alittlesweetness

winner!

 Sorry about the late 'winner' post.  Yesterday I spent the day around the house with the kids mainly.  I also cleaned out the very messy art/activity drawers, made dinner, cleaned the kitchen....that sort of thing. 

Anyway....this morning I used the Random Generator to choose the winner and this is the result!

April Bishop said...

I just miss the sun... I love spring, when it starts to make an appearance more often. Just looking outside my window at my kids playing in the street with the sun shining down... Perfect spring bliss!

April is a sweet and talented friend from church, so I'm especially happy to see that she was #6!! 

Yay April!  ;)

As always, THANK YOU to everyone who played....it's always fun for me to do this because I get to know more of you.  I love reading your comments and peeking in to your blogs as well...  seeing who you are and what you're up to!

Today, I'll probably do more of the same as yesterday.  I do have a few orders to work on, so that's first on my list. 

After that....hmmm?  what to do next?  what to do next?  don't misunderstand....I have a bazillion things to do!  It's more the deciding what thing is next on importance and then what thing i want to do most and then coming to a conclusion about what order those things end up getting attention.  Then some things end up getting done, other things just get started and others... nothing at all.  Certain things have to get done, where other things are optional.  Even though some of the optional things are still important.  Or more important than other optional things. 

Whew!  Did that make any sense at all?  I think you know what I mean.  :)

(Sorry no pictures!)

Tasha

giveaway winners!

Thanks to everyone who played along in my little giveaway!  It's such a treat for me to be able to share a little something here and there throughout the year.  I'm always so grateful for the support and encouragement I recieve and friends made along the way.  Plus, aren't giveaways just plain fun?  oh ya.  

I thought it would be a cuter post if I had Ava to help me announce the winners!  This is what she did when I gave her the embroidery hoop and asked her to show it to me.  Oh well, you get the idea.  (I hope.)

The 3 WINNERS of my Embroidery Pattern giveaway are:

#12...

Anita said ..

I love them all but I love the angel the best.
Happy holidays!

#29 ...

Melanie said ...

Laundry day - so cute :)

and...

#63...

Kristal said...

Everything is adorable, but since my daughter had a hedgehog for a pet, I'd get the patterns that have a hedgie on them!

Each of those numbers were chosen by me asking my 3 oldest boys to tell me their favorite number! 

I hope you have fun stitching up something sweet for your home or another's.  Either way, ENJOY!

(Anita, Melanie and Krystal...if you see this, please email me at pthorsley@comcast.net since none of you have links). 

I'm not sure I'll get back to the computer anytime soon, so I thought I'd leave you with this adorable little video message, so very appropriate for this time of year.  It's just 2 minutes and you won't be disappointed.  ;)

Click here to watch "The Coat"

As for my shop, it'll be open, but I won't be shipping anything until well into the first week of the new year.  I'll probably check on it here and there and send of patterns, but generally I'll be taking a break. 

Thanks again, for a wonderful year! 

Merry Christmas!

Tasha

last minute giveaway

Yes, I know it's so very last minute for a holiday giveaway, but sometimes (lots of times!) I can't get to things as fast as I want to.  If you don't mind though, then it'll work out perfectly.  :)

I know some of you like to have a little project to work on over the holiday break and embroidery is just the thing.....simple, relaxing, quick and oh so very cute! 

(yes, my Christmas Angel is still in her hoop!)

You can literally stitch something up in a day or choose to take a few weeks for a longer project.

For this giveaway, I'll be randomly drawing 3 names to choose up to $20 worth of EMBRIODERY PATTERNS from my shop. 

TO ENTER:

Just simply leave me a comment, telling me which pattern(s) you would love to stitch up!  If you're new here, you  may need to visit my shop first, then come back and let me know. 

Your welcome to a 2nd entry if you've ever purchased from me before.   

This quickie giveaway will be only be open until WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21st, sometime in the morning part of the day.  I'll choose my winners and send off your patterns on Wednesday as soon as I know what to send you!  If you don't have a blog link to your comment, please leave me an email address.

Happy Holidays and Happy Stitching!  ;)

Tasha

giveaway for a cause

Happy Monday!  I'm excited to be a part of a wonderful giveaway going on at Scottyboy and Katygirl.  Katy is doing a birthday giveaway that benefits families and children in hospitals through book donations.

I think it's very thoughtful of her!  Go to Katy's fun blog to learn how you can help and also be entered into the giveaway. 

I'm giving one illustration and one embroidery pattern set from my shop....winner chooses!

Here's just a few ideas......

Visit my shop to see more.....   :) 

Giveaway ends Wednesday, June 29th, so hurry on over!

Tasha

cupcakes and a giveaway

Last week I finally downloaded my camera's manual from online!  I know...too exciting. 

Over the last several years, I've read a lot of photography advice, tutorials, etc from various blogs and sometimes it's been helpful, but many times it really doesn't matter what the advice is or the information is, if you don't know what certain things are or where that function is on your camera...it really can't help you. 

