Giveaway Winner and Lotsa Lotsa Snow!

Greetings from Snowyville USA!
Have I mentioned before that I love snow . . . you know I have :-) And it's a good thing I do because here in the Chicago suburbs we got 20 inches in 24 hours! Not quite beating the 1967 record of 24 inches but close enough. This was a true whiteout blizzard - Snowmadegon! There was blustery winds and even thunder and lightning. Don't think I've ever experience that before!

It was still snowing wednesday morning while Dave and our trusty snowblower did a mighty fine job of keeping it under control.

Just a little snow tuesday afternoon and you can see my garden cranes just have cold footsies for now. And yes that is just a vintage cottage door leading to nowhere on the side of the garage :-)

Wednesday morning . . . . Yikes HELP US!!

Would you like to come on over for a cup of tea on the deck? BYOS ~ bring your own shovel

This door opens to a fenced in doggie area on the south side of our property and you can see that there is no going out there for Maxxie anytime soon HA!! I have to give kudos to our little village who had the snowplows out in full force and did our street every couple hours! So except for one day of craziness ~ all is pretty much back to "normal" for winter in the midwest!

And now onto the winner of my EMBELLISHED HEART BOTTLE GIVEAWAY! This time I used a random number generator and thought I could just copy and paste the "box" but it didn't turn out quite that way as you can see below. So I took a pic of my computer screen showing that the winning number picked was #91! And counting in order of comments that number belongs to . . .

Sherry of Country Wings in Phoenix!Congratulations Sherry!
Please drop me an email with your mailing info and I'll send your pretty bottle on the way home. Great BIG thank you's so all who entered and left such wonderful comments! I haven't made the rounds to everyone yet but I will!! And I have another giveaway coming very soon so please stop by again to see.
Til next time stay safe and keep warm and cozy

Lynn

Heartfelt Thank You's & Another GiveAway too!

Thank you so much to those that have sent me such heartfelt emails and comments on my previous post. It has meant so much to me and you are just the kindest ladies!!!
Today is the 30 something-th anniversary of my 21st birthday ;-) and as a gift to myself is a giveaway for you! And it's another of my embellished bottles!
If you love pink roses, hearts, vintage lace, ribbons and rhinestones you just may want to enter this one :-) The label was created from an antique valentine and sure does look like the antique rose painted artwork of Catherine Klein. The heart shape glass bottle with a pink washed cork and faux crystal ball stopper measures just over 5-3/4" tall and looks great empty as shown but you fill with candies, pearls, little buttons, bath salts, or whatever your sweet heart desires!

Wouldn't it look pretty in your bathroom, on a vanity or even on a shelf mixed with your shabby cottage collectibles. The rules are always easy and you can have up to 4 chances to win! The winner will be drawn from the list of comments on this GIVEAWAY post only so if you leave 4 comments you have 4 times the chance of winning!! At the end of the giveaway, the comments are numbered in order 1-?? and hopefully the winning number drawn on JANUARY 30th will coordinate with one of your comments!

*1st entry ~ leave a general comment about the bottle or anything you please.
*2nd entry ~ become of of my blog followers or let me know that you are already an "oldie but goodie"! Remember to leave another comment to recieve another entry.
*3rd entry ~ post a link to this giveaway on your own blog sidebar and leave a comment again here to receive another entry.
*4th entry ~ post my Teacupstitches blog button (see my top left sidebar for the link) on your own bloggie sidebar and be sure to leave another comment on this post. If you are a sweetie and it's already there just leave a comment to say so :-)

That's all there is to it! Thank you so much for stopping by today and I will see you again very soon!

Lynn

I'm still here & Giveaway Winner ~FINALLY!

Oh goodness where does the time go! It looks like I've been M.I.A . . . again! I'm sure you all know how it is when things and sad events just build and you just shut yourself down to deal with it all?
Back in 1979, my Father passed away not long after I met Dave, my future husband, and he nor his family never had the chance to meet him! We married that same year and I "inherited" the best father in law in the world who for the last 31 years has been like a father to me. I've never known anyone who had such a best friend father/son relationship as Dave and his Dad! He recently had a heart attack . . . the paramedics brought him back but he was in a coma and could not breath on his own. He especially loved when the whole family could be together so it was just like him to hold on until we could all be gathered at his hospital bedside. He was being kept alive by machines for 3 days which was totally against his wishes. So when his 6 children, their spouses and his grandchildren were all there and said their final goodbyes, he went to heaven peacefully . . . He finally got to meet my Dad and I think they will be good friends.

