I Won A Giveaway!

Hello!

Look at what I won!!!

Deb of Garage Sale Gal

had a giveaway and I won!

I just realized I forgot to put 2 little treasures

in the shot. They are already residing in

their new homes, sorry!

Deb was one of my very first blogland

friend! We have swapped cards and

things before. Check out her blog...

she is always finding the cutest things

at estate sales and she has a cute little

shop at an antique store.

Thanks Deb for the cute things!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

I hope to have some craft things to

share with you next week!

I plan to get a few things at Joann's

this weekend!

Hugs!

Kim

Emma Says the Winner is...

According to Random.org....number 3...Michelle Whitlow of Me and My Scraps!!! Congratulations!!! Here is watch she wins..

A pair of pink gloves, a Breast Cancer Awareness key chain, a Breast Cancer Awareness bracelet from Coldwater Creek and an orange scarf from my stash of goodies to wear with the yo-yo pin if she chooses! Hope you enjoy your prize, Michelle!!!

Hope everyone enjoys their Monday! Thanks to all who entered the giveaway!!!

Hugs!

Kim

Think Pink Yo-Yo Giveaway!

Happy Friday and Happy Think Pink Yo-Yo Giveaway!!! I know these aren't fall colors but they are 2 of my favorite colors together! Plus, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I have pink on the brain right now. In honor of my sister-in-law who has been a cancer free for 2 years now, I am having a pink giveaway!

Pretty pink and orange bag with a double yo-yo! It's a magnet pin too! So you could wear it or use it on the bag!

Yo-yo closeup : )

I will be adding one or two pink goodies for inside the bag...I'll post those later (I still have to go get them).

To enter is easy, just leave me a comment by Sunday night at 10 pm CST. I will pick a winner Sunday night and post the winner on Monday morning. Good luck! Hope you like it!

I'm off in search of a goody or 2!  Have a great day!

Hugs!

Kim

Caribbean Blue Giveaway!!!

Not too long ago, Jason, from CSNstores.com contacted me about reviewing product and offering a giveaway on my blog. This was perfect timing for me, actually, with the big move to Chicago only 5 months away!!! Like I've told you many times, our apartment is tiny and dark so I've been in search of ways to brighten it up. I've added quite a bit of the Caribbean Blue color to the place and I have loved opening the cupboards up to see glasses with Caribbean Blue polka dots from Target and Caribbean Blue mugs from Marshall's. So...when this opportunity arose, I knew exactly what I wanted to review! I wanted to review Le Creuset from Cookware.com in Caribbean Blue and I chose this 6 qt. pot to give a whirl!

Isn't she pretty!?! She's going to look sooo pretty on my stove in Chicago!!!

I made the most delicious pot of chicken noodle soup in this pretty girl. It's a great pot...the perfect size for me and our tiny apartment but it, also, works great in my kitchen in Michigan, as you can see. Cleans up great too! I LOVE IT!!!

Would you like one of these pretty ladies in your kitchen??? I promise it will make your kitchen feel springy!!! I know it cheered me up! This giveaway is being offered to US residents only (sorry!). All you have to do is...DELURK, if you're a lurker, and become a follower (that would make me smile!) and leave a message that you have become a follower and you will receive 2 entries (only 1 entry if you only comment and do not follow). My current followers...leave a comment telling me you'd like to win and a separate comment reminding me that you are a follower to receive another entry. If you choose to blog about this giveaway...leave me a comment that you have and receive yet another entry. If you don't have a blog make sure I have your email address so I can contact you, if you win. SO....3 entry chances to win!!! Good luck!!! I will choose a winner on Friday of next week!!!

Hope you all have a great day!!!

Hugs!

Kim

Sorry I've Been Gone and a Winner!!!

Morning!

Sorry no photos today. I am at our apartment in Chicago with no access to my photos. I'm here since my husband had a kidney stone, poor guy! He fortunately got hit with it on Oct. 3 hours before he was to return here to Chicago for work. I ended up taking him to the ER and it was a 5.5mm stone. Once he was clear for travel we came back here (I couldn't send him back here alone just in case it moved again...OUCH!) and returned once for a follow-up appt. The x-ray showed no sign of a stone yesterday!! YAY! I had already planned to come back to Chicago so we packed up Emma and hit the road. Sooo...long story short...I am still alive and haven't forgotten you and my blog. Just been busy!

We do have a winner for the yo-yo hat...Sara from Sara's Art House!!! Congratulations Sara...you can email me your address at dkccv@comcast.net. Thank you to all who entered!!!

I have been busy making hats for kids with cancer...MckMama is the inspiration for this project! When my hats are done my hubby and I will be delivering them to our local Ronald McDonald House. If you feel inspired...you can join in the cause!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!! Next post will have pictures!

