'Other Strange Things' Category

• And The Winner Is…..

  The winner of the Mini Quilt book and the vintage fabrics pictured last week is…..

  And, because I have more of all of the fabric pieces, we drew an additional name. This person will receive everything except the book. The second winner is…..

  Congratulations Kathie and Chris, and thanks everyone for participating and for your [...]

  December 22nd, 2009

• Give-Away Dilemma – Continued

  Thank you everyone for responding to my give-away dilemma question — your comments were both interesting and informative — and I enjoyed hearing all the different points of view.
  The purpose of the give-away was not to increase readership, but to celebrate with my current readers (commenting and non-commenting).  If the give-away prompts a non-commenting reader [...]

  December 20th, 2009

• Give-Away Dilemma

  Six months ago I had a 100th post give-away and several people made comments who did not have blogs of their own and who had never visited my blog before.  I didn’t care — I entered everyone’s name into the drawing, and one of these commenters won the give-away.  She sent me a nice e-mail [...]

  December 19th, 2009

• My 200th Post Give-Away — Make Your Own Vintage Doll Quilt

  I began this blog on December 3, 2008. I have made some wonderful blog friends and have enjoyed both sharing my projects and seeing all the wonderful things my friends have made and collected. To celebrate this occasion, I am giving away this great Mini Quilts book which is one of my favorites.
  In [...]

  December 16th, 2009

• My First Apartment

  I found another photo where you can just see Bette rocking out to one of my records — probably The Beatles or The Who.

  Here’s a photo of my bedroom. My sister and I went crazy with this funky stick-on-furniture — I had a stick-on headboard, picture frame — even a stick-on gumball machine. [...]

  November 5th, 2009

• Antizyme Toothpaste & Fizzies

  This is a total deviation from my normal posts, but I couldn’t resist after Jan at Just-A-Mere blogged about her entire family getting free samples of VICL (Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion) from her sister’s employer.  When I was growing up, my father worked in the advertising department at Phillips Petroleum Company.  Their NY ad agency [...]

  October 4th, 2009

• Happy Anniversary Gordon!

  August 14th, 2009

• And the Floss Winner is…..

  A wonderful time was had by all at the birthday party. Unfortunately, I was so distracted that I completely forgot to have the boys draw a winning card. My husband was the last minute substitute this morning.

  And the floss winner is…..

  Congratulations Amy! I will notify you by e-mail. Thank you everyone [...]

  August 9th, 2009

• DMC Floss Give-Away

  Has anyone else seen this product before? It was under a bunch of sewing notions in an antique shop in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The 2-yard lengths of floss are wound around a piece of cardboard and the last 2 inches at one end are all sort of stuck together. If [...]

  August 7th, 2009

• And the winner is….

  Meet Jackson and Nabilah, the two cute kindergarten students who agreed to assist me with the drawing.

  Nabilah draws the name of the lucky winner.

  And the winner is…..

  Congratulations, Sue! I will e-mail you today for your address so I can get your package ready to ship this weekend.

  June 17th, 2009