Whimsy Farm Twine - PENELOPE

Hello! Today the spotlight is on  Whimsy Farm Twine in Penelope.

I styled a party on the weekend 

(with my Whimsy Farm Parties hat on)... 

and Penelope was featured here and there.

Here...

... and there!

Penelope was perfect for this party, as it had a pig theme. 

In fact, this was a pignic.

The pink, white and brown twine had me thinking of muddy pigs!

The Penelope twine was used to hang the paper bunting.

Here's a close-up of Penelope (with a party peg).

My favourite Penelope picture is this one: 

A Penelope twine spool vase! Perfect for a piggy pink Carnation.

Remember, I love to receive your photos of the different ways you all use Whimsy Farm Twine!

Until next time,

Angie. xx

Whimsy Farm Twine - HANNAH

I introduced five new colours to the  Whimsy Farm Twine  range last week, and the results are in -  Hannah  is the most popular!

I must say, I'm a little surprised. I like the blue, green and white combination, but I thought the bright pink, pale pink and purple twine ( Amelia ) would be the winner. But I'm a pink girl!

I've used Hannah here to pretty-up some gifts.  

And looking at that picture, Hannah could be moving up on my list of favourites!

So there we have it - some Hannah in action for you.

Happy Twine-ing!

Til next time,

Angie. xx

FIVE New Twine Colours!

Today is a very exciting day for me - I'm adding FIVE new colour combinations to the Whimsy Farm Twine range!

I'm nearly giddy with happiness. I love these colours. I really can't choose a favourite. Let me introduce you to Hannah.

Hannah is made up of pale blue, green and white. Hannah is named after a lovely cow I used to own, who was always cool and calm in the face of a crisis. (Hannah had bad hips and would sometimes fall down awkwardly - she was always very patient with me while I tried to stand her up.) I find this colour combination feels calming.

Next we have Penelope.

Penelope is pale pink, brown and white, and named after a spotty brown and white cow with a pink (also spotty) nose, who just loved a scratch along the neck.

And now we have Annabelle.

Annabelle wasn't bright pink, aqua and white! She was all black (unusual for a Holstein) apart from a white tip at the end of her tail. She was gorgeous! I think this twine is gorgeous, too!

The next 'girl' I'd like to introduce you to is Matilda

Red, white and blue twine! Just last week I was asking what you would call a red, white and blue twine. I received so many wonderful suggestions (Dame Edna, anyone?) but my favourite (and possibly most often suggested) was Matilda. Which suits me fine, as I had a cow named Matilda. She had great big long legs and was almost as spotty as a dalmatian. Her father was called Luckystrike, and he had plenty of spotty daughters. For those that wanted to know.

And lastly, I think this one could be my favourite. Because as soon as I saw it I went "Ooooh!"

I give you... Amelia

Amelia is made up of bright pink, pale pink and pale purple. I've been wanting this combination for a long time, but I never thought it be this pretty! So pretty! I love it. Amelia was a very sweet cow of mine; she was nothing special on paper but she was mine, and she was so, so sweet.

Here's the a shot of the 'herd' all together.

I hope you like the new colours as much as I do!

Angie. xx

We have a WINNER!

So tonight I'm drawing the winner of a $50 Spotlight voucher... 

I'm excited!

I've numbered every valid entrant from 1 to 36, and entered the details into the "True Random Number Generator" at random.org. 

So let's get on it with, eh?

The winner is...

Valid Comment Number 10 - also known as...

BELINDA CROZIER!

Congratulations, Belinda!

Please email me at angela@whimsyfarmtwine.com.au with your postal details so I can get this $50 Spotlight voucher to you in time for a weekend shopping spree!

And a BIG thank you to everyone who entered; you have all had such creative ideas, and I've enjoyed reading every entry.

Thank you!

Angie. xx

Twine in the SPOTLIGHT

This post is to celebrate my 605 likers on Facebook! 605! Thank you so much, each and every one of you.

And so I tried to think of a giveaway prize that would thrill most of you. What would make nearly everyone I know happy..?

How about a Spotlight voucher?

I'm sure I just heard a few excited shrieks.

So, how much? How much would you like to spend at Spotlight?

Uh, let's be realistic..!

How about a $50 Spotlight voucher?

Yes?

Yay!

All you have to do is be a 'liker' of the Whimsy Farm Twine Facebook page, and answer this question for me. If I were to introduce a blue, white and red twine - what would YOU call it?

Blue, white and red - often thought of as airmail colours. I, however, think of them as Australian colours! And so I'd like this twine to have an Australian name.

How about... Kylie?

Sheila?

Shazza?

Write your suggestions below to go into the running to win a $50 Spotlight voucher. Make sure you use your name and not "Anonymous" as I need to know the winner's name!

The winner will be drawn at random on Monday, the 10th of September 2012, at 7pm AEST. 

