Giveaways

19 Days of Giveaways with The Holiday Collective

11.27.15

And we’re back! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving feast—or, a lovely Thursday, for you non-US folk!

Big news in the THC world today: our intrepid gang of makers have partnered with some of our favorite brands to bring you 19 consecutive days of prizes. Yes, nineteen!

The Holiday Collective Giveaway

So don’t go buying everything on your shopping lists just yet because you could win some awesome stuff for FREEEEE!

Of course I promise I won’t judge if you keep your prize for yourself. It’s probably what I would do.

Here on Idle Hands Awake, I’m so excited to be able to bring you $150 to Artfully Walls so you can finally arrange that gallery wall you’ve been slacking on intentionally planning for two years. Here’s a little sneak peek of some of the prettiness coming your way on December 2:

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Our first THC giveaway kicks off TODAY on Design Improvised with a whopping $400 box of Martha Stewart Crafts supplies. Swoon. Hop over to enter, and check out the complete list of prizes here:

Nov. 27 – Design Improvised is giving away a $400 box of Martha Stewart Crafts supplies

Nov. 28 – Pars Caeli is giving away a $100 to Seedling

Nov. 29 – Fall for DIY is giving away a Silhouette Cameo ($300 value) *open to international residents!

Nov. 30 – Squirrelly Minds is giving away a $200 to SnapBox

Dec. 1 – This Little Street is giving away a $200 to Anthropologie and a beauty assortment box

Dec. 2 – Idle Hands Awake is giving away $150 to Artfully Walls

Dec. 3 – A Bubbly Life is giving away $250 to Pottery Barn Teen

Dec. 4 – Alice & Lois is giving away $200 in Banana Republic shop cards

Dec. 5 – This Heart of Mine is giving away 4 pairs of Livie & Luca shoes

Dec. 6 – The Merrythought is giving away 1 adult bicycle & 1 kid’s bicycle from Brilliant Bicycle Co. ($588 value)

Dec. 7 – Shrimp Salad Circus is giving away a $200 to Michaels *open to US and Canadian residents!

Dec. 8 – Lovely Indeed is giving away $150 to Social Print Studio *open to international residents!

Dec. 9 – A Girl Named PJ is giving away $250 to BRIKA

Dec. 10 – Brepurposed is giving away a Welcome Package + 2 yards of modern jersey fabric from Spoonflower

Dec. 11 – Damask Love is giving away a Cricut prize bundle

Dec. 12 – Hey There Home is giving away $200 to Pottery Barn

Dec. 13 – Alice & Lois is giving away a $200 Minted gift card

Dec. 14 – Hello Lidy is giving away a pair of Lotta from Stockholm clogs (up to $200 value)

Dec. 15 – Lulu the Baker is giving away $200 to Design Life Kids

Each giveaway will run for 3 days. Don’t miss your chance to enter by following along with our Facebook page and checking back at our giveaway page!

Thank you thank you thank you for reading Idle Hands Awake and sharing in The Holiday Collective. We heart you guys big time—there would be no blogs without you!

Now who among you is a Black Friday shopper? Did you survive? Is it really as crazy as it looks on the news?

Lately

On One Year of Marriage and Being Together

11.25.15

Together - Thoughts on One Year of Marriage // @idlehandsawake

You know you’ve found a keeper when the guy you’ve just started dating drives an hour out of his way in a snowstorm to get you vegan cupcakes.

It’s my one-year wedding anniversary—AND my birthday—so I’m giving myself permission to get a little personal today. That’s right, it’s my blog and I’ll get sappy all over it if I want to. Read More

Get Creative

4 Tips for Avoiding Creative Burnout

11.18.15

Creativity is a fickle beast. Sometimes you worry you’ll never have an idea again, and other times the dam bursts open all at once and you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night scribbling notes in the dark while your husband mutters “not again” into his pillow. (Is that just me?).

We’ll talk about dealing with dry spells another time, but today I want to focus on how to keep yourself out of them in the first place. Because while creative surges are awesome—so many ideas! make all the things! go go go!—they can be taxing. Even your passions will wear you out eventually if you don’t restrain yourself just a smidge.

So here are my tips for avoiding creative burnout. Which I plan to start practicing as soon as I’m done with all the holiday DIYs. Really.

Tips for Avoiding Creative Burnout @idlehandsawake Read More

Printables

Cheeky Thanksgiving Menu Printable

11.17.15

It’s beginning to look a lot like OH MY GOD THANKSGIVING IS NEXT WEEK.

What are your Thanksgiving plans? Travel or stay? Family or friends? Pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake?

We’ve had the most luxurious, warm, slow transition into fall here in Boston this year–there are still flowers growing in my garden!–so the big T-Day has sneaked up on me even more than usual.

That’s ok though, because I managed to whip together a little printable DIY that will make me look totally on top of things.

Cheeky Thanksgiving Menu Printable by Idle Hands Awake

I don’t like to take even time-honored traditions too seriously, so I made this cheeky Thanksgiving menu printable for those of us that know–the holidays are all about FOOD!

Cheeky Thanksgiving Menu Printable by Idle Hands Awake

Cheeky Thanksgiving Menu Printable by Idle Hands Awake

Just download the editable PDF below, type in your own menu, print onto card stock, cut along the guides, and you’ve got yourself a place setting that’s festive with a dash of snark.

PDF tip: the text fields may not show up in every PDF viewer. All you have to do is click above the words for the fields to appear. Like in this super fancy screenshot I made for you.

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Cheeky Thanksgiving Menu Printable by Idle Hands Awake

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And now for real, I’m dying to know–what’s your favorite holiday meal?

30 Minutes or Less / DIY

DIY Copper Grid Votives

11.03.15

Are you sick of the copper trend yet?

If you answered yes, I’m sorry but we can no longer be friends.

For me the answer is an emphatic never.

COPPER. ALL. THE. THINGS.

If you aren’t done with copper (yay!)…you need to get yourself some copper tape like yesterday. Long-time admirer, first-time user of this stuff here, and now nothing in my house is safe. Do not be surprised if my cats show up with copper stripes.

For today, I’ve managed to restrain myself and make these very simple DIY copper grid votives.

DIY Copper Grid Votive @idlehandsawake DIY Copper Grid Votive @idlehandsawake

Yes, I am combining two trends here because Pinterest has turned me into a trend fiend. I’m honestly not too sure how I feel about black-and-white grid swimsuits, but shiny, understated, coppery grids? That I can do. Read More