Friday greetings and I hope you are all doing great!

I'd love to have you check out and enter my latest giveway which started on March 15th and ends TONIGHT. I'll announce the winner in a couple days! Clic the Pic below to see it. We moved into our current home 15 years ago one and of the things about it that we so loved was the full walk up attic with fabulous old beams and angles with lots of nooks and crannies. Our Prairie style home had her 100th birthday this year and you can see in the first pic that the attic is very vintage! Actually, I can now say its a true antique right :-)

We had grand plans of converting it into a wonderful creative space for me but as you can see nothing has happened and at this point nothing will HA! The photo shows about 1/4 of the space and we've just used it for storage and have lots of boxes and trunks full of stuff from when we moved in and accumulated over the years. I'm sure you all know how that goes . . . I love going up there and its not a bit scarey ~ even at night! I was rummaging around and found one of my portfolios of graphic arts projects from a class I took many, many . . . many moons ago ;-) and thought you may enjoy a couple of the pieces. This was back in 1979-80 and way before PC's so everything was done by hand. I had always thought I wanted to be a commercial artist but only stayed one year and gradually got so into designing cross stitch patterns and that turned out to be my passion and profession. More about that in another post soon!

This assignment was to design rough layout for an album cover (remember album covers :-)) ~ and I chose the soundtrack of the movie GREASE with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. This is the scene at the end of the movie when they were dancing and singing "You're the One that I Want" in that rocky box thing at the highschool graduation party. It was done all in colored markers and I don't know how it got the water damage!

The backside is a chalkboard - complete with smudges :-)

The start of a car ad - done in Gouache, which is like a watercolor tempera paint.

Pencil drawing ~ I don't remember the project but its a lady with her feet in the sand. Her fingers seem a bit long dont they HA!!

This lady seems to have lost her mind - hehe . . . start of a fashion ad worked in watercolors. I also found all my paints and markers and they are as fresh as the day they were stored which has me inspired to start painting again. Although NOTHING like these boring projects that's for sure! I am craving pink roses of course! Thanks so much for visiting and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs and Blessings, Lynn

Celebrating Spring & Pretty New Things!

Happy Friday Everyone!

To quote Mr Rogers "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood" here in my area of Illinois! Our 24" snowfall has all melted and the light dusting we got the other day is also history. There are bits and bobs of greenery popping up everywhere . . . daffodils, tulips, lily of the valley, crocus, peonies, flowering bush budlettes and the dreaded creeping charlie (ground ivy) which is the scorn of my gardening existence!
I have been so busy making pretty new things for you and just never seem to get around to listing them HA! Lots of new goodies have been sent over to Victoria Rose Cottage but may not show up for awhile and ebay listings start friday with Buy it Nows and below are some sneak peeks!

Please click my sidebar ebay link and perhaps find something you would like to have for your own home sweet home :-)

I'd love to have you check out my last post for info on my latest giveaway! It's a cutie :-)
Thank you so much for visiting today and I wish you all a wonderful first weekend of Spring!

Lynn

Giveaway Winner & 500 Followers!!!

Hello all you sweet bloggerdoodlers! Thank you to those who entered my giveaway #11 for the Easter set! There were 134 entries and I entered the numbers in a random number generator and it chose #37 . . .

who is Rella from blog FAERIELUNA Congratulations Rella! I will contact you for your mailing information.

My first blog post was March 22, 2010 so it is almost a year and I have just reached my 500th follower!! Yippity Skippity that is so cool!! Thanks bunches to all who have visited me and decided to become a sweet follower! I appreciate it SEW MUCH!!
Now I think that calls for . . . Yep . . . ANOTHER Giveaway :-)

Giveaway #12 is for a charming cottage chic display or show towel that I made for you with a pretty pink terry cloth, yummy pink rose fabrics, a bit of lace, ribbon bow and a rhinestone heart charm. Folded as shown it measures 7" wide and hangs 12-1/2 to 13" over a towel bar. (total measurement is 18" x 25") Also included in the giveaway is a cute little apothecary jar with a reproduction vintage perfume label & embellished with pink parchment roses, ribbon and rhinestone heart charm, plus a matching notecard w/envelope and a gift/hang tag!

Such a sweet set to give or keep :-)

The rules are easy and you can have up to 4 entries. Leave a comment(s) on THIS 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-?? The winning number will be drawn on April 8th and hopefully will coordinate with one of your comments!
*1st entry ~ leave a general comment about the giveaway 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 the giveaway link shown on my top right sidebar, 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.

See ~ it's easy peasy one ~ two ~ three~sy . . . I mean four~sy :-)

Good luck to everyone! While you are here won't you please click my ebay link at the top right sidebar and see whats new?

Hugs and Many Blessings,

P.S. My image hoster is down tonight so I hope to get my new items listed wednesday!

Bunches o' Bowls for White Wednesday

A big THANK YOU goes to Kathleen of ~ FADEDCHARM ~ for hosting White Wednesday! If you love all shades of white, cream, ivory, taupe, etc you must go and view all the creative bloggers!

While browsing thru one of my favorite antique haunts awhile back I came across stacks of these vintage white USA restaurant berry or veggie side bowls priced at 2 for 1.00. Hmmmm . . . I thought ~ such a deal but what could I use them for?? But as any good collector knows to never to pass up something that speaks to you! So quite a few of them came home with me!

I love the aged white with light crazing and the sweet scalloped edging. They have come in very handy for lots of things from sorting buttons to using as plant saucers. And I like the way they look just simply stacked . . .

And oh my! A birdie is nesting in one ~ a white birdie of course ;-)

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and just a reminder to check out my latest giveaway ~ it ends on the 12th so please Click HERE for the details!

Big Hugs and Smiles to one and all,
Lynn

Happy Valentine's Day & Another Giveaway!

Happy VALENTINE's DAY to all you sweet bloggerdoodles visiting today! I hope you are enjoying a LOVEerly day with the person of your dreams! The pic below is of My Valentine Dave and I at our wedding, 31-1/2 years ago and I love him more today than I could even imagine WAY back then!

Well I do believe that it is about time for another giveaway don't you think?

For this one ~ #11 ~ I am offering my first Easter pillow of the 2011 season! Along with the pillow is a coordinating notecard, hang tag, and mini embellished bottle. The winner will recieve all 4 items! Featured is a vintage Easter image - inspired from the original artwork of the beloved painter Ellen Clapsaddle. A sweet young girlie has gathered up pastel colored eggs to deliver with her white bunny rabbit friend.

The pillow-ette's overall measurement is 11" x 13-1/2" and is made with scrumptious pink rose fabrics and has a rhinestone heart charm tied in a vintage pink ribbon bow. The notecard has a sentiment " Accept my greeting this Easter Day ~ May fortune smile on you always " and along with the mini embellished glass bottle and hangtag you have the makings for the start of a unique Easter Basket for a favorite someone :-)


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 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.

See ~ it's easy peasy one ~ two ~ three~sy . . . I mean four~sy :-)
The deadline to enter is March 12th. As Easter celebrates the miraculous resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ, releasing us from the cold of death, and making it possible for us to be born again into eternal life, I chose March 12th as for me it will celebrate a 1,300 days and counting, personal milestone! Good luck to everyone!
I have been a busy bee making lots of embellished bottles for Victoria Rose Cottage and some l'il cuties things for eBay too that I hope to get listed this evening! I hope you will take a peekie poo ~ just clic the pic on my right sidebar ~ and perhaps find something you'd like to have go home to you.

Enjoy this special day!

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