Christmas Joint Giveaways Winners

Happy New Year. I would like to wish you all the best of 2011. Another decade passing us by in a flash! I trust that you all had a lovely and safe holiday. We spent time away with DG and her family which was the best kind of holiday we could wish for. 

Thank you so much for the well wishes you left for me in your comments and also to those who entered my giveaways. Sorry there can only be 2 winners. Below are the winners for each set of prizes. The winners win 2 prizes each. One from me and one from Loani. 

Winner # 1 for the above prizes is: Anne Marie - Toronto. Thanks and congratulations to Anne Marie. I hope you will enjoy both of our gifts and make use of Loani's wonderful but slightly wild tea cosie patterns book. 

Winner # 2 for the above prizes is: Librarylass.  Thanks and congratulations to Librarylass. I'm sure you will enjoy our gifts.

Loani and I had a wonderful time with our Christmas Joint Giveaways. We both agree that it's a fun way to have joint giveaways. So I hope to see more of joint giveaways on Blogland in the future. Thanks Loani for contributing your great books for the gifts.

What is in store for you in 2011? For me, I hope to make a trip somewhere interesting again this year. I have also signed up for another of Jude's online workshop starting later on in January. I'm also looking forward to becoming a GM for a second time soon too. So, it's an exciting year ahead for me. Whatever you are doing, just ENJOY, ENJOY!

Love

Nat

Christmas Joint Giveaways

I'm so excited and can hardly contain myself from doing a Christmas dance! I'm doing Christmas giveaways. To celebrate my two years Blogiversary, Loani is joining me to give two of you  Christmas gifts. So leave a comment on this post and then scoot over to Loani's blog and leave a comment there as well. You will win one of my gifts and something extra special that Loani has in store for you over on her blog.

I will be away until January 3rd; when I return I will draw the two winners. Good luck everyone!

One of you will win this tea cosie plus something very special from Loani. If you have been reading my blog this year you would have seen me knitting these tea cosies. I enjoy it so much I knitted a few and there is one here for you too.

And another one of you will win this mug mate and a mug plus something very special from Loani! What you need to do is:

- Leave your comment on this post and please spread the word for more people to enter.

- Go and leave a comment on Loani's blog.

- You have to leave comments on both blogs to be eligible to win.

- The entry closes January 3rd 2011 - the draw will be then as well.

This is so much fun, thanks Loani for coming to the party with me. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your, friendship, generosity and support in the last 2 years. 

Merry Christmas 

and 

Happy New Year 

See you all next year. Have a safe and enjoyable Holiday...!

Birthday Giveaway Winners

Thank you so much, wow! All the birthday wishes were overwhelming. I can't belived it. Now I don't mind if my birthday comes round again far too quickly LOL! Thanks each and everyone of you for my birthday wishes and the entries to my giveaway. Sorry I didn't respond to any comments because we were away, but I've read each and everyone of your comments, thank you.

I did the draw when I got home late last night using random number generator. The winner for giveaway # 1 is Lois from Dewberrydaze. Lois won the red and white tot-bag - Congratulations Lois and thanks for taking part in my birthday giveaway.

The winner for givaway # 2 is Teresa of Fabrictherapy. Teresa won the cute pair of SCISSOROO - Congratulation Teresa and thanks for taking part in my birthday giveaway.

I had fun organising the birthday giveaway. All through the year I plan for the prizes to giveaways that I hold twice a year on my blog. One is for my birthday and another is at Christmas. This is the time I meet new bloggers as well. During these time we take a break either to spend with family or get away somewhere.  

I will be showing you what I got for my birthday in my next post. Because we were away on my birthday, I am slowly opening a pile of presents I received from friends around the world. Some years my birthday lasts a whole month. Mr Notjustnat once mentioned that, "these ladies would never give up!" because I was still received presents well into October. I'm so lucky to have great friends to exchange birthday presents with even if we don't see each other that often. Thanks to each and everyone of you and I will be emailing you soon.

Birthday Giveaway is now CLOSED

I don't know if it happens to you, but my birthday  seems to come round quicker and quicker each year! I started a birthday giveaways the first year I started blogging and would like to keep with the tradition each year as long as I keep blogging. All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post and if you are not already my follower I will appreciate your signing-in as my follower. Make sure to leave me your email address if you have set a non-reply comment. I will be away this weekend so I will do the draw when I get back on Sunday evening or Monday. Good luck everyone. 


I also would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support, friendship and encouragement. I thoroughly enjoy the blogging experience. Meeting all of you is a blessing. I can't imagine life without blogging and you. Thanks everyone. 

Happy Birthday to Nat

Giveaway #1 is this handmade tot-bag I made earlier this year. It's quite a generous size that you can use as handbag. I added two inside pockets for your phones and notepad etc.

Giveaway #2 is this pair of Australian made SCISSOROO scissors that comes in its own case. I have a pair for myself and I thought they would be a great giveaway gift.


Please spread the word to your friends to come and enter my giveaways. It's great to meet more bloggers this way as well. 

Blog Keeping

2010 could be a really fun year or a really busy year. I have already taken part in the Friday Night Sew-in in January and signed up for the next one on Friday Feb. 19th. Soon after that I had fun playing with hearts at the Valentine Sewing Party with Kelly and Joan. They are already talking about hosting another one again soon. That's not all, I signed up for the Lazy Gal Liberated Amish 2010 Get together that Tonya is hosting and that wasn't the last. Ria and I are working on the Featherweight Challenge making the rail fence quilt which I posted here.

I pre-ordered Liberated Quiltmaking II by Gwen Marston before Christmas and it has finally arrived. I only had a chance to skim through it briefly and can't wait to read it from cover to cover. Don't you love that quilt on the cover?

