Just added 2 new prizes...

WoOhOo . . . I love the holidays!

Sweet Denni has donated a pattern as a prize "Sing Noel".

So Cute! Thank you sooo Denni. Sing Noel is a cutie!!

Then I added a Prize Pattern that I purchased from Denni as well...
Pattern Prize is called "Holiday Annies".

Is that not the cutest you've ever seen?!!! They just make me giggle. I have some reindeer antlers just like that! Hmmm wonder where they are? I'll have to look for them?!!

Folks the holidays will be here before you know it ... it's almost Thanksgiving! Yayyy!

Blog Event: Christmas with Annie . . .

'Tis the season to be Jolly -
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
To include your Raggedy Ann dolly.
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There's so much we can do -
fa la la - la la la - la la la
Grab your camera & bring it with you
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!

Greetings Friends . . . the holidays are upon us! Thanksgiving & Christmas!! Yippy!
That means that there will be lots of gatherings with family and friends.
It's also a time when we'll all be busy - "the mad rush": planning, shopping, cooking, baking, sewing, crafting, even cleaning!

I'll be doing it too - Then I had an idea for the next Raggedy Event. *lightbulb moment*
It'll be perfect for reminding us to take a "Time-Out" for ourselves, slow down, enjoy the SIMPLE things and bring our Annies with us! She's a great secret keeper as far as "Secret Santa/Sisters" & gifts go! She can help you tape and hold the bow. And she's a great companion ~ with that smile - she'll keep you in good spirits!

Soooo- here's what I'd like to do - and I hope YOU'LL join me! Everyone is welcome!

~ Things to Do . . . ~
* Making a trip to the Mall, Department Store, or Gift Shop.
* Picking up a Family or Friend at the Airport, Train Depot, or House?
* Shopping for baked goods to make - cookies, pie, candy, fudge Oh My!
* BAKING homemade goodies.
* Shopping for gifts - Secret Santa/Sister, Family & Friends.
* Picking out a Christmas Tree at the lot.
* Hanging the lights outside.
* Decorating the Halls, Office, even your Car.
* Wrapping Gifts.
* Attending a Church/School/City Play and/or Event.
* Stuffing the Stockings.
* Building a Snowman.
* Dashing thru the Snow.
* Donating to a Cause.
* Making Crafts and Gifts.
* Driving around and checking out the neighborhood Lights & Decorations.
* Snapping a Family Photo (pets too) or Sitting on Santas Lap.
* Sipping some Hot Cocoa, Cuppa Joe or Tea?
* Got a Family Tradition ... include Annie :O)

If you're doing any or ALL of these things - bring along your Annie and/or Andy, snap some photos and post it on your blog.

I'd love to see You & Annie wearing aprons in the kitchen, maybe with flour or sugar on your nose. Got a recipe to share - feel free! I love recipes! I'll be wearing mine!
Anything that you normally do for the holiday- I'd love to hear about it! Even if it's a new thing- please share and tell!

I know November and December months are busy. So I would like this event to last up to and through all of November & December. There's no set date for this - as people go on vacation, out of town, or have company, and just plain busy- I want to keep the event flexible.

Just get your Season on and Share it with us!

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Please post on your blogs, side bar, websites, FB, Twitter! Tell your Friends!

Have trouble or need help? - Leave a message or email me - I'll be glad to help!

Please leave a comment with your blog post LINK. I'll have a blog roll of all participants and the direct links to their blog posts and pictures. Maybe they'll have a recipe or traditions to share. Maybe ya'll will start a new tradition. Whatever the post- let's have fun. You CAN have more than one post! The more the merrier - I'll have you linked up!
Bring your Annie or Andy or both along and let the Holiday Merry-Making & Sharing begin!

Last, but not least - I will have Give Aways! Yayyy! Prizes include Christmas/Winter Patterns and a custom dolly! Maybe more?!


Prizes will be given for the following: I will ship international

~ Pattern # 1 : "Blog Button" Winner
Post the graphic/button on your Blogs side bar with a link back to this event so others can join. Please keep the button/graphic up for the duration of this event. I'll be checking & checking it twice :O)

~ Pattern # 2 & 3 : "Random Holiday Hopper Participant."
You must have an active blog post about your "Christmas with Annie" moment. Please have pictures, if available, posted too. We'd love to see. I know I will!
Being on the "Holiday Hoppers" blog-roll alone- doesn't count - you must have some kind of active content and I need to have you linked. Check the list of "Things to Do" (above) for ideas. If something isn't listed- feel free to give me a shout.

~ Pattern # 4 : "Lucky Draw"
Just Because :O) !

~ Custom Doll : "Follower"
You must have an active blog with some content (posts and more than one). It doesn't count if you have a blog with nothing there? Hmmm!

I must have some way of contacting should you be selected as the Winner. Please have an email visible on your blog, or in your comment. If you ARE the winner - I will contact you and request your snail mail addy (which will be kept private). :O)


Remember- this "Christmas with Annie" Blog Event is all thru November and December! So Post & Share when you can!
Just send me the link(s). I'll get you added!

