Wishing you all a Happy New Year and my first "Giveaway"

I hope everyone brought in the new year safely.

My "New Year's Resolutions" for this year are:

 to organize my crafting room.

 to finish one project before starting on another.


To start off the new year I am offering my first giveaway to show my appreciation to all of my followers and those who have left kind comments on my previous posts. I am offering these two handknit cotton dish cloths, three dish towels, and a Gooseberry Patch Christmas #6 book. To be entered in this giveaway leave a comment below. If you are a follower of my blog you will receive two entries. If you do not have a blog you will receive one entry but please be sure to include your email address. The winner will be drawn on Saturday, January 9.

A gift from my daughter

I regret that we did not have a family gathering this year as we had done in the past. My husband has been recuperating from two surgeries and with all the stress we have gone through in the past couple of months dealing with his pain and recuperation, I felt it was best to celebrate quietly at home. I was fortunate to have my youngest daughter pull out all of my Christmas decorations and put up my tree this year. If it wasn't for her my home would not have any Christmas spirit whatsoever. Thank you Jenn for being there for us.

I was so pleased to receive a special gift from my daughter in Michigan. She sent me a pair of handmade primitive mother and daughter Annie dolls that she made especially for me. She designed the dolls herself and included a little pillow stitched with the words "A mother holds her children's hands for a while.....Their hearts forever." I'm so proud of her accomplishments.



I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I Won a Giveaway!

I'm so excited! I won a giveway from Sandy's The Olde Country Cupboard blog. I love her blog and have purchased many of her "You Are Special" patterns over the past few years. I feel so fortunate to have won her "Trees of the Season". Please check her blog and her pattern line by clicking on the highlighted links above. I'm sure you'll be inspired by her work as much as I am.

Another Christmas Raggedy Annie Completed

It has been a dreary weekend due to a front pushing into southern Florida from the Gulf of Mexico. We've haven't had any rain yet but it has been cloudy all day. This type of weather makes me spend more time in my sewing room working on new dolls. I designed this primitive Raggedy Ann doll myself - no pattern was used on this one. I guess after you have completed enough dolls using other designers patterns, you feel confident enough to create your own. This Christmas doll was just listed on Ebay. I have two other dolls listed that end today.

Cath's Pennies is having a giveaway for this cute handmade wool Christmas candle mat. Visit her blog and sign up to win. She will be drawing the winner on Wednesday, November 18 at 10:00 p.m.