If you have not heard of the Friday Night Sew-in, go on over to Heidi and check it out. Click on the above button and it will take you there. With Dear Jane helped I figured out how to post a hyper-linked, thanks Janey!

2010 is not only a busy year for me, but it's a lucky year too. At the end of 2009 I won a giveaway from Simone de Klerk, but with the slowness of postal service at Christmas I only received my gift this year. It's a pattern from Cinderberry Stitches of the needle keeper plus embroidery threads.Thank you Simone.

That's not all. In January I won the hand dyed silk ribbons giveaway from Debbie of Blissfully Stitching. What yummy looking ribbons! Thanks Debbie for the wonderful gift. I don't normally win in giveaways, but to win 2 in a couple of months, that's not like me. My luck must have changed for 2010, let's hope so!

If that's not busy enough for me this year. At Easter DH and I are taking our holiday to New Zealand and Japan. DH is originally from NZ and we regularly go back to visit, but we have not been to Japan before. We are both really looking forward to it. We are lucky enough that our really good friend Lesley (no blog) has been living there for the last 15 years. Lesley insisted that we spend half of our time with her so she can show us around her part of Japan in Kanazawa. I think that is all for my blog keeping for now. Not a lot of stitching these last weeks, but we did make a trip to see DG last weekend. More about that later.

One Year Blogiversary -THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

To celebrate my one year of blogging I'm posting giveaways to thank all my friends and followers for your support since I started blogging a year ago today. How I started blogging was DD Kit was home with us last Christmas. Kit had been blogging for a long time and had two blogs going at the time. She kept telling me that I should start blogging and share what I do. I have already created a blog with the name Notjustnat, but didn't do anything with it. Kit took me through a few steps and I have never look back. I can't imagine life without blogging!

The giveaways will be drawn on the evening of Sunday 3rd. January. In the meantime I will have a little break from blogging while my family are here with us. Because this giveaways is close to Christmas, the gifts are somewhat Christmas related. My gifts are what I have them for myself and would like to share them with you too.

This is how to enter:

• If you are not yet one of my followers please sign-in as my follower to be eligible for this giveaways.
• Post about my giveaways somewhere on your blog to spread the word around to your friends.
• Leave a comment on this post to let me know that you are entering for the giveaways.
• Make sure you include your email for me to contact you if you are a winner.

Below are what you can win:

An embroidery stitches and projects book Made in France, that I've got for my birthday and love it. I found another copy and got it for the giveaways prize. A pair of Chinese scissors and a fob of Chinese coin. Last item is one of the heart ornaments I made at Christmas.

This is what the cover of the book Made in France looks like. This book contains 3 colors to choose from. Blue, Red and Tan. It's ideal for a Christmas project. The small Chinese embroidery scissors are ideal for hand embroidery and the heart ornament can be used for next Christmas.
A peek inside the book. Red cross-stitches patterns you can make something Christmasie with.
Alphabet and number pattern to create the names of your loved ones for handmade cards or stockings.

Some cross-stitch patterns of baubles and Babushka dolls in red or whatever color you wish to use.

I guess this will become my giveaways tradition in the future. One in August for my birthday and one in December for Blogiversary. Thank you all for your support and the kind words you have left in your comments. I have been enjoying blogging. I have met and made so many wonderful friends through blogging and this is a small thank you gesture from me to all of you...!

The Winner of the Birthday Giveaways

We returned from our mini vacation tonight (Sunday 23 August). Without delay, I got busy preparing for the giveaway draw. My random generator system consists of typing out all the entries, cutting them up into strips, and putting them all in a hat. I then got DH to draw one out for me. I think that this is as fair as it can be.

Here he is in action drawing a name out of the hat!

And the winner is Anna of QUILTMUM'S JOURNEY. Congratulation Anna and thanks for your entry.

These are your winning prizes:

A handmade journal with log-cabin cover and a Patchwork Bags Magazine. I am sure you will like them.

This was my first giveaway since I started blogging 8 months ago. I really enjoyed the process. I enjoyed planning it, making the journal, and looking for something to go with it. I am already thinking of another giveaway at around Christmas time.

Thanks everyone for your enties. I am sorry I did not respond to any of you because I was away from home and the only internet connection was through my iPhone. Typing with one finger is never a favorite of mine!

Birthday Giveaway

I have been planning this giveaways for quite sometime now. I thought the best time to do this would be on my birthday month which is August. Because we will be taking a mini vacation from August 15 - 23, it is a good time for me to post my giveaways before I leave.

I will draw the lucky number when I return on 23 August. I will have giveaways on my other blog Rags to Riches as well, so please go over and enter there too.

I wish everyone whose birthday is in August a Happy Birthday, and I hope that someone will remember and bake you a birthday cake. If not, have one from me HAPPY BIRTHDAY...!

And here are my giveaways:

1 - A handmade Journal made by me. It is a quilted log-cabin cover with hand embroidery, hand quilted and a hand painted ceramic button. The journal pages have been left blank for you to fill in all your activities or life journal.

2 - A magazine on Patchwork Bags. I bought this magazine for myself and love it so much that I got one to giveaway as well. I am sure you will love it too.

All you need to do to enter is:

a) Leave a comment on this post; b) post this link on your blog; c) Sign-in as my follower and please mention on your comment that you have done so.

Please include a blog or email address so that I can contact you.

The Giveaway ends on Sunday August 23rd EST at 6:00 pm. The winner will be drawn by random generator system and be notified asap.

It has been fun planning and making the giveaways, and I hope the winner will enjoy using them too. Don't forget to go over and enter for the giveaways on my other blog: Rags to Riches as well. Please pass on the word to any of your blogger friends.

Good luck everyone and thanks for visiting...!