Quiltingranyy is Having a Giveaway on her Blog!

My dear friend Jean is having a giveaway on her blog

 

so if you want to see some beautiful quilts and find out about her quilting group

be sure and click on the link above

 

or if you are just interested in the giveaway

 

Jean's offering some great prizes for her 2000th blog post.

A Giveaway!

Kelly at Kelly's Recipes for Life, is having a wonderful giveaway. Stop by her blog for a visit and Be sure to check out her giveaway....she has some beautiful things.

Thank you Cathy!

Guess who is getting this package in the mail?

Yep! Me!!!

I won Cathy's Christmas Countdown Giveaway this month!

Make sure you start workin on some of your Christmas projects and then check out Cathy's blog for the rules for next months giveaway. You can also be entered for leaving Christmas tip and hints so get in the Christmas Spirit and visit Cathy's blog.

The deadline for next month's entries is October 7.

Thanks Cathy! I'm excited to check out that pincushion

and I'm really glad I got started on making Christmas stuff!

Treasured Heirlooms

Cathy at Treasured Heirlooms has a beautiful blog with all kinds of pink and pretty things to show you. Cathy is also having a giveaway so make sure you check out her blog. Be prepared to spend some time just oohing and aawing over her beautiful photos of her treasures. So get your coffee or tea and go visit Cathy!

My OWOH Package

I received this wonderful package the other day from Lynn. I won her OWOH giveaway and what a generous package. She sent a pink cell phone case, an Avon Pink Waterbottle that came with a little pink metal hook, a little basket and wall hanging, car scents, a scented heart, a tart type warmer and yummy smelling tarts, magnetic bookmarks, a pretty purple keychain and a wonderful counted cross stitch kit with a carousel horse.

Thank you so much Lynn for your generousity!!! I really like everything that you sent and will put it all to good use.

My OWOH Winners Are......

I has two winners of my OWOH giveaway. One for the first hundred people that left comments and then a second prize for the next group of a hundred. So by the use of the Random Generator my winners are..........my sweet blogger friend Angel from Kissed by an Angel who lives in the UK and my second winner is Sophie from The Art of [being] Miss KoolAid who lives in Canada. Congratulations to both of you and I hope you enjoy the hotpad and dishcloths!

Thanks Lisa for hosting such a wonderful event and Thank you for all of your time and energy to put all of the Magic Carpet Ride together for us! Your the best and I'm looking forward to next year!!

Check This Out!

My sweet friend Cathy that I met through an apron swap is having a 200th post giveaway. Make sure you stop by her blog and check it out.

She is giving away one of her aprons!

Cathy has pictures of some of the aprons that she has made on her blog.

So be sure and stop by and if you don't know Cathy

I'm sure you will enjoy meeting her!

Here is a picture of me in the apron that Cathy made for me.

I'm helping in the kitchen at my brother Mike's 50th Birthday Party.

and here is Mallory borrowing my apron.

I'm off to sew some hotpads and then do some housework :(

Oh well, it has to be done.

Have a great day!!

Fairies, Birds and Mice....Oh My! An Enchanted Ornament Swap

Val from Yarni Gras hosted an Enchanted Ornament Swap and as usual, I couldn't pass it up.

I even won one of these little mushrooms from Val.

It is so cute and my first mushroom too!

Thanks Val!!

(I borrowed your picture too)

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the person who sent to me was my sweet blogger friend Missy from Fairy Child Heirlooms. I received a beautiful dish towel that she made, some yummy peppermint bark that Missy and her girls made and then the most beautiful little fairy ornament.

I just think she is so pretty! She reminds me of fairies from storybooks that I looked at as a child. This little fairy is not getting put up at Christmas but she is going to be out all year long where I can enjoy her.

Thanks Missy for the wonderful package!!


Here is what I sent to my secret partner, Jennie from J. Nichelle. The first thing on her list of things she liked was birds. I made a couple different things before I came up with this little cone that I filled with a bird and some other doodads.

Then I made her the little mouse in the walnut shell ornament.

