They say that time flies when you're having fun!
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On January 6th, 2012
I published my first post, it was about . . .
my bedroom studio in our old house:)
It was a great space, but half the size of my new Art Barn.
To celebrate my 3 year Blogaversary.
I want to have a
Give-A-Way !
Let me rephrase that.
I want to have 3 give-a-ways,
One for each of the 3 years that I have been blogging.
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This week's Give-A-Way
is a pot-holder and a dish towel.
I'm using a cottage & heart theme on these.
I hope you like them :)
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To enter, there are only 2 Rules:
1. leave a comment
2. be a follower on Google Friend Connect
That's it!
The first winner will be announced on Monday, Jan 12th.
There will also me a second give-a-way
starting that day:)
Then on Monday the 19th,
I'll announce the second winner
&
start the third give-a-way.
I hope that you will all visit each post
and enter each give-a-way . . .
This is going to be fun!
I have met so many lovely people through blogging,
and your friendships have warmed my heart.
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This is just a little way to say
Thank you :)
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Your blogging sister,
Connie :)
Super cute! Happy Blogaversary and Happy new year!
ReplyDelete~Trisha
Good Morning Trisha, thanks so much for joining my celebration :)
DeleteGood Luck
Time flies by.. Beautiful giveaway.. Have a Happy New Year.. hugs :)
ReplyDeleteIt sure does, doesn't Becky.
DeleteNice to see you and good luck :)
Cute give aways....I would love a new pot holder. Mine are getting pretty raggety as are my dish towels too. Love your Art Barn and am amazed at how tidy it always looks. Everything has a place.
ReplyDeleteLouise
Good Morning Louise, Oh, my goodness, you know I try to keep it tidy, but when I have two or three things going on at once (which is my usual habit) it can get pretty messy, LOL. It is nice to have a spot where you're able to just leave things spread out and shut the door. Great to see you, Happy New Year and good luck . . . your name is in the hat :)
DeleteHi Connie, congrats on your 3 year anniversary!! Your giveaway is special and I would love to enter. I am also a follower!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very happy new year
filled with many blessings. So glad to have met you this year and I look forward to many more fun visits
Hugs
Good Morning! I think it is going to be a wonderful year. We have so much to be grateful for and are just celebrating life :)
DeleteI am delighted that you came by to enter and be sure and enter each week. I love having give-a-ways :)
I follow you on my Google reading list! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, that's great!
Love the red & white!
I loved your old room, wow! ~~~~now a barn!!!! grin!
Have a Happy New Year!
Hi Annie, last year when we moved to the country, we down sized our home and up sized our property. So we purchased a 12 X 24 foot barn and turned in into my "Art Bar". It is a dream come true and a great get away :) Thanks for joining my fun and remember there will be a give-a-way each week :)
DeleteSuper cute! Congratulations on your anniversary. Jane
ReplyDeleteHi Jane and thank you for helping me celebrate :)
DeleteHappy3rd Blog Birthday! It would be so sweet to win your handmade giveaway! Thank you for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower:)
Happy New Year too!
warmly,
deb
Good Morning Deb, it is great to see you :) Happy New Year and good luck on winning :)
DeleteBe sure to visit each week . . . you could be the lucky winner :)
Hi Connie. Congratulations on your blogging anniversary. Your giveaway items are lovely and I'm happy to throw my hat into the ring.
ReplyDeleteHi Lorrie, I am so happy to see that you have entered, good luck :)
DeleteLove you homely heart creations! Happy new year to you Connie!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sharon. I am delighted that you like them.
DeleteThanks for the new year wish and good luck on the drawing, your name is in the hat :)
Connie - I just popped over to wish you and your family a very Happy New Year. It is off to a good start in your new home. Love the giveaway but don't enter me as the postage to the UK is horrendous! Lots of love Fran xxx
ReplyDeleteDear Fran, I would not think of not entering your name. Postage might be high, but if your name is pulled from the hat, then you just expect a package.
DeleteIt would be my pleasure to have my little pot holder working along side that beautiful cooker of yours :)
Happy blog-iversary Connie!
ReplyDeleteIt has been wonderful getting to know you-- I can't believe you've only been blogging 3 short years! Seems like I have known you for much longer! It's been a JOY!
