Tickle Me Tuesday ~ Giveaways

Do you love a good giveaway?  I do too.  So today for Tickle Me Tuesday I'm going to point you to a few of the ones I have entered.  I hope they tickle you too!

From Kluless, this sweet Sweetcushion made from a sugar bowl that Kathy found.  It would be right at home in my sewing room!

From My Life Under the Bus, Patty is giving away this beautiful bead she made.  It's just stunning!

Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away this fun pillow.  It's fresh and fun and irresistible!

What is tickling your fancy this week?  Join Sarah at Yes Teacher and show us.  And if you have entered any giveaways, share with us in the comments!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

A Feature a Favicon and a Giveaway

It was a surprise and an honor when I was asked if my blog could be featured on the Etsy Blog Team blog.  Of course I said yes and you can see the feature here.  If you are looking for a place to promote your blog, I recommend joining the Etsy Blog Team.  Not only can you promote your blog, but you will find tutorials for all things blog related, answers to blogging questions, giveaways and so much more.

For example, there was a tutorial from Scootchidoo Too to add a favicon.  That's the little icon up there on the tab that says So Many Memories.  It was so easy, and believe me, if I could do it, anyone can do it!

There is a fantastic giveaway at Craft Gossip for this Elna Sew Fun sewing machine.

Hurry and enter, the deadline is midnight March 31st.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

I'm A Winner!

Yes, indeed!  I won this fabulous eyeglass case from Do-Rah! Designs and I couldn't be happier! I fell in love with this beauty the minute I saw her!  She came wrapped in fun polka dot tissue paper with an orange ribbon with a sweet card from Debi and two of her business cards (which are too cute!).

Debi makes these eyeglass cases out of leather, and embellishes them with more leather, or fabric and decorative stitching.  This one is the prettiest shade of red and is sooooo soft!  I absolutely love the flowers with the pearl centers.

Debi also makes the prettiest handbags, reusable lunch totes, clutches and more.  

Clutch - Coral Floral

Medium Tote - Ginko Leaves

You can see all of Debi's beautiful creations at her Etsy shop, Do-Rah! Designs.

Have a magnificent Monday!!!

Giveaway Winner!!!

The winner of my birthday celebration giveaway is Teri!!!!  This is what she had to say:

teri said...

Happy Birthday .... I would love to be the winner of the bunch of precious stuff.


My favorite birthday was my 17th ,,,, I thought everyone had forgotten and was feeling sorry for myself ... almost refused to go with my friend when she came to rescue me .... and deliver me to my surprise birthday party.So many friends there as well as the boy I had a crush on .... he is my hubby of now 38 years!

Congratulations Teri and thank you to everyone who enetered and for all the birthday wishes!!!!

Take some time and visit Teri's blog, peartreegallery - art by teri and her Etsy shop PearTreeGallery.  She has some amazing art work!

Have a great Tuesday!!!

Silent Sunday

Enter my giveaway here.

Have a fabulous, restful Sunday!!!

It's My Birthday AND I'm Having A Giveaway AND It's Eat What You Want Day!

Someone once told me that birthdays aren't for celebrating growing a year older but for celebrating you and your life!  This sounds good to me since I don't want to think about being a year older!  The best way I can think of to celebrate with my blog buddies is to have a giveaway!

This giveaway includes a lavender sachet, two vintage hankies and a generous handful of vintage buttons!  The sachet is handmade by me from a vintage hankie and is embellished with three vintage buttons and a strip of vintage lace. 

The deadline for entries is Monday, May 24 and I wll announce the winner on Tuesday, May 25.  Here is how you can enter:

Simply follow this blog and leave a comment telling about your favorite birthday memory!

For extra entries:

Mention  this giveaway on your blog with a link to this post (leave a comment with a link to your post).

Mention the giveaway on Twitter and leave a link in a comment.

Mention the giveaway on Facebook and leave a link in a comment.

Visit my Etsy shop and heart either the shop or an item and leave a comment about it.

Oh, one more thing.  Today is Eat What You Want Day!!!  It was created to give people on a diet a guilt free day of splurging on their favorite foods. But it's back on the diet tomorrow!  Can you believe it?!  I guarantee you it's pretty much what I do anyway and especially on my birthday! 

I hope you have a truly great day!

Mish Mash Monday

It's May 10 and I had to turn on the heater this morning to get the chill out of the house!  It really feels like fall after having 90 degree weather last week. 

I had a wonderful Mother's Day and I hope you did too if you're a mom!  We spent the day at Sotterly Plantation, a local National Historic Landmark located on the picturesque Patuxent River.  I'm trying hard to learn how to take better photos and I knew this would be the perfect place to work on my skills. These are some of the photos I took beginning with my beautiful daughter and handsome son!

