Issue 4 "A Handmade Christmas" OUT NOW!!!!

Exciting news!

Our super special Christmas Issue is now available for you to order! 

Filled with festive crafts, recipes, music, stories and more, Issue 4 is titled "a handmade magazine, celebrating a handmade Christmas".... because we believe that Christmas shouldn't be about consumerism, but instead it can be celebrated beautifully and simply when we make it about handmade, simple traditions and thinking about others. 

We have made this Issue with the hope that it will encourage us all to rethink how we celebrate Christmas. We have had some fabulous contributions from crafters, musicians, and writers near and far who celebrate Christmas in their own unique way. We have kept many of our regular features, while making a few changes to suit our Christmas theme. 

We do hope you enjoy reading it as much as we have had making it. We both love Christmas, and so this particular issue holds a special place in our hearts!! To order your copy, head to our online store today (we tend to sell out pretty fast these days!!) www.hundredsandthousands.storenvy.com 

Love Mezz and Taz xo

Christmas Koala Plushii Pattern Sheet

Hundreds and Thousands Magazine First Birthday!!

We celebrated the mag's FIRST BIRTHDAY last Saturday with a Picnic Party in our hometown of Melbourne, Australia. As is to be expected in Melbourne, the weather was cold, windy, wet....and occasionally sunny, but we had a lovely gathering regardless! It was wonderful to thank our friends, family, contributors and supporters....and to meet a few for the first time!! We are already dreaming of our 2nd birthday party...so stay tuned!!

Thankyou so much to everybody who has bought, shared, loved and contributed to this little magazine. As we have always said, we jumped in head first with not a lot of experience or even much of a clue about why we were doing this and how....but we knew we wanted to make a little handmade zine that we would love, and you have no idea how much joy it has given us this past year to see so many other people love it too! "Hundreds and Thousands" is what it is because of the wonderful community that has grown around it! So, thankyou, thankyou! To all of our interstate and overseas supporters who couldn't make it to the picnic...we missed you and we are grateful for all that you have done!

Lots of love....and stay tuned for our special Christmas issue which will be out very soon!!!!!

Mezz and Taz x

Issue Three is out TODAY!!

Yippee!!

We are so excited to finally release Issue 3 of Hundreds and Thousands Mag out into the world!

Once again, this little handmade zine is all about celebrating handmade. Packed with creative ideas, simple crafts, our first ever knitting pattern, a great indie band, inspiring people, recipes and nostalgia.... each page is pretty, pretty, pretty! And we hope you enjoy it!

Here is just a little look at what you'll find in this Issue...

Huge thanks to our wonderful contributors and sponsors (we will update our blog with our current sponsors very soon!)

To order your copy head to our online store www.hundredsandthousands.storenvy.com

Remember, we only print limited copies and we have SOLD OUT of all our back issues. Don't wait til it's too late! Get your order in asap!! (FYI- we have decided that we will check orders and post out once a week, so please don't freak if you don't here from us the day you order! You will, promise!)

Lots of love, pompoms and sunshine

Mezz and Taz

xx

Front Cover Design Competition!!!!!!

Hello lovelies,

Do you like designing pretty images? Perhaps you're a crafter, illustrator, photographer? Well if so, this competition is for you!! Issue four of Hundreds and Thousands will be a special "Handmade Christmas" Issue, and we want YOU to design our front cover!!

Sound exciting? To enter, read the details below.

-We are looking for an image only. We will add text and our logo to it later, so please...no writing on your entry!

-The theme is "a handmade Christmas" so let your imagination run wild!

-The image needs to be a rectangular portrait shape, with plenty of space on the sides and the top half fairly empty so we can pop our logo in. (Check out Mezz's wonderful instructions below!!)

-Have a look at our previous covers below for an idea of what we like. We like clear, simple images full of love, pretty and handmade!

-Our favourite entry will become the front cover for our Christmas Issue. The winner will receive a free copy of our Christmas Issue, and a special handmade Christmas present from us! (And exposure to all of our readers/followers.)