It reminds me of Thumbelina.

and then I sent her kids a couple of my mice candy cane holders.

Thanks Jen for letting me borrow your photos! They turned out a lot better than mine did. I had fun with this swap and if you like nature based and enchanted ornaments

Val is hosting a year around swap for 2010.

It is called "A Year of Enchantment" and every month there will be a different theme and by the end of 2010 you will have 12 enchanting ornaments for your tree.

Be sure and stop by Val's swapper blog to get more info and sign up for the swap.

A Witchy Annie Giveaway

The sweet AwtemNymf is having another giveaway for an Annie pattern.

This time it is of Glinda the Good Witch.

Be sure and stop by her blog ASAP to enter.

The pattern is so cute and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I win!!

I love making Annie's!

A Pink and Pretty Giveway

I just discovered this blog tonight and you may want to check it out to.....and not just for the giveaway. Sheryn is from Australia and has some beautiful pink things on her blog. It looks like she is very creative and I can't wait to read up more on her blog. Sheryn loves vintage, polka dots and as I said Pink. Enjoy!

A Generous Blogger!

My dear friend AwtemNymf just had a couple of giveaways last month and now she is having not one more, but two. Aren't these earrings beautiful? Guess what, AwtemNymf made them! She is very multitalented and always amazes me with her creativity! I am suppose to tell you all what my favorite pink thing is. HHHhhhhmmmm.......I have to think about this one. My favorite pink thing is probably the pictures of my two girls in pink when they were little.

Mallory on her 3rd Birthday

Lexie in about 3rd or 4th grade?

AwtemNymf's other giveaway is for a charm pack of Halloween fabric. I definitely think I could put that one to use! There is a jar of pumpkin candies on AwtemNymf's blog and you can enter by going there and guessing how many candy pumpkins are in the jar. Then you have to post about her giveaway too.

So make sure you go check out her lovely giveaways and have fun reading her blog....actually blogs...her blogs have been multiplying lately, but each is just as wonderful as the original!

Wonderful Packages I Received

The first package was from Suzie who was my partner in Linda from A Swap for All Seasons An Altered Treasured Tin Swap. Susie made this beautiful tin for me.

Check out this knob......so cool!

and then all of the goodies inside the tin. There are magnets, paperclips, buttons, ribbon, a tag, flowers and the prettiest little images in glass. Thank you so much Susie for such a beautiful tin and so many fun things to sit and awe over.

This is the tin I made for Susie.



This is the package that Gillian sent to me all the way from Ireland for the Sleepover Swap. It has been held up in our postal system for a couple of months now, but it finally arrived the other day. Gillian made the eye mask, the pouch and the barrettes. She has the tiniest and most perfect stitching I have ever seen! The kids decided this was a fun swap package and that I needed to share some of the things with them. Ezie ate the candy that she sent before I could get a picture, Jace has claimed the comb and mirror and Mallory wants the barrettes.
Thank you Gillian for a fun swap!

and this is the Annie pattern I won from Awtem Nymf's giveaway to celebrate Annie's Birthday. There is the 2 doll patterns and the cat included. Yay! I can't wait to get started!

Thanks Awtem Nymf!!

Help!! I Need some suggestions!

My 5ooth post will be coming up next month and I'd like to do a giveaway. Any suggestions for that??? Crocheted Item, tote bags, coasters, something I've made before for a swap????? Take a look at what I have for sell in my shops and give me an idea. Here is the link to see what I have in all 3 shops

http://apinchofthis-adashofthat.blogspot.com/

Please give me some suggestions because I'd like to give something away that people really would like to have.

Also, I bought these Michael Miller fabrics on Ebay last week. I love the colors!!! What should I make out of them. I have a yard of the top piece and 1/2 yard of the other 3. Tote bags? Pillows? What do you think? This fabric is a little more expensive than I usually buy, but I love Michael Miller fabrics and I couldn't resist.

Right now I'm just content with taking these fabric pieces out and gazing at them, but I suppose I should eventually make something out of them.


Thanks for your suggestions!!

It's National Sewing Month.....Who Knew?

