Two Hearts & A RAMSIGN Giveaway Winner!

This is one of the easiest heart patterns to crochet... at least for me.  

And one of the prettiest.  

Two hearts are better than one.

I'm making another heart dishcloth reversing the colors.

I'm in LOVE...

And now to announce the winner of my home number sign giveaway sponsored by RAMSIGN!

First I collected all the entries...

Folded them up and put them into the hat...

Asked Hubby to mix them all up and randomly pick one out...

AND THE WINNER IS....

Debra... I will forward your name and email address to my contact, Tezz, at RAMSIGN.

Tezz will get in touch with you to work out the details of your sign.

Let me know how you like your sign.

A huge thank you to all who entered.   

I wish you all could win, but if not, then I wish for you to....

   

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Keep Calm & Crochet On

I admit it...I'm a slow crocheter...

...but I did manage to get to the edging of my Heart Dishcloth last night.

The colors are red and white and "sort of" pink.  

The actual color of the "pink" is camomile.  

It's the closest color to light, light pink I had in my cotton yarn stash.

There's another round of white and then red for the edging.  

I may add more trim because I like to do fancy edgings.

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We had another snow storm come through last night!

We woke up to Winter Wonderland!

I love it when the snow is light and fluffy and coats everything white!

It's time to get lunch for us...and a warm cup of coffee for me!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Oh, yes, today is your last chance to enter my giveaway so...

If you haven't already done so please don't forget to enter my number sign giveaway (here) so you can win an exquisite sign like this one here in R.E.D....

Wouldn't a number sign of your lucky number look nice in your home hanging on your wall!  

Please enter (here) !!!!

If you are an anonymous entry I need your email address included in your comment otherwise I have no way of contacting you if you win - because I don't know who you are!     

I'll be picking the winner Sunday.

It's a give away for Y.O.U.!!!

My Heart Dishcloth

My HEART belongs to YOU!

My new project - a Heart Dishcloth (free pattern available here).

You can see in the photo that these squares can be made into a lovely throw in pink and white yarn with red hearts.

That's one of my future projects - a pink throw - but for now I just want to crochet a cute Valentine's Day Heart dishcloth.

The Sugar n' Cream 100% cotton yarn is wonderful for dishcloths.

A reminder to my Valentine Friends...

If you haven't already done so please don't forget to enter my number sign giveaway (here) so you can win an exquisite sign like this one here in R.E.D....

Wouldn't a number sign of your lucky number look nice in your home hanging on your wall!  

Please enter (here) !!!!

If you are an anonymous entry I need your email address included in your comment otherwise I have no way of contacting you if you win - because I don't know who you are!     

I'll be picking the winner Sunday.

It's a give away for Y.O.U.!!!


Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK

Christmas Starburst

My Christmas Round Ripple has a new name...ta da...

Christmas Starburst

I asked my readers for name suggestions and you didn't disappoint me.

Such lovely names were suggested...Winter Starflower, RickRack Glory and Confetti Star!

But in the end I choose Barbara F's suggestion...

"I am thinking that this would make a lovely tree skirt. It also reminds me of a 'starburst' - so perhaps "Christmas Starburst" for a name? xo"

I'm terrible with thinking up names so I really appreciate you all helping me out.  

I'm saving the names I didn't use here for the next projects.

Thanks everyone!

I wasn't sure about trying a round ripple at first.   

I modified the pattern - ok the truth - I couldn't figure out the pattern after the first couple rounds so I just did my own thing by adjusting the decreases in the valleys from two to four stitches as I went along to keep it flat. 

There is a slight ripple affect in the throw but I think it adds interest. 

If you are interested in more details I posted about this project (here), (here), (here) and (here) previously. 

I'll be adding details of the yarn and hook etc. used in Ravelry (go to left side bar and click on to go to site). 

I managed to use two of my novelty yarns in the edging...

...the dreaded Bernat Holidays eyelash yarn I posted about (here)...

...and a Bernat Puff Ball Holidays yarn in variegated dark green, white and red.

 I had never used the puff ball yarn before and tried crocheting it on using regular sitiches (single and/or double crochet) but didn't care for the results.  

I found if I turned the throw over to the wrong side and slip stitched the puff ball yarn on every other stitch (and every other puff) it formed a nice, neat ridge of puffs on top.

The last round is dark green:  *I started with a stitch in single crochet, next stitch do shell (double stitch, triple stitch, triple stitch, double stitch) then repeat* all around.

The edging with the puff ball yarn adds weigh and eliminates the tendancy of the edge to curl up.

The ripple measures about 58- 60 inches round with 41 rounds.    

What do you think?

Is it RED enough for Rednesday?

I showed it to Hubby and he said it was very festive.

It's one of my favorites now - of course it is - it's Christmasy and RED.

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Please don't forget to enter my number sign giveaway (here) so you can win an exquisite sign like this one here in R.E.D....

