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Free e-book--16 Free Crochet Shawl Patterns!

This site is great!  I've downloaded several of the free e-books of crochet patterns.  They are always at my fingertips when I want to try something new, or am looking for a certain thing to crochet.

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WIP Wednesday

Good Wednesday to all!  Time for my work in progress report.

Click the button at the end of my blog and join us in the fun of WIP Wednesday's.

This is my 2nd week to participate and I'm really enjoying it.  I feel it will help keep me motivated to always have projects in the works.

If you aren't a crafter, do a WIP on the book you are writing, landscaping you are doing, home remodeling, etc.

Now, on to my WIP's

Here are 2 photos of my progress on the strip quilts.  The first photo is just getting the material ready to be cut.  The 2nd photo is after I have the material cut.   I have 2 pillow forms I've never used, so I also cut large squares so that I can do the strip quilt pattern on the pillows too.

The 3rd photo is what became my distraction to not get further on the quilt.   I got an order through the Online Craft Mall for 2 of my Barbie bedding sets.  I didn't intend for them to be a work in progress, as I had hoped to have had them done and in the mail.  It's taking longer for me to make them than I remember.  However, I will always take an order for a distraction anytime!

Until next Wednesday, take care and keep on working!  Click the button below to add your own WIP post to the list.  Also to check out the others on the list.

CSN Stores Giveaway!

I was in looking at dutch ovens, and from there I ended up looking at dining sets. Let's just say I got lost looking around as I moved on to kitchen carts and then bedding sets.  I stopped after looking through the futons, as that is something we really need right now.
Based in Boston, CSN Stores LLC began in 2002 and has grown rapidly into a Top 3 online U.S. retailer of home and office goods with 400+ employees.

With over 200 stores to choose from, there is something for everyone, and something to fit all your needs.

I've been given the opportunity to host a giveaway for csnstores.com.

Prize:  $40 certficate to spend at csnstores.com
Who is eligible to win?:  Residents of the US and Canada.
Contest ends: September 2, 2010--9PM CST--  I will use random.org to choose the winner.

How to enter:

****  Mandatory entry:  Visit csnstores and come back and comment on what you would by with the certificate if you win, or what you would use it towards buying.  (Beware:  this can take a long time as once you start browsing, and dreaming, you don't want to stop!)

Other ways to earn entries:

Follow my blog with google friend connect, in networked blogs, OR by email.

Post this giveaway someplace else.  You can do this through facebook, twitter, your own blog, a post on another website, wherever, you are able to post it.   Please comment with the link to where you posted about it.  You can do this up to 5 times for the duration of the giveaway, so up to 5 entries total here.

Post your own giveaway in my Giveaways Linky Tuesday. 

p.s.  I MUST have a way of contacting you if you win.  Also, the winner will have 48 hours after I contact them to send me their information.  If not, I will choose another winner.

Giveaways Linky Tuesday

It's Tuesday!  Please share your giveaways in the linky!

Don't forget my current giveaway:  Win a Handmade Hot Pad and Coaster Set.

Mail Box Monday Blog Hop!

I had planned on posting my mail call blogs each Sunday, but I ran across Mailbox Monday's at a frugalfriend.net.  Cool!

Click the button at the bottom of this post to hop on over and check out her post as well as others.

Mail Call!  Week of August 15, 2010

I'm still not getting bunches of stuff in the mail like I used to, but it's been a pretty good week.  Just seems there aren't the amount of free samples and such to send off for like there used to be.

I rec'd:
Magazines from hausernet:  People(2 of these this week), Sports Illustrated, Time and Entertainment.   I also got one other piece of hausernet mail.

Fall Idea book for educators from  A&E, History channel and Bio Channel

Celebrate Urban Birds packet--not sure why I got another one of these.

Jerky Direct auto shipment (paid for with my downline)

Fabric and lace won on listia

Poison 20 Years of Rock CD, along with a bonus cd by O.A.R. that he sent along--also won on listia.

Schick Intuition razor that I won from sweeps4bloggers.

Family Fun magazine


In my church mailbox:  $40 check for cleaning in July (delayed because the secretary was on vacation.)

In my email:  $25 paypal from sidetick.com