Who else but the sweet AwtemNymf. She knew it was National Sewing Month and she is having a giveaway.

To enter the giveaway I have to tell you my favorite thing about pumpkins. Mine has to do with food, of course.

I LOVE pumpkin muffins.

I could live on pumpkin muffins!!

I think I need a pumpkin muffin right now!!

I also LOVE pumpkin chocolate chip cheesecake.....and pumpkin roll with cream cheese in the middle...and pumpkin pie....oh my gosh, now you can understand why I am 90lbs overweight!! I love the color of pumpkins and the smell of pumpkiny things baking in my oven. I even don't mind cleaning the pumpkins out......I love pumpkin seeds. I received an apron last year in a swap and it has pumpkins all over it.....I think I'll wear it while I'm baking some of these yummy pumpkin goodies!!

Okay AwtemNymf, look what you started. I've been doing pretty good on my diet too. Moderation will have to be my new word with pumpkins and their yumminess this year!

Make sure you stop by AwtemNymf's blog and enter her giveaway.

Melinda's Quilt Give Away, Granny's Quilt and My Kids

My friend Melinda from Melinda's Fabric Fancies is giving away this awesome quilt for her 250th post. I can't believe she's giving away a quilt!! Melinda is amazing and so is her work so (even though I don't want to many people to sign up because I want to win!) go to Melinda's blog and see her work and you'll agree she is amazing. Someone is going to be a very happy and warm person this winter!



Next I have to share with you this wonderful quilt I bought from my friend Val's Granny. I met Val through a swap and I look forward to her posts on her Granny every week. Granny is 96 years old and she makes a quilt every week. They are machine quilted and get this, she only uses 3 pins at the most to hold the quilt in place while she is quilting it. That amazes me! I am a pin and stitch witchery freak when I machine quilt something. Anyway, I received the quilt from Val on Tuesday and Jace immediately claimed it. He threw the quilt off of him that he had on and said, "Oh, that's for me!". The quilt is going to stay on the couch because everyone wants to use "Granny's Quilt". Ezie wants me to buy one for him and I probably should buy one for myself since Jace has laid claim to this one!

PLEASE excuse my couch!!! The slipcovers are in the wash.

This is a big quilt too! Thanks so much Val and Granny! I will treasure this quilt forever!!


Lexie on her first day of college. Whoo-Hoo!

I'm so proud of my daughter!! She's going to a 2 year program to become a Medical Assistant.


The there's Jace. Yesterday he got his backpack ready and Ezie packed him a snack in a old lunch box and he was on his way to the bus stop to go to school. He was so serious and so cute!

He wasn't even upset when he didn't get to get on the bus......because him and his Dad raced back to the house and he came in and opened up his backpack and had his snack.

Jace loves this one show, Yo-Gabba-Gabba. I knew when it came on last year that he was going to like it and even though I am used to watching kids shows and don't mind them, this show was one I was hoping he wouldn't like......but, he loves it and I've grown used to it. Click on the link though and check this guy out that hosts the show. Anyway on Yo-Gabba-Gabba they have a kid show his special talent. The special talent can be anything....like putting a spoon on your nose. Jace has decided that stacking the containers of Play-doh is his special talent. He spends a lot of time rearranging and restacking these containers. Every time he does this we have to clap for him and tell him how great his special talent is. It is pretty special and so is Jace!

An Annie Giveaway

Cyndi at http://cyndisdistinctivecreations.blogspot.com/ is giving away a super cute Annie doll. She has 2 different ones and the winner gets to pick which one they want. Make sure you go over and enter for your chance to win.

Reminder About a Giveaway

Don't forget to stop by Denise at Polka Dot Moon's blog and wish her a Happy Blogiversary and enter to win some fabulous prizes!!

Oh Yeah, a Chance to Get a Piece of Melinda's Art Work!! Oh Yeah!!

I just read about this on Melinda's blog and since I am her biggest fan I have to participate.


