Hello everyone! As this post's title says, it is time for me to have a giveaway. Everybody loves a chance to win free stuff, right?
The rules:
1- You MUST be a follower of this blog.
2- Leave a comment on this post, and you get one entry.
3- Share about my giveaway on your own blog. Then come back here and leave a comment on this post, telling me that you've shared, and you get a second entry.
4- The contest will close at midnight on February 12th. I will try to announce the winner as soon after that as possible, but I might not get the chance until after Market is over and I return home.
The Prize:
The winner will get their choice of two of my new patterns. I will be sharing all six new releases over the next three weeks.
Well, that's it for this post. Coming soon: photos of the Rachel Mauger Reproduction Sampler.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Sunday, November 18, 2012
A winner, TUSAL, and prepping for dinner
Yeah, I made that stupid title just so I could do some rhyming. Maybe it's the early hour of the morning. Or I'm just in a silly mood. Who knows? Sorry I've been away so long. It's just been a blah kind of month, and I haven't really felt like blogging very much. Haven't stitched all that much either (eek!). I did finish a couple of scrapbooking layouts, so that's something.
The toe, and foot, and tailbone, have all been healing nicely. I see the doctor tomorrow for a progress review. Hopefully I'll get a big thumbs up and be out of this stupid boot before too long.
November TUSAL update:
If you want to read about the TUSAL, go here. Daffycat will be doing this again next year. I am thinking that I will sign up again. That jar is almost completely full. I think I will look for a clear ornament to stuff with orts during my post-Thanksgiving shopping.
While I was trying to photograph my ort jar, I let Princess enjoy a little outdoors time. After I was done with the jar, I took a few photos of my sweet girl. Some of my cats could care less about going outside. Some don't go outside because they won't let me catch them when I am ready to go back in. But Princess not only loves the outdoors, she doesn't run away from me. Some might blame this on her large, fluffy size.
Most of the time, this was the view I got when I tried to photograph her. Not her best side, I'm thinking:
Okay, enough delaying. An announcement of my 100 followers giveaway is looong overdue. I used the random number generator, but I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out how to share a webshot on this blog. Without further ado, the winner is...
Miss Pants!!!
Heather, I don't think I have your email address, so please shoot me a line with your snail mail... and be patient with me. I will start stitching on your prize ASAP, but I doubt I'll get much done over this next week as I will be very busy with Thanksgiving prep.
Yup, that's right. My man and I are hosting both our immediate families for Thanksgiving dinner. And I'm cooking a turkey for the very first time. I have to admit, I'm a bit scared of the whole idea. Turkey totally intimidates me. I'll let you know how it goes.
That's all for today folks! Stay safe and stay crafty.
I'm ready for my closeup now.
The toe, and foot, and tailbone, have all been healing nicely. I see the doctor tomorrow for a progress review. Hopefully I'll get a big thumbs up and be out of this stupid boot before too long.
November TUSAL update:
While I was trying to photograph my ort jar, I let Princess enjoy a little outdoors time. After I was done with the jar, I took a few photos of my sweet girl. Some of my cats could care less about going outside. Some don't go outside because they won't let me catch them when I am ready to go back in. But Princess not only loves the outdoors, she doesn't run away from me. Some might blame this on her large, fluffy size.
Okay, enough delaying. An announcement of my 100 followers giveaway is looong overdue. I used the random number generator, but I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out how to share a webshot on this blog. Without further ado, the winner is...
Miss Pants!!!
Heather, I don't think I have your email address, so please shoot me a line with your snail mail... and be patient with me. I will start stitching on your prize ASAP, but I doubt I'll get much done over this next week as I will be very busy with Thanksgiving prep.
Yup, that's right. My man and I are hosting both our immediate families for Thanksgiving dinner. And I'm cooking a turkey for the very first time. I have to admit, I'm a bit scared of the whole idea. Turkey totally intimidates me. I'll let you know how it goes.
That's all for today folks! Stay safe and stay crafty.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
A Giveaway and Deja Vu all over again
Yesterday, I was going to post about my fun getaway to Washington, D.C.. But Thursday afternoon, I suffered from the worst kind of deja vu. I fell down the stairs. Again. And broke a toe. Again. You might wonder how it is possible for one person to be so very, very clumsy. And I really have no answer. Except to say that clumsy people should not try to take the stairs at a run, no matter how spunky they are feeling. Especially if they are wearing socks. So I have a broken toe, my tailbone seems to be badly bruised (and is actually far more uncomfortable than the stupid toe), and yesterday evening, my ribcage started to ache a little too. And I'm trying really hard not to look at/think about the two broken toe nails. They aren't hurting right now, so they can just stay as they are with no meddling. Sigh. This is really getting tiresome. It's left me feeling nauseous, cranky, and it hurts to sit at anything close to an upright position.
