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Welcome to Halle’s Hobbies! 
Whether you are a first time visitor or an old friend…I’m glad you stopped by.

I’m very excited to be participating in OWOH again. This is my 3rd year that I’ve been involved in this world wide event for bloggers, that might not ever cross paths otherwise, to meet up and get to know each other.

Thanks to Lisa of A Whimsical Bohemian, who works tirelessly to make it a fun for all who participate. She puts in a ton of time and effort, so I  can totally understand why…even though it makes me sad…she’ll be hanging up her hat after this year.

Since I dabble in so many different arts and crafts, love second hand stores
and get a really kick out of recycling and re-purposing….
I decided to give away a variety of items that might give you a better idea of who I am and what I enjoy. 
So are you ready to hear about the doorprizes?!?!!

This first piece really captures what I love about mixed-media. Paint and old book text with a little bit of vintage textile thrown in for good measure. I used the cover from a book for the substrate as well. Another this you may have noticed about me is that I love flowers. They often appear in my art.


I really love photography. So… I’m adding a set of my photo greeting cards to the giveaways. This is a variety pack of blank cards with matching envelopes ready for you to spread some cheer.

The next item is a mini notebook made from a book with a sweet lily of the valley picture gracing the cover and lots of fun bits of paper I’ve saved.  I told you I liked to re-purpose…
A notebook such as this can be used in a variety of ways. 
I’m going to make another to keep for myself as a daily nutrition and exercise journal…hopefully that will keep me on track. :)

 
How many are we at now…?
Ah, yes, the 4th giveaway shall be another of my recycling projects. 
This cute little braided fabric bowl started its life thinking it was going to be a rug. Well, fate stepped in and said…nope, you’re a bowl.
Every Tuesday I participate in something called Tea Tuesday. I generally mention what’s going on in my world that day, share what kind of tea I’m drinking that day and sometimes a special tea set.
With that in mind I wanted to give away an orphan cup…thanks mom…and tea from my favorite wellness company.

Sewing is another thing that I can’t seem to stop doing. My machine is out and ready to go almost all the time… I love sewing. Making something new from fabric is so magical…as long as I don’t have to follow directions. I hate following directions.
To that bent…I made this set of patchwork coasters.

And finally a set of super strong magnets…seriously…super strong. I used neodymium (rare Earth) magnets on the backs of these.  Any paper you hang it not going anywhere….


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So now I suppose your wondering how in the heck you might have 
a chance at one of these doorprizes, right?!?
Super simple…  Leave a comment on THIS POST before Feb 17th.   That’s it.
Please make sure I have some way to contact you should you be picked for a doorprize. 
You may want to post it as: blahblah at yaddayadda dot com 
That makes it more difficult for robot programs to pull emails for spam.
If no email is provided either through your blogger profile or in the comment,
I’ll have to move on to the next winner. You don’t want that to happen…
The morning of Feb 17th, I’ll use a random number generator to pick the “lucky 7” winners of the above door prizes! Winners will be notified via email and postal addresses will be requested.
If I do not hear back from you within 48 hrs, I’ll be forced to move one and choose another winner.

Good luck!! 
I hope you enjoyed your visit here at Halle’s Hobbies.
Please stop by again!

Does this look good or what?!?  I’m having some basic green tea with my new favorite sandwich. It a grilled cheese with a twist. I use olive oil on the whole wheat bread instead of butter. The cheese is provolone. To give it even more flavor I use stone ground mustard, baby spinach and sliced tomato.  OH YUM!

Go see what my Tea Tuesday friends are doing today!
You’ll find the links over on Kimmie’s blog

At the sewing machine again…. 

These are addictive….

I have a few moments before I get on with the rest of my busy day which includes watching the little baby next door! YEAH! I love babies!

I wanted to share with you the wonderful package I got from my swap partner on Swapbot. I hadn’t been involved in a swap for several years on this site but decided it would be fun again. Boy am I glad I did!

Just look at the thoughtful package I got in the mail!  She looked at what I do and totally customized the package for me. She even saw that I love tea so she sent a couple of kinds for me to try!  Thanks Holly!!!

Isn’t it funny that Holly sent to Halle… Same name…different spelling.

It’s always nice to see that there really are a lot of wonderful people in this world…  The news can make you question…that’s why I like to live in my own little suburban bubble most of the time.

Check out what my friends are up to today…you’ll find the links on Kimmies blog.

I felt totally inspired this morning…I’m sending this off to a friend who reads my blog so I’m only going to show a little snippet or two until it arrives.


This is the only kind of snow I want to see anymore this year!  Cute faced little snowmen on my side table.
I’m sitting warming up from moving more snow…this time off the roof…again. I have a big pile in the driveway..waiting for the plow to come through before blowing it all away.

Yesterday, the boy and I spent almost and hour and a half trying to get to an appt that was only 13 miles from our house. The roads were crazy due to the temperature and rate of snowfall right at rush hour. Or maybe I should say rush HOURS. The plow trucks weren’t able to keep up with it and it was a little too cold for the chemicals to properly work.  

UGH…can you tell I’m still bitter about the snow.

Ok..back to my tea…relax…deep breaths… ah that’s better.

Go see what my Tea Tuesday friends are up to today. You’ll find the links over on Kimmies blog.

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