And the winner is.......

Drum roll puhleeese!

The winner of my Blog reader appreciation giveaway is.......

JEZZE!

She is a fabulous artist in South Africa, who recently learned to tat. I adore the beautiful fabric printing she does, and I look forward to her blog updates. So, Congrats Jezze! I'll be sending you an email so I can get your prize off to you shortly. Dr. Von Threadmore requested that I send a little something extra as well.

Prototype

Hello all. I'm currently numb and reeling from another housing dissapointment. This time the bank took TWO MONTHS to decide that, no, they don't want to sell for the price the homeowner approved and is competitive. Sigh, I really liked this house too..... But alas. We pick ourselves up, finish our package of chocolate covered gummy bears, and move on. My agent has bowed out of the biz, so we will be working with a full-time real estate guy now and hopefully he can help us get things rolling in our favor.

I have been able to get both little tykes down for naps in the afternoon lately, and I've had a few Etsy sales that have motivated me to start working of Jewelry again. Here is a prototype--the design works but wasn't quite what I was looking for, but I finished a second one and will list them at a discounted prototype rate. I don't bother with beads when I am testing designs.

If you would enjoy a pair of earrings I've done, please check out my Giveaway! Just leave a comment on the original post. I'll draw a name on November 1st. Of course, you are invited to comment any time. It delights me.

Blogreader appreciation giveaway!

Almost a year ago, I had just stumbled on a few tatting blogs. I don't even remember how I found them, but once I saw the community unfolding I had to jump in. And now, I've been Tat-blogging and enjoying your friendship for 100 posts! You guys have been there through the birth of my second baby, the opening of my Etsy shop, and many laughs and trials along the way. I feel like my group of friends has grown rich this past year, and I am eternally thankful for all the support and fun that you, the readers of this blog, bring. So, in honor of all you fabulous folks who keep me encouraged in a craft I love, I am giving away this pair of earrings. The design is called "Spanish Dancer" and they are tatted with Lizbeth Boysenberry Dk.

To enter this giveaway, please comment on this post. I will randomly choose a name on Nov. 1st. Please be sure your contact info is available to me, leave an email addy or a link to your blog so I can contact the winner. One other thing. I won't require it, but I would encourage you to consider this a Pay It Forward giveaway if you win. Just pass along the love to other bloggy friends sometime.

So, if you stop by here now and again, leave a comment. I'd love to meet any lurkers who hang around here! Again, I appreciate you all.

Happy Blogging!

I'm shameless. Yes it's true.

Here it is, another plug for LadyShuttlemaker's weekly giveaway! Click on the above picture to find her blog and enter if you like, but really you don't have to --because if you do my chances of winning go down. So don't enter lol!!!! My shamelessness comes in my reason for posting this- I get a second entry for doing so. :-)