AND the winner is...

nicoandzoe! who wrote


Congrats on reaching 50. I find it always good to see that other folks like what I have to say too. :) And, those little mice you found, made of recycled sweaters, love! 

Thank you to everyone who entered, and for all of your nice comments, and I appreciate gaining so many new followers this last week, and also am thrilled I got introduced to so many great new blogs! 

Scrabble loves you, too!

LAST CHANCE for GIVEAWAY

Please enter our knitted bag giveaway! You have until Midnight tonight, and I have decided to include a special, secret sparkly nested inside.

I'll accept comments on the original post or on this post.

After that, go on to check out the Ralphy Fan Tutorial below this post - it's another AMAZING one!!!!

Please sign up for the giveaway, as Scrabble has threatened to systematically EAT my craft supplies if you do not

First Fifty! (Plus Giveaway)

Wow, FIFTY followers!  Thank you soooooo much for believing in me enough to befriend my new, little blog.  Ever since we've started, we've explored Ren Faire Wear, low-sugar cooking, Anthro knock-offs, first dress forms, first dresses, upycles, remakes, and more, and I appreciate you being there with me every step of the way.

Especially through some of the darker, sadder parts, like crafter's block and listening to me talk about my long, ongoing fight with breast cancer.  Thank you, all.

So one of the new things I have learned is how to knit!  I can still only do squares and rectangles, but I have gotten pretty good at patterns, and am currently knitting cables.  I think I am going to go with my original plan, and knit a bunch of squares with different textures, patterns and colors, then sew them together to make an afghan.  A sampler, of sorts.

So for a giveaway, I am giving this knitted pocketbook, made by me!

To Win:

Just leave a nice comment, either about me or my blog!  I want you to be my Google Friends because you like my blog, so following isn't necessary for this giveaway.

for an extra entry:

Mention this contest on your blog, then come back and tell me, and you get another entry.  If you don't have a blog, or want another entry, mention this contest on Facebook (and come back to tell me about it).

This Giveaway ends Tuesday the 19th.

So that's it!  Once again, THANK YOU to my first, special 50.

Scrabble, thinking fondly of all of her wonderful Google Friends....

Give-Aways!

by Kimberlee

I'm ridiculously close to finishing my first "real" dress, so I am super excited about that, so stay tuned!

One thing I love love love are give-aways.  I must go for a dozen a day, if not more, and not only because I love free stuff (though I don't lie, I LOVE FREE STUFF), but also because those of us who make things by hand need to support and pass on the word about each other.  We live in a mass-produced prefab world, so each act of creation is a tiny little defiance of that.  Now, without further adieu, FREE STUFF!!!

Win a cute ampersand necklace at My Lazy Apples .  Jamie creates the most amazing little delicate jewelry in the shape of some of my favorite things; birds, trees, flowers, etc.

Grosgrain, a site I absolutely adore, is giving away a dress from Shabby Apple.  Shabby Apple is pretty much my fantasy wardrobe.  Take a look, both sites will make you swoon.

Crafty Dream is giving away these lovely earrings from Earring Nation.  Birds!  In love!!!!  See, I can't be stopped, it really is an addiction. 

That's all for now.  Stay tuned for the dress reveal!

Give-Aways

Win this lovely Forever After Dress from Grosgrain.  It's truly gorgeous!

Craftster's Costume Contest.

Gift Tags and Beautiful Earrings on Krishenka's Beautiful Treasures.

Fat Quarters on Clearly Tangled!