Win! A Simple Things goodie bag (archived)

In honour of our launch party last week, we put together exclusive goodie bags filled with The Simple Things loveliness to give to each of our guests.

We managed to hide 3 away, and now we're giving you the chance to win a The Simple Things goodie bag!

Lucky winners will recieve -

* Issue 1 of The Simple Things (of course!)

* Notebook with gorgeous illustrated cover by Gabrielle Treanor

* Bookmark featuring our inside cover design by the talented Melanie Cook at Spoonflower

* Wooden crochet hook

* Packet of seeds from Allotinabox

* Set of The Simple Things postcards, featuring photography from the mag

* Tree identifier poster courtesy of New Holland publishers

All packaged up in an exclusive Simple Things canvas tote!

Pretty cool, right? Click over to our competition homepage to enter.

P.S. The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that there is a cake in the photo. Sadly, these would have gone off by now, so we had to eat all the spares. We're very sorry.

The Simple Things launch party

On Wednesday night was The Simple Things official launch party. We've been twittering on about it for so long, we thought we better share some snaps with you! So here goes - see who you can spot ...

The venue - the coolest cheese shop in London, La Fromagerie. We knew we were in for a treat from the moment the delicious cheesy aroma hit the cab as we pulled up!

The Simple Things team ready to meet, greet, mingle and generally announce our new magazine in style. Do we scrub up okay?

Lucky guests each recieved a cool canvas tote filled with sweet eats, beautiful stationery and other Simple Things loveliness.

Psst... we managed to save a few precious goodie bags for those of you who couldn't be there, so keep your eyes peeled for your chance to win one very soon!

Our talented marketing team helped us put our stamp on the gorgeous venue.

You can't have cheese without a bit of vino!

'The Cheese Room' proved a surprise hit with mini-tours from an incredibly knowledgeable La Fromagerie employee (we're calling him the cheese guru).

Bloggers, producers, crafters and writers got their first peek of the new mag.

La Fromagerie came up trumps with the best. snacks. ever. Diets out of the window all round.

Pause for a quick speech ...

... and then it was time to let our hair down!

Finally, a cheeky cup of tea to round off the night.

... and so to bed.

The Simple Things - your snaps

In the run up to the Simple Things magazine launch, we've loved hearing all your feedback.

Turns out, one of our simple pleasures is reading your excited comments on Facebook, receiving Tweets saying that you were running to check your post to see if your copy had arrived,  and stumbling upon lovely mentions on our fave blogs.

When UK subscribers started getting their first issue in the post, you all took to social media to share pics of how you'd be enjoying your new mag! We loved your snaps so much, we've collected some of the best reader cover photos for you to see.

Must dash now ... we have a launch party to get ready for!

P.S. Thanks to Kimberley Hall, Sharp & Noble, Laura Tanser, Dragonfly, Lucy Kennedy, Suzie Williams, Lisa Wright, Caroline Noble, and Make Do Sew for their photos!

Introducing The Simple Things

So glad you found us! The Simple Things is a new monthly print magazine celebrating the things that matter most. It’s about knowing the greatest rewards come from the simplest things, that there’s no satisfaction like that at the end of a long muddy walk, no pink so pretty as freshly-cut rhubarb, no perfume to compare with your own home-grown flowers. It’s about making warm inviting homes – big or small – sharing food with friends, growing your own vegetables. It’s about shopping for a coffee table only to find you’re happy with a tea chest. It’s keeping your dad’s old typewriter just because it’s beautiful. It’s an empty beach on a Sunday morning. It’s backpedalling.

The Simple Things is from the creators of the UK's best selling handmade title, Mollie Makes, and will be on sale in the UK on September 6 2012. Can't wait? Then take a look inside The Simple Things in our sneak peek sampler!

You can make sure you don't miss the first issue of The Simple Things by taking advantage of our special pre-launch subscription offer 3 issues for £5.

So, what do you think? We would love to hear. Just scribble in the comments below or pop over to our Facebook page & chat to us on Twitter.

Exciting!