierdecampagne.webs.com/

To enter please leave a comment  INCLUDING an email address, to this post.

For extra chances you can go to our Creating Vintage Charm homepage at www.creatingvintagecharm.com and sign up to our newsletter to receive notifications anytime a new issue of the magazine has been published. Then come back and enter another comment.

You can get more chances for sharing the giveaway on your page on any networking site, like blog, Facebook  Twitter and others. Feel free to use the above Giveaway image and link to this blog. Come back and leave a comment for each network you shared with.

Giveaway is open till December 9th and winners will be chosen through random number generator.

I want to invite you over to Heather Anderson's blog, Post Road Vintage and view her latest issue of Homebound magazine. I contributed with an article Sweet Home where you can view my little cottage all decked up for the holidays. 

Until next time, I hope you are having a joyful holiday season xox

Sonia

Fall 2012; Celebrating the latest issue with a Giveaway!!

Cover art and photo by Alice Wingerden

Welcome back to my blog. Glad to have you come by as I celebrate another gorgeous release of Creating Vintage Charm for Fall 2012. As you may have read above, its another issue filled to the brim with talented women and gorgeous collections and creations. 

Once again, my sincere thanks goes out to all who contributed in this issue.

If you haven't yet purchased your copy, you can go here 

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/449924 

and you will get yours in the mail.

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And now for the fabulous giveaway...

One of our features in this current issue is Nina Hartmann and her book VintagebyNINA. Her book is filled with pictures of her gorgeous and rare finds, brought to her home in Sweden from her hunting trips to France.

She collaborates with photographer Maria-Isabel Hansson to showcase her pretties in one gorgeous book. 

Looking through her book, page after page, is like stepping in a time machine and going way back to such romantic eras.

What an amazing collection of boots found by Nina. Be still my heart!!.....*sigh

These images are just a tiny sample of the beauty spread throughout the book.

www.vintagebynina.com

And you may win the chance to flip through her book and see for yourself.

I have two SIGNED copies of Nina's books, VintagebyNINA to giveaway.

Books are in Swedish, though she has very recently published the translated version.

But I am sure you will enjoy them none-the-less. 

So to win a copy, all you have to do is leave a comment to this post INCLUDING your email address where I can contact you (a must). Each comment is considered as an entry.

For extra chances to win, share or post about this giveaway on your blog, twitter and/or facebook and for each network you share this post on, come back and leave another comment/entry. 

Giveaway closing date is November 10th. Two winners will be picked out by a random number generator shortly after and notified via email.

Feel free to use this poster to share about this giveaway ;)

Until then... 

Ciao

Announcing giveaway winners!! Mother's day sale

Thank you all for entering the Giveaway.

It is now the time to announce the lucky winners, picked out by a lucky number generator. 

The four winners are:

Sew Scandinavian Book and Tilda Fabric

Comment # 71 ~ Paulette of Summerland Cottage Studio

Rediscovered Treasures Book and Treasures by Shabby Chic

Comment # 15 ~ Becca of The Pink Girlie Room

$45 Gift Card to spend at Novica.com

Comment # 14 ~ Sherry of Blessings From Our Nest

Blogging Can Give You Wings and Mixed Media Art: Living you passion, kindle books by Cindy Adkins

Comment # 74 ~ Kristen Knudsen of www.KristenKnudsenDesigns.com

Congratulations lucky gals. Please make sure to check your inbox for an email from me!!

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Mother's Day Special

If you are not caught up on all issues of Creating Vintage Charm, then now is your chance.

MagCloud is hosting a site wide sale on all full-priced publications.

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/108498

I hope you are all having a wonderful Spring

Sonia ~ xoxo

A Giveaway!!

Available Here

With the Spring Issue now released, it is time for a Spring Giveaway.

I have been gathering goodies for a while and now ready to pass along to a few lucky winners.

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If you love the Northern European style then this one is for you...

 First lucky winner will get the book 

Sew Scandinavian by authors Nadja Knab-Leers, Stefanie Thomas and Heike Roland

55 fabulous projects for the home,

Full size patterns included

Forty, fabric 5x5 Squares of Tilda Fabric 

Designed by Tone Finnanger who grew up in Oslo, the capital of Norway.

And a Treasures by Shabby Chic Journal

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Second lucky winner will receive the book Rediscovered Treasures

A New Life for old objects

by authors Ellen Dyrop and Hanna Kristinsdottir

Goodies from Treasures by Shabby Chic

including a journal, note cards and a pen

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Before I tell you what the Third lucky winner will receive, I have to introduce you to the world of Novica.

 NOVICA is one of the leading fair trade artisan websites. They work with National Geographic to give talented artisans around the world a place to express their artistic talents and provide access to the world market. Their website, (so much like etsy) have thousands of top fair trade corporate gifts, accessories, jewelry and home decor items.

I purchased a Shoulder bag, Moonlight

I am a jean jacket wearing, mom who carries a ton of stuff in my purse and I thought this purse was perfect for me. It was wonderfully packaged with a lovely note and I was also able to learn about the maker ...

Anchalika Chamnan
"Even if embroidery is a traditional skill for the women in our area and everybody can do it, I still need to learn more...."

 She's from Thailand...

Over all I was very pleased with my purchase, shipping timing and customer service.

So to tell you now, the Third lucky winner will receive a Gift Card of $45 to spend at Novica.com 

Here are some other lovely items you may be able to find on the Novica site. 

new arrivals

clothing

shawls

green scarves

womens central american accessories

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Forth Lucky Winner will receive a copy of one each of the following kindle books.

Written by best selling author Cindy Adkins.

I am honored to be included in her book Women: Blogging Can Give You Wings and you can read more about it on my previous  blog post HERE.

Very informative book about the world of blogging and how to get yourself started.

Second book that I hope you will find inspiring to discover Mixed Media Art.

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So there you have it. I will draw a winner on April 28th by a Random Number Generator.

Only requirement is for you to leave a comment here along with an email.... I will again insist that you include your email address with your comment so I can notify you if you are the lucky one ;)

For a second or third chance, you can tell about this giveaway on your blog, facebook or twitter. You can use the giveaway image above, I would love that. Then come back and leave a comment for each networking site you shared this giveaway at.

That's it!! 

So make sure to Enter your comments for a chance to win and I will see you back here on 

Sunday, April 28th.

Good Luck and HAPPY EASTER to all!! XO

Sonia Crouse