Welcome new followers & another giveaway

Hi there lovely people!

I would just like to say thank you everyone for following my blog and for all your lovely comments.  It is really nice to hear from you.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say a very big welcome to my new followers.  Goodness me I now have 75!  It is lovely to meet new followers.  I look forward to keeping in touch with you and reading all about your stitching and crafting!

It is really is the season of giveaways as mentioned in my last post... I now have another one to let you know about!

Giveaway:

Parsley at Seasons of my Mind is having a "It's raining cats and dogs" giveaway.  The giveaway gift is either a cat or a dog kit!  So if you are a cat or a dog lover, or even if you're not, please do pop over to Parsley's blog and read her post about her giveaway.  This giveaway started on 1st October and Parsley will announce the winner on 14th October 2011.

Seasons of my Mind - It's raining cats and dogs giveaway - (Update: Cats Giveaway won by Charity and Dogs Giveaway won by Kimberley)

Good luck everyone!

Til next time happy stitching

Welcome New Friends!

Welcome new Friends!  Hello old Friends, it's good to see you all again.

I noticed on the weekend that I have some new followers, and I must apologise for not saying hi earlier.  Unfortunately I haven't been able to see my followers for quite some time and therefore I hadn't realised that I had new followers.  It was only when I was using the laptop on the weekend that all your lovely faces popped up on my blog again.... I do hope that the followers gadget is working again....

Thank you so very much for popping over to my blog and saying hello.  I hope to be able keep in touch with you all and see what you are up to on your blogs!

And now for a huge Thank You:

I have a very big thank you to say to a very generous lady!  A few weeks ago Krystaline at Relentless Stitching had a giveaway competition, which I entered and won!!! 

Below is a picture of the giveaway that I received in the mail on Friday - a flower kit, magnifying pen, needle threader, stork scissors and a pink pen with the initial "L". 

And that is not all!  Krystaline also sent me a $30 gift voucher for the HAED website!  What a very generous lady - thank you so very much.

 

Giveaway from Krystaline

I have often drooled over the HAED website, and also spent a couple of hours over the weekend drooling over the gorgeous designs again. 

So what do I want to buy.... I love the Randal Spangler designs so I think the cute little dragons will win, but then again the Selena French designs are also on my wish list!!  Will let you know in another post what I buy.

Thank you again Krystaline.

Til next time, happy stitching and have a great week!



Follow You, Follow Me - in the immortal words of Phil Collins...

Woo, I am in a wee bit of shock dear readers....  The other day I logged onto my blog and my followers online friends had increased by one or two (thank you so much), and now I see that my followers online friends have doubled! 

I can't believe that so many wonderful people out there want to read about me and my stitching and my cats and whatever else I ramble on about!  This wonderful new hobby (or obsession, depends on who you are talking too) was started because my hubby wanted to show off his quilts somewhere.  And me being me, decided that this was a great idea and I would join the party!  Then I thought I'd have a squizz at who else was out there in the blog-osphere and I found all these wonderful blogs and amazing stitchers which I so just had to "follow" so that I could keep up with everyone's news.  I have to agree with the "Spinster Stitcher" it is a bit like stalking.... but it is harmless fun that consumes hours of my day..... hours that I should be doing housework or stitching!  I generally log on first thing in the morning and before I know it and hour or two has flown by.... oops!  I really have to be careful about logging on when I'm at work otherwise I may not be at work much longer!  My lunch break can so easily go from a quick squizz at one or two blogs to much longer - just one more little blog, please sir!!

Seriously I would like to say a very, very big Thank You to everyone who is reading my blog.  I will try to keep you updated on my stitching, and with a bit of luck entertained.  I look forward to stalking reading all your blogs and seeing what everyone is up to.

So that was shock number 1, now here's shock number 2!

I was doing my blog stalking and went to visit Nicola at Austin's Allandale in Stitches to see what she has been up to lately, and low and behold Nicola has nominated me to continue on the round robin of the "Stylish Blogger Award". Me!  Wow!  Now I have to work out what to do.....

So I had a look at the other great blogs that I noticed have been nominated and I now think I know what to do to pass this award on. 

But firstly I apparently need to tell you 5 (or 7) things about myself that you don't know.  That shouldn't be hard as I am one of the new kids on the block so to speak so I haven't said much about me yet....  here goes (oh no, this is harder than I thought)

Five things about me that you may not know:

1. I have blue/green eyes and mousy brown hair
2. I love teddy bears, dragons, penguins and owls
3. I am married to a Englishman (or as we Aussie's say - a Pom)
4. I love Vegemite sandwiches
5. I am hopeless at sewing - couldn't sew a straight line if my life depended on it (which is why I love cross stitch!)

Now I need to nominate some other blogs to pass this award onto...

Mark @ Mark's Quilts (yes, I know this is my hubby's blog, but he has done a lot of work on his blog lately and it looks pretty good - blatant plug)

Sally @ Bizzi Hands (Sally is one of my work mates, so yes I know, another blatant plug but I do love Sally's card that she creates)

Kim @ A Stitch in Thyme (love the colours of Kim's blog!  And a fellow Aussie stitcher/blogger)

Astrid @ Cross Stitched by Astrid (another fan of dragons!)

So while I wouldn't normally accept and pass on awards, I believe that this one is a nice way to introduce myself to you all and also a way to say thank you to my new online friends.  I look forward to seeing everyone around Blogland!

Til next time,