Drumroll Please...

Before I announce the winner, I just want to thank everyone for stopping by and leaving a comment. I'm usually a bit behind answering my email messages, but I will reply to your messages provided there's a way for me to do it. Soooo... if you don't hear from me, that just means that your comment came in as a "No-Reply" ,and there's no way for me to return your message. Also, last night I had some problems with emails came back as undeliverable, so if I missed returning your message, sorry about that.

OK, now onto the drawing...

This week is the last week of school for the kiddos. My Buddy (teenage DS) had finals this morning and a short day. He was the first one home and agreed to help with the drawing.

Congratulations, Ghislaine!! Please email me your snail addy ASAP.

Box Bag Bug

I should be working on Step 5 of my Orange Crush quilt because afterall, Step 6-Mystery Revealed was posted earlier in the week! Instead, I got a bug! A box bag bug that is! Boy, that's a mouthfull! Try to said that three times real fast! :D

Yep, these are what I've been working on in my spare times. Recognize that red butterflies one?

I saw this Box Bag first over at Lisa Boyer's blog. She is the author of That Dorky Homemade Look. Click here to check out her site. She is taking a break from blogging at the moment due to a busy schedule, but her blog is worth taking a lookee... fun, fun, fun.

Lisa made these bags and has a link to the tutorial, so that is where I got the pattern to make those bags. Click here for the tut.

All of those Box Bags in the photo have been claimed except for one...

I mentioned before in my previous post that I will have another giveaway real soon. Well, here it is! I'm giving this Box Bag and a few goodies to go inside it. This is my way of saying thank you to all of you who stopped by and leaving a comment. All you have to do to be in the drawing is to comment on this post and tell me what color or colors of fabrics you want to see in this Box Bag. The winner will get their preferences of some FQs in this bag. I do have 1930's fabrics and Civil War fabrics, so if you prefer those, let me know. And if you like scrappy like me, then I will fill it with whatever in my stash!

This will be a quick one! This giveaway is open until Sunday night my time. I will do the drawing on Monday afternoon. Good luck!

I found this blooming in the corner of my yard while taking pics of the Box Bags. I forgot I have these lilies. What a pleasant unexpected!

And since I have the camera... have to take some pics of my furry babies.... :D

Now you see it....

Now you don't...
My Sweetie Pie has been letting her hair grow long since last year from a little below shoulders-length. With the hot season almost upon us, we decided that it's time to get her hair cut. However, it is not any regular haircut.... she will be donating her hair to Wigs for Kids, and it's also her first time at a beauty salon. I had always trimmed her hair for her at home. Look at how much was taken off... almost 15"! Wigs for Kids requires at least 12" long.
Even after all that was taken off, the hair stylist took off another 1" to 2" of her hair during the final haircut.

I'm very proud of our Sweetie Pie! She always had long hair up to this point and did not want to get her hair cut THAT short. But she would do it to help out kids who had lost their hair due to illnesses or treatments. What's great about all of this, is that Girl Scouts partnered with Wigs for Kids to help spread the word. Sweetie Pie will receive a patch for her donation. Here she is with her new look. She looks so cute and grown up!

Another giveaway!

I was over at Candace's blog, and she had a link to another giveaway. Calidore is celebrating her 700th post!! Click here to check it out! She's giving away two prizes!

Camping and the Prize Drawing

I'm back! I have survived and fully recovered from the Girl Scouts Junior Jamboree camping experience! *LOL*

It was a busy weekend trip with full of activities for the girls. They had to set up camp as soon as we arrived on Friday afternoon. Up bright and early on Saturday with camp competitions in the morning, made lunch, clean up, then onto games in the afternoon, followed by a parade, made dinner, clean up, finished off with a flashlight campfire (too dry to light a real fire). On Sunday, awards and ceremonies, broke camp and headed back home. Whew!! Just typing about it made me tired again!

This is the view on the way to the camp....Our mountain view...One of our hikings...

Now, onto the giveaway...

Thank you everyone for your visits and lovely comments. This has been a great encouragement for me to continue with blogging. Also, it is so much fun to do a giveaway that I might do another one very soon. :D

Those little doxies love to help pick the winner....

They sniffed out each of the entries....

finally, pushed one out of the basket...

(drumroll) and the winner is....

as you can see, they wanted quite a few of you to win, but I'm afraid I must go with the first one out of the basket...
Anina at Dear Baby Jane blog!

Anina, please send me your snail addy!