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a diary for your dates and a giveaway

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)

Over the last couple of weeks I've had a lot of fun sorting through images of some of my favourite little cotton rabbits and putting them into a calendar for 2010. I'm going to be giving some of these to my friends and family at Christmas time but I thought I'd also make the calendar available to buy for those of you who'd like a copy.

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You can preview or purchase it here over at the very excellent Redbubble.

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If you've thought yourself of doing a calendar, greeting cards or T shirts with your own images then I'd definitely recommend Redbubble. Their print and paper quality are great (my photos don't do them justice thanks to a murky day!) and their prices are good compared to other online print companies. They also have a great range of existing designs for cards and calendars to buy from some very talented artists and photographers.

Anyway, I thought I'd have a little giveaway to celebrate my own little calendar launch and I have 3 copies to send out to winners. If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning one please leave a comment below and next Monday (November 16th) I'll draw the 3 winners at random.

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420 thoughts on “a diary for your dates and a giveaway”

  1. so cute! thanks for the recommendation as well-I’ve been trying to find a decent company to get calendars made for a while now!

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  8. I love your sweet calendar. Wonderful to look at on a winter day-every day actually-your creations bring a smile. I feel like a small child when I look at them.

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  12. Me.Me.Me. I tried to buy one at RedBubble last year but it didn’t like me and so I had to make do with a different one for 2009. You should really choose me as a winner so I don’t have to go through the same heartache again this year.
    Btw – if I had been a winner last Friday it would not only have been free yearn but a selection of Addi Turbos and Knitpicks for those who wanted them.

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  16. these calendars will definately sell well in your online shops, i wish i could think of ideas like this.
    janine x

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  17. You are such an inspiration!! I love looking at your designs and reading your life story. Your designs are delightful and I look forward to every visit. Please include me in the drawing. (((HUGS)))

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  18. If i win, i’ll hang the calendar
    by my desk in work and when i need cheering up a bit i’ll look at it and IMMEDIATLY feel better.
    Love
    Suzycute X

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  25. i would so love one! I’ve just written my post with your lovely gifts to me – i think i may ask father christmas for a new camera!
    xxx

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  27. Those adorable animals you have on the calendar makes it worth looking at! Please do include me in the drawing… I would love to have one!

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  28. yes please, I’d love you to enter me into your prize draw. There would be nothing better than having one of your calendars to remind me of everthing I am likely to forget next year with a new baby in the house!
    They look lovely and I can’t wait to see what little animals you’ll have in your Etsy shop xx

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  36. Your little cotton rabbits are just so adorable – to have them on display throughout a whole year would brighten every day! Thank you for a lovely blog.

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  42. Gorgeous calendars! I made one with my knitting last year as I knitted my work colleagues and we made a calendar.
    Erin

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  47. I too would love to win one of your calendars…Even though I never win any blog candy, it’s sure fun trying! 😉
    ~ Kathy C. (Hillsboro, Oregon, USA)

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  52. gorgeous calendar Julie. I’ve been pondering different ideas for home-made gifts and a calendar of the gardening year was an option. I’ve been looking at Bonusprint – suspect the quality may not be as good but a little easier on my pauper’s pocket :o)

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  55. Thanks for the recommendation — need a new place to look for Holiday cards. I love looking at your site — makes me appreciate people like you and their talents.
    Deb

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  60. Thanks Julie for this giveaway. This claender would definitely make me smile everyday. Thanks for the link too. Great xmas pressie idea. Lynne xx

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  62. Oooh I hope I win!! I always end up with at least three calenders each Christmas but I figure you can never have too many lovely pictures to look at so I hang them all over the house and yours would indeed look lovely anywhere.
    p.s I have been knitting up lots of your little stockings and have been really enjoying it. It’s a great little pattern and the stockings look sooo good! I plan to attach them to the ribbon which wraps the bags of shortbread for my boys’ Teachers this Christmas. I’m sure they will love them!

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  65. I would love to win a calendar. As one who has made a dozen cupcakes for gifts from your pattern, I know how cute your designs are!

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  66. ooh…I have just found your blog recently and check it now every day to see what creative creations you’re making! I would love to win the calendar too, like everyone 🙂 Thank you for doing this!

