BIGGEST GIVEAWAY EVER.

This week marks 5 years since opening my business. Wow. I used to think that if a business could keep going for 5 years strong, it was officially legit. And well, it's been 5 years!  Not sure if that makes me legit, but regardless.....

LET'S  CELEBRATE with a big shop giveaway!!!

I want to THANK YOU by giving away these 5 awesome things to 5 AWESOME WINNERS:

1) 1 fat quarter bundle of my OUT TO SEA fabric (7 fat quarters in each bundle, colors at random)

2) 1 8x10 print of your choice

3) 2 5x7 prints of your choice

4)  2 packs of Holiday Cards of your choice & 2 packs of Holiday Gift tags of your choice

5) 4 embroidery patterns (iron-ons) of your choice

(That's about $130 in each giveaway package! Yahoo!) 

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: 

1) Leave a comment below telling me what you'd do with any part of the prize

Optional entries: 

2) Leave another comment below with the link to your facebook comment on this FB post

3) Leave another comment below with the link to your Facebook Share of this FB post

4) Leave another comment below with a link to your tweet about this giveaway

5) Leave another comment below with the link to a pin of any of your favorite images from this site.

(These additional comments will help me keep track of all the sharing info, thank you!)

Please note:

• Entries END ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10th at MIDNIGHT EST
• I will notify the winners on Thursday Morning, and also announce them here on the blog
• In the mean time....I am also offering a discount to ALL products in the shop! 

20% Off your entire purchase through OCT 10th with code 5YEARSsarahjane

I just can't thank you all enough for all your incredible support through the years! I love what I do, but it does get challenging...like anything worth doing! And your support is honestly what has kept it alive!

And remember....all goods besides ART PRINTS & PDFS will be discontinued after December 20th, so now is the time if you've been itching to get your hands on something!

Love to you all. Creative living is my true joy....thank you all so much for letting me use my creativity to support my family!

xoxo

sarah

COMMENTS CLOSED! 

here are the 5 random winners!

Fleur,  Sara Torbett, Kirsten, Michelle, and Emmy!

Congrats!!!

Ho Hey, October weekending.

So I dropped off the blog world last week, maybe you noticed. We've been hit a second time by this stomach flu virus, that I am really hoping has moved on for good! We were super healthy last fall/winter so I guess it's our turn.

I have to laugh a little, because this weekend marks 5 YEARS since starting my business. And the irony is that the night I opened my shop, my husband was out of town leaving me with two babies with the stomach flu. All at the same time. And I didn't sleep for 3 days straight. And this weekend, exactly 5 years later, Kenneth was out of town again, and this time Ella and I were down and out. What a way to celebrate.

But Sunday night, after a wonderful weekend of inspiration, we were finally all together and healthy again.

I love this time of year. There is a magic I can't really ever seem to put my finger on.

Guitar. Sunset. Yellow leaves. Crisp air. Blankets. Sun spots. Grass. Togetherness.

And after what seems like forever, I've brought out my camera again. I don't know...something about sick kids and school starting has kept my camera away. Nothing like October light to bring it back out.

But to finish up, you've got to watch this video. Totally spontaneous Sunday evening....Ken's been teaching himself how to play Ho Hey on the guitar, and the kids started learning it too. They had no idea Ian was being such a ham. And Addie made her own guitar. Check it out:

http://youtu.be/OrHBnoTl-yw

Come back tomorrow for some major 5 year birthday celebration!

xo

sarah

Halloween Traditions.

Ok. Enough of Christmas already, we're back in gear for Halloween.

Remember this Haunted House project? It was just featured here on Parenting.com with their 13 Halloween Craft projects. It reminded me about last year's Halloween Project, and I thought I'd pull it out again!

This project is a great way to let your child get up close and personal and draw their favorite halloween creatures in each window. Scary stuff!

The post and Downloadable Template can be found here.

Here we go into holiday projects! We're breaking out the decorations (on strict command from my 7 year old) tonight!

Are your kids as into Halloween as mine? If I had my way, we'd skip this holiday. But they LOVE it!

Christmas and Clearance.

Well, as much as I'm in denial, it's October first (happy birthday to my sister!) and it's time to start thinking holidays.

I'm usally against Christmas thinking this early on, but I'm getting more and more used to holiday shopping early...as it helps me enjoy my December so much more!

