The winner is.................

Short but sweet post tonight. Nice picutre heavy post coming in the next couple of days.

Stay Safe x

Holey Doley!!!!

I'm utterly gobsmacked & can't believe in only 1 month, to the day, we have reached 600 likers. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!

As a way to thank you all not only will I give a special giveaway to the person who referred the 600th liker & a randomly drawn giveaway but I will also offer 20% off all orders, excluding postage, placed from now until 1st June.

The referrer of the 600th liker was Sookyboo Designs & they will receive a hair clip holder of their choice from our Facebook album.

Now for the big blog giveaway........ I will give the lucky person a beautifully custom decorated hanging frame set. In order to enter the random draw you will need to comment below which of my products you like to most. To comment you will need to follow my blog if for some reason you are able to become a follower I will also except email entries to sweetcheekcrafts@gmail.com All entries must be received by 5 pm tomorrow night, Sunday 30th May. I was going to use random.org but as there will be both blog & email entries I think I will have my daughter draw the winner again. She had so much fun doing it last time :)

Why no recent blog post you ask.....

So you may or may not have noticed by I’ve been a bit quite this week well the reason is that my mum gave me the best surprise ever, SHE MADE A SURPRISE TRIP UP TO YEPPOON!!!!! She’s been here since Monday & we’re flying home to the Gold Coast with her tomorrow for a long weekend! If my blog had live video streaming on right now you’d see me doing a happy dance around my lounge room.

This is my beautiful mum with my little princess


I just had to do a bit of a plug for 2 lovely ladies I’ve recently had the pleasure of meeting. They have a little business called See Sam & they make fabulous children clothing & accessories. Be sure to check out their store http://www.madeit.com.au/storecatalog.asp?catid=&userid=8906&show=current&display=gallery&searchtype=0&sortpref=start_desc&startcount=1&endcount=25&page=1or their newly formed Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/photo_comments.php?id=370797398790#!/pages/Rockhampton-Australia/See-Sam/116230585077775?ref=ts




Also I just have to share with you the latest hair clip frame I made up today. I’ve had to use the same button fabric flower as my previous frame but I’ve just picked up some lovely coloured buttons so I’ll be making up a new embellishment for it shortly. I’m picking up more frames this weekend while on the Gold Coast as well as hopefully finding so really cool fabrics.



So until next week when I return from our mini holiday, stay safe & live happy <3

So the Sweet Cheek Crafts Facebook page made it well & truly over 400 “likers” & I promised I’d do a blog giveaway to those who had become a “follower” of my blog so que the drumroll please…………….








(excuse the massive egg on my daugther's head, she stacked it today while playing)




And the winner is……………………





And coming your way is a personalised monogram letter!

Please email me at sweetcheekcrafts@gmail.com with which letter & theme you’d like.

Thanks everyone for joining my blog & I really truly hope you all decide to stick around.

These are a few of my favourite things (enters Julie Andrews, stage right)

So while once again trying to create order out of chaos of that what is called our craft / computer / storage / pantry / library room I had of those light bulb moments


So anyway as the title suggested I had the idea of sharing with you just a few of my favourite things (is it just me or does anyone else automatically go to Sound of Music when you here that sentence?)

Without the following tools & supplies Sweet Cheek Crafts just wouldn't exist & I'd be in the foetal position in the corner of the room.

First I’ll share my stash of scissors, they range from my big boys which I use for fabrics, ribbons etc right down to my teeny weenies which help keep me sane when cutting out those very detailed paper embellishments.



This next one I have a strong Love Hate relationship with but unfortunately it’s one of the tools I use almost daily. It’s my hot glue gun!



Now boy when I think about these I feel like a little kid in a candy shop, I just love love love KaiserColours. One of my goals in life is to own ever single colour they have. This photo only shows just a few of my paints (I just couldn’t get them all).



Mod Podge, where for art thou Mod Podge! I still can’t believe that my love affair with this wonderful product only begun a few months ago, until then I didn’t even know of its existence, shame on me.


Ok so I have to admit that I have a weird quirk about myself & that is that I love to sand things. I’ll whinge & bitch that I hate it & that it’s so fiddly but really I love it, there is nothing better than seeing the final sanded piece ready to be embellished.


And last but by no means least is all my beautiful fabric cuts. I’ve just recently become obsessed with fabric but I’m quickly learning the names of designer fabrics. Riley Blake is on the top of my favs list for sure. Many of the cuts here are from an awesome little online fabric store called Bubbmia, http://bubbamiafabrics.com/ I can definitely see myself becoming a regular customer of Sheena’s.


So that's all for now, stay safe & live happy :)

Competition Time!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are in need of a logo for Sweet Cheek Crafts & so comes our first ever blog competition.

Are you digitally creative? Do you love to play around with Photoshop or Paintshop? Well we have the competition for you!

We are looking for a unique digital logo that we can use on marketing material such as business cards, stickers, etc as well as as our Facebook logo.

This competition will run for 1 1/2 weeks, beginning midnight Tuesday 11th May. The first week will be open for submissions & the final few days will be open for voters to pick their favourite logo. An album will be created on my Facebook page containing all entries & voters will be required to put "vote" under the logo they love the most.

The logo must not be a  mass production type logo such as from vistaprint.com It must include "Sweet Cheek Crafts" somewhere on the logo & be a .jpeg file. All logos must be received at sweetcheekcrafts@gmail.com no later than midnight on Tuesday 18th May 10 (Australian EST UTC/GMT +10 hours).

The entry with the most votes at midnight on Friday,21st May will win a Sweet Cheek Crafts gift voucher worth $40. International entries are welcomed however postage exceeding that of local charges will be at winner's expenses.

We would like to give credit to cro-chelle.creations http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweet-Cheek-Crafts/370797398790#!/pages/cro-chelle/121037847920593?ref=ts who thought of the idea for such a fantastic competition. Please be sure to pop over & check our their Facebook page.



By entering this competition you give Sweet Cheek Craft the right to use your entry in any way they wish in the future.

Sneak Peek #1

Check out some of the beautiful fabrics I have coming from Bubbmia! These stunning fat quarters will be turned in wipe cases as well as new items I am road testing at the moment so stay tuned.

Check back over the next couple of days to see what treasures I find while out hunting for new material & supplies.

Stay Happy

I finally did it!!!

Well after over a year of procrastination I've finally done it, I've started my very own handmade crafts home based business YAY FOR ME!!!!!

As all my friends on my personal FB page know I've been going on & on about how I should sell my craft items but that I never get my lazy butt into gear. Well I vow to be lazy no more!!!!!!!!

Here are a just a couple of items you can check out on my FB page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweet-Cheek-Crafts/370797398790

Thanks for reading & I hope you decide to follow my blog which won't just be about my products but about random things I find interesting & funny :)

Enjoy Life & Live Happy!