One of the great people I've gotten to know, is Lesley Stenning over at Smidgebox Designs. Over the holidays we decided to collaborate and I asked Lesley if she would make me a few of her adorable peek-a-boo storage bins using my Polar Bear fabrics. I just adore Lesley's finishing technique and couldn't wait to see little polar bears peeking through. Well, of course I was hoping they would be really cute, but instead they are beyond adorable. Lesley made me 2 (which are already hard at work here at my house). Don't you love them?!?
And the surprise is that we have one of these cute fabric storage bins that Lesley and I are giving away! To enter to win, just leave a comment here on my blog and tell me about something fun you collaborated on (or would like to!). I'll randomly draw a winner after 8am CT on Saturday Feb. 5, 2011. Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you!
Here's details on the little cutie that could be coming to live with you soon:
5" square, 5" high [12.5 cm]
rustic linen + cotton
interfaced for structure, but not stiff
This little storage bin would be equally at home in a child's room or your home office. Round up bits of this + that, anything from paperclips to post-it notes, hairbands and accessories!
Once you've registered to win, make sure you head over to Lesley's store and her blog to peruse her other lovely goodies.
smidgebox.etsy.com
smidgebox.blogspot.com
Good luck!
I am in the midst of collaborating on some round robin quilts that will be donated to raise money for an orgnization that helps women and children in Haiti. It is superexciting to see what the other three amazing crafters are coming up with.
ReplyDeleteI love the Polar bear fabric.
Those are so cute! Would look great in my grandson's nursery! And colloborate with someone? My creativity is slim and none but I'm working on finding it!
ReplyDeleteOh, so in love! I just love the polar bears. Can you believe I'd forgotten about them? We have our first baby due in August and I've been trolling fabric but not finding something awesome... I think the polar bears might do it.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'd love to use the bin to store baby stuff, I have a sneaking suspicion it would end up being a (pretty awesome) cat bed.
Oops, forgot the collaborating comment: does it count to be collaborating on nursery stuff with my husband? He likes soft and baby-ish stuff; I'm more of a fan of bright and crazy. We'll see how this ends up.
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely and I am loving that fabric. My other half is much better with programmes like photoshop than I am and I'm much better at the arty stuff than he is. I've been working on some art work that I hope he'll do the technological stuff for and then I can get the design printed at Spoonflower.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI'm collaborating with my daughter at the moment - she tells me what she'd like and I get on and make it!!! Seriously though I'd love to work with Aneela Hooey and then perhaps she'd let me play with her Sherbert Pips!
Really cute!
ReplyDeleteWell, I haven't really collaborated on any projects, unless you count a Flickr virtual quilting bee. I'm doing one now & it has been fun!
I'm collaborating with a friend to make a purse. And will later do the same with my mother.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great catchall for my cutting table !
ReplyDeleteI collaborate on quilts with my galpal, Jodie, all the time. She sends me the fabrics from Oklahoma, and I piece the top in Tennessee, and send it back for her to quilt.
Way too cute!!! Thanks for the chance. My sister and I are working on an I Spy project for our kiddos . . . it is always fun to have other people involved.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Does a quilting bee count as collaboration?
ReplyDeleteHow cute. Love the idea and the fabric. Right now I'm collaborating with a group of people to put on a high school music event. It's been a lot of work, but a lot of fun also. Thanks for the give-away chance.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! It would be cool to join one of those modern quilting bees when I'm a more skilled piecer.
ReplyDeleteLovely and fun! I'd really like to collaborate on a fantastic quilt. I have trouble with colors, so someone who can really "see" this would be great for me!
ReplyDeleteThis past year I collaborated with 33 other people from blogland and flickr to make two awesome quilts for my nieces, one of which is 4 yrs old and has been fighting cancer for 3 years. This was the most meaningful project I've ever done. You can check it out here: http://mommysnaptime.blogspot.com/search/label/Rosemarie%27s%20Quilt
ReplyDeletejust lovely - I adore these polar bears :) thanks v much for the chance to home one ...
ReplyDeleteLove the bins, and of course the polar bear fabric! My last collaboration was with a friend for a BBQ festival this past fall. She made girl clothes, I made boy clothes & our booth took first prize for appearance!
ReplyDeletei would love to do a round robin quilt with a few friends ... so much fun i think!
ReplyDeleteI love this polar bear fabric! The collaborated project I am currently working on is a photo quilt for my bf sister's wedding. He took a photo and pixalated it now I am using that photo to make it a quilt. Thanks for the CUTE giveaway! :-)
ReplyDeletehow adorable!! i'd love one of these! let's see, the last collaborative project i did was creating t-shirts for our family reunion last summer. potato prints never looked so good!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! Love the print design and colours!!
