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Well I have done it !!! ... I have been through the blogs of the 911 participants in the One World One Heart giveaway event ... my butt is at least 4 inches wider from sitting here for nearly 5 days ... What you say?... Yes that is right nearly 5 days it took 'me' to go through them all ...
Such talented, artistic & giving people out there in blog world. It's hard to believe that with the click of a couple of buttons you can be in someone else's little world - like they say...' it's a small world after all ...'

I think Lisa Swifka has done a wonderful job of organising & setting up the OWOH blog & going through all the participating blogs to check what they are offering ... Lisa our indigenous folks in Australia have this song, I love, that they sing ...'from little things big things grow...' It is so true & I thank you for your 'vision' & all your hard work. Here's hoping you have been able to catch-up on some sleep & can relax & now cruise the blogs at your leisure.

I marvel at the talent of all these bloggers, the ingenuity of those that might not be game enough to give something they themselves made, yet come up with wonderful giveaways & I marvel at the wonderful entries some make of their OWOH giveaway ... either weaving a little story and/or presenting it with lovely photos And the names some bloggers have for their blogs ... well they just blow me away ... and just how many wonderful, encouraging 'saying' are there out in blog world - I found so many new ones, it just amazes me ...

Go On... I know you want to go & have a look too ...

if you would like to venture to OWOH and join in the FUN, please do ... there is still plenty of time to put you name in the hat [comments box]... The GiveAway day is Thurs 12th Feb.

I know I'll be re-visiting a lot of these blogs again after the giveaway day ... I've found more folks that are into what I'm into ... yaaa

I'm off to my Gyrlie shed now to finish off my prize...

Thankful... for the 'giving'... that so many folks do so willingly, freely & happily...

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Drum roll please ... the winner of my little giveaway - picked by the Random Number Generator was #7 which is Dawn ... Congratulations Dawn & thank you for coming on by - gosh my little quiltie is going all the way to Scotland.
I would like to thank everybody for entering my little giveaway, I was surprised to see this many - I do so enjoy your comments so please pop on by again & say G'day...
I have had a very hectic but wonderful w/e - hasn't been so interesting & busy in a long time ... ha ha
DH [Dear Heart] & I celebrated our 40th [Ruby] Wedding Anniversary on Sat [& to think they were laying bets on it only lasting a year or too...] All our children live a long way away now but our youngest lives on the other side of town about an hour's drive away so she had us over to celebrate with a Seafood BBQ - yummm it was lovely & the Grandies put on a little concert for us as well so all in all we had a wonderful night - thanks Love. Our other children rang us so we had some long conversations on the phone... Telstra did well out of it ...
Sunday my girlfriend Luc & I went off to the Craft & Quilt Fair for the day ... I'm feeling slightly knackered today but we did have such a fun day. I had been on the Wed as well but will tell you about the Craft & Quilt Fair next time ...

100 yaaa 100 posts = Giveaway

Yep 100 posts does equals a GIVEAWAY ... and I even have something made for it too ...



This is my little 'Thank You' for popping on over to my place for a look-see & leaving me a comment [can't get on by without your comments ... even if it's only from the 3 of you that visit me ... ha ha] - please leave me a comment as I will take the names from the comment section - if you don't have a blog that's OK still leave a comment & then contact me via the email addy in my profile. I'll be drawing it on Sat week - 25th Oct [or day after] as it is a very special day for us here - I'll tell you more of that then...
I'm giving away this little quiltie 'Shine' that I made - I'm still in my learning curve with these & loving it - it is approx. 200mm [8"] X 150mm [6"], machine sewn with a little beading. Come one, come all I'm thrilled to have been blogging for 100 posts which for me has equaled 12 months at Bethel's Place.

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Back from a couple of little trips away to visit with the Grandies ... poor DH had to have surgery on his lower leg for sun cancer - poor thing this is a legacy of being of Danish decent with the red hair & skin to match & being brought up out west where it is so hot & before they knew about the Slip, Slop, Slap where you Slip on a shirt, Slop on some suncream & Slap on a hat... but DH was a outside worker, he often worked without a shirt or even a hat for that matter for hours on end coming home very burnt... luckily our kids know so they cover their kids but they themselves have sun damage already just by inheriting their father's genes plus I also had copper hair when a child with a fair complexion/skin SOOO please now that we are in our southern summer Please remember to cover-up & Slop on the sunscreen even just for a morning walk or school. I see they (SunSmart) have extended the saying now to Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek & Slide the 5 S's - Do click on the hyperlink & go to the bottom of the page & hear the little song our kids used to sing.
Talking of walking Gilly must of found the trips away a little exhausting, as this is how she looked at me the first day we got back - you will notice that she parks herself in the covers after I have got up in the morning ... but she still came for a walk with me then the next day one of the neighbours dogs were out wondering the streets & as Gilly is only a toy poodle I had to very quickly scoop her up as one swipe at her by these much bigger dogs would have been disastrous so we were both a little nervous going off today but that soon disappeared when a chap further down our street brought his little grandie out so she could pat Gilly - Gilly loves kids & of course loves to be patted but not them big dogs ... ha ha
As per usual I was doing some blog surfing since I've been back & found that Denise Fenton had commented on Baumcat's blog so of course I followed the link and then found Tactile Pleasures... in Fabric... Myra is doing a giveaway[I'm late it's only til Sun] & would love folks to pop on over & visit - I found Myra's Tactile Pleasures a very inspirational blog to visit with a few tuts to look at too, so even if you miss the giveaway for her 200th post I know you will find it a great blog.
Did I say that I got my sewing machine back from the dr.? So now that the visiting is over I need to get back into my 'In This House' swap... I was a tad naughty while DH was having his surgery - well maybe it was "Stress Relief" in the form of 'Retail Therapy', but I visited Spotlight[large fabric & homeware shop] & just had to bring some of the lovely fabrics home - I'm going to have a go at making some aprons for Christmas pressies - well that's what I say now ... lol but first I need to finish my swap.

Have a look..

Do pop on over to Carla of Feathered Fibres ... she is having a blog give-away 'just cause' she can & wants too - don't you love that sortta give-away, from the Heart. Carla is giving one of her Freeform Crochet Scarf and man I wanna win the purple one, it looks so warm & cuddly ... do pop on over & have a gander...

The WINNER is ...

Yes I have a winner for One World One Heart Giveaway and it is Fran from ArtsyFran.
Congratulations Fran, I look forward to posting you my Colour My World picture collage all the way to Arizona from my Gyrlie Shed in Australia.
Thank you so very much to all the folks that entered my giveaway & left such wonderful & encouraging comments + also to all that visited and all the bloggers that entered this wonderful World Wide event. Lisa I thank you also for hosting such a great event you were a wonderful hostess full of fabulous encouragement & organisational skills ... I do look forward to doing it all again.