It sounds like a great idea to me and the first five people to respond will get something handmade from me. You won't know what I'm making for you, but hopefully it will be something you like. (SSsshhhh.......I'll take suggestions)

The way to play is as follows:

1. I make no gaurantees you will like what I make, but I hope you do!
2. What you get will be created for you, so you wont get something I already made.
3. It will be done sometime this year
4. You will have no clue what it is until you get it!
5. The catch? Do all this on your blog too...Repost all this on your blog and then come back and post on mine and you are entered....Then when you get your gift, post a picture on your blog....Who will the first five be? mmmmmmmmm......If you play, you can put me at the top of your list too if you like!

I also need to do a Pass It Forward. Would anyone like me to make something for them and then they can make something for someone else and so on and so on.......... Please let me know.

Fabric I Won and Cute Pics

This is some Fabric I won during the Katy's Great International Stash Busting Giveaway. I received this wonderful little tote, mini iron and fabric from Debbe. Thanks Debbe!! I love everything you sent and that little iron is just to cute!

This is Ezie and Jace inside their Pillow Fort the other night. They had a ton of pillows stacked on the coach with a blanket over the top and they were hiding inside. It was cute!

Now for the 4 grandsons.

Here's Anthony after playing peek-a-boo

and attempting to get his shirt back on.

Taa-daa!!

This is Austin. He's a little over 3 months old now.

He's being a New York Yankee

and he's not taking steroid's, I'm not lieing!

Hee!Hee!

This is the twins, Jordan and T.J. with Chad, Jr.

I think Chad, Jr. is going to be one

of the most kissed babies ever with all of this cousins.

My son Chad with Chad, Jr.

Chad looks good as a Dad!

The Great International Stash Busting Giveaway

OZLYNDA IS THE WINNER OF MY GIVEAWAY!

THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO ENTERED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT SOME OF THE NEAT BLOGS I FOUND WHILE BLOG HOPPING!!

Katy, from I'm a Ginger Monkey is hosting an International Stash Busting Giveaway. I must admit I have a little bit of fabric stashed away. There is a list below of the other participants and a picture of what I have decided that I could live without. Do you know how hard it is to part with a piece of fabric?? I have some fabric that I know I will never use but I love to just take it out every once in awhile and gaze at it. Does anyone else do this? Surely it's not just me with this crazy obsession with fabric. Anyway, here is the list of participants, so go and check out there blogs and enter to win their giveaways.

Hurry, because it is a one day, February 4, event.

I'll have my lovely assistant, Mallory, draw a name on Thursday morning, Feb. 5.

I 3 different sets. There is a yard of each of the first 3 fabrics that could go together for a project, then there is a yard of the blue with sunfloweres and a fat quarter of the yellow for another little project and then 20 5x5 squares of the each of the iris prints.

1/4 of an inch
2 Fun 4 U
A Tiny House
a very mary design
Adventures of a Fabric Junky
AJ's Antics
Anna Yama
Another Dilettante
blog memories
By a Thread
Citrus Daisy
Debbe Sunshine
Diary Of An Unconscious Mind
domestic anarchy
Domoshar
dotty cookie
Fairbanks Fancy Goods
finding Jimmy Macinko
Go Lani Go
Hanies
hmm designs
if I could set my soul free
Im A Ginger Monkey
Justin and Nichole
Kitty
Kylie's Stitch and Sew
life and times of Jill
making memories
millions of thoughts trapped in my head
Modern Jax
Moederkip
Mrs Schmenkman Quilts
Nini Makes
one big adventure
Patchwork Of Mini Grey
Piecemeal Quilts
Puggle Logic
purple paisley patch
Quilting on the Run
Quilty Gal
sago on tuesdays
Sampaguita Quilts
Scrapbag
Selina's Vintage
seven-stitches
sew funky
stamp gram
Summer Sadie
Three Kitchen Fairies
Tiny White Daisies
Uberstitch
what I do beside work
Zakka Art

Enjoy yourselves and have fun meeting some new friends!

I had to show off a new picture of my newest grandson, Chad, Jr.

and his beautiful momma, Jenn.

He's about 13 days old an weighs 10lbs. 4 oz.