Madeit.com feature for eva mei & me

MADEIT FIRST FINDS OF 2011

I was so excited just now to open an email from Madeit.com.au. It was one of their regular newsletter type emails. The title of the email was Madeit first finds of 2011. AND, I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES, ONE OF MY SKIRTS (PICTURED ABOVE) WAS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE. I have been trying to work out how I can do a link to this email but I don't think it is possible. I have to say it has been a very exciting start to the 2011 year for me and eva mei & me - thanks Madeit.com.au

Another happy customer

Miss D in her "eva mei & me" dress

Miss D looks like an entrant in the Miss Universe Competition, she has the pose just right, and how beautiful she is in her eva mei & me creation. I remember, earlier this year, when I was showing her Mummy a few of the the latest creations I had made (this was before I had my Madeit shop), Miss D tried this dress on just so I could see how it looked. She would NOT take it off so her poor Mum ended up buying it for her. (that's a good way to get a sale hey !) The skirt is a vintage floral cotton from my collection and the shirred bodice is broderie anglaise. I have added a couple of my trademark doilies to finish it off.

Thanks so much to Mrs L & Miss D for sharing your photo with everyone.

GIVEAWAY EXTENDED TO 10TH OCTOBER

For those of you who have not gotten around to leaving a comment to enter my giveaway, now is the time to do it. I have however extended the closing date to the 10th of October due to my broken foot, as it will be at least another week or so before I can start to try and sew.

THE PRIZE :

A skirt made from my new fabrics from Asia - in the size of your choice, size 1 - 8 only available.

Here is how you can enter

For existing followers:

Leave a comment about your favourite blog of the moment

Refer a friend to become a follower (make sure to let me know you sent them) Post about my blog in your blog (let me know so I can have a look)

For new readers:

Leave a comment about your favourite blog of the moment

Join as a follower

Post about my blog in your blog (let me know so I can have a look)

Refer a friend to become a follower (make sure to let me know you sent them)

Good luck

Leave a comment and Win a Prize !

OK - to be eligible to win a girls skirt in your choice of fabric and size in my latest giveaway this is what you need to do : FOR EXISTING FOLLOWERS: Simply leave me a comment, telling me what is your favourite crafty blog at the moment. Also Refer a friend to my shop/blog and get them to sign on as a follower, you will get two entries to my giveaway. (you will need to let me know who you have referred) Also If you have your own blog, make a mention of my giveaway or link to my site and you will receive three entries to my giveaway. (you will need to email me the link so I can check out your blog) karynkong01@optusnet.com.au FOR NEWCOMERS If you are not a follower of my blog already, signing in to become a follower of my blog will automatically give you one entry. If you want to earn another entry, leave a comment telling me about your favourite crafty blog. This will give you two entries. You need to register your comments by Sunday 3rd October to be eligible. I will post the winners name on Monday 4th October. International people are free to enter as I will post overseas also Goodluck.

EVA MEI & ME GIVEAWAY - GOES INTERNATIONAL

I AM HAVING ANOTHER GIVEAWAY WHICH STARTS TODAY AND WILL BE DRAWN ON THE FIRST MONDAY THAT THE KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS (no idea what the date will be - sorry) THE PRIZE WILL BE A SKIRT USING MY NEW JAPANESE COTTON FABRICS WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL FOR SPRING AND SUMMER THIS YEAR. THE LUCKY WINNER WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT SIZE THEY WOULD LIKE (I.E. 12 mths - 8 yrs) AND WHICH FABRIC - I will post some pictures next week of the fabric choice available. SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS THAT YOU THINK WOULD LIKE WHAT I DO - THEN TELL THEM ALL ABOUT EVA MEI & ME AND TELL THEM TO GET READY TO JOIN AS A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT. THIS WILL PUT THEM IN THE RUNNING TO WIN BUT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MORE CHANCES TO WIN ALSO. I WILL POST MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN EARN ENTRIES IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SO COME ON ANYONE WHO IS READING MY BLOG BUT HAS NOT JOINED AS A FOLLOWER YET, NOW IS THE TIME !!!!!!!!!!!! THIS GIVEAWAY IS OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE ALSO, I HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE USA AND EUROPE READING MY BLOG AND I WILL POST INTERNATIONALLY FOR THIS.