Hugs!
Kim

150th Post and a Giveaway!

Morning!!! I just realized this is my 150th post. I had been planning a giveaway today and now it's a bit more of a celebration! Thank you to all my followers both public and lurking!

Well...the Tigers won last night 7-2!!!! Now tonight they can potentially clinch the division title...GO TIGERS!!! GO MAGGLIO ORDONEZ!!!! (He's my Tiger!!!)

It was a beautiful night at the ballpark! It did get down to 48 degrees but it wasn't bad at all! I thought it would be bitter cold but it wasn't!

Yesterday at Target I found this tray marked down 75%! WOW! I knew it would be perfect for our apartment in Chicago. So, I finally brought the fall decor from the basement of doom and started doing some decorating in this house and picked out some things to go to Chicago. Here's what I came up with...

It's a bright sunny day here and this picture is hard to get right. You can see my inspiration/dream magazines on Emma's crate...oops...looks pretty messy!


A closer up view. I think it turned out pretty good.

Now for the giveaway. I made another yo-yo accessorized hat. I love the colors on this yo-yo. If you like it, leave me a comment. To get another chance to win, leave a separate comment letting me know you are a follower (on my sidebar). So...you have 2 chances to win!!! I will pick a winner on Monday, October 12...I know it's a ways away but I'll be away too! Good luck!!!

Brown hat with brown and pink yo-yo.

Enter to win!!!

Have a great day everyone!!! Hugs!

Kim

A Winner and My Week Away

Morning!!!! Thank you to all who entered my giveaway and for sticking with me this past year through my blog fogs and all!!! I love hearing from all of you!!! The WINNER of my giveaway is....DAWN of Dawn's Daybreak!!!! Email (dkccv@comcast.net) me your address Dawn and the bag will be on it's way! CONGRATULATIONS DAWN!!!!

This last week I got to get away with hubby whom I don't see very often! I have a photo week in review...

Emma and Cocoa sound asleep on the drive to our Chicago apartment. Poor Cocoa was really sick again but she is doing much better now!

This is my favorite restaurant when we head downtown! Yummy food and it's beautiful inside!

The pretty colored walls and lighting inside Uncle Julio's. I forgot to take a picture of the food...I was sooo hungry!

Heading towards Michigan Ave. Sooo many tall buildings!

Love all the architecture downtown!

This a photo of the first apartment we had. Hubby's boss was renting this pretty place and he was transferred back to Switzerland so his company took over the lease and let us rent it VERY inexpensively. We had the penthouse with a roof top patio! It was so cool...OH THE VIEW!!! Wish I had pictures!!!

We ended our week in Caseville, MI. We mostly relaxed and did some metal detecting. I found 28 cents and some polished glass, my parents found 89 cents and a kid's mood ring. We don't mind what we find...it's really relaxing. The weather was perfect and the dogs had a blast too!

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Hope you all had a marvelous long weekend too!!!! Next up....pictures of the garden! I will be taking pics today! Have a great day!!!!

Hugs!

Kim

The Giveaway!!!

Hello!!! Here it is finally!!! I found some really cool looking bags that you take with you to the grocery store and KNEW they'd look so cute with yo-yo's, OF COURSE!!! I hope you like it too!!!

Leave a comment and I'll draw a winner on July 5! I know it's a long time but I will be in and out a lot that week.

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(click to enlarge) sorry it's blurry!

Have a great weekend and a big thank you to those who have stuck with me through my blog~fog!

Hugs!

Kim

Garden

Hello! Just a quick update! The giveaway is coming along, slowly! Emma just doesn't seem to understand that those things belong to Mom and wants to whisk them away!

My garden is coming along slowly, too! The crazy weather has slowed the process. I just came up from the garden and saw PUMPKIN blossom buds!!! Woohoo! Things are picking up the pace!

I will have new pics soon...and that giveaway will happen hopefully sooner rather than later! It WILL be worth the wait! PROMISE!!!

Have a great day!
Hugs!
Kim

Magnet Update

Hello!!! Sorry it has been so long! Emma sure keeps me hopping!

Here is the finished magnet from my giveaway. I really like how it turned out.

Sorry about the fuzzy pic.

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I am busy now working on my Birdie Swap partner's prizes. This is a fun one! I love all things birds! I hope to be back to all things crafty soon!

I am off to find some Paczki's! Happy Fat Tuesday!

Hugs!!!

Kim

And the Winner Is.....

Hello!!!!

The winner is Kim G of Camp Whimsy!!!! Congratulations Kim....email me your mailing info at dkccv@comcast.net and I will get your package of to you!!!!

Thank you to all who have entered!!! You are the bestest!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Kim

Giveaway

Hello!

