Sweet surprise

Hello dear friends,
I received a very sweet surprise from a very sweet lady and my dear friend
Sarah Lindfield.
A beautiful RAK ...a gift voucher from creative poppy .
YAYYY :)
It made me smile and brighten my day :)
Thank you my dear friend
You truly so sweet.
Big hugs and smiles
Cucki <3

Look what the mail delivered

I am was having an "off day" but this has certainly picked up my spirits.
It is a gift from KimM who is sending RAKs to friends in celebration of her birthday....

A lovely hand written note, pretty fabric with threads, a Swarovski crystal scissor fob, and a beautifully painted Limoges needle case. Wow is all that I can say. Thank you so very much for choosing me as one of your RAK recipients. You have made my day much nicer and the fob is already on my current project scissors....Thank you dear friend.

SURPRISE !!!

Our dear Kim from Wisdom with needle and thread is celebrating her 60th birthday this year by sending out 60 RAKs (Random Act of Kindness). I absolutely adore this little pouch and gorgeous pin keep and a little sampler. She even included some floss to go with the sampler. Thank  you so much dear Kim. I'm smiling from one ear to another. Have a fantastic birthday!

So long my friends,
Evalina

Winners

For the fabric giveaway, four people joined so I used the Random Number Generator to pick up two winners.

And the fabric goes to the ladies leaving comment n. 4 and 2, Lynda and Jacquie!

Based on your preferences, the Bingo fabric set will go to Jacquie and the red-white and blue one to Lynda. I will put them in the mail for you tomorrow.

Stay tuned as I am going through some spring cleaning in my stash so more giveaways will come soon!!

Fabric giveaway

A few weeks ago I bought a grab bag of fabric. It was 'pot luck' and I know I am not going to use some of the pieces I received. Each is approx 20x30cm, probably slightly more. I made them into two sets: (A) red, white and blue and (B) games. 

You are welcome to either or both of them if you like. Just leave a message here. If more than one is interested I will draw a name from the hat on May 25.

Thank you!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Are you feeling lucky today? Here is An Irish Prayer for you:

Love and hugs,
Evalina

Drum roll please!

We have winners!

LHN goes to Kimberly, and
Rabbit Run goes to Lynda.

Congratulation ladies and happy stitching!

hugs,
Evalina

Hello

I just wanted to say thank you for adding me.  I'm so looking forward to joining in.  I'm Sarah and I'm from the UK.

Hugs in stitches

Spring cleaning

Hello ladies!

Please welcome our newest member Sarah  from http://sarahm00.blogspot.co.uk. It would be lovely if you could introduce yourself

I'm trying to do 'Spring Cleaning" so we can have a a good list of active members. I know I did ask you in January to respond to my email and I'm doing this again. Please check your inbox and tell me if the info in our data base is correct and if you still want to participate in the blog.

And I do have a couple giveaways

Please let me know by next Saturday if you would like to have one.

So long my friends,
Evalina

Winner!

 

 

Hello!!

 

 The Bothy Threads kit

- Lucy, from The Garden Lass series -
has found a new home :)

 

Only 4 of you joined the fun and the winner is

Butterfly (June)

 Congratulations!

The kit will be posted to you in the next few days,

have fun stitching her.

 

 

Thank you to Cucki, Kimberly & LindaLee who kindly played the game.

 

 

Toodles,

Mii

Garden Lass - Bothy Threads

 

 

Hello Peeps!

  

March was the last time I'd organized a little giveaway on this blog.

I think it is time for another one, don't you think?!

 

 Giveaway open to all members of this blog only

I will post worldwide


The prize:

Lucy from The Garden Lass Series
Designed by Lesley Teare for Bothy Threads

This is a kit containing fabric, threads, needles & instructions
All you have to do is stitch it!
It will be a shame for her to end up in your stash pile :)

Source: www.crossstitchers.co.uk

To take part, please leave a comment on this post
clearly stating you wish to be included in the draw.

