Lady Luck is Smiling

I don't have much of a history of winning things--contests, giveaways, freebies, raffles, anything of that sort.  But lately, Lady Luck seems to be smiling upon me, and I've won some fabulous blog giveaways.

First, I won a copy of Stampington & Company's new publication, Mingle, from Quinn at Quinn Creative. 

The subtitle is "Creative ideas for unique gatherings."  There are articles about retreats, birthday parties, dinners, and anniversaries.  The photography meets Stampington's usual high standards of dreaminess and fun detail. 

The articles provide information about the organizers' backgrounds and planning efforts.  There are also details about decorations and foods. 

There were references to crafts and other projects, but not a lot of details about what was created; that's the type of thing I would be most interested in reading about!

My second "win" was a copy of the first issue of Gina Armfield's Artful Purpose zine, provided by Kate, the Queen of Creativity. 

Though I've heard so much about zines, I haven't really had much of an opportunity to check one out.  I sat down and devoured it in one sitting! 

Gina's focus was art journaling, and she included interviews with Juliana Coles, Deb Trotter, Nina Bagley, and Patty van Dorin.  There were also lists of inspirational quotations and prompts, as well as her favorite art journaling supplies. 

A fun read!  I can see the appeal of zines.

Last, but certainly by no means least, I won a custom journal from Natty at Awkward and Beautiful. 

She gave me a choice of covers, and I selected Gift from the Sea. 

She also let me decide if I wanted her to include some interesting papers in the journal along with the mixed media paper (yes!). 

Finally, she let me know that she would include collage materials, and she let me choose whether I wanted something thematic, or just a random fun selection of things (random, please!).

What a generous giveaway!

I suppose, statistically-speaking, it was only a matter of time for me to win something, but--wow!--what a fun streak this has been!