But it's even more critical that I tell you about the shop updates now, because we're clearing out! All Paper Goods (cards, hang tags, journals, bookplates, etc) will be gone forever once we sell out.  And we don't have much left actually!

There are a handful of journals that we are putting out again too, all on clearance. 

These cards are my favorite. But we don't have much left! So hurry on over to the HOLIDAY section of the shop.

This card above, WINTER CHEER,  has been by far our best seller for years. I'm going to be sad to see it go.

And there are all of the favorite holiday items back in the shop as well! The prints and PDF's will be there all holiday season. It's just the paper gift items that will be going fast. I wish I could keep them all, but I feel really great about narrowing down my inventory and spending more time illustrating. Can't wait to show you more of what's to come!

Sailor Dresses Galore.

Wow...you guys have really been outdoing yourself with the projects you are making!

And on my mind today, are Sailor Dresses!

Here's my round up from this week:

{click on the picture to visit the site}

{Figgy Patterns}

{Party of 8}

{The Cottage Mama}

{Stitches & Scissors}

{Sweet Pea & Pumpkins}

{Alice loves handmade}

{Violet Field Threads}

{sew hot right now}

{Violet Field Threads}

{saflower photography}

{Violet Field Threads}

I'm drooling over these nautical dresses. Yes please! on every single one! I love seeing all your amazing creative projects! It seriously makes it all so worth it!

To see the fabric collection visit here. 

For more Out to Sea Photos visit here and here. 

Happy weekending everyone!

xoxo

sarah

Take it while you can.

I said: "I'm making dinner, You guys go outside and enjoy the last few hours of warm sunshine. It's not going to be summer weather much longer!"

And they did. Enjoy it. Every single second of it.

This week I'm going to live in the moment a bit more. Not let a single chance go by.  Fully feel and enjoy the present.  Even get a little dirty.

You? How are you enjoying the change of seasons? Do you love the excitement of change? I miss the warm, but I'm loving the butternut squash soup on the stove today.

xoxo

OUT TO SEA blog tour: Ship Shape Tunic

We are starting to wind down on the OUT TO SEA projects, but no all the way.  Today I bring you Rae from MADE BY RAE with an adorable Ship Shape Button Placket Tutorial perfect for boys.We could all use a bit more on the boy side, right?

She is offering this pattern at 20% off for Sarah Jane readers (code: OUTTOSEA2)

I love her blog. Her latest Washi Tape Dress has become epic already, and I drooled over this On Parade dress she made for her little girl's birthday party.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE PATTERN & TUTORIAL

Thanks Rae!

New Sarah Jane: Out to Sea Art Prints

New Art Prints! Part of this new shift in Sarah Jane is more art prints, especially designed around collections. The Out to Sea Fabric collection was a delight to create, and I'm just as excited to offer prints as well!

The great thing about today, is that for the FIRST time, we are now offering 5x7 prints! We have been getting requests for ages, but it's a size that take a bit more cutting down, and we are now offering it. Especially now that I'm not going to be offering cards after this year, I am happy that there will be smaller print size to choose from!

Mermaid Games. Playing with Narwhals is my idea of a fun day.

Pirate Girls. Each one has a job on deck!

Mermaid & Octopus. These two are going to make great friends.

Water marks and © marks are just for the web by the way:) 

Deep Sea Princess. She's my favorite.

Set Sail. I wanted to offer something a little more neutral, and still. All of these prints are the original ink illustrations from the fabric line by the way, actual size. I've had to modify them of course for the artwork, but the line work is actually the original art from when I designed the fabric.

And....Dun dun dun.....MAPS!!!!!!

I'm obsessed with map prints in children's spaces, and this is my favorite print in the collection. A nautical world map, with treasure marks, deep sea creatures and scribbled cursive ink dipped handwriting for all the ports.

Catch me by the Sea (coming later today!) is a hand painted sign type print, which makes me wish more than ever I lived where I could hear the roaring ocean every single day.

And Sailing Adventures. Meant to compliment the map, this ship is ready for a grand voyage!

And to finish up, thank you so much for all your kind words, emails and comments on yesterday's posts on the downsizing of the shop. I'm refocussing, and it feels good. I'm so lucky to have such an amazing group of kindred spirits here!

Farewell, mates! I look forward to seeing some major nautical decorating going on:) Do share!

xo

sarah