The Lone Beader: Beading Book Giveaway of the Week!

Diana, aka The Lone Beader, is giving away a beading book each week from Lark Books. Whether you love beads or not, you'll surely enjoy Lark Books. So don't forget to check out The Lone Beader's Blog for details as due date for this week is on 4th of December 2009, 11:59 PM EST.

Pagoda Craze Contest, Win One Year Subscription

August 2nd midnight update:

ANNOUNCEMENT: The winner for the pagoda craze contest is Handy (Malou) of California. I picked another name for a winner of embroidery (stork) scissors, and the winner if Janet of Malaysia. Congrats ladies... and thanks so much to other participants.:)

July 27th Update: The pagoda today came from Jeanie of Singapore. I love it to pieces. Look at the beads Jeanie added on the corners of each roof. Brenda put beads on hers too. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely work Jeanie.

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July 25th Update: Lisa from Florida, USA finally have a go and finished her pagoda. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely piece Lisa!

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July 21th Update: Highlanders from USA also stitched the pagoda.
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July 13th Update: Judi from Perth, Western Australia joined the Pagoda craze. Check out her finished pincushion below. Thank you so much for the photos Judi.

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July 11th Update: My initial plan was to give away some stash but I decided to just give one year subscription of The Gift Of Stitching magazine instead. This way, the prize will be recieved by the winner asap. So come on, send me a photo of your finished pagoda or simply leave a comment to be included in the draw.

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Though I already posted these photos at my TCN blog, I thought it's worth to re-post them here. Wanna know what make my days lately? Stitchers all over the globe emailing me photos of their pagoda pincushions - one of my original finishing technique. Thank you so much ladies.

July 2nd: Stitched by Anne Marie of France

July 3rd: Stitched by Chizue of Japan

July 5th: Stitched by Brenda of London, England

July 9th: Stitched by Marie-Christine of France

July 9th: Stitched by Linda of USA

July 13th: Stitched by Judi of Perth, Western Australia

July 21st: Stitched by Highlanders of USA

July 25th: Stitched by Lisa of Florida, USA

July 27th: Stitched by Jeanie of Singapore

Aren't they simply pretty-licious pincushions? I would love to see more of your works so please keep the photos coming.

DETAILS OF THE CONTEST:

Prize: ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO TGOS MAGAZINE

Due Date: July 31st

Draw Date: August 1st

THE RULES:

1. Stitchers who completed any of my pagoda pincushion and emailed me a photo will have 2 chances of winning. You don't have to leave a comment, just email me your completed pagoda and you're in.

2. For others who wants to join the fun but didn't stitch the pagoda, just leave a comment and tell your friends about the contest.

This post will be updated as I recieve more photos.

Happy stitching everybody!

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PARTICIPANTS AS OF JULY 27TH:

Anne-Marie (2), Chizue (2), Brenda (2), Lillie (1), Marie-Christine (2), Linda (2), Paul (1), Janet (1), Astrid (1), Rhea (1), Judi (2), Charlene (1), Emily (1), Handy (1), Highlanders (2), Lisa (2), Jeanie (2)

* originally posted on 07/06/09

Happy Thanksgiving... Give Thanks Prizes

Just in case I forget tomorrow, I wanna greet you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We'll have our family gathering at SIL's house and everybody was assigned what food to bring, plus personal additions. I'll gonna make bacon-wrapped lil' smokies, pastry-wrapped cheesy lil' smokies, cherry-topped cheesecake, brocolli-rice-cheese casserole, leche flan (Philippines custard), chinese fried rice (50-50 chance), and since yesterday, DH has been thinking of apple crisp as well though it wasn't in the original plan. I got most of the ingredients but casserole so we might have to run in town later. I'm planning to prepare all the desserts tonight, otherwise, I won't be able to cook everything in time as we only have one oven. How about you everybody, what are you going to cook?

On the stitching note, here's part of the prize for GIVE THANKS contest, still working on the stash.:)

GIVE THANKS Contest Prizes

Biscornu, Needles Etui, Scissors Fob and Stork Scissors

Below are some book additions in my collections. I got a bunch of interesting stuffs from EGA Shop last month which I forgot to share. I enjoyed reading them all and love the embroidery video very much. Check our EGA Shop and build up a wonderful needlework collection! The books/leaflet on top came from various sources. I was lucky to find a David Lauer book about color and design. Also, I've been looking for the IA Mansion House book since I heard about it last year, and I finally able to grab a signed copy from the personal collection of an ebay seller. This is so far the only listing I found on ebay since I started searching for it. And finally, a Just Nan leaflet - it's part 1 of Barnabee's Quest. I do have part 3, so I gotta get part 2 to complete the bellpull. This piece is in my to-do list, I just don't know when will I do it.

November 2008 Stash:

Books/Pamphlets from EGA, etc.

Have a great family time everybody!

CONTEST 1: GIVE THANKS

I run across this post on Elisa's blog (on her August 2008 entries) and got me interested so here it is. Since I added "FeedJIT Live Traffic", I became aware where my visitors are from. But like me, not all visitors leave a comment. As one of my recent goals, I'll try to leave a comment on new blogs I visit, but I must admit it's a huge task for me... lol though I know it would be nice to say hello. So who reads my blog?

WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU FIND ME?

1. As a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember! And if we’ve never met in real life, leave me a comment of your favorite post I wrote and why it was your favorite.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually really funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you.

3. Do you read my posts from a reader, blogroll or is this your first visit?

To make this post extra interesting as a tribute to the spirit of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to leave a comment on this post until November 26th, 2008 for a chance to win a "3 pieces sewing accessories set" plus a stork scissors and surprise stash. It doesn't matter what part of the globe you're from, everybody is welcome to participate... once you leave a comment following the instructions above, you're in! The winner will be drawn at random by my husband and will announce by me here on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th, 2008. I will then ship your winning prizes on December 5th, 2008. This is just my first blogstitching related contest, more surprises will come in the near future!

Contest name is GIVE THANKS... So come on fellow fabric and finger stabbers... and non-stitchers too, let's make a MEMORY!

UPDATE: If you will post this contest in your blog, please let me know so your name will be entered twice. i.e. Wendy & Paul mentioned this contest in their blogs therefore I will put their names twice in the raffle.:)