I won! Wow, did I win!

Jess from Tat-ilicious did a giveaway for a skein of her hand-dyed thread just for selecting colors for a variegate and giving it a name.  I like thread.  I really like hand-dyed thread.  I offered up Susnrise (pale pinks, yellows and oranges).  Oh, my goodness!  Sacrificing a shuttle to the Random Number gods must have worked (I don't think they tat, so they didn't know it was just a Susan Bates aero knockoff).  Anyway, I won!  Jess is very generous, though.  I didn't just win one skein of thread, I got all this stuff:

I could hardly believe it!  There's a skein of Sunrise (size 40) and a little doily center dyed to match.  One skein each of Esmeralda (size 80), and Harvest (size 40), and one sample skein each of Purple Pansy and Queen Anthias (both size 40).  THEN there were little purple beads with two holes, two green rings and two pearly-white ones and two really great square buttons.
I'm rich!  If you'd like some of this thread hop on over to Jess's Etsy shop.

Oh, I didn't get a picture, but both of the girls want the tin it all came it -- Hello Kitty!  I told them when they learn to tat then they could, maybe, have a tatter's-tin.  Until then it's mine, mine, all mine!

Drum Roll, Please!

I've wondered from time to time if drum rolls are anything like cinnamon rolls -- maybe, but not so fattening, eh?  Anyway, I found all thirty-two comments and asked the Random Number Generator at random.org to pick me a number.  Wheeeee, the first and winning number was 9

Oh, dear -- she didn't want it!  Not hook-ish enough.  Yeah, that's why I'm giving it away.  :)

Okay, back to the random number generator (I was tempted to just draw a number out of a hat -- that's pretty random, isn't it?).  But -- I randomed a new winning number -- it's number 10, {Huh?  That doesn't seem very random to me -- it's right after 9.  I was tempted to keep pushing the button to see if it would give me 11 then 12 then 13 then 14...but I didn't think I could handle the stress.}

 Congratulation, 10 -- who is:

 






Padded package with gift of no value coming up (they don't charge you import duty for something with no value do they??).

Happy Holidays!

I hope you're all having a holiday.  I'm going to enjoy mine because I don't have to work for six days.  To celebrate and I'm giving away this shuttle.  It's a white Clover shuttle covered with a bit of a fractal with glitter decoupage.  If you like this shuttle, leave me a comment.  Since I'm not working for six days, I'll get a random number picker to pick a random number long about the 28th of December.  Happy Holidays!

Commenting for a chance to get this shuttle is closed -- commenting for any other reason is welcome!

Amazing Giveaway...

Oh, no...not me.

LadyShutleMaker is having another Random Monday Mondo Giveaway event. This time the lucky person will get one of her handmade ceramic shuttles.

{Waiting for the sounds of thud, from everyone passing out, to stop}

It's true. If you'd like a chance to win one of these absolutely unique, and uniquely beautiful shuttles, click on the link:

Wheeeee -- Monday MONDO Giveaway Part XIII

LadyShuttleMaker is at it again! It's more Workbaskets -- wonderful, eh?

Get over there, enter her drawing and give her a little commiserative pat while you're at it.

Just click on Monday Mondo Giveaway.

(I wanted to make the button clickable -- but Google Chrome doesn't want me to!)

Charming things

The green phone charm that Wendy won in my giveaway has gone astray. It's my own fault. I didn't send it with any kind of delivery confirmation. Actually, I did worse than that, I sent it first class with stamps on it (after weighing it at work). Well, duh. There was no customs form attached. It's probably being probed by some government official who suspects it of being something nefarious. Perhaps it's been taken out and blown up in some preemptive strike. Who can know? That was pretty shabby of me.

Wendy told me her favorite colors were red and pink. Hey! I have red. I made up two more charms, both with red Oren Bayan metallic threads -- one with silver beads and one with red beads. Both are pretty (f I do say so m'self), but the silver bead one was more striking. I sent it off properly custom-formed and all. Well, fat lot of good that did. Who knows when it will get there? Some volcano seems to have gotten in the way. As I frequently say, "If it ain't one darn thing, it's another!"


PS: Wendy received both the green and the red charms. Nice! I think the green one was slow because I am slow (couldn't seem to remember to get a padded envelope at the store!). The volcano didn't slow the red one down much, either. Good. I'm glad to know they didn't go wandering off into the ozone and that she has two to enjoy or share, as she chooses. :)

Happy Blogoversary to TattingChic

You'll want to pop over to TattingChic's blog! She's having her Second Blogoversary and is celebrating by giving away a "Learn to Tat" book, a shuttle, and some thread. Doesn't matter if you know how to tat -- isn't there someone you want to teach?

And the winner is...

I thought about Diane's comment that the kids have so much fun doing a drawing. Yes! That sounds right. I got the girls to participate. Allix offered to be the box holder (okay, I volunteered her), but I think it's just so she can show off her Highland Swimming sweatshirt! She looks very serious, doesn't she?
Nicole was happy to draw the winning name -- standing on the stairs meant she could actually reach into the box to pull out one of those little squares. I took the tiny piece of tape off and she opened it to reveal:
Congratulations, Wendy! Once we get the address squared away, I'll ship the charm and the big-eye needle off to you.

But, me, I can't ever leave well enough alone. Out of curiosity, I had Google find me a Random Number Generator. Cool. I just had to try it out. It was too funny!!! What's so funny is that No. 8 is Diane who thought the kids should have the fun of drawing a name! That gave me the giggles, but maybe you had to be there. Anyway, Diane, I've got another little charm that I'll send off to you. :)

Two Hundred!?

I'm not such a blabbermouth as I thought I was. It's taken me over three years to reach two hundred posts. I was going to claim that I promote quality over quantity. That might work until y'all read some of this stuff. Then somebody's going to wonder about the quality of the stuff I've been drinking (only the best tea, thanks).

It would be really fun to give away one thing for each post! Oh, yeah -- dream on. I don't have that much extraneous tatting stuff. I do have lots and lots of extraneous stuff, but I don't think anybody reading this wants my old shoes or the treasures in my ragbag.

There is a little something somebody might like, though. Oh, not my phone, but the charm. Well, not the charm that's attached to my phone (because it's attached to my phone). This nice dark green charm. It's made of size 20 Haklegarn worked over a plastic ring with a whole pile of clear seed beads built right in.

If you think you might like to have it, leave me a comment on this post, and a way to contact you. On Monday next (that would be the 22nd of March) I'll either get a random number generated, or have one of my nieces draw a name out of a box or a bag. Not only will I send you this spiffy charm, but I'll include a really nifty beading-threader-thread-weaver-inner-all-around-useful big-eye needle.

Ladyshuttlemaker Random Monday Mondo Giveaway

She's at it again! You'll want to hop on over there and make a nice comment. She's got a lovely tin of violet mints (with the tin, you know), and some beautiful size 50 Himalayan Poppy hand-dyed thread.

LadyShuttleMaker Random Monday Mondo Giveaway

Click it! Quick, click it! Sherry's at it again -- Workbaskets, dontcha know!!

LadyShuttleMaker Monday Mondo Giveaway

Get over there! She's got silk HDT!!

Elizabeth's Giveaway!

Look at these! Aren't they pretty? Elizabeth is giving them away in honor of her 100th Etsy sale. If you'd like a chance to have these for your very own, jump on over to her blog and enter.

I just wish I could enter about 16 dozen times!