And the winners are ...

Thank you all who entered my blogoversary draw - it's been so much fun! Most of the commenters were new-to-me bloggers, and I've had a great time discovering your blogs, admiring your wonderful work, and getting to know you and your families and pets. I wish I'd had stash to give away to you all - well, I probably do, but the postage would have ruined me! :o)

For the draw, I used one of the baskets I keep my stitched smalls in for a 'hat' - I thought it appropriate, given the bees on the lining fabric!

The Bears, waiting for their new home:

Here's all the names in the draw for the bears. There weren't all that many, but that improves the chances of winning, right?

And the lucky winner is ...

Pirjo!

Congratulations Pirjo, please email your address to nic dot wray at gmail dot com (remove spaces and add symbols) and I'll get the bears in the mail to you!

The bees were rather more popular, these are all the names this time, I had enough to give them a good stir...

And the lucky winner is ...

Riona!

Well done Riona, again let me have your address and I'll put these in the post to you!

Do keep reading my blog if you haven't won this time, I may very well do another giveaway soon!

Blogoversary Giveaway!

It's my blogoversary today!

I've raided my stash and I've got two sets of stitching stuff to give away.

One is Blogoversary Bees and the other is Blogoversary Bears!

Firstly, here are the Bears:

Six charts, including:
Dale Burdett - A Cross Stitcher's Delight (lots of small charts, including bears)
Just Nan - Noel
Leisure Arts (Donna Richardson) - The Cross Stitchers
Leisure Arts (Shirley Wilson) - The Bears' Picnic
Leisure Arts (Heartprint Inc) - Teddy Bear Reunion
Stoney Creek - Bear Parade

I have to confess, most of these have been given to me or turned up in charity shop finds, as I'm not a bear person - but somebody out there may be!

And now - the Bees!

The goodies include:
Mosey 'N Me - Bee Happy
Lizzie*Kate - Buzz on Inn!
The Stitchworks - Bee Stitchin'
Heart in Hand - Wee Bee
SamSarah - Bee Cool
4 My Boys - Welcome to Our Hive
DMC - V&A Museum Collection - Art Nouveav Bee Napkin and Napkin Ring Kit (complete)

Bees are my thing, as you may have guessed from the blog background, but some of these charts are duplicates, some I've stitched from, and some - well, I think I've got enough to be working on!

If you'd like to enter the draw for either of the sets of charts, please comment below. If you'd like an extra chance in the draw, link back to this blog in a post of your own (and say so in a comment)

Good luck!

Edited to add: I will do the draw next Saturday, 7 August at 7.00pm BST

Three Days to Go to my Blogoversary!

I've raided my stash for a number of items to giveaway, so check back on Saturday for details!

And The Winner Is ...

There were 13 entries into the draw for the sicssor pocket in my blogoversary post.

Thanks to the randomiser at random.org, the winner is:





Carol R!!

Carol, if you email me your address at nic[dot]wray[at]gmail[dot]com, I will get it in the post to you!

(I tried to get a screenshot, but something is wrong with the Mozilla add on...)

Blogoversary Giveaway!

Ooops! Until Teena reminded me, I didn't realise it was my blogoversary - I'm sorry, it was a very hectic week with work and stuff.

Anyway, better late than never, and to celebrate, I'm going to give away the scissor pouch from my previous post! I appreciate all my readers, especially those who leave comments, and this is just a little token of thanks from me to you...

If you'd like the chance to win the pouch, please add your name in the comments below!