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  80. What a good idea – with a calendar we can ogle your gorgeous creations every day of the year.
    Hope I win one 🙂
    xxx

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  85. hi, I would love to be in with a chance to win one. I have been looking at your page every day and it has truly got me into knitting. I have come up with a whole lot of toys of my own and I have had a go at the mits and many other things. My 18 month old loves it as she has a new toy every few days.
    jade Whapham

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  87. Would love to win one of your calendars but either way thank you for sharing the link, defo going to check them out :o) The calendars are adorable ( like everything you do) so I hope you sell lots and lots and lots :o) xx

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  93. Please, please, please include me in your draw! I love your little animals and can think of nothing better than hanging a whole years worth of their lovely pictures on my wall 🙂

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  94. Oh i love these calenders they are so cute. If i won one i would send it to my sister in New Zealand for Christmas. Here`s hoping
    Love Carole in Rossendale
    xxxxxx

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  95. Another great idea. Also, as for your blog, every time I visit, it brings me the comfort and warmth of visiting home. Such a lovely place. So glad to have found you.

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  97. Julie….I would love to be the winner of one of your Calendars. Do please enter me in your random drawing and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that I’m one of the luckies. With High Hopes, Candi

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  100. Really love the calendar and the colour combinations for each month – particularly like the skull and cross bones on the sweaters. Will keep my fingers crossed that I can win one.
    Susan

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  105. Your calendar is beautiful. I wanted to buy one by my country is not in the list to dispach overseas 😦 so I am crossing my fingers and wishing so hard to win one of your copies.
    Thanks,

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  107. How lovely, a whole year of Little Cotton Rabbits! Please put me in your Random Number Generator!
    Love, Rosy x

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  109. We love your work! Mom just got finished making 4 of your cute mini-Christmas stockings!
    We’d love to have one of your adorable calendars!
    Love ya lots
    Maggie and Mitch

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  121. Your little bunnies always make me smile! Imagine seeing them everyday! I’d love to win one of these calendars. Thank you for the offer.

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  125. Awww!! Your calender is gorgeous Julie!
    How lovely would it be to look at those adorable little faces every day!

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  131. I would LOVE to win one of these adorable calendars. Thank you so very much for the chance to win one.

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  138. I’d love to win one of your calendars, but failing it that I’ll definately buy one. Keep up the great work!! x

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  140. I love your designs, and the calendar is a great way to showcase them!!! I’d love to win one!!! Thanks for such a wonderful giveaway!!!

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  151. Oh my goodness Julie ~ 150 people got here before me ~ your giveaways are so popular! Sweet calendar ~ I’d love to be included in your draw.
    Marie x

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  161. I would love one of your calenders. I love your little characters and would love to see a new picture of them every month.

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  162. What a lovely way to be reminded of your amazing knitted animals by seeing them every day! It would be wonderful to be lucky enough to win one, so I could see it in person! Keep up the blogging, I love to hear about your news. Sue x

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  164. The calendars are lovely. I adore rabbits.I would appreciate a chance to win one, as my daughter is also a rabbit fan (and other little creatures) and had a beautiful rabbit which died suddenly a few years ago. I would give it to her.

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  173. Your calendar is just wonderful. I dont think I would want to turn the pages though as I would want to see all of those cute pics all the time, lol! If I dont win one then I will definately be making a trip to redbubble to buy one up. Have a wonderful day!

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  174. Soooo glad I am not the only “flitter knitter!”
    Would love to start each day looking at an adorable “Little Cotton Rabbit” as I check the calendar to see what the day had in store for me!

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  176. Naw, those are adorable! I’d love one… They look absolutely lovely. I’ll keep that company in mind if ever calender making takes my fancy. Thanks for the chance of winning one – that’s very kind 🙂

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  192. Clever idea! It would give me great cheer to have a daily does of Little Cotton Rabbits! Hope I win.

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  198. Dear Julie.
    I love your calendar. In the year 2000 I make a calendar myself fore family and friends whith picture from the year and of my lovely dog, Castor. I am a nitter myself and you have given me the idea to make one calendar again whith this years knitting project.

