one shabby chick

Oh Santa

Oh Santa, I can't wait for you to come...I just can't wait for you to come cause I've got cookies...some yummy cookies....

And when you come - do you think you could bring me....

Some Nicey Jane....

 

a little thread....

 

and maybe even a box full of charm squares?

Thanks Santa!

(not sure if anyone has ever seen this but that's where the Santa song is from...I love it!)

Grosgrain giveaway

This is such a great one too - I love vinyl wall decals - and she's giving away a gift certificate on her blog - go check it out!

 
 

Overwhelmed

I have just been feeling overwhelmed lately - and a lot is self-inflicted...

Taking on too much and leaving things to the last minute - never a good combo.

(new Christmas pillows - you know, sewing things I shouldn't when I'm supposed to be working on other things)

I had a bunch of log cabin blocks from this swap and so I sewed a couple for myself and have some tops quilted to make my mom a few for her birthday (this Friday)....

 

I did get a few things accomplished this morning and am feeling a little better...

Put Rebekah's blocks in an envelope (yes, they've been sitting on my desk for a month!)

Finished up my pillow for the Pillow Swap (and it's now ready to mail as well)..

 

  

 

and Allyn's blocks for October's A Notion or Two - they have been sitting there just as long as Rebekah's - I just couldn't get them to turn out right so I was not wanting to finish them because of that - but I finally did - sorry no pictures though.

 

I've made progress on the quilt too - just don't think it will be done this week...I'm going to have to ask Marina for an extension (she didn't put a time limit but she is due this week)...

Whew - so I still have 7 aprons to make - 3 for a soccer friend of mine and 4 for my sister-in-law...all are gifts for people on their list. I've started picking out fabrics and cutting them out too.

And my other two finally get home tomorrow....feels like they have been gone forever!

Oh - and the giveaway winners....here they are:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

18	37

Timestamp: 2009-12-02 02:21:14 UTC

18 - Kathy Murray

and

37 - Jenny

Congrats ladies - and thanks everyone for putting up with my slacker blogging!

Two more down

I have been trying to finish up some UFO's in between the craft fair sewing.

Some hand-sewing at night while watching tv with Hubby....

I've had these two dolls in a drawer (finished except for their hair) since last year when I first got this book - finally finished up their hair and I'm saving them for stocking presents for the girls.

I also ordered this kit from Olive Juice and Co. a while ago and finally sewed up my beautiful pumpkins - I love these!

I think I want to keep them out all year because they are so pretty. Need to find a good basket to display them in....

And I was a winner on this amazing blog - and we got some yummy chocolate in the mail...we all sampled some of each so we could see which was our favorite.

I love the Ramen Noodle - perfect combo of salty and sweet...but the Tortilla and Lime is right up there - the lime is so good with the chocolate. The kids all loved the French Toast - very fun giveaway.

And I know I promised a giveaway the other day - I have the cd's - just need to write up a post so I'm aiming for tomorrow! I'm too exhausted from my soccer game to write it up tonight.

Oops - meant to add....this one's for you Rebekah :-)

Drumroll

OK sorry I took so long to post these....

But here are the five winners of the stamp sets:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

19 Shelley
27 Christine
25 Julie G.
5 Anita
11 Grandma Shell

Timestamp: 2009-10-26 22:42:30 UTC

Congrats Ladies - I am sending you all emails!

Warriors

This month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I was contacted last week about giving away some stamp sets on my blog and of course I was more than happy to spread the word.

I've talked about my brother Ryan before - he's not my biological brother (we are actually not related in any way) but he is my brother in every sense of the word - he's our family and we love him. His mother passed away from breast cancer 5 years ago - she was the true essence of a warrior. She was so brave and strong and I feel privileged to have known her.

So in honor of all the warriors we know - Ford Cares is giving away 5 sets of stamps here on my blog - I'm sorry to say I am going to have to limit this to the US only since the stamps are pretty heavy and the postage would just be too much for me to send them internationally.

So leave a comment and you'll be entered to win! I'll leave the comments open until Friday, Oct. 23rd.

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A Winner

OK I haven't even had coffee yet this morning but figured I'd post this as soon as I could...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2

Timestamp: 2009-10-19 17:32:20 UTC

Linnea - you are the winner! I sent you an email - I truly wish I had a piece to send to all of you.

Stay tuned later today as I have 5 stamp sets from Ford Cares to give away too!

Most amazing costume ever!!

Ok this is just amazing...

How cool is this costume? Go check it out and enter - but if you win, please send it to me :-)

A day late

Oops - sorry about that! We started school yesterday and I totally forgot to post a winner!

So here goes......

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

158

Timestamp: 2009-09-01 17:40:08 UTC

The winner is.....

Monica - congrats! I clicked over to link to her blog and she has the most beautiful pictures from a quilt show she just attended - go check it out...plus her blog is full of inspiration from her own creations too!

Thanks everyone for playing along!!

Willard the Gnome (and other cuties)

I first saw Ariel's fabrics on Flikr.

I immediately headed over to her Etsy shop and bought myself some gnomes.

And then I saw she had more designs and I snatched those up too. In fact, I just ordered her latest design - these cute mushrooms - today!

And you all are so lucky - when I asked Ariel if it was ok to link to her shop, she offered to do a giveaway here.

So you all get the chance to win a FQ of Willard the gnome (above photo) for yourselves.

I want to know which of Ariel's designs is your favorite. Here's a link to her shop and to her Spoonflower design wall. Let me know which is your favorite(s) in the comments and you'll be entered to win.

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