Pretty Points Bag Giveaway Reminder

Pretty Points Bag a photo by misseskwittys on Flickr.

Just a reminder that the GIVEAWAY for this bag is still going on....sign up on the posting HERE.

Pretty Prims from the SECOFG

In honor of the Spring/Easter Celebration of the Old Farmhouse Gathering (SECOFG) I've done up a couple of wonderful treasuries over on Etsy.  Here is my latest one featuring Pretty Prims for Spring.

'Pretty Prims for Spring' by misseskwittys

Fresh and pretty prims -- by the creative hands and hearts of the OFG team.

Blackened Beeswax B... TeresasPrimTre... $21.95	Bloom Where You are... PunkinSeedProd... $30.00	Hand Stitched Easte... valleyprimitiv... $9.50
Spring Farmhouse Ea... SweetLibertyPr... $8.00	Primitive Country R... primitiveseaso... $12.00	Lil' Bunny YorkiesPrimiti... $5.00
Hand Stitched "... harvestmoonpri... $24.95	Felt Spring Embroid... primitiveseaso... $4.50	Primitive Country E... KeepsakeKorner $24.95
Primitive Grungy Pa... VintageKeepsak... $25.00	Girly Floral Door H... primitiveseaso... $3.00	Primitive Easter St... wvluckygirl $13.49
Handcrafted Sign VI... oldecountrycup... $21.00	Handpainted Terra C... oldecountrycup... $10.00	Bird's Nest, Fr... HandmadeByBett... $17.50
HerMan anD PeTuNia ... catnapinnprimi... $24.95

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

Clicking the pictures will take you there!

Don't forget to scroll down to my Giveaway post (written on March 8th) and get in the drawing for a pretty handmade bag!!

Easter is Coming!

 Hello friends :o)   I'm excited to share with you today some news from one of the wonderful Etsy street teams I'm involved in!  It's called Old Farmhouse Gathering.  The talented ladies in this group specialize in the warm and wonderful styles of primitive, country, cottage, and shabby chic.  Such a varied assortment of artists:  doll makers, painters, tole worker, stitchers, mixed media, you name...we got it!

WELL, the OFG is having a Spring/Easter Celebration!!  All of us have made fresh items especially for this celebration and they started listing them today.  It will run from March 11th to March 25.

 If you go to Etsy and type SECOFG in the search bar, you can see what we've all come up with!  You're gonna be happy you did :oD

Here are some of the items I have listed for the celebration!

This is Polly and her little Peeps in a Pink Pot.  Yeah, having a little fun with the "P's"!  lol

I had this fabulous Easter image and decided to collage it onto a wooden plaque.  The image looks German to me, so I tore bits from a very old German hymnal and decoupaged them around the image and the edges of the plaque for a free-hand frame of sorts.  I added a fan-fold badge up top with some grungy rick rack and lace and a pretty old rhinestone button.

I made a new Birds on a String Banner with some beautiful Botanical cardstock--one even has a pretty butterfly!  These birds are a bit larger than the gift tag ones.

This is BlueBell Bunny--love her colors!!  She is just a little stuffy that I made from one of my original designs--and I've added a ribbon to her for hanging.  She likes to hang around for Easter!  :oD

Last,  but not least, is a set of pretty lilac colored glittery dot gift tags.  The soft green wings say Happy Easter!  How cute to hang on an Easter basket or gift! 

I hope you will stop by Etsy and see all the other wonderful things the OFG is doing.  Hugs!!

Pretty Points Bag Giveaway!!

Pretty Points Bag a photo by misseskwittys on Flickr.

In honor (and excitement) of my eyebrows and eyelashes growing back in, I've decided it's high time to do another blog giveaway!! Yippee!

It's a real treat to see those brown hairs popping up, it's really not that attractive being bald but you can wear a pretty hat--- but when the brows and lashes go there isn't any hiding THAT...ugh! LOL, Hello Uncle Fester!

So...in honor of my pretty new hairs coming in, I've made a pretty new bag!

I salvaged the lovely embroidered points from an old hand-stitched tablecloth that had seen  better days.. Paired it up with a sweet  floral print for some elegant and cottage-style drawstring bags. Isn't it great when you can make something new from something that may have been thrown away?!

I like to keep it simple...so all you have to do to enter is leave a comment here,

and if your name doesn't link to your blog, I'm going to have to have some way to get ahold of you if you win.

I'll hold the drawing on March 31st.

Good luck and my sincere thanks to all who stop by and visit here, I love reading your comments and visiting your blogs ♥♥♥

Surprise from Mom

My sweet Mom passed away back in 2004 (and I miss her so much!) but the other day I got a surprise from her!  How cool is that? 

She left me a couple of boxes of dishes, I was told that they were the dishes she and my Dad got as wedding gifts and she had saved them for me all these years.  My step-dad brought them over after she passed away.  I never opened them up.   I just had a funny feeling they weren't the right dishes and knew it would really bum me out if I found out I was right. 

