*CLOSED* March GIVEAWAY… by Portugese Artisan, TISANA!

Something is telling me that a trip to Portugal may be in my near future! This is our second giveaway in a row from artisans in this beautiful and colorful country. Today you have a chance to win a set of two coordinating bracelets from Etsy shop TISANA! I ordered a whole customized bundle of these for Christmas presents and I absolutely LOVED them, it was very hard to part with them! So let’s get to it…please take the time to read the feature on this creative beauty, answered in her own words. Giveaway rules are at the end 🙂

Tisana is Ana Maria.
My crafting is my Tisana – a blend of things I like and am inspired from, all put together in a handmade object.
A Tisana a day makes me feel good and is a nice healer! My shop also allows me to share my ideas with others and it is also very satisfying to send my items to someone else in a faraway place.

My interest for crafts developed from an early age, when I used to make clothes for my loved plush toy animals. Since then I have never stopped exploring new techniques, mixing materials and everyday objects.
Inspiration comes from everywhere in nature, everyday life, and imagination. I love animals, plants, the sea and mountains and they are a recurrent theme on my work. 

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I always have more projects in my mind then actual time to fulfill them!
I also do photography, clay figures, some work in web design and animation. I too dedicate some time to my little balcony garden!

I live close to the sea in a town neighboring Lisbon.
In my travels outside Portugal there are a couple of places that I keep close to my heart; One is Scotland where I lived for about 2 years and where I keep going back whenever I have the chance to, and the other is the Spanish island of Lanzarote – these two places really feel magical to me.

I love to be surrounded by nature – I could spend hours photographing insects, flowers and mushrooms. Also love to go to the beach and collect shells and sea glass.
I like to bake 😛
I like to read
Love music but also love silence
Love to be with my cats and family

I am giving away a set of 2 crocheted bracelets – they are my best selling articles. These bracelets are crocheted with cotton thread, around a rubber core. They measure approximately 5.5 cm (2.2 inches) radius, fitting a woman`s small wrist size or a girl`s wrist.
One of the bracelets is crocheted in plain turquoise thread and the other in a mixed color and adorned with tiny turquoise glass beads.

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Thank you so much for taking us on a trip into your world, Ana!

How lovely is she? And how cute are those bracelets?! This is where you can find Ana:
http://www.tisana.etsy.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/Tisana/123674257305

GIVEAWAY RULES: Please visit TISANA on Etsy, have a peek through her items and leave a comment here with your favorite piece. ONE comment per person. It’s very easy and I promise you’ll love looking through her creative and colorful jewelry! Your comment IS your entry, in one week (next Tuesday,March 8th) I’ll manually pick the winner the old school way from little numbered pieces of paper…and I’ll make a little video of it too 😀 

♥ Thanks so much for taking the time to enter and GOOD LUCK!! ♥