I WON DANI'S GIVEAWAY

Hi, Primmies,
I was supposed to come back tonight and tell you about the rest of what we did (and happened) today.
I wanted to let those of you know that don't that I won
sweet little Virginia in Dani's giveaway at Homespun Hannah's Blog. Virginia is a Raggedy from a pattern by Sandy at
The Olde Country Cupboard. She's a sweet little dollie
that I'm proud to have come and live with us.
Thank you, Dani, for having the giveaway.  I am especially
grateful to have Virginia because for those of you who don't know, Dani had become disabled and doesn't sew anymore.
She'll hold a very special place in my heart, Dani.
I think you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the rest of
our adventure from today. Time just got away from me and I promised myself I wouldn't stay online late/all nite anymore.
Until tomorrow, 'nite Primmies...

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A NEW TWIST ON THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AND MY CHRISTMAS SURPRISE FROM MY SWEETHEART

Evenin', Primmies,
If you can please visit Karen of Buttons In The Attic. She is
doing a series of The Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies.
Today is Day 2 so we aren't too far behind. She said she might sneak some candy recipes in there, too!
Also announced was the winner of Karen's first Giveaway winner. It's Jodi of Crafts By Jodi. Congratulations, Jodi.
I hope to be back tonight to post again about our day. It was
extraordinary in a couple of ways. I know you're going to
be super busy from now til Christmas, but I'd hoped to get
more of you to give me your "giveaway wish". I asked a couple of days ago from some of my suggestions of what I'm able to craft what you'd like to see me have in a giveaway.
I only had about half a dozen responses.  If that's to be what
I go from, that's ok, too. Cuz I got different answers and that's good for a surprise. I am planning on adding a 'real primitive'
from one of my treasures along with a handmade by me so
I hope I get a lot of entries. I said it would be after the holiday and I think it will be right after the 1st of the year, because I found out that Mr. Glen Oaks is taking me to The Wachusett Village Inn on Christmas Eve through to New Year's Eve. We'll be home on Christmas Day to be with our kids and then back we go. It's only 25 minutes from here, but they have separate fireplaced cottages on the grounds that were built in the late 40's-early '50s and they are very Early Colonial. The furniture and bedding, too. The beds and chairs are very colonial. I was there today in the fireside lounge (did that fire smell good) and saw the cottages. They look like they were just built, most of them are Cape Cods. There were a couple of Gambrel-style. I'm so excited. I haven't been away in years.
They bring the wood to the cottage, it's right near                     Mt. Wachusett which is a pretty popular ski resort.
No more skiing for this primmy (too many rods, ceramic plates and screws in my spine) and Mr. Glen Oaks has never skied. We're planning on having Christmas Eve dinner at 
The 1761 Old Mill, you should see this place inside. I hope I can take some pictures. I was hoping Santa brought me a new camera but I don't really want him to now after this surprise. I think this is over the top for a present and I love my hubba so much.
Wow, I meant to stop talking paragraphs ago. I still have more to tell you about our day. We had the most beautiful thing happen to us. I am still getting teary-eyed about it.
We took a drive that was supposed to go nowhere in particular when...

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Season's Special Meaning Giveaway at Prims By Olde Lady Morgan

Marie at Primitives By Olde Lady Morgan has asked us to
share what special meaning the Christmas season holds for us.
I feel the love of Jesus and the Virgin Mary all year, but at
this time of year the love is especially strong. The beautiful meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus our Savior and
Mass is especially beautiful during the Christmas season.  It
gives me such an overwhelming sense of peace and happiness. I am very blessed to feel this in my heart so much more as Christmas approaches.
I think Marie came up with an incredible idea for this give-
away by asking us to look inside our hearts to search for the
meaning of Christmas. Here's the adorable little pouty girl
doll she is giving away, her original design called "Better
Not Pout, Virginia":

Thanks, Marie for asking us to share our special meaning of the season.

A CLEVER TUTORIAL FROM SUE AT CREATIVETRYALS

Click HERE to read Sue's tutorial. It's really clever!!

SOME THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU

Hi, Primmies,
I'm so glad that I decided to TAKE MY TIME and really read the blogs that I follow. I've discovered some fun, useful and
talented sources for crafts and bloggers.
The first is a FREEBIE page for prim patterns. The link is
Sassafras Hill Primitives Freebie Prim Patterns page. They also have lots more great prim patterns for purchasing.
The next links I got from Kim at Old Road Primitives:
101 Handmade Holiday Tutorials click HERE; 101 Handmade Holiday Ornament Tutorials click HERE; 101 Days Of Christmas click HERE that contains tips, tutorials, recipes and inspirations.
Kim also linked Pinterest Christmas Craft Ideas. She says
click the graphic to be taken to that idea page.
I have tested the links and they all work, if you have a problem let me know, please. I haven't had time to actually stay and read through these so I hope there's something that
you all like.
The new blogger I'm following is Jody of Sweet Bear Creek Whims. She's a very talented painter and makes the cutest
dolls, ornies and makedos to name just a few items.
She has a great page called Tips and Hints that I found extremely informative. It's always nice to learn new ways and time savers from other crafters with lots of experience.
I also found a cute craft source site called Country Whims 
where Jody buys her German Glass Glitter and these cute
twisty carrot noses.
There's a lot of traffic coming through here right now (there
goes the clean floors again) for the Craig's list stuff that
Mr. Glen Oaks listed. Someone just hauled away our 1930's
"furnace" that was here when the house was built. It's like
a wood stove and it isn't safe anymore for home use, the ad stated that and we still got 10 calls. The lady and her sons that just took it are using it for a fire pit(?) outside. I don't see it; it was free so it's out of the cellar and they're happy and we're happy.
I'll be back later, I have to go and read all these new linkies.
Susan

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