Going Going Gone! Jacque #24 Is the winner of my beaded bracelet

Jacque

http://jacque4u2c.blogspot.com/

was number 24 on the number generator! 

(I KNOW I am a little early but circimstances here made it necessary.)

Over 510 wonderful bloggers left a comment

on my original post

 "The One World One Heart"

giveaway and

84 others left a comment on my beaded hearts which I decided to include in the drawing! 

I was overwhelmed/thrilled by the response! 

(My Momma always taught me to return a note

so I went by to see each and everyone who left a comment!) 

Plus I went by Lisa's

 http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart.html

each day until I was able to look at each and everyone of the

1,088 links with 40 Countries represented!!!

I met some wonderful people,

added numerous blogs to my blog roll,

became a follower of so many that I lost count,

last but not the least,

I had so much fun!!! 

Thank you so much, Lisa!!!

What a pleasure to meet so many people from around the world.  There were so many lovely blogs but I promise I did not leave a comment (just to get something) I left an honest comment of

appreciation and admiration of each blog.

I find it hard to put into words but I was so humbled by the huge response for my beaded bracelet that I decided to add

a couple "runner ups" for my jewelry.

Marcie of The Rustic Victorian's

http://the-rustic-victorian.blogspot.com/

name was the second to be drawn!

And

Kathy of Vintage Catnip

http://vintagecatnip.blogspot.com/

are both receiving a piece of my jewelry!

(I wish I had enough to send something to each of you.

 Reality is, I would go broke just paying for the postage.) 

Speaking of Reality!

Let's go back to reality! 

 After almost 600 comments it will be hard to go back to

five to seventeen comments but what a joyful time had by all on

The Magic Carpet Ride!! 

I enjoyed the process and will do it again next year if Lisa is up to it!

I have nothing but high praise for such an adventure.

Again, I thank you, Lisa, for her generous spirit and for each one who came by to take a look and left a note.

  I hope you will come back again soon...

Blessings to all,

Sharon

The choice is Katheryn Elizabeth

We want to thank each and every one of you for sending such lovely name suggestions! My baby doll finally has a new name:

Katheryn Elizabeth

Doesn't that name "just fit" her?

As you can imagine, it was a VERY hard decision for us to make. With many discussions and weighing which name was best....Katheryn Elizabeth was it! But thank you again for playing along! (I will be sending this lilac necklace to the winner tomorrow or the next day. The winner is a non-blogger and wanted to keep their name private.) I want to thank her for sending Katheryn's name for us. For the bloggers that sent in a sweet name suggestion, we want to thank each one of you! (So does Katheryn Elizabeth!)

Tonight I had an offer about posting my jewelry in their online store! (When we get all of the details worked out I will let you know all of the good news.) In the mean time, I had been praying for some way to show my jewelry to more people who might want to buy a piece or two. (I have sold several pieces,which I am truly grateful for, but it is not moving as quickly as we wanted.) Money is short here in our abode, like so very many families. I have so much money invested in the materials that are waiting to be turned into something gorgeous. Plus I have over 150 pieces made up and no one needs that many pieces of jewelry "just hanging around". I have received emails from several successful bloggers, trying to help me find the right direction to pursue. I considered trade shows, art shows, consignment and about every avenue that I could think of with very little success.

Wish me lots of blessings and whisper a prayer that the Lord will bless this adventure or shut the door. I am open to whatever the Lord has for us.

Once again, I want to thank Lynn of http://lynnslovelies.blogspot.com for making Katheryn's lovely wardrobe!!! Her work is so beautiful!!!

Be sure to keep in touch & drop me a comment once in a while.

I love hearing from you!

Blessings to you all.

Sharon

p.s. The little girl picture,at the top, is from a card I sent my Momma in 1983 and she dated it & kept it amongst her other collection of cards. Isn't she precious? You may use her in any project for your personal use if you will right click on her to save. I saved it in a 300 dpi format so that you can enlarge her for a card or whatever your imagination wants. Please do not sell this in a collage or package. Thank you.

Here is the work I have been doing all week! This cuff pictured is of three antique buttons that I wanted to keep but they were just laying around in a jar so this is a perfect way to have them out and it was alot of fun to do too.

Wow! Another week gone by! I have been busy beading, as usual, but I have gotten two embroidery braclets and a pendant done, so I thought I would share the results with you. The pendant is from my gold flatware so I am minus a few salad forks now! It was alot of fun doing them but hours and hours of work!

The bottom one is closed with a button and fits the wrist beautifully. The first one I did was in Gold and the second one I made one in silver. The silver one is offset with three buttons and it balances of the wrist plus I closed it with a pretty silver flowered button. All of the cuffs are lined

with leathers and a beaded stitch to hold it secure.

I made this pearl and swarvoski cystal bracelet using a brick stitch that I twisted in the middle and closed with an antique button. What do you think? Maybe it could be worn on a wedding day or even for a prom or dressy dress such as Mother of the bride.

Goodmorning world! It is actually 2:00 AM and I have been working all evening on a new beading project that I am very excited about....I am beading around an antique spoon handle that my Mom had in her stash. It is really turning out so sweet and next I will be working on a "cuff" out of two handles. The broach that is shown in called Bead Embroidery and I love love love creating in this medium. I have made and sold several cuffs and enjoy using all of my odd and end beads to create something beautiful.

Plus I have rearranged my art room and added a lot more drawers to store my goodies in. My husband is so supportive of all of my endeavors and I am trying to get my self organized so I can work, in earnest, on my Christmas projects. I have also attached a couple of the cards I am working on and really appreciate the old antique roses with the ribbon and moms' buttons.