Hi Patricia, I could not believe that it was only three years, too. When I checked the date of my first post I was surprised. Blogging has been a true blessing . . . I feel like I know so much more about the different areas of the world than I did before. I have walked the beaches, villages, and cities of many countries and in the safety of my little comfy chair in front of the computer. I have tried new ideas from sewing, gardening, crafting and cooking. Blogging has opened up my mind and my interests and it has made me see that women from every walk of life have a common ground of family caregivers and peacemakers. I am proud to me a blogger and have a lovely community of blogging friends. I appreciate your friendship and good luck on the drawing, you name is in the hat :)
DeleteCongratulations on your blog anniversary. It's amazing how time flies by so quickly. I'm thrilled to be one of the readers who stops by here and gets to see the wonderful things you've been doing.
ReplyDeleteLove your giveaway items.
Hi Ann, I have a feeling that this is going to be a fabulous year. Thanks so much for following my blog. I have enjoyed are many visits and getting to know you better with each one. Happy new year and good luck on the give-a-way. be sure and enter each week :)
DeleteI'm not sure if I'm on Google friend or not (will have to check that out later). I do think your giveaway is wonderful. And to give one for each year is so generous of you.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning! I am delighted that you like my give-a-way . . . when you make something to give a way it's lovely getting feel back that people like it :)
DeleteI've always been a fan of red and white . . . it's so country vintage :) Thank you for helping me celebrate my three years of blogging :)
Congratulations on your 3rd blogaversary. Wow so much has happened since you started blogging. Especially where your new home is concerned.
ReplyDeleteYour giveaway gifts are beautiful, how kind to have 3 giveaways!
Hope you and your family have a wonderful 2015.
Ali xx
Good Morning Ali, well it is 14 degrees outside, so I am drinking hot coffee and still wrapped in my flannel bathrobe. I think that I just might curl up in my chair and watch the Rose Parade and dream about roses and spring-time :) Thanks for stopping by and helping me celebrate my three years. It has been a wonderful adventure and I have met so many lovely people, like yourself. Your name is in the hat, good luck and Happy New Year :)
DeleteThose are so pretty. I would like to enter your contest. Your non-tech friend here asks if I am a follower of you on Google? I get notices in my e-mail when you post. Does that mean I am???? LOL Thanks for your help. Nancy
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy, if you want to follow all that you have to do is hit the little blue button above the photos of my lovely followers.
DeleteIt's pretty easy and I would love to have you as a follower. We have been visiting with each other for a long time so I really thought that you were a follower too, until I checked. Surprise, surprise, right? Happy New Year.
Crafty Home Cottage is just 5 days older than Art and Sand!
ReplyDeleteWow! I did not realize that. It's just another thing that we have in common.
DeleteGood luck on the give-a-way and Happy New Year :)
Connie, I absolutely *love* these items and they would match my kitchen perfectly as I have red accents! Even if I don't win (which, of course, I hope I do), I love these two items so much that I would love to buy another set just like them from you if you so desired to make another. Let me know, OK?
ReplyDeleteMelanie, you are so sweet :) I have red accents, too. Our mixer quit working a few months ago and I thought that I could get along with just a hand mixer . . . until making Christmas cookies. So we ordered a new mixer. A red one; it is not here yet, but I am happily waiting on the UPS man to drive into the driveway :) Thank you for your sweet words . . . I'll think about it, okay. Good Luck, you might just win, you never know :)
DeleteCongrats on your blog anniversary, beautiful giveaway! Happy New Year to you my friend and all the best for 2015! Hugs, Diane
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane, and good luck :)
Deleteconnie, this is such a sweet thing to do! congrats on your blog anniversary!! (and i hope this year your resolution comes true:) love reading your happy, positive blog! happy new year!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, you are a sweetie pie :)
DeleteConnie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win some of your home made goodies. These remind me of redware of which I am a new fan! Congratulations on your blogaversary!
Cindy Bee
Hi Cindy, I am a fan of redwork ,too. It has such an old fashioned look about it. Thanks for joining in on my celebration :)
DeleteHappy New Year, Connie! Wishing you health, happiness and more wonderful photos for 2015!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Rosemary, thanks for stopping by and good luck on the give-a--way :)
DeleteHappy New Year Connie! What a generous give-away, and so cute too.
ReplyDeleteHi Carolyn, I am delighted that you are joining my celebration :) Happy New Year.
DeleteI don't expect a Cross- Atlantic prize, Connie! But I love to leave you a comment anyway, and thank you for your kind comments to me. Wishing you and your family a truly wonderful 2015! Lxxxxx
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Lynne, it's a small world and I feel honored to have so many beautiful friends from all around it . . . cross Atlantic, way it's just a little pond, right :) Your name is in the hat :)
DeleteHi Connie, congrats on your 3 year blogiversary! What an accomplishment and glad we are blog friends. Thanks for the giveaway and I love what you created! Have a healthy and happy new year! I follow you by GFC! Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteJulie at Julie's Lifestyle
Hi Julie, thank you for your kind words and good luck, your name is in the hat :)
DeleteI did it Connie so I should be all set now. Thanks! Nancy
ReplyDeleteThank you Nancy! How sweet :)
DeleteHappy New Years, Connie and Happy Anniversary too.
