Some Information....

This is the last week for the PAFA Mother's Day drawings. The 15th is the last drawings so you still have time to sign up for some awesome goodies! Go here!

Also, sign-ups for our OFG Summertime Celebration is still going on! You seriously don't want to miss out on winning all of the wonderful items that our team of talented artisans have donated.

Here are a few selections that you can win!

All to one winner!!

Hurry and go here to sign up!

AND don't forget my Etsy Giveaway! I will choose a winner Wednesday (May 11) morning. Anything in my Etsty is up for grabs. See and comment on the post below this one!!

Stay tuned!!

An Etsy Giveaway! (CLOSED)

Yep...you heard me right.

 I've finally got a full inventory in my Etsy shop. I'm 2 people away from having 200 favoriting my shop so there's alot to celebrate. PLUS, I can breathe again and my hacking is almost gone!

To be honest, I thought I still had another week until Mother's Day. Seriously, I didn't discover until a day or so ago that it's THIS SUNDAY!

So, here's my offering:

Go to my Etsy shop HERE or you can click on the banner above or the Etsy gadget on my right side bar.

Go and look and come back and tell me what you'd like to have. ANYTHING is up for grabs! Christmas? Halloween? Still longing for that Valentine? Just tell me. If you get picked it's yours!

If you're a follower, you get a second chance so you know you want to be!!

Of course you can blog about this, or FB, or Tweet and I'll count that as a 3rd chance.

Just tell me; all in one comment, if you please.

I'll run this Giveaway until next Wednesday...that's May 11th. Come back that morning and I'll tell you who won!

Thanks for taking the time.

You know I appreciate you!!

Blessings,

Vicky

I'm On A Roll!

I did it again...I did. I don't know how but I WON another Giveaway!!

Brenda, over at THE RUSTY THIMBLE made this ADORABLE goose to giveaway....

...and she did...TO ME!!!

Want to rub elbows with me? Obviously, lady luck is on my side! Can't wait to have her in my home!

Stop on over at Brenda's Etsy shop. She's having a Mother's Day Sale right now!

Speaking of Mother's Day...I hope to have an offering for you tomorrow or Thursday so come back and see me. It will be short and sweet so don't miss it!

And don't forget the PAFA Mother's Day Giveaway on my right hand side bar. Another 3 winners will be drawn this Saturday!

Stay tuned!

Got An Opinion?

Sure would like to hear it.

Tomorrow is 'Fine Art Friday' at my house...at least it is when I want it to be!

I need to finish this as it's bothering me.

I need your opinion.

Before I finish painting them in, I need to make sure they look like what they are. So, what do you think they might be? Is the large one a whale (he's actually looking a little 'whalish' to me). This is where your opinion matters. Tell me...

I think his head is too....well....blunt. It needs more of a slope.

Let me know what you think so I can finish this picture.

I'm hoping to have a 'Mother's Day Giveaway' next week.

Until then, don't forget the two great Giveaways on my right sidebar. The PAFA TEAM will choose another 3 winners on Saturday!

The OFG TEAM (Old Farmhouse Gathering) will not pick their's until May 28th. Over 26 items for ONE PERSON to win!

Stay tuned!

On Hiatus...sort of....

I put my paintbrushes down this week.

I've traded them in for wiping fevered brows.

It's not my favorite pastime but sometimes a neccessity.

The kids are on the mend; no strep just viral infections that will soon pass only to be replaced by something else. Yes, that's my pessimism coming out!

Here's what I've been working on....

Garlands that need last minute details before they're all put together and a cute little sign that will include that turtle.

These melons are BIG and will have a few crows on top and some 'viney' black wire with heart shaped leaves.

Can you figure these out? I'll soon have them finished and will offer one of them up for a "Mother's Day" Giveaway here.

Speaking of "Mother's Day",

Remember this?

The first prize will be drawn on Saturday so make sure you hurry on over and sign up. Your name STAYS in the drawing every week whether you win or not! Cool, huh?!!!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Stay tuned!

