An Award??

My friend Rose has bestowed an award on my blog! I am amazed, and surprised, and so happy that somebody likes my blog! Rose has THE most wonderful blog, I highly recommend visiting:

Click HERE to visit her blog.

Now, I have to think about who to bestow this honor upon. There are so many blogs that I love reading (look on the right hand side of page. scroll down a bit, you will see a very long list!)

But, right off the top of my head are these two favorites

Barefoot in Tennessee

and

Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm.

I'll let you know if I decide on any more!!

Thank you to Rose!

Farmers Market Basket Giveaway!

Fresh from the garden! A fabulous basket of goodies!

This basket includes carrots, peas in a pod, mushrooms, strawberries and plums! All have been needle felted by the wonderful member of our Natural Kids team, The Polka Dot Dragon!

Also included is the basket! Wouldn't your child love to play with this pretend food? He or she can feed it to their friends (stuffed or otherwise), play market, play gardening - so many open-ended imaginative play-times can develop!

All food is made from wool of sheep friendly farms. Core of food is 100% organic wool batting.

This wool food has been needlefelted - I have the UTMOST respect for needle felters, having stabbed myself numerous times during my attempts.

Wool food is best for children who are age 3 and upand who no longer put toys in their mouths.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Please VISIT The Polka Dot Dragon's shop.

2. Pick your favorite item.

3. Come back to my Woolies blog and leave a comment with your favorite item.

4. NEW RULE: you must leave your email address, or blog address. If you do not want to post it here, you can contact me privately at either of my shops - here are the links to them:

Buster and boo, or Woolies.

Just because you have registered with blogger does not make your email address visible. If I cannot reach you, you cannot win.

5. Contest will end one week from today, August 18th, at 12 midnight.

6. Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me!

Good luck!!

UPDATE: this contest is over, and the winner is #28, deedee, chosen by random number generator. Thanks to all who entered!!

Pound Cake

My in-laws are coming for dinner tonight. We cleaned the house! Not to say that we don't clean the house unless people are coming over, but when people are coming over, we clean EXTRA hard! I mopped all the tile floors (kitchen, dining room, hallway). Recently we ripped up the disgusting carpet in the living room, and we will be tiling that soon (I hope). I Hate Carpets. They collect dirt, they never feel clean after the first day. They collect dust mites and cat hair, that you can never really get rid of. I want ALL my floors to be bare! I'd rather mop than rent carpet cleaners!


So: what is the menu for tonight?

hamburgers, on buns (personally, I could do without, but everybody else likes them)

Giant Salad, with everything on it, and a homemade dressing that my husband makes

Chips (it's summer)

Ice Tea (again, it's summer)

My 13 year old son, the chef, is going to make strawberries dipped in milk chocolate - YUM

Mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, rasberries)

and

POUND CAKE! With home-made whipped cream.


A Paula Deene recipe. You can find it on the food network website.

2 sticks of butter, 6 eggs, heavy cream !!! My son and I licked the bowl. It is still cooking.....


YUM!

Winner!

Thank you to everybody that entered the contest!

The winner is Jennem - chosen by random number generator.

Please contact me with your address!

Natural Kids!

I've mentioned previously that I belong to a WONDERFUL Etsy team, Natural Kids. It consists of many shops that make items for kids using natural materials.


Please visit our blog, NATURAL KIDS, and read all about the incredible shops and designers.

For example:



Unwavering Faith - just a sample of what you will find!!

Knitting TWENTY of them!

I am awash in white teddy body parts! This teddy will be headed to New York - with all of his/her relatives. I can't yet reveal name/favorites/etc. Also, there will be a little tiny heart embroidered on his/her overalls.

This Teddy is based on a fuzzymitten pattern - but with many differences. He/she is rounder in body and head (the head is actually quite different), and the ears are different too - again, rounder.

The overalls are also different, as I tend to lose patience when I have to pick up stitches. Besides, I dropped my little crochet hook under the couch and haven't yet been able to retrieve it. Husband needs to move the couch for me, and we just haven't been in the room at the same time lately!!

When everything is ready, I promise to let you know where you can purchase this special teddy.

Tummy Mountain Winner!

Random number generator chose #115, which is Charliegurl57 - congratulations!!!

Please contact me with your address!

Thank you to all who entered!!!