Thank You Fons & Porter!!!

Visiting Fons & Porter's website is like a weekly ritual for me. Back in February they put on a contest and asked for pictures of quilts to be displayed on their Facebook page during March, which is National Craft Month. They would select three random entries to receive a gift of fabric and one of their magazines.

I went ahead and entered the contest, more for the chance to share the story behind one of my quilts rather then thinking I had any chance of winning a prize.

Well, it came as a complete shock when I received an email saying that I was one of the lucky winners of the contest. WHAT!!!!! I was totally overwhelmed.  

The packaged arrived with my goodies just a couple of days ago. I was still in so much over shock over winning that it took me a whole day before I even opened the box.

Inside was a copy of the Love of Quilting Magazine as well as a lovely stack of fabric. The fabric is from P&B Textiles.  There are two from their Fantasy Garden Collection designed by Maria V. Montiel. The other five fabrics are from their Dash Collection.

Thank you so much Fons & Porter for this lovely surprise. The magazine and the fabric will both be well used.

Upcoming Giveaway

Friday, September 16th, will mark my 200th blog posting! (Wow, I didn't realize I was such a chatter box!)

In celebration of this special event I'm having a giveaway. One lucky person will win a gift bag of yummy goodies hand selected and packed by yours truly.

So, how do you to enter for a chance to win? Well, unlike some contest, I'm not going to have you 'like' me and then tag me here, link back there, pin the tail on the donkey, or do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around. No, instead, I'm keeping it simple. To enter, just subscribe to my blog. Yup, that's it. From now until the 15th, anyone who subscribes to the blog will be entered for a chance to win. If you already subscribed to my blog then you are already entered into the giveaway.

On the 16th, I'll pick a random number based on the amount of entries and the person listed with that number will win the gift bag.

So please spread the word and make sure to subscribe. This type of giveaway only comes around every 200th posting.

Army Of Mice

Here are some chocolate mice I made this morning for a dessert contest I've entered.

They've been secretly talking among themselves all morning. I've only been able to catch bits and pieces of their conversations. Something about seducing women with their chocolate goodness and taking over the world.

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

*Update: My army of mice won the dessert contest! I got some great prizes, including a bucket filled with over 100 cookie cutters!

Simply Socks Summer of Color Contest

Itching for some knitting competition? Need a reason to buy more sock yarn? Want a chance to win a $200.00 gift card to buy even more yarn?

Well look no further than Simply Sock Yarn Company Summer of Color Contest!

Have fun with colors while creating socks that just may be your ticket to win a $150.00 gift certificate in either the Strip Sock or the Mosaic/Fairisle Fun category. Then the bonus of winning an additional $200.00 in sock yarn money if it wins Best in Show!

Deadline is June 30th. Visit the link below for details on how to enter and to learn more:

http://simplysockyarn.typepad.com/simply_socks_yarn_co/2010/05/simply-sock-yarn-contest.html