Giveaway Result!

Thank you for those who entered my Christmas Giveaway via my blog (English and Japanese one). My little assistant has chosen a winner out of her santa hat this afternoon. 

The winner for 2016 is 

tuki tuki 12! 

Congratulations, tuki tuki 12! Please email me your postage name and address to makikohastings@gmail.com, so that I can post to you soon. 

Thanks everyone for participating! m x 

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY

Hello everyone. I used to do giveaway in my blog this time of year but I haven’t done it for ages, so I thought I’d like to do another Christmas giveaway today. 

The item that I would like to giveaway is my handmade porcelain wreath. Hope it will find a lovely new home in time for Christmas. Here is how to enter!

1) Please leave a comment in this blog post. You will get a draw. 

2) If you follow my Instagram (or are already following), you will get another draw.

3) If you like my Facebook page (or are already liking), you will get another draw. 

We will then put all entry names together in a hat and pick one winner. For instance, if you have done all of the above, we will have your three draws in a hat. Simple!

Please let me know if you have a different account name.  

I will close the entry on Sun 27th 9pm (GMT). 

The result will be up on the blog post on Monday 28th. 

Please feel free to share the info. Good luck! m x 

Giveaway Result!

Thank you for entering my giveaway. 

The three lucky winners are…. (drum roll please),

Giveaway 1: a set of four ‘mazekoze’ postcards is going to 

Imen

Giveaway 2: ‘POTCANFLY’ porcelain brooch is going to 

Rozalinde

Giveaway 3: porcelain Christmas hanging is going to 

Simone

Congratulations! 

Please email me to makikohastings@gmail.com your full name and address, so that I can post you as soon as possible. Don’t forget post code and country name! Thank you. xm

GIVEAWAY!

A huge thank you to all the readers of this blog, shin shin is in the third year and it’s been so much fun. My business of making ceramics has also started a new journey since my graduation this summer and it’s been fortunately good and busy. Now it is a time to return my gratitude to people who gave me support all the way. shin shin giveaway time! 

This year, I have selected three items, so more chance to win! 

giveaway 1: a set of four ‘mazekoze’ postcards 
(all been styled and photographed by me) 

giveaway 2: a ‘POTCANFLY’ porcelain brooch. 

giveaway 3: a porcelain Christmas hanging. 

To enter this giveaway, please leave your name and comment below. It is easy as that. Each item comes with my special Christmas card. (I’m afraid you cannot pick which one, sorry!) 

And what’s more? Here are ways to maximise your chance to win. 

1. If you already have ordered (or order now) currently running fundraising project HELP JAPAN SPECIAL items, you are automatically entered to this giveaway draw twice. How to order? Click here. 
2. If you ‘like’ my facebook (page), you get another draw. 
3. If you ‘follow’ my twitter, you get another draw. 
4. if you join my pinterest, you get another draw. 

At the maximum, you will get 5 times to draw! Please leave a comment which one you have joined if you have a different name. Linking to my social networking sites means that you get more updated information and images of my ongoing work. So hopefully all good for you too? 

Giveaway entry will open till Tuesday 4th December 11PM (British time). Three winners will be announced on Wednesday 5th. So do come back! 

Looking forward to hearing from you. xm 

WINNER

December is here!! Can you believe it? (I certainly can’t!) Here is a bit of early celebration mood for you...

Thank you everyone for kindly answering my dissertation questionnaire. My thanks gift is a set of porcelain decorations. I have finally picked a name out of my winter hat. The winner for the prize draw is (drumroll please)…….. 

Valerie!

Please email me your postal address. Hopefully you will receive in time for Christmas.

Many people asked what my topic was. It is linked closely to my final project, so hopefully I will share about my research and some images of work here, but for now I must finish them first!! See you soon all. x maki

SHIN SHIN 1 year!

SHIN SHIN is one year today! What a year it has been! Thank you everyone for visiting my blog. Please feel free to join me to celebrate. There will be special presents to all to follow :) 

My first ever blog post was this. I started without knowing anything about the blogging world, but just wanted to try out in order to gain my creative life that has been hidden away for a long time. Now it has become an important part of my life. What does your blog mean to you? How did you start? I took baby steps each time. Learning every time. Not sure if I was doing any good. I was also skeptical about the virtual existence itself. Are you or were you? If so, I would like to say that actually there are lots of positive aspects of blogging that could make you happy. It can even change your life, you never know? To me, there were endless things that made me happy during the first blogging year, things like these...

• Meeting artists in real through the blog connection. The moment that the skeptical virtual connection has become real. All were fabulous experience and I got so much buzz out of it. Thank you for your time Kat, Adam, Claire, Mizuyo and Moyra. (I also posted here and here)
• My work was featured by kind bloggers. Thank you Veronika, Flora, Kate and Hitomi. 
• My longing dream pottery studio has been completed! Your encouraging comments certainly helped me move forward and make things happen. Thank you!  
• I did my first ever public show! Again your support helped me through this. 
• Simply being me! This was the biggie! 
• Success in my first fundraising project! So so so many people kindly linked my project to spread the words. Honestly, without your support, this project has not been completed like it was. Also I was pleased to know people liked my creation, too. Thank you so so much!  

Your comments have always been the greatest part. I love reading every single comments and they certainly boosted me. Sadly I am not very good at replying to each comments and although I tried as often as possible, it has not been successful. So, as it’s an anniversary, I would like to give you something back. Not just one giveaway to one winner, but ‘thanks back’ to everyone. This is how I go about it. 

thanks back 1: 

I would like to hear what you think of SHIN SHIN. Any questions or suggestions? What you like about my blog? Any post particular? Or absolutely anything you want to write to me, please leave that to the comment space below. I WILL make sure this time to go back to your link and comment back. I will follow each one of you, too. (unless I am already a follower.) I remember how grateful I felt when I first got followers and comments (and I still do!) after worrying about “who cares about my blog???” It is always nice to know there are connections out there, don’t you think? Thought this might be a good return to start with. Please don’t forget to leave your link, too.

thanks back 2: 

I would like to send a special SHIN SHIN postcard with my written message to you, anywhere in the world. Images on the postcard (as you can see above) are all from my blog post and work that I made. If you would like to have one, please email me your name and full address to makikohastings@gmail.com

Of course, you can do both 1 and 2. Feel free to join or not. Totally open to you. Thank you agin for your support on SHIN SHIN. Looking forward to hearing from you. xm

GIVEAWAY result!

Thank you very much for entering to my first giveaway. I was delighted to know many people have joined this from all over the world! Your participation really means a lot to me, so a big thanks to all of you! OK, this is how I did. Numbered everyone first then added continuous numbers for blog and twitter followers, which came up with total of 70 entries. For selection, I used random number generator. The winner is Lillalotta! Please email me your posting address to: makikohastings@gmail.com 

Congratulations, Lillalotta! Thank you everyone! xm 

GIVEAWAY!

Welcome, December! As I mentioned before, it’s the time for my giveaway to thank you all. I have chosen to go with this HANETSUBO candle holder. Closing date is Friday 17th December and I’ll annouce a winner on the next day's post. If you are up for it, please leave your comment below. If you are already my follower or become one, you will get two entries. Also the same for my twitter, then three. Hope you join me! xm