1st Spring Has Sprung Giveaway-Out On A Whim-Easter Tags

Spring is in the air and I have never wanted it to come more than I do right now. This winter was a rough one. Cabin fever hit for the first time ever. I just need a good dose of sun!

To help me celebrate Spring I have enlisted the help of a few amazing women from the Etsy community.

Today, please meet Kath from Out On A Whim.

I was searching for things that reminded me of Spring and Easter, when I fell upon Kath's shop.

I loved all her cute, little tags that reminded me of Easter when I was a child, beautiful, whimsical and magical.

Kath resides with in Ohio with her husband of 24 years, her 4 sons, ages 21, 18, 16 and 10, a slew of cats and a dog. When she isn't helping her husband run his company she throws herself into her hobbies and boy does she have quite a few. She loves crafting, shopping and reading. She is a magazine junky, and love cookies and chocolate (woot, girl after my own heart)!

I Interviewed Kath and asked her some questions.



When did you start working with paper?
I was a decorative painter, selling in several shops, when I started scrapbooking the kids pictures circa 1990. At one time I had ALL my family pictures in books...now I am YEARS behind. Thank goodness for graduations that force me to get some done! I started doing altered art, with my collage tags, about 5 years ago. I've made and sold thousands of them!

Where do you get your inspiration? My inspiration comes from the old papers I use, the "junk" I collect, as well as books and movies based on days gone by. I also listen to a lot of Allison Krauss in the studio!

What do you love most about what you do? I love giving old "junk drawer" items new life. I go to the flea market and buy all the stuff that no one else wants, and make it into something no one else would have thought of. A funny note...usually whatever I was snapping up for pennies one month, the next month will be everywhere, and for more than pennies! I think the vendors know me and share notes, lol The jokes on them though, because I am looking for something different everytime I go! And I am CHEAP!

I also just love sitting in my studio, on a warm sunny day with the windows open, or a cold winter day with the space heater blowing on my feet, creating new things, listing on etsy, and singing with the cd player cranked way up (I do this when I'm home alone!), and just having a blast!

Doesn't she sound like everyone's best friend? Love her!

Kath, has graciously offered to give away this adorable set of her Easter
tags to one of my readers.

Beside Out On A Whim, Kath has the following Etsy Shops:

http://www.ineedthat.etsy.com for kewl supplies and vintage stuff you NEED

http://www.sweetlibertyprims.etsy.com for primitives with an altered twist

http://www.gethappy.etsy.com for fun things for scrapping and happy living!

Also, check out her blog when you have a chance to learn even more about her.

Now for the Giveaway Details:

Prize Description: One lucky reader will win a set of beautiful Easter Tags from Out On A Whim.

How to Enter: Visit Out On A Whim then come back and tell me about one of Kath's other items. (If this rule is not followed you will be disqualified).

Deadline: April 4, 2009 by Midnight

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