Our new winners!

In third place we have LacyLola!

And in second place we have marisajay!

Congrats to the new winners!

Valley Merry Christmas was overall a success for me. My dear grandfather surprised me by making two wooden doll houses for me to sell. I only sold one of them, but to someone I know. My second grade teacher!!! She was so excited to take it home to her granddaughter. I also had someone interested in purchasing fabric roses from me to turn into hair pins and jewelry to sell in beauty salons. Later in the week I have to send her pictures of the fabric I have so we can decided what she wants to purchase.

Also had my family's Thanksgiving on Saturday. We took Miss Ivy with us and everyone loved her to pieces, especially my little cousins. Right now, Ivy is whining for no particular reason and it's quite annoying. She may be cute, but man is she needy.

Pictures of the craft show in Dover should be up tomorrow. I also plan on taking some pictures of the other doll house to show you all!

Hey, contest winners!

So far only one out of three of my giveaway winners has contacted me. Dave and Nosen, you have until the end of the day to shoot me an email. If neither contacts me, I'll redraw for 2nd and 3rd place winners. Always a chance, folks!

Boom or Bust

First, the bad news. The craft show in Dover was a total bust. I sold 4 things and made $18. That didn't even cover the cost of the table! It was bad for everyone, though. No one really sold anything. Valley Merry Christmas is this coming weekend; things should go better there.

And, once again, my camera is MIA. If I can find it here in the next few days I'll post pictures from the craft show.

In other news, I'm working on Christmas dresses for my dog, Chloe. And.... the new puppy! Say hello to Miss Ivy.

 

And speaking of Chloe, I've made her her very own doggie closet! It was made from an old crate that I had found at the ReStore for $3. It was an ugly, mustard yellow color. Now it's more of a sunshiney, happy yellow. The plaque at the top is the slat that was on it's side (now the top). The rod is just a spare piece of wood I had laying around. Thankfully, I didn't have to saw anything. Just pounded in a few nails.

 

Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving! And be careful out there on Black Friday!!!

Cheers!!!

We have a winner...... or three!

Congratulations to the following people.

In third place, winning a narwhal cross stitched book mark in the color of their choice AND a pair of micro-tomato earrings in the color of their choice, we have Dave: "I dig the birdhouse!"

In second place, winning a narwhal cross stitched book mark, a pair of micro-tomato earrings AND a medium sized bouquet of ribbon roses, we have Nosen: "I'm methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."

And in first place, winning A narwhal bookmark, micro-tomato earrings, a LARGE sized bouquet of ribbon roses, AND a piece of altered art* AND a music inspired birdhouse, we have cthululovesme: "The narwhal bacons at midnight. Saw your post in r/crafts and decided to stop by. If I luck out, would it possible to have a squid in my altered art?"

Congratulations, guys and gals! Please shoot me an email at ribbonwhimsy@gmail.com so we can discuss colors and so I know where to send your prizes!!!

All quiet on the home front

It's been a few days since my last post and I apologize. My camera's battery died and I can't seem to find the charging cord. I would love to post pictures of what I've been working on, there's quite a bit, but alas, not until I can find my camera cord.

I've been working hard on trying to get stuff done for the craft show in Dover next weekend. I'm not sure how well it's going to go. These smaller craft shows tend to attract older ladies who don't like my "edgy" art. So time to fire up the glue gun and make a bunch of wreathes for the old gals!

Hopefully, I can find my camera cord today and get some pictures taken of everything. I've been working so hard that I haven't had time to cross stitch. So, to my darling Bethany whom I've told I'm working on something for, I am so sorry. Forgive me? <3

So no craft pictures. How about puppies?

A Giveaway!!!

It's high-time for a giveaway, don't you think? My humble little blog wants to be a star (or at least higher on a search of my name!) and I think a dual purpose giveaway should do the trick!

As you all know, I love reddit. I spend a great deal of time on there and have really found a place in the community. Well, a fellow redditor has his own search engine! It's geared towards people who don't like google's somewhat-evil method of displaying search results based on your interests and facebook info. So in order to promote DuckDuckGo and to bring some more traffic to my humble corner of the internet, we're doing a giveaway!

To enter, just comment on this blog entry. It can be whatever you like!* Tell me about the weather in your neighborhood! Your new cat! Or how Bigfoot just stole a beer from the fridge! One comment per contestant, please. Also, it's only open to United States residents. Shipping is expensive, yo!

*Except for not safe for work material, racist, homophobic, sexist, and generally mean stuff.

We'll have three winners.

Third place will receive:
A narwhal cross stitched book mark in the color of their choice AND a pair of micro-tomato earrings in the color of their choice.

Second place will receive:
A narwhal cross stitched book mark, a pair of micro-tomato earrings AND a medium sized bouquet of ribbon roses.

First place will receive:
A narwhal bookmark, micro-tomato earrings, a LARGE sized bouquet of ribbon roses, AND a piece of altered art* AND a music inspired birdhouse.

 

*The art you see here is not the one you'll be receiving. I'll make you something special and unique!

The contest will run from now until November 15th. 

So, please check out DuckDuckGo and leave your comment to enter the giveaway! Good luck, everyone!