Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!


Hope your Christmas was as inspirational and 
as awesome as children feel with Santa! 
(My hubby, my youngest grand-daughter and great-grandson; and yes, I am that young!)

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving Day!

Did you make a pie from your garden bounty?  That's something to be thankful for.



Were you the one chosen to carve the bacon laden turkey?  That's a privilege!


Do you have plenty to eat today?  You are blessed!

Hope you are thankful and are enjoying your day! 


Happy Thanksgiving! 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Brink of Thanksgiving and a winner!

Well, looks like we have a winner for the child's tote bag! The winner is . . . .


Sharla of beadedTail 
Congrats Sharla, the tote bag will be in the mail later today--on it's way to your house! 

If you missed this one, and many of you did, because Sharla was the only entrant, come back next Monday for the last November giveaway.  Enter for your chance to win!


On . . . and . . . safe travels to all of you "going to grandmother's house" for the holiday! 

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Another FLASH giveaway and a winner!

With all the holiday madness, I am behind a day!  
Time for another FLASH giveaway!  But first, 
we have a winner to announce!

winner of the child's Gift Basket giveaway (Post of November 9th) . . . . .
         the Winner is . . . . 

poetryinleaves
Poetry, if you will email me with your address the gift basket can be on it's way to your house!

Thanks, everyone, for entering!  




Now for the flash giveaway:

Little boy's 'Racing Tote Bag'




You have 24 hours --- Until 11 AM PST Wednesday ---  to leave a comment saying where you heard about this giveaway for your chance to win!  You can get one extra entry if you share the giveaway!  Please come back and leave a second comment with your URL share.  Thanks!


Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Cheese? Please . . . .

Really? You've tied me up here!

Me some, me some! Please . . . 

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Another winner!

The post from yesterday's Flash Giveaway has a winner!  This lovely basket of goodies goes to . . . .


Renee Wilson of NouveauNiche

contact me, Renee, with your address, a cute little gift basket is waiting to be shipped to your house!  

Monday's are giveaway days 
Additional giveaways in November . . . .

You still have time to enter the Child's Gift Basket giveaway in the November 9th post, enter here.  And there will be one more Flash Giveaway on the 23rd. (24 hours ONLY entry period--mark your calendar!) Although not planned for, there may also be a giveaway on November 30th, watch out for that possible Flash Giveaway! (just depends on how busy I am for the holiday weekend!)

Have a great week!




Monday, November 16, 2015

Another 24 hour Flash Giveaway!

Well, the November giveaways are well underway with two already awarded to winners and two more to come!  Last Monday's Child Gift Basket is still open to entries thru next Monday the 23rd.

Now for today -- a new Flash giveaway!  You have 24 hours to leave a comment on this post to enter!


Contents of the basket are:


Triple YoYo Hair clip
Elastic Hair band
Circle/Button Fabric Hair pin
Set of two zipper pouches

You have 24 hours --- Until 1 PM PST Tuesday ---  to leave a comment saying where you heard about this giveaway for your chance to win!  You can get one extra entry if you share the giveaway!  Please come back and leave a second comment with your URL share.  Thanks!

Don't Forget! 
Enter last Monday's Child's Basket giveaway here
 Good luck! 

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Christmas Bazaars on the way . . .


See you soon at the New Hope Marketplace and St. Anthony's Bazarr!  ~  Watch my facebook page!

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

November Gift Basket Giveaway Winner!

and the Winner is . . . . 

winner of the Autumn Gift Basket giveaway is . . . . .

package will be on its way  to Edi's house today!

Thanks for entering everyone!  
Monday's are giveaway days in November!  Enter often!

Yesterday, a new basket was put up for giveaway ~ check out the post here and enter!


Monday, November 9, 2015

Child's Gift Basket Give-a-way!

Today is the last day to enter the October 26th post for the autumn gift basket. (even tho the Rafflecopter insert says it's over--sorry I got my dates mixed up!) Winner will be chosen this evening at 9 PM and announced on this blog tomorrow.  If you haven't done it yet, there is still time!

In the meantime, enter this giveaway!  I am posting giveaways every Monday thru Thanksgiving!  My way of celebrating GIVING - thanks!!!  I am so thankful for all my readers and customers, this is my way of giving back!  So enter often and you might win!

This week I'm giving away a Child Gift Basket!



there's a 'Lady Bug and Bow' YoYo hair clip,




Also, a colorful iguana print Crayon Roll-up with crayons, and a rag quilted Doll Quilt / Cuddle Blanket, 18" by 15"! (doll blanket may need to be fluffed in a dryer when the winner receives it, it has been rolled up in the gift basket for a while!) All this is in a cute recycled red basket!  Pretty great, uh?  Value of this gift basket is $35.  The winner will be well on their way to gift giving for this holiday!  So enter now!

Enter to Win!

Rules~~~
 
1 entry:: Leave a comment here in this post! What will you do with the gift basket if you win?
2 extra entries:: Follow Abigail Jayne Art  on Facebook or @thepinkgrammy on Twitter !  Make sure you let me know that you are following with separate comments here to record your follow.

