Sewn Giveaway Closing Tonight

Don't forget that my giveaway in honor of the launch of Sewn will be closing tonight at midnight(PST). One lucky winner will receive the Flower Petal Pincushion shown below. (If you aren't the lucky winner this time, they will be available for sale on my new Etsy shop starting June 15th.)

If you click on the Sewn logo to the right, it will take you to my drawing page and you can enter there as well as find more info on the Sewn launch. I will draw the winner randomly from the old cowgirl hat and post it here tomorrow, June 8th - which just happens to be launch day for SEWN - amazing how that works.. til tomorrow..

For your viewing pleasure, some kitty cuteness (and the beloved hubby):

Bugsy and Hammy's favorite perch in the entire world. (Can you guess where their names come from?)

Giveaway Winner!! Sew Mama Sew

Well, I had planned on using the good old cowboy(girl) hat method as before. But, I really didn't want to spend until Friday writing up slips of papers. I can't believe the amount of responses to this drawing. I have had so much fun reading them and hearing stories of others' memorable crafting moments. So many, like my own, center around family and generations of crafters & sewers. The comment section alone is a great read.

Anyway, since there were 359 lovely comments, I turned to the number generator from random.org to help me: (I don't know how to get the nice little box picture like some blogs have so I just cut & pasted the result here)

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

88

Timestamp: 2009-06-01 17:16:09 UTC

And the winner is:

emilyflippinmaruna said...
This is probably my big crafting moment, this year. I made the decision to make ALL handmade gifts this year and so far I've stuck to it! I'm also blogging about the experience at The Handmade Experience. Check it out and thanks for the giveaway!


Congratulations Emily! I will send you an email or if you beat me to the punch, send me your shipping info & I will get the mystery package out to you ASAP.

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments & please be sure to enter the SEWN giveaway I have running until June 8th. I'm giving a way one of my pretty little lavender-stuffed pincushion flowers.

May Giveaway Day - May 27, 2009

May Giveaway Day

May 27, 2009

Ok, I admit it. I am going to turn into a blogging giveaway junkie. This is just a whole lot of fun for me. It's great to have readers come by and leave their comments and I love checking out all of the participating blogs out there. It is amazing how many super talented people are out in cyberspace just waiting for us to come across their blog and share a bit of their world. The fact that there are prizes to be won floating around in all of this is just icing on the cake!

This fun event is being hosted by SewMamaSew. They will be posting a list today with the links to all of the bloggers participating in this great Giveaway. Click here:May Giveaway Day to go to their page and start surfing some awesome and creative blogs.

Entering my drawing is extremely easy. Just leave a comment on this blog entry telling me a memorable crafting/sewing/creative moment or event in your life. I'm using my tried & true old cowgirl hat to draw the number randomly, what you write won't count for the drawing - it's solely for me because I like to hear other people's stories and inspirations. Please be sure that there is a way for me to contact you if you are a winner. The drawing closes at midnight on May 31st. I will draw my winner the next day and post it here. Good luck and happy blog surfing!

I guess I should tell you what I'm giving away. It will be a surprise package full of crafting/sewing supplies & goodies. I haven't really finished throwing together the box so it a surprise to me what will be in it as well! I have quite the stash that would love a new home with someone who is feeling creative..

BTW, if you want an extra entry into my drawing...become a follower or sign up for my email feeds. Then post another comment on this blog and I will give you another chance to win this unknown surprise box!

Wednesday Wanderings

Some of the things that are growing around here:

Mr Lincoln rose (with aphid)


Red Sunflower


Tobacco


Strawberries

Our first hydrangea!


Corn is thriving


Bottle Gourd vine


Astible

Critter Corner - Cailen

I've been remiss in my blog writing as well as introducing the critters that inhabit our world. Today I would like to introduce Cailen (pronounced Kuh-lin). He has many aliases though: Bubba, Pointy Eared Pest and Dingo Dog are some of the more often used. He's a pretty pooch that we love very much.

Cailen was Michael's dog before we met. He was just turning a year old when we got together and I think it hurt Michael's feelings that Bubba took to me right away and was minding me better than he was Michael. I've just had a lot more experience with working dogs than he had so it was easier to try to channel Cailen's natural herding abilities. I'm thinking my mastery of the "mean Mommy voice" also had a lot to do with it.

He's a very smart dog who is extremely quick and very play driven. I feel really bad that he is going to waste as a cow dog since we don't really have a herd to work him on at this point. We try to keep him entertained and from getting too bored by playing lots of games with him.

It really helps that he and Chandler absolutely love each other. They play constantly. It is funny to see a hound trying to be as athletic as Cailen. If Chandler didn't have Cailen to keep him moving, he'd be lounging on the couch eating bonbons. He could easily turn into a slug. Chandler has tried to teach Cailen the art of baying so they can be a really noisy pair at times.

This series shows them :

1) sitting like goods boys,

2) Cailen slamming on the brakes just before Chandler T-bones him at full speed, and

3) the aftermath of the crash (with Cailen having never let go of his toy).

These are our boys!