Reflections

'Random Act Of Kindness' Winner!

Many thanks to those of you who entered my Birthday Random Act Of Kindness Giveaway.

 
The random drawn winner is non other than Deb!

When I had my birthday not long ago, my best friend Sharon gave me a big surprise by taking me on a ghost tour, at the Adelaide goal, it meant a lot.  So now for her birthday I'm taking her to Melbourne for hers.  This is what true friendships is.  Cheers Deb

Congratulations Deb!  Please drop me an email with your postal details and I'll get your winning RAK in the mail to you!

Thanks again to everyone who took the time to enter!

Happy Birthday! Random Act Of Kindness!

Yes!  It's my birthday today and what a lovely day I've had too!  I have been overwhelmed by the number of messages on my Facebook Page AND that I've received via SMS on my mobile!  Thank-you everyone - you've certainly made me feel so very special today!  I have indeed had a lovely day and it looks like I've got some serious shopping to do with several vouchers to spend - yippee!  My parents came for lunch and we enjoyed some of my homemade Pea & Ham Soup AS WELL AS homebaked Ciabatta Garlic Bread AND a Caramel Cheesecake compliments of the Cheesecake Shop in Traralgon that Mum & Dad picked up on the way!  Mmm - so yummy!  We've finished off the day with dinner in town and now Stuart & I are enjoying a lovely glass (or two) of wine!  Heaven!

Oh - I can't resist taking the opportunity to share a photo of a gorgeous handmade card that my dear "I'm not going to start papercrafting" friend Donna made for me . . . yes - she's been papercrafting!  *grin*  I love it Donna and I love the photo of us from our reunion that you included on it too!  Thank-you!  Mwah!

 

 
I've enjoyed such a wonderful Birthday and everyone both near & far has made me feel so very special!  Thank-you everyone!

Actually . . . that gives me an idea . . . a way to make one of my blog readers feel special too!  In honour of my birthday, I'm going to host a little giveaway here on my blog.  Now I won't tell you what the giveaway is going to be BUT I can assure you that the random drawn winner will receive something in the mail that is handmade from me!

To be in the running to win, please leave a comment to this post and tell how your friends & family make you feel special!

Good luck everyone!  I'll announce the winner next Wednesday!

Blog Giveaway Winner

Thank-you to all those who took the time to leave a comment on my 600th Blog Post - the lucky winner of my Blog Giveaway was ANGELA!

Congratulations Angela! I do hope you enjoy filling this mini album with photos and wonderful memories! Please send me your postal details and I'll pop it in the post when I am in town this week!

Until next time, have a fantastic day!

More 'Happy Mail'

Recently I received an email from my blogging friend Aimeslee to say that she had won a 'One World - One Heart Giveaway' from Brenda AND that she had very graciously decided to RAK her win to me, since she had won a RAK from my blog some time ago! Thank-you once again Aimeslee - that was so very kind of you to think of me!

So - what did I win? These gorgeous Christmas Elf Shelf Sitters that arrived in the mail today! Thanks so much Brenda - they are so very cute indeed! Don't you just love their little faces!

I thought I would give another quick word of thanks to those who have emailed and queried about the fires in our part of the world. Whilst many are still burning, conditions are favourable for fire fighters - not so is the forecast for next week though with warmer temperatures about to return. We are all hoping that it just won't be so!

Until next time,

Overseas 'Happy Mail'

Don't you just love receiving 'Happy Mail'? It's so much more exciting than dreaded bills all the time isn't it? Today I received this gorgeous handmade card from my very talented blogging friend Toni who lives in the USA!

Thanks so much Toni - this was such a wonderful surprise! It's just gorgeous and I do so love that little owl - oh, and thank-you for the very kind words you wrote inside too!

Until next time,

2,000 Blog Comment Posted!

YAY! It's finally happened - someone has posted my 2,000th comment! Remember on this post I promised the lucky person to do so would win this bundle of papercrafting supplies?