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  206. I love your selfmade calenders. The pictures are just beautiful.
    Visiting a site of you with free knitting paterns I was linked to your blog. Lucky me.
    There are a lot of comments on the blog, so the change of me winning is very little. But never the less it’s great to draw my name in.
    I wish you a merry christmas ( I know, it’s a bit early) and for the next year lot of fun with creating all those beautiful things you made.
    God bless,
    Willeke

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  210. Your knitting is so gorgeous – who wouldn’t want a calendar full of it! But even more than that I adore your blog for the posts about your family. We’re in the middle of discovering that our son has learning difficulties of some sort related to his epilepsy, and reading your generous posts and hearing of your experiences is like balm on a wound. Thank you and blessings, Amy

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  212. OOooh. I want one! I would love to win. The little rabbits are just adorable! I’ve wanted one of you’r rabbits for ages but I’m always too late and can never deside which one I want. But one day…

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  217. How wonderful, to be able to look at your beautiful tactile knitted animals EVERY day for a WHOLE year – our family would be in raptures. Fingers crossed…. Emma

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  218. our Rabbits so beautifully designed; the calender would really make my kitchen a bit more cheerful every day.
    What a lovely giveaway.
    Amanda.x.

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  219. These little rabbits are just how I imagined bunnies as a child. They are a delicious taste of nostalgia and I hope I win one of your wonderful calendars!

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  220. ha ha just seen my above post typed out as “our rabbits” instead of “your rabbits”. Fruedian slip I think.
    Thanks again,
    Amanda.x.

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  223. They are just beautiful! It will be hard to decide which one to put up if I win, yours or my own, which is made up of photos of my daughter!
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  227. I love their dolls. You’re my favorite artist. Thank you for creating these wonderful dolls that convey so much tenderness.
    Always pass to visit and stay as silly looking at the pictures! jajajaja
    Beautiful calendar!

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  228. My, what a lot of comments! A lovely looking calendar, Julie. I’m glad this has finally worked out for you (I seem to remember you trying this last year but having problems with online printers?).
    I might just be treating myself to a LCR for my rather dull office =)

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  232. The calendars look very good quality. Thanks for the recommendation. I have been humming and harring about doing a calendar but haven’t organised my photos yet!

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  233. As allways you are giving away marvelous things! And I would love to see your design every day of the coming year hanging on my wall!

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  237. That is soooooooo cute, thank you for giving us all a chance to win one.
    How adorable it is, fingers crossed and congratulations to everyone that enters. x

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  242. I’m a newbie round here so I know I so don’t deserve one, but I’ve fallen in love with your little creatures in the past couple of weeks and would love a calendar. So here’s hoping…

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  247. What an awesome idea – I think seeing these bunnies at work every day would inspire me to work harder so that I could get home to knit and would definitely brighten my day.

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  248. What a wonderful idea put your lovely friends on a calendar, really a warm way to see every day of the next year.

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  251. Just like everyone else, I’d love to win a calendar and i didn’t know about red bubble so i’m going to have a look at that too! :o)

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  252. Oh, I love it……wish I could figure out shipping cost for it, though. it would look so good in my otherwise-dreary office cube!

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  257. You are so generous! Apart from being an excellent knitter! 🙂 Please let me know when will you be posting one of your adorable creations on etsy, I really want to buy one (some!).
    Regards from Cyprus.

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  258. You have the sweetest little bunnies I’ve ever seen! Just looking at them makes me feel happy. I wish you the best of luck with your calendars! 🙂

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  259. I would love to win one of your beautiful calanders! Everthing you make it beautiful, your such an inspiration!
    Xoxo

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  260. Hi Julie!
    I’d love a calendar! I think it’s the only way I’ll get to have any adorable rabbits! And then it will be 12 months’ worth!
    Gwen

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  263. I’d love to start the new year with your calendar, what a cheery way to start each new month! please enter me into the draw.I really look forward to your blog.

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  264. Pick Me!!
    Pick Me!!
    Pick Me!!
    PLease!!
    I love them, so does my daughter, I promise to share it with her if you only just….
    Pick me!!

