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The sun is shining and there is no wind – the weather is gorgeous today and I plan to spend most of the afternoon outside. Spring is here (well almost).

Beatnik Bazaar has put together an amazing competition called ‘pretty young spring thing’ to celebrate the coming of spring. There are many fabulous and delicious gifts up for grabs and one of which is a WREN TOTE (and a bird purse for the runner up). Other sponsors are Charly’s Bakery, MAC makeup, Take Care Clothing, Lauren Fowler, Paige Nick and Honest Chocolate

To enter visit Beatnik Bazaar.

I had an epiphany (big word, I know, but it’s a big realization) today.

I am not in a competition.

Everybody just does the best they can.

There is no win and loose.

I never used to be competitive, I still do not think I really am. I back down very quickly but silently I am plotting a way to come first. Terrible, but truthful. When I raced ‘competitively’ (although those who I trained with would probably not call it competitive becuase I never pushed myself hard enough (apparently)), but if my opponent came past me I would cheerfully say hi and give them a sip of my juice if they asked (Jeremy says he thinks I would have tainted to the juice first). I did not have that ‘fighter’ and ‘win-at-all-cost’ attitude. However, I never wanted to loose. I always wanted to win and I grew to be competitive. I learnt to race to win. Now that I am no longer racing I have turned what I do into a race. I want to be the first, the best and be better all the time.

I am always comparing and am not good at taking compliments becuase in my eyes, it is/I am still not worthy of it. In my eyes what I do is never good enough becuase it is not the best – but says who? And why I should I be compared or comparing. I shouldn’t becuase we all just do our best. That is all there is to that. We all try, we all do our best and we all are the best in our own capabilities.  There is no win and lose, there is just to play. To play for fun. Just like school kids on the playground. They do not play to win but just becuase they have fun. I want to be a school kid again playing. :)

The Winner Is…

The winner of the Dragon Fly and Dots Tulip Bag competition is:

kerry

Thank you to everybody for entering. The number of responses blew my mind and all the lovely comments really made week.

I wish I could have made everybody a winner. :)

WIN a Tulip Bag

My latest release, The Tulip Bag, took months of planning and many samples were made. Of these samples I have choosen the best one and have decided to give it away (all you have to pay for is postage to your part of the world).

Note: The quality of this bag is in no way secondary. It is top top – as you can expect from all Wren products!

So…what is different about this bag: The exterior pattern is exactly the same but the interior pattern is different, the base is stiff and the exterior is reinforced. That’s it – otherwise this Tulip bag is exactly the same.

The outside fabric is a multi-coloured spot and dragonfly printed cotton. The accent fabric is royal purple. The interior colour is a pale aqua.

The idea to have an auction crossed my mind but I thought I would rather give this one away to one of my loyal readers. Here’s how this give-away works: Anybody who comments on this post has their name put into a hat and on Friday the 27th of June I will pull out a winner.

Ever had a great pattern idea? Well, here’s your opportunity.
Naked & Angry is a company created by a team of web designers and developers called skinnyCorp. They also created the community-driven Threadless.com which invites designers to submit tee shirt designs to be scored by the Threadless community. Naked & Angry is an extension of Threadless.com.
Naked & Angry have an on-going competition encouraging you to submit a pattern to be scored. This design is listed on their website for 14 days and viewers are encouraged to vote for their favourites. If your design gets a high score and is then chosen to be made into a product, you win $750 in cash and 1 free Naked & Angry item. Products range from ties to tops to pillows to belts to socks to sweaters to wallpaper.