Candy for the BIG 100

Well here we are at another Monday and I can't for the life of me work out where the week went again.  Ah well no point in worrying about it.  I do hope today finds you all doing ok and in fairly good health.  I am just glad we haven't gotten together or I would be blaimed for the few people with sore throats (it wasn't me...LOL).  Those of you who are suffering, I do hope you get better soon.  I won't lie, mine is still here and driving me bananas as I am now coughing all the time and my chest is starting to complain.
Right then, without further ado and chattering from me (that would be a first!!) lets get on with the show.  I put all the names into a hat and.........

 

 my thank you Surprise Package of Ribbon and Lace goes to ......................

CHRISTINE HARROP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Christine and thank you for your lovely comments over the past week.

Please email me with your address and I will get your package off to you asap.

May I take this opportunity to say Thank You to everyone that takes the time to leave me comments.  I wish I could afford to send you all something.  But who knows; I am sure, over time, I will get something to alot of you!

Now onto the two Candy prizes for the BIG 100 draw.   I hope you will excuse my photographs, I am no window dresser and really struggled to make them look pretty.  I was so tempted to just drop them from a height and see how they landed and then take the picture..... but I thought better of it as knowing my luck the embellishments would have been scattered from here to the dogs bed,.... and I did not want to have to fight to get them back!!!!  (My little yorkie loves to try anything.  She is such a greedy little monkey..ha ha!)

The Stamping and Colouring Prize consists of:

Perfect Medium Ink Pad

Dusty Concord Distress Ink Pad

6 Vivid Promarkers (inc one skin tone)

Sheet of Cut n Dry Foam

Special Touch of Magic Mask

6Sheets Watercolour paper (heavyweight)

12 Sheets Promarker paper

A5 Sheet of Anna Griffin Floral and Border stamps

Kanban Background and Lace Border stamps

The Embellishments Prize consists of:

7 of my Decorative Stick Pins

11 x 2.5meters (min) Organza & Satin Ribbon

Small, medium & large Prima paper flowers

Lilac & Blue ribbon flowers

Solid Brass Christmas Tree & Holly charms

Net of padded hearts in Red, Gold & Silver

2 sprays of beaded wires (Red & Blue)

Not showing but included:- 

Card of pearly buttons

Card of my handmade embellishments (see sat post for picture)

What do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning one of the above?  Easy peasy - just be a follower of my blog and leave me a comment under this post! 

As soon as we get to 100 followers, I will do the draw for TWO WINNERS!!  I do hope you like the prizes.

(If you could advertise this candy on your blog I would truly appreciate it, but it is not a condition of entry.) 

Well that's it for now.  I am hoping to feel a little better later on today, so that I can actually sit long enough to make some cards.  Fingers crossed.

Have a great day all.  Hugs Linda xx

We have a winner!

Well here I am at last.  I am so sorry for not posting this last night as promised but unfortunately I had family issues and was unable to get home and to my pc until almost midnight! I hope you will forgive me.
So without further ado, let's get straight into the draw. 
I have used Randomorg. as usual and the winner is..............................................

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well actually I am not going to tell you yet............ but only because I  may have a bit of good news for someone else first!!

Commenters Candy

Yesterday I received some BEAUTIFUL  LACE that I purchased off Ebay and I am so thrilled with it that I wanted to share some with you.   So as a Thank You to all those who have commented over the past week, I will be doing a draw this afternoon (no other emergencies arising..... Fingers crossed!) 

The winner will receive a SURPRISE PARCEL OF LACE & RIBBON. 

Here's a little tease:-

 

You don't have to do anything, I will check my blog and enter all the names on the comments from the past week into a hat and pick a winner. (All the names from today will count too!!)
I will post the winners name, along with the pictures for the BIG 100 draw prizes first thing tomorrow morning!! 

Ok, now down to the nitty gritty..........

The Winner of the 80 followers Candy draw is................

CAROLE Z!!!!!!!!!!

Carole Z   7 May 2012 16:43

Hi Linda, love your pins and would love to be entered in the Candy draw! 

