fyi...

I have had a ton of spam comments lately so I have disabled the anonymous comment feature. Sorry. Hopefully, this one blogger will go away and I can change the settings back.

Nancy ps. I'll be sewing this weekend. I know! I might even blog!

We have a winner....

Sorry that it's now Saturday evening and I just picked the winner...  What can I say....  The little "procedure" that I was to have yesterday was cancelled...but not before I was on "light food" for a day and then "clear liquids" a day and then drank a gallon of nasty tasting stuff and then showed up only to find out that, I AM, in fact, full of sh*t...and had to reschedule... and now have a whole new schedule of eating that includes TWO DAYS of clear liquid and another gallon of nasty stuff and well...you get the picture......

So on to the winner... 

I asked my favorite RNG to pick...

and that is Pat... who said...

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Pat said...

Hmmmm...I like that necklace with several of the dresses but I keep going back to The Red Queen (in the Mad Hatter collection)and the Ponderosa in the Berkshires collection. (I have very little jewelry, too...but you chose wisely as I think that necklace would go with a lot of outfits!)

February 13, 2012 11:58 AM  

 

 

 

Lucky girl... Send me your information and I will forward it to Shabby Apple and they will send you your beautiful necklace...

 

 

Nancy 

Uh oh......

I won't be drawing the winning name until later Friday night. I forgot I have a small procedure scheduled for Friday and wont be hoe HOME , I meant HOME !!!at noon.
Geez......
Nancy

Shabby Apple Giveaway....

A couple of months ago, I took a full day class at the local Hospice in order to become a volunteer...I knew when we moved that I would need to do something to get out there...and communicate with adults..I could so easily just stay in the sewing room all day...  I mentioned something in passing to my daughter (or did she ask me? can't remember) and I signed up..   Volunteers are always needed to visit with patients.  I asked to be assigned to the office to help with paperwork.  I file, make copies, put together folders and I am sure as the weeks go on, I will learn more projects to keep me busy..

Of course that presents another problem...  I needed clothes.  Clothes that an adult would wear to work.. Clothes that aren't worn out...and that meant I needed to shop..  So one day right before Christmas said daughter and I went and I actually tried on and bought a ton of tops...and one pair of jeans (yes, as a volunteer, I can wear jeans)..

Now comes the tricky part...  accessories..  I have a pair of earrings, a watch and a few rings that Rich has given me over the years...  Yet, I don't have that cute stuff.. those pieces that just make the outfit..

Well, I might have found the buying place....  

Last week, Shabby Apple contacted me and asked if I would be interested in giving away a piece of jewelry to my readers...  I was shocked!  I have watched (and entered) giveaways at other blogs, but they were HUGE blogs...with tons of readers...Me?  not a big blog...although I love my faithful readers...

And so I went shopping in their accessories department and picked this...  It was really hard to choose from all the beautiful vintage pieces...

Key to Wonderland

I love the simplicity of this piece...  Anyone can wear this...  And I am GIVING IT AWAY TO ONE OF YOU!!

You can get two chances to win this fabulous necklace...  Leave a separate comment for each entry...

1.  Follow me (or if you already do then just leave a comment that you do)
2.  Go over to Shabby Apple and find an outfit that you think will look perfect with this necklace..(there is NO correct answer!) and leave me a separate comment with the link..
3.  Oh..let's give you three chances...leave me a message and tell me where you shop for work clothes...

And if you can't wait to see if you won...Shabby Apple is offering all of my readers a 10% off coupon that expires in 30 days... Just use threadinhand10off at checkout..

I will draw the winner this Friday Feb 17th,  at noon(ish)...  (someone remind me if I forget!)

Nancy

I have not been compensated for this giveaway...I don't get a necklace, only you have a chance to win! I do however get to use the coupon for 10% off ....  Open to US residents only...no substitutions or exchanges on jewelry..

i'm back!!!!

It's been a while... I think I am finally over the pneumonia and most of my blood work came back ok. We are still trying to figure out why my thyroid numbers are out of whack..  They have been so steady for the past 7 years...oh well...if it isn't one thing it's another!! 

I finished all the baby clothes for Abbie's birthday..  I would show you, but that will have to wait until after she opens the package on the 11th.  We are having a joint birthday party that evening for Rich (who will turn 60!) and Abbie who will be 4!  BBQ pulled pork, coleslaw, mac and cheese, lemon bars for Rich and Abbie's mom will make her birthday cake... 

I've done some Christmas sewing...

I have become a bit obsessed with these zipper bags (you too can become obsessed by clicking HERE)
and I have made 5 so far.  One has already been filled with packets of Splenda and Sweet-n-low and stuffed into my purse).   They go together so fast.  You could use them for anything... a little sewing kit,  hand embroidery, how about your rotary cutter for retreat?, tea bags, little toys, a deck of cards....really so many ideas...  I already have a couple more cut out and ready to put together...but I'm running out of zippers! lol    Sorry the photos are so dark...It's been raining since noon and it's just dark and damp and dreary here...  :- (

And of course tomorrow is the weekend...and it's not a true weekend unless there is a project in the works...  Tomorrow we tackle one of the back hall way closets..  I forgot to get a before photo...  All the shelves were full and then there was all this empty space in the middle.  We thought we would use the hanging rod, but we don't... So tomorrow there will be full shelves installed..

left side

right side

stuff 1

stuff 2

Stuff 1 and stuff 2 all came out of this closet. 

More photos Monday when it's all finished...


Nancy