I Am So Excited!!!

A Little Valentine Treat


I am so excited! (Besides the fact that there is still much evidence of our ice storm!) I had planned to post this earlier, thus ending the contest a few days earlier. But Oklahoma weather has a way of interfering with the best of intentions. Nevertheless, you are going to love this!

You know, when you go blog stalking…er, hopping….blog hopping, sometimes you meet the nicest people! Recently, that is what happened to me. Through a series of clicks of the mouse, I meet Tiffany, who makes beautiful jewelry. We did a bit of emailing and visiting, which enabled me to meet Kit, Tiffany’s sister. Kit is a fulltime student, with a minor in studio arts and as fortune would have it, like Tiffany, Kit also makes beautiful, unique (as in one of a kind) jewelry.

You can see Kit’s gorgeous jewelry on her website, Mountain Birdie Gems.

Tiffany and Kit have very graciously donated a beautiful necklace for me to giveaway!!! Isn't it lovely?!! (If you read the post earlier, you know I am still looking for my camera, however, Tiffany and Kit not only provided the necklace, but they also had my back on the pictures! ~ Thanks, girls!)

Here is the written description of the necklace:

The chain length is 16". The heart is a freshwater coin pearl, with a heart shaped bundle of almost 30 garnets. The cluster of garnets is wire wrapped together tightly and is about 1" in length.

Take my word for it, it is stunning!! And I love, love, love garnets! The coin pearl heart is tiny and so very delicate looking, adding even more beauty to the overall appeal of the necklace. It will make someone a beautiful Valentine treasure!!!

So how can you win this wonderful treasure?

First, you run on over and take a look at Kit’s beautiful handiwork. Next, become a follower of Mountain Birdie Gems. Return here and tell me, you became a follower of MBG. Also, tell me which is your very favorite item on Kim’s site! If you are not already a follower here, you will receive an extra entry for becoming a follower.

So to recap….

You will receive one entry for visiting Mountain Birdie Gems and becoming a follower! (Be sure a leave a comment here, telling me you are now following MBG.)

You will receive another entry for commenting (here), posting your favorite creation from Mountain Birdie Gems!

And if you are not presently a follower of Prairie Maid, you will receive a bonus entry for becoming a follower! (Simply leave a comment telling me you are a follower or have just become a follower! Don’t make me have to think.)

Please, be sure a leave a way for me to contact you! Winner will have 24 hours to respond. If there is no response another person will be selected. Thanks!

The winner will be selected by the random number thingie February 10th and mailed February 11th (provided there is not another ice storm! It we are iced in, it will be mailed as soon as we can dig out and make our way to the post office.)

I would love to see Mountain Birdie Gems receive 30 new followers!!! If her total followers goes to 35 by February 10th, I will sponsor another giveaway!!!

If you would like to take a peek at Tiffany’s jewelry, click on the button for The Silver Cottage in the sidebar.

Be sure and check back often! We are going to feature a number of giveaways and contests the next few months! You do not want to miss a thing!

On a side note: It is wonderful to have electricity once more!! I am blessed ~ I have hot water, plenty of light, and can use the computer again!!! Now, to find my camera! ~ I am sorry to update, we are once again without power. Ice and limbs continue to fall and the poor power crews are struggling to keep up! Please pray for the guys out there trying to keep things running.

Blessings,
Cheryl

P.S. Georgie, if you are reading this, your sweet Mama said, this necklace has her name written all over it. *smile* Mothers’ Day is May 9th! *wink*

Fa la la, la, La la la la.....

Just a few quick updates. It is that time of the year, when we seem to meet ourselves "coming and going" as they used to say. And life around here is no exception I have lots of good intentions, but time seems to be traveling at the speed of light toward December 25th, fortunately for me, we celebrate our family Christmas with everybody on January 1st. *smile* We made a point to start doing this *tradition* when the grown kids started getting married. We didn't want them to feel pulled between which house, what time, and guilty over being one place, while feeling the need to be somewhere else. So we started our own thing!


The lovely necklace pictured here is from The Silver Cottage website. I am going to try to add a link to the site....but you all know I am not very good at that. If my attempt doesn't work and a web search doesn't show you were to go, leave me a comment and I'll try to point you in the right direction!


I haven't finished my shopping for this Christmas and I am already planning what I want to buy for next!!! But now I know about this site, so I can order anytime during the year and hide my gifts away....(Okay, there have been a couple of years when I hid them a little too well! But I am going to get better organized... .really!). Anyway wanted to share the lovely work this stay at home mom does! Be sure and look at the bracelet made with two strands of beautiful Amethyst chips and drawn together by a single dragonfly with an adjustable length. Gorgeous!


I have to go to the post office either tomorrow or Tuesday....well, since it is 1:28 a.m., make that later today or tomorrow. But, I still have to package three gifts and finish the Christmas cards. Maybe while I am filling up on coffee in a few hours.....What? You asked why I'm not working on cards now? Because I am working on laundry...lots of laundry and I only sit down and work on this post in between folding loads of clothes.


Elijah is still awake and we are also watching Five Mile Creek and talking about the "land down under".....so we are throwing in a bit of schooling here in the middle of the night! Doesn't everybody live like this?


Jenny (DD#1) is coming tomorrow afternoon, to bring Teamer and pick up Joey and Mac. Hopefully, (and I may be dreaming) I will then get a little more done on the house.


I am planning on preparing an early holiday dinner for Granny D. and all of dh's brothers and significant others, however I still have to figure which day/evening will work best.


I received a new book to review yesterday. It is a devotional by Keri Wyatt Kent. It looks wonderful....there again, TIME.


Today was the first really nice day since I promised new pictures of Rodeo and I forgot. I still have the pictures on my "to do list".


If you haven't tried the Cast Iron Pan Candy on Suzanne McMinn's Chickens In the Road site....it is so good! I had eight kids here yesterday and we made it. The recipe is incredibly simple. A nice rich toffee and then we drizzled melted white chocolate over it...just because! It was like eating Heath bars....all the Heath bars you want. I think I sampled way too much!


Suzanne has lots of ideas to make your Christmas special, that are very economical friendly *cheap*. Many of her ideas will enrich your life, too.


Okay, not proof reading this tonight, so if you find mistakes just correct them and be joyful!


Enjoy the season!
Cheryl