"Sweet Summertime Hugs" GIVEAWAY!

http://oldfarmhousegathering.blogspot.com/

This is one of my Etsy Teams. They are a great bunch of talented artisans. Actually, I should say 'we', shouldn't I?!!

Hurry on over and sign up. There is a slide show of everything that will be going to

 ONE LUCKY PERSON!!

You truly don't want to be left out!!

A PAFA Mother's Day Giveaway!

PAFA is 'Primitive and Folk Artists'. We are a team of wonderfully talented women on Etsy.

We are having a super, duper Mother's Day Giveaway and I am NOT kidding!

From April 15th to May 15th there will be 3 prizes awarded to 3 winners a week!!

Go here to view the prizes AND sign up! There are 5 chances to win and, even if you win one prize, your name STILL STAYS in the pot (so to speak)!!

So what are you waiting for?!!!! GO and sign up...NOW!!!!

http://primitiveandfolkartists.blogspot.com/

Good Luck!!

Just One More Day!

It's almost over. Just one more day to take advantage of the great items that the 'Primitive and Folk Artists'  over on Etsy have in our collection.

Here are a few things that I made.



Precious Tulip Bunny



Eggetha! Doesn't she just 'crack' you up?!



A pair of Easter Ducks!

Just type in the letters STPAFA in the search bar for 'all items' at http://www.etsy.com/ and you will see some

wonderful primitive and folk art!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

I won a GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Yep!! I did!!! And it was such a 'sweet' one!!

Thank you, Vicki (yes, we share the same name!) from

Homespun Hugs and Calico Kisses

You know you SOOOO want to be me right now!!

WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!

Swaps!

Have you ever been in one?

This was my first one!

Tam, over at A Primitive Place, had a Swap entitled, "This is so me, this is so you".

She paired me up with the 'queen of swap', Linda, over at Country Pickins.

I couldn't have asked for anyone better!

We emailed each other before swapping to get to know one another better, shared stories and read each other's blogs.

I got my swap package in the mail yesterday just as I was sending hers out. Here are some details!

                                                      OOOOOOOhhhh, the anticipation!!!

                        Everything is wrapped up in pretty tissue and hidden in secret velvet packages!

Such wonderful Prim goodness!!  A table runner, pillow, prim doll, prim wooden tag, gorgeous mug, dishcloth, soap, candles, DOVE CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS...she could've just stopped there and I'd have been a happy camper!!

Even some 'Easter Treats' for the twins...boy, were they happy, too!!

Thank you so much Linda for your wonderful generosity!

It was sooooo nice getting to know you better! And thanks Tam for generating a new friendship!

I can't WAIT to do this again!!!

Delivery Day!

Mr. Big FINALLY made it to his destination!

Yes, this was about a month ago that I had the Giveaway! 

Remember when I told you I had my 'ducks in a row'?

Well, what I didn't tell you was that from time to time, my ducks get shot to "L"!!!

And this time was no exception!

First and foremost let's get this straight...the UPS STORE is NOT UPS!! They don't tell ignorant people like me those kind of things. And I live in a little glass bowl most times where naivety dwells.

I got my quote online from (the regular) UPS which said Mr. Big would cost about $20 to ship...here in Florida...because Random picked me a winner in my State. So, I took him to the UPS STORE thinking in my 'own little world way' that that was UPS. $150. $150 for them to ship Mr. Big. I told them I was quoted $20 online. NOPE. They wouldn't tell me that they were a franchise of UPS. They just told me that it would be $150 for them to ship it. So long , farewell.

Long story short, I was finally educated about the franchise store after I'd made the call to UPS only to find out the UPS was about 45 minutes away from me. My husband goes that way each morning but when I told him it was $20 to ship it, he said he' be going up Debbie's way in a few days and he'd drop it by himself. WEEELLLLLLL, you have to know my husband and procrastination and the fact that he can't always control his 'appointments' when others are involved. One meeting after another was cancelled and rescheduled and finally, after 3 weeks of me stressing over Mr. Big and emailing Debbie, he finally made it.