I was so excited to learn I had won a giveaway from Pinks and Needles and even more excited when my adorable pincushion and needles arrived.  I wish I had taken a picture of the beautiful packaging but I was just too eager not to tear into it!

An update on my dad.  The doctors removed the cancerous tumor from his bladder and it was in the very early stages.  He does not have to have any radiation or chemo treatments, just a check up every 3 months.  We're so relieved and happy and thankful for such a positive outcome!  Thank you to all of you for your encouragement and prayers!

Be sure to check back here tomorrow.  I just might have a giveaway announcement....

Mish Mash Monday

Can you believe it's Monday already?  And not just Monday, but May no less!  I realize as I get older that I move slower and time moves faster.  It's just not fair sometimes!

If you like giveaways, check out 31everything.  Fern makes custom photo cards for any occasion and you can choose the one you like.  Her cards are really cool and she will tweak it for you too!  The winner will be announced May 17.  Here's just one of her cards.

If you like sales, and honestly who doesn't, head over to Vintage T for a 'name your own price' sale!  Yes you read that right!  She is closing her vintage shop on Etsy and you better hurry before everything sells! 

I tried another great recipe from Janet at The Empty Nest.  The Rustic Peach Crostada was just delicious, but mine didn't turn out as pretty as hers!  I really think she should write a cookbook!   

I added another lavender sachet to my Etsy shop.  I used a vintage fingertip towel with eyelet trim and just added some decorative stitching and trim and irridescent seed beads.  It's gathered at the top with ivory ribbon and has a removeable sachet pillow!  This is my favorite sachet so far!

  
                           

I hope you have a marvelous Monday!!!

Mish Mash Monday

Here it is Monday again already!  I've been busy with Shylee all week while her parents went to a gaming convention and I'm on the verge of exhaustion!  She is busy, busy, busy doing the things toddlers do including throwing temper tantrums!  I'm talking screams that come close to shattering the windows, banging the head on the wall, floor, table or Grandma's leg, throwing herself on the floor and writhing, kicking, and thrashing about, throwing whatever her little hand can get hold of.  So we found a nice little corner for time out and she spends a good amount of time there!  These tantrums go on all day long.    Her mama is picking her up tomorrow!!!!!

Before Shylee came, I started on a pair of placemats and got one of them done.  I hope to finish the other one and list it in the Etsy shop by the end of the week.  This set coordinates with one of the dish towel dresses I made a while back.

If you have an Etsy shop, you should visit the blog All Things Tangled.  The Friday Feature features Etsy items that were submitted on Thursday when the theme for Friday is announced.   A couple of my things have been featured and it increased views in my shop!  It's also just a great blog!  

I hope it's not too late to tell you about a giveaway over at cabin + cub.  It ends today so hurry over and check out the cutest peel and stick, repositionable,  Dick and Jane bookplates.   These would be so cute in kids' books or even your own!!  And they can be personalized! 

After Shylee leaves, I will be getting ready for a road trip to Arkansas next week to visit family and go to a Bon Jovi concert!  I'm soooo excited!!!!!!!!!     

I hope you have a happy Monday!!!!

Mish Mash Monday

It was a busy weekend with Shylee visiting and keeping us entertained!  Who needs to watch television when you can be entertained by a toddler?!

Devon over at Devon's Quiet Corner is having a giveaway!  You have until March 11th to enter to win these spring time goodies.

Here's an update on my sewing room.  I've cleaned off the cutting table and the sewing table and have much more room to actually do some creating!  The rest of the room isn't done but this is a start.  You can read the original post and see pictures of the chaos here

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That's all for this edition of MMM.  Thanks to Audrey at Audrey's Country Crafts for hosting MMM.  Check out her blog and see what she's been up to.  Have a great week!!!

Mish Mash Monday

Welcome to Mish Mash Monday where I write about a little bit of everything that happened this past week.  Thank you to Audrey at Audrey's Country Crafts for hosting MMM.  Check out her blog to see what she's been up to and to see other blogs participating in MMM.

There is a giveaway for a 8x10 photo of your choice over at Poppy Place.  You have to check out these beautiful photographs of sunsets, flowers, San Francisco, beautiful old buildings and so much more.  After you've entered the giveaway,  read through more of the blog posts.  This is one of my favorites because it is so positive, upbeat, encouraging and inspiring!

Another one of my favorite blogs is The Empty Nest and every Friday is Pieday!  Janet posts a recipe and photos of a pie each week and my mouth is watering by the time I'm finished reading.  This weekend I made her Creamy Pineapple Pie and it was heavenly!  You can find the recipe here.

