Sunday, February 19, 2012

It's GIVEAWAY time!

Yes!!! The "How to Make a Travel Wallet/Organizer" eBook has been finalized and is now available here and here.  This is, I think, the most well-written set of instructions I have ever made.  The eBook is 38 pages in total and when I say, "step-by-step", I really do mean it!

Once again, I would like to thank the two ladies who so kindly offered to test out the pattern for me and whose valuable comments and suggestions are most appreciated. Here are their versions of the travel wallet.

Catherine's
Mimi's
They did a great job, didn't they?

Because I am so glad this eBook is finally completed, I am giving you, my dear readers, a chance to win a FREE copy!  Aside from the eBook, I am also sending the lucky winner a fat quarter of this travel-themed fabric from David Textiles so she (or he) can get to work on her (or his) wallet straightaway.


Interested much?  To join, please share with me (in the comments section) which place you would most want to visit and why.  Maybe you will even give me travel ideas in the process.  Me?  I would love to go to the Holy Land.  I know it will be a deep spiritual experience for me.  My daughter has promised me she will take me when she's older (and when she has the money).  Hopefully, I would still be strong enough to travel when the time comes! 

You have until next Sunday, the 26th.  And yeah, don't forget to leave your name and email address, of course.  (Any 'Anonymous' comments left will not be considered, sorry!)  I will use the random number generator to determine the winner.  Please, please, please join!  It's no fun when there are only a handful of people to choose from...

Ok, before I go, let me just show off some of my baked goodies of the past week.  Here are the Lalaloopsy-inspired vanilla cupcakes I mentioned in my previous post.


Have never really heard of Lalaloopsies till I was asked to make these decorations.  I think these characters are cute...but at the same time, quite creepy-looking?!  They remind me so much of the movie, Coraline.  You know, the button eyes?




And here's another one....a unicorn cake!  I really had great fun making the topper. I just love a good challenge.




So that's it for now.  Have a great week ahead.  And please don't forget about the giveaway.  Hope to hear from all of you soon!

38 comments:

  1. Oh Corinne,

    what a lovely idea... the fabric is gorgeous...

    What kind of place would I like to see??? I don't know if you know that I have lived in the States almost 20 years ago... I would like to see that place in TN and how much it changed... or rather visit my friends in Florida... or see where my great-cousin lives in Australia (Wollongong)

    But for that I have probably wait till the kids are grown... ;-))) and I can save up some more cash...

    Your cakes are awesome... I really regret it that I can't order from you...

    Maybe I should add you to my visit-list too ;-))))))))))))

    Warmest regards

    Andrea

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  2. i'd love to visit family in california :)
    congrats on your ebook!

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  3. super!!! i would like to visit Prague
    its magic city!
    thanks for giveaway

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  4. your cake and cupcakes are so nice... kids and adults will surely love them... is this the recipe with lego cupcakes? i want to try them but i cant find unbleach flour in our place and did you make the gumpaste as well? thanks so much for tuitorials....

    God bless and more power!!!!!

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  5. I would love to visit Croatia, where my great grandparents lived. Clcunningham @ midco.net

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  6. Hello! Love this giveaway and thanks for doing it!

    I have a 7 year old that asks weekly to go to Disney World so yup, that would be my destination!

    If I'm announced as the winner, I'll send ya my email address......you are the best!

    Thanks!

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  7. Your cupcakes and cakes are so fantastic! Thank you for the chance to win your giveaway. I am, goodenpd(at)hotmail<.>com. I have always wanted to go to Morocco, but I doubt that will happen anytime soon. Something a bit more realistic would be traveling to Yosemite National Park here in the U.S. Regardless, I am sure I can find daily use for the travel wallet.

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  8. Oh Looks great. They did a wonderful job....

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  9. Thats a tough question I have a long list of where I would like to visit but I would really love to go to the great wall of China.

    Looks like a great pattern :)

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  10. I would love to go to the Caymans or another Carribean Island. It looks like so much fun! I adore the travel wallet idea, and it's not ugly or clunky like some of the other kinds of wallets. leconam(dot)w(at)gmail(dot)com

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  11. Great looking pattern! There are so many places I'd like to visit, it's really difficult to name just one, but if I had to name one, it would be France.

    Thanks for the opportunity to enter the giveaway!
    sunberryann(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. Wow, the sweet are wonderful... you do a great job....

    The place I would most like to visit, that is hard, since I haven't been out of Mo much, let alone out of the US,, so I will pick Spain..

