Although I'd much rather work in natural daylight, I usually sew/craft in the evenings after work. Good adjustable task lighting is a must if you want to avoid eye strain. Sarah and I have work lamps on our craft tables, and I have another standard lamp next to my chair in the family room for hand sewing in front of the TV.
The benefits of good lighting include
- reducing eye strain and glare
- task lighting can elevate your mood and increase productivity. It will make your craft space more user friendly.
- you can save money by reducing ambient lighting costs and using energy efficient task lighting
- you can save the planet with energy efficient options.
Things to consider:
- Lights should evenly diffuse light over the work area and should not shine into users' eyes.
- Lights on movable arms provide more flexibility in the location and the quantity of light
- Your task lighting should focus light on your work area without producing glare.
Buyster Lighting are generously offering a $100 gift voucher to one of our readers to choose a lighting product to suit their needs. To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. You can get an extra entry if you are a subscriber or follower of this blog, or if you post about the giveaway on your site. Simply leave an extra comment for each additional entry you are eligible for. Sarah and I will draw the winner on Thursday 15th October.
NOTE: To enter this giveaway you need to have an Australian delivery address as Buyster only ship within Australia.
If you are in the market for a lamp, check out the range at Buyster Lighting.
Posted by Lisa and Sarah
92 comments:
What a lovely idea for a giveaway - so practical!
I just became a follower - don't know why I didn't do that long ago!
Hi
Thanks for the opp to win this great great prize.
I am a follower...of course.
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Liesa
Very nice! Great giveaway.
seasidesmitten@aol.com
I'm a follower :)
seasidesmitten@aol.com
Me again - I just blogged about your giveaway!
I totally agree on the importance of good lighting for crafting! I recently bought a lamp for myself to meet those very needs.
Great giveaway idea!
what a brilliant giveaway!!! Count me in!
I enjoy my work so much more when things are well lit. And the older I get the more important that seems to be.
Such a stylish lamp! And $100 to spend sounds like such fun!!!!!
What a top giveaway - I soooooo need a new lamp. Please include me in the draw
I'm now following this blog :)
I am also a follower so here's my number 2
This would be fabulous for when I'm stitiching brooches late at night. I would love to win!
i was just thinking the other day about the need for some better lighting.. great giveaway idea!
Thanks for the chance to win Sarah and Lisa!
What a delightful giveaway. I do value good lighting, but I really didn't realize this company had so many delightful products.
Please count me in for this giveaway. And yes, I am a follower.
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
what a fabulous giveaway girls!!! love it
I would so love a new crafting light, thanks for the giveaway!
thanks for the opportunity to win a lamp - good luck everyone
Good light is really very important, it is a great giveaway - even though I know you cannot count me in!
The cathedral windows look so lovely! I'm curious about that project!
The blue daylight globe has just blown in my lamp (as has the one in my sewing machine!), so I would love this prize. Having just got glasses due to eye strain, I appreciate the value of good lighting!
I am a happy follower too!
What a fantastic giveaway!
Good idea for a giveaway!
It's a pitty I live so far from Australia and not only for the giveaway! You can't count with me... :(
and I do really need a good light...
What a great giveaway, thanks for the opportunity. There are some awesome lamps available at Buyster so shopping would be fun!
Of course I'm already a follower :)
What a great gift! I really know the importance of good lighting- embroidered a piece for a friend last night, looked at it today in the daylight -and you guessed it -got the colours wrong -a lot of unpicking ahead! I am a follower of you blog - always entertaining.
Maybe thats my problem, I need an extra lamp for my hand sewing. I am finding it very difficult to thread the needles even with glasses. LOL
Linda
My routine always ends up leaving me with the hand sewing to do at night in front of TV, which is practical, but it is so hard to SEE!
I would love to have decent light for hand sewing by at night. Count me in.
Does it count for extra that I am the student of Handmade (Sewing Studio), who is a follower and also blogged you - and I so desperately need a 'bright'light for putting on the beads to my first Nicole M design teardrop bag!
what a great giveaway! I would love to win some lamps :o)
Thanks for the nice comment -it really means alot to me with those good words from You! Nice to craft in the evenings -then I need a good lamp for sure! The sewing you make is really lovely -I have never tried this 'difficult' pachwork..Have a great weekend!//Eva
I am SO in need of decent lighting. Please count me in.
What a great give-a-away!! As we get older I think we really realise the need for good lighting. (Read over 50 and that is me :-0)
I am a follower.
Cheers
Lynne
Thanks for the give-away. Great idea! :)
oh yes yes please. Ive just manage to eek out mmy self a space but its in a dark corner of our bedroom, and have been researching lights.
Im following you now, whcih I had held off cause I read you through bloglines, but now I just get a double sppon full og sugar, whcih can only be good right!