This contest is only open to Australian and New Zealand residents - sorry!

Good luck,

Angie. xx

A Paper and Twine Daffodil Day

"This  Daffodil Day, Friday 24th August, every daffodil and every donation grows hope. Hope for better treatments, hope for more survivors and hope for a cancer-free future. Help us beat cancer."

I felt inspired to make my own daffodils this Daffodil Day. I made a pinwheel for the main flower. Do you know how to make a pinwheel?

Cut a square of cardstock, any size you like. Then fold it into a triangle, and a triangle again. Open it up and cut along those lines, almost to the middle. Now you have four sections. Take one corner of each section and bring it in to the middle. I first punch a small hole in those corners and secure my pinwheel with a brad (the orange circles in the middle of my daffodils).

You've just made a pinwheel. Pinwheels are fun!

I added a brighter yellow small paper flower for the centre of the daffodil.

I used green straws to make the stems. I punched a hole in the straw, then took the brad all the way through and secured the whole lot together.

And for the daffodil at the front, I added a Whimsy Farm Twine Jemima bow, and wrapped the stem with Whimsy Farm Twine Tabitha.

For some added colour, I made some Jemima and Clementine twine pom poms.

And a cheerful polka dot yellow ribbon finished it off!

If you'd like to make a donation to the Cancer Council in Australia this Daffodil Day, please visit the

 Daffodil Day website.

Until next time,

Angie. xx

The Perfect Bow

Hiya, my twine friends!

This is a post I've wanted to do for a while now, since I learnt how to do a perfect bow.

 I used to have major bow-envy. My bows always looked kinda squished and lopsided, with one tail up the top and the other down the bottom. Now, thanks to Kylie at Scrap To The Max, I know how to get my bow nice and neat, with the tails both at the bottom! Hooray!

Alrighty, we're going to start with this loop. It kinda looks like the Breast Cancer Foundation ribbon. 

Notice that what will become a 'tail' is on top of the loop. Now, pick up your loop (you may already be holding your loop!)...

... and hold your loop tightly between your fingers...

like so. Now, bring the OTHER tail around the loop, taking it around your hand.

Just like that. And bring that twine around the base of your loop, and pull it tight.

Tighter!

Okay, the twine is nice and tight around the base. Next, we want to make another loop, with the twine you've just brought around. This loop doesn't cross over itself like the original loop. This loop looks like this:

And then like this:

So you've got Mickey Mouse ears. Now take this new loop, and tuck the top of it through the circle of twine that was created when you wound the twine around the base of the first loop. Make sense? No? Here's a photo:

Now, here's where you might start to get worried. I know I was! "How is this going to work? It's just a big, twiney mess!" Take the top of that loop you're pushing through, and pull it. You might pull both loops at once. And then you get this:

Looks a bit like a bow now, doesn't it? Yay! So now we pull both sides tight so the middle turns into a knot. Like this:

 It still looks a bit messy, but don't worry. Here's where we neaten it up. Put your finger on the middle knot -

- and pull each tail until you're happy with the size and shape of the bow. Like this:

Now you can trim your tails, and look what you have...

A perfect bow!

The twine I used for this tutorial is Whimsy Farm Twine  "EllaBlue" . I love EllaBlue for elephants!

These elephant cupcake toppers and gift tags are from Whimsy Farm Parties.

Wow. This was a long post; for something so simple it takes quite a bit of explaining, especially in pictures. I hope it has helped you! 

'Til next time,

Angie. xx

Tractor Party!

Hi there! This post is only to show off a little Clementine  twine in action.

I threw a tractor party at the weekend and, of course, I included a bit of twine here and there.

Here..

and there!

I love the twine with the hessian! And I can't get enough of 'kraft' paper these days; in fact, whenever I wrap someone's order of twine to send, I wrap it in brown paper and tie it with a twine bow. Pretty!

Here's a photo of the whole party scene.

Til next time,

Angie. xx

(If you'd like to see more photos you can go to my 

Whimsy Farm Parties Facebook page.)

Whimsy Farm Twine Market Wrap-Up

Hi there! 

So, I took Whimsy Farm Twine along to the Akoonah Park Market in Berwick on Sunday. It was wet, it was cold - but it was fun! I love markets! And, I was placed right next door to a strawberry stand. Heaven! I ate plenty of those between talking to visitors. Here's my stand.

I also had my Whimsy Farm Parties items - cupcake toppers, gift tags, bit n pieces. So that makes up half the table - the other half was all twine. Spools! 5 metre samples! Multipacks! Twine!

A suitcase full of twine.

A wheelbarrow full of twine. (Love my wheelbarrow!)

And my Whimsy Farm Twine girls themselves. The favourite on the day? LadyBird.

I think the favourite item on the whole table, though, was this:

The lolly jar. Kids were spotting that baby from 100 metres away.

Can't wait to do it again!

'Til next time,

Angie. xx