February 27 '13

Sorry things have been slow here. Being up and out to school early has me feeling tired lately. Haven't really been in the mood to crochet. I started making earmuffs last Thursday because the weather had been cold and rainy, but it was suddenly warm since Friday. Kinda just set the project aside, since all I really did make was the band. I doubt the weather will be getting cold enough to need earmuffs anytime soon. At least not until April. I haven't been really doing much crafting either, aside from glitter-gluing a plastic horse. I guess with painting and watercolor classes, I've been doing more 2D things. After spending too much on art supplies, I ended up getting more sketchbooks than I needed because of a sale [no point in passing it up, it was a really good one].

Watercolor's got me thinking about Sakizou's artwork and how much I love it [just looking at my meowboard you'd know]. My drawings lately have been trying to mimic her style, while of course still being my own. Mostly the cute and fluffy clothing and coloring. I'm a terrible painter, but maybe I'll be able to work watercolor into my stuff.

Low quality phone picture

2 Year Anniversary Giveaway Winner

Sorry for posting this late! I know I said afternoon, but I was busy trying to stay on track with my painting class [i'm a terrible painter].

Keely is the winner!

Congrazzles!

Strawberry Blue Bows

Just a picture post. I'll be updating the shop in a bit!

Bunny Ice Cream

Bear bonbons, bunny dango, other cute animal styled desserts are thing, right? Especially in the clay sculpting crowd and acrylic charm makers. Bear cupcakes are easy enough, dango is a bit more iffy when it comes to the try colored skewered type. And a drawing of bunnies stacked on top of each other to make a sundae might not translate as nicely. Bunny head styled ice cream is a bit more manageable.

Birthday / Anniversary Giveaway

I need to make a special giveaway header or something...

I started this blog 2 years ago today. Last year I didn't do anything special about it because I forgot when I started! I wanted to have another giveaway, but couldn't think of a good time to have one. With the blog-iversary today and my birthday coming up, it seemed like a good time!

I haven't picked all the items I want in the prize yet [the "theme" is things i personally like], and so far I've got three: lime green bow, kitschy floral 2-way pin, and a deer pin. I'll add more to it as the giveaway goes on, just know you're guaranteed these three items if you win.

*Adding this strawberry/bow to the prize!

How to Enter

Leave a comment with your name/nickname, email, and your favorite animated movie.

Anyone can enter! I ship internationally, it just might take a little while to get to you if you're outside the US.

You can also get additional entries. If you do any of the following, please make another comment for each one, if they are all in the same comment, they will only count as one entry. Also, if you do any of the following, but do not make a comment for it, it will not count!

• Like the Facebook Page 
• Make a post on Facebook about this giveaway [please take a screen shot. you can block out any personal information]
• Blog about this giveaway and include a link back [include a link to the blog post]
• Tweet about it, including link and tagging @ChasingtheFrill

In total you can enter up to 5 times.

This giveaway will run from January 24th 12:00PM PST to February 11th 11:00PM PST. I will announce the winners sometime in the afternoon of February 12th.

I will select winner through a randomizer.

Good luck!

It's over! Thanks for participating!

Mint Kismet Commodities Review

Last week I purchased from Mint Kismet Commodities on Storenvy. MKC use to be a blog run shop and recently made the move to Storenvy. The shop is run by a long distance couple, one in the US and the other in Japan. They usually stock cute things like Swimmer, Rilakkuma/San-X, and alpaca things.

 A while back when they were starting up, I won a giveaway for a $5 voucher. I've been saving it forever because whenever they stock something I like, someone else beats me to it! I finally decided to use it to buy cute cat stationery and a Swimmer notepad. I pretty much just bought pretty paper.

Since these aren't crafty/homemade items, I'll review her service as a seller. I first sent her an email on the 13th to ask about how to handle the voucher since the shop moved [and details about the Swimmer notepad] and she replied within the day. I'd give a more accurate time, but my email says the reply came an hour before I sent the message. I'm guess time zone differences or something. After that, I placed the order and left a note about the voucher. I was refunded the $5. The order was shipped on the 16th and arrived the 19th [or the 18th, but I didn't check the mail that day]. Over all I'd say she has excellent communication [the shop use to be on blogspot after all, which means lots of messaging]. And you can see that the package came wrapped up in a bag and in a bubble mailer. I would definitely purchase from her again.

Happy Packs

For the first time, Chasing the Frill will be offering Happy/Lucky/Mystery Packs! For how long, I'm not sure yet. Maybe all the time. Who knows.

Happy Pack A  is made up of four 2-way bows + a mystery item.
Happy Pack B is completely random and could contain anything. It's more in the spirit of the whole surprise pack mystery.

Of course, you're welcome to suggest the kinds of things that you want in the order and I'll take it into consideration. I'll likely give you what you want though, especially if you've got a very specific wardrobe. Of course, if your request isn't exactly possible, then I'll do my best to match it.