Yay! We’re more than half-way through the week. Even more important, we’re at October. Holy Cow! September flashed by in a blur. Fall has definitely arrived here and we’re expecting our first frost tonight. I can hardly wait to break out the hot chocolate!
Once again, I’ve been BlogLucky! A few weeks ago Ms. YellowBeachDog had a blog giveaway. I left a comment but left strict instructions NOT to be included in the giveaway — it was right after my latest rash of winnings and I told her I didn’t want to be a hog about it. Mary Jane promptly ignored a direct order and drew my name out of the pot to win this pretty LuLu yellow bag. Thank you so much Mary Jane — I love the pretty color and the bright happy stars. It’s such a sunny bag and I’ll definitely think of you and California when I use it!
Before my winning streak, I won a giveaway at Dutch Comfort. I’ve been a fan of Nicolette’s blog almost from the beginning of my blog life — back even when she had a different blog. Look at the adorable bag Nicolette made!
Nicolette also very kindly included three pieces of blue and white fabric. Just perfect for me! And look at that adorable dutch fabric! When we were first married, we had the privilege of living in Germany for three years. During that time, we were lucky enough to go to Holland twice. We saw windmills, clogs, tulips and blue delft among other things. All perfectly represented on this adorable fabric (and I just noticed when taking the pictures that the red side of the bag contains this same print). Thank you, Thank you Nicolette — I just love it and I’ll always think of you and our trips to Holland when I use this bag!
Now, it’s been awhile since I shared links with you — here are a few sites I’ve been enjoying lately:
Felt. I haven’t really done any fun stuff with felt, but a few weeks ago, DottyCookie posted the cutest felt house with flowers that she’d made. Then she included a link to Checkout Girl who is non-stop felty goodness. AND, almost at the same time, Laura at Cupcakes for Clara posted THE CUTEst little felt family in a hoop. I’m smitten by them all!
What would you do if you stepped on the subway in NYC and photographers had set up a photo studio to take your photo? Would you run? Switch cars? Pose nicely? Find out at Color Me Katie’s Subway Yearbook Photos post. Too Fun!
For those of you with little kids, have you ever heard of Rick Charette? When our boys were little, Raffi was all the rage for fun songs to sing with children. We preferred the lesser known Rick Charette. I was thrilled to find that he has a website and you can get his music on cds (ha! we were back in the cassette era). I have very fond memories of walking barefoot along dirt paths in Maine with MyDadLovesMeBestSister when the boys were 2 and 4 — and we were all singing Rick Charette songs at the top of our lungs. You can listen to a few samples HERE. Some favorites of ours were Alligator in the Elevator, Mud, I Hate to Clean My Room, and Eeenie Meenie Miney Mo, just to name a few. They’re wonderful songs, and I guarantee you can’t listen to these songs very often without singing along!
Susan, of the very cool SweetPea site, has posted a spoonful of creativity every day during September. Susan is an amazing illustrator, and now she’s making the cutest little felted bears and mice ever!
Have you ever seen a dog open his own birthday present? Kitty’s cute little pup Danger (what a name!) does just that, and you can see it on the video at the end of THIS post. That’s one smart dog!
And finally…I’ve really been enjoying THIS site!
Happy October!
XOXO,
Anna
My oldest (now 15) loved Rick Charette when she was little! She even got to see him live in concert when we lived in Maine. Alligator in the Elevator was our favorite.
For goodness sake, I hope you’ve been buying some lottery tickets! :-)
Wow, those were some incredible links! Thanks for sharing. I adore that little felt mouse reading by candlelight.
You are so fortunate to have won those gorgeous bags! Congrats.
Have you no shame Anna? Or at least some compassion? If you knew how many UFOs I have to finish you’d think twice about dangling such temptations under my susceptible nose. Those felt houses are adorable, but I’m going to have to live to be 115 in order to get to make one…..So, work on the compassion, OK?
Holy cats, what’s your secret??? Love both those bags, they are each adorable in their own way. And thanks for all the fun links, but I think I fell down a rabbit hole when I clicken on Checkout Girl’s blog…….I think I feel a new obsession coming on!!
SO, I hgave it worked out – what I need to do is pretend to be you then I’ll get a postbox full of goodies, right? No?
Thanks for the link. I hope you make your own felty creations vert soon. And thank you for linking to Sweet Pea’s gorgeous mice and bears – eeeeek!
oh i think dottie has something there… we’ll all post with our name being thimbleanna…. and then we’ll link to ourselves…
hmmm.. i wonder what i’ll win this week while impersonating you?
:ponders
That took me back – we didn’t know about Rick Charette but my eldest was a huge fan of Raffi when we lived in the US and I’d forgetten all about him since returning back home.
Those are just fabulous bags that you won! I think you need to send some of that luck this way… tee hee! Thanks for all the links, some of them sound very intriguing. Off to check them out!
Never heard of Rick Charette. I’ll have to look him up for Punkie. She may like his music. And like some people said, I hope you’ve been buying some lottery tickets due to your good fortune!
I love your apple core quilt with the fabrics you selected and the way you quilted it, it makes me want to quilt again! Thanks so much for the great tutorial!
Kathy
Lucky you,
these bags are really cool.
Have a nice day
Janine
Those bags are fantastic! You really are a lucky thing aren’t you?!
Lucy x
You need to buy lottery tickets quick!! I love that blog name YellowBeachdog I have to go check it out simply for the name! Love the Dutch fabric, I have a bunch of little plates that I got in Copenhagen that look just like that fabric and I love them!
Lucky Duck! I love the bags and the fabric choices. Enjoy the week end. xoxo
Wow, you are one lucky gal. The bags are darling. I’m with the rest about lottery tickets…You really should be buying them :)
Anna, you are a lucky lady, and you find the best places ever to visit!!! Thanks and have a great weekend.
YOU are one lucky lucky gal!!
you are definately on a winning streak. I’ve got some of the dutch fabric in red – it’s very cute. That Party dress site is awesome — I always see them candy corn things on blogs this time of year – are they yummy?
Oh you lucky girl, I am sooo glad you won. You deserve it xoxo Clarice
It all is so fun. That yellow bag has great handles with the rings and stuff. And the dutch bag – awesome.