Wednesday, August 1, 2012

A Stitch In Time: August Finishes Linky Party

I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. –George Bernard Shaw

Welcome to the August Finishes Linky Party! If you're new here, make yourself comfy and get ready to be inspired! For those of you who've been around for a while, thanks for being here! I can not tell you how much I enjoy visiting your blogs and seeing your finished projects. You are all so talented and have such great ideas! If only there were about 18 more hours in a day :lol: so I could have more time to recreate some of your fabulous projects! The party will be open all month, so link up as you go and I'll be around to see what clever and crafty things you've been up to.

Anything finished between 12:00 am on August 1st and 11:59 pm on August 31st {in your time zone} can be added to this linky party. You have through noon {MST} on September 1st to post about it and link up.

To participate in this month's linky party:
• Finish a project {finished as in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away} with some sort of stitching in it and blog about it or post a photo of it on Flickr.
• Scroll down to see what other bloggers are up to and link to your own finishes.
• Please include the August button in your blog post. Copy the code in the text box below and paste it somewhere in your post. The button is a link back here, so that other bloggers can find their way over and link up too.


• Each time you link up a finished project, you're entered to win the August giveaway, a Layer Cake of Serenade by Kate Spain!

Serenade

• Thank you to The Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring our giveaway!



The Fine Print {which might be boring but you really should read}:
• Projects must include stitching of some sort. For example: appliqué, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting, practical sewing {garment construction, bags, curtains, etc.}, quilting.
• Projects must be completely finished. As in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away.
• You can pick something new to do, but projects do not have to be started during the month. If you pick up a UFO, Ph.D, WIP and finish it during the month, it counts.
• Finishes must be completed during this month, but you have until noon MST on the 1st of the next month to link your post.
• Post about your finish and then link your specific post {instructions here} above. Links to your blog and not the individual post about your finished project will be deleted.
• Have more than one finish this month? Great! Post about each finish individually and then link the specific posts up separately. Each finish, and therefore each link you add, counts as one entry for this month's giveaway.
• If you've already posted about a finish for this month, there's no need to do a separate post. Just add the button to that post and link up.
• Please copy and paste the code below to include this month's button somewhere in your post {not your sidebar}.

August Finishes

• Don't have a blog? You can link from your flickr account. Just post a picture, include a little note about your finish and a link back here {code included below} in the description. Then join the linky party.


• Make sure to visit a few of the other links and leave them some love {ie, a comment}. A good rule of thumb is to visit two links for every one you include.
• Winner of the sponsored giveaway will be drawn randomly from among the links and announced by 8:00 pm MST on the 3rd of the following month.
• Instructions for making an index page to your finishes can be found here.
• Kindly consider changing your comment settings to the pop-up window option for faster and easier commenting for visitors to your blog. Instructions can be found here.

2 comments:

hueisei said...

Dear Elizabeth. I cant find the linky party here. I want to link up my August Finishes
http://loveitsewit.blogspot.com/2012/08/hexies-zippered-pouch.html

Hope you can help. Thanks.

Bente-I like to QuiltBlog said...

Hi Elizabeth,
I just want to say hello,
and to thank you once again for this funny linkyparty.
Liebe Grüße
Bente