This Magic Carpet Has Landed

Well, folks!  Here it is....The end of the One World One Heart 2010 Giveaway.  It has been a blast to travel around the world and take a peek into so many talented people's lives and interests!  I am hoping that I will be able to spend more time looking up more participants...there were SOOOOO MANY!  I didn't hit as many as I had hoped.  And honestly, I didn't anticipate more than 100 comments on mine....I was pleasantly surprised!


The lucky winner of my drawing is Char of PawsN2Stamp!  I will be contacting you soon, Char!


I'm looking forward to participating again!  And I hope you will join us, too!

Give-Away Tuesday

I hope you are all having a great start to your day! We are expecting some snow here in the upper Midwest today - only about 6" in my neck of the woods. The southern portion of the state should see a lot more, but nothing compared to the DC area...my heart goes out to them!

I have found more fantastic give-aways for you to check out! Lots of them! Oh, & they are all full of all sorts of goodies!

First up, one of my fav blogs EVER! Dawn at The Feathered Nest is has this fantastic give-away going on:

And Lisa at Tarnished and Tattered is giving away this basket of goodies HERE:
Rebecca at Vintage Living is giving away this beautiful necklace she made HERE:
And finally, Trisha at A Vintage White is having a give-away for this georgous pillow HERE:

All you have to do is leave a comment on the blog with your e-mail info so they can contact you if you win. And you don't need to worry; when you leave your e-mail, you won't be added to any annoying lists and be harrassed by unsolicited e-mails. Blog owners usually do these give-aways as a thank you to their faithful followers, and to get to know new blogging friends. So go ahead....check them out! The worst that would happen is that you would find inspiration, and maybe even a kindred spirit! One cannot have too many, you know!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vintage Candy Box Tutorial

If you are looking for my One World One Heart Giveaway, click here.



Ann over at The Tin Rabbit has a tutorial on how to make these beautiful vintage style candy boxes and paper rosettes! And she's also having a drawing for this box pictured and 5 rosettes. Just leave a comment on her tutorial post to be included in the drawing!

Rose Petals & Rust Give-Away

Stefanie of Rose Petals and Rust is offering this necklace as a give-away.....isn't it sweet! All you have to do is leave a comment on her blog post.

~~Click here to enter~~



Stephanie also has a shop full of pretties you can buy!
~~Check it out here!~~

Our daughter is coming to visit on Saturday afternoon! She only lives a couple hours away from us, but I haven't seen her since Christmas. Every time she planned on coming home, it would snow. So here's hoping the weather will cooperate this time! I miss her!

Remember how I said last week that I was looking forward to having a weekend with nothing but creating to be done? I did actually get some things made, but haven't gotten around to taking pics yet...but they are coming! Will be posting that soon, and placing more items on Etsy. So stay tuned!

I hope you have a fantastic Friday, and a restful weekend! Until next time...

Another Amazing Give-Away!

Patti at Sassafras Stuff is celebrating her 100th post with some beautiful goodies to be given a new home! Visit Sassafras Stuff to see detailed pictures and to enter for your chance to win!

Time Flies and Adorable Blog Give-Away

Christmas is almost here! Where has the time gone??? I have a couple projects to show you, but I can't post them because they are gifts!!! I will post them after Christmas.

In the meantime, I found this adorable blog give-away at Spun By Me. All you have to do is add a comment to her blog to be entered in the drawing - THAT'S IT! So what are you waiting for?!?!

A Gathering Place Blog Give-Away

A Gathering Place is celebrating her 200th post with a blog give-away of a beautiful, soft pink Christmas stocking valued at $60-$75!!! All you have to do to win is go to Rebecca's blog and add a comment! SIMPLE! Check it out...it is STUNNING!

Alzheimer's Assoc Fund Drive w/Jen Tapler

As I was checking out some of the blogs I've been following, I came accross the perfect way to put this card that I made a few weeks ago to good use!

Jen Tapler is asking all talented card crafters out there to help in her efforts to raise money for a cause that is very close to her heart; her dad is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Jen is collecting donated cards which she will be selling on-line and she will be donating the procedes to the Alzheimer's Association. All who participate are entered in a drawing for blog candy worth over $250!! Will you help, too???

Click here for more information on the Alzheimer's Association.

For more details on how to participate in this worthy cause, and be entered in the drawing for some yummy candy, check out Jen's blog:
http://jentapler.blogspot.com/2009/03/blogoversary-challenge-big-blog-candy.html

Here's my card:

Card Recipe:

Paper: K&Co's "Ancestry" line; CTMH; old book

Stamps: The Angel Co's "Be Still" set

Flowers: Paper Studio

Punches: Fiskars (flower); Marth Stewart (border)

Nestabilities long classic rectangle & scalloped rectangle

Charm, brad, spacer, lace & ribbon: from my stash