names were randomly chosen
and the winner of Quotes Illustrated is:
the winners of the collage paper packs are:
thank you for joining in my giveaway and a special thanks to everyone for visiting my Magpie’s Nest and making it such fun to share and connect ~♥~ I appreciate you and your time very much
Posted in Blog Candy, Books, Give Aways, Paper
this week I wanted to share a giveaway I am having even though it is not directly related to tea…
you can find out if it might be your cup of tea by visiting me here…
wishing you a lovely day and week along with everyone over at Elizabeth and Bleubeard’s
Posted in Give Aways, iphoneography, map, T stands for Tuesday
*this giveaway is now closed*winners were announced here*
it has been way too long since I have had a giveaway…
here is your chance to receive my good as new copy of Quotes Illustrated
(I am trying to lighten my load here doing some organizing so off it will go to a new home)
one person will receive the book and I will also draw a couple of names for some packs of assorted papers suitable for collage (sample below)…
friends from near and far are welcome to leave one comment here for a chance to win the book or a packet of paper goodies…
sign up ends Thursday * 13 November…(winners will be announced on Friday)
Posted in Blog Candy, Blogging, Books, Give Aways, Paper
Thank you to everyone that stopped by my giveaway and a special thank you to my thoughtful and generous friends that had nothing to gain by mentioning my giveaway and posting it on their blogs…
I wrote everyone’s name on a slip of paper and popped them into a special twig basket that my friend Carol Luszcz gave me many years ago…
here are the randomly selected winners (there were two Dianne’s so I had added dates to their names to differentiate between the two)…
normally I would have responded individually to each comment but we were visiting our son in Colorado for Thanksgiving and I was unplugged for most of that special time…
Posted in Blog Candy, Blogging, Give Aways, Trees
***the winners are: Dianne … Marion and Jenxo thank you all for joining in***
it has been awhile since I have had a giveaway so I thought I would share some of my bleached trees as a thank you for visiting my Magpie’s Nest…
all you have to do to win is leave your comment here no later than 26 November…
three (3) random winners will be chosen and announced on Tuesday, 27 November…
each will receive one little box of trees containing three 2.5 inch (6.35 cm) and six 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) trees…
everyone is welcome to join in whether near or far away…
speaking of far away I won’t be able to check on you all for Tea Tuesday today…
Brightest of Blessings until next time…
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
Posted in Blog Candy, Give Aways, Quote, Trees
awhile ago I took a resin class with a friend and we made a couple of charms…
if you live in Northern Virginia that same friend is teaching a wonderful hand felted journal class here …
when I got home I played some using bits of fabric and lace and more…
we used Sakura’s 3D Crystal Lacquer and I would still like to play with Ice Resin someday…
my origami dress collection keeps growing (can you believe it…I’ve started and can’t stop!)…
here I used some of my paint scraped book pages going international thanks to one of LaWendula’s Paper Swaps and some wonderful old German dictionary pages (and LOTS more wonderful swap treasures)…
old maps are always a favorite ingredient (I made these watching Project Runway on TV)...
and here is a peek at what I won from the lovely Alicia of Altered Bits…
a wonderful array of vintage book pages and some of her super vintage images and more…
“Passion can transform the mind, body and spirit…
Passion can align you with the wisdom of nature and the power of what is in your heart.” ~JoLynne Valerie
Posted in Charms, Dresses, Fabric/Ribbon/Fiber/Lace, Give Aways, Heart, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Origami, Quote
Mr Magpie randomly picked six names
and the winners are:
thanks to all that joined in my giveaway…
wishing you a Happy Summer Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere…
Posted in Blogging, Give Aways, Lavender, pixlr Photo Editing
*Giveaway is Closed… winners announced here*
each year I look forward to this time of year…
quite often the Lavender is ready to be picked around Father’s Day…
this year it is a good two weeks ahead of schedule…
since I started weaving fresh Lavender wands and couldn’t stop I thought it would be a good time for a giveaway…
if you would like to own one of my hand woven organic Lavender wands you can leave your comment here…
nothing to join or sign up for…
all are welcome whether near or far away…
SIX winners will be randomly chosen and announced on 20 June which is the Summer Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere…
whether I’ve gifted you with a wand before or you’ve won one of my giveaways before you are still most welcome to join in…
if you are a Lavender Lover and can’t get enough either…
you may want to visit some of my Lavender posts from years gone by below…
Lavender tea here…
Lavender and roses, zipper roses that is here …
and a bit about how I make the wands here...
for the first time this year I used some of Lisa Jurist‘s gorgeous hand dyed sari ribbons for weaving some of the wands…
you can find her ribbon array here…
also be sure and stop by the talented and generous Natalea’s Kandeland blog to help her celebrate five years of blogging here...
