What a lovely surprise!

I feel terribly guilty- I should have thanked Di of Pixie's Crafty Workshop much sooner than this!!! My only excuse is computer problems-

Have you ever had this? I helped Dilly update her blog on Monday (had to- it was her birthday) but then when I came to this page my anti-virus/anti-malware/firewall popped up and told me that this was a dodgy website and that part of its contents were being blocked -???? I tried other blogger sites and it popped up on all of them. OK..... so I went to my Hotmail account; same thing happened. Weird!


I ran a scan and it said it found 21 infected files. WHAT???? So I then I did a reboot scan too, and it took hours. I left it to run overnight and then did some Windows updates. Seems all OK now. But I still don't know what all that was about.

ANYWAY!.....................

The other week, Bob T Bear (esq) spotted that Di was offering this hoard of blog candy!

He added his name to the hat and GOOD LORD! HE WON!!!! And when the box arrived, a few days ago, he gave it all to me, saying that he hoped it would get me crafting again. Awww what a great Bear! And what generous blog candy! THANK YOU, DI!!!!!!!

 The box arrived Monday morning and Bob waited with it to show me:

 He was delighted to see a card inside, addressed to him:

 

What a gorgeous card! Bob loved that there was a Bear on it!

Di sent lots of stamps:

she even sent off for another stamp, just for Dilly!-

Dilly slowed down the unwrapping a wee bit as she wanted to enjoy the pink tissue. She's mad on pink.

 And then- ribbons!!

And flowers!

Bob wondered if the glue would make a good toy:

He liked the charms, especially the Bear one:

They chose their favourite paper stacks:

Then Dilly settled down for a doze in the ribbons and tissue....

What a wonderful surprise! It really gave me a lift! I haven't put any of it away. I like opening it up and looking at it all. I hope it leads to my creative muses getting a kick up the pants. I haven't drawn or made anything in a long time!

THANKS, DI!!!! (And thank you, Bob, too!)

We have a winner!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who visited my blog to enter the Blog Candy draw! In the end, my Blog Candy post attracted 103 comments- wow!

Today is the day of the draw, so I wrote all the names onto slips of paper.......then put them into a bag.......oh, Hallo Bob! Have you come to help?OK! Thanks!
LOL!
Bob is using the double-sided-sticky-tape-on-the-nose technique for this!Ta-darr!!!!

After a thorough shake of the bag, in he goes....And after a quick frolic about, the winner is................

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Congratulations Michele! Email me your address and I'll get your prize in the post to you next week!!!!

Thanks, everyone, that was fun!

And thank you, Bob, have a chocolate chip cookie....."Mmmnnyummyummyummmm..."

Birthday Blog Candy!!!!

This post is staying at the top till 20/11/08- please scroll down for latest posts :)

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Hullo!!! I am an enormous 41 years old today (8th Nov), and to "celebrate" (huh!) I thought I'd offer up some Blog Candy.

Here's how it works:
To be in with a chance of winning what's in the photo, just add your comment to this post. Then mention it on your own blog and give a link. I shall keep this post at the top till my little brother's birthday, which is 20th November. On that day I'll draw a name and let the winner know! I will post internationally, so come on, join in!

Here's what's on offer (click to make larger, if you want a closer look around!):

List of goodies:
Pile of assorted papers: 8x8 inch and 6x6;
ribbon;
4 packs clear stamps (alphabet, swirls, borders and frames);
pack of assorted stamps from Crafty Individuals;
4 sheets of sticky peel-offs;
pack of die-cut tags, labels, frames and other shapes;
pack of Paperchase 12 assorted coloured blank cards and envelopes;
pack of Paperchase metal heart shape clips;
+ Joanna Sheen catalogue thrown in for fun :)

I might add a few things as time goes on, too :)

Have fun and good luck!!!!!

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BARGAIN ALERTS FOR UK crafters:

• Crop Til You Drophave a lot of sale items right now, PLUS an extra 20% OFF EVERYTHING for the month of November- just put "NOV2008" as the coupon code at the checkout. E.g., There are single 12 x 12 paper sheets down to 10p, and some stamps 75% off. Lots of goodies in other departments too. Have a look!!!!!

• Artymiss are offering a great bargain right now- a light box, embossing tool and three brass stencils, all for just £4.99!!! Here's the link. I've ordered mine!