Happy Christmas!

I'd like to wish all my customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support.

Heather xxx

Anniversary Giveaway - The Winners

~Anniversary Giveaway - The Winners~

First of all, thank you to everyone who entered. We didn't quite reach the last prize but I do have two winners to announce. So let's start.

~Prize 1~

Using random.org, the winner of the customisable 'Rosa' bookmark is: 

Marilee Rockley

~Prize 2~

The winner of the Set of two customizable 'Rosetta' coasters is:

Imynda

Congratulations to these winners and thanks again to everyone who entered.

Heather x

Giveaway Update

Hi all. Just an update.

My thoughts go out to all those affected by the Hurricane in America.

Due to this I've decided to postpone the announcement of the Giveaway winners for a few days. I will now announce these on Friday.

Stay safe,
Heather

Giveaway Update

~Giveaway update~

Thank you very much to those who have entered my giveaway. If you haven't done so yet, don't worry there's still plenty of time.

I can now announce that another prize has been unlocked:

A set of two customizable 'Rosetta' coasters. The winner will get to choose the colour.

Click the picture below to enter the giveaway:

Also don't forget my 25% OFF SALE is still going on in my Etsy shop here.

Heather x

Currently reading: 'Corpse Candle' by Paul Doherty

Currently listening to: 'The Afterman: Ascension' by Coheed and Cambria

Anniversary Extravaganza

~Anniversary Extravaganza~

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[Winners will now be announced on Friday]

It's my third Etsy Anniversary! To celebrate I'm running a giveaway right here on my blog.

~Prizes~

The starting prize is this:

One customizable 'Rosa' bookmark, worth $9

You will be able to choose the colour. You could decide to go for variegated pink / green as shown in this picture or you could go with something else. To find more details about this bookmark click here. For colour choices click here.

Once I get 30 entries I shall unlock another prize:
(Update: this prize is now unlocked)

A Set of two customizable 'Rosetta' coasters, worth $15

If you win this, you'll be able to choose the colour. Find more details about this set on Etsy here.

Now for the big one.

If I receive 80 entries, I'll unlock this:

-A Set of six customizable large metallic beaded 'Celyna' Christmas tree decorations, worth $29

-The winner of this prize will also receive a 20% OFF coupon code for use in my Etsy shop until the end of December this year.

Again, as with the other prizes, you'll get to choose the colour of these decorations and also the seed beads. Find the listing with the available colours here.

That's potentially three prize winners!

~Rules~

How to enter:

There are 9 ways to enter.

A. Follow this blog

B. Write about this Anniversary Extravaganza on your own blog with a link back to this post.

C. Heart my shop on Etsy

D. Look through my Etsy shop, come back here and in your comment below this post tell me which is your favourite item and why.

E. Follow me on twitter

F. Tweet about this Anniversary Extravaganza with a link back to this post

G. Follow me on tumblr

H. 'Like' my Facebook fan page

I. Buy something from my Etsy shop

Each of these counts as ONE entry and each person can have a MAXIMUM of 9 entries. Once you have done any of these, comment underneath this blog post saying which entries you've done and a way I can contact you (eg. your twitter username, blog address or Etsy username).

This giveaway will be open until Monday 29th October 11 pm GMT / 7 pm EST

The winner(s) will be announced Tuesday 30th October. I will use random.org to pick the winners.

**This giveaway is open to everyone even if you haven't got a blog or a blogger / google account and if you had done A, C, E, G or H before I started this competition, you can still enter.**

To unlock the six large decorations, make sure you complete as many of these ways of entering as possible. I will update you throughout the week with how it's going.

Good luck and have fun!

~SALE~

I am also running a sale in my Etsy shop. Get a massive 25% OFF any item. Use code ANNI3 in the coupon box during checkout.

This offer is valid until Monday 29th October 10 am GMT / 6 am EST.

Thank you to everyone for all your support.

Heather x

Busy, busy, busy

~Busy, busy, busy~

Good afternoon all and hello to new fans. You may be wondering what I've been up to for the past month or so. Well, apart from the usual listing of items (I'll talk more about those in a minute), I've also been working on my first ever wholesale order! It has pretty much taken up most of my time but today I finally finished it. It's been a great experience and I'd love to have the chance to do it again one day. If you would like to order wholesale items please contact me either through my email: tataniarosa@hotmail.co.uk or through my Etsy shop.