Next Photo Shoot scheduled for Saturday

Well it's high time I got together with my friend and her camera and her daughter for another eva mei & me fashion shoot. It is scheduled for Saturday morning, and yes it will be rushed as my friend has to get home in time to entertain some guests coming for lunch.

I borrow my friend every so often to get some lovely shots for the shop, she loans me her daughter as a model AND she takes the shots with her trusty SLR. This time she is bringing a friends daughter as well who is only 18 months or so old and can model some of the smaller sizes for me. I have been lacking a live model for the younger age group so hopefully this will work well. I repay my friend by giving her clothing. This seems to work well.

I haven't had as much sewing time for the shop lately as I would have liked but have managed to get a couple of skirts together yesterday and hope to do some more tonight and tomorrow. So after the photo shoot on Saturday there should be some new listings in the shop. I have been busy working on a custom order for a ladies skirt (eek, I don't do ladies stuff !) and I have 3 owls to do for my said photographer friend.

Speaking of photos, where are all the photos of the clothes I have sold to you all over the last few months. I am checking my emails regularly but alas none have arrived yet (COME ON !!).

Anyway, I need to cook dinner, so I am signing off for now.

Happy sewing :)

Post your eva mei & me pics on my blog

I would love to see some photos of your kids wearing my clothes. It would give me a real buzz. For those of you who have purchased an eva mei & me garment - I would love you to email me a picture of your little princess or prince (yes I have made one or two boys things) wearing it. You do not need to show their face if you prefer not to, it could be covered with a big hat, an umbrella, they can be facing away from the camera, or maybe a silk fan or a mask would do the job. All you have to do is email your picture to karynkong01@optusnet.com.au (after my name it is a ZERO and a ONE, not the letter O) - and I will post them as they come in. If it's one of my owls or a cushion you could take a picture of where it now lives, I would love to see them too. I have just received my first photo today from a follower - and this is what gave me the idea. She had bought two owls as a custom order and they are now living on her bed. It was so thoughtful of her to send this photo and it made my day. I would love to see as many pics as possible so come on, get out the cameras and email me.

HURRY - GIVEAWAY CLOSES SOON

Time is almost up if you want to enter my giveaway - I will finalise the draw Sunday evening at 9pm - The winner will be drawn out of a hat by my daughter Lucy on Monday morning and I will post the winners name by 10am Monday morning. Tell a friend and get them to follow my blog and you will get another entry - just make sure you let me know if your friend joins - Good Luck !! (Scroll down to an earlier post to see how to enter)

I've been DISCOVERED !!!!!!!!!

Well, Late last night an email came through (after I went to bed - thank god or I would never have gone to sleep). It was from Dianne at Little Fish Creations. She was advising me that one of my creations was going to be featured in their handmade cooperative "The sensational Six - you are my sunshine" blog post. It will be available after 7pm tonight. The link is : http://www.handmadecooperative.blogspot.com Check it out, I know I will. Thanks must go to my friend Yvette for her fantastic photography and also allowing me to use her beautiful daughter as one of my models (even though we can't show her face). Thanks Yvette and Ju.

Photo Shoot !!!

We also managed to get some shots of my "mens business shirts transformed into little girls dresses". I did these last year some time and Lucy really loves them. They are a great way to recycle mens business shirts.

Thanks to my friend Yvette and her SLR I now have some fantastic shots of my creations to post in my Madeit shop. We talked about doing it a couple of weeks ago and today we got busy and here are some of the results. The models were my 5 year old daughter Lucy Mei and her 3 /12 year old daughter Juliana. They were the perfect little models and I think they may have a big future in front of them. Unfortunately I cannot show too much of Julianas face as requested by her Dad (and I totally respect this) but I know if I could exploit that cute little face to its full potential, my clothing would be running out the door. Maybe I could just let one or two slip through the radar (just joking Steve !!)