And the prize goes to........ME!!!!

I love being a winner!!!! So much better than being a loser. And don't ask me how I know. It's a touchy subject. lol.

Look at what I won from Barbara Jean's giveaway over at Treasures from the Heart.

Isn't it darling?

I just love old baby shoes.

Just look at the adornments.

And she used a doily her mom made.

I needed a new pin cushion.

I've somehow misplaced mine.

But then, I misplace most everything.

It's in my nature.

But somehow this one seems a bit too pretty to misplace.

At least for awhile.

Thanks Barbara Jean for having such a fun giveaway last month. I really love my new baby shoe pin cushion. And I will treasure it as you made it from your heart.

And the winner is...........

It's time to announce the winner of my first giveaway.

In case you forgot what you could have won:

Does that jog your memory?

Since I am an old fashion sort of girl, I decided to do this the old fashion way. I printed out all the comments. Cut them all apart (with the help of a paper cutter). I then folded them & put them in this huge tin Christmas cup.
Was your name in here?
Hurry up Kim, the suspense is killing me. Ok, Ok, pipe down. I got my handsome son to draw a slip of paper from the cup.
He mixed the names all around & then picked one out. Is it your name?
Well if your name is Jane, you better get excited.

But only if you are Jane from Mamie Janes's. And if you are Jane from Mamie Jane's, congrats!!! You are my giveaway winner. I will send Jane an email with the good news. And if you have never been to Mamie Jane's, you must do so. She comes up with the most fabulous ideas.

To the rest of you that entered, thank you very much for commenting and/or becoming a follower. I really appreciate the time you take to look at my little blog. I know how many wonderful blogs are out there in blogland, so I really do appreciate you commenting on mine. I just wish I could give all of you a prize, but unfortunately I am poor so I can't. Just know that it means a lot to me getting to know so many wonderful bloggers. Thanks!!!

Kim

I'm having a giveaway!!!

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!!

I'm finally having my giveaway. I know, I know, I said that I was going to have it last Friday. But I have lots of reasons why it didn't happen. First and most importantly, I'm a procrastinator so I didn't get it ready to post in advance. Second, the day before last Friday was Thanksgiving and food makes me forget about everything else. Third, I forgot that it was Black Friday and that I would want to go shopping. And if that wasn't enough excuses, one of my step sons was admitted to the hospital on Friday so I had to cut short my Black Friday shopping so we could drive to San Diego to see him. He's fine now and out of the hospital.

Then on Saturday I was going to do it, but I decided since my shopping had been cut short the day before, I really needed to shop. Plus I needed to start my Christmas decorating (which by the way, I barely got started.) I'm hoping that tonight I can get my cloches decorated for the Cloche party tomorrow that Marty at a A Stroll through Life is hosting. (I told you I like to procrastinate.)

On Sunday I was going to do my giveaway but I wanted to finish up my decorating. Instead I took an all day nap.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I had to work all day. And I didn't get home from work until late. Plus I was too tired to even look at the computer.

And last night was my other step sons 19th birthday, so we had to celebrate that by going out to eat to the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Riverside. And since we were in downtown Riverside we had to stop by the Mission Inn to see all the fabulous Christmas lights. Then there was this antique store I had to check out.

As you can see, I'm chalk full of excuses. So before I can come up with anymore excuses, today is the day of my giveaway. Better late than never.

And why am I having a giveaway? I hit 100 followers a few weeks back. And we all know that once you reach that milestone you are suppose to have a giveaway. Well I'm not sure it's written in stone anywhere in blogville, but it seems that every does it. And you all know, that I like to do what everyone else is doing. Unless it's dangerous, against my morals, or I just don't feel like doing it. So since it is none of those, I decided to have a giveaway. Even though now I am up 149 followers. I did have 150, but someone decided not to follow me anymore. Boo hoo!!! I will forgive whoever it was.

So before I lose anymore of you, it's on to the giveaway portion of this post!!!

Yes ladies and gentlemen, all this can be yours. I spared no expense. I only shop at the most extravagant stores. (Don't forget I can hear you all snickering.)

I guess you caught me in a few fibs. Obviously I didn't "spare no expense", and unless you consider the Dollar Tree an extravagant store, I fibbed on that part as well. But I was telling the truth on the "all this can be yours" part.