ReplyDeleteI love your crafty t-towel and potholders.!
Shipping is too high here too, so don't enter me either.
good luck to all the other entries!
I'm not worried about shipping . . . you ladies have all become sweet friends. Thank you so much for following my blog and for always dropping by to chat and share ideas :) Happy New Year and good luck :)
DeleteThese are so sweet! Count me in.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that you like them and want to join in on my celebration :)
DeleteHappy New Year Connie. Can you contact me I have a something to ask you and I did not see anyway to email you on your blog. Thanks. Happy Sunday.
ReplyDeleteKris
I'll be right over :)
DeleteHi Connie. Cogratulations on your anniversary! I like the looks of your first craftroom. I also love the barn and heart motif on your giveaway. Please put my name in the hat. I follow your blog but am not sure about the Google friend thing.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Kay
Hi Kay, yes you do follow on Google Friends and have been almost since I first started blogging.
DeleteI am so excited for you about your photography . . . such good news :)
Kay, your name is in the hat :)
What beautiful and cheerful gifts you have to offer your followers! Red and white combined are always so fresh looking, aren't they? They remind me of Christmas and a homely kitchen full of wonderful aromas! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Sandra, I love the vintage look of red and white, too. Good luck on the give-a-way :)
DeleteCONGRATS on your 3 year BLOGIVERSARY Connie!! Your newest follower:-)
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Martina, I am delighted to have you as a follower. Your name is in the name and good luck :)
DeleteHappy blog anniversary. I've so enjoyed your posts!
ReplyDeleteDarling items that you've made for your give away... you always make such cute stuff!
May this new year be filled with much happiness, and blessings galore for you and yours.
~Kerin
Hello Kerin, I am happy that you came by to join in on the fun . . . remember to come back and enter for each give-a-way.
DeleteIt is going to be a fun month, good luck :)
A very happy blog anniversary Connie! How nice to have a larger space to create all your beautiful crafty items!
ReplyDeleteHi Rebecca, thanks for joining in and helping me celebrate :) Good luck on the give-a-way.
DeleteI love my new Art Barn. When we moved here, there was a great shop for Steve, but no space for me.
I had some money saved up, so I purchased a small barn and turned it into my Art Barn.
I love having this great space and feel very blessed.
Congratulations on your Bloggiversary Connie. You are so sweet to want to give something back to your readers. Don't include me in the giveaway however as I live in the UK and the cost of postage over here is outrageous. Just wanted to tell you congratulations!
ReplyDeleteHI Marie, all of my UK followers are saying this . . . is it really that bad?
DeleteI really hate to not include everyone.
Happy blog birthday.........always a great achievement..............
ReplyDeletedon't worry about adding me into your giveaway as I don't do google friends connect..............
Thank you for stopping by, it is sweet of you to help me celebrate.
DeleteI wish that there were a way for me to have cake and tea for all of my visitors :)
Congratulations Connie. I just found your blog via Marie Rayner at The English Kitchen and I can't wait to explore it further. I would love to be entered in your Giveaway. Looking forward to 'getting to know you'.
ReplyDeleteHello Sharon and Welcome to my little blog. I have so much fun meeting new people and sharing ideas.
DeleteGood luck, your name is in the hat :)
hi connie, thank you for the kind words today on my blog post. Your Mother lived to a wonderful age! I know how hard it is to lose them and I'm sorry you are missing her today, what an amazing studio you have oh my gosh!! All I have is my table, lol, but it works, lol, I love to see such beautiful craft rooms, lots of goodies, so much inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie, I know what you mean, I love looking into other people's creative spaces.
DeleteThanks for stopping by and helping me celebrate :)
Congratulations, Connie, on three years of blogging. Time really does fly when you're having fun :) I am already a follower of yours and would certainly love to be entered for this beautiful giveaway. Thank you for being so thoughtful! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie, I am delighted that you came by to enter your name. It is such a pleasure making something to share with one of my followers. Be sure and visit next week too . . . the next give-a-way will be totally different from this one :) Good Luck!
DeleteYour old craft space was wonderful!! It had more cabinetry than my kitchen! LOL!! Very nice giveaway too!
