Monday 4 November 2013

{GIVEAWAY} win a jack&sally tent

 
Brenda Finch is the lovely lady behind jack&sally. jack&sally first caught my eye at the Go to Play Market at Giba Gorge in October. Have a look here for more on the Go to Play Market. I loved the look and feel of the jack&sally products and I can't imagine any kiddies not wanting to get their hands on a tent, bunting or little table set to play in!

Read more to find out more about the beauty behind the business...
Q.) Explain jack&sally in your own words
Jack&Sally is about playing outdoors,  about taking your mind to places no one else can go. 

Imaginary friends are wonderful friends, no-one can see or hear them!!
It’s about hours of fun in the sun.

Logic will get you from A-Z Imagination will get you EVERYWHERE.
Dream, Play, Imagine

Q.) What do you sell?
A-frame tents, French wire furniture, ground sheets, floor cushions, bunting, and more to come.

Q.) Are jack&sally products durable?
Yes they are.  The tents are made from sturdy pine-a 7 piece frame, and beautiful fabric that can be pulled off and washed and/or interchanged.

Q.) Tell us more about the lady behind jack&sally…
I need to be creative and have always had something creative on the go. I used to do a clothing line and then had a baby and was rather busy for a while. Inspiration comes in other forms when small feet are about the house. I initially made a Punch & Judy puppet theatre which I adore, I sat with a carpenter for two weeks while we got measurements and dimensions right and then I did beautiful pin boards. I thought about what we loved doing when we were kids and we made tents, going from one side of the sofa to the other, using clothing pegs and pegging towels and blankets on the windy dryer, making rooms and spending hours outside.

Q.) Do you sew and make your products yourself?
Yes I do, I drill the holes (with the help of my husband), I make up the covers and sew the bunting.

Q.) Explain the name behind the business?
I love the Nightmare before Christmas.  Enough Said, read it, watch it, love it.

Q.) What is your inspiration?
Beautiful fabric, can’t resist a stunning piece.

Q.) What is your favourite product you sell?
I love making the tents and I love making the bunting, bunting is so happy….it’s hard to choose because it all marries so well together, the stunning French wire furniture, the beautiful floor cushions.  I simply cannot choose a favourite!

Q.) How can one buy a jack&sally product?
Inbox me on my facebook page here
Call me 083 748 2179



How to Win a jack&sally Tent:
If you don’t already have a jack&sally tent and you’d like to WIN one (which you do!) then comment on this post telling us the first ‘thing’ your little one would say when he/she spotted his/her new jack&sally tent. I think the first thing my little one would say is “Mom, is that for me!?”

For an extra entry, tweet the following: {GIVEAWAY} RT & comment on the link to WIN a tent from jack&sally & @LivingHillcrest here: http://livinghillcrest.blogspot.com/2013/11/giveaway-win-jack-tent.html

In order to qualify make sure you like jack&sally on Facebook here as well as Living Hillcrest here

*Giveaway open to KZN residents only. Competition closes on the 22nd November 2013 and winners will be announced on the 25th November 2013.
The winner will need to collect prize from jack&sally directly.
*Tent prize excludes cushion, bunting and floor mat. Tent valued at R730.

40 comments:

  1. My little girlie isn't talking just yet, so right now I'm sure she would light up with excitement and get her little legs moving as quick as she could to get inside and play :-)

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  2. Adam (5) would say "Woohoo, now we can camp every night!".

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  3. Mom, that is so beautiful, I think I'm in fairy land...

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  4. Wow. My Little one has just started talking and anything new and awesome is WOW, but her expression is what is priceless!

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  5. "Arhhh Cool", my boys are striving to become men of few words...

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  6. "Can that be my house?" - Kaden (2.5)

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  7. Liked their facebook page. Liked living Hillcrest Blog facebook page and subscribed to living Hillcrest Blog. So grab I glad across this blog. Always nice to know what's going on in our area and what a awesome blog this is. New follower. Tweeted and followed on Twitter.I saw these at the 1st play market they so gorgeous. Such a clever design and very talented person who makes these. My son would say: WOW! I want it please. I luv it :)

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    1. Thank you Cirsten! That's exactly what I want to do…let people know what is going on in the area, profile a few entrepreneurs and review things/places I try out. Thank you for your support and your kind words.

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    2. It's awesome I love those type of things. Good luck, I can see you going to do so well. Hillcrest needs something like this. Your blog looks so pretty and such a good layout.

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  8. My little girl is 2, She would be so excited and say mom's it's beautiful! Whenever she is excited about seeing something she loves, "it's beautiful, it's beautiful" :-) and tent's are like heaven for my little one!

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  9. My two and a half year old could have hours of fun in this lil jack&sally tent,he so badly wants to go camping with his daddy and go fishing but being a first time mom Im super overprotective over my miracle boy and still to scared to send him out into the "wild" to camp.Id LOVE this tent so that I could surprise him with a special Christmas campout in our garden,Ill have to learn to take baby steps,the next camping trip he could go with daddy and take his awesome jack&sally tent with.If he had to see this tent setup in out yard he would say "Look at my cool tent,please can I sleep in it" afterwards he will try draw a picture of it,he's at that stage where everything must be made into a picture,even though it might look like a spaceship,you get the idea :)

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  10. Well this would be the perfect gift for my grandson who is outdoor crazy. His first words would be " a Tent Ouma now we can go camping and fishing" cos thats all he wants to do. Not too sure yet how ouma is going to get in and out of the tent with this cranky old body but we will cross that bridge when we get there :)

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  11. I have three kids.

    My 11 year old would be like "That's for babies" (but then secretly come and ask me if it could be his and his alone - he's at that age!)

    My 8 year old would probably say "Nix, that's mine. Rock and roll!" (his latest expression, not even sure he knows what it means ;-)

    My 2 year old would grab her princess dresses and high heeled shoes and say it is a princess house for her, and she would invite her brothers in :-)

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  12. Instead of imagining what they'd say, I showed them the tents and asked... the response was "I'd say Thank you mommy, I love you mommy". That's good enough for me :)

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  13. I don't have a little one of my own (yet!), so this would be for my niece Sarah. And I am sure she would love her own little space away from her two older brothers! So I am sure she would yell in excitement "No Boys In My Pink Tent!"

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  14. We had to bribe my 2 year old to leave your stall at i heart market she kept saying "Aimee's pretty mommy" Made herself quite at home under there:)

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  15. Everything with my 3 year old like s at the moment is awesome, so i would be expecting " Thank you mommy, it's Awesome!" he loves tents, we have to make them out of blankets constantly, so he would adore one of these!

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  16. My 9yr old daughter said a Jack and Sally tent would be her "happy place". She's an inspiring song writer. We could position her Jack and Sally in a secluded spot within our 5 acre garden for her creative juices to flow.

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  17. my princess is 22months - saying few words but will probably say "mine"!!!!!
    ;-)))

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  18. My nephew would say "Cool reading spot"

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  19. I am am not yet blessed with a kid of my own buy a have an adorable 4 year old neph who would say wow is that for me?

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