ReplyDeleteLove the bear print. I'm in the process of working with my modern quilt guild to make a charity quilt. It's really fun and rewarding to get everyone involved.
ReplyDeletePolar bears! These are so fun. (And one of them would look so nice with all the red accessories in my office.) As for a collaboration...every day of marriage is a collaboration, right? Working together to support, inspire, entertain, and cherish each other--creating one family unit that is greater than the sum of its parts.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I once collaborated with my guild to make a charity quilt. It came out pretty well. I love those fabric buckets and the fabrics - too cute.
ReplyDeleteFor christmas my friends and I made scarves for our local homeless shelter.
ReplyDeleteThose are so totally sweet!! For my parents 40th anniversary several years ago, I had all of my siblings, their spouses and the grandkids draw a crayon picture on a 10" square of white cotton which I then pieced into a quilt. That was a great family collaboration! Thanks for sharing your lovely work Laurie and Lesley.
ReplyDeleteso super cute! I just love your fabric, and even more so when they are turned into such a great idea! I have never collaborated on anything ... but I should. Now I just have to find someone who wants too ; )
ReplyDeleteThose are really cute little boxes! We just moved, and I could easily put about 10 to use here in the new house! :)
ReplyDeleteThe first (and only?) collaboration I could think of was my LA Modern Quilt Guild wall hanging that I made for another friend in the guild. I asked members to sign strips of fabric, which I then embroidered over, then I pieced them together stacked-books style, made the logo for the top, and gave it to my friend.
I've since moved away from LA, and she will be doing the same, soon, so this was a way for her to take a bit of the LAMQG with her.
Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/me1issa/5260144296/in/set-72157625440929133/
I really want to collaborate with my sister and design a quilt for our mother.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fantastic giveaway!!
I am a part of the {Sew} Beautiful Bee - and what fun it is to learn from others and work together to make a new quilt each month! It's my first bee and I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
AnneMarie @ Gen X Quilters
I would love to join a bee, I am getting my skills up to snuff first! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my!!!!!!! My eyes bugged out a little when I saw these -- they are perfect! I love this line of yours and have been wanting to get some....although I don't know what I could POSSIBLY make that would be any cuter than these! Definitely heading over to her shop after I leave this comment! I've never collaborated on anything sewing-wise, but I've had the fortune of being in bands with two of my best friends over the years -- I'll always treasure the songs we wrote together.
ReplyDeleteThey are so lovely I've collaborated with a cute bag with my niece so it would turn out right - we each knew a little about the making to make it right :-)
ReplyDeleteSimply adorable! I recently collaborated with one of my besties on a truly special one of a kind keepsake quilt for our other bestie and her brand new baby :)
ReplyDeleteloving these fabric storage bins! my sisters and i want to collaborate on making a quilt for our mum... we want to each make a set of squares and then put them all together to make a quilt (:
ReplyDeleteI have worked with the woman who does the machine quilting for me...she is such an artist! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI was contacted by a friend I met on Etsy, who asked me if I could screenprint a piece of fabric she could use to make a music bag for her young daughter. I was glad to do it, since she didn't have a screenprinting machine. After she was done, she sent me pictures of the final project and I was so happy I had a part in it!
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OMG! That is so cute and I would absolutely die if I won. A friend and I collaborated on Christmas sewing one year. She helped me make the bags I put all my goodies in and I helped her make pj pants. Eventually, she was making pants and I was making bags, but it was so nice to be able to sew with someone and troubleshoot together. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI love smidgebox! I would be so happy to win this! The last thing I collaborated on was. A baby quilt for a friend, it was pretty fun!
ReplyDeleteI just love these so cute!
ReplyDeleteI do more bartering rather than colaborating - I like to sew bags and a friend is an amazing fabric wall artist. So I made her a bag and she made me an amazing wall hanging!
ReplyDeleteHod did I miss those polar bear fabrics?!? You must have released them when I was in Ethiopia. I'm off to take a better look in your shop ....
ReplyDeleteAnd those baskets are so cute!
I've done a lot of collaboration, but I had a lot of fun with a purse project I did with a new line from Jenean Morrison.
Jennifer
jennifereladd at yahoo dot com
I work with friends to make something fun that I know they will like. They just pick the fabric from the stash and I get sewing.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the polar bears before, super cute and the basket is aborable.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very cute thing!! My mother, our friends, and I have collaborated on some quilts. One of them actually got completely finished. One is with my friend to be quilted. Two are with me to be quilted. Another one is under construction now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this giveaway.
So sweet! I love collaboration. And I love the "peek-a-boo" design. I might play with that idea for a mug-rug swap I'm working on! More collaboration! Thanks for your great work, as always.
