Happy Monday!

How about we start the week off full of energy and enjoy the next seven days ahead of us as much as possible? There's certainly going to be a lot going on here on the blog ;) For now we'll publish the list of participants and tomorrow... the winner!

If your Monday has been a bit tough, have a look at these excellent messages full of strength and impeccable design to get you off to a running start:

Via: workisnotajob

And here's a list of the giveaway participants. Thanks for all your comments and enthusiasm, we are very pleased you liked the prize that we prepared so lovingly :-) We'll publish the name of the lucky winner tomorrow morning. Until then, if you notice any mistakes (we aren't sure all the Facebook messages reached us), please let us know so we can correct it!

Good luck to one and all!

Our first blogiversary and giveaway

Our blog is 1 year old today! To celebrate, we’re hosting a giveaway and we would love it if you all took part. It's our way of thanking you for our first year, and we hope there will be many more to come.

Up for grabs is a tote bag hand-crafted by our good selves, a lovely book by design studio Sukie with plenty of beautiful illustrations for you to transfer onto fabrics, and our trademark polka-dots had to feature somewhere so we're also throwing in two sheets of polka-dot paper complete with two labels :) 

To enter, you must:

- Be a follower of the blog and like our page on Facebook (find the links on the menu to the right).

- Leave a comment on this post telling us:
      + The kinds of posts you like reading most (design, DIY, photography, recipes, fashion, etc.)

      + Your name and e-mail address (or a link to your blog where we can find your contact details)

For extra chances at winning, retweet the following: “Enter the @PDlighthouse 1-year blogiversary #giveaway http://polkadotlighthouseuk.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-first-blogiversary-and-giveaway.html” or post a link to the giveaway on Facebook mentioning us so that we know you've done it :)

You have until 9am (GMT) on 20th February to enter and that same day we'll publish the final list of participants. The winner will be picked at random on 21st February. The giveaway is open worldwide.

Good luck!

Carla and Olga