I've also read several times something like.....'READ YOUR MANUAL!' 

So, finally I did......well not all 170-something-ish pages, but a lot of it.

I started learning about those magical things like aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure compostion.  SO HELPFUL! 

Now, it's still going to be a whole 'nother thing to execute all of that information into my pictures, but at least I can start attempting to figure it out.  Slowly, but hopefully it will come along.  It's alot to understand...I have so much admiration for those who truly are gifted in this area!

I basically started taking a trillion photos of boring things like my kids stuffed animals laying on the floor or a bow I had made for Ava that was sitting on my desk. 

Then I graduated to a more interesting subject........Cupcakes.  My kids were going crazy waiting to eat them while I practiced taking pictures.  

During and after I had read my manual, and then read certain parts again and again....I also found these posts to be helpful....some of which I had read before, but made no sense at the time and others I have stumbled upon this past week.....That now I can make sense of!

Kevin and Amanda "What Settings Should I Use?"

Kevin and Amanda "Photography Tutorial"

The Pioneer Woman "What the Heck is Aperture? Part One" (read all 4 parts)

Simplify "Here Goes Nothin'"

Ashley Ann SnapShop {May 2011} (the nice thing about Ashley's photos, is that she documents her settings above each photo, which...when you understand what all those numbers mean, can be very helpful.

Meadowbrooke Farm "Photography Q and A" (her cupcakes are WAAAAY prettier than mine!)

Those are all I can think of at the moment, but there really is so much out there, you shouldn't have a problem if you want to learn more about photography. 

However, FIRST.....READ YOUR MANUAL.  It will make all the difference in your understanding.  And trust me, if I can learn even a little, you can too.  I am seriously not the brainy type, nor the technical type.  I have to work at it, and I do have a software developer husband who at times I have relied on heavily for techy help.  But, with the camera, so far, it's been all me.  Which is sayin alot!

Now if I could get these girls to share a few tips and information, I'd be sooo happy! *hint, hint*  

Amy from nanaCompany

Charla Anne from Love, Charla Anne

Mandy Lynne from Mandy Lynne

Karina from A Fresh Take Photography

Kim from Pearlie Pink

Okay so enough of that! 

Now, I need to let you know that there is a GIVEAWAY going on at Little Miss Shabby until Thursday for my Window Shopping Illustration and your choice of either the Russian Sweeties Embroidery Pattern Set or the Favorite Dresses Embroidery Pattern Set. 

Russian Sweeties is a set of 4, Favorite Dresses is a set of 5.

Also, Gigi from Pinks and Needles is giving away the cutest pin topper she made especially to go along with my artwork for this giveaway.  I think it's super cute!! 

This giveaway ends on Thursday, so head over to Little Miss Shabby and enter!  Corey is doing several giveaways for her Birthday week, so check them out.  Happy Birthday Corey and thanks for all the fun!  :)

Have a wonderful week!

Tasha

thinkin' spring ~ a giveaway!

The other day I got out to do some shopping and found the sweetest little outfit for Ava.  With the sun shining brightly, some freshly baked cupcakes and this adorable spring dress, I thought it would be the perfect chance for some cute pictures and to lead you all over to the FABULOUS Spring Giveaway on Kerri's Blog....Lovely Little Handmades....(if you haven't already been there.)  :)

Kerri has 10 Etsy shops featured, each giving a 'springy item', so it's definitly worth entering!  I'll be giving one of my Bunny Love Illustrations......hopefully it will brighten a corner in someone's home for the season. 

So, ya....about those cute little pictures I hoped to get.........hmmm?  Not exactly how I evisioned them, but keepers none the less.  Mostly she tried running away, hiding, refusing to wear a clip some of the time, not looking at the camera, etc. 

Not wanting to smile:

Making faces....

Giving attitude......

Knowing she's not giving me what I want.....

Oh, she looked!  :)

Refusing to look at me.......

Playing in her dresser.......

Now she wants the camera......

At least I got those blue eyes. 

Now, it's off to package up orders for me, and entering that GIVEAWAY for you!  ;)

Tasha

giveaway winner!

Our lucky giveaway winner is #311

Thank you Stephanie, who left such a sweet comment!  I'll be in touch with you shortly!  :)

Thank you so much to all the entered!  I have enjoyed reading your comments and appreciate your encouraging and supportive words.  It really does keep me going!!  Thankyou.  :)

And a special Thank You to Camille and Kerri for playing along with me and making this giveaway SUPER FABULOUS.  Thanks girls! ;)

Happy Monday!

Tasha

stockings + a new year's giveaway! (edit: giveaway closed!)

It took me a bit, but the stockings got finished!  Yay!  I managed to get them good enough for stuffing at about midnight on Christmas Eve......but the pom poms had to wait.  I'm so glad that they are done for next year though!  I LOVE how they turned out, so maybe next year I can do one for me and my hubby.  We'll see.  :)

The Zig-Zag is Isaac's:

Don't you love the pom poms!?  I got mine at Sew Deerly Loved.

