Giveaway at Victorian Motto Sampler Blog!!!

What a wonderful giveaway Nancy is offering up on her blog. Make sure you stop by and enter. She is always so very generous! Thank you Nancy for your kindness always!
GIVEAWAY

Merry Wind Farm is hosting a wonderful giveway!

Please stop by Merry Wind Farm for a chance to win the wonderful giveaway being hosted!
Also, make sure you take a look at the rest of her blog..her samplers are absolutely GORGEOUS!!
I think she has inspired me to start stitching more samplers, they look so pretty framed and hanging in the home.
Thank you to Merry Wind Farm for the chance to win this wonderful giveaway! Don't forget to post to let her know you stopped by.

Merry Wind Farm

Raggedystitches,

Updates on Mr. Primitive Pumpkin and my lucky week!

I have been diligently stitching away on my Mr. Primitive Pumpkin freebie from Notforgotten Farm..
I think I will get him done in time for the challenge! Although, with the plans I have for this design..it may take some time yet to create what I am going to create with my finished piece ;)
I have an interesting idea!
Here he is so far...

This truly was my lucky week! I have won another contest with a giveaway of threads..Thank you to Jenetta for the beautiful threads I received just the other day in the mail... :)

For those of you that joined the Notforgotten Farm challenge, I hope you are getting all your stitches in! I can't wait to see all the completed projects. Way too exciting! :)

Raggedystitches,
Louise

Winnings in the Mail! :)

What beautiful threads I received in the mail from a giveaway I entered recently at The Victorian Motto Sampler!
I was so lucky to be one of the winners of these gorgeous threads...

The colors chosen for me are "Faded Wing", " Antique Gold" and "Lemon". Just perfect! :)
Thank you so much Nancy for holding this giveaway and for picking my name. I am very excited indeed! (especially more so now that there are no craft stores or LNS's in my new hometown to purchase threads from )

Raggedystitches,
Louise

Winnings in the mail and Thrift Store Find :)

My goodies have arrived from Miss Linda Lee of  Cross 'N My Stitches! She recently had a giveaway and my name was picked! How exciting to receive such wonderful goodies in the mail. Thank you Linda, it certainly made me smile to find such a wonderful package filled with all sorts of wonderful things inside!

I decided to take a drive today to mail off a letter to my son and to stop off at a shop called Grandma's Attic. They don't have an internet site..I sure wish they did! They have a lot of neat stuff in there..lots of treasures..mostly country/prim things. All resale things and very reasonably priced.
I spotted something really neat and decided it was to come home with me. I am thinking of painting it perhaps, it is made of pine wood I believe and very sturdy and solid.
Perfect for my stitching supplies! :)

Isn't it beautiful!! It measures 10 wide x 14 1/2 inches long! Much bigger than it appears in the picture.
I will certainly get a lot of use out of this wonderful wooden box :)

The one little hummingbird let his secret out and has told all his friends and family about the wonderful spot where they can get fresh fixin's! LOL! We are now up to 4 hummingbirds fighting daily over a spot on the feeder..it is quite amusing to watch these amazing little creatures from God! :)
Here is a picture I snapped of two of them...

Not sure if I have told you the latest on the weight loss front..but I am now up to 45 pounds lost..holding steady...still walking every chance I can get. The past couple of evenings I have walked 2 miles each night (well, except last night..it was just way too hot outside!)...I feel so much better to have all that weight off of me!!
I have been unpacking all the craft boxes up in my sewing room and I cannot believe how much "stuff" there is that has accumulated over the years. Way too much. We have to figure out some sort of system of how I will be able to store things...a shelving system or cabinets will have to be put in the room being as there is none up there at the moment..for now I am just putting things in piles and trying to organize.

I hope you are all doing well and having a great summer so far!
Louise

Giveway! :)

Stop over at The Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe for a chance to win her wonderful giveaway!
What a beautiful blog Nancy has! :) I am so glad I found her little spot on the web..I am sure you will be glad too! :) Happy Birthday to Nancy!

Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe Giveaway!

Raggedystitches,
Louise

Mail!

Recently I had won a giveaway at Feathers In The Nest and my goodies have just arrived in the mail.
I won a beautiful pair of Gingher "Tessa" embroidery scissors, and to my surprise there tucked inside the box was a beautiful big piece of  Blackbird design fabric!
Isn't it all just beautiful!

Thank you so very much to Jennifer for holding this fantastic giveaway.
I was so very lucky to win!
Blessings to you!
Louise

Giveaway!

Please head on over to the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe for a fantastic giveaway!!
Enter for a chance to win, while looking around at her beautiful blog. :)

Louise

Giveaway at Just One More Stitch!

Please head on over to "Just One More Stitch"!
Wonderful giveaway with beautiful fat quarter fabrics!
Enter for your chance to win! :)
Giveaway

Giveaway at Feathers In The Nest!