ReplyDeleteHi Diane, and thank you so much.
DeleteHi Connie thanks for your comments on the SAL blog - congratulations on your blog anniversary - appreciate you looking up
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for stopping by and helping me celebrate :)
DeleteHi Connie! Congratulations of your 3 year bloggiversary! I already follow you so count me in on the giveaway, please! These are just so adorable!
ReplyDeleteHi Debby, I am so glad that you like them and that you came over to join my little celebration :)
DeleteIt was so nice that you visited my blog :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw your comment it put a smile on my face :)
Time does go by fast and i think that is a good thing as it means we are living a great life :)
Congrats on 3 yrs :)
I totally agree, that old saying the time flies when you're having fun is so true :)
DeleteLife is good. I love that you came over to help me celebrate my 3 years of blogging.
Thank you :)
Congratulations on your 3 years of blogging. Time does fly mine will be 8 years come Easter!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Eight years . . . and isn't it just the sweetest way to meet other ladies with common interests.
DeleteThank you for visiting and joining me in my little celebration. Good Luck :)
Congrats on the blog anniv. - These are really cute. - It's fun to meet new people and see how creative they are.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Ida, Welcome to my little blog, I am delighted to have you as a follower.
DeleteThank you for helping celebrate my three happy years of blogging and good luck on the give-a-way :)
Connie, your dish towel and hot pad are just the sweetest ever, you do such beautiful work, Congrats on your 3 years of blogging. I am all excited to check out the rest of your blog, thanks for stopping by my blog and introducing yourself!
ReplyDeleteHi Connie, welcome to my humble little blog. The last three years have been an journey in creativity and friendships. It is amazing how you can become great friends with sister bloggers that you will probably never meet in person. It is not only a grand place to share ideas, but has become a place of prayer for one another when in need, an place of encouragement and another thing that I love about blogging is that it is a place of adventure. I so enjoy seeing the world (you know the real everyday world, not the travel brochure world) of my new friends and enjoying the traditions of their families and countries.
DeleteThank you for follow my blog and good luck on the give-a-way :)
When blog hopping,I found yours today. Congrats on 3 years.Love to win your giveaway,Phyllis
ReplyDeleteHi There Phyllis, I am so happy that while you where hopping around you landed here. Thanks so much for following me and good luck on the give-a-way :)
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 3 years of blogging-very fun isn't it-I met you at the grow your blog party last year and added you to my blog roll list on my blog-I just signed in on google friend connect as I couldn't remember if I did that already-lol I do stop in from time to time but do not always leave a comment. thank you for the beautiful giveaway chance Kathy
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
Hi Kathy, it is great to see you again and I am delighted that you stopped my to visit and to help me celebrate my three happy years of blogging. It has been a delicious adventure and I have met so many wonderful and creative sister bloggers. Thanks again and good luck on the give-a-way :)
DeleteHi Connie and thanks for becoming a follower of my blog. I am now a following this blog also. A good thing as I'm getting in touch with my crafty side again, having joined a knitting and crocheting group here in the canyon where I live.
ReplyDeleteHi again, I just read your comment and it is nice to meet a fellow Swede, or half a Swede, I guess. I wan't sure about buying this place in the desert mountains but once I drove from Los Angeles to our home here as the sun rose over the Mojave desert and I fell in love. We live at 4,100 feet, so more in the mountains than the high desert. I love it, except for the heat of about 100 days of the year. Particularly in this drought we are experiencing.
ReplyDeleteHello Inger, Welcome to my blog and thank you for following. Your name is in the hat :)
DeleteI'm sorry, I got your comment about Sweden mixed up with another blogger friend's who turns out to be half Swedish.
ReplyDeleteYour towel and pot holder are cute. I don't keep track of my blogging anniversary mainly because I have had times where I ended up taking unintended blogging breaks for a few months at a time almost every year I blogged. I will post my aaward winning photo on my I won post so you can see it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations again on winning the Photo Contest :)
DeleteBeautiful work! Congrats on your blog anniversary and thanks for stopping by my blog today and leaving your kind comment!
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy, Welcome to my little blog, I love making new friends :)
DeleteHappy, Happy 3rd Blogging Anniversary Connie! You have became a dear blogging sister and you are such a talented,sweet lady!! I am soooo happy to have gotten to know you~~~maybe one day we can meet in person! Your "heart" handmade keepsakes are adorable!! Love them~~~ Blessings~~~Roxie
ReplyDeleteHi Roxie, I am delighted that you stopped by to help me celebrate. Since i've had by blog I have met so many lovely people . . . it would be great to meet you in person, but I haven't been back to the Midwest in over twelve years, but then again who knows :) Good luck on the give-a-way :)
DeleteWow, you are very talented! Lots of beautiful colors in here! Making things sure gives a person some warm fuzzy feel good feelings! Congrats on the 3 years of blogging! Thanks for following me! I hope you have a great time now in the country!