    Mickie Sprenkle
    mjsprenlke at sbcglobal dot net

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  13. Norway! I'd like to visit Norway!
    Thank you for this opportunity!
    Ciao da Francesca (Rimini, Italy)

    lanicchia77@gmail.com

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  14. The Grand Canyon, with my family of 4.

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  15. They are fantastic,they did awesome job!
    There are many places I`d like to go.One of it is France.Thanks

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  16. I'd love to do a tropical vacation, like the Bahamas.

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  17. What a lovley Idea!
    I would love to see New Zealand, where the made the Film : The Hobbits :O))) ...I love the "Lord of the Rings-Story"
    Sending hugs
    Claudia

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  18. This is wonderful - such beautiful fabric. Thank you for this giveaway. I would like to go to Ireland with my daughter.

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  19. I'd love to travel to New Zealand. The landscapes there are so magnificent and I'd enjoy to hike there with my boyfriend.
    Thanks for the chance to win that lovely pattern!
    Kate

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    1. I'd love to travel to New Zealand. The landscapes there are so magnificent and I'd enjoy to hike there with my boyfriend.
      Thanks for the chance to win that lovely pattern!
      Kate

      KatharinaReichenbach@web.de
      Sorry, missed the "anonymous will be excluded" thing

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  20. I think I'd like to travel back to USA, so I can not only meet all my newly found Blog/internet friends, I can go quilt shop hopping - when I've been there before, I didn't sew and what a waste of shopping time I did have! Just think how much fun I could have now that I know what/where/how of sewing!

    Hugs
    Naomi

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  21. corinne,

    i love your lalaloopsies cupcakes toppers... do you have a tutorial for that? because i can't wait to make those cute faces... thanks!

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    1. Sorry, I do not have a tutorial for that. I was not really familiar with Lalaloopsy so I had to print out photos of the various kinds of dolls.

      Their faces are the same, only the hairstyles are different. I used a clay extruder for the hair so I can get even strands.

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  22. I'd loved to go to Spain. Eat Tapas and watch the bull fights :) My husband and I are planning to go to Spain for our honeymoon unfortunately due to lack of funds we end up in Hong Kong :)

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  23. I would love to go to the Caymans or another Carribean Island. It looks like so much fun! I adore the travel wallet idea, and it's not ugly or clunky like some of the other kinds of wallets. leconam(dot)w(at)gmail(dot)com

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  24. Would love to go to Paris with my husband and kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower..afterwards visit disneyland with our kids :)abigailcaidoy at gmail dot com

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  25. I would love to go to Australia! I've been there once before but it was more than 25 years ago and would love to see the changes.

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  26. I've got a whole bucket list of exotic travel locations, Peru, New York, Miami airport (to see that rainbow tunnel thing), Africa - all over the world really. But closer to home I'd like to visit Tasmania and WA - the only two states I've yet to visit in Australia.

    silvermoon at tmbg dot org

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  27. I love your travel wallet! Great idea!

    I'd love a trip to New York City or Boston, so much history and so many sights!
    laurahughes at charter dot net
    p.s. I love your cakes-beautiful!

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  28. I would love to go to Austrailia. I would love to see the Sydney Opera House and the Great Coral Reef.
    I love your travel folder and would love to have a copy of the pattern.

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  29. Thanks for the opportunity! I was going to make one anyways but might as well try to win the pattern!

    It has been my dream to visit the United Kingdom, specifically London. My business is called london*purple! I am actually getting the opportunity to spend 11 days there next month (hence why I want to make a travel wallet) and I can't wait!

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  30. I've wanted to visit New Zealand and Australia since I was in high school. We were assigned to read "Green Dolphin Street;" I've wanted to visit ever since.

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  31. Love the travel wallet! Let's see.....I would love to take my son to Disneyland. Who knows, maybe one day we will do that.

    Annie
    etternallyanw@yahoo.com

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  32. Lourdes, particularly the Shrine where our Mother Mary first appeared to St. Bernadette. And I shall be able to do so this May after a few setbacks previously.
    Thanks in advance for the giveaway, it will be most helpful for my coming trip. :)

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  33. Ooh... I really want that ebook dan fabric too..:-) i never go abroad so australia would be good, and i will ask for your autograph hehe.. Or.. wherever in france... They said paris is a romantic city. But i want to travelling all around france.. :-)
    I hope you will make the tutorial soon if i don't get the ebook.. :-) love ur work!!!....

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  34. Love the Lalaloopsie cupcakes! They are my girls favorite right now.

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