BlueCaravan + Society Collective Giveaway

Hallo Hallo! How are you doing?! I've been missing the Elkhorn blog having spent a couple of days in bed last week with the flu surrounded by tissues then a very full weekend of celebrations in beautiful Gerringong for my gorgeous friend Zoe's Wedding(an absolutely breath taking bride... hopefully she allows me to share a couple of images here as the location and styling was truely inspiring not to mentioned the LOVE!). It's been quite a whirl wind week with many highs definitely out weighing the snotty lows.

I was catching up on a few emails when I came across BlueCaravan's latest Autumn Newsletter + Giveaway! Featuring fair-trade seller Society COLLECTIVE! I haven't heard of them before but I was immediately taken with their handwoven bags made by indigenous Wayuu women - a nomadic, matriarchal society who inhabit the harsh and desolate desert regions of Colombia.

These bags are traditionally made to carry food and water across the desert, taking up to one month to make while the women also take care of the animals, gather water, cook and walk long distances from one community to the next always searching for water, the highest valued good. This only touches on the story and hardship of the ethnically, culturally and linguistically distinct Wayuu people and the fair trade practices of the Society COLLECTIVE. I highly recommend reading the full interview here truly inspiring!! I'm going to have to save my pennies for one of these

 

This Complex Mochila bag, Grandmother's Footsteps is one of my favourites

So to their GIVEAWAY

Elinor Cripps and Society COLLECTIVE are generously giving you the chance to win an exquisite handwoven Mochila valued at $190.00! *Drawn Friday the 16th March 2012*

HOW TO ENTER

 1 entry = Head over to our Facebook and say 'Hi' - how easy is that?!

 2 MORE entries = While you are there - be sure to hit the 'SHARE' button on the Facebook giveaway post for triple the chance to win....

GOOD LUCK!

I'm off to enter and share the love on Facebook! xx

Elkhorn happenings

Hello Hello! How are you? Can you believe it's October already... it's crazy! Bring on the longer days. I've been back from holidays for a few days now and straight back into Elkhorn. There will be a few photos from my WA trip soon... the landscape and wildflowers were so amazing and very inspirational!  I picked up our new screens last week which is very exciting. Finally you'll start seeing some new Elkhorn designs! Elkhorn attended The Olive Tree Market on Saturday and managed to take a couple of our new designs on tea towels, here's a sneak peek...

Another new addition to the Elkhorn Stall are Mother Elkhorn's beautifully embroidered 'sashiko style' pin cushions. How sweet are they! She went on a little stitching frenzy and churned out one after another. It has been so great being apart of The Olive Tree Market, I feel sad that we probably won't be attending for the rest of the year due to other market commitments. It's been lovely getting to know Jo from Little Paper Cup and Zoe from Oscar & Matilda who have been my fellow stall holders. We really had wonderful response from customers and hope to be back again very soon!

Elkhorn had some press while we were away which I am just discovering now!
Follow online shoppe is now up and running! The Design Files did a wonderful feature on their store which included our Mustard Feather Cushions. And over on Re-Nest an inspirational homely site, you'll find a little write up about Elkhorn! I should go away more often if this is what happens!

Lastly our first bit of advertising was really exciting to see in Peppermint Magazine via Blue Caravan. Have you read Peppermint Magazine? I only discovered it a few issues ago and have enjoyed each issue. I guess you could say it has a similar feel to Frankie Magazine with more of a 'Eco Friendly' vibe with some great in-depth articles which always gets me thinking.

 Well I think that's enough links for one day! Gotta get back to cutting out our new summer tanks!
It's great to be back. Enjoy your day x