Have you ever had one of those days where you can feel loved? Some days are full of more love than others. This would be one of those days. I just have to say that I love my blogging buddies.
That means YOU!!!
BIG (((hugs)))!
To help you understand what all this talk about love is all about let me share some goodies my fellow blogging buddies have shared with me!
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First of all,
sumpin' sumpin'
one day and decided to have a
as to what this little something(s)
was.
Now, doesn't this look like a
CATERPILLAR
to you?
LOL! It does to me.
The correct guesses were thrown into
"the hat" and a winner was drawn.
Apparently, Thimbleanna was NOT
knitting caterpillars that day.
So, why am I blogging about guessing incorrectly?
Well, incidentally, there were sooooo
many people who guessed
"caterpillar"
(which gave Thimbleanna the chuckles)
that she consequently had ANOTHER drawing
just for us caterpillar guessers!!!
And I WON!!!
WHOOPEEEEEEEE!!!
Wanna see what I got in the mail yesterday?
You know I'm gonna show ya,
no matter what ya say...LOL!
Here's the goodie stash altogether.
Still don't know what it is?
Let me break it down for you
so you can see it more clearly.
First of all,
she sent this card
to wish me a
Happy Halloween.
Next, there was some adorable
Mary Englebreit gift cards
and M&Mmmmmmm's.
Last, and most certainly not least,
was this lovely Vera Bradley passport holder.
Isn't it pretty?
I love the chocolate brown and
robin's egg blue combination
of this beautiful print.
If you've read Thimbleanna's blog
at all you'll know that she
spreads the love for Vera Bradley.
So, what was it that
Thimbleanna was knitting?
THESE!
Hey, Thimbleanna!!!Didn't anyone tell you that you
have caterpillars on your feet?
;)
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Thank you, Thimbleanna!
I love my giftees!!!
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Next on the docket,
I've been tagged by
She is a very talented scrappin' artist.
Her blog is worth a visit sometime.
She makes the cutest scrapbook albums!
This Meme is about 7's
7 Things I plan to do before I die:
1. Go Skydiving...just kidding!
2. Become a therapist and help people with PTSD.
3. Be the best wife and mother EVER!
4. Learn to bobbin lace if I get really bored.
:)
6. Publish a book of my tatting patterns.
7. Publish a book of my poetry and short stories.
7 Things I do now:
1. Tat
2. Walk a mile each day.
3. Engage in cake decorating occasionally.
4. Watch too much TV.
5. Strive to eat more fruits and veggies and less fast food.
(Key word: STRIVE, LOL!)
6. Write poetry and short stories.
7. Tat out and write an occasional tatting pattern.
7 Things I can't do:
1. Make the #3 sign with my three middle fingers...LOL!
2. Sing opera (and THAT's okay!)
3. Get the computer to draw tatting patterns for me.
4. American Sign Language.
5. Speak French
6. Read people's minds.
7. Help you with your calculus.
7 Things that attract me to the Opposite Sex:
1. Sense of humor
2. Engaging personality
3. Looks, of course! Feh!
4. KINDNESS!
5. Gentlemanliness
6. Education
7. Being a good provider
(I'm an old fashioned kind of gal)
7 Things that I say most often:
1. WHAT?
(I'm HOH, what can I say?)
2. How cool is that?
3. That is soooo cuuuuute!
4. I LOVE it!
5. Get outta town!
6. Okay!
7. Fabulous!!!
7 Celebrities that I admire:
1. I would love to have the beauty of Angelina Jolie.
2. I love that Kathy Bates has broken the mold
of typical successful hollywood actresses.
3. I've always enjoyed Goldie Hawn's comedic acting.
4. I have acquired a taste for Kelsey Grammar of late.
5. Adam Sandler is usually good for a chuckle.
6. So is Gene Wilder.
7. a)I was totally in LOVE with Val Kilmar in the '80's
b) I have been in love with Colin Firth since the 90's
7 Favorite Foods:
1. Pizza
2. Pasta
2. Almost anything Italian
3. Salmon
4. A really good, fresh, crisp green salad with organic veggies.
5. Ribeye steak
6. Peanut butter
7. Nectarines
7 People who need to do this:
The first 7 people that I list below
on the One Sweet Blog Award.
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gave me this lovely award.