I LOVE THIS MAN!!

We'll be married 30 years in a week and a half!

I am not able to get out of my house like most of you can. I take care of our mentally handicapped 24 year old daughter 24/7 and it's not easy to get her out. Most days she doesn't want to go anywhere.

SO I will NOT be shipping big items. I will save them for when I do shows.

Can I just give a 'whoop whoop' that Debbie in Florida was picked? I would have eventually made it to UPS to ship it elsewhere but good gravy boats what a saga!

The moral of the story...watch your ducks!

"A Spring/Easter Giveaway" Winners!

Wow, but this week went by fast!
How fun it was to hear of all the different kinds of treats you like in your Easter baskets! Everything from the Easter Eggs themselves, to our standard Jelly Beans, Chocolate Bunnies to hard crusted Peeps...I like 'em that way, too, Dee!!  Nice to know someone else is weird like me!!!

Thanks everyone for stopping by to play my game. As Always, I'd love to give each of you exactly what you asked for, however, that's not the way it works, is it?! I always apply to at least 5 Giveaways each month and the only one I've ever won was over at Holidays with Matthew Mead. I won the cutest apron out of 1000 PLUS entrants. Lil' ole me!!! Whodathunkit?!!!

So, who's todays winners?

Well, let's see....

I had 26 commenters with 3-4 comments per name totalling 92. I checked this list multiple times to be sure and....

SANDI...who wants the Easter Blocks
and
LOGAN AND KELSEY...who wants a Choc or Vanilla Bunny

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!!

Send me your address to my email: VicWeave@aol.com and I'll get your gift out on Monday!

Thanks so much for coming by and giving me the time of day! Sure do appreciate your support.

Need to give a 'shout out' to our PAFA Team  (Primitive and Folk Artists) over at Etsy. We're having a "Spring Has Sprung" Celebration and the artists have some fantastic looking primitives and folk art for you to see. Just click on the Etsy link in this post or the picture to the right on my sidebar. You won't be sorry!

Hugs to one and all!

Vicky :0)

Don't Miss This!

The 'Primitive and Folk Artists' are having a Springtime Celebration over on Etsy.

Just type in the letters STPAFA in the search bar for all items and you will see some wonderful primitive and folk art!!

Don't forget my Giveaway!

Today is the last day to sign up. I'll announce 2 winners tomorrow morning!

 (Sign up on the post below this one!)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Vicky :0)

A Spring/Easter Giveaway!! (CLOSED)

It's that time again!

We're already heading into Summer temps. Highs in the upper 80's this week and we've still a few more weeks until the actual Easter celebrations begin. I remember last year a friend of mine posting on her blog pictures of her Easter egg hunt...in the snow...and the funniest thing about it was the colors of the egg dye that had been left behind in the fluffy, white stuff! I CANNOT even begin to fathom that kind of weather at this time of year!!

So, for those of you still in the throws of 'old man winter', I hope this puts a little 'spring' in your step!!

Easter blocks...cut from 1.5 pine lumber and approx. 9" long.

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Awwwwe,  a little lamb! (small basket)

Solid Easter Block with button embellishments!

Pinkie!

Another smaller basket...this one's got a bunny on it!

Simply stated...a solid Easter block.



I made something similar with the kids for their teachers and they love their 'bunny stacks'!

I've got a few sets of these. They've showed up in a few Etsy Treasuries!



Checkers...my newest addition to my bunny menagerie!

This basket is lined inside!

                     If you've been here before then you know how this works. If not, here's what you do!

1. Be a follower or become one.

2. Leave me a comment on which item you'd like.

3. Tell it to the world on FB or your blog and let me know you've done it.

4. What's your favorite treat that you like the Easter bunny to leave in your basket?

(If you're registered as anonymous, please leave me an email so I can get in touch with you if you win)

Keep it all in one comment if you can, purty please!

Sorry, because of shipping prices this one's for the US only.

I'll announce 2 winners on Saturday morning...that's April 2nd on my calendar!!

Thanks so much for coming by!!

Vicky :0)