Congratulations Carole.  Please email me with your details and whether you prefer readymade pins or a starter kit.

Melanie,  In answer to your question, the glue I prefer to use for my Decorative Pins is E6000 but jewellery makers hypo cement is strong too (it's just more runny than E6000).  If you click on the Tutorials tab at the top of the blog you will find my Decorative Pins tutorial; it has a link to the place I buy mine.  I have found it the cheapest so far (including postage charge). Hope that helps.

That's it for the moment. I hope to be able to find some time to make a card or two today so, here's to crafting! 
Have a great day all.  Hugs Linda x

 

Draw Winners

I nearly forgot to post this guys, I am so sorry.  Sometimes I think I leave my brain on my pillow! lol!
Anyway, this is a very quick but important post so lets just crack on with it.

The winner of the Shabby Chic paper pack is................................................

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Christine Hussey

The winner of the Retro paper pack is..........................................................

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Sue P 

And finally, the winner of the Kanban paper pack is ..................................

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Kelly

Congratulations to you all.   Please can you email me at   lindascreativeharmony@gmail.com with your postal addresses and I will get your prizes off to you asap.

Thank you to everyone that took part and left such lovely comments for me.  

One last thing before I go, it seems that everyone is in agreement that when we reach the BIG 100 draw we should have two prizes.  So that is what I will do.  I will make up a Stamping/colouring prize box and an Embellishment prize box and every entrant can state in their comment which they would prefer to win.

My blog has been blessed with a few new followers of late so WELCOME to you all.  We are almost at 80 now so the draw for the Decorative Pins is getting very, very close.  Please make sure you have left a comment for me under the CANDY POST  or you will not be entered to win them.

I hope you all have a wondeful week.  Lets hope the weather is a little nicer! Bye

Hugs Linda xx

CANDY!!!

I have had such wonderful emails and comments with regards to my Decorative Pins that I have decided one more time to offer them as Candy. 

The prize for just One Winner will be a choice of either:-

A full Starter Kit of Decorative Pins, (also to include Glue)

or

a box of 6 readymade Decorative Pins (Elegance range- The long fancy pins!)

So there you have it, our next Candy.  Just make sure you leave me a comment under this post and you will be entered into the draw.  

I know there are alot of people out there who would like to enter the draws but do not want to become followers.  Very soon I will do open Candy draws for anyone to enter, but the regular draws at the moment are my way to say a BIG Thank You to all those who follow me and support me as I get myself into the swing of blogland.   I fully understand that we cannot follow everyone or we would be online every minute of everyday.  

So for those who come to browse and like to just pop by now and again, I do think of you too and I promise I will do a draw for anyone and everyone to enter very soon.

Ok that's it for now.  Good luck to everyone again.

Hugs Linda xx

It's Candy time again!!

We had our Candy winner for hitting the 40 followers, so of course it's time for candy for the next biggy and that is when we reach 60 followers.   I have been wondering what to offer and after reading all your lovely comments I have I seen a few requests for a start up kit for the Decorative Pins.  So I have been thinking I need to publicise this and I want you to win Candy that you actually like and want, so I have an idea:  how about a couple of winners?   I am feeling generous again so.......how about Two runners-up who will win a Start-up set of pins plus two ready made pins for inspiration and then an overall winner who will win a Start-up set plus a full box of mixed ready made pins.  

So three lovely winners for the next draw, this is exciting!!!!  

The post office is going to love me...lol!

What do you need to do for a chance of winning:-
First, of course, please be a follower of my blog, second if you have a blog put a link to my Candy onto your sidebar and then leave me a comment under this post and all the names will be entered into the draw when we reach the big 60.  (Non-bloggers just become a follower and leave a comment please.)

