The New Look Penny Masquerade Website!

You may or may not be aware that pennymasquerade.com has been closed for the past week while it received a complete makeover. It was relaunched on Thursday evening and is now an all-singing, all-dancing website ready to enthrall all who visit. Ok so I'm being melodramatic, it probably won't enthrall you, but if you'd like to take a look at the new website, feel free: www.pennymasquerade.com

To celebrate the relaunch, a free pair of Cutie Pie bow earrings will be given away with all orders of £25 or over. I hope the offer is of use to some of you and hope you like the new website! If you have any feedback or if there are any features you'd like to see on the website don't hesitate to leave a comment. All constructive feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Don't forget the Penny Masquerade April Giveaway will be going live on the blog later this afternoon. For your chance to win a piece of Penny Masquerade jewellery, all you have to do is leave a comment in response to the giveaway post. Extra entries will be given to people who follow Penny Masquerade on twitter, like the facebook page, follow the blog and/or join the mailing list. Easy peasy.

Congratulations to...

...Elsina who won the March giveaway! As soon as your address has been received your Marie Antoinette necklace will be shipped out to you.

To all who didn't win, don't worry! A new giveaway will begin tomorrow and you'll have another chance to win. xx

World Book Night - 5th March 2011

You may or may not have been aware that Saturday March 5th was World Book Night. Taking place two days after World Book Day, World Book Night was an ambitious project supported by the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day, the BBC and RTE. It saw one million books given away by volunteers to random members of the public across the UK and Ireland. I applied to be a volunteer and was sent 48 copies of Sarah Waters' fantastic book Fingersmith to give away. I spent Saturday 5th walking the streets of Leeds giving out copies to lovely people.

It felt really satisfying to give things away to grateful individuals and the event rekindled my love of literature. World Book Night also inspired me to make a new version of "The Bookworm" Ring. Consisting of a bronze tone adjustable ring base and a miniature book with real paper pages, this little homage to literature is a great way to show your love of reading. Plus, it is available in four colours - red, blue, green or brown - and is the perfect gift for someone special as you can write a secret note in its tiny pages! Cute!

The Bookworm - £8/$12, Available for purchase here http://www.etsy.com/listing/68313437/the-bookworm-blue-red-brown-or-green

If you're as obsessed with literature as I am, why not head over to www.judgingcovers.co.uk. Judging Covers is a book review blog written by women, for women. You'll be sure to find honest reviews of interesting books. Who knows it might help you decide what to read next.

Adieu x 

The February Competition Winner

Congratulations to Heathery who won the February Penny Masquerade contest! Your Alice necklace will be making its way to you as soon as I receive your address. If you didn't win, don't worry! A new contest is due to begin this evening!

Over and out. x

The February Giveaway

This month I will be giving away my brand new "Alice in Gold" vintage inspired long necklace to one lucky fan! To see more photos and a description of the piece click here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/68353271/alice-in-gold-long-alice-in-wonderland TO ENTER all you need to do is visit either the etsy shop - http://www.pennymasquerade.etsy.com - or the brand spanking new shop - www.pennymasquerade.com - find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog (please let me know what you have done in a message below). Plus you can now get an extra entry by joining my mailing list! Just scroll down the page until you see the mailing list box on the right and enter your name and e-mail. Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick the winners. Once the numbers have been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the corresponding entries.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen. The competition closes on the 28th of February and a winner will be chosen on the 1st of March. GOOD LUCK!!! xx