Fun Friday: Sponsored giveaway - Incomparable Buttons

When I think about Valentines and Spring theme projects, I start thinking about special embellishments that can really make a sewn project stand out.  As such, I'm honored and excited to host a giveaway sponsored by Incomparable Buttons (aka ButtonMad).









'Incomparable Buttons is a South African company that produces handmade and painted, fully washable buttons.

The company was founded in the early eighties by Jennifer Pascall working around her kitchen table long into the night perfecting the formula for creating durable, fully washable buttons. It now operates from a separate premises, exporting beautiful buttons all over the world.

Jennifer's main goal these days (apart from creating gorgeous buttons for you to sigh over) is to uplift previously disadvantaged women in the community and provide much needed employment and skills. Truly this is a company with a conscience and a cause.

Some members of the ButtonMad Team have been working together from the very beginning. Nine of the eleven official South African languages are spoken by the ladies...one big family united by the common thread - being Mad about Buttons!

Each button is lovingly sculpted into creation and given its own unique personality by one of the team of Incomparable women employed by the company.

Each piece is a work of art - if you look closely, you may even be lucky enough to see the artist's fingerprint on the back.

Incomparable produces a wide variety of buttons - anything from birds and bees to teddy bears, flowers, farmyard, the big 5, teeny tiny hearts to two inch butterscotch fashion buttons. Their full catalogue is available on ButtonMad.com

When looking for a design you are simply spoiled for choice.

Incomparable buttons are perfect for use on all your quilts, needlework, stitch work, knitted jerseys...they're also ideal to add to store bought items - hats, jackets, mittens, sew them onto pockets and cuffs...or replace boring plastic buttons with one of their fun designs and transform a generic item into something truly special.

Fall in love with Incomparable's range of beautiful buttons...they sell and ship worldwide.

As their tagline reads: 'Why settle for plastic?' '

Time for a giveaway:

First, I want to thank Jennifer of Incomparable Buttons for offering this giveaway opportunity to followers of SewCalGal. 

This week, Incomparable is giving away 10 sets of buttons of cute hearts (L554) valued at $10 per set ($100 value of all prizes).  To clarify, ten different winners will receive a set of these cute buttons:

This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world.  Deadline to enter is midnight PST, Thursday, February 2nd.  To enter to win a set of buttons, simply leave a comment on this post.  Jennifer will be selecting the winner and I'll announce here next Friday, February 3rd.

Want extra ways to win ?  Here are some options to get an extra entry.  Leave a comment for each entry you want to claim:

1) Become a follower of ButtonMad (www.buttonmad.com), an inspirational blog for Incomparable Buttons,  and leave a comment on their blog post about this giveaway, letting them know SewCalGal sent you.

2) "Like" ButtonMad on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall, underneath the photo of a shirt embellished with these cute hearts, letting them know SewCalGal sent you.

But, please be aware, that to win I need to have a way to contact you.  Default settings for google/blogger, as well as those with Typepad and other blogging tools, can show up as a "no reply blogger" comment where I can't contact them to let them know they won.  Please check my list of bloggers and non-bloggers that have posted comments and show up as a no reply blogger.  If in doubt, embed your email address in your comment.


www.buttonmad.com
www.facebook.com/ButtonMad
http://incomparablebuttons.blogspot.com





The winner of the Fun Friday Giveaway from last week, sponsored by Hoffman Fabrics is:
Richard Healy