100th Post Giveaway Winner!!!

All comments were printed (extras were added for those who blogged about my giveaway and added a button to their sidebar - thanks!!!), cut out, folded and placed in a bowl...

DH mixed 'em all up! And drew one lucky winner...

Congratulations Claudia of Infinita Diversidade!!! I've sent an email requesting any specifics for your zip pouch and will put it all together and ship it out later this week! I'll post Claudia's zip pouch here after I confirm she has received it.

Thanks for all of you for participating! I love all of my bloggy friends!

Sale in the Shop and Another Giveaway (from another blogger)

Head over to my shop! Lots of items have been reduced (SALE!!!) because the listings expire on August 11th and I would really, really rather get some sales than have to re-list or keep all this great stuff in my already-bursting-at-the-seams house. Take a look! If you like something convo me on etsy and be sure to mention the word CHLOE and I will take an additional 10.1% off your order (to celebrate this my 101th post)! Just convo me AFTER making your purchase but PRIOR to paying for your purchase so I can adjust your invoice.

Do you like this??? Wanna win it??? Just pop over to Creative Writings 101 and enter her 50th post celebration giveaway! I sooooo hope I win!!!

100!!!

Warning: Picture heavy post...but stick with me...the big news is at the end of the post!!!


Wow! I can't believe it has been soooo long since my last post! So much has happened since then! I guess that is what summer time weather and working 70+ hours a week will do to ya...

So, since I last posted the family we had in our backyard has all grown up and left their nest. As promised, here is their last picture taken before they flew the coop.


We also made the trip to Indy to attend a friends wedding and in doing so got to catch up with a lot of very dear friends (two of which are pregnant!!!). The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time just getting out of town for a weekend.

Also, I haven't had the opportunity yet to share my birthday present from DH with all of you. It was a really good one so be prepared...


An sewing/embroidery machine! Though this little contraption will strictly be used for embroidery (no detaching that monster embroidery unit and I couldn't neglect my first love - my Bernina!). I've already put it to good use making a gift for a friend.




Now, for the big news.
In celebration of my 100th post and my new embroidery machine I will be hosting a giveaway! The lucky winner will receive a custom made zip pouch by yours truly! I will customize fabric color/ribbon and embroidery to suit your style (limited to what is in my stash). How do you win??? Simply leave a message on this post! For an extra chance at winning blog about my giveaway and for another extra chance just post my little button on your sidebar.

Simple as that. In your comment be sure to list your favorite color and a link to your page if you blogged/used my button. The giveaway will officially end on Saturday, August 9, 2008. The winner will be announced here Saturday afternoon. I will contact the winner once selected to work out details of their custom zip pouch (complete name vs. monogram vs. graphic etc).

Spread the word and good luck! It's great to be back to blogging!

edited to include, email me if you want the html for the button - i can't get it to post on blogger right now! stitchingsurgeon@gmail.com

My next post is #100

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." ~Richard Bach

The past 4 days have been extremely hard for me...but things are looking better. When things get tough one of my favorite things to remind myself is that God will not give me more than I can handle. But yesterday (while brushing my teeth - go figure!) it was like I was hit with a ton of bricks and I found major relief in the fact that the bad experiences I have had really are making me a better person. We all face our own "problems" and it is usually very difficult to look at these things at the time and be thankful for them...but today I am finally at that stage. I am thankful for my recent experience. Yes, it was an extremely tough day...and I'm sure that there will be tough (or tougher) days in my life...but next time hopefully it won't take me so long to get to the point where I am now.

That said...on to more fun things.

My birthday was this week. We celebrated early over last weekend. My sister made my birthday cake and it was de-lish!

Today is my sweet Grandpa's birthday! I can't wait to celebrate with him over this coming weekend!

DH & I finally used our fire bowl for the first time this summer! Whoo-hoo! I love that thing. Looking forward to using it again this weekend since we finally found a place where we can get firewood that is cut small enough to fit in it!

Still working on exposing myself. It seems I can't follow deadlines well but mine is to hopefully have it all exposed by the end of this weekend.

Just had to let you all know about these...

I am a BIG fan of The Black Apple blog (who isn't after her spot on Martha...she's a celebrity now!). Emily's designs are always so cute. I fell in love with this little ghost a while back but missed out on getting one of my own from her shop (things sell FAST there). So, when I found out Miss Emily had teamed up with Sublime Stitching on a pattern set and it included this little ghost I just had to have one. So while I was browsing about to purchase this:

photo from www.sublimestitching.com

I came across this:

photo from www.sublimestitching.com

I just had to have this one too!

How awesome and perfect is this for me???

I can't wait to get these.

Holiday! Celebrate!

Happy 4th of July!

DH & I are going here today...

To do a little of this...

Fishing on the 4th of July! Then we will be seeking some fireworks later tonight! Have a great 4th everyone!

(Again, sorry for the lack of blogging. I've had pneumonia! Being sick stinks but it is even worse when it happens in the summer.)

I've got some things all lined up to expose myself. I'll show more on that over the weekend. :)