Winner will be announced on the 5th Feb
If there is more than one interested stitcher,
the winner will be randomly picked.


Good luck!

Toodles,
Mii

A Birthday Giveaway!

Back on the first day of the new year, as you do, you make resolutions, goals.......and challenges......and one of the many I made was.......

It's the first day of the new year and, as you do, I'm issuing a challenge, mostly to me, but feel free to join in!  I've felt for a long time that I wasn't upholding the spirit of the blog that Evalina kindly set up for us......apart from one small gift that I sent when I joined the group, I've done nothing, so......I'm challenging myself to a monthly "something".......not always stitched (but might be), a drawing (definitely possible) or maybe the odd small parcel of DMC threads to someone who can't buy them as inexpensively as we can here in the US.  So, keep an eye out, a small parcel will be flying somewhere from Michigan each month!

......today's is my birthday which seems appropriate but more importantly.......yikes, it's nearly the end of the month so....without more ado here is the first of my monthly somethings and it's in two parts, depending on where you live!

Two giveaways - one for the US and one for the rest of the world!

For the US only

Two copies of Jane Greenoff's magazine from the Cross Stitch Guild, based in the UK.  I have had a couple of double mailings in the last couple of years so would like to give two away.  The one on the left has a couple of nice Christmas ornaments in as well as a biscornu pattern.  The one on the right has a small sewing set of a needlebook, a biscornu and a fob.  I don't think Jane is as well known here as in the UK, she is a lovely lady, I have met her a couple of times at Harrogate.  The magazine is small, only about 6" x 8", but after reading it, you might decide to join the guild!

For the rest of the world

Twenty skeins of DMC - colours chosen by the winner

Please leave a comment under this post if you'd like to take part, mentioning for which one you are eligible.  I'll draw a name on February 5th......another anniversary, lol, the day the WT proposed!

Happy New Year to all!

The New Year is a time for new hopes, aspirations, dreams and wishes. I hope all of yours come true.

2015 wasn't very friendly with me, I think I hit rock bottom in all aspects of my life and now I have no other way to go but climb up. So, once again, I set my sails for happiness and success and I'm starting my journey right here. Thank  you Jax for the lovely ornie. I placed mine on my lamp that I'm using for stitching so I can see it all the time and it reminds me that we are not alone, that there is someone somewhere that thinks of me.

I love Gillie idea of monthly RAKs. Thank you my dear.

love and hugs to all,
Evalina

And a surprise for me too!

I got one of Jacquie's treats, a cheery little snowman, who definitely brightened my day.  Over Christmas he was hung near the sink to bring a smile to my face each day.  Thank you, Jacquie!

It's the first day of the new year and, as you do, I'm issuing a challenge, mostly to me, but feel free to join in!  I've felt for a long time that I wasn't upholding the spirit of the blog that Evalina kindly set up for us......apart from one small gift that I sent when I joined the group, I've done nothing, so......I'm challenging myself to a monthly "something".......not always stitched (but might be), a drawing (definitely possible) or maybe the odd small parcel of DMC threads to someone who can't buy them as inexpensively as we can here in the US.  So, keep an eye out, a small parcel will be flying somewhere from Michigan each month!

Wishing you all a healthy, happy and safe 2016, with much peace and love in our homes, even though a rare commodity in the wider world at the moment.

A Lovely Surprise

     This is the very first time I've received a surprise and I'm so happy.  What a nice ornament.  Thank you so much Jacquie.  So thoughtful and kind of you.  Great job as well.  Merry Christmas.

A big thank you to Jacquie

Thank you Jacquie,
Your RAK came in the mail today it is such an unexpected surprise
Your sweet little ornament is so adorable and I just love the stitching, I happen to collect Snowmen so you can imagine how thrilled I was to get it.

I love the stitching detail on the carrot nose, the little stars and his sweet smile

Even the fabric on the back makes me smile

Thank you again Jacquie this was so sweet of you to think of me.
Deborah