Moving on to the fun part of the post... I need to have a giveaway to celebrate gaining 100 followers!!! I have thought a bit about it, and what I am going to stitch something for the winner, whoever they might be. I might throw something else in as well, but a stitched small is the offered prize. So, if you are interested, here are the rules:
1- you must be a follower (of course, this is a giveaway celebrating followers!);
2- comment on this post and tell me your favorite month of the year (this is related to what I'm thinking of stitching);
3- the contest will be closed on October 31, and I will announce the winner soon after.
Simple enough, right? I hope everyone is having a better weekend than I am, and I will try to update with D.C. stories and photos soonish.
Moving on to the fun part of the post... I need to have a giveaway to celebrate gaining 100 followers!!! I have thought a bit about it, and what I am going to stitch something for the winner, whoever they might be. I might throw something else in as well, but a stitched small is the offered prize. So, if you are interested, here are the rules:
1- you must be a follower (of course, this is a giveaway celebrating followers!);
2- comment on this post and tell me your favorite month of the year (this is related to what I'm thinking of stitching);
3- the contest will be closed on October 31, and I will announce the winner soon after.
Simple enough, right? I hope everyone is having a better weekend than I am, and I will try to update with D.C. stories and photos soonish.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
And the winners are...
Sorry it's taken me so long to getting around to this. Life has been a little busy here recently. I've pulled the names of the people interested in each package, and randomly drew a name for each package.
The winner of the "Nature Package" is Southpaw Stitcher.
The winner of the "Celtic Package" is Ellen of Cross Stitch Passion.
The winner of the "Sampler Package" is Margaret of Days of a Sampler Lover.
The winner of the "Fantasy Package is Cleejoow.
The winner of the "Theresa Wentzler Package" is geekyHeather.
Congratulations, ladies! Please email me with your full names and mailing addresses. If you get them to me by Friday afternoon, I will do my darnedest to get those packages in the mail by Monday. I hope you enjoy your new patterns, kits, and fabrics. Thank you to everyone for playing along.
The winner of the "Nature Package" is Southpaw Stitcher.
The winner of the "Celtic Package" is Ellen of Cross Stitch Passion.
The winner of the "Sampler Package" is Margaret of Days of a Sampler Lover.
The winner of the "Fantasy Package is Cleejoow.
The winner of the "Theresa Wentzler Package" is geekyHeather.
Congratulations, ladies! Please email me with your full names and mailing addresses. If you get them to me by Friday afternoon, I will do my darnedest to get those packages in the mail by Monday. I hope you enjoy your new patterns, kits, and fabrics. Thank you to everyone for playing along.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
meet Sarah and a giveaway
I first saw Sarah Hatton McPhail's sampler during a visit to Colonial Williamsburg several years ago. We were touring the textile conservation building, and Sarah's sampler was hanging on the wall in one of the work rooms, alongside a second sampler with similar composition, and a black and white drawing of the same scene. I think she was on loan from another museum for an upcoming exhibit, but I'm not sure. I loved the tranquil river scene that makes up the bulk of this piece. Flash forward a year (or 3), and Marguerite of The Essamplaire was offering a reproduction of this sampler at Jeanine's Gathering of Embroiderers . I HAD to have it!
It has taken me thee years (I think it's only been three years), but she's finally finished! Without further ado, I proudly present to you Miss Sarah Hatton McPhail:
Happy dance! Happy dance!
As you've probably guessed from the fact that I have finished Sarah, I have also finished my model stitching. I don't have photos of them yet, but I hope to be able to show you what I stitched on sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I finished Sarah yesterday morning, and decided to spend the evening after work sorting through my stitching stash. I have to admit, I was a bit depressed when I finished. So many pieces that I've just never gotten around to finishing! And so many things that I know I will never stitch. I even found ziploc bags with patterns I'd finished, and all the threads for said patterns as well. Why did I do that? I mean, it's not like I plan on restitching a project as big as The Shores of Hawk Run Hollow, so why aren't all those fibers reintegrated into my fiber stash? The world will never know.
I found about 10 mostly stitched, or stitched but unfinished, ornaments. I know this is partly due to the fact that, until about a year ago, I considered myself completely incapable of putting an ornament or pillow together myself. Which meant I had to rely upon the good nature of my mom. She helped some, but since she has plenty of stitching and assembling to do for herself, there has always been more to do than there has been time. Last night, I took one of these old ornaments that is completely stitched and finished it into a pillow ornament. Look at this poor thing, it's been waiting for assembly for TEN YEARS!!! (oh the shame of it all)
This ornament is all over one and comes from a kit by Maureen Appleton. I have 4 more of her kits sitting in my stash. One is nearly as close to completion as this one was. I think I put it away because it calls for blending filament, and I don't like stitching with such temperamental stuff. I have added it to my WIPocalypse list. To the bottom of the list, that is.