Whilst that was going on I had lots of fab ideas for other pieces and now that it's finished, I can try some of them out. There's a Christmas themed coaster and a gothic / medieval inspired coaster, the latter I've just started. I've also had ideas for more napkin ring patterns. Speaking of patterns, I've been thinking about selling some of my own. I was going to do it a few weeks ago but haven't had the time. It's definitely high on my list of thing to try and I'm hoping to have some listed before Christmas.

~Anniversary~

Today is my 3rd Etsy Anniversary! Wow has it really been three years since I started my business. Amazing how time flies. Thank you so much to everyone for all your support. To celebrate I'm going to be running a giveaway / sale from this Friday (I'll give you all the details right here in this blog). I hope you can participate. Don't forget to tell your friends.

~New listings~

My Etsy shop has been gradually filling up with new creations. Here are some of my recent pieces:

Top row: Red decoration with red beads, silver decoration with silver beads

Bottom row: Gold decoration with gold beads, red and gold decoration

In the next few days I'll be listing some more Christmas decorations.

I've also added some gothic creations:

Top row: 'Eva' black bookmark, Limited Edition Halloween bookmark

Bottom row: 'Eva' black napkin rings, 'Rosa' black and red bookmark

To keep up to date with all things Tatania Rosa, check out my twitter page and Facebook fan page.

Have a nice Tuesday,
Heather x

Currently reading: 'A Bloody Field By Shrewsbury' by Edith Pargeter / Ellis Peters
Currently listening to: 'Aion' by Dead Can Dance

Christmas In July Sale

~Sale~

I'm running a Christmas In July Sale in my Etsy shop from now until the end of July!

Get 25% OFF your order (excluding shipping). Use code CHRISTMASINJULY in the coupon box during checkout. Valid on all items. Click here to visit my shop.

Happy shopping,

Heather x

Birthday Sale!

~Birthday Sale~

It's my Birthday today :-D To celebrate I'm running a 10% OFF SALE in my Etsy shop. Not only that, I will also give you a FREE lace bookmark (worth $8) with your order. Use coupon code TRBDAY in the coupon box during checkout.

  

Offer ends Friday 6am EST / 11am BST

Happy shopping,

Heather xxx

Ethereal Bookmark: Part 2

~Ethereal Bookmark: Part 2~

(Find part 1 here)

My ethereal rose bookmark is now finished and listed on Etsy.

Find the listing here.

It was carefully tatted, using my original design, in high quality pale pink and white cotton threads. It's 1 3/4 inches (44 mm) at it's widest point and just under 6 1/2 inches (162 mm) long. It comes in its own handmade  stiff card slipcase. Care instructions included.

If you would like this in different colours, please check out my custom listing here. 

I'm just about to finish the other gothic bookmark (find a sneak peek here). This will be listed soon.

Heather x

Ethereal Bookmark

(Find part 2 here)

Hi to all and Happy 4th of July to those in the US.

I'm  currently working on an ethereal bookmark and I thought I'd show you some work in progress pictures.

I'm using my 'Rosa' pattern but this time I've gone for a lovely pale pink thread, in the picture above. 

For the vines I've decided to use a white cotton thread. I'm now up to a point where I can start sewing the ends in. What do you think? I should have this listed in my Etsy shop by tomorrow. 


Keep up to date with all the latest news through my twitter page and Facebook fan page.


Have a nice Wednesday,
Heather x

My Geeky Side

Good afternoon. I'm letting my geeky side out in this post :P

Two weeks ago I finally started reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. I bought it about 6 years ago after it won the Richard and Judy Book Club Award. I'm only 200 pages in but I'm loving it. It's about two women, Alais and Alice (one in the 13th Century, the other in present day) in France and how they reveal the secrets of the Holy Grail.


So last week I decided to look on IMDB to see if anyone was working on an adaptation. Lo and behold there it was. Turns out it's being created right now as a TV mini series by the same companies who worked on Pillars Of The Earth (a great TV series based on Ken Follett's novel of the same name). Here's the site for it.


It stars Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter), John Hurt, Tony Curran and Emun Elliott (Marillion the singer in Game Of Thrones).


I'm getting so excited to see it. I read somewhere that Channel 4 in the UK have the rights to show it sometime this year. I'm sure it will be shown in other countries around the same time.


Here are the two Behind The Scenes videos:

Hope we get a trailer soon. This will definitely keep me going until Series 3 of Game Of Thrones next year!