ReplyDeleteWell, thank you for following me, too:) I am going to enjoy learning more about raising animals and enjoying your delightful farm photos.
DeleteMaybe someday I can have a half dozen chickens around here :) Good luck on the give-a-way :)
An Art Barn...I love that idea. My husband is fascinated with tiny houses right now. I guess they must be quite the thing currently. 400-500 square feet of living space. I would prefer a little more space than that to live in. We started in a 12 X 60 mobile home I don't really want to go back to that small. I told him he could build me a tiny studio when we retire :) But I want a normal size house.
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, I love having you as a follower and it will be fun following your blog . . . a little internet visit to my home turf, LOL
DeleteI love my Art Barn, it is 336 square feet. The idea that I can start a project and leave it all spread out until the next time I have time to work on it is wonderful. Sometimes the reason it takes so long to finish something is because we have to fold it all up and put it away each time; then it's not worth pulling out if you only have 30 minutes or so to work on it. Keep encouraging your hubby to build you your dream studio . . . that way you both win (tidy house/studio) :)
Good luck on the give-a-way, your name is in the hat :)
Hi Connie, What a pleasure to have you stop by John's Island, leave me a kind comment, and follow the blog. I'm your newest follower too! :-) I see that you have 3 interesting blogs and I'm curious which one are you posting on most frequently? Hope to see you at John's Island often. John
ReplyDeleteHi John, I am delighted to have you as a follower and I love your blog. This is the blog that I use all the time. The other two are only used occasionally, I probably should just close them down, but not for now. I'm adding your name to the hat, so good luck on my give-a-way :)
DeleteHi Connie,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your three years of blogging!
I've always enjoyed reading your blog
and I know you are so talented!!
Have a great weekend
and stay warm!
xoxo
Dorothy and Ms.Wilma
Hi Dorothy, it is great to hear from you, it has been a while . . . I know, "the keyboard runs both ways, right"
DeleteNow that the holidays are over and the weather is too cold for outdoor activities (I'm not a snow-bunny) I have been having more time for sewing and crafts.
That is one of the joys of the winter season for me :) Thanks again for visiting and good luck on the give-a-way :)
Congratulations on your blogaversary. And thanks for visiting my blog. Love the dish towel!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, thank you and good luck . . . I'm delighted that you like it :)
DeleteThese are super cute Connie- I love the red. Congratulations on three years..I'm close to that, but have re-started my blog twice, so my old posts are gone.
ReplyDeleteThank you Terri and Good Luck :)
DeleteI would be honored to win one of those beauties,
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogaversary. I am in my seventh year,
Hi Gail, you are so sweet and thank you for following my blog. Good luck on the give-a-way :)
DeleteHello Connie,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your recent visit to my blog. I'm a bit slow in returning the favour, but will take a nice look around while I'm here. I've already gathered you're a creative soul who loves making things (lovely projects in this post) and music. I'm impressed by your old studio, so your new space must be quite something!
-Karen
Hello Karen and welcome to my little blog. I am looking forward to becoming great blogging friends. Thank you for your encouraging words and good luck on the give-a-way :)
DeleteHi Connie.. I'm a new follower and I think we have a lot in common! Count me in on the giveaway! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Thanks for stopping by and helping me celebrate :)
DeleteYour name is in the hat, good luck.
Connie, I can't believe you have been blogging only 3 years...I feel like I have known you for many more years......You are that kind of girl, someone that is so comfortable you feel as if you are friends at the first hello......Congratulations to you and many more, I have so enjoyed following your journey
ReplyDeleteCarol
Carol, you have make my day. . . maybe my week. I feel the same way about you and know that if I am ever in the Orlando area again I will do my best to call and hopefully meet for coffee or something. You have been such a warm and friendly sister blogger, not just to me but to everyone that follows you.
DeleteThank you for stopping by to help celebrate and good luck on the give-a-way :)
Congratulations Connie! Super cute giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sherry. I have been enjoying your shelving post; you have so many wonderful ideas.
DeleteI do love my new red crochet items. My co-workers are used to my colorful and fun classroom, and some of the clothes I wear. I love your sweet blog! Do you have an embroidery sewing machine?
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