What a wonderful Giveaway for a chance to win a beautiful pair of limited edition TESSA Gingher scissors from Feathers In The Nest! Please hop on over to this beautiful blog for a chance to win...
don't just stop there, check out all the beautiful freebies that are also so generously offered so graciously to all of us stitchers! I think we have already won with the Blessings of freebies that are bestowed upon us from a very giving designer. :)
Click HERE to enter and join in the fun!

Louise

Happy Valentines Day!!....and Winners Picked! :)

I hope you all had a very nice Valentines Day. I had a very nice day today :)
I started my day off with volunteering at the church. It is getting easier and easier to vacuum between the pews with all the weight I have lost! ;)
Chatted some with my sweet friend Charlotte that I clean the church with..then on the way home I stopped off at Hobby Lobby..it is on the drive home, how could I not stop there? I picked up a couple of things..here is what I got:

 Have I mentioned that I love the colors red and pink together? Well...I do! I picked up a bamboo crochet hook too..thought I might like to try that a bit. I needed bigger hoops, so thought the sizes 8 inch and 10 inch would suit me well for stitching.
Today was filled with many good things....
We gave our wonderful Son and Daughter Valentine goodies:

 and...a sweet treat of smiles candy for my dear husband!

Peanut Butter Cookies I baked per my son's request!

Popcorn..per my daughter's request!

My Dear Husband surprised me with pretty jewelry..he knows how much I love Brighton jewelry!
He also got me a Brighton tote bag..perfect for my stitchery! Oh, and the tins are perfect for my buttons too. The design on the tote is just the prettiest..I love it so much. He is so very good to me. :) I am very blessed indeed!

inside of tote: the cutest little zippered pocket!

Hubby also brought in roses from the yard...the Good Lord provided us with beautiful flowers on Valentines Day! :) (we live in Florida remember?) lol

I made a nice dinner at home of fried in olive oil chicken cutlets, onion baked potatoes and a spinach, cucumber and tomato salad.
Some gifts I sent in the mail ....
for my dear sweet Niece, a Peanuts Pillowcase that I sewed for Valentines Day:

For my sweet friend Jackie in PA..a pincushion...a surprise she wasn't aware of :)

This design is by Primitive Bettys and it is a freebie..if you want it..you can find it HERE

Now..onto the Giveaway Winners!!
I used my little button basket and wrote down all the entries on slips of paper folded...then I had my daughter pick two names...

And the winners are.........

Hazel and CalamityJr!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!!
I will contact you by email so you can send me your addresses and I will mail out your goodies to you.
I am so very happy for you! This was so much fun and thank you for participating.
Thank you to everyone for commenting and entering...
I really enjoyed doing this giveaway. It made me happy and warmed my heart. I know I will be doing this again soon!
Raggedystitches,

Sewing Hearts! (Giveaway) :)

It was a very busy day at our house today, lots going on as always..but this evening I finally sat down and  decided to do some little projects with sewing tonight...first a couple of stitches more went into "My Everything" Designed by The Sampler Girl. Thank you to Ms. Linda Lee for passing the chart onto me! It is really such a sweet saying. I am having a lot of fun stitching it up! I decided to use Crescent Colors Hand Dyed Floss in "Cupid" How appropriate ! :)
Here is my progress so far:

Yep..I think I am totally giving up on Q-snaps! They frustrate me so much. They always get loose and my hands hurt when I hold them. I really like the tightness of the hoops lately..although I am not crazy about the circle left on the fabric. I do also like scroll rods too though.....
Now onto what I have been sewing tonight..cute , CUTE!
Look at these little Prim looking cushions for pins!
Just in time for Valentines day. I had this red ticking fabric and wasn't sure what to do with it...I also had some vintage looking lace..I put the two together and ..look what I came up with! :)
Cute right?

I filled them up with crushed walnut shells which is supposed to sharpen your needles as you use the cushions to park your needles with use. Now, I would like to give one of these away...well..ok, maybe I will give two away to two different winners! :) It is Valentines Day coming up after all..and I love to give from my heart...and these cushions need loving homes to go to. :)
They are nice and heavy in weight with the walnut shells in them.so you don't have to worry about them falling over off the table or anything like that. hee hee :P

Soooo..if you would be interested in a heart cushion for your needles and pins...and you are a follower of my blog, just leave a comment (make sure I can get back to you with an email)...and...that's it! I will have my daughter pick names on Tuesday..Valentines Day! :)

Thank you again to all of  you that always stop by my blog..I feel the love!

Raggedystitches,

Winner of Giveaway!

I used a random number generator and the number "2" was chosen..
The second person to post for my giveaway is Shari!
Congratulations Shari!!
Thank you to those of you that entered my contest, thank you for all of your kind words and always taking the time to stop by my blog.
You always find the time to give me inspiration!
Make sure you stop back now and then..you just never know when I might be doing another giveaway! ;)

Shari, check your email, I will be sending you a note for your mailing address so I can drop this in the post to you really soon !
Enjoy your winning!

