So, here we are again – it’s Handmade Monday (click the link for more information and how to join in) – glad you could pop by.

Two weeks ago, I mentioned I was making some door plaques for a French farmhouse holiday let.  Well, the door plaques are complete and delivered (alas, not directly to France and not by my own fair hands) and the customer was happy with them (always a plus ) so now I can show you.

I loved how the bedrooms have names.  Flowers were chosen to fit in with the colour scheme of each room – overall a very feminine feel

door plaques - all flowers

and I thought they fitted in well with the gorgeous farmhouse.  You can have a nosey around the place if you click this link (I love that about the internet – the way you can be instantly transported somewhere lovely!).  Looking at the images, you definitely get a feel for the place – it certainly looks a superb place to go for a holiday.

OK, so back to the door plaques.  The bathroom . . .

bathroom door plaque

and private linen cupboard got their own plaques too

door plaque towels

The full set of seven:

door plaques set

I really enjoyed making these.  I think the stack of towels and the bathroom need to become part of my standard range so I’ll be adding them to the website soon.

What have you been making?  Show us by linking up your blog below

As there’s now been over 50,000 (yes, fifty thousand! Wow!) visitors to this little blog of mine . . .

my blog

. . . I decided to celebrate with a giveaway. Yay! 

I feel like it’s a bit of an achievement.  It seems like a huge number!  Actually it is a huge number.  I can’t give away 50,000 items so I thought I’d bring the number down (rather a long way) to something a tiny bit more manageable.

Erm, so what about 5?  That’s a bit nearer the mark!   So  I’m going to give away . . .

door plaques

five different plaques.  One each to five different people – which means your chances of winning one are pretty good!  They can be door plaques or hanging plaques or even children’s art hanger plaques with pegs on the back (below):

personalised art hanger plaque

All I need you to do is to look at my website: www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk -  have a browse of door plaques, children’s art hangers or hanging plaques.  You can of course browse more pages if you like but there’s a reason you’re looking at plaques . . . you’ll have a chance to win the one you tell me about!

tractor door plaque

To enter, please do one (or both) of the following:

1. Make a comment at the end of this blog post, telling me which plaque is your favourite from my range.  Or tell me what you’d like to see in my range!  I’m always up for a challenge so it’d be fab to make up an idea you have.

2. Send me a tweet, with @1stuniquegifts at the end of the tweet, saying which item is your favourite plaque from the range.  Or, again, what you’d like to see in the range. 

If you have a blog of your own and tell people about this giveaway on your blog (with a link to this post) you get an extra bonus entry.  You’ll have to point me in the direction of your blog post (a tweet or comment will do the trick).

Be careful with your choice – you may well win it!

Mum's Craft Room door plaque

If you do both options, you get two entries into the competition.  Double your chances of winning!  Blog about it too and you’ll get three entries!  Triple your chances!  (Who said I was no good at maths?!)

save water drink wine hanging wall plaque

I’m going to pick five winners at random out of a hat (or similar receptacle).  Each winner will have their plaque made (and personalised too if required) and posted to them.  This giveaway is open to people anywhere in the world (which is why I’ve kept the winning items small and easy to post!).

personalised campervan door plaque

The competition closes in ten days’ time: 28th February 2011 at midnight UK time.  All tweets and blog comments made before then will be entered into the draw.  Please be sure to check back on this blog to see if you’re one of the winners – I’ll need you to email me your delivery address and any personalisation details if you’re one of the lucky five.  The winners will be announced on the following day, Tuesday 1st March.

Good luck and thank you for reading this blog – here’s to the next 50,000 visitors!

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