Hi lovely Royal Milk Tea viewers! My name is La and I am an eighteen year old blogger and crafter from Scotland. I love pretty things and collecting vintage. My yearly goal is to make, thrift or recycle items for myself and presents for others! I am a cat lady who lives in a little cottage with her rabbit, hens and puppy. I love the quiet life of the country, the green grass and nature. I have a mild shoe addiction, i love the rain and my favourite crisps are twiglets.

Messy La is my own little business where I sell handmade cards and gifts. I specialize in card-making but also crocheting, knitting and sewing. Messy La was born in December 2010 as a dream – I didn’t think I could pursue it as my career. I longed for a blog and an online shop..almost a year on, I have both! ML has grown rapidly, selling in 5 local shops and online. I hope to see my baby grow in the future and I couldn’t have progressed the way I have without the help of my family, friends and online friends – like the lovely Lyndall.

Blogging has been something that I have been really passionate about and ultimately couldn’t have succeeded without. I love sharing my ideas, inspirations and my items with the lovely blogland viewers. In the next few days I will be approaching 10,000 page views and I feel that it is time that I rewarded my followers with a giveaway. Without them, my blog wouldn’t be what it is today and I wouldn’t have all the online friends I do now!

Up for grabs is a selection of birthday cards & birthday tags, in honour of the lovely Lyndall’s birthday month. There is a mixture of boy and girl cards which have all been handmade by me for the beautiful winner.

In order to enter all you have to do is:

  • Follow MessyLa on BlogLovin’
  • Leave a comment on this post saying your favourite thing about birthdays!

For extra entries:

  • Follow MessyLa on Twitter
  • Tweet about the giveaway, mentioning @littlemessyla

Giveaway ends on the 29th of september at 8.00pm GMT . Winner will be picked at random and announced on www.messyla.com on the 30th of September!

11 Comments

  1. Heidi on 11.09.2011 at 03:39 (Reply)

    I love the cake, candles, making wishes, spending time with my loved ones.

  2. Mri on 11.09.2011 at 09:23 (Reply)

    Your cards are so beautiful ! I’ve read your post on Lyndalls blog and I badly want to win ^^ yaaay! Oh and I just started following you (I didn’t know you had a blog )
    What I love about birthdays is, no matter how old you get, you can always have fun and your best friends always make you feel young. And I love the champagne I get ^^ and the birthday cakes my mom makes (they are delicious).
    What I love the most is the company of my family and friends, and the sweet words and that I can do whatever I want on that day and that I can see friends I haven’t seen in years

    (sorry, I’m not THAT good in English…)
    xxx <3

  3. letitberaw on 11.09.2011 at 18:40 (Reply)

    I follow MessyLa!

    My favorite thing about birthdays is the love I feel from having all my friends and family in the same room together. It’s what I look forward to most because everyone is scattered all over the world.

  4. letitberaw on 11.09.2011 at 18:40 (Reply)

    I also follow MessLa on twitter. XD

  5. Marisa on 13.09.2011 at 01:35 (Reply)

    Oh my goodness…your designs are beautiful! How very awesome to be able to pursue your passion and really have success in it. Congrats! You are quite talented lady!

    Following Messy La now on bloglovin:)

    My favorite thing about birthdays is seeing the look on the birthday girls/boys face when they are opening their presents…and of course the cupcakes!!

  6. Sharon on 13.09.2011 at 18:25 (Reply)

    My favourite things about birthdays is being reminded that your loved ones care enough to give you lovely presents and delicious cake and hopefully send you a wonderful handmade Messy La card.

    PS: Have signed up to follow Messy La on bloglovin. I have been following your blog since the beginning of the year. Found you via Coriandr and noticed you are a Glasgow girl. Living locally myself and being keen on all thing crafty I’ve been following you ever since!

  7. Crystal on 14.09.2011 at 17:15 (Reply)

    * I am now a follower of MessyLA on bloglovin’

    * My favourite thing about birthdays is surprising the other person or being surprised. Along with spending the day with the ones I love.

    * I am now a follower on twitter as well http://twitter.com/#!/TheHouseOfHeart

    * Tweeted about this giveaway as well! http://twitter.com/#!/TheHouseOfHeart/status/114024346158252032

    Hope your having a wonderful week and what a great blog you have. I will have to snoop around here a bit :)
    Much Love,
    Crystal

  8. Nadine on 15.09.2011 at 07:46 (Reply)

    Done, I’m a follower of MessyLa via bloglovin now.

    My favorite thing about birthdays… Hmmm, let me think. Besides the presents (obviously), I really enjoy making my guests feel comfy and at home. :) I love trying new recipes for that day, for I’m not a big cook all year round.

    xoxo.

    P.S.: Did you receive my email?

  9. La on 15.09.2011 at 10:21 (Reply)

    I am really loving all the responses to my giveaway!! Thank you so much for entering and I really wish you all could win :).

    In response to Nadine, Im not sure I received your e-mail! :( (Unless you are talking to lyndall…hehe?)

  10. Nadine on 15.09.2011 at 20:12 (Reply)

    Haha, no. I was talking to Lyndall. Sorry for the confusion. I was confused myself… :)

  11. Giulia on 21.09.2011 at 09:50 (Reply)

    These cards are so cute! I now follow Little Messy La on bloglovin’ <3
    My fiance Moreno every year for my birthday makes a beautiful and delicious cake(he's really good at it!!) and this is my favourite thing about bithdays…as well as presents of course!

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