Fiber Artist Feature and Giveaway: Spinup Yarns

This week's featured fiber artist is Andrea Greene from Spinup Yarns!

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I'm so excited to be featuring Andrea's amazing talent once again.  She joined us for a sponsored OOAK {one of a kind} night about 6 months ago, and now she's back again with a new line of yarns!  These new lines feature a commercially spun base which she then hand dyes in her usual array of bright and bold colors.  The best part of all is that she's offering these yarns at a low and very affordable price!  I'm actually off to buy a few more skeins for myself once I post this blog!  :)

Here are a few examples of Andrea's gorgeous yarns!

  

Seeing as we've already featured Andrea's bio a few months ago (you can read about it here!), we're only going to have a giveaway this time around.   

The Giveaway - Win a $25 gift certificate to Spinup Yarns!

How to Enter:

Entry #1 (REQUIRED): "Like" BOTH Spinup Yarns and After the Bump on Facebook. Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #1 is complete.
Entry #2 (BONUS): Click the Facebook share button beneath my signature at the end of the post and share about this giveaway on Facebook, either with your personal page or your business page or both.  Please TAG @Spinup Yarns and @After the Bump when you share!  Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #2 is complete.

ENTRY #3 (BONUS): Make a purchase from Spinup Yarns during this giveaway (February 20-24, 2012).  Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #3 is complete.  You may only complete this entry ONCE regardless of how many purchases you make.

*This giveaway will end on Friday, February 24th at midnight MST, at which time a winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced on this blog.
*This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.  By entering this giveaway you understand that you are providing your information to After the Bump and not to Facebook.  

A HUGE thank you to Andrea from Spinup Yarns for sponsoring our OOAK {one of a kind} sale this week! Good luck everyone!

Fiber Artist Feature and Giveaway: Sassy Yarn Barn

A big thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway with Sassy Yarn Barn! Our winner is comment #71, Rebecca Weidenfeller--congratulations!

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 It's been a while since our last Fiber Artist Feature, so I'm excited to get back into the swing of things! This week I have an outstanding artist to introduce you to. I hope you'll take a minute to get to know her, browse through her shop, and enter to win a skein of her art yarn. Introducing Michelle Dunbar from Sassy Yarn Barn!

I have worked with a number of Michelle's yarns and let me just say that I'm in love! Each of her yarns is so incredibly soft and silky smooth, and the colorways are unique, bright, and vibrant. It has been a pleasure collaborating with Michelle and I hope you'll enjoy her yarns as much as I have.

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Use discount code "ATB15" for 15% off your purchase in her shop!

Tell us about yourself in 2-3 sentences.

I am a wife to an absolutely amazing and supportive husband, the mother of 2 super great kiddo’s! Justin my son is 17 and a Senior in Highschool, my Daughter Dakotah is 13 and in the 7th grade. We live in the fabulous countryside and enjoy the slow paced lifestyle! When and why did you start spinning, and when did it turn into more than just a hobby? I started spinning on a drop spindle in 2010 and finally purchased my fabulous wheel in September of 2011! I spun yarn as a child and loved it so I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to *re*find my love!

Describe your artistic style when it comes to dying and/or spinning. What inspires you?

I wouldn’t peg any *style* to my spinning, I just love to create gorgeous yarns! My styles will vary on the mood I’m in! Some days I’m feeling funky and like to whip up some fabulous textured art yarns! Some days I’m feeling cuddly and spin up lush super soft squishy-ness!! My inspiration I would say is drawn off of colors and texture. I am a through and through color junkie! I LOVE color! So I paint my world with it. :)

Tell us about your favorite fiber(s) to work with.

Oh favorite fiber?! How do I count the ways….I’m really most drawn to superwash merino’s but I also LOVE mixing it up a bit! So for me my favorite “fiber” would be a mix of fibers into a fiber batt! Little bit of everything!

Of all the yarns you have ever dyed and/or spun, show us a photo of your very favorite. What makes it your favorite?

Oh this is definitely an easy answer for me! I just recently spun it but have been hoarding the fiber forever and a day! I love it so much I haven’t even made anything with it! I’m thinking of keeping it as a centerpiece in my living room.   ;)

Can you show us a picture of your workspace?

Believe it or not my work space is currently in my living room!! I’m pretty comfortable in here so it’ll probably stay that way LOL!!!

 This is *Lucy* my gorgeous wheel!!

More of Michelle's scrumptious yarns!

The Giveaway - Win this skein of art yarn!

How to Enter:

Entry #1 (REQUIRED): "Like" BOTH Sassy Yarn Barn and After the Bump on Facebook. Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #1 is complete.
Entry #2 (BONUS): Click the Facebook share button beneath my signature at the end of the post and share about this giveaway on Facebook, either with your personal page or your business page or both.  Please TAG @Sassy Yarn Barn and @After the Bump when you share!  Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #2 is complete.

ENTRY #3 (BONUS): Make a purchase from Sassy Yarn Barn during this giveaway (February 13-17, 2012).  Leave ONE comment at the end of the post to say that entry #3 is complete.  You may only complete this entry ONCE regardless of how many purchases you make. This giveaway will end on Friday, February 17th at midnight MST, at which time a winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced on this blog.

A HUGE thank you to Michelle from Sassy Yarn Barn for sponsoring our OOAK {one of a kind} sale this week! Good luck everyone!

"New You" 15K Giveaway Winners

WOW! Now THAT'S a giveaway!! I hope you've all discovered a bunch of new shops to add to your favorites list! I've definitely enjoyed working with each of these vendors and I can't thank them enough for their generosity in donating to and advertising for this giveaway.

I closed the giveaway last night at 12:00am with 3,851 entries (more than three times the number we had for our 10K giveaway!). Simply amazing. Thank you all for your entries and for sharing about this giveaway with your business pages and your friends. And thank you for all your sweet words and "thank you's" on my page. Your genuine gratitude has sincerely humbled me. ♥

WINNERS: You will receive an email from me informing you of your win. You will also receive an email from your vendor with instructions about how to claim your prize. Please do not email them until you receive their email. Thank you!

Without further ado...

"New You" 15K Giveaway

This giveaway has closed. Thank you to everyone who has entered! I will be choosing winners via Random.org and verifying them over the weekend. Good luck to everyone!

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 It's hard to believe that just a year ago we were celebrating a mere 2,000 fans on Facebook. Now it's 2012 and we're celebrating over eight times that number! After the Bump wouldn't be anywhere near what it is today without your continued support and business, and for that I am ever grateful and thankful to each of you! To show my gratitude, I've put together quite the giveaway with an outstanding group of generous vendors, a "New You" giveaway for the New Year.  Before we begin, I really want to thank each of our 15K vendors for their willingness to donate and for their excitement to participate. Thank you, thank you!

Fiber Artist Feature: Lolaz Thingz

Welcome to another edition of the Fiber Artist Feature! This week we're getting to know Angelina Stipech of Lolaz Thingz. I had the pleasure of working with Angelina when she first participated as a partial sponsor for our OOAK {one of a kind} sale a few months ago, and now she's back for a full-sponsorship. Angelina's yarns are fun and eccentric, and a dream to work with. I'm excited for you all to discover her shop if you haven't already! Introducing Lolaz Thyngz...