just maryse

A Birthday Present for You!

thank you for your ideas. and thank you for the birthday greetings.  j says that we are at an age when we shouldn't care about birthdays. and what i say to him is ... LIAR!

i'm taking all of your ideas to heart. there are some good ones.  AND SOME WHERE CLEARLY THE COMMENTER DID NOT READ THE POST CAREFULLY.  but their ideas were good ones too and fitness is definitely something i'm working on improving.  jmo, climbing everest?  really? yeah, um, no. that doesn't sound like fun AT ALL to me.

anyway, to thank you for commenting, i've randomly selected one of you to win a little something.  and the winner is .... CHAWNE! 

i just sent you a ravelry pattern.  i hope you like it.

anyway to everyone else, merry christmas, happy holidays, and as a friend of mine would say, "and all of that happy horseshit."

 

And The Winner Is ....

Word Lily!

Lily, please email me your full name and address so I can forward it to the publisher who will be sending the book to you directly.  No middle man! And no having to wait for all of the stars to align properly so that I can actually make it to the post office.

Thanks to everyone for commenting!

Also, just so you don't leave totally empty handed, don't forget my new granny star pattern that you can download for free here.

 

 

And the Winner Is......

thanks to everyone for your comments.  it was really nice.  and i'm sad that i don't have copies for all of you, but ...

i do have a winner.

MOLLY!!!!

now i've "known" molly for awhile now. and she's not a knitter or crocheter (i know! what the hell) but she is a very very talented quilter. she makes such pretty colorful things.  go look.  i mean it.  right now.

see?

anyway, thanks to everyone for playing along.

by the way, this is the fussy cut blanket designed by the  mason-dixon ladies.  the pattern is in the book.

 

Blog Anniversary Week Contest

why stop at one day.

one of the greatest opportunities that came my way as a result of this blog is getting the chance to help gale zucker and joan tapper with their great book Craft Activism. i learned a great deal and had so much fun.  thank you both for including me. 

so in honor of it being my blogiversary week, i thought it might be fun to have a contest.

leave me a comment between now and friday, April 20th 11pm ET and i'll put all of your names into a hat and choose a winner at random.

you want this book. i swear it.

once again, thanks for visiting all of these years.

HOLY CRAP! 5 YEARS ALREADY?

yep, the blog is 5 years old today!  happy blogiversary to me!

in honor of this very important day, i'm going to give out a couple of little prizes. 

leave me a comment, and i'll pick 2 or 3 people at random and send them something.  and you have until ... let me see ... Friday April 24th. 

smell ya later!

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ETA:  the contest is closed!  thanks for all of the comments!

A Mountain of Packages

what a mess!  but in a good way (although the clutter is making me twitch just a little).

thanks to everyone who sent in squares for elisa's dad.  i've prepared a handy dandy excel spreadsheet logging in everyone's names, email addresses, etc., and the number of squares (you know, for the contest).

how about some numbers?  i've received a total of 72 squares!  from 30 people!  i've received squares from people as far north as minnesota and as far south as houston texas.  as far west as california and as far east as boston and nyc. 

i've heard from a few of you that "the squares are in the mail" so i anticipate a few more squares.  and also i've heard that some of you sent the squares directly to elisa.  so i think with 75+ squares, elisa's dad will have a massive blanket, which is just awesome. 

i'll have pictures of squares soon.  i don't want to remove them from their packages until i've labeled every square.

i've got a few prizes, yarn mostly, from my stash but also some wonderful donations from square contributors.  i'll be selecting winners in the next week or so.  and then i'll be sending the squares off to elisa.  (who will be doing the sewing.)  the mess is kind of freaking me out so the sooner the better.

 

anyway, i've got to go.  in a hurry.  but i wanted to give you all an update.  it's pretty great.

A Contest for Squares

hey everyone!  the response to my call has been awesome.  i know elisa's been really touched and i'm confident that this blanket will be beautiful.

to thank you all for participating, i'm going to have a little contest.  for every square i receive from you, i'll put your name into a hat (or bowl or bag) and award some prizes.  how's that?  i might have more than one prize even.

so, we need a deadline for the contest...how about thursday, february 14th. yep, that's valentines day.  i bet you didn't know i could be a bit of a sentimental sap.

Just a Yarn Cake Minding His Own Business

this day started like any other day.  a yarn cake just minding his own business, whistling a happy tune even.

and then DANGER struck!!! " NO!!!!!!!  HELP!!!!!!"  he screamed.

but his cries were in vain.

did the beast eat our yarn friend?  did she pull his yarn end and make him dance across the floor before getting tangled within his strands with a satisfied sigh of contentment?  tune in tomorrow (or maybe the next day -- tomorrow being more of a general time in the foreseeable future rather than actually the day after today) to find out.

this play in three acts is my entry in hannah's bittersweet contest.   i just discovered her thanks to oiyi.

And the Oscar Goes To ...

no oscar recap today because i didn't watch the awards.  but i do have some winner's to announce...

yes, for today's installment of "Things I Like Monday" i'm going to start with:

1.  Picking Winners.  I picked two winners for the sock rules contest.  One winner was selected using the random number generator.  and that person is vrkdorell.  if this is your entry ... please leave me a comment or email.

the second was hand selected by j.  i asked him to pick the one picture that caused him the most visual discomfort.  i'm surprised (this is not the most heinous combo in my opinion) and yet not, by his selecgtion (when i painted our bathroom a light yellow, he went and got the neighbor across the street to ask her if the color wasn't a bit too bright)   congratulations kat ... he picked you.  email me your address and i'll send you something knitterly ... or not. 

2.   I like finishing projects.  i have a couple to show.  tomorrow when i'm not so pooped.  (it's 10:30 -- way past my bedtime.  yes, i'm pathetic).

3. And I like getting excited about new projects.  I have a couple in mind.  Here's a hint for one of them.

(if you like the bag, you can get your very own right here.)

ok, i'm going to bed. 

Friday is for Housekeeping

or in my case, more procrastinating, of which i am the queen.

a few announcements.

1.  because of some whining, i've decided to keep the my sock rules contest open until sunday, february 18th, midnight, ET.   with everyone's permission, i've posted pictures of all entries here in this flickr group.  if you entered, and your sock combo is not there, please let me know.

2.  one of my new year's resolutions (the only one i've actually stuck to consistently) was to take a picture a day.  i decided to post all of my pictures in it's own blog called "one thousand words."  links to others participating with me can also be found there in the sidebar. 

that's all for now.

talk to you later, gators.