It's celebration time in the Odd One Out household this month - It has been 1 whole year since I started up my wee Facebook page and also a year (this month) since I nervously attended my first market. Amazing! It feels like a lifetime but also like I've just started, if you know what I mean. I have met some truly awesome people along the way both customers and fellow crafters - many who have become dear friends. I need to thank some very important people who have helped me along the way - so bear with me and then I will get on to the giveaways.
Firstly a massive thank you goes out to Mr Odd One Out. Little did he imagine that my wee hobby would take over both our lives so much. I've always made these things for us, as gifts for friends and family and occasionally orders from friends of friends etc - this he was used to but then I announced that I was going to try a market (just one!) and here we are 12 months later..... with markets every second week or so, a spare room that's not so spare anymore, more plates and odd bits and pieces than you could even imagine and an awful lot of babysitting now done by the Mr. So big ♥s to him.
Second big thank you to my lovely and talented friend Koyal. She has had far more faith in me than I have ever had, and pretty much had to drag me kicking and screaming into the market scene. I think she had been cajoling me into having a stall at a market for a couple of years before I finally agreed to share half a table with her last year, and I am forever indebted to her for persisting with me. I truly didn't think that anyone would really want to buy my work and I remember being so nervous and slightly embarrassed at my first market. So thank you miss Koyal for all your encouragement. (By the way she is the most amazing knitwear designer so go and check out her Facebook page too) Here we are at one of my first markets - Crafternoon Tea in Kingsland.Ok so now down to the...................
For all the lovely people that have supported me at markets and have bought online here is a $5 voucher that can be used until the end of the year. Please print it off and bring it with you to markets or quote the reference number before paying for Facebook orders.
I have a very curious (read nosy) nature and I love to know what happens to the things I sell - where they go, how they are displayed etc. So this draw is for everyone that owns a little piece of Odd One Out. It could be a plate, portrait, lamp or cushion - even jewellery. Just take a photo of it in its new home and email it to me. I will put the pics up in a little album on my Facebook page and everyone will go in the draw to win their choice of my illustrations on a vintage plate. Woohoo! I will announce the winner on my Facebook page on the 12th November - you will need to get in touch with me by the 15th November or I will draw another name.
I love a good competition - and this one is open to ALL my Facebook friends. Just let me know in the comments below, what plate design of mine you would most like to win - and you will go into the draw to win that very design! (Have a look through my Facebook albums if you can't think of one off the top of your head.)One comment per person please - but if you share this on your Facebook page or Blog do let me know - I will sneak another entry in for you :)
I will announce the winner on my Facebook page on the 12th November - you will need to get in touch with me by the 15th November or I will draw another name.
(Sorry to all my lovely overseas followers but these competitions are only open to those with an NZ address I can send the plate to.)
I'm looking forward to seeing what designs you all choose!
