WELCOME to my "Vera Grateful" Giveaway!

Thank you for the love and kindness
            that you send my way~~

Your comments and emails have shown

 such wonderful support for me

 and my blog.



I am humbled and so

VERY, "VERA GRATEFUL"!

My recent Grow Your Blog event was my gift to all of you--

a way for you to meet new friends and

grow the readership of your blogs. 

Never - EVER--

did I expect that I would receive so much love in return

from all of you!

Over 300 of you

left comments and personal emails

that were so touching --

at times I was truly moved to tears. 

So many of you have stayed

to become a part of MY own blogging family.

THANK YOU~

I love you so much for your incredible support.

I am grateful beyond words~

This is my own special way of saying

THANK YOU

to ALL of you!

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My little chance to show my sincere

appreciation

for all the love and support

that you send my way.

WELCOME

to my

"VERA GRATEFUL"

Giveaway!

All of these Vera Bradley Tote bags

will be gifted to YOU --

my faithful readers and followers.

~~(I love  you!)~~

To enter~

Simply leave a comment here on this post.

(Please -- make sure your email address is available to me.)

This beautiful "Hobo" purse

will be gifted to

one of you who is nice enough to share

my giveaway

with your own friends. 

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Some of your friends may be readers of my blog also .

If you wish to help spread the word about this giveaway --

please leave a second comment here on this post.

Isn't this Vera "Grand Tote" lovely?

This beautiful bag will be gifted to one of my FOLLOWERS.

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If you are a faithful Follower of my blog

please leave another comment here on this post.

These lovely "Tote bags"

will be gifted to four of my readers who leave a comment

on this post.

I'm so happy to be able to host this

beautiful giveaway!

(I've been saving my pennies so that I could make this so very special for  you!)

The contest will run until

May 5.

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I will announce the winners HERE on this post.

One of our precious grandbabies

will draw the winners.

Good luck to everyone~

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Thank you again - from the bottom of my heart

for all the love that you send my way

xoxo

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About the photo shoot~

Our Spring has been so slow to arrive --

actually, I'm still not sure that it is here yet!

~I've been waiting forever

on these silly daffodils to bloom.

You know it's always a big production

when I set off to do a

 photo shoot.

Thankfully -- I have my trusty little red wagon

to help me with my load.

Actually--

I just want to show you my new knitted hat~

(I will have some of these in my etsy shop later this fall!)

~all finished~
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This contest is now closed. 
UPDATE  5/5/2013
and the winners are~
Monica (The Hoopless Stitcher)
Fat DorMouse (Fat DorMouse Getting Thinner) (this one is going to France!!)
Sharon (WildFlower House)
Kathy (Kathy in Ozarks)
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Terri (Cache Mire) (winner of the Grand Tote- Follower prize)
Linda Lee-(Cross'N My Stitches) (winner of the Hobo bag - for sharing my giveaway) 

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My heartfelt thanks to all of you for your comments and for all the love that you continually send my way.
I wish that each of you could be a winner~
but
Another wonderful giveaway will be coming soon! 
xoxo 

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Now that you are all here~~ I want to share some blog related news -- a little something that makes my heart sing!

My friend Lynn has returned to her beautiful

 Sea Angels blog.

 Sigh~~

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After an absence of more than a year,

she has quietly tip-toed back

into the world of blogging.

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If you were once a visitor to Lynn's beautiful blog

then I know you share my excitement that

she has returned.

(Those of you who do not know Lynn, will surely want to visit!) 

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Her blog is ethereal~

her images are stunning~

she speaks in whispers

and her words leave footprints on your soul.

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Welcome back dear Lynn!

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Coming up next~~ another look at those Shabby Chic nests. They have evolved and are more beautiful than ever~

xoxoxo,

Vicki 

Waiting for Spring~

The sun is flirting with the horizon
                   a little bit longer these days~~

                         ~bidding welcome to Spring's

sweet and beautiful

     dance.

Nature,

                            of course,takes the lead

                  while we all dance about

 in giddy anticipation~~

Anxiously~

we look for ways to leave

the weight of the winter's blanket

                     behind us.

And so~

with Spring's promise looming

                        just ahead-

we wait~~

(bring on the sun!!)

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We are just back from some wonderful travels to warm places -- a few days in Florida followed by a 2 week cruise to the Caribbean.  It may be wonderfully warm and sunny where you are -- but here in Kentucky, its cold and rainy and gray and just down right miserable.

The beautiful weather we experienced was just the ticket to bring me back to wellness.  Thank you to all of you who sent me well wishes during my ugly bout of pneumonia.  (I have never felt so fragile in my life.)  