I've also been babysitting Shylee this weekend.  She sure keeps me hopping!  She also keeps me laughing.  There is nothing better in this world than being a Grandma!

I managed to get some sewing done and listed these coasters and placemats in my Etsy shop.

                           

                           

I hope you have a marvelous Monday!!!

Mish Mash Monday

It's Mish Mash Monday again!  Here's what was going on this past week.

                

I made this dish towel dress for my Etsy shop and decided to keep it for myself!  I actually had quite a few problems with it and the end result just wasn't something I felt I could sell.  So now I have my very own dish towel dress!! 

I had a tooth pulled on Thursday and I hope I never have to do that again!  What an ordeal just to keep me calm enough to numb my mouth!!!!  I am a baby when it comes to the dentist and this visit was no exception.  You can read about my last visit here

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I think these bookends are just awesome!  I got them from the Etsy shop Adirondack Metal.  They make the coolest signs, bookends, hooks and other fun items.  Now I'll be able to keep my reference books within reach of my sewing machine!

I've added a new feature over to the right.  "The recipe file"  is a list of recipes I've shared in past posts and I've included a link to each one.  Let me know if you try one of the recipes and how you like it....or not like it!

There's a giveaway over at Devon's Quiet Corner!  If you love pink, you'll love this giveaway!!  Head on over there to see how to win and what the fabulous prize is!

That's all for this edition of MMM.  Have a marvelous Monday!!!

Mish Mash Monday

Audrey, over at Audrey's Country Crafts, started Mish Mash Monday and I thought it was such a great idea I wanted to do it too!  It's taken awhile to get it started but today is the day!  Mondays will be the day that I tell you all the 'little things' on my mind that don't really fit anywhere else or aren't enough to fill a whole post.

There are so many fantastic giveaways going on and here are two of them I've entered.  The first one is from The Empty Nest and it's for this bright and beautiful tote bag. You can enter to win here.  Be sure to check out her Etsy shop also!

The second giveaway is from Sew Kim and it's this adorable hedgehog pin cushion.

Enter the giveaway here and visit Kim's Etsy shop Sewn Kim.

One of my personal goals for the year is to read more.  I used to read everyday and read book after book after book.  I miss that simple pleasure so I've committed to reading at least one book a month.  This month I'm reading Lewis Carroll's, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  I've never read it and I think it's about time!

Another goal is to work on sewing or other crafting everyday.  I was excited to come across the 20 Minute Challenge from MarmaladeRose.  A group of bloggers have committed to crafting at least 20 minutes a day for a year!  Although I haven't officially signed up, I am committed to 20 minutes a day.  I look forward to seeing what I can accomplish.  If you would like to read about the challenge or join the group you can do that at MarmaladeRose.

Lastly, please go visit Audrey's Country Crafts, the blog and the Etsy shop!  You can get lost there for hours!!   And thank you Audrey for featuring my blog on your Mish Mash Monday!!

How did you spend your Monday?  Whatever you did, I hope you had a good day!!

I Won a Contest/Giveaway!!

I was browsing the Etsy forums one day and came across the blog for Creative Apples Photography.  April was having a contest to name the photo of the cupcake with the tape measure.  The prize for the winner was a choice of a print or cards from her shop.  I don't enter contests or giveaways just for the sake of entering...I have to really want the prize to enter.  The second I saw 'The Perfect Rose' I knew I wanted it for my sewing room!   I'm not very good at titles, captions or catchy phrases and I couldn't think of anything.  I thought all the entries were very good, so I decided not to enter.  But, just as I was about to move on to the next blog,  it came to me....Cake Measure.  It's the only title that came to me so I went ahead and entered it and honestly I didn't think about it again!  I was very surprised when I got the email saying I had won!  Now I have this beautiful print to put in my sewing room!

April has some incredible photography in her Etsy shop at Creative Apples.  You can order her prints in just about any size or as a greeting card or notecards.  I hope you take a few minutes and take a peek!

Icicles And Giveaways

I find icicles fascinating and beautiful.  The way they sparkle in the sunlight, the way they 'grow', the shapes that are created...all these are beautiful to me.  This is what I found around my house this morning.

Completely off the topic of icicles is a giveaway I want to mention.  You can win this romantic heirloom afghan by going to Irish Rose Creations and following the instructions.  Isn't it just beautiful?  It reminds me of the wonderful pieces my great grandmother created.

And don't forget you can enter my giveaway by leaving a comment on any post or blogging about it!

I hope you have a marvelous Monday!