-We will share all of your entries on our blog, so even if we don't pick your's for the front page, we will make sure everyone gets to see your hard work!!

-Entries need to be emailed to us (Jpeg or another picture file) hundredsandthousandsmag@gmail.com) by September 31st..so you have ONE MONTH! GO!!

(remember: we will ad the text and logo, so just supply the image!!)

Good luck lovelies!!!!! Mezz and Taz xx

Fabric Tape Ideas from our FAB READERS!!

We recently hosted a little giveaway over on Instagram. We asked our followers how they would like to use this fabric tape, and our fav response would win the tape! We were amazed at how many people were keen to share their great ideas, so we thought we would share their fab ideas here with you. So, the next time you get out the fabric tape, here are some things you could do with it....

GIFT WRAPPING
CARD MAKING
MAKE AN ORIGAMI NECKLACE
TAPE PHOTOS TO WALLS
SCRAPBOOK WEDDING PICS
USE TO ADD PICS ONTO AN INSPIRATION WALL
SEAL ENVELOPES
MAKE COLLAGES OF PICS AND FAVOURITE QUOTES
SCRAPBOOK HOLIDAY SNAPS
MAKE LITTLE TABS IN A DIARY
WRAP AROUND WOODEN LETTERS
CHEER UP BORING WHITE SHELVES
DECORATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES
GIVE BROWN PAPER PACKAGES A BIT OF COLOUR
MINIATURE WALLPAPER FOR MINIATURE ROOMS
DECORATE A DOLLS HOUSES
MAKE MINI BUNTING
DECORATE A SHADOW BOXES
USE TO DISPLAY KIDS ART
USE ON GIFT TAGS
MAKE GORGEOUS WALL ART
USE AS BINDING IN A PHOTO ALBUM
PHOTO BOARD
COVER YOUR NOTEBOOKS
MARK THE HAPPY DAYS ON A CALENDER
ADD IT TO DRAWINGS
MAKE A FABRIC FLOWER
MAKE A STICKY FABRIC WALLET
DECORATE A HANDMADE BRACELET
DECORATE A FRAME
WRAP AROUND EMBROIDERY HOOPS
MAKE OUTFITS FOR DOLLS AND TOYS
USE AS BINDING FOR YOUR BUNTING
MAKE YOUR ROLLER SKATES LOOK AWESOME!!
DECORATE HANDMADE BAGS
JUST DISPLAY THE PRETTY TAPE ON IT'S OWN!
CUT SCALLOPS INTO IT AND PUT ON EDGE OF SHELVES
USE INSTEAD OF BAND AIDS!!
DECORATE CLOTHES PEGS
USE TO LEAVE LITTLE NOTES AROUND THE HOUSE
MAKE GRIP TAPE FOR A HULA HOOP
DRESS UP WOODEN HANGERS
MAKE CONTAINER LABELS
WRAP AROUND JARS
WRAP AROUND A PENCIL
PRETTIFY NOTES AROUND THE HOUSE
WRAP AROUND A BIRO
WEAVE TOGETHER

Our winning ideas was from Jessica "I WOULD USE IT TO MAKE MY WEDDING INVITES AWESOME AND WRAP AROUND MY BOUQUET."

Aren't our readers and followers a creative bunch??

Mezz and Taz xx

Issue 2 is out now!!!

We are so excited to announce that Issue 2 of Hundreds and Thousands Mag is going on sale today! Hooray!!

Once again we have poured our hearts and souls into this little piece of handmade, creating (along with all our fantastic contributors) something rather special! With a few extra pages (thanks to our wonderful sponsors-please check them out via our side bar), Issue 2 is full of cute and simple craft ideas, nostalgic recipes, great gardening tips, a lovely Nana, our current music crushes, lots of vintage prettiness, a chat with a vibrant creative lass and more!! Here's a few pics from this issue.....

You can order from our online store today www.hundredsandthousands.storenvy.com

(Melbourne readers, we will be updating a few shops with the new issue soon.)

Thanks for supporting handmade!!

Love Mezz and Taz
xx