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  265. Please Julie, i love your website, me and my mum love knitting loads of little rabbits and i’m only 8 years old!!!

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  267. How lovely to view all of your lovely rabbits and creatures. Fingers crossed hoping to win. Best wishes Michelle

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  269. What a terrific idea, Julie. These also provide great inspiration to all those knitters out there. How kind of you to offer 3 as giveaways. Many thanks to you.

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  274. With this many peope in your hat, you are going to need a very giant-sized hat I think. Please make a little space for my name and hopefully it will be one of the fortunate ones to win your lovely giveaway.

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  279. Would love to win one of your calendars with the adorable critters! Also, any chance of you selling patterns for some of the animals, with bodies and legs? The egg cozy is so cute, but afraid it’s not an item in much use in the USA, at least not in my circle of family and friends. 🙂 Good luck with your calendar sales! Thank you for such delightful, cheerful designs!

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  287. So gorgeous – as ever! The Stashbasket bunnies would love a chance of winning a calendar – if only to make Vera jealous that her cousins aren’t in print!

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  289. That would be a darling calendar for the wall. I’d be so pleased if I won, that’s nice of you to host a giveaway.

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  293. i love the calendar. it would be great to see all of your creations in one place. not too sure if i could knit them, they are so cute. have a great creative new year!

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  298. The calendars are adorable!! Here I am wishing I’ll win (wish, wish, wish…).
    Thank you for being so generous!
    Silvia

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  305. They are so adorable and I thank you for the chance to enter to win one! Be sure to pop over to my website also and sign up for my giveaway as well! 🙂

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  314. This is such a cute calendar .
    I love saving pics from calendars when the year is over and then reusing them for crafts and wall hangings . Thank you !
    tumblemumbo(at)gmail(dot)com

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  321. Great idea Julie, looking forward to the new year with a great calendar. Definately going to be buying some of these for friends and family.

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  333. Please include me in your draw, i love your work, if i cant own a rabbit yet, at least i could look at them if i won a calander.

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  340. I’d love to win, but whoever does will be so happy thanks to these cheery little dollies and your creative talent!
    Much continued success!

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  342. The calendar is wonderful! Thank you for sharing some with those of us who respect and admire your work. I look to your blog often for inspiration and to simply look at the beautiful images of your knitted creations! I greatly appreciate the graphic quality of your work and would absolutely love a calendar. So I hope I’m one of the lucky ones!

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  351. The calendar is so cute. You are very talented and I wish I could knit like you. Thank you for giving 3 away.

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  358. I just love all the little creations you make and love to have a calender to remind me of the cute little faces and the beautiful outfits what fun such talent
    thank you for sharing
    ter

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  369. Please include me in the drawing. I stumbled upon your website and have already passed the link to my friends who knit. I am an avid quilter but now I want to knit too! Your little friends are just the cutest I have ever seen. I would love to have a whole basket full of them. thanks for being so talented.

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  375. This is great! It is a great idea to make your own calendar. Your work inspires me, thank you for sharing it on this blog!

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  390. What a gorgeous idea…so cute! Am struggling to keep up with my Christmas crafting (not least since my two babes have birthdays in a fortnight) you are great inspiration to keep going! Would love a calendar x

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  392. Super idea. Those little rabbits will be a delight to look at each month, especially in winter. Regards Denise from windy Lancashire x

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  398. Captivating! A smile and a cuddle every day of the year, it can’t get better than that. Thank you for your endless creativity.

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  401. How wonderful…a full year of Little Cotton Rabbits to cheer us every day!! Your calendar is as sweet as the critters themselves. Just too cute! Thank you for sharing:)

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  410. Love how each month is colored themed by clothing. . . so many darling little knit critters. Just for fun, could you please post sometime how many animals you have made thus far in your career. I had know idea about the variety until I saw the calendar.

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  415. What a wonderful idea your little cotton rabbits are adorable. Please include me in your draw I would love to win a calendar, I think my daughter Emily would be delighted with it for her bedroom. Thankyou.

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  420. oooh yes please. i luv ur designs. any news on the etsy front re. buying bunnies or the patterns by any chance??
    jo xxx

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