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  1. It’s Wee Birdy’s 5th birthday! Win a tray & mug set from Howkapow

    To celebrate Wee Birdy’s 5th birthday, I’m giving away FIVE fabulous prizes over FIVE days. Each prize is something I truly love and hand-picked especially for you, my dearest and most lovely readers. Today's prize is a gorgeous birchwood Flowerpop tray in pebble, above (valued at £28.50) and two of Flowerpop mugs, above (valued at £11.95 each) in both pebble and mint, from one of my very favourite online shops, Howkapow (total prize value £52.40). Have you visited Howkapow yet? Run, don't walk - I like to think it's how Wee Birdy would look if it was ever a shop - filled with all sorts of glorious design-led products that make present-buying a cinch. In fact, I really had to restrain myself in my final edit of last year's Christmas gift guides because they were becoming very Howkapow-heavy. So I was super-pleased when Howkapow's owners, husband and wife team Rog and Cat How agreed to participate in Wee Birdy's birthday week of giveaways. The delightful Flowerpop range is really special as it was designed by Rog and Cat in collaboration with American illustrator, Linda Ketelhut. The tray is made in Sweden from sustainably sourced Scandinavian birchwood and the mugs are made in Stoke-on-Trent from fine bone china. The contemporary design has a retro Scandi look, and the pattern is very Wee Birdy, don't you think? Here are some of my other favourite things from Howkapow right now: Anouk Jansen ceramic espresso mug in blue £7; yellow jug £14.50; green sugar pot £14.50; and grey teapot £42.50, all from Howkapow. Clockwise from top left; blue fixie bike brooch; yellow ladies bike brooch; red penny farthing bike brooch, and orange BMX brooch, all £25 from Howkapow. Victorian Lemonade tea-towel, £10.95 and apron, £17.95 from Howkapow. Save Our Bees Tea Towel £10.95 and Bonjour Print £30 from Howkapow. HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: Follow these two steps to win: 1. To qualify to win, you must follow or ‘like’ Wee Birdy on either Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter – or all three if you like! If you’re already following me on one of these platforms, you are automatically qualified to win. 2. Leave a comment in the comments section of this post and ensure you enter your email address in the space provided (your email address will not be published). The competition closes on Saturday 21 July, 2012 at 5pm AEST. Winners will be drawn at random on Sunday 22 July. Winners will be announced and contacted by email on Monday 23 July, 2012. Winners have one week to respond to the initial email from Wee Birdy confirming that they have won. If Wee Birdy doesn’t hear from the winner of each prize within a week, the winner/s will forfeit their prize and Wee Birdy will randomly draw another winner/s. Click here to win an Alex Monroe 'All the Best' crown necklace. Click here to win classic Tatty Devine Name Necklace.