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 a fun day in Blogger-land today! I've had 3 really really cool things I want to share with you today.
The first thing I want to share is this bookmark I designed and tatted over the last 24 hours.
Motif # 7
Vintage Inspired Tatted Rosette Bookmark
Design by TattingChic
This bookmark has utterly consumed my entire being for the last 24 hours! It all started when my friend Matt...
( he gave me permission to use his first name and last name, address, phone number and run a small advertisement for him that he is single and available. I opted to just use his first name and State of residence in the US...there's a link to his my space page on his name...please don't judge him by the pic of the wierd girls with the pink wigs where his photo should be...that's NOT him! Besides, he's a nice guy.)
... from Connecticutt said to me, "TattingChic...." well, he really didn't say "TattingChic" but you get the idea right? He said, "TattingChic....will you tat something for me?"
I was actually kind of surprised by the request as he doesn't seem the kind of guy who would request a piece of handmade lace, but we never really know people, do we? LOL!
I said, "Okay..." thinking about how he's really kinda helped me out in a tight spot in the past and probably deserves a little tatting, "I know, I'll tat you a bookmark! What color do you want, blue?"
To my utter surprise he came back with "White....yeah...white....no...red roses...I want red roses with white...."
"Uhmmmm....okay...are ya sure about that Matt?", I said knowing that this guy is not effeminate in the least and has a powerful attraction toward women. Not that heterosexual men can't be liking red roses or lovely things, that's not what I'm saying...so what am I saying?
I really don't know what it is I'm saying...I'm very sleep deprived right now, go easy on me...LOL
He said most assuredly, "Yup, red roses, that's what I want...and white...and I want it BIG, too
none of this little stuff."
Okay, I know a way around that. I used size 20 thread...LOL! The bookmark measures 9 inches long and is 2 and 1/4 inch wide...Is THAT big enough for ya, Matt?
So, here's the thing. I know there are other rosette style bookmarks out there and they're nice, they're okay, but they're just not something I wanted to spend my time tatting so I happened to have these vintage workbasket needlework magazines out that I inherited from my Grandma and I felt inspired by this old baby bonnet pattern from the Feb 1969 Workbasket. I've tatted that bonnet when I was fifteen and it was just beautiful. So, I redesigned the rosettes a bit more to my liking and connected 5 of them with a round also of my own design. I had to cut off the first design as it had severe design flaws, but the mathematics of the stitch count all worked out in the end so this is what I ended up with.
It's way too big for a regular bookmark I would normally make, but it's MATT's bookmark. I'll probably redesign it again just for fun.
Here's where the obsession came in. Yesterday at 3:00pm I started drawing the picture
of the bookmark design I saw in my head. Wrote in my own version of shorthand the pattern and tatted for about 2 hours.
I woke up at 12:45am...couldn't sleep...started tatting...til 4:30am...ate breakfast and then tatted
it all day until 5:00pm I couldn't stop! I did eat, but I just couldn't stop til it was done. Wierd, that!
The second fun thing I want to share is that...
Barb at The French Element!
Thank you, Barb :)
She has a great blog you should go take a gander
when you get a chance.
It's my first tag...tee hee!
Here are the rules:
1. Link back to the person that tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share 6 unimportant things about yourself.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your entry.
6 Unimportant things about TattingChic
1. I own 3 versions of "Pride and Prejudice" videos.
2. I think that Red Vines or Twizzlers make a great straw
for my Diet Coke at the movies if you bite off each end and stick it into
the cup it lends a strawberry/cherry essence to the Diet Coke...yum.
3. I never could get into Soap Operas.
4. I've never been to an Opera.
5. I think that Colin Firth is kind of a hottie....yeah, I do....
(but then, so is Charlie Sheen and Brad Pitt, well, he's okay...LOL)
6. German Chocolate Cake is my absolute favorite cake.
And there you have it folks, now don't you feel deeply enriched and like you know me
so much better now?
Okay so now it's time to tag 4 other people...heh heh heh...(rubs hands together)
I Tag....
1. Dantatter
2. TattyCat
3. Diane
4. Melissa
Okay girlies...get taggin'! I know I know, some of you have already been tagged, but that's what you get for being such special peeps in blogger-landia!
Added Edit: June 19, 2008 Please consider the tag optional. It's all about having fun and getting to know each other better. :)
So, thirdly, this is another fabulous thing that
happened to me today!!!
I WON!!! I WON!!! I WON!!!
Remember the fortune cookie? Well, I think it's still working because the lovely Laurie over at Charming Designs has informed me that I won the Giveaway Friday she most recently had! Yippee Skippee!
She gave me permission to use the pics from her blog to show you the wonderful hand painted message board that she made.
Here's the full view.
Here's a closeup of Laurie's beautiful hand painted flowers.
She also makes these adorable birdies and whimsies and pretties. You really should check out her blog, too when you get a chance. It's fun.
Well, thank you to my Tatting Muse for keeping me up all night and to Barb and Laurie for a wonderful day in Blogger-land!
I wish you all the very best of luck and I'm very glad that you stopped by for a visit. Please remember that comments are always welcome. I enjoy each and everyone of them.
Come again!
Luv n' stuff,
TattingChic :)
