Valentine's Day and My "Grow Your Blog" Give-away Winner

Hallo Friends! Today is the big day for my Give-away to the "Grow Your Blog Party" Winner. But first I would like to wish everybody a wonderful Valentines Day. Hope you have a Sweetheart to spoil you rotten.

And without further ado......

Here is what I have decided on giving away:

A handmade by me Wreath (Americana)

And.....

The Winner will get:

One red Coffee Mug,

A Mug Rug

A red crocheted Heart

Two Heart Soaps (Lavender)

Two Yo-Yo Adornments

and some pretty Heart Buttons

And now to the drawing of the Winner

27 Names are in the Bowl

I had wanted Grumpy Cat to pull the name,

but you guessed it.....

She was being grumpy and uncooperative.

So Here I go drawing the Winner.

Ta-Da....... and the Winner is:

Michele Hebson from "By Hook and Needle"

Congratulations to the Winner!!!!!!

Michele, if you would please send me your information

to erika@erikascraftscorner.com

I will get this of to you in a jiffy.

Hope you will enjoy it!

It was total fun participating in this Blog Party. I have visited over 600 blogs in total, which took some time, let me tell you, but was also totally awesome. There are so many talented people out there, from Crocheters, to Knitters, to Quilters and also Cross-Stitchers and more. Thank you for letting me participate and Thank You to my new Followers. I hope we will built many new friendships along the way.

Until than...... "Happy Crafting"

While I was watching Downton Abbey Part 4

"Happy Monday" Friends!

First I would like to say Thank You to all the lovely participants in the "Grow your Blog" event who have stopped by my blog and have left wonderful comments, joined the give-away and/or became followers. It was quite a wonderful event.

It was a good thing that I had a day of Saturday during this event, because let me tell you, I couldn't stop browsing around all the lovely blogs on the list. I spend hours looking at all that loveliness. The only thing that kept me going was a cup of coffee or two. So many beautiful crafts and so much color. There will be quite a few new blogs that I will follow and enjoy. What a lovely way to get to know new and interesting people, and I am glad to be part of it.

So with that said, it is a good thing I got any kind of crochet done at all. But I did. I did cheat a little bit and worked on the shawl in between shows when I had a little time. Last night while watching Part 4 of the show, I finished the shawl itself. So now all I have left is the border and I hope I will be able to finish it during next weeks show and than have a big Ta-Ta.

This is the center of the shawl.

The shawl itself is crocheted in two directions, from the 

center out.

With that it gave this nice center affect. It looks

a bit like a flower.

There is quite a bit of controversy going on around my favorite show. Many people are complaining about the changes. I personally say, change is good. With one of the favorite characters leaving last season, it left a hole. They also brought in a story line that is not very popular. I don't want to say what that is, as I don't want to be a spoil sport to those who haven't seen it yet, but I think bad things happen to good people and it is interesting to watch how people will deal with these problems. Enough said. I will continue to be a loyal fan of the show.

As always wishing you a wonderful day from my neck of the woods. Until next time......

Hallo and Welcome to this "Grow your Blog" Party

Welcome and please come in. First I would like to say a big Thanks to Vicki at 2 Bags Full for hosting this wonderful Blog Party for us little Crafters who are still in need of growing our blogs. It's very much appreciated.

My name is Erika and I for the moment live in rural northern Arkansas. I am single (divorced) and in my mid-fifties.I share my house with four lovely critters, two doggies, a Yorkie named Gidget and a Shit-Zhu named Seffi, and two cats, one boy named Picaso and one female named Sissi (my little grumpy cat).

                                                          

                      

My adventures into crafting started when I was a wee little bit, around 5 or 6. I was very lucky to have had a loving and very patient Granny to take the time to teach me things from sewing to crocheting and knitting. They have become a live long love for me. Originally I come from Germany, but I have enjoyed live in the USA for over 35 years now

For a living I work as a Caregiver for Alzheimer, Cancer and Heart Patients. For that reason I work a lot of odd hours and also can't blog as much as I once did. But I love what I do and so that is ok.

I started blogging to keep a record of some of the things I was making and doing in my life. I also just loved to browse through all the other lovely blogs out there with their wonderful colorful crafts. They inspire me and encourage me to do better. My first love is crochet, but I also knit, sew, loom and yes even a little painting.

One of the things I collect is Coca-Cola and for that reason you will see many crafts on my blog made around the colors of red, white and black. My living room is arranged around this collection, which is steadily growing. I just love it!

So now how about it little give-away for all the lovely people joining this blog party? You want to know what it is? Well I think I will keep that a secret for a little while longer, but I promise it will be something everyone will enjoy. Hint: it will be something I have sewn or crocheted. Everybody is welcome to participate.

The Catch: Please leave a comment at the end of this blog post by February 14, 2014 and hopefully I will pull your name out of the hat that day.

Now I will grab a good cup of Java and go browsing around all your lovely blogs. Hope you stay a while on mine and look around. I hope you see something you like and it makes you come back for another look.

Wishing you all a wonderful day! Until we see each other again..........