Happy 1st of the month! Can you believe that we’ve already made it through Autumn and Winter and here we are on the first day of Spring!? September will be an action packed month on {KID} independent with giveaways galore including the Great Cloth Nappy Hunt, the Project Underpants campaign, our September subscribers prize and our weekly newsletter competitions. Woohoo!

First up, It’s time to announce the winner of our August subscribers competition. A huge congratulations to Natalie Souprounoivch who has won a Flights of Fancy Ruffled Neckline Dress and Matching Reversible Headband from our friends at Bee and Me. I’ll be sending a winners email your way!

Next up, info on our subscribers competition for September! This month we have a $50 gift voucher to spend on delicious stationery, party products, wrapping paper, cards and gifts at Paper Scissor Rock Stationery. To enter, all you have to is subscribe to our newsletter and you’re automatically in the draw. A winner will be chosen from all subscribers at the end of the month.
Get an extra entry into the prize draw by tweeting this competition, sharing on facebook, and/or visiting Paper Scissors Rock Stationery and telling us in the comment section below which items take your fancy from their beautiful collection.
It’s finally here! We’ve trekked across the globe from Australia to New Zealand, across to the USA, on to Canada and the UK and back home to Oz… We met thirty-one fabulous indie designers and fell in love with their tees. Now there’s only one thing left to do, and that’s draw the winners! Have you scored a tee for your little champ? CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT!

WORLD T-SHIRT TOUR WINNERS
All of the winners names are listed on the corresponding picture in the prize showcase. If you see your name up there you’ll be receiving an email from us shortly to confirm your details. Please make sure you add our domain to your safe senders list so your winning email doesn’t get lost in your junk mail!
AUGUST SUBSCRIBERS PRIZE
Before I leave you today, I have one more thing to tell you about; our super cool August subscribers prize {gosh, I feel like Santa}… scroll down for details!

This month we have a glorious Flights of Fancy Ruffled Neckline Dress and Matching Reversible Headband to giveaway courtesy of our friends at Bee and Me. To enter, all you have to is subscribe to our newsletter and you’re automatically in the draw. A winner will be chosen from subscribers at the end of the month.
P.S… dress will be given away, child will not… her mama loves her too much!

Get an extra entry into the prize draw by visiting Bee and Me and telling us in the comment section below which other items take your fancy from their beautiful collection.
It’s the very first day of winter! Hooray for snuggles and hot chocolates! We have a super month planned on {KID} independent in June including heaps of fun new features and crafty delights to share. Got a suggestion? Tell us about it… we’d love to hear from you!

First up, let’s get down to the business of giving away stuff! We decided it would be fun to ice our May competition winners names onto a chocolate cookie… bruno offered to officiate… um, and he… uh… found the experience awfully tasty!
So without further ado… our winners are Denice O’Neill who has won a gorgeous large custom artwork from Love Paper Scissors and Nicole Hanham who has won a custom handmade wooden name set from La di da Kids. Congratulations guys!

Next up… more goodies to win! This month we’re super chuffed to offer you the chance to win a complete outfit from Cheeky Chickies! Your outfit will be styled by Mrs Chicken herself to suit your child {be it a boy or girl, aged between 0 – 6 years} from the Cheeky Chickies Free Range Clothing collection… SWEET! All you have to do to enter is sign up to our subscribers newsletter.
A winner will be chosen from subscribers at the end of the month. You can also get an extra entry into the draw by visiting Cheeky Chickies and telling us in the comment section your favourite item from their winter collection.
Happy 1st of May! I’d like to send a huge thank you to everyone who has entered our Mother’s Day competition, we’ve been overwhelmed by the amazing response. The winners will be drawn next Thursday and announced in our newsletter. Secondly, we’d like to welcome all of our new readers and subscribers. I look forward to getting to know you in the coming weeks.

Before I announce what’s on the the agenda for this month, I’d like to draw some winners for our April subscribers competition! Congratulations to Kasia Pawelski-Leach who has won a large wall canvas from Little Tree Art and Monica Bauer who has won a gift pack from Pink Apple! We’ve also drawn five winners of our Mixtape Magazine giveaway… please see our facebook page for details.

So what’s in store for May? This month we have two fantastic prizes to give away including a custom handcrafted name from La Di Da Kids, and a large custom artwork created by Chelsie from Love Paper Scissors. See the competitions page for entry details and tune in on Monday for our feature on Chelsie’s beautiful creations.
Well folks, it’s the beginning of a new month and in honour of April fools day I thought I’d start this post with something quirky and amusing… introducing the Mr Mustache-io Booty Buddy from Mimi loves Sookie.

Second on the agenda are the winners of our very first month of competitions! Weeeeee! Drum roll please…… and the winners are…… Lisa Thomas + Jody Murchie {a handmade softie from Rosie’s Bears and Bitty Critters} and Cherie Hardingham-Braid {an outfit from Brusselsprouts}.

So what’s in store for April? This month we have two fantastic handmade kids prizes to give away including one large custom canvas from Little Tree Art and a goodie bag filled with delightful children’s accessories from Pink Apple. See the competitions page for entry details.

Last, but certainly not least we would like to send a huge thank you to all our readers for supporting us through our very first month. It’s been a delight to have you on board and we look forward to meeting more of you in the year ahead. Don’t be shy… send us a hello in the comments section below…
Happy Handmade Hunting!
Hello folks and welcome to the first day of Autumn. It’s going to be a bumper month of new season kids fashion, gift ideas and tips for Easter entertaining, and our first month of fabulous giveaways. We’re lucky enough to have three handmade kids prizes to give away this month including two hand-knitted softies and an outfit from the autumn-winter Brusselsprouts collection.

So why not drop on by for breakfast each morning as we tuck in to some indie goodness… this week, it’s croissants; lightly toasted with butter and jam.
Happy Handmade Hunting! xx