Red lovers - wouldn't a number sign of your lucky number in RED look nice in your home hanging on your wall!  

For non-RED lovers there are other colors to choose from.

Please enter (here) !!!!

It's a give away for Y.O.U.!!!

A Home Number Sign Give Away!

Please join me for:

Cindy's Show & Tell Friday





Hubby & I are Happy Campers...while actually RVers... and we have our sign to prove it!

Lots of folks are decorating their homes with signs.

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And decorating with numbers is all the rage on the decorating blogs...

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Here's a chance to decorate your home with a beautiful number sign too!

I'm offering one of my readers a fabulous house number sign sponsored by RAMSIGN. 

RAMSIGN is a small Danish company that is specializing in manufacturing and selling classic enamel signs (house signs and house numbers) based upon original designs and techniques.

Take a look at some of their exquisite house number signs!

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

The winner can choose any house number sign (not name signs or address plaques) with 1-5 digits of any size and design. 

When the winner is randomly chosen I'll send the winner's name and e-mail address to my contact, Tezz, at RAMSIGN and Tezz will get in touch directly with the winner to find out what sign he or she wants.

 RAMSIGN will then produce and deliver the sign directly to the winner. 

The delivery is free of charge of course and all my readers world wide can participate.

Please visit RAMSIGN at their Facebook and/or Twitter sites to read all about this fabulous company.

After looking at these wonderful house number signs - wouldn't you love to have one for your home!  

I know I would.

You could use one of these beautiful signs inside or outside your home.   

Do you have a lucky number or a number that is very special to you?

Think how nice it would be to display your number in your home whether it be your street number or that number special to you and your loved ones.   

HOW TO ENTER:

I try to make entering give aways on my blog simple.

Just leave a comment on this post if you would like to enter to win a sign...


....and make sure I can get in touch with you via email in case you win.    

I'll run my giveaway through next Saturday, February 11th, announcing the winner on Sunday, February 12th. 

So leave me a comment to enter - it's that easy to have a chance to own one of these fantastic RAMSIGNS for your home.

And thanks again for visiting me!   

Fun Weekend Camping & Winner of the Giveaway

Our camper

Three months after getting our new Pleasure Way travel van we FINALLY went camping!!!

We had a wonderful, long, fun weekend camping out - for the first time - in our new Pleasure Way travel van.  We joined a group of Pleasure Way owners at a KOA campground near Hershey, Pennsylvania.  The campout almost didn't happened.  This area of PA had horrible flooding.  The original campground chosen was flooded out and had to close.  Even Hershey Park closed.  But our tenacious host spent two days hunting up another campground for our large group and bless her heart she found one about 30 minutes from Hershey that could accommodate most of the vans.

Different year and model of Pleasure Way travel vans all in a line!

Ours is the third one down the line.

We met a nice group of folks from all over - some from Canada and some even as far away as Florida and Texas.   Of course, all of them loved their vans, a few have had several over the years.   Many travel with their small dogs too.   

A couple of group activities were planned over the three nights...a wine and cheese tasting the first evening, dinner out at a nearby restaurant the second night and a potluck gathering the last evening.

Yummy pancakes!

The KOA Campground had pancake breakfasts Friday and Saturday mornings.  

I didn't even know Hubby took my picture.

Entering the Hershey RV Show

Friday Hubby and I went over to the Hershey RV Show.  

We had a great time walking around looking at all the RVs.  

The day was cooler and probably the nicest weather we ever had at the show.  

Usually it is so hot that it just plain tires you out. 

The Pleasure Way Dealership Display

  

Of course, we had to visit the Pleasure Way Dealership where we bought our unit.  

It's fun to go through all the different models.  

Guess who was at the show!!!

HGTV interviewing and filming.

My favorite channel, HGTV, was present and interviewing a customer and filming here. 

And now to announce the winner of the digital scrapbooking software, My Memories Suite, sponsored by My Memories. 

Thanks to all that entered the giveaway.  

I wish all of you could win.  

I put all of the names in a hat and had my Hubby pick one out.   

The lucky winner is:

  

Kate please email me so I can give you the instructions and promo code to use to download your free digital scrapbooking software. 

If you didn't win you can still use the following discounts... 

My Memories is also offering my readers a $10 discount off the purchase of My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for MyMemories.com store - a value of $20!  Simply use the following coupon code at checkout:  STMMMS56566 

That's all for today!   

In The Pinks

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Pink & purple flowers....so delicate

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Pink and red dishes...ahhhh

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A lovely pink pattern....

Welcome to Beverly's Pink Saturday .  Click on her link to see more PINK!

Don't forget that I'm having a wonderful giveaway sponsored by My Memories that runs until Sept. 18th.   It's so simple to enter (here) to have a chance to win a free easy to use downloadable digital software program.