The Patchwork for Austin:

For this one, I was inspired by Alison's at Cluck. Cluck. Sew.  And thanks to Kerri, I LOVE all the cutesy fabrics added to Isaac and Austin's, like the Munki-Munki gnomes, snowmen and skiers! 

The Pinwheels are for Ava:

MMM...red, aqua, pink and green....perfect!  Don't you just want to hug those little pom poms?

I followed this fabulous pattern by Camille of Simplify....LOVE her blog and her super cute fabric line BLISS.  Hey, she's a red and aqua fan too!  ;)

I sure had fun making these adorable stockings for my 3 littlest ones!

So, for all the fabric-y fun I had making these stockings and because it's a brand NEW YEAR....

I'm doing a FABULOUS GIVEAWAY for one lucky winner!!  Joining me in this oh, so fabulous giveaway are two very talented and equally as 'red and aqua obsessed-like-me' girls.....my sil, Kerri, from Lovely Little Handmades and Camille, from Simplify! 

Here are the goods:

From me:  One charm pack full of my original fabric designs, made special for this giveaway.  A charm pack isn't something I normally sell in my shop and will be perfect for quilting.  I'll put just about everything red, aqua and pink that I have in there.....you won't be disappointed!  I promise.  ;)

In case you aren't familiar with my fabrics, here's a little mosaic with almost everything I have.  Now you have an idea of what your charm pack will include. 

From Camille:  One fantastic pattern pack from her Thimble Blossoms shop!  You'll get one of each of what you see here.  What Awesomeness!!   

From Kerri:  Some major red and aqua cuteness, including one yard of huggable, fluffable pom poms!

Kerri is also getting some more adorable new crafting/sewing products in her shop, which will also be part of this giveaway.

Sweet little silk flowers!  Aren't they cute?

And darling buttons and crocheted flowers!  Oh, the possibilities!!

You'll get to choose a button pack and a flower pack to go with your yard of pom poms!  There are actually a few more color choices than what I posted, so I'll make sure the winner knows what they are.

The Rules:

*First entry has to be this:  Leave me a comment and tell me your favorite fabric of mine.  If you win, I'll know what to send more of.  ;)

*Extra entry:  Visit Kerri and Camille's blogs, tell them Happy New Year and let them know I sent you!  :)

*Extra entry:  If you've purchased or left a comment at any of our shops or blogs, let me know in your comment.  :)

There's a chance for a maximum of 3 entries per person.  Please only enter for a 2nd or 3rd time if you qualify.  Please leave a new comment for each entry.  For example:  If you qualify for all 3 entries, you should leave 3 comments. 

Get it? GOOD.  :)

Giveaway is on until Saturday night (January 8, 2011).....late.

Play on Players! 

~Happy New Year!~

Tasha

birthday giveaway winner!

Congrats to #61...Patty M....the winner of my birthday giveaway!!  I'll be in touch with you soon!  :)

Thank you so much to everyone who played along and left me sweet birthday messages!  I read all of them and had a great time doing it.  So, seriously....Thank you!!

Tasha

my birthday giveaway

*This giveaway is now closed*

Is there any better way to celebrate a birthday than a little sharing and a little shopping!?  I think not.  Well, about a week (or more) on a tropical island without any children in tow sounds marvelous too, ....but shhhh...you didn't hear that from me.  ;)

First up, a little shopping!  (sorry, i'm in a bit of a me mood)  I've had my eyes on a couple things that are definitely worth some birthday splurging. 

Nest Pretty Things has me totally smitten!  There are several things I'd love to collect, but one of these necklaces will be the first purchase.  Aren't they the loveliest?!

It's the choosing that I don't like.  But then again, Christmas isn't so far away....

She has a children's shop as well that has the sweetest little earrings......a MUST have for me.

And speaking of Christmas......this is on top of Ava's list!  Isn't it too precious?

The other cute item I've been eyeing is this adorable bag from Shinzi Katoh.  It's Little Red having a party.  Cute!

I had a hard time getting a good photo, but here's a link if you want to see more.  There are several adorable bags, which I wouldn't mind collecting up as well, but I think this will be the first.  I think. 

Now, for the sharing....

My latest additions to the shop have been my paper products, so that's what I'll be sharing with you!

The winner of my giveaway will receive an illustration and a notecard set!  For notecards, I'm happy to do a mix.  Your welcome to choose from any in my shop, but here are a few of my favorites:

 

Oh and looky here, I have a spare fat quarter of white Little Red Riding Hood fabric to toss in too! 

The rules are simple!  You may have a total of 2 entries......here are the requirements:

*Just leave me a comment, telling me Happy Birthday of course! 

And for another entry, choose 1:

*link back to my post

*if you've left a comment before

Giveaway will close late on Saturday night, August 21st!!  

Thanks for celebrating with me!  :)

Tasha