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ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED!! A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!!

The beauty of little brown packages tied up with string never disappoints. This lovely package pictured below recently arrived in the mail from the wonderful Helena of Little Mo and Friends. Helena is a children’s illustrator based in Australia who has created her own illustrated stationery line, feauring items which are adorable beyond belief (have a look at her store and you’ll see what I mean).

With the festive season fast approaching, I thought I’d get organised for once and start buying gift tags and Christmas wrap a little earlier this year. Happy for me that I discovered these gorgeous gift tag sets which this particular brown paper package contained.

I only really need the two sets of gift tags at this stage, so I bought an extra set to offer up as a giveaway (the first in a number of Something for Me, Something for You giveaways)…The ‘I am nuts about you’ gift tag set includes one mouse hugger folded notecard (6cm x 6cm), 2 x acorn gift tags (4.5cm x 7cm), 2 x acorn posie gift tags and brown twine for tying.

If you’d like the chance to win this mini notecard / gift tag set pictured above, just follow the instructions below. Entries for this giveaway close Friday 27 November 2009 @10pm (AEST). Good luck!!

So, how does the giveaway work?

1. The giveaway is open to anyone in the world in recognition of the global market for things of beauty.
2. Just leave a comment on this post and I’ll assign you your very own personal raffle ticket number.
3. Once the competition closes I’ll place all the raffle tickets into my hat and the lucky winning ticket will be drawn at random.
4. If you’re lucky enough to have your ticket selected, I’ll contact you via email so that you can send me your mailing address.
5. Congratulations if you are the winner, your prize will then be on its way!

There’s something quite appealing about the curve of a line that travels smoothly from start to finish in unbroken fashion, turning away until it meets itself once more. The symmetry of the circle has long captivated human thought, has inspired the contemplation of true perfection, and has served as a fundamental of geometrical studies for countless generations of maths students. I can’t imagine what life was like before I understood the meaning of radius, diameter, circumference and that little number we like to call Pi. And perhaps more importantly, just where would I be if I didn’t know how to cut a round cake into the optimal number of pieces?

At the recent Brisbane Finders-Keepers Markets I picked up all sorts of lovely goodies (which I’ll gradually get around to featuring on the site), amongst which can be found these gorgeous little ceramic-topped magnets from Australian boutique stationery label Little Jane Street. Such an adorable richness of roundish goodness which came packaged in this lovely hand-stitched cotton bag.

Apart from the application of roundness to practical items like magnets, happily the circle also finds its place amongst the best sweet treats of the world.

The range of colours and contrasting textures of macaroons have made these light and chewy goodies a long-standing favourite of mine. So pretty, and just oh so tasty… it’s nice to know that circles are looking after our taste-buds as well. These beautiful macaroons came from Twist n Roll – a local French style catering business based in Brisbane. Yum!

So the next time all the straight lines and hard edges of the world get you down, think of the humble circle and remember that a start will always curve towards its finish regardless of where you begin…