I know I gave you lots of links…what’s a girl to do 😉
oh wait there is a fantastic Alpha Stamps Design Team blog hop you will not want to miss either here
Posted in Blogging, Fabric/Ribbon/Fiber/Lace, Garden, Give Aways, Lavender, Nature, Organic
finally I created a little collage which began with the cardboard from our son’s shoe box…
he was nice enough to run it by me before he put it in the recycling..
I decided to tear the box into pieces rather than adding it to my box collection…
other than making some backgrounds and thinking about art I have not been producing all that much lately…
part of my excuse was having our living room carpet replaced which is still causing a good bit of upheaval since the room had to be emptied…
and traveling as wonderful as it is always throws off my balance a bit taking me awhile to settle back in a grove…
had to remind myself to “just do it” and get busy…
here is my postcard sized collage on peeled painted and gessoed cardboard with scrap papers…
a bit of golden tissue…old lace curtain…some shorthand book text and a little rubber stamping…
with a piece of Franky’s Old San Juan bling as a finishing touch…
the lovely girl was patiently waiting on a pile of papers up in my art cave…
with thanks to Elizabeth of Last Door Down the Hall for always sharing so many wonderful images!
AND
the lovely and talented Cynnie is having a really generous and special giveaway that you won’t want to miss here…
~* HAPPY MARCH *~
Posted in Altered Art, Collage, Give Aways, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Paint, Paper, Postcard (4 x 6 inches), Rubber Stamping
hello and happy T day…
while we were at the Aylesbury Tea Room recently I treated myself to a sweet reversible tea cozy made by the lovely and talented Jessica…
it fits perfectly over the stainless steel tea pot I picked up in Ireland some years ago…
Jessica puts elastic in the bottom so you can just pop it over the tea pot and boy does it ever keep the tea piping hot …
my cup of decaf Irish Breakfast tea really hit the spot this chilly morning looking out at what’s left of a bit of snow we got late yesterday…
the lovely and talented Hermine is having a brilliant giveaway that you won’t want to miss …
her art is wonderful and we share a fondness for hearts…
for more T Tuesday stops be sure and visit Kimmie at her Art in Red Wagons…
Posted in Blogging, Give Aways, Heart, SNOW, Tea on Tuesday, Winter
okay maybe a lot…
my sweet friend Linda Richter got me excited about bleaching trees last year…
I have had some issues with my hands recently and haven’t been around the land of blog much…
a scary reminder to not take anything for granted…
I am beginning to feel better and hope to get my twinkle back soon…
enjoying a cup of Harney & Sons Darjeeling Highlands (to use their words) mellow and light Indian Black Tea…
be sure and visit Kimmie for some really fun tea Tuesday posts…
oh and I am having a giveaway…
if you are interested you can find out more here
Posted in Blog Candy, Christmas, Give Aways, Tea, Tea on Tuesday
***** the winners randomly chosen for my magazine giveaway are:
trudi and Tricia Leng *****
*************
birthdays in our family can last a nice long while…
to get my party started I decided to give away two copies of the current issue of SEW Somerset…
for your chance to win all you need to do is leave one comment at this post BEFORE 19 December…
everyone is most welcome…
two winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Monday, 19 December OXO
Posted in Birthday, Blog Candy, Books, Celebration, Give Aways, Published, Sew Somerset Magazine
looking back on our trip to California in October of 2010…
this post has been in DRAFT for far too long now…
WHERE in the world has a year gone…
I still remember how entertained we were walking on Goat Rock Beach on the lookout for treasure…
what is it about wet shells and rocks that wink at you in the sand and whisper “take me home with you”…
there was sea glass too if you were very patient…
my great discovery was a brilliant Ochre Sea Star still too freshly gone to take home…
it looked like a Fabergé jewel incrusted ornament shimmering in the sunlight…
and complimented the embroidery on my tunic nicely…
we were warned by friendly locals to never turn our backs on the ocean…
they have signs warning about deadly Sleeper Waves…
a local lady who shared some sea glass with me had some stories to tell about those…
it was a short drive back to the sanctuary of Jenner where we were staying…
a bite to eat and some tea on the Russian River here…
we are excited about our upcoming return visit to a different part of California end of this month to attend our nephew’s wedding…
it was our sweet niece’s wedding that took us to the west coast last year around this time…
here’s wishing you a very happy T Tuesday
… be sure and visit Kimmie…
you never know where the T Tuesday bloggers will take you…
***if you are a Claudine Hellmuth fan her second book is my 10th giveaway over at my Magpie’s Nest Too blog***
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