I thought I'd have one more thing to add to the giveaway but it didn't turn out to be giveaway worthy. I need to practice this one some more before giving one away. So you have until 9 p.m. Friday, February 13th and hopefully you'll be the lucky winner on this Friday the 13th!

Thank you again for all your kind comments and for your friendship!!! Have a great day!

Hugs!

Kim

Thank You and a Magnet

Hello! Thank you all for your kind comments about my son. He was feeling really down yesterday. He felt bad for those who died and were injured. He knows they alerted everyone as soon as they knew there was a tornado but it was moving too fast (especially for those in the mobile home park). Praying for Oklahoma!

In my last post, I showed you my stamp/craft room. I have had quite a few comments about all of my many stamps...lol!!! I do have a huge collection thanks to being a Stampin' Up demonstrator for nearly 6 years. Luckily, I had a discount and about 1/2 of those stamps were free!

I would like to welcome all my new readers and new commentors! I'm so happy to meet you all! And a big thank you to all my readers!!! I'm so glad you are enjoying the giveaway prizes! Here is the latest addition...

A magnet clip in springy colors. The lucky winner's first initial will be stamped on white and placed into the center of the scallop. Hope you like it! The clip is from Target's Dollar Spot, sorry it was there last year. I have not seen these since : ( The heart shaped paper weights were from the Dollar Spot at Target too. They may still have those!

I hope you all have a great day!!! Hugs!!!

Kim

Blessed, The Love and The Makeover

Hello!!!

First off, I feel very blessed that my son is safe in Oklahoma and that he only saw the killer and destructive tornadoes on the radar at the television station where he interns as a meteorologist. I'm sooo sorry to all of you who actually experienced the tornadoes first hand. My thoughts and prayers are with you!!!

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Now for the love part of my giveaway. Remember all comments from each day I post until Friday will be entered in the giveaway. Here's the love...

A sweet indulgence of mine as of late. YUM!!!

And a pretty little heart paperweight that I made this morning! A little love for my blogging friends! Good luck to you all!

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Now for the makeover that has been a year in the doing because of lack of time. Hubby is only home for a day and a half a week soooo I decided on no new paint for now. I am a terrible painter and I have a hard time paying someone for something I know hubby can do. Maybe some day we will set aside vacation time to paint. For now, I am happy with the progress and will add decorative touches to distract from the lack of paint color!

2 shelves put together by hubby. I arranged my stamps by theme and have a few more there in the corner to go on one of the other shelves yet to be put together. These shelves are from Office Depot, a part of the Christopher Lowell Collection. They look really nice. Not pictured yet is a lateral file that is storing yarn in one drawer and gift bags and tissue in another.

This is the other side of the stamp/craft room. Everything has been shoved to this side. This side will be tackled in the next couple of weeks.

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I am off to start working on the last 2 pieces to be added to the giveaway. I hope the one turns out or it won't make it into the giveaway. Have a wonderful day!!!

Hugs!

Kim

More Quilt Top, 100th Post and Giveaway!!!

Hello!!! Wow it's already my 100th post! I never thought I'd ever come up with so much to share! In celebration of my 100th post it's giveaway time!!!! I decided on a spring theme with a little love thrown in...a little love for all my wonderful friends and followers!!! Below is just one item in my giveaway...more will be added through the week. Just leave me a comment any time I post this week, each comment will get an entry, so if you comment each day you get more chances to win! I will draw a lucky winner on Friday!!!

A little 4x4 frame with a felt applique, made by me. Inspired by the Premiere Issue of Homegrown Hospitality which I picked up at Archiver's. I hope you all like it! More items will be added remember! A little spring and a little love!

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On to the quilt progress. First off, I had extra fabric and some frames that I loved and picked up for the apartment last year. I didn't know what to put in the frames until I got this fabric. So, here's another color project for the dark drab apartment...

I hope you can see the pretty fabric when you enlarge the photo!

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Here is the completed quilt top. I would have done a few things differently on the left side had a paid closer attention to the directions picture and hadn't followed the directions exactly. The seams didn't meet up, I thought it was more random and they weren't suppose to meet up until I re-looked at the picture. Oh well, sew and learn! Hubby won't mind! I bought the backing fabric on Saturday and will pick up some batting on Friday (it's 50% off at Joann's then plus an extra 10% of coupon!!!).

Hubby likes the fabric : )

I hope you all enjoy your day! I am off to clean and go to the dry cleaner. Fun stuff! Aren't you jealous!?!

Hugs!

Kim

Grosgrain: The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

I just love this blouse!!! Go enter to win!!!