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I love those cuddly polar bears! My friend Ann-Marie is my best collaborator! We are always emailing WIP's back and forth for opinions and help! What a fabulous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI've collaborated by being married! Sometimes it would seem simpler to decorate or garden by just doing things how I want them, but checking in with my husband and listening to his ideas has made the decorating and gardens better for it.
ReplyDeleteWe collaborate on quilts for our church's quilt ministry - and sometimes the results are amazing! It's fun to work with a bunch of women and see what we can create! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteVery cute bins - I'm a big fan of both yourself and Lesley! As for collaboration - I'm just wrapping up my first year in an online quilting bee and we'll each have a quilt made by about a dozen people at the end!
ReplyDeleteI love Lesley's work - and these polar bears are cute as a button! I had a fun collaboration last year with some bloggy quilt friends, we made a baby quilt for a mutual friend, with 5 of us each contributing our forte (so, I dyed the fabric...)
ReplyDeleteI complete a mystery block each year for a charity quilt. It is always fun to see how the scrap of fabric we receive comes together with others! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI just got a bunch of finished quilt blocks from my great grandmother that I am so excited to turn into a quilt for our family!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable as is all of your fabric!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
Last summer I joined forces with a pal to sell our wares at a couple of craft fairs. Modest success and I plan to collaborate with another pal this spring on bigger craft fairs.
Mmmm. These bins are a terrific collaboration. Currently, I'm collaborating with my dear friend's seven-year-old. We're making wardrobes for her favorite stuffed animals. She directs and I act - that's how our collaboration works. And I love it.
ReplyDeleteLove these...especially the last two with blue inside...wink!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently working on an Alice and Wonderland painting project which I hope to share on my blog soon. Karin
My husband and I recently collaborated with our 3 year old son on making a bed for our son's toy Moose (aka 'Little Moosey'). My husband taught him the basics of carpentry through the construction of a small wooden bed while I took control of the bedding; working with him to make a mattress and pillow (which he stuffed)and personalised quilt on the machine. Little Moosey has never slept so well!
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Oops - forgot my contact details for post above re. Little Moosey.
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I'm collaborating with a bunch of women quilters in my church. we are making quilts for families in mexico for whom our church will be making houses for.
ReplyDeleteMy niece and I collaborate often on crafts! That's about as close as I get to creative collaboration. Lovely give away! Thank you all for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I worked together on a fundraising recipe book with favorite family recipes donated from church members. I sketched some illustrations and my clever sister put it all together in illustrator for printing. I hope we can do more of this together.
ReplyDeleteMy LAQ is a very dear friend. She and I work together on quilts frequently. In fact I have several of them to do with her right now! I have one partially finished and almost ready for her to work her magic on. My other BFF and I frequently make quilts together too. It is fun working with a partner!!
ReplyDeleteI joined my first quilting bee and I love it! seeing my blocks in other's quilts is cool, and I can't wait for my month! I adore your fabric and the little bin - it would inspire me daily in my craft space!
ReplyDeleteLovely bins! :) I'm currently collaborating with my daughter about a quilt I'm making her.
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ReplyDeleteI am working on some needlepoint projects with a friend of mine. Our mothers both left us some that were half done so we are both working to get them done and made into pillows.
ReplyDeleteI love the polar bear fabric the best! thanks for the wonderful giveaway!
LOVE the polar bear fabric :) As for collaborating, I frequently collaborate with my bestie on jewelry projects. I'm about to start making my first quilt (ever!) with my mom though!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!!!! Adorable!!!! Oh how I would LOVE to win this! About the cutest thing ever. As far as colaborating, well, my sister, niece and I are currently working on quilt for my other sister. It is a lot of fun to work together on a project!
ReplyDeletelissaneyhartpc@yahoo.com
Those are ADORABLE!!! My best friend and I started an etsy shop emersonbaby.etsy.com but after me getting pg and sick and having a crabby baby after 5 yrs and then her getting pg and sick after 4 yrs its been put on hold;)
ReplyDeleteLove the polar bears! I am collaborating with a friend to make a quilt for a wedding gift.
ReplyDeleteI'm part of a quilting bee that works with vintage sheets from our own stash. Its a fun way to share our precious vintage sheets as well as make quilt blocks/ quilts together!
ReplyDeleteThese are so great. I am collaborating with my daughter to make a hat and mittens.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool bucket! I collaborated on a knitted blanket for a friend who had to have surgery. My favourite square was an intarsia eggplant. :D
ReplyDeleteSweet, I love your fabrics!
ReplyDeleteA photographer friend and I collaborated on a set of purses and bags, using her photos and my recycled fabric collection. I love mixing old and new, wanted and unwanted to make functional art!
Would love to collaborate on a sweet little clutch with some of your fabrics, if you are up for more adventures!