Christmas is coming….let’s have a giveaway!

I was taken aback this weekend when I stopped to think about how close it is until Christmas. We’ve been turning to online shopping more and more each year. You can really buy anything online…from fitness gear to kitchen bar stools and pretty much everything in between.

CSNstores has offered me the opportunity to give one of my readers $50 to use at any of their 200+ online stores! How cool is that!! Who couldn’t use an extra $50?!?

I’m going to make this real easy…no hoops to jump through…

Just leave a comment on this post by Wednesday Nov. 17th to have a chance at it. I will use a random number generator to pick the winner the next morning. Please make sure I have a way to get a hold of you to deliver your prize via email or I’ll be forced to move on to the next person…

UPDATE: This giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only.

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A new book

Lynda over at Bloom, Bake & Create had a give away last month and I won! The projects look like I can do them even though I am very directionally challenged.

Thanks so much Lynda!

BTW– Lynda is hosting another giveaway…this time for a jewelry book. Go check it out!

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November Dress

This month I decided to go a little more traditional for the Dress-up Project.

An evening gown with lace shawl.

I was totally in love with this fabric and just had to use it for something. There happened to be a nice scallop in the pattern so I used it to my advantage. I simply cut along it for an interesting hem. I added the lace underskirt for that little extra kick.

This was a no sew dress since I put away my sewing machine and have vowed not to take it back out until I finish some other projects. Hot glue works wonders!!

Of course, then yesterday I get a call from a friend asking if I’d hem her son’s hockey jerseys. I’ll be doing those by hand today since the stitching will have to be removed in the spring before turning them back in. All I can say is EWW…nasty sweaty boys hockey jersey’s worn year after year by different kids. BLECH! But I digress…

For November Margaret asked that we also show the wardrobes we’ve completed for the dresses. I went ahead and did that a while ago but here’s a little shot of what it looks like inside today.

Take a moment and stop by the Alice and Camilla blog to see the rest of the November dresses and wardrobes.

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Tea Tuesday

For months now I’ve been enjoying the Tea Tuesday posts on some of my favorite blogs. I wanted to join in myself so I asked Kimmie, our hostess, if she’d mind if I joined the tea party. Being the gracious host that she is…she agreed.

I decided since this was my very first Tea Tuesday that I should celebrate and bring out the good china. In fact, I have NEVER drank out of on of these cups until today.

As a kid, this set of dishes was brought out for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter…that’s it. It was my Grandma’s and last year was handed down to me from my folks. I’ve actually only ever eaten off the dinner plates…and that wasn’t until I was a teenager that that privilege was allowed.
I must have been quite the clumsy child. :)

With my tea, I’m enjoying a special Norwegian treat called Krumkake. My mom bought it at a church Lutefisk supper over the weekend. I usually make some around Christmas so this is a real treat to have some now.

If you’d like to see my tea party companions hop on over to art in red wagons, Kimmies blog for the links.

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Journal page

After I finished up some more miniature terrain this afternoon, I had some leftover paint on my palette. Since I really hate waste anything, I grabbed my art journal and made a quick page. I left plenty of room for future writing or what ever my heart desires at the moment.

It felt really good to work with paper again! I’ve taken a bit of a break from it while working on my miniatures…which I also love but oh! the satisfaction of finishing something in one sitting..or standing, as the case was for me today. Miniatures don’t work that way…they are painstakingly slow.

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Bits and pieces

I thought I’d show you some of the projects I’ve been trying to work on until my back tells me to stop.
I had started each of these projects BEFORE hurting my back…

First, a bunch of glass marble magnets…

Then a tiny sneak peek at my 12 Days of Christmas swap…

And finally, another piece of miniature terrain.

I have to admit that I’m really having fun making this stuff. It’s a challenge and work is slow…which can become frustrating but the results are worth the wait.

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Hello..remember me?!?

I feel as if it’s been ages since I’ve posted anything.
At least I had my Friday freebie scheduled to post… I threw out my back on Thursday and today is the first day I’ve been able to sit at the computer without a great amount of pain and back spasms.

I have been slowly working on a couple things over the past couple weeks. Some miniature terrain and a 12 days of Christmas swap(which I can’t show full photos of until they are opened).