the story of the forward ordered ribbon ....

ordered in April :: paid for in May :: refunded in May :: order deleted :: order lost :: no one has a clue if I will get my forward order or not in June :: I give up and think order will never be delivered in August :: order delivered in September :: not the easiest way to get good stock - but get it I did, now feast your eyes upon the most gorgeous and most bargainsome ribbons for Christmas EVER!!

 there are 25 designs - all printed onto lovely cotton ribbons (15mm wide)

 you can by them in a Mix Pack - 1m of all 25 designs for just *wait for it* ....£8.25!!  I know!!

 OR if you are a sewer who needs tonnes of ribbons you can buy a whole roll for £7.25 - 25m for £7.25!  I told you it was bargainsome!

 or, you can also buy it by the metre

 but however you buy it

 you need to buy it quick

 because I don't think it will stay in the shelves very long at such great prices

 and knowing how hard it was to get the order in the first place, I'm not promising I can get anymore!!

 now go and shop

 you know you need to :-)

 quick link :: click here

tools top up

I love a delivery of Fiskar Scissors - look at all that Orange loveliness - snip snip snip - chop chop chop, you can't beat a pair of Fiskars!  Needles & pins have been re-stocked too, as have all my lovely sewing thread colours!

quick links:
scissors, needles & pins are here
threads are here

sunday sewing

two holidays in one photo - and seeing as Halloween is first lets do the close up of the cute ghouls....

weekend of sewing

I do all of my hand sewing at home - early in the morning and after work in the evenings, and when I can I like to spend whole Sundays stitching - and that is exactly what I have planned for tomorrow

I've spent a happy couple of hours today choosing felt colours, ribbons and buttons then packed all my projects and orders into boxes and they will be taken home after I have finished doing the accounts (my only Must Do job every weekend)  Most of these projects are new ideas that have been whirling around in my brain for the past few weeks/months and tomorrow is the day they either come to life or get chucked in the bin :-)

Winners !!

woah I made this freebie a bit complicated didn't I ?
I have used the random number generator to pick all the winning comments, typed it all below, with links if they were available, and picked all the chosen prizes and taken a photograph so everyone can see all the prizes...and now it's time for you to do some hard work for 2 minutes...there are lots of freebies and lots of winners so please read through all of this carefully to see if you are a winner (if you are a winner scroll to the bottom to see what to do next) ::

Freebie Part One ::  free ribbons sent out in orders over the past weekend, so no winners to announce here

Freebie Part Two :: open to all that shared my freebie picture on Facebook - with a prize of 1 mini kit, 1 medium kit, 1 large kit, 3 fat quarters, 3m of ribbon and 5 packs of buttons
there were 255 shares and the winner is.....

Sew Kidding shared Paper And String Ltd's photo.

Freebie Part Three :: 3 winners each win 2 mini kits of their choice

Eli said...

They're all so cute! My son would love to win the lion and the fox.
Thanks a lot.
Fingers crossed.
Eli

Sweet Treats - Carlisle said...

So cute,
I would love the snowman & Santa please

Anonymous said...

hello!! I like the bunny and the lion very much, are cute!!
Andrea
annb****ynolds@yahoo.com Bottom of Form

 Freebie Part Four :: 2 winners each win 3 fat quarters of their choice

Teasel said...

Pin spin teal, soul garden pink and doodlebug flowers. All lovely!

Louise B said...

I would love the doodlebugs heart multi, Ta dot teal and Ta dot stone. Thanks for the chance to win.

Freebie Part Five ::  3 winners each win their choice of 3m of embroidered ribbons

krazy knit kerena said...

hi could you please enter me for the ribbon freebie i would like the owls and flowers,hedgehog and mushrooms,and snails thank you

Nicola F said...

I would love the bees, owls and snails.
They are all so cute though 

Kerry Dunn said...

Owls and flowers, snails and flower embroidered ribbons are gorgeous! X

Freebie Part Six ::  4 winners each win a medium or large kit of their choice

Lynn Hardy said...

The Felt and Fabric Holly Garland Kit is my favourite. Thank you for your generosity!

Leah said...

The Felt and Fabric Holly Garland please!

Hannah Passco said...

I would love the owl purse kit! I love felty owl things :)

Owlsandco said...

Cupcakes for me, pls..

WINNERS
please email me ::  mail {at} paper-and-string {dot} co {dot} uk
with the following details
the name you commented under
which freebie you have won (part 2/3/4/5/6)
AND
your name and address
I will be wrapping and packing your prizes as you read this so they are ready to post asap :-)

*********************************************************
well done to all the lucky people and a great big thank you to everyone who joined in - I love freebie day!!!

there's only a few hours left....

the freebies will be closed to new entries at 9am tomorrow, so that gives you ... ooohh..16 hours to get your last entries in, and I'll see you back here tomorrow to announce the winners
just scroll down through the blog to see all the details.

in between all the freebie madness....

 

...there's been tonnes of order picking and packing, lots of feeble attempts to clear my email inbox and reply to all my Facebook comments (I'm getting there!) a bit of supplies ordering (ink & loyalty cards) a chat with an estate agent, 3 chats with builders AND some sewing :-)

 the freebies are still running, just scroll down to see them if you haven't already :-)

The freebie of many parts - all in one place

part one

a mini freebie for all website customers ::
for every £10 spend in the shop I will randomly select 3 of the new mini ribbon spools and add them to your order - if your order is worth £20 you will receive 6 spools, if it's £30 you'll receive 9 spools...and so on

part two

an extra freebie for facebook followers
I have posted a picture on my Facebook page and if you share the picture on your facebook page/profile I will end up with a list of everyone who shares it, and one sharer will win a prize bundle containing:
1x mini kit :: 1x medium kit :: 1x large kit :: 3x fat quarters of fabric :: 3m of embroidered ribbons :: 5 packs of new buttons - all of which is worth a hefty £51
so go, go to Facebook and share my picture :-)

part three

win some mini kits!
there are 3 prizes in part three - 3 winners will each receive 2 of my mini kits ....

part four

win some fabric!
there are 2 prizes in part four - 2 winners will each receive 3 fat quarters of fabric .... 

part five

win some embroidered ribbons!
there are 3 prizes in part five - 3 winners will each receive 3 metres of gorgeous embroidered ribbons....

part six

win a medium/large kit!
there are 4 prizes in part six - 4 winners will each receive one of my larger kits....

that's a grand total of 13 lucky people each winning a prize - I thoroughly enjoy hosting my freebies and I hope you enjoy playing along too!

ps comments on this post aren't entries - you need to comment on the correct blog post please