OK - I'm not eligible for the giveaway, although I'd love to be! But I'm curious about the Cathedral Windows project you have pictured. What method (machine or hand stitching) are you following? Any tips? Thanks!!
Ooooh, what's going on there with that beautiful cathedral window???
Awesome & creative giveaway! Love the Madison desk lamp!
I am a follower of your blog!
Hello Lisa and Sarah, thank you for your post....I too do most of my sewing at night and could do with a newer lamp....love to be in the draw and have been a follower for some time now....Warm Regards Lyn
Awesome giveaway idea! Thanks for the opportunity!
leesha_rae(AT)hotmail(DOT)com
AND I'm a dedicated follower via Google Reader! :)
Wow - what a brilliant giveaway.
Thanks! ...and thanks too for the subtle reminder to look after myself better :)
I'm following too now!
This is THE most awesome giveaway. I need this for embroidering and hand sewing in front of the TV. I try to position myself so that the window is behind me, but after the daylight goes, the lamp in there is just too dim. I'd love to get some new lighting.
I won't even attempt hand work without good light. That one looks pretty nice. Someone in Australia is going to like it alot.
Wow! The Stephi lamp is fabulous!
I agree on how important good lighting is, particularly as we get older, what a great post!
I too struggle in the dark after work, so this would be so handy for me.
Oh, and I am now a follower...story of my life really.
Oh, and I blogged about the giveaway too :)
such a great giveaway!
thanks!
janelockrey(at)gmail(dot)com
This is an excellent giveaway. I'm going to blog this too. I really need a proper lamp for my sewing. Maybe I'm just getting old... thankyou!
i am not in australia, so don't consider me but it does look like you are well outfitted for crafting!
Lighting is pivotal to stitching success...can't do without my lamps!
What a clever give away. I am now a follower and will also be checking my lights against your guidelines. Thank you! Lisa.
What a lovely giveaway, Lisa--very generous! And pity I'm not in Australia--LOL! ;o) Just wanted to leave a comment though anyway, as I too often am in my workroom in the afternoon and evening and my work room has no natural light, no windows, so good lighting is essential... I'm always on the look out for a good lamp! Must say I LOVE your "Cathedral Windows" patchwork in progress... You are so clever with quilting & sewing. :o) Happy Weekend ((HUGS))
What a fabbo giveaway! We just moved into a new house this week and I would love a lamp in my new 'creative space' - Deborah
What great lights....I'd love to enter your giveaway....
You are so right, when i studied fashion design, i always had to paint, and draw wtc ... and mostly at night, so, a good light is always important !!!
Thank you for the chance to own a new lamp. Happy days.
I just had to return my mother's light to her as she's back from holidays. A light sounds like a fantastic prize to me!
Totally passing this on to my sewing fanatic bud!
With everyone switching to florescent light bulbs it seems like I never have enough light where I'm working! So this is a great giveaway !! Please enter me!
ps... it would also be great to have more directional lighting for taking pictures of my projects!
You can never have too much good lighting! It's something that you take for granted until you move into a new house...which has lots of "mood" lighting, but very little "craft" lighting :) Thanks for the chance to win...I would put a voucher to very good use!
what a great giveaway, thanks for the opportunity!
What a great idea. Just the thing when I'm knitting black.
what a great giveaway, and ofcourse i am a follower of your beautiful adventures!
OK...I've linked you on my blog :)
Two chances are better than one!
What a wonderful giveaway. I'll certainly be having a look on their website, this is definately something I am in great need of.
What a wonderful giveaway. I am Sri Lankan but have an Australian address so I do hope I qualify!
If so, please count me in.
Mystica
Great giveaway, love your work!
I'm following....: )
Great give away I really need better lighting. Thanks
I also follow you.
Thanks for this little advice. Yes a light does come in very handy and I would love the opporutnity to win a new one. Please count me in.
Heh. I do most of my crafting at night so this would come in handy for sure!
And one more for luck. I subscribe (as you know!)
Fantastic giveaway, I hadn't considered insufficient lighting, when trying to figure out why my eyes are playing up when I'm sewing.....
Would love to try one of these lights.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
ahah! just the solution i need! then does anyone have any ideas for shoulder tension from handstitching? I get terribly sore, crafting is almost great exercise with how exhausting it can be! I love the look of that quilt too. similar to our geo patterned fabric!
What an awesome giveaway! I would LOVE a crafting lamp :)
What a lovely giveaway. Good lighting is important for the eyes.
I'm a follower, too!
What a great giveaway I wish I was in Australia. Lighting is something I have been thinking about addressing for my sewing room. It gets no direct sunlight and has four lights but still I find it lacking. You have inspired me to finally get it sorted. Thanks
It makes me shudder about the light that I craft by...
Thanks for such a great and useful give-away. Christine
Yes please Pick me, I need a good light.
Not sure if my comment came up, so thought I'd pop in again. Just had a quick look at the lighting range, I sure do need something as out lighting is bad.
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