Well, the other day Mark broke our platter and had the idea that he would check in those boxes to see if there was a platter in there.  Sadly, I was right.  They weren't the old dishes, but the everyday ones they used in their home.  It's a funny thing, but I was so touched by those.  She was a fabulous cook and so much of her life was lived in her kitchen--and it brought back memories of all the fun and wonderful meals we had with them when we would go for visits. 

While digging around looking for a platter, Mark stuck his hand all the way down to the bottom of the box and said "what the heck?" and pulled out a fistful of crochet hooks!    Then he stuck his hand in again and pulled out some more!  ...and again!  ....and again!!  LOL  totally cracked me up.  If my Mom wasn't cooking something, there was a good chance she was crocheting something!   AND she was a crafty-hoarder (it's where I get it! lol).   Finding  all those hooks really took the sting away from the fact that I don't, after all, have those old dishes and probably won't ever know what happened to them.  Thanks for the smile Mom..and the memories♥♥♥  You always could make me laugh!

I was inspired to make up a couple of crochet hook rolls for my Etsy shop, and I've included 7 of  Mom's hooks in each one (of course I've saved a couple sets for myself!).  What the heck, she would be tickled pink that I made them a roll to go in and  that I passed them along!

Two Sweeties

Two Sweeties
Originally uploaded by misseskwittys

Got a picture of two of my sweeties in the kitchen the other day---aren't they cute?!!

New Papers -- Gorgeous Florals!

 I just got the prettiest new papers!!  The most lush and colorful florals you can imagine...such a joy to work with in this dreary January weather.

Check your face...are you smiling?? :o)

 
  (this is my favorite...the colors are all kinda blended together and there is a bunch of glitter involved!!) 

There now....doesn't that feel good!!

Valentines!

Valentines Day!  I've got a lot of cute ideas in my shop for giving to your Sweeties---my favorite are these little mini banner cards.  I started with a sweet little (they are 3" sq.) handmade envelope  with an intriquing little ring on a string sticking out of it......

Open the envelope and slowly pull the ring on the string.......

 and a sweet message appears!  A little keepsake for your sweety that they can hang anywhere as a little reminder of how you feel about them!! 

 I've done these up in a few different designs....something for everyone! 

 AND...of course, there are some pretty new bird tags in Valentine theme to dress up your packages.  Wrap a colorful bit of paper around a box of chocolate...tie on a big pretty ribbon and add a cheerful tag--happy gift!!

 Last, but not least for today...I had to show you Dotty...she turned out so sweet and so warm, don't you think?? 

Health update:   I am right now on the tail end of recovering from the last bout of chemo, it's been a pretty rough series, but the doc is giving me a break after this!!  Yeah!  I am looking forward to it and getting my strength back (and maybe some hair, lol...I'm as bald as an eagle and lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows too, so I"m looking pretty scary! )  Keep on praying for me, my friends....God is my Strength  and you are my warriors!  ♥♥♥

New Toy...New Ornaments

I splurged and bought myself one of Martha Stewart's new score boards...and have been happily testing it out!  It's pretty fun and I'm enjoying a new craft.

I've tried to make these sort of ornaments before, but was never that successful at it....found the cardstock to difficult to manipulate  and time-consuming to score at each crease--too much work for a not-so-good outcome.  Working with thinner paper turned out to tear a lot and make a not-so-sturdy end product.  Like Goldilocks....these turned out "just right"! 

I have made them in 3 colors so far....Pink Peace

Green Holly

Rustic Red

They measure about 5" across--so they would work nicely on the tree or also hanging on a mantle or doorway!

Available to ship immediately--from my Etsy shop!

Shipping Specials in my Shops!

I don't usually run specials in my shops.  I think my prices are very reasonable for the time I put into each item and I don't EVER overcharge for shipping....BUT, in the spirit of the Christmas season I am feeling the LOVE this year!! 

I've decided that you, my bloggy friends and lovely customers, might just like to save a couple bucks when ordering your goodies from either my Etsy shop or my Artfire shop---sound good??  Basically, I'm putting all my gift tags, bookmarks, cards, and Christmas goodies in the special. 

Details for Etsy Shop:

Purchase any 2 items or more from my "Tags, Bookmarks, Cards" Section http://www.etsy.com/shop/misseskwittys?section_id=5006269

and/or my "Seasonal and Stuffies" Section
http://www.etsy.com/shop/misseskwittys?section_id=5006275

and when I receive your order and payment, I will refund the shipping fees back into your Paypal account before mailing out your purchase (usually same day or right away the following morning).

Sorry, but this special only applies to US/CANADIAN shipping.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to shoot me a convo (contact link under my avatar) or use this link

http://www.etsy.com/convo_new.php?to_username=misseskwittys

Details for my ARTFIRE shop:

Spend $10.00 or more on anything in the shop and get Free Shipping in the US/CANADA.  Use the coupon code KWITTYCOUPON when making your payment.  Easy as Pie!  This special is running for one week:  Dec. 1 - Dec. 8.