Treasures in Blogland

Blogland is like an unexpected world just waiting to be discovered. Behind every nook and cranny, under every rock there are little treasures to be found! I've found a few such treasures lately! I'd like to share them with you, if I may.

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In May I won a Birthday Giveaway

hosted by Carolyn of Draffin Bears!

I was one of 4 lucky winners!

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Carolyn sent this pretty card and

sweet handmade dough ornament! She wrote the sweetest note inside!Isn't her hand writing beautiful!?
Thank you, Carolyn from Draffin Bears!

I am grateful for your friendship!

She makes the most adorable Teddy Bears

and has a shop also called Draffin Bears.

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Next, from the talented Ruth Perry

I received this beautiful pink celtic style tatted bookmark.

Ruth tatted this herself.

Ruth also goes by her pen name Rozella Linden

and has written a many books on Celtic Tatting.

Celtic Tatting is a style of tatting where the tatting intertwines

as you make the lace. It's quite intriguing.

This type of tatting shuttle was made special for Ruth

when she published her "Celtic Tatting" book

through Handy Hands Publishing. Barbara Foster,

owner of Handy Hands Tatting, asked her if a thinner

shuttle would work better for this type of tatting and

so the Celtic Tatting Shuttle was "born"!

The Celtic Shuttle is thinner than a typical tatting shuttle so

that it will slide in between smaller spaces that

celtic tatting creates. Ruth tells me that the

following shuttle was the result of this design request. Can you see how it's long and skinny?

This shuttle, Ruth told me, was one of the first Celtic shuttles

ever made. She said she no longer has a need for it

and so she passed it on to me!

I am honored! I haven't learned celtic tatting yet,

so, no pressure there, LOL! I certainly will now!

I have many of Ruth's books!

You may be wondering how I happened to acquire such

tatting treasures from Ruth, a woman I have never met, but have admired her talent for many years.

It just so happens that she had a "yard sale" earlier this year which I participated in. It was like a grab bag where you made a bid and got some her stash of threads, beads, shuttles, and tatted bits. This is only some of what she sent me. I'll post more about this later.

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Thank you for coming to see some of my treasures I've acquired in blogland! It's been a pleasure to share them with you. What sort of treasures have you come across in blogland lately? Feel free to share your thoughts with me. Comments are always welcome here! Don't forget, the friendships I've made with many of you are the greatest treasures of all!

Sincerely,

XOXO