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***scroll down for newer posts***Welcome. Glad you grabbed a ticket for the Magic Carpet ride…
I am thrilled to be once again be a part of this international blogger event that is the brain child of Lisa over at A Whimsical Bohemian. The idea was to bring bloggers together, meet new friends, learn something new and maybe even win something!
Last year, I discovered so many interesting blogs that I likely would have never found otherwise.

Up for grabs is this Nature inspired canvas board.

The flower image was created by painting directly onto a Gerbera Daisy then pressing it like a stamp to watercolor paper. The stick was gathered from my own backyard. I love using natural elements especially with my canvas pieces.

On Feb. 15, I will use a random number generator to choose the winner of the canvas board.
But wait…
Since this is my second year participating in the One World, One Heart event I wanted to do things a little bit differently…

For every 50 comments to THIS POST, another prize willmagically be added. These additional prizes will be given to the runners up using the random number generator as well.

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Hooray! 50 comments have been posted…know what that means! Another prize…
The Complete Works of Shakespeare book purse. It features a red interior with black and white sides. It would make quite a conversation piece at your next party.
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You guys rock! We’re at 99 comments… Since I have a busy day ahead I’m posting the 3rd prize a bit prematurely.
These are 3 of my “postage people” postcards.
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150 comments posted…another prize has appeared.
Since my book purse has been so popular…
I’m giving away this pants purse!
I made this purse from a pair of children’s Tommy Hilfiger pants and a woven belt.
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You did it! 200 comments. Another giveaway…
Bottlecap magnets made by yours truly.

So how do I enter you ask…

  • Simply leave a comment on THIS POST to be included in the giveaway.
    Please leave your email in the comment. You may want to post it as: blahblah at yaddayadda dot com This way it’s 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.
Any comment left after Feb. 14 11:59PM CST will not be counted.

Be sure to check out the hundreds of other participant blogs. I bet you’ll find some really interesting blogs and maybe win something too!

I checked out this book from the library last week and knew I had to make a tie bag.

I had these ties stashed away knowing someday I’d use them.

It took me a couple of hours to put together. I broke a needle on my machine as well in the process. First time I’ve ever done that!

I learned that I had to manually “walk” the stitching forward by turning it by hand through the thick areas. Such technically accurate terms huh?! I am a trial and error girl. I don’t follow directions well. This may be an issue in my quest to learn to knit…

There has been no time for art…

I can even begin to tell you how much snow we have moved over the past few days.

See our pathetically short snowman… Buried…

The piles are so high…”How high are they?”….
I can hardly throw the snow over the top anymore. The garbage can may help for reference.


Welcome to the double digits, son!

As soon as I finished Wine 2.0 I just knew it wasn’t going to work for me. We’ve used it a bit anyway since I’d put so much time and effort into the piece.

I’m sure this one is going to work really well for our journal.
It is an old 3-ring binder cookbook with a dozen dividers so we can arrange and rearrange our labels and notes as much as we want.
We even have a “black listed” section for truly awful wines. Ones that under no circumstance do we ever want to have again.


I fixed my mistake and sewed like a mad woman yesterday and this morning.

I’m very happy with the quilt. I made 3 edges scalloped and the top edge straight so it would fit more like a bedspread.

Stats:

  • 238 denim circles cut by hand from jeans, shorts and a dress
  • countless small spools of colored thread
  • 46 semi circles and 192 5 in squares of fabric from my stash
  • 3 band-aids…pins and my fingers don’t play nicely together
  • size: 75 x 90 inches
  • weight: 8lbs
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