A Few More Stories ... A LOT More Giveaways!

Welcome back to The Open Window.

It's been such a great start to the party, hasn't it ? !

All the lovely comments you've left have been

overwhelming and so heartwarming.

Let's kick off tonight's post with some more giveaways,

shall we . . . in fact, let's do it BIG !

Nearly $100 in prizes ! ! !

A HUGE thanks to my friends over at Momenta

for providing a terrific giveaway for our party!

Momenta provide really terrific products for

scrapbookers & paper crafters with their fun lines

of designers papers & embellishments.

My friend Jamie Cripps is the Design Team Coordinator

for their team (and is my teammate over at The Twinery  : )

Make sure you check out their blog for loads of inspiration.

Isn't that a beautiful photo above ?

Early in my blogging days, I realized just how much I had come

to rely on The Open Window to be a place to share pretty

much everything . . . happy or not so much

For those of you who have been with me since the beginning,

you might recognize that sunflower.

 The sunflower was part of a beautiful garden just a few condos

down from ours.

One early morning in August, just a couple months after I

started blogging, our 'view from The Open Window' changed . . .

 

 What I continue to call 'The Road to Nowhere' invaded our space

only THIRTEEN PACES from my patio.

It was a trying time for many months and I definitely blogged about it.

You can read more about the story HERE

I wanted to share it with you because it was a time that really

stands out in my mind.  I hope you will check out the photos

I posted because the landscape that was wiped out was

quite beautiful.  It's now a concrete jungle and yes, it leads

somewhere.  To a T-junction less than 75 yards from my door.

On a much happier note . . .

I began meeting lots of fabulous people along my journey.

Do you remember the first time you signed on to your blog

to find all your followers missing ? !

For those of us who had no clue just how temperamental Blogger

can be at times, I was devastated when my first 17 followers came up

missing one day.  I found myself in the help forum frantically trying to

find out if I was the only one, to find out that I was #112,386 with

that same problem !

The good news . . . I made one of the most wonderful connection

that day.  Her name is Paulette and her beautiful blog is called Beedeebabee.

Our story can be found HERE.

We became fast friends.  She does aMAZing work.

Her blog remains HERE

She no longer blogs, but check out this beautiful pin she made for me.

I still get visits directly from her blog nearly everyday.

I love that the work of others can continue on long after they

take another creative path.  I miss her.  I think I might just send her a note.

Let's do another giveaway !

My friend Shannon is simply terrific and so

is the company she started.  Paper Made Bakery is a

monthly kit club and each kit typically includes

quality cardstocks, designer papers from leading

manufacturers, embellishments & stamps.

The kit she is giving away features stamps from the 

uber-popular Lawn Fawn Stamps.

Make sure you make a visit and check out all the fabulous

work from their design team too !

Let's do aNOTHer giveaway ! ! ! 

  

Pixie, a small princess and her pal Patton the pup...celebrate life in her magical studio where everything is not what it seems and  anything can happen. 

I hope you enjoy your stroll down the creative paths of the Studio.  Look carefully as you might find that perfect item you want, or something that you did not even know that you were looking for.

 Well . . . it's getting later than I thought it would be as I type this post to you.

I have loads on my mind to share, but think maybe it would

be best to organize some of my thoughts and collect more

photos for you for posts on Friday.

I've got one more very special giveaway for you tonight !

 

Many of you know that I have been the 

Design Team Coordinator for The Twinery for nearly

two years now and I can't speak highly enough of this

fantastic company.

Nicole {the chief of all the things twine}

has been one of the most gracious people I have ever worked for.

The company has a reputation for terrific service and our design

team is second to none when it comes to inspiration.

The Twinery is offering their mack-daddy of Sampler Packs

for a lucky winner . . .

I Dream in Twine Sampler

15 yards of all 18 colors

{retail value $32}

Before I say goodnight  . . . 

I want to leave you with one last image and the game tonight is

to see if you can tell me what the following photo refers to.

All correct answers will be a part of a random draw and four

lucky winners will win one of today's prizes!

Tomorrow, I will reveal the answer and the story that goes

along with it.

For all the details on how you can be eligible to win

giveaways from the anniversary celebration, please

click HERE and scroll to the end of the post.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a note

to let me know you stopped by . . .

A BIG thank you to:

Momenta

Paper Made Bakery

Pixie Dust Studio

The Twinery