Super Duper Giveaway!

Several days ago I posted that there was a giveaway coming soon.  Well, soon is NOW!  This giveaway is sponsored by one of my all time favorite quilting shops - 1Choice4Quilting.  Shawna has the best customer service EVER and always has a sale!  (Great one going on right now).  I've bought from her several times and already have another list going.  LOL 

She always sends a hand-written thank you note and puts an extra goody in your package - in other words, goes the extra mile.  ALWAYS.  She has graciously offered as a giveaway a Jelly Roll of your choice from her shop!  How awesome is that?  So here are the rules (gotta have a few, ya know!).

1.  For your first entry, you need to leave a comment on this post only.
2.  For a second entry, you must follow my blog. (If you subscribe by email, you must email me your entry.)
3.  For a third entry, you can follow her on facebook.
4.  For a fourth entry, post about this giveaway on your blog.
5.  For a fifth entry, visit her shop and come back and tell me if you win, which jelly roll you would chose that she carries.

That's it.  FIVE chances for each person to win.  PLEASE post each entry as a different post.  It's much easier that way.  Also, PLEASE leave a way to get in touch with you.  Some people are no-reply bloggers, which means there is no way to get in touch with you if you win.  Again, PLEASE only post your entries on this post.

This contest will end May 1st, and the winner will be announced here and notified that night.  Since this is such a nice giveaway, we wanted to let everyone have a chance that is interested.  :)

Sound like fun?  I think so!  C'mon, you know you want to enter! LOL

See you soon!

Love and hugs from Texas,

 

Great Giveaway Coming...and the "buglets" :)

Stay tuned.  There will be an awesome giveaway in the next few days!  I'm not saying what, but I can guarantee that you'll love it! :)

On another note, I've had several people ask me either in email or on facebook how I came about calling my grandbabies "buglets".  I can honestly say I've never heard anyone else use it before, so I guess it's an original.  :)  Anyway, when Kayla was born, I called her my little "ladybug".  Then she became Kaylabug.  I don't know how or why, but she ended up being my little buglet.  I guess that's good because I doubt Carter would like to be called a ladybug!  LOL  Soooo, for those that were interested, that's where my buglets came from!  Gosh I love those babies!  I've always used pet names for people, so I guess this isn't any different. 

My precious Kaylabug... Lala loves you soooo much!

Sweet Carter-man!  You've stolen my heart, little man!



Sorry about posting the "bugs" again, but I was thinking about them and loving them and wanted to share them again.  They are just so stinkin' sweet and cute!  And I'm not ONE BIT prejudiced!  LOL  As if....

Okedoke, that's it for now.  I'll be back soon.  Hope to see you here!

Love and hugs from Texas,



Cleanout Winners

Hello friends,

Just a quick post to let you know who won the cleanout giveaway.  There were actually two winners.  :)

1.  Lisa C.
2.  Teresa S.

Would you both please email me with your snail mail addresses?  I will get these out to you as soon as I hear from you.

Thank you for giving my things a new home.  Keep checking back as there will be MUCH more as I continue with my purging. 

Have a great Sunday!

Happy Sunday Clean Out

Gosh, I have THE most boring titles, ever!  No pictures for you today, but I wanted to stop by and tell you what I've been up to.  The next post, when I'm finished with my work, I'll share some pictures with you.  I've spent the last three days organizing my sewing studio (my feet and back are killing me for standing for hours on end) and I'm still not done.  I'm really doing it right this time, so it's taking longer.

I'm an organizing FREAK.  Let me clarify....I do have my piles.  But in those piles, I can put my hands on whatever I need.  I have to admit that I don't LIKE the piles, and I am working on them.  My goal is to be "pile free" one of these days.  :)  I am, however, very particular about my sewing studio.  The fabric has to all be folded a certain way or I go insane until it is.  My books have to be in a certain order.  Can you say OCD?  I guess that would describe me.  I just can't work in my room if it's all cluttered with JUNK.  It is the largest room in the house, so sometimes it does end up being the "catch all".  This is my haven....my castle....my sanctuary.  "nuff said! 