Grosgrain: The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

A Couple Gifts and Prizes to Share

Morning!!! We sure had a snowy weekend! 7 inches fell on Saturday and now tonight we are suppose to get up to 5 more and I just heard up to 6 more on Wednesday. This Alberta Clipper isn't only bring snow but frigid temps! Friday morning it is suppose to be around -5 with a high of only 5-7. Yikes! Well the snow is good because my daughter and her boyfried decided to try a new hobby...snowshoeing. So, they ordered snowshoes from REI and are hoping the snow stays until the 22nd of January when they can pick up those snowshoes. I have always wanted to try snowshoeing...maybe a good Christmas gift for me and hubby this coming Christmas.

During the craziness of December I did a Christmas swap and won a blog giveaway. I want to share some pics with you today. (They didn't load in the order I thought but it will have to do today).

First the Christmas swap...I swapped with Angie from Sandals and Daisies. Angie is such a sweet friend. I am so sorry I couldn't get more pics...I was in such a hurry with everything going on!

I love elves!!! This cute little elf she made for me! Thank you Angie!!! I'm sorry for the blurry pic, I really do need a new camera!

This how pretty the box she sent me looked like.

Next, I won a giveaway from Heather at Hopscotch & Hydrangeas. This snowman is sooo cute and you can find earrings like these in her Etsy shop!

I love these earrings!!! So pretty! Thanks so much Heather!!!

Isn't he cute!?!

I hope you all keep warm and have a wonderful day! I am trying my bestest to work on some winter and Valentine's to share with you all! My upstairs is in desperate need of cleaning! If anyone had a medical emergency upstairs, I'd have to drag them by their feet downstairs so the emergency crew didn't have to see the mess! (Bad I know and of course I am joking...a little!)

Hugs!

Kim

And The Winner Is....

Hello!

I know this is a little late today but I have a winner of for my contest! The ornamental fruit is....an eggplant, also known as the Easter Egg Plant! And the winner is Lisa at Lisa's Retro Style! Congratulations Lisa!!!

Sorry for the short post but I've been gone all day and need to get some stuff done!

Have a great night! Hugs!

Kim

Frankenmuth and a Chance to Win!!!

Morning!!! Yesterday, my daughter and I went to Frankenmuth again with her bf's family (just the ladies). We had so much fun! Of course, we started the day at Bronner's and I did pick up some more ornaments and I bought some decorations for my hubby's office. I even picked up an ornament for one of you to win!!!

This is the ornament I picked up for the winner of the contest below! Sorry for the horrible picture. The weather is gloomy here, making picture taking stinky. Plus...I am terrible with technology and for the life of me cannot figure out how to turn the flash off! Anyways...I hope you like it and want to try to win it! It is much cuter in person!

After Bronner's we headed to Zehnder's for lunch. We ate downstairs in the cafeteria area and it was yummy! Around the cafeteria area is a bakery and store. Here are some photos of some very pretty cupcake cakes.

Aren't they pretty!?! Around the bakery they had all kinds of samples to eat :-)

Very cute!

Here is a huge rooster hanging out at the cheese counter. I love him!

Now for the contest...As we were leaving Zehnder's we were looking at their pretty landscaping and saw these little buggers. We could not figure out what they were. They were growing right in with the rest of the flowers. Some were yellow and some were white and they start out as a purple flower. I brought one home and thought I'd use it for a contest. The first person to leave a comment with the correct answer of what this little egg shaped ornamental fruit WINS the ornament above. Like I said, I have no clue what it is...I will verify all answers using the world wide web. The first correct answer WINS!!! If by chance, we never figure out what it is...I will draw a random name from all entries. Good luck ladies!!! I'll pick a winner on Thursday next week!

It is egg shaped and hard.

HMMM!?!?!

I hope you all have a great day! I am looking forward to finding out what the mystery ornamental fruit is!! Good Luck! Hugs!

Kim

I Won a Giveaway, A Treasure and My Daughter's Project

Morning!!! I have a lot to show you today. First off, I won a Giveaway from Nancy at Manic for Mosaics. This heart is so very beautiful!!! Thank you so much Nancy! I just love it!

Hanging alone so you can see all it's loveliness!

In it's new home on the shelf in the dining room.

This basket I found at the thrift store for only $1. I have a rooster/chicken thing going on right now! I need to find some more treasures for the top of the fridge. Please excuse the dust!

Next we have my daughter's project. We got her this cute little sewing machine for Christmas last year. This is the first chance she has had to pull it out and try her hand at sewing. This machine has done really nice on all the different fabrics that are in this baby quilt. There is flannel, a soft fluffy duck center, satin and regular cotton. I only have a picture of the center right now. She just started the side strips.

A great starter machine. The only draw back is the reverse lever is manual.

The center of the baby quilt. I will post a photo of the finished project.

Ok, I am off to work on the laundry that piled up while I was resting. That is one thing I really dislike about needing to rest...the laundry piles up!

Hope you are having a great day! Hugs!

Kim