Dave and his Father

I believe that I shared with you earlier that my sweet cocker spaniel Maxxie was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. We have been going thru the Please God just let him live thru Thanksgiving . . . Christmas . .. his birthday?? He turned 13 last week! He still has a good appetite and occasionally gets his hippity hoppity happy moments which is a good thing but he's slowing down quickly and sleeps most of the time now. We will know when the "decision" time comes but for now we are blessed with every day he's with us.

I won't depress you with any more of my trials and tribulations and want to end this post on a positive note!! Yes, I did have a giveaway ~ and it ended on . . . uHum . . . Christmas Eve :-) Ok, I know I know!!! The winning number is #28 who is Victoria from Slightly Shabby . . . It is nice to meet you Victoria and if you will send me your shipping info I will send your embellished bottle on its way!

Thank you to everyone who entered and left comments!! I have another giveaway coming very soon so please stop by again and enter.

Til we meet again in blogland . . .

Lynn

Sharing more Vintage Christmas Images!

Hello Sweet Friends! As promised I am back again today with more vintage Christmas images from my collection to share with you!
Just clic the pic and save to your own files.
The first is one of my favorite Frances Brundage Holiday Postcards and features a darling young girl with her new Christmas doll!
I do not know the artist of the next one but its so cute with a windblown blustery santa with pink ribbons and 3 shy young girls awaiting his arrival.

I hope you will have fun with these for your upcoming projects!
Please take a second and be sure to enter my latest giveaway for a one of a kind altered bottle! Clic the pic at the top of my right sidebar for info!
I'd love to have you leave a comment and let me know if you are enjoying my choices!

Thanks bunches for visiting today and I'll be back again tomorrow with more freebies 4U :-)
Hugs,

Snowy Sunday Greetings & Free Christmas Images

Good morning my sweet Bloggerdoodle friends! I hope you are cozy snuggly warm on this fine Sunday! We had one of those gloomy icky rain on top of snow days yesterday but the temps plummeted again last night so a nice clean new coating of snow makes everything bright again :-))
Please take a peek at my previous post to enter my latest GIVEAWAY for a pretty Vintage Perfume Label altered bottle! The winner will be drawn from the list of COMMENTS only this time so if you are already one of my sweet followers you need to leave a comment . . . or 2, or 3 or 4 . . . on that giveaway post to be entered!!
Starting today and thru Christmas I'll be sharing with you some vintage Christmas images from my collection to use in your own projects! You can clic the pic and copy to your own files. These 2 are from the 1950's era and I've altered and re-sized for todays standard notecards (5-1/2 x 4-1/4) for you. I'll chose a nice variety and hope that you will find some just perfect for your holiday projects. Wouldn't the first one be darling with lots of glittery accents?!

Thanks so much for visiting today and I'll see you again real soon

Cheery Christmas Season Hugs to you,

This & That & GIVEAWAY #9 for you!

Greetings sweet bloggerdoodle friends! I hope you are all well and enjoying this glorious Christmas holiday season! Here in the Land of Lincoln we are in the deepfreeze and have just the right amount of snow to keep it festive and not to mention it brightens up the house too!
I have been a happy busy bee completing custom Altered Bottle orders for Victoria Rose Cottage and have not yet started my own decorating or shopping! I am working on an order for 13 bottles and am delighted since I'd rather do nothing but make bottles all day! I find it so rewarding and love seeing the finished sparkling cuties :-) If you are interested in any that show Out of Stock ~ the VRC ladies have a CUSTOM ORDER link on their website and will forward me your order! You can clic HERE to see my offerings!
Now onto my latest giveaway which is this Vintage Paris France Perfume Label Altered Bottle! If you read my last post you know how much I love this image & made for eBay a darling sachet pillow. It has sold but I made another that is just so sweet and petite and there is a link on my sidebar if you are interested in it.

This giveaway features that same label design and the bottle is embellished with pretty pink roses, rhinestones, ribbons and lace. The faceted crystal stopper is removable and you can fill with anything you like but I prefer them empty as shown!
The rules are simple, you can get up to 4 entries, and the winner will be drawn on Christmas Eve December 24th from the comments left on THIS POST only. Each comment gets a number and drawn from the "hat" of numbers.

1. If you are one of my sweet followers just leave a comment and let me know you are an "oldie but goodie" !!
2. Become a new follower and then leave a comment here to let me know.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! The link is on my top Right sidebar. Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar (or comment that it is already there!) ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so I can add another entry for you :-)

While I have your attention :-) please take a peek at some new offerings over at eBay! I have a number of things available and here is a sampling of 4 of them.

I thank you for visiting today and wish you all the Joys of the Season!

Hugs,
Lynn