The Candy Starter Pack will include:-

1. Two or three sizes (lengths) of base pins (the number of each will depend on what I have managed
     to get in before the draw takes place, but will definitely be 8pins made up from the various sizes)
2.  Spacers in various sizes (4, 6 & 8mm)
3.  Bead caps in various sizes (6 &8mm) in Silver
4.  Bead caps in 8mm Gold
5.  Bead cones in silver (one size to fit 6 & 8mm beads)
6.  Smooth round Metal spacer beads 3/4/5mm in Silver
7.  Smooth round Metal spacer beads 3/4/5mm in Gold
8.  A selection of pearls and beads in various colours and sizes
9.  Metal connectors (heart and/or circle)

I hope I have chosen well and you will take part and make it a bit more interesting.
That's it for today.  See you all soon.
Big hugs Linda x
 

Candy Redraw and big draw HINT!!

Hi Guys
I did not receive a claim comment or email from Allison for the first candy draw by Friday evening and so I did a redraw as promised.  The lovely lady that was drawn this time is ..........Now I could make you wait and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page.............but I am feed up of typing those dots already!!! Lazy woman I hear you cry ...... aren't I just..lol!

So here  it is.............................. commenter No.6

AnneRD!!!!!!     who left me this encouraging comment

Hi Linda, came here via Sams Blog. Good luck, will keep popping by.
Anne

Congratulations Anne, please EMAIL me asap and a parcel of goodies will be winging its way to you.  I hope you will enjoy using them.

While on the subject of Candy we are almost at the fabulous 40, so it looks like there will be another lovely draw again fairly soon the way things have been going.  I would like to say a big warm welcome to the newest followers, it is wonderful to have you on board.  I hope you will enjoy this crafting journey with me.

I am going to be a bit naughty now and tell you a bit about the really lovely Candy bundle I have made up for the big 100 draw.  It will contain Spellbinders die set, Promarkers, ribbons and lace.........and lots, lots more,  BUT,  to make it even better I am going to give you a bit of a choice on some of the items...... yes,  you read that right, I will give you a choice!!   But that is enough of a hint!!   To anyone mentioning my blog or advertising it on their sidebar I will give extra entries.  So basically, every new candy draw you mention or link to my blog, I will add another entry for the big 100 draw.  That could potentially mean another 4entries (draw for 40,60,80 and of course the 100 followers).  Hope you like my ideas.  ( IMPORTANT.. Please let me know when it is on your blog and I will put your extra entries in)

Ok folks, I have been up all night, so I am off to bed for a couple of hours but, I will be back later with a card that I did as part of a crafting session with my young friend.  She only took up crafting a few months ago, but I'll tell you more about that later.

Thank you for popping by and congratulations again Anne.  I hope to hear from you asap.

Hugs and thanks Linda x

Welcome to my first blog, my first post and Candy too!!

I can spend hours sometimes just admiring the end products of the talented people within the crafting and art community.  Most of this is done on the PC/laptop these days; lots of open tabs on a single screen replacing the mound of open books or torn paper bookmarks on the desk or tabletop.  The blog is in some cases replacing the diary and is also becoming the creative persons portfolio.

A fairly common thing I have noticed on the blogs I read is that numerous readers/followers say how much they 'wish they could do that' or they hope to 'be that good one day'.  Well that was me for a long time with regards to just starting a blog.  Two dear friends and extremely talented ladies, Sue Wilson and Dena Concienne have encouraged me on numerous occasions to get a blog started, but unfortunately health slowed me down.  Well here it is at last, a bare bones of a blog, but I am going to learn and then see where this wonderful new journey takes me.  Thank you to both of you for all your encouragement, you had belief in me even though we had never met and I will never forget your kindnesses and thoughtfulness.

To start my blog off with a bit of a celebration, I am going to offer some candy for when I reach my first 20 followers.  I love to make Decorative Stick Pins and I crochet lace also, so I thought I would make up my first candy from them.  I have taken a picture of a sample of my pins, but unfortunately my photography leaves a lot to be desired.  At the moment my camera has no lead (can't find a replacement anywhere, will be writing to the manufacturer) and in the mean time, the camera I am using is so old it shakes more than me!  I promise I will make my photos a top priority.

Well I hope I haven't bored you with only words for my first blog, but I do hope you will pop by and have a chat now and again.  I have a lovely card to show tomorrow in honour of Sue Wilson, it is my first Case card and it is of Sue's Parisian in Teal card.

Have a good day everyone.
Regards Linda x