And the first winner is...

wait a minute.  Here's the plan.  Rather than doing this several more times, I am going to keep Random's page open, remove the previous winner, scramble again, and post another winner until they are gone.  I will show the remaining designs after the winners choose, and if you are selected but not interested in what's left, you can decline the offer.  I'll just keep going with the entries - no need to enter again.  

 

Winner of the first drawing is Nancy P. and I will be emailing her shortly.

 

 Still very surprised when trying to reply to comments that more and more have become no-reply.  And when I click on names to check for new blogs, because I am not registered as Google+, I can't view anything. 

 

I've been painting and working outside, trying to get out of the menomushball crying jags that started a few weeks ago.  It will pass, always does.  The only constant in this hormone hell is attitude.  The Queen has her crown and will never leave Bitchdom.  Do NOT touch my crown.  Ever.

 

Be back with another winner soon. 

 

 

 

 

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Father's Day

To those of us that lost our dads
today will bring some tears.

To those of you that have your dads
give hugs and hold them near.

For there will come a time when
you'll look back upon the years,

And wish you had just one more day
with the Dad you held so dear.

I knew that time would come and
it was one of my biggest fears.

But I didn't know that time wouldn't lessen
the pain of not having him here.

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Happy Flag Day

Greetings on this sunny Saturday.  I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  I just had to post this and share.  I think I may have come up with the perfect putty formula.  Enough pink tones to not turn green under lights, enough warmth to not be cold, darker than cream but lighter than a mid tone.  Eureka!!!   The little sample jars are great and believe me I bought a ton of them, but you can't get the exact breakdown of tints in such a small amount.  All my dark samples were dumped into a plastic coffee can, same with the lights, and after mixing well, the color is not bad!  I'm sure I can use them somewhere.   Here is the new and possibly FINAL formula. 

AXL 0...6    CL-0...96   LL-0...345

 

 

 

 

If you happen to be around Hobby Lobby, stop in for their clearance of Sullivan floss.  NINE cents a skein!  I found them on the clearance wall, not with the DMC.  Did I need floss?  Absolutely not, but I can't pass a bargain and some colors are a little nicer than the DMC match.

The cats are content!  I keep a folded cardboard box here and this is where I sprinkle and rub in catnip.  They love to slide around the cardboard when rolling from their high.  Then they sleep!

 

I'll be painting this afternoon, and this time, it will not change. Famous words, huh?

I can't believe how bad my memory has become. I may have to start sleeping in my bra so I don't forget it when dressing. Not than anyone could tell the difference, but I have a habit of flapping my top during a hot flash and that may create a different type of flashing.

Not pretty.

Have a great day!!!

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Play it again Sam

Jeanne, who I thought was overseas, is from the blog Willow Tree Stitcher and lives in the US.  She chose the verse so I added 1776 and the samplers for the next giveaway.  Why am I giving them away?  I don't know.  I guess I am trying to have less and less small items around, I'm tired of them, I have nothing else to offer, and it's my birth month.  I so appreciate all of you for your friendship and encouragement, care and kindness, and my printer still isn't doing labels properly so I have no boxes.  I don't express my feelings often enough to let you know how much you all mean to me.  I'm not a huggy kissy touchy feely person.  In fact, I think the Better-than-Sex cake IS better than sex, much to my husband's disappointment.  Did he really think it would last forever?

 

 

 I was going to add the flag to the group and then I saw the back with the Flanders Field poem.  Started bawling again!  I watched the History channel's D-Day special and I can't explain what gets to me about this group of young men from WWII, but I was crying for days.  Just the mention of that beach and really, anything related to soldiers from that time, and my emotions become raw.  And they didn't tell their stories or even talk about it until decades later. 

 

I decided to not use the same entries because maybe the pear you would like has been chosen and you're not interested in any others.  So if you don't mind, I will have a separate post and you will have to enter each time if your choice is still standing.  I think having you choose is better than listing each separately.  At least that's what I think today.

 

Leave your initials or name in your comment if you want to choose one of the above five.   Drawing will be Sunday night (6/15) at 8pm EST.  Holy crap.  Half of June is gone!!!  What happened? 

 

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Winner

Hi all.  Whew.  That was a lot of names to enter into Random. Thanks to all who participated.  If you didn't win, stay tuned!  Except for a few I want to keep, the finished pears will be offered until they're gone.  The winner is Jeanne.  I'll let you know which one she chooses and which will be offered next time.  Thanks again!!

 

 

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Barbara

Barbara Schlater from Threads of Gold.

 

I added her to the ladder (two rungs left) and also considered a frame since an 8 x 10 standard will work fine.  I really like the ladder and it's a great way to display seasonal pieces without changing wall groupings.  I have a large drying rack somewhere and I think it may be another option for displaying unframed pieces. But. 

 

 

The frame really makes the sampler stand out, outlining and drawing attention to the design. I'm confused people.  I have preferred fringed or hemmed pieces for an earlier look ~ have I been wrong?  It's like someone turned me upside down! I guess one room can have the framed and another hemmed.

And what's with the bad photos?  Quite a few have a mottled pattern of greens.  Maybe it's time for a new camera.  Good grief.  Another decision.  I'm embarrassed to admit that the kitchen cabinets are stalled.  Again.  Every time I get a little done, I see too much yellow, too much green, and although mid-toned, too dark.  Because my kitchen is open to the family room, the trim will be the same color.  So difficult when one side is dark with a north window and the other end with west sunlight.  Changes everything. I really don't want two paint colors in this small area.  So I will look through charts for the next project and let my mind clear of colors for a day or two.

 

Be back this evening with the winner. 
Thanks for visiting.

 

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