Optional extra entry:: My blog followers get a third entry! If you follow here just let me know by making a separate comment to record that entry.
Extra special optional entry:: Help spread the word!! Use your own facebook, instagram, twitter, pinterest, blog, etc...  to share the giveaway.  Come back and comment here with the link. 

Sorry this giveaway is only offered in the USA. 

Make several entries! Enter now through Monday, November 23rd. The winner will be chosen by random drawing and will be announced on my Tuesday November 24th blog post!

* NOTE * If you're a "non reply" or anonymous commenter, please include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you if you win!

Thanks to all who enter the Giveaway!  

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Scrap Use

Recently I purchased a bag full of fabric at Goodwill.  Lots of cottons in various sizes, mostly 1/2 yard cuts and larger.  But, one stack was a grouping of pre-cut squares and rectangles, about two dozen of them.  Squares were approximately 10 inches and rectangles were about 4 by 8 inches.  What to do with them???

I let them sit for a couple of weeks, then I got an idea.  There were several batman pieces and two ninja turtle pieces.  I decided that they would make great snack mats for little boys!  Sew . . . here's what I did with some of them:




Aren't they fun!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

And the winner is . . .

winner of the Flash Giveaway is . . . . .

Natasha of Stalking the Wild Snark
contact me, Natasha, with your address, two coffee sleeves and a set of coasters are waiting to be shipped to your house!  


Thanks for entering everyone!  
Monday's are giveaway days in November!  Enter often!


Still time to enter to win the Autumn Gift Basket!  Enter here: .http://atticreflections.blogspot.com/2015/10/autumn-gift-basket-giveaways.html



Monday, November 2, 2015

Flash Giveaway! 24 hours!

Flash Giveaway!

Go Green! . . . . . Go, go, go!  
ONLY 24 hours to enter!  Winner announced tomorrow! 



Save the planet set:  One set of coasters (four cotton coasters in a cute Green Planet print) and two reversible cup sleeves, (one side the Green Planet print and the other a green stripe).  These would make great gifts!  Hostess gift, paperboy gift, extra gift saved for unexpected guest.

You have 24 hours --- Until 3 AM PST Tuesday ---  to leave a comment saying wher you heard about this giveaway for your chance to win!  You can get one extra entry if you share the giveaway!  Please come back and leave a second comment with your URL share.  Thanks!

P.S.    Many other coaster sets and coffee sleeves in my shop.  

And don't forget! 

Enter giveaway that is ongoing . . . for this Autumn Gift basket. . . . See this post.


Then, come back next Monday for another giveaway! 
Pssst!  Of course, don't miss my posts in between giveaways!!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Another Giveaway . . . .

Psst . . . just a reminder, there will be a 24 hour Flash GIVEAWAY tomorrow in my blog.

Only 24 hours for a chance to win! 
See you tomorrow! 


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

#Pumpkinchocolatechip

My favorite season demands some good recipes!   The other day, I saw this picture posted on my granddaughter's facebook.  She said: My baking helper :)  #pumpkinchocolatechip


Her 'helper' is her cat, Luna. "Hi, Luna!"
But it just so happened that I made a batch of the same cookies that same day!  I guess we think alike!
From the picture, looks like Courtney uses mini choco chips too!

I don't know what hers turned out looking like, she didn't post a finished picture, but here are mine.



Little cookies about 1.5 inches in diameter--bite sized, just right for popping!  I know . . . don't pop too many! The calories add up!  And look at that color!  Just right for Autumn goodness!!!  They won't last long!

Recipe:

2 1/2 cups flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1 t. vanilla extract 
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Mix flour, baking soda and power, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl.  Set aside. Cream sugar and butter in another bowl. Add in pumpkin, egg and vanilla until the mixture is well blended.  Gradually add the flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, and blend well each time until all the flour mixture is added.  Add the chocolate chips, more or less as you prefer. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared greased baking sheets. 

Bake for 15-18 minutes @ 350 degrees until edges are just beginning to brown--do not over cook.  Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, then remove to paper towel blotters or wire racks to cool. Makes about 5-6 dozen cookies, depending upon drop size.  Enjoy!   

Monday, October 26, 2015

Autumn Gift Basket ~GIVEAWAYs~

I Love Autumn!  Excited about the colors!  So . . .
Autumn Gift basket ready to go!  
WIN IT!
(Also, different giveaways every Monday thru Thanksgiving! 
Come back often to enter!)

Basket would make a great gift  for your Thanksgiving hostess!
Or you can decorate your own home with the Autumn motif items!
Two potholders, one set of fabric coasters, and a reversible (Autumn/Christmas) table runner 
ALL in autumn prints!
A $50 value!


Ready for gift giving!  Autumn items in a cute basket, packaged up with cellophane and ribbon!  
And you could win it!  


All you have to do for a chance to win is comment on this post! 
 (Other ways to enter too, see below!)
Winner announced on November 10th!




Enter to Win!

Rules~~~
 
1 entry:: Leave a comment here in this post! What will you do with the gift basket if you win?
2 extra entries:: Follow Abigail Jayne Art  on Facebook or  thePinkGrammy on Twitter !  Make sure you let me know that you are following with separate comments here to record your follow.