Well - the lucky 2,000th comment was on this post by my good friend Paula that reads:

"As I've said many times before - you're a woman of many, many talents. You did an awesome job on the website - it looks fantastic :)"

Congratulations Paula! I can't wait to see what creative ideas you come up with using these supplies! I'll get them in the post to you as soon as possible! Oh - and thanks so much for the lovely comments on the website too!

Until next time,

Baby Guinea Pigs

Today, I thought I would share some individual pics of Adam's baby guinea pigs. James, who is 9 years old, is holding them, so that will give you a little indication of their size too!

This first one is the one that James would like to keep - providing it is a girl though - *grin* - he's going to be so disappointed if we take them into the pet shop next week and the lady tells us that this one is infact a boy!

Oh so cute! The next one is the more active of the 3 little babies - this one is a real handful to hold because 'it' just likes to be on the move - hence the slightly blurred photo!

And the last, cutest and most placid of all the little babies is this little one! Ohh!

In other news - it's time to announce the winner of my little blog giveaway from this post - it was to go to a lucky person who commented on my 3rd Blogoversary and 400th blog post!

That lucky person is infact SUZANNE!

Congratulations Suzanne! Please drop me an email and let me know your postal addy and I'll get my little gift in the mail to you!

Until next time,

A RAK - A Beaded Christmas Bauble!

Last week I was very fortunate to receive a beautiful RAK (Random Act of Kindness) from the very lovely Jan and I finally got around to taking some photos of it so that I could share it with you too!

Jan apparently found this gorgeous Beaded Christmas Bauble at our local Sunday Market - isn't it just beautiful!

The beaded cover can actually be removed - it just lifts off in one single piece over the top of the bauble itself, thus allowing you to drape it over a different coloured bauble if you so desired! Isn't it clever! I might even try making one myself one day - *grin* - but not before Christmas this year - I already have too many things to do on my 'To Do' list!

I love it Jan - thanks so much once again for your thoughtfulness! I have it hanging from our desk light in the study at the moment, so I get to admire it every time I sit at our desk!

Until next time,

Kaszazz - Embossed Christmas Card & RAK

Here's another of the 'tweaked' Kaszazz Embossed Christmas Cards that I told you about yesterday.

Once again, I cut my original card in half so that I could add some hand stitching detail to the front and then I adhered this whole piece to the front of a blank white card.

As you can see, my hand stitching has created a border around the whole outside of the card AND I 'pop' mounted the centre wreath of flowers onto foam tape to add a little more dimension as well!

I just love the way this card has come out! Now I've just got two more from our Longford Scrappers 'Kaszazz' Workshop from last Thursday to finish 'tweaking'!

Onto some other news - some of you might remember a little while ago I promised a RAK - Random Act of Kindness - to the person who left my 1500 comment! 1500! I still can't believe that I've reached that number! Thank-you to everyone who not only takes the time to stop by BUT also to those of you who share their thoughts on my posts - I do so enjoy reading them!

Well - the good news for someone is that recently my blog passed 1500 commments with my Anniversary post. So who did infact post my 1500 comment and is therefore the winner of my RAK?

Jan K - Congratulations Jan!  I'll be in touch soon with your RAK!

Until next time,

1,000 Comment Exceeded - RAK Announced!

Well - my 1,000 comment has now been exceeded on my blog! Thank-you so much to those of you who not only stop by but to those of you who take the time to leave a comment or two . . . I do so enjoy reading them AND if you have a blog as well, I enjoy linking through to yours and browsing your posts as often as I can.

I did promise that I would RAK (Random Act of Kindness) whoever left my 1,000 comment on my blog - so you may very well ask, who it was?

Well - my 1,000 comment was left on my 'Apple Slice' post and it was none other than by the very lovely Aimeslee!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please drop me an email with your postal details Aimeslee and I'll get my RAK item off to you as soon as possible - I hope you like it!

OK - I'm off to catch up on some domestic stuff - *sigh* - and hopefully a little scrapbooking later on too!

Until next time . . .