The prizes will be mailed out a the end of December.
Winter lasts until March 21st (Dec. 21st - Mar. 21st).
So the patterns aren't just for Christmas ya know *winks*

Let's Have fun!
Happy Holidays!



Toodles ... ~~A~~

Credits: Thank you shweet Carm for making this custom Annie graphic for me to share! Luv Ya!

7 Free Dolls of Christmas Give Away Shout Out ...

Julie is having a Give Away for 1 Annie for the next 7 weeks until Christmas. Starting now- and every Weds. she will draw a winner and it continues for SEVEN whole weeks!

Yippy Skippy!


Now if that doesn't get you into the Holiday spirit of giving and in the mood for the up-coming holidays- I don't know what will! WoOhOo!

How sweet of Julie of My Raggedy Dolls to do this! Woohoo!

7 chances to win. Go to her main website and read up on the details!

Thanks Julie! And Good Luck Yawl!

Toodles ...

Raggedy Annie Give Away Shout Out . . .

Sylvia Gonzales of The GingerBread Corner is having a Raggedy Annie Give-Away - Ice Skating Annie.


Go to her website and use the "Contact Me" button from there to enter!

Note- you may have to use the IE web browser (I tried it in FF and it wouldn't let me enter any text).

Winner will be chosen on November 11th.

Good Luck!

Toodles

CONGRATULATIONS ... PAM

Congratulations Pam for winning the Glinda the Good Witch Raggedy Ann Pattern Give Away!

I'm emailing the winner now!

CONGRATULATIONS Pam!!!

Thanks Sherry, Angie and Pam for playing along. I will be posting about another event soon! Stay Tuned!

Hugs!!

Glinda Pattern Give-Away . . .

Remember Glinda from the Wizard of Oz ....

She asks - "Are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?" ...


Well- here's a CUTE witch ....

Glinda the "Good Witch" RAGGEDY Annie pattern by Cindy M of Homespun from the Heart.

I loved that it was 2 in 1! PINK and a Good Witch - Halloween! Woohoo!

I have bought this pattern for ONE lucky winner!

To Win: Here's what you need to do ...

1) You must have a blog!
If you don't have one - feel free to start one. It's easy. Blogs don't have to be fancy- just please have some content and be active! Blogging is fun and it's a great tool for networking. Great exposure if your an artist (any kind) and wish to sell or show off your projects.
It's also great for recipe hunting, home decorating ideas, tips and tricks, tutorials, swapping, or just writing what/how you feel on any given day! You can post about anything (legal of course). You can even rant! Not every post has to be peachy-keen *lol* Just be real! Be YOU!

2)Please post and link to this Give Away on your blog AND leave the link in the comments section on this post! Then you'll be added in the Give Away drawing!

The Give Away ends on Sunday Oct. 25th so I can hopefully get the pattern prize out to the winner by Halloween!

I will contact the winner by email AND leave a comment on their recent blog post Congratulating them! This works well for me :O)

I will ship international!

That's it!
Simple as that!
Good Luck!

Toodles...

Pink Ribbon Raggedies Pattern WINNER ...

Ding Ding Ding...
Winner... Winner...
Chicken Dinner ....

CONGRATULATIONS to Jen W. of Purty Girl Primitives for being selected as the winner for the Pink Ribbon Raggedies pattern made by Cindy M.

I'm contacting you now and leaving a comment on your recent blog post letting you know you've WON!!!
Congratulations!!! :O)

My next Raggedy Pattern Give Away will be posted tomorrow! Stay Tuned!

Toodles.....

Angie's having a HOPE Give Away...

Angie of Angies Raggedy Patch is having a beautiful doll Give Away: HOPE!



Credit: Shweet Cindy Angel graphic made by Carm

Toodles

Yikes - I'm so sorry... I'll picking a winner soon!

This past week has really flew passed me! I can't believe it!
I'm so sorry about being late for the Pink Raggedies Pattern Give-Away!
I haven't forgotten. Just had a lot on my mind. Had to get ready to fly out to South Dakota and attend a court session.

But I'm back home and catching up - BIG time! So hang in there with me a wee bit longer and I will post the winner of the Pattern Give-Away o'tay?! O'Tay!

Be back soon.... I'm visiting Vanessa's Halloween Blog Party.


I attended last year and had a blast. So I'm bopping (blog hopping) along and will come back and close this contest and announce the winner!

Bear with me and Thanks! It's good to be home! :O)

Last Chance for the HOPE earrings . . .

Last Day to get your name in the drawing for the "HOPE" earring give-away! There's a limited edition PINK sharpie permanent marker too. I will ship internationally :)

Winner will be drawn on October 11th!

Good Luck! & Have a Great weekend!

Another Give Away . . .

Happy Monday ... Nope- it's not another Manic Monday ... but I may gone manic for a bit here! Hubby worked over time yesterday and I've got my days mixed up a little! Has that happened to you? So today feels like a Sunday to me! (He works Weds. - Sat. ~ 40 hours)

It's time for another Give Away!
This time it's for a Raggedy Annie Pattern, just like I promised! Have you waited long enough? awwww- were ya'll gettin' impatient? *winks*
Don't we all love that red headed cutie Raggedy Ann!
The Give Away prize is for Cindy's PINK Ribbon Raggedies.