I've been working the last few days on organizing all of my floss so I can find what I need when I get ready to start a new stitching project.  Most of it was already pretty much organized, but I had bought some new floss and didn't like my system, so I started over.  Go figure.  That is so me.  LOL  I still need to finish up my silks and that little (HA!) project will be complete and I can move onto the next one. 

I think I mentioned in an earlier post about by piles of freebies.  I've pared down hundreds (LITERALLY!) of them (actually sent them to a friend - hi Chris - have fun!  LOL), and threw away a ton.  I still have so many it's pathetic.  I did get all the sewing/quilted ones organized in binders (I'm LOVING THIS!).  Now it's time to decide how to organize my cross stitch ones.  I can guarantee you that as I go through them to put them away, there will be many more that are out of here.  I've decided that life is too short to hoard all this stuff that I will NEVER stitch in ten lifetimes.  Sounds good, anyway.  ;)  I don't want to be like those hoarder people on TV. 

One of the next things this week I will be going through and paring down is my cross stitch finishing supplies.  I have so many that I will never use.  If anybody is interested in any altoid tins, acid free matting, some ribbons and trims, and whatever else I can come up with,etc. let me know on this post, and if there is more than one person, I'll draw a name by Friday.  That will give me plenty of time to get it all gone through.  I like to share (even though this isn't anything exciting), and would rather pass on to another stitcher than take to a thrift shop or throw away.  Soooo let me know.  :)

I haven't sewed or quilted one thing, but I have put in a few x's. I finished up a Christmas ornament that I started months ago. I'm not sure why I hadn't finished it. I only had about an hour of work left on it. Anyway, it's done and now it's time to do some "finishing" finishing.  I've also done a bit of stitching on MW, but I'm really waiting on some scroll rods that I ordered to work on her again.  I needed some bigger ones.  These q-snaps aren't cutting it on something this large. 

In between that, visiting my buglets and doing laundry, that's about the extent of what is going on in my world.  I promise next post to have some pictures and maybe a giveaway?  I've been working on one, so it's about time.  I was going to wait until I had 400 followers, but that might take some time. 

Have a wonderful week ahead doing what you love with who you love.  As always, thank you so much for your visits, comments and emails.  I cherish them all and YOU!

I wish you enough....

Love and hugs from Texas,

OH.MY.GOSH!

I'm so excited! Guess what I won??? I'm still pinching myself trying to see if it's really true. Have you ever been to Stash Manicure? Well, if you haven't, you don't know what you're missing. You truly need to head on over there and see what Madame Samm has in store for us this month. AWESOME is all I can say. It's my all time favorite blog. Actually, you could probably call me a stalker. LOL So without further ado, this is what I won.



Is this awesome or WHAT? I won the Go Baby and THREE dies of my choice. I'm tellin' ya, the Snoopy happy dance hasn't stopped since I found out. I started not to even enter because there were SO many entries, but I figured there was no way to win if I didn't sign up. There were over 14,000 people that entered between followers and subscribers. 14,000!!! The hubs thinks I need to buy a lotto ticket. I think I agree with him. LOL So in just a week or so, I'll be the mom of a new toy. WOOHOO! Thank you Madame Samm and Stash Manicure! I heart y'all big time. ;)

If that wasn't enough to make my heart smile, I made the drive up to Dallas today to visit with my grandbabies. Oh my.....when those little buglets come running to me, arms open wide and screaming LALA, LALA, I melt. Yep, whatever they want is theirs. Forever. I have to admit that they both have me wrapped. TIGHTLY!

I look real pretty right now. NOT! Carter (who is 2) wanted to brush my hair. Let's just say I look like Marge Simpson on a bad day! Who cares? He was having fun, and so was I. We jump roped (nearly killed me! Where's the oxygen?), played in the sprinkler (well Carter and Kayla did...I would look a tad ridiculous doing that, especially since it was in their front yard LOL) and they laughed. And laughed. I mean that good, belly laugh that makes ME laugh. Gosh I love those babies! Bear with me while I share them with you. I hope they make you smile. :)





I would say I'm a bit prejudiced, but I DO think they are kinda sorta cute. ;)

Well, I get to snuggle with Kaylabug tonight, so I'm headed upstairs to do just that. I want to thank all of my new followers, old followers and commentors for being there. It makes my heart sing. Have a GREAT weekend, friends!