Optional extra entry:: My blog followers get a third entry! If you follow here just let me know by making a separate comment to record that entry.
Extra special optional entry:: Help spread the word!! Use your own facebook, instagram, twitter, pinterest, blog, etc...  to share the giveaway.  Come back and comment here with the link. 

Sorry this giveaway is only offered in the USA. 

Make several entries! Enter now through Monday, November 9th. The winner will be chosen by random drawing and will be announced on my Tuesday November 10th blog post!

* NOTE * If you're a "non reply" or anonymous commenter, please include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you if you win!

Thanks to all who enter the Giveaway!  



Also, watch for flash giveaways (24 hours) on alternate Mondays!       



a Rafflecopter giveaway

Friday, October 23, 2015

'Four Weeks of Goodness'

First some old business . . .
The craft shows are coming up so quickly!  I have been busy making some new items.  I think that I showed some of my new items--pin cushions--in this post.  And my progress on crazy quilted stockings in this post. Here is the finished Christmas stocking in a pastel palette.  What do you think?



Also, with the holiday's fast approaching, I know that most of you will be making gift lists and thinking ahead. How about I help you by having a series of give-a-ways! You could win a gift, all ready packaged for giving!   I'll give away two larger gift baskets and two smaller flash giveaways with 
handcrafted goodness
--a gift each week for four weeks!   

All you have to do is follow and comment on this blog, or follow my facebook page or my twitter account.
(I'll give you the FB and twitter connections on Monday!)
Comment for each one that you follow
                     with a separate comment, giving you a possibility of five separate entries toward the final random drawings! (Obviously, if you already follow me, either in this blog or other platforms, let me know in a separate comment for your entry.)

It all starts Monday!  

(Comments must be on Monday's post--you are welcome to comment on this post, but only comments on Monday's post will be eligible for the give-a-way.)   The first gift basket will be unveiled in next Monday's blog post. Other gifts revealed each Monday thereafter until the end of November.  Previous weeks winner will be posted on this blog.  Sew . . . er, so . . . bookmark this blog, or mark your calendar, & set your alarm, so you don't forget to come back Mondays for the all the giveaway GOODNESS!!

Monday, October 12, 2015

New Creations!

Been awful busy making new creations for the coming holiday season--using up fabrics from my stash!  I love using my fabrics!  Here are a couple of crayon aprons that I enjoyed making:



and then I have been making more holiday coaster sets:



I've had a lot of fun.  
What have you been up to creatively?

Friday, September 25, 2015

Weekend Apron Special

My girls texted each other in a group text the other day (whatever happened to phone conversations?) about the family Thanksgiving plans.  Who would like to host?  In which town would we travel to?  Who needed accommodations, etc  Inside of a few minutes, all was decided and plans are made!  WOW! All I had to do was keep watching the texts flying! :)

Anyway, I thought of Thanksgiving and thought that I had better be proactive like my girls!  Sew . . .

I decided that I needed to offer aprons for all you cooks out there!  Sew . . . 

if you purchase any apron this weekend, thru September 28th actually, you will get free shipping! Yes . . . I will pay for your shipping!!  Yay!!!! (On a minimum purchase of $10)! (Just click on the picture link to get to my shop.)

Mother-Daughter set 
Oh  . . . . use coupon code Thread10 
to get the 
FREE SHIPPING!  

Have a great weekend!

Monday, September 21, 2015

Matching Coasters!

We are house and pet sitting for a friend, which involves some TV watching, since we need to stay close.  I always have my tea cup handy and my hubby likes to have ice water.  Our friends have matching recliners and end tables facing the TV, but much to my surprise, no coasters!  There was a folded paper towel on one end table, so I decided to make use of the huge sewing studio and using some of my fabric scraps, make them some -- matching their mostly blue decor, of course!



  What do you think?   

Monday, September 14, 2015

DIY Light Table

I will be house and pet sitting again this week and next, at the same place that we have been before. Remember . . . the house with a huge sewing studio!    Pet sitting for the birds, the cat and the little dog, Maya, who sits at the door of the studio and waits for me to go downstairs.


The last time I was there, I took some pictures of my friend's light table.  I forgot to post them, and thought some of you might like to see it!  The light table sits in the yarn section of her studio:


She loves the Latin flare and Toucans, so her studio is very colorful! I hope you can get the idea for the table and maybe build your own, if you have the room for it!  (This is not meant to be a tutorial, just something to inspire your own creativity!)


The light tables covers the top of a normal wood table, which my friend has covered with a Mexican blanket to match her decor!



The table itself is handmade, just a frame that holds the glass top and some risers to hold it up.


Underneath the glass sit two florescent light fixtures.



Here is a top down view.  You can see that she has a light above too.  She keeps tape rolls under the glass for handy use in securing her paper--she reproduces her own rug hooking patterns for sale.  Of course, those of you who use a light table for photos, you could get a frosted, less transparent glass top.



Hope this helps those of you who need a light table!!