You might remember this adorable Spoonflower fabric I used to make a simple sun dress! Allison, the designer of Flea de Corps, has been very generous in allowing me to share the image of her fabric with you!

If you love it as much as I do now is your opportunity to order a yard of Flea de Coprs or any of the other Spoonflower fabrics for free! Or if you have the skills, you can design your own!

Now, most of you who know me, understand that my computer skills are pretty - well - basic! I most likely will not be designing my own fabrics at Spoonflower any time soon! But I love to shop there! And I have the idea that most of you would too! So I contacted Kim at Spoonflower and this little giveaway was hatched!

And just so you know, right now I am planning to order Gnome, Alaska by ceanirminger because I am a big sucker for 'shrooms and gnomes and snow! And I am ordering Stained Glass Rose Window by sammyk because the design and colors just plain make my eyes happy!

If you are new to Spoonflower here are a few links to help introduce you to one of the coolest DIY companies around!

Spoonflower was founded in 2008 by two "internet geeks" who wanted to make it possible for crafty minded people (and their wives) to design and print their very own fabrics.

Visit the Spoonflower flickr pool to view some of the designs created and being used by over 70,000 members of the Spoonflower community!

And I highly recommend you take a minute and sign up right here to receive a weekly news letter that allows YOU to participate in selecting a winner in the fabric of the week contest and links you to the Spoonflower Blog.

Ok Ok Ok!! The giveaway details! I know you are anxious!

The winner of the Spoonflower fabric giveaway will receive one yard of Spoonflower fabric! And the winner can choose to either select a fabric from the Spoonflower shop; or the winner is welcome to design their very own fabric and Spoonflower will print one yard free!

If you are planning to design your own fabric, you will need to become a Spoonflower member. Design and uploading information is here.

If, like me, you want to order your fabric from the shop, you may choose to become a Spoonflower member and simply place your order. Or, if you prefer not to join Spoonflower, I will place the order for you and they will ship it directly to you.

A little note: not all the fabrics shown in the shop are for sale so be sure that the fabric you select has an "add to cart" button!

To enter the contest for one yard of Spoonflower fabric, leave me a comment telling me your favorite fabric in the shop. There are a lot of fabrics in the shop so you may want to take advantage of "browse categories" on the left side bar.

Contest will end two weeks from today on September 3rd. at 6:00 pm PST, and is open to anyone, including international readers.

I can't wait to see your favorites!

Good luck everyone!

Look how beautiful this is!

And this one!

I just bet that most people reading this probably have accumulated more "Stuff" than they need.

Whether your "Stuff" brings you joy, frustration, anxiety: or if no matter how crowded your life is getting with all your "Stuff" you just can't seem to turn loose of any of it, here below are links to a series of three articles I found very interesting and right on target!

Meet the cutest little bear ever. Her name is Fleur!

As promised I am introducing you to some lovely people I recently met while taking Diane's on-line "Blog Tune-Up Class". And I just couldn't resist putting this adorable bear right at the top of the post!

Diane (Sister Diane) Crafty Pod, is launching her brand new on-line class on August 23rd - "Write, Publish & Sell Your Crafty E-book".

If you are entertaining ideas of writing a crafty e-book and haven't yet signed up for her class, now is the time - her classes fill up fast!