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Yellow owl 1

Printing book 2

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. Janet Avatar
    Janet

    Would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  2. Frau Kirschkernzeit Avatar

    Good thing I pop in here so often 😉 I would be so happy to get one of those books (preferably the one with projects for kids (I have 4 of them- the kids I mean). Thanks for this opportunity!
    And thanks anyway for your great blog and all the pretty things you make
    So inspiring!
    Bora from Switzerland

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  3. anna Avatar
    anna

    I love Yellow Owl Workshop! Good to know I can find YOW stuff a bit closer to home. Really interested to see what’s in the kids book.

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  4. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    What a find, thanks for the opportunity

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  5. Joy lines Avatar
    Joy lines

    We would love you to come to Canterbury for a Print Workshop.

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  6. Jenny Avatar

    These are such awesome prizes, I just have to enter.
    Thanks to you and Qwerky Home.

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  7. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    books look wonderful, count me in please!

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  8. Marzipan Avatar
    Marzipan

    Loved your workshop – the book looks great and full of inspirational ideas. Now… I must order myself some cool coloured ink!

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  9. Maria Avatar
    Maria

    Thanks for the giveaway, I’d love to win.

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  10. Dee Avatar

    Thanks for sharing these books with us. I’ve made a few stamps in the past but have been looking for something to help me take it a bit further. X

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  11. Dorien Ruben Avatar

    Ooohh that book looks like just the thing for me.. the next key to create those things that have been running around in my head for quite some time now.. awesome! 😀 Thank you both!

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  12. tinyhappy Avatar

    Thank you, Joy! I would love to do workshops in Canterbury one of these days : )
    – Melissa

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  13. Zofia Mosbauer Avatar
    Zofia Mosbauer

    Wonderful inspiration.
    Thank you for the chance to win.

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  14. jennie de groot Avatar

    Printmaking is so cool! I was looking through some of my old work and found the painting of Keira…..She has grown so much since then…so I came to visit your blog again and catch up. Just in time for a giveaway!

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  15. tinyhappy Avatar

    hi jennie! thank you : ) did you know keira still has your painting propped up on her writing desk? she loves it and so do i.

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  16. Kerry Avatar
    Kerry

    Great books!

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  17. Christy Avatar

    I have a bunch of yellow owl stamps…they are my favourites!!! I would love one of her books! Thanks for the chance to win!!!!!!!!

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  18. Ruth Avatar
    Ruth

    Oh yes please! They look great! Thanks!

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  19. Katerina Avatar

    Great giveaway Melissa!

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  20. Andrea Graves Avatar
    Andrea Graves

    Thanks for this tempting giveaway. I like your simple style.

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  21. Bee Avatar
    Bee

    Ooh, I borrowed the first from the library recently, admired it… would love to see the children’s book… what a great give-away!:)

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  22. louise Avatar

    wow, i’d love to be in the draw – thanks!!!

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  23. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    These books look like so much fun! Great giveaway!

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  24. Carla Huysmans Avatar
    Carla Huysmans

    Hi, thanks for this chance to win a creative incentive!
    I wish i could be the one, I would definitely be the one printing.
    take care,
    Carla

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  25. Sarah Jane Barnett Avatar
    Sarah Jane Barnett

    Those books look amazing!

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  26. Margaret Avatar
    Margaret

    Qwerky Home has such cool stuff – and leads me to you! More cool stuff – here’s to real, not plastic.

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  27. Deborah Baker Avatar
    Deborah Baker

    Have always wanted to try printing, but didn’t know where to start!

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  28. Kerry-Anne Avatar
    Kerry-Anne

    What a fab giveaway…looks like loads of interesting ideas to get our wWinter creative on!!

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  29. Becky Avatar
    Becky

    Fabulous! I’ve gotten the first book from the library but not seen the second. How I’d love to have them to hold. !! Thanks.

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  30. Rachael Linklater Avatar
    Rachael Linklater

    Yes Please!!!! They both look great and I love Q.H too!! Cheers for the giveaway 🙂

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  31. Kayla Avatar

    This is fantastic!

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  32. Shy (@shysnarrative) Avatar

    Just discovered your blog and I love it!

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  33. roxanne Avatar
    roxanne

    Would love to win one of these, but putting on my to-purchase list right now!

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  34. Irina_francis@hotmail.com Avatar

    Thank you for offering these! I am just staring to try out printing and am familiar with the first book and I know it’s great. would be very interested in the second book. Fingers crossed!

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  35. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Id love think thanks traynorsarah@gmail.com

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  36. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    How beautiful! Thank you for lovely inspiration!

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  37. Constance Avatar
    Constance

    well, I`ll try my wish to the universe for this giveaway…

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  38. Heather Avatar

    This could be so much to do with my daughter while on holiday.

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  39. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    What fabulous books! Thanks!

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  40. Sarah (Happy Hobbit) Avatar

    wow, I’d love to win the “print workshop” book! I love stamping cards and notepaper, but have never made my own stamps or tried fabric printing. I think i would find this book very inspiring and would learn a lot from it! Thanks for the opportunity to win this book. 🙂

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  41. Tussock Avatar
    Tussock

    So generous!!

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  42. Kate Pike Avatar
    Kate Pike

    🙂 🙂 v cool

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  43. Jasmin Avatar
    Jasmin

    That sounds like a lot of fun. I’ve been wanting to get into print making for a while now…Would be wonderful to start with such a nice guidebook. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  44. Lucinda Avatar

    Excited at the notion of potentially owning one of these! Thank you! xx

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  45. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    think i must be too late to enter, but love the look of these will have to look them up 🙂

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