Note- I respect copyright so I won't be direct linking to the image! Instead- I will give you a direct url link so you can fly on over there and peek at Cindy's pattern!
Direct Linking (without permission) is a no-no. Especially when someone pays for their own website/domain! A lot of people don't realize this, but it's true!
Hmmm- maybe I detect a lesson in Copyright and Respect in the future! *makes note to self and Post-It to my forehead*

I thought it would be cool to run this Give Away along with my other Give Away: Pink Ribbon "HOPE" Earrings!

To be entered in this Pink Ribbon Raggedies Pattern Give-Away all I ask is that you . . .
1) Post about the Give Away on your blog! I don't have a fancy button this time! Shucks!

2) Comment here with your blog post link about the "Shout Out".

That's it! Simple? It is! :O)

This Give Away ends on October 12th! So that is ONE week from today!

Note: I will be out of state from Oct. 14-17. So if I haven't been contacted by the winner of this Give Away- I will resume contact when I get back! I just wanted that to be known that I will do my best to communicate with the winner of this Give Away before I leave. Either way- I will get the snail addy and mail out the Prize pattern to the winner! O'Tay?! O'tay!

Good Luck, Have Fun! And Don't forget to wear Pink!

Hmmm *ponders* Wonder what's next?!

pssst- Prim & Whimsy is having a Halloween Give-Away. Go check it out! The Give Away run from October 4-10. There's still time! Grab your brooms, mops, wings and FLY friends. . . Fly!


Toodles!
~A~

Give Away Here and There ...

Hint Hint . . .

I've got a couple of Give Aways going on - check them out ...







Hope you join in!


I'll be posting a Give Away here on this blog tomorrow! WoOhOo!

Hugs!

Happenings for this Month: October

The month of October is HUGE for me!
I love everything about it!
Black n Orange, Pumpkins, Haunted Houses, Halloween decorations, Candy, costumes ...
There's Breast Cancer Awareness, my Birthday: October 29th WoOhOo) and then - my favorite!! Plus there's Autumn- which has finally settled in my hometown (remember I live next door to Death Valley, CA.). It's nice to get back into my comfy sweats and jeans and sweaters. This time of year I also get back into another favorite past time of mine- BAKING!

To start off - I will be posting in PINK all month long in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness!

I've been an active participant in the Pink for October event- the last 2 years and love it! I'm doing it again this year! I hope you'll join me. Now I can't won't be doing my usual background in PINK without messing up the cute Blog deco for this month- I have decided I will post in PINK instead! Sometimes you've gotta compromise! So Pink posts it is!

Hear Ye . . . Hear Ye . . . GIVE AWAYS . . .
(you knew that was coming didn't you *snickers*).
I will be having several Give-Aways on this blog - (because I feel like it and it's my Birthday month) See- I told ya October is HUGE for me :O) So you'll have to check in regularly.

If you're not a follower- now is a good time to do so.

I won't tell you exactly when each Give-Away will be posted, but I will make a separate post for each Give-Away. They'll be random!
The Give-Aways will NOT be on this post!
A link will be provided on the side bar when I make a post about a Give-Away! They won't be all at once either! So you'll have to check in! Makes it funner don'tcha think?! Stay Tuned for the Give-Away posts.

On with the Prizes . . .

In honor Breast Cancer Awareness - I will be giving away your very own Pink Ribbon Raggedies pattern. Created by sweet Cindy M. of Homespun from the Heart. I bought 2 patterns. One for me and I have permission (and purchased) one to GiveAway! This is for a great cause AND Cindy will donate funds from her sales on this pattern! It's a Win/Win! WoOhOo!



Next- I will be giving away a Glinda the Good Witch pattern. Also created by Cindy M. of Homespun from the Heart.
I thought this was perfect! It's PINK, a witchy poo for Halloween and a Raggedy! I was sold! Caute pattern too!
Besides -this is how I came up with this months theme "Raggedy Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun"! Glinda inspired the title!


I will be making a "Pink for October" inspired Raggedy Ann doll.

I will also be having a couple of give aways on my Opal Moon Enchantments blog.

See- October is full of mystery too! Some tricks and some treats - ya just never know! Mwahahaha!





Hugs & Blessings!

Give Away Shout Out . . .

Raggedy Friends- Sweet Cindy of Thimbleprim Studios is having a Christmas Raggedy doll Give-Away: Miss Cranberrie. And she's so sweet and gorgeous! Go check her out! She's so sweet!

Cindy is also hosting 2 swaps. 1 is for a Christmas Ornament swap. the other 1 is a Frog Doll swap. How Enchanting is that?! But you gotta hurry - sign ups close soon so she can pair up partners and so you can start on your projects! You've got a bit over a month to do both! Swing by and give Cindy some Bloggin' Luv! Tell her AwtemNymf sent ya!

PS- October is almost here!! WoOhOo!

Hugs & Blessings!