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Do you like colours and inks and papers and shapes? Yes? You need these books on your craft table.

A couple of weekends ago I met Anna, who runs Qwerky Home from here in Wellington. Q.H is a funky little shop that stocks homewares, craft supplies and stationery from all around the world… including products from the rather beautiful Yellow Owl Workshop of San Francisco.

Qwerky Home stocks the Y.O.W books as well as these fab carve-a-stamp blocks and kits (I know these will be of interest to the keen printers at my HANDMADE workshops earlier this month).

Yellow Owl Workshop has produced two colourful and inspiring books about d-i-y printing. Anna is kindly offering a giveaway here on my blog. The winner can choose from either:

Print Workshop: Hand-Printing Techniques + Truly Original Projects by Christine Schmidt: jam packed with practical skills and fun projects so you can play with printmaking at home. It contains info on custom stamp carving, stencilling, cyanotype printing, screen printing and image transfer techniques.

Little Prints. Stencils, Stamps, and Other Artful Projects to Make for Kids, by Christine Schmidt contains a wide variety of techniques—stencilling, printing, image transfer, and stamping—to create personalised toys, decorations, wall art, accessories, and keepsakes that kids will love and parents will cherish.

** You can also enter the code HANDMADE to get a 15% discount in Anna's shop until next Friday. **

You're welcome to enter the book giveaway, whether you live in NZ or another country.

To enter, either:

* leave a comment on this post, or

* enter the facebook giveaway here

We'll draw a winner next week. 

Thank you and happy weekend!

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95 responses to “printing inspiration: a giveaway”

  1. miriam Avatar

    Oh wow! Both these books look so inspiring and Qwerky Home looks like a great shop too. Fingers crossed.

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  2. MIRABEL Avatar
    MIRABEL

    Heck yes! These look great!

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  3. Thistle Avatar

    My husband would really enjoy the Print Workshop book. Thanks for the chance.

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  4. Rosa in the Antipodes Avatar
    Rosa in the Antipodes

    I’ve got this book from the Library not long ago and it is just awesome! Great giveaway, Melissa!

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  5. Sandra Waine Avatar
    Sandra Waine

    The books look fantastic, hours of fun for everyone in the family! Thanks for such an awesome giveaway. Loving Qwerky Home too!

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  6. Lucy Patterson Avatar

    Oh I love Yellow Owl Workshop! What a great giveaway. 🙂

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  7. Littleminx.wordpress.com Avatar

    oh aren’t they gorgeous! That would be hard to choose – what a lovely giveaway x

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  8. Melissa R Avatar
    Melissa R

    I am a basic carver, I’d love to learn more!

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  9. Moa Avatar
    Moa

    Wowsers, lovely. Xxx love me some printin’…

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  10. Meg Avatar

    What a cute “shop”!! Thank you for telling us about it.

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  11. Averil Marshall Avatar
    Averil Marshall

    What a lovely opportunity to create from these gorgeous books. Creating or should I say recreating is something we are doing well in Christchurch since the earthquakes….. 🙂 thanks for a lovely giveaway.

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  12. Naomi Smith Avatar
    Naomi Smith

    These look so sweet!

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  13. Nora Avatar
    Nora

    I’ve been inspired by your hand printing. I would love to enter.

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  14. Prue James Avatar
    Prue James

    Awesome, would love to make some little treasures for my kids with the help from these books.

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  15. Heather Woollove Avatar

    Wonderful giveaway, Melissa!!

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  16. Janet Ford Avatar
    Janet Ford

    I would love to work my way through the Little Prints book for (and with) my two little ones! Will be heading over to Querky for a stamp kit too – thanks so much for sharing 🙂

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  17. Carla Martell Avatar

    I first saw Christine Schmidt’s work last year when I cam across her story of how she started Yellow Owl. I’m a lover of printmaking and would love love love to get my grubby little paws on these books!

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  18. Rose Lawrence Avatar
    Rose Lawrence

    Love to win this for my little niece! Thanks!
    Rose x

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  19. Maraea Henare Avatar
    Maraea Henare

    Id love a new hobby, these would be perfect

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  20. Karen Schulz Avatar

    What a fantastic giveaway. That would be just awesome

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  21. Adrianne Avatar

    Very cool! Always nice to discover a previously unknown local business 🙂 I haven’t done any more printing since your Handmade class but I did order a whole bunch of Versacraft ink pads in different colours…

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  22. Annabella Avatar
    Annabella

    Count me in! They look like great books. Thanks for introducing me to Yellow Owl Workshop.

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  23. Allison Avatar

    I’ve never tried any printing, but I’d love to!

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  24. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Thanks for this opportunity! (:

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  25. helenlehndorf Avatar

    Hoorah, both look great – thanks for the chance to win! 🙂

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  26. Janet Avatar

    Would love to have a try at doing this, sounds like fun!

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  27. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    Oh wow! Looks inspiring!

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  28. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    Wow! Looks inspiring!

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  29. Anna Avatar

    Wow, such a lovely introduction Melissa, and such beautiful comments! Thank you 🙂
    I love both of these books – and hope the winner loves their book too.

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  30. Antje Avatar
    Antje

    The Print Workshop would be my favourite… Thank you for the chance to win!

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  31. Mar Avatar
    Mar

    Loovely!!! Both books look amazing!
    I would love “Print Workshop”
    Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!
    have a nice weekend!
    -mar-

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  32. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    These look great!!

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  33. Emma Avatar

    I’ve been searching for some carving blocks to make some stamps and print a little of my own fabric. These books would be wonderful inspiration. Thankyou for the chance to enter, Melissa!

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  34. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    Thanks for the chance Melissa, it would be good to get into some printing whilst on holiday from my studies.

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  35. ellen Avatar
    ellen

    My fingers and all my toes are crossed… I love printmaking and think I’m going to love Yellow Owl Workshop. Thanks!

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  36. maryanne Avatar
    maryanne

    I’d love to give this a go!

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  37. anissa Avatar

    OOO Fantastic books, a friend of mine has been raving about YOW, love to try out some of those projects on some young artists I know…x

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  38. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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    Yuri

    Fingers crossed!! 🙂

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    Holger

    Oh! The Print Workshop is such a perfect balance between lots of information wrapped in beautiful projects and funny writing. A mixture not often found in DIY-Books. And I guess the Little Prints are equally fantastic!

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  41. Ariadne Avatar

    What great books! I’d love to take part in the giveaway!I haven’t yet tried printing.AriadnefromGreece!

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  42. Melania Avatar

    Aw wow, gorgeous! How sweet of QH to offer. I’m looking forward to getting myself to Wellington one day, it’s been many years and I was a child last time I was there.

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  43. kayla Avatar

    These look like great books to get started in this craft! Thanks for sharing

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  44. Cat Avatar
    Cat

    So many people entering would normally put me off, however, I loved your workshop so much in Wellington that this is something I def want to get into more . . . .

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  45. Alison Straight Avatar
    Alison Straight

    Little ones looks fantastic and inspiring. Great to embellish some of the beautiful items I have made from your terrific book for special gifts:)

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  46. Alison Straight Avatar
    Alison Straight

    I meant little prints but was thinking of for little ones lol:)

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  47. Lou Avatar

    Awesome giveaway! I’d love to win.

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  48. Laura Avatar

    Just what I need after your class Melissa. Thanks a bunch for the opportunity! 😀

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  49. Catherine Avatar

    Yes please, I would love to win one (no children, so the other one would be better)

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  50. Miriana Avatar
    Miriana

    I am fascinated with printing and thinking of it more recently.

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