Raggedystitches,

My Turn For a Giveaway! :)

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I have enjoyed blogging so much.
It is so much fun creating and sharing my crafting with all of you over the years.
I love the encouragement I receive from your kind comments that you leave. Even if my projects are small, and not exactly perfect! :)
I want to give back a little bit (finally)...
I hope to do more of this in the future..I love to give too!!
Here is what I have to offer. (this is just so much fun and exciting, I hope you will want to join in on the fun, and I hope you win!)..

The prizes include:

*One Cross Country Stitching Magazine October 2010 Issue
*a multi-colored lanyard
*a beautiful daisy bookmark with a saying "There are always flowers for those who want to see them"
*One purple Daisy notepad with pen
*a small stitch 'n hang counted cross stitch kit
*pretty notepad "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God"
*One packet envelope of Aunt Martha's Hot Iron on Transfers for hand embroidery work
*tin of wintergreen fish shaped scripture candy mints
*Aluminum PURPLE (I LOVE purple!) size 5.00mm US H crochet hook
* And....One Handmade by ME! ~Daisy Wheel Dishcloth~!! The first one I have ever made..not perfect, but it is handmade by me with love :)

Soooo...there you have it...

I hope you like the goodies I have gathered together for my very first giveaway. :)
Thank you for those of you that have commented in the past, your comments really do make me smile!

Here are the details on how to enter:

1. I will run this contest until September 30th. I will pick the winners on that day. Posting will be soon after!
2. you must be a follower
3. Please leave one comment with your email, or make sure your comment has a way to get back to your email so I can contact you.
4. If you would like to mention this contest on your blog or tell your friends, that would be so wonderful!, thank you! :)

I hope you like the giveaway, and I wish you a bunch of Raggedy wishes and luck in winning..
Now I think I am going to go check out the new quilt shop in town!
YAY!! :)

****Edited to Add ~ I will be using a random number generator for the winner ~ :)


Raggedystitches,

A wonderful giveaway!

I wanted to mention that my dear stitching friend Hazel is having a
wonderful giveaway on her blog.
Drop by Quietly Stitching. It is one of my favorite blogs!

Raggedystitches,
Louise

Milestone Giveaway from Blue Ribbon Designs!

WOW! You must go check out this WONDERFUL giveaway I just found out about.
How very kind of Belinda to do something so wonderful like this.
I absolutely love all her beautiful Blue Ribbon Designs.
Please, if you have a moment, check out her blog :)

Milestone Giveaway

Raggedystitches,
Louise

Check out this wonderful giveaway!

Carolyn has so generously offered up a beautiful chart on her blog as a giveaway this month. Please go see her wonderful blog and enter for your chance to win!
Thank you Carolyn for the opportunity!
Just One More Stitch Giveaway

Raggedystitches,
Louise

OWOH Surprises arrived!

I was so excited to find out that I had won some very special giveaways that were held in the One World One Heart Event that I was so blessed to be a part of.
What a fun event it was. I had the chance to meet so many new wonderful friends that I never would have had the chance to meet. Wonderful artists and creative people that live all over this world!
We all had the chance to enter in giveaways in our blogs. What fun it was :)
Lucky for me, my name was chosen!
I received two packages today. It was so much fun to open my mailbox up and find them.
First I want to say thank you to all the wonderful new friends that were a part of this wonderful experience, and to Lisa for making this event possible for all of us. She brought so many people together and it was a truly heartwarming experience.
I was able to explore so many wonderful blogs and look forward to visiting them again.

The first package was a very special handmade doll packaged in tissue with glitter.
Sparkly glitter!!:P
This is Zsa Zsa Kitty by KaerieFaerie Thank you so very much!!
Kaerie Faerie

She is so very pretty! She is sitting so lovely on her little cushioned pillow and wrapped in her very own Boa of pretty feathers.
Thank you so much, I will treasure her forever!

The second package was so very special!
This doll is very dear to my heart indeed, for it is a bunny!
This is not just any ordinary bunny, it is a Bunny named Flopsy. It sits on it's own spool of thread and has it's own adorable little slippers on it's feet! There is also a special little blanket to keep Flopsy toasty and warm :)
This bunny will sit proudly in my sewing room. :)
I love my new Bunny!!
Thank you so much to Regi from Southern Ooaks!!
Southern ooaks

One World One Heart Event! (Giveaway) #945

***Edited to add:


Winner is Picked!
CONGRATULATIONS to Sharon of Shardon Exclusives!

She is the winner of the One World, One Heart Giveaway Trifle Cross Stitched Pillow.
:)

I used a random number generator for picking the lucky person, and it came up with #25.

I so enjoyed being a part of this event, and hope to be a part of it next year too!
It was so much fun meeting so many new friends, and seeing all the treasures they create. So many talented people out there!
This gave so many a chance to meet others we may not have ordinarily had the chance to meet.
Thank you to Lisa for making this event possible!

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments, and I look forward to visiting your wonderful blogs again.

Sharon, I will be emailing you shortly to mail your winning off to you!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed stitching it. :)





Raggedystitches, #945