And the Winner is.....

It's here!  Today is the day to announce the winner of my One Year Anniversary Giveaway.

I used the True Random Number Generator at random.org and entered 1-15 (I had 15 comments to my post). The Random Number Generator chose:

Number 11.

The 11th comment was posted by:   GLOR!

Congratulations Glor, you are the winner! You asked for a Michael's gift card, so that is what your prize will be. Please send me an e-mail (azbelle3@yahoo.com) with your address info so I can get it sent off to you.

Thanks to everyone who entered ... and welcome new followers.  You never know when I'll have another giveaway, so keep reading.  :)

Happy Hump Day and Stuff

I can't believe it's Wednesday already ... where has this week gone?

I finally finished all the baby stuff and got it mailed off to my husband's niece in Tennessee. Here is the baby sweater I crocheted:

It came with plain white buttons but they were too boring for me, so I added these instead:

Hard to see, but it is a picture of a lamb and they say "little lamb" on them.  This is the first sweater I have ever crocheted; I usually avoid crocheting clothing items because the patterns always look too difficult for me, but this one was pretty easy.

Here is all the stuff I crocheted and sewed for her:

Sure hope she likes everything.

Don't forget that my Anniversary Giveaway closes tonight at midnight. I will be choosing the winner tomorrow.

Thank You!

Thanks to all of you for helping me figure out this pattern. Doris, you are a lifesaver! It was indeed the Aligned Shells pattern and I finally found my copy of it. Of course I didn't write what hook I used on the pattern, so I will do some test swatches to figure it out.

Thanks again everyone, you're awesome!

HELP!!!

I came across an afghan I had started crocheting awhile back, but stupid me did not put the hook or the pattern with the project. I have looked through my patterns and nothing looks like this project.

Do any of you recognize this pattern:

To me it pretty much looks like shells with maybe a double crochet in between, so I could probably figure it out. I would just love to have the pattern so that I know what size hook I was using and also how to finish it.

I sure hope someone out there recognizes it... thanks in advance for your help.

Anniversary Giveaway

I'm so sorry this is a day late... yesterday ended up being a hectic day with no time for blogging :(

To celebrate my One Year Blogging Anniversary, it's giveaway time .... woo hoo! I got some good comments about what some of you would like to win (thanks ladies) so I've decided that the prize will be ......... 

WINNERS CHOICE. Whoever wins gets to tell ME what they would like to win from the following choices:

• $25 gift card to a craft store (I have Jo-Ann, Michaels and Hancock Fabrics in my area)
• Something hand-made by me (either sewn, crocheted or crafted)
• Some yarn and pattern books from my stash (I have all kinds of stuff!)

Here are the easy-peasy rules:

• You must be a follower of my blog to win.
• Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would like to win. Only comments to this post will be accepted.

How easy is that???? Simple, right? Oh, and since this is a very special giveaway, I am opening it up to everyone. That means you are eligible to enter no matter where in the world you live!

The giveaway will close at midnight on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. I will draw the winner and announce it the following day.

So go on now, get those comments started and good luck!

What do YOU want to win?

I wouldn't be celebrating a blogging anniversary without you, my wonderful readers. So what would YOU like to see as the giveaway tomorrow?  (And no, a million dollars is NOT possible.. LOL!)

If you want to see projects I have sewn, you can check out my sewing blog, Sandy Sewz. I could also crochet something, but I warn you, it might take awhile to get it to you, as I can only crochet when the kittens are napping. :)

I could also do something like a gift card to a store or restaurant too.

I want to know YOUR thoughts, so please leave me a comment to this post and I will read over all of them before deciding what the giveaway prize will be.

Exciting News

I will be celebrating my 1 Year Blogging Anniversary this Friday, February 4. You know what that means don't you?????

A giveaway!!!

That's right, I will do a giveaway to celebrate. I'm not sure what it will be yet, but it is probably a safe bet that it will be something I make myself.

Be sure to check Friday's post for more details.