As mentioned before,
it was created by an
artist by the name of
To quote the creator of this award,
she says,
"I have a special award for all the sweet blogs I visit...
I am giving this award to all the wonderful people that I visit almost every day....
they have inspired me and shared their wonderful lives with all of us....
I only ask that you nominate some of the wonderful
people you visit each and every day...."
I really didn't know who to award it to as there are so many bloggers who bless my life with their daily inspirational and friendly posts. So I narrowed it down a bit.
I am giving this award to all
my blogging friends who have given me something,
either a tag, or an award, a giveaway, or an exchange.
Please, please, please, let me know if I've left anyone out.
1) Bella Sinclair...right back atcha!!!
2) Umi & Tsuru...for awarding me the "I Love Your Blog Award"
3) Tatskool at Tat's A Kool Challenge ...for the "Arte Y Pico Award"
4) Barb from The French Elements...for the "Brillante Weblog Award"
5) Tracy at Pink Purl...for "The Arte Y Pico Award" and my very first tag!
6) Melissa of Honey Bee's Bliss...for the Friendship Exchange!
7) (lucky) Thimbleanna...for giving me the goodies I just showed you pics of.
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Okay you lucky seven you get the TaG AND the award, lucky you guys!
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8) Miss Victoria from
Vintage Tea...for the "Super Commenter Award"
11) Karen from
Cider Antiques...for the 1st blog giveaway that I ever won!!!
To the first seven listed "YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED!"
(and awarded).
To all "listees" there really isn't a RULE
with this award. So to quote Bella Sinclair,
"Spread the love, baby, spread the love."!
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Thank you for letting me share some of the love with all of you.
I know, this was a long one so pat yourself on the back if you've
made it this far.
As always, comments are always welcome here! I cherish each
and everyone of them! I look forward to hearing what you have to
say!
Doesn't a piece of cheesecake sound good right about now?
Peace out,
What does frienship mean to you?
Friendship means many different things to many different people. For some it's the kind look someone gives you when you've made a social
faux pas for others it's the one who goes to a social event with you when you just can't stand to go alone. It can mean these and many, many different things.
In my last
post I shared an experience I've recently had with a friend who has graciously helped me out in a difficult time. I felt this was deserving of a little tatted token of friendship...a heart.
She seemed to like the idea.
I spent most of the day yesterday tatting this up for her. I'm counting it as one of my motifs for the 25 Motif Challenge.
Motif # 6 A Heart of Frienship
Frienship Heart as seen from the front for those of you who care to stare at it and figure out what that means because to most people it looks exactly the same as the back...hee hee.
This tatted heart pattern was designed by Teri Dusenbury. It's called "Sadie". I used a new ball of white DMC Cebelia thread size 20 with 2 new Aero shuttles that I purchased yesterday...LOL...I was running low on shuttles and thread as you may have noticed from my previous post. (removing tongue from cheek, now)
I'm really proud of this heart because for the first time I tatted a front from a back. I think that doing the
25 Motif Challenge is helping me to improve my tatting skills. In order to do a front and back when I reversed work for the chains, I tatted the second half of the double stitch first, and then the first half of the double stitch second and so on and so forth so that when turned over all the double stitches looked the same on both the rings and chains. I've never done that before. I think I tried once, but I got so confused I stopped. I wasn't ready for such ridiculous attention to detail. I don't know if I will do it on continuous basis.
My friend will probably never know the difference, but I will have the satisfaction of knowing I can do it again if I want to.
I gave it to her in this little card.
I love to make handmade cards, but this one was from an awesome box of cards I got at Costco a while back. If you have a Costco Club store in your area and you like cards you should really take advantage of this deal! They're about fifteen dollars for a box of thirty or more beautiful cards and they're all different from each other! They're great when you're in a rush and you don't have time to make one or you just like a cute handmade look without the fuss. This is one of the more elegant ones, most of them are more cutesy...I don't know why, but I just had to put that little plug in there for the Costco cards...LOL!
Thank you for taking time to visit TattingChic today. I hope you've enjoyed your visit here and you're welcome to come back anytime. Comments are always welcomed and appreciated! I love to read them all.
For all those wonderful Fathers out there,
"HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!!!"
You know who you are.
You may wonder why I would purchase a piece of art with
Look what's on the back!!!
.HEIC)