First we have a cake or cookie pedestal plate.
I put this together all by my little lonesome. I was up all night sweating & cussing. OK, you caught me in another fib (just the sweating & cussing part). I'm really going to be on Santa's naughty list this Christmas. I now promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, so help me Santa.
This was sooooo easy to make. All I did was buy a Christmas plate & a matching mug from the Dollar Tree. I glued the 2 together using E6000 craft glue. And ta da!!!! A cake/cookie pedestal plate. Perfect for leaving Santa cookies on Christmas Eve.

And if you are going to bake cookies or a cake this holiday season to put on your new fabulous cake/cookie pedestal plate, you will also need an oven mitt, a hot pad and some towels (only if you are messy like me).

All these came the Dollar Tree as well.

Finally we have a Santa cup with some kind of candy. I forgot to see what kind it was. But who cares, the Santa cup is just too cute!!!

Doesn't it look cute sitting on the plate? You could possibly put some dip in The Santa cup and put chips on the plate. But since this all came from the Dollar Tree, I'm suggesting that you might want to first place a paper or doily on the plate & a plastic cup in the Santa cup for holding any food.
One final look at all the loot you can win!!!
Now for the legal portion: This giveaway will be open until this Sunday night (12/6) at 11:59pm (pacific standard time). I will announce the winner sometime on Monday 12/7.

And what do you have to do to enter? I'm so glad you asked that question. My giveaway is easy peasy. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post or any post that I may write between today & Sunday. You get an extra entry just for being a follower. If you are already a follower, just let me know in a separate comment. Or if you just signed up to be a follower, or will be signing up to be a follower (because of my fabulous giveaway), let me know that in a separate comment as well.

So what are you waiting for? Leave me a comment & enter!!!

Kim

I'm a winner

It seems that for the past few months I have been on a winning streak in the blogging world. I have won 4 blog giveaways. Note to self, buy a Lotto ticket. So for Three or More Tuesday, hosted by the fabulous Tam at The Gypsy's Corner, I thought that I would share them with you. Not literally share them, I'm not that generous. I'll just let you look at the pictures.

In September I won 2 sets of Candy Lights from Pale Pink and Roses blog. Have you seen Candy Lights? They are fabulous. The ends have been dipped in silicone. I had my choice of pink, blue or white. Since I figured that white goes with everything, I picked the white ones. I've already opened up one of the packages, that is why I am only showing one strand of lights.

Hint: They will be showing up in my Christmas decorating. They will be perfect!!!

In October Cheri over at Its So Very Cheri had a huge giveaway. Her sponsors gave away some fabulous items. I won one of the giveaways sponsored by "M" over at Tales From An OC Cottage. It was exactly the giveaway I wanted to win. How about that?
I got this beautiful dish with pink roses (I love pink roses!!!). As well as 2 glittered pencil starfish, some tags and German glass glitter. I was in heaven with this win. Now I need something to glitter. Any volunteers?

Also back in October I won this book from Keelie over at Red Writing. She's been running a Twelve Weeks of Christmas blog party aka: TWOC. This was her week 2 giveaway. The authors of A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts made this giveaway possible.
I really need to sit down with this book now that Christmas is fast approaching. And I've been bad at participating in TWOC. I guess I am now on Santa's naughty list. If anyone wants to participate there is still 4 more weeks. Just head on over to Red Writing's blog to get the scoop. Each week has a different theme. This week is wreaths. But since I don't have a Christmas wreath I'm not participating. Well, I have a wreath, it's just that it is still up in the attic and it won't be down until next week. And I looked through my photos of Christmas decor from last year and I guess I didn't take a photo, so that means I can't participate this week. Boo hoo!

Then way back in July I won this garden angel from Cindy at My Romantic Home. It was donated to Cindy's giveaway by Jen at Vintage Home Interiors.
I still haven't found the right place for her. But she'll fit in perfect for Christmas.

Then if winning giveaways wasn't enough, Cindy over at Stitches-N-Stuff sent me all of the following for no reason other than I left a comment on her blog. She knew I love black & white so she made all of this for me out of the goodness of her heart. Isn't she wonderful? I wish I was as generous. But I'm not. What can I say? I'm not perfect.


Look at this nice note she included. I hope you have enjoyed seeing all my goodies. I know I have enjoyed winning or receiving them. Be sure to visit all the blogs that I've mentioned. They are all terrific.

And I am working on my own little giveaway. I'm hoping to get it posted this Thanksgiving weekend. Since I now have more than 100 followers, I knew it was tradition to host a giveaway. I should have done it a few weeks back when I reached 100 followers, but you know me, I procrastinate. And now it's up to 150 followers. Gee whiz I am so excited!!!

So check back later in the week for my giveaway.

Kim

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