I am already back at work in the Sacred Yarn room -- those of you waiting on your Shabby nests will begin to hear from me soon.

I am still on a little blogging hiatus -- want to work hard on those nests and send them to your happy homes! 

I will be back in a few weeks with a beautiful post -- my VERA Grateful giveaway. I've missed you all so very much.  I had planned to stay totally away until April -- but just could not because I missed you too much!

xoxoxo,

Vicki

ps -- the photos above are just a little tease of something to come your way later this spring~~xoxo

My Spring Celebration - (Nest Give away!)

I made my nests, did my very best- (maybe bit off more than I could chew)!! But- now they're done, let's have some fun- I'm giving one away to YOU!! I'm done - I'm done - I'm done!!! 4 months and 47 nests later - I am done!! (I must surely have been out of my mind~~!!)

Spring is finally here and I am rejoicing in the glow of the sun and the gusty warm spring breezes~

Does this little "neck of the woods" look familiar to you? This is the same place that I did the "Winter Nesting" photo shoot a few months ago - when it was covered in snow and freezing outside!

Hundreds of beautiful daffodils are welcoming you all to my "Spring Celebration"~

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The very last nest is for one of YOU!

To enter please leave me a comment telling me what you love most about spring.

If you are one of my followers - please come right back again and leave me another comment. (xoxo - love you guys!)

Miss Maddy girl will draw the winner on May 25. If the winner is one of my followers - I will embellish your nest with one of these little jeweled birds if you wish.

If you would like to post about my little "Spring Celebration" give away on your own blog - please come back AGAIN and leave me another comment telling me that you have done so. Everyone who posts about this little "nesting" give away on their blog will be entered into a special contest to win this lovely tea towel from my favorite store - Anthropology.

And lastly- you are welcome to come back one more time and tell me that I was totally crazy to commit to make 47 nests! Go ahead -tell me how crazy that was! I can take it - I am totally numb - (or did I mean dumb!)

So- you have 4 chances to win a nest - (and some of you can be entered to win this gorgeous tea towel.)

Are you as happy as me that spring is FINALLY here!!

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Thank you all for being here for me - your comments and emails mean the world to me. Your sweet words about the Gardener's beautiful sea turtle photos have made him beam with pride!

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I have been trying to reply to some of you who I have not had the chance to meet or visit regularly. However - SOME OF YOU have your email specifications set so that I cannot reply to you - the dreaded "no reply blogger". Please take a minute to check your email profile in your blogger account and correct this if you wish. It would make it so much easier for me to reply to your comments.

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Next up- those cruise photos just keep on coming~

I'll take you all to one of the Caribbean's best kept secrets~

the colorful and captivating island of Curacao.

xoxo

Vicki

Sacred Yarn Room Spring

I look out the window and think "oh at last!"
the spring days are coming, and winter has past~~~

Join me for a

little celebration of

SPRING

here in the

Sacred Yarn Room ~

this beautiful Spring doll

made by dearest

Dorthe
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she traveled so very far

just to join in this

"Welcome to Spring"

celebration

she has the most beautiful face

and I love

that she holds

a little

nest!

a "found" nest and eggs
a beautiful friendship card from Dorthe
a little vintage inspired
wooden
bird


two more nests from nature
and some yarns
the color
of fresh green
leaves

a bird house crafted

from a vintage

Christmas

book

a vintage Enid Collins purse~

this one is called

"Flower Garden"

a beautiful

treasure box

don't you love the vintage

bird decor?

my roses

made from

vintage patterns

~~~

remember ~

I bought the patterns at the flea market?

the roses were crafted

from the pattern

tissues

Don't you love

the vintage look of these

roses?

a closer look at this little bird house
~~~

I love

that it is made

from a

vintage book!

a treasured porcelain box

that once belonged

to my

grandmother

a precious bird collage

made by Tami

and some

beaded yarns

in the colors

of

Spring

another view
of the

birdhouse

and the lovely

collage

my "turtle bowl"

filled with

yarns
~~~

(does any body know why they are called turtle bowls?)

a piece of vintage Hall pottery

that belonged to my Mother

~~~

(found this in Mom's potting shed after she had passed away -

caked with dirt, this had once been a "pot" for flowers

took me forever to clean this up and make it usable again~~~)

priceless

a vintage inspired pitcher

(love the bird pattern!)

bought at my favorite store

Hobby Lobby!

a sweet little porcelain bird

sitting on a

"nest"

of my "Wild Stuff"

Prism yarns

a beautiful sketch by Michelle

and a new little

pottery bird house

that I purchased

on a recent trip

to

Black Mountain.

However you celebrate the arrival of Spring,

I wish you the happiest of days~~~

Vicki