Which brings me to the giveaway portion of this post. I have got to do something about all these charts! I could just take them to my mom's EGA group and let them sort it out, but then I thought it might be kind of fun to have my first giveaway here on my blog. If there isn't any interest, then I'll go back to the original EGA plan. I have divided my purged stash into 5 packages, and I will be giving away each package to one interested person (assuming there is such a person). There are kits, a little bit of fabric, and lots of charts (some gently used, some never been used). Here are the groups:
Group 1: The Theresa Wentzler Package. Includes charts, a couple of kits, and a magazine with a Theresa pattern inside:
Group 2: The Fantasy Package. Includes a Disney kit, dragons, mermaids, pirates, and a couple of Christmas ornament patterns.
Group 3: The Sampler Package. Includes a Quaker Christmas, a reproduction sampler, and an ornament with enough fabric to stitch it up.
Group 4: The Celtic Package. Includes a few Celtic patterns, the entire "Crabby All Year" set of patterns, and a couple of pieces of fabric of various sizes.
Group 5: The Nature Package. Includes a couple of bits of linen, and several patterns with animals.
Basically, what you see is what you get. Soooo, is anyone interested? If you are, here are
THE RULES
1. You must be (or become) a follower of this blog.
2. Leave a comment on this post only indicating which Package or Packages you would be interested in winning.
3. For a bonus entry, post about this giveaway on your blog, and come back here and leave a comment telling me that you have shared along with a link to your blog.
You have until midnight EST on February 13 to enter. Sometime shortly after that, I will randomly select a winner for each of the packages. If I pull your name for more than one package, then you can pick which package you want to receive, and I'll do a redraw for whichever package you did not choose.
I hope that is all clear, and I hope some of you are interested. Thanks in advance for helping me find a new home for these items.
It has taken me thee years (I think it's only been three years), but she's finally finished! Without further ado, I proudly present to you Miss Sarah Hatton McPhail:
Happy dance! Happy dance!
As you've probably guessed from the fact that I have finished Sarah, I have also finished my model stitching. I don't have photos of them yet, but I hope to be able to show you what I stitched on sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I finished Sarah yesterday morning, and decided to spend the evening after work sorting through my stitching stash. I have to admit, I was a bit depressed when I finished. So many pieces that I've just never gotten around to finishing! And so many things that I know I will never stitch. I even found ziploc bags with patterns I'd finished, and all the threads for said patterns as well. Why did I do that? I mean, it's not like I plan on restitching a project as big as The Shores of Hawk Run Hollow, so why aren't all those fibers reintegrated into my fiber stash? The world will never know.
I found about 10 mostly stitched, or stitched but unfinished, ornaments. I know this is partly due to the fact that, until about a year ago, I considered myself completely incapable of putting an ornament or pillow together myself. Which meant I had to rely upon the good nature of my mom. She helped some, but since she has plenty of stitching and assembling to do for herself, there has always been more to do than there has been time. Last night, I took one of these old ornaments that is completely stitched and finished it into a pillow ornament. Look at this poor thing, it's been waiting for assembly for TEN YEARS!!! (oh the shame of it all)
This ornament is all over one and comes from a kit by Maureen Appleton. I have 4 more of her kits sitting in my stash. One is nearly as close to completion as this one was. I think I put it away because it calls for blending filament, and I don't like stitching with such temperamental stuff. I have added it to my WIPocalypse list. To the bottom of the list, that is.
Which brings me to the giveaway portion of this post. I have got to do something about all these charts! I could just take them to my mom's EGA group and let them sort it out, but then I thought it might be kind of fun to have my first giveaway here on my blog. If there isn't any interest, then I'll go back to the original EGA plan. I have divided my purged stash into 5 packages, and I will be giving away each package to one interested person (assuming there is such a person). There are kits, a little bit of fabric, and lots of charts (some gently used, some never been used). Here are the groups:
Group 1: The Theresa Wentzler Package. Includes charts, a couple of kits, and a magazine with a Theresa pattern inside:
Group 2: The Fantasy Package. Includes a Disney kit, dragons, mermaids, pirates, and a couple of Christmas ornament patterns.
Group 3: The Sampler Package. Includes a Quaker Christmas, a reproduction sampler, and an ornament with enough fabric to stitch it up.
Group 4: The Celtic Package. Includes a few Celtic patterns, the entire "Crabby All Year" set of patterns, and a couple of pieces of fabric of various sizes.
Group 5: The Nature Package. Includes a couple of bits of linen, and several patterns with animals.
Basically, what you see is what you get. Soooo, is anyone interested? If you are, here are
THE RULES
1. You must be (or become) a follower of this blog.
2. Leave a comment on this post only indicating which Package or Packages you would be interested in winning.
3. For a bonus entry, post about this giveaway on your blog, and come back here and leave a comment telling me that you have shared along with a link to your blog.
You have until midnight EST on February 13 to enter. Sometime shortly after that, I will randomly select a winner for each of the packages. If I pull your name for more than one package, then you can pick which package you want to receive, and I'll do a redraw for whichever package you did not choose.
I hope that is all clear, and I hope some of you are interested. Thanks in advance for helping me find a new home for these items.
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