And The Winner Is................

Phew, what a week! Busy, busy, busy...............
Thank you to all who entered my blog contest................sure, 3 is a small number, but you have to start somewhere right?
Anyhow, I loved all of your ideas but random.com says the winner is..............drum roll.............Kathy@!

Congratulations! You can contact me at linenchic1@yahoo.com with your details........

Another contest will be coming soon, so keep watching!

What do you think to my burlap bags I worked on this week?.......I`ve taken up stenciling with dimensional fabric paint..............pretty cool!

Steampunk Clock Faces.........First Giveaway!

Look what I made today!................Vintage enamel clock or watch faces..............so steampunk!................Simply made with metal tags, vintage digital images and a `secret` chemical heating process............voila!

Now my first free giveaway.............please forgive me for any snafu`s..............hopefully there won`t be any!

Anyhow, simply post me a comment on what you would do with one of these pretty clock faces .....................I will read all posts but to be fair will select the winner using Random.org.

Entry deadline is one week from today, Monday 30th January. ............I will announce the winner on Tuesday 31st............You will receive one clock face, color of your choice mailed first class to your door!....................Good luck everyone!................( Hope I get SOME entries!)

Loving Vintage German Items!

I have found a new love for frozen Charlottes.......................gorgeous bisque or porcelain dolls, in various sizes, excavated from Thuringia, Germany................These dolls have been buried in debris for over 100 years since the doll factories were torn down or bombed ( I`m not sure which)...................Each doll has its own unique appearance, most have lost limbs or worse still, their heads!....................They show signs of age from being buried for a 100 years................just fascinating.............I love them, what a great conversation piece!

I also love this vintage German Trading card for Hoyt`s Cologne......................The description is so amusing.....nothing like you would see on cologne today...............What great tags this image would make...............please feel free to download the image.....

Good news......next week I will be starting my free give away contests ............keep watching and be sure to `follow me` to enter!

73 Degrees in January?

What a fabulous day, felt like Spring came early................We took a trip to Fort Pulaski, near Tybee Island, GA. It`s only 45 mins from our house. Then we had a picnic and a game of scrabble on the beach.......so relaxing (could have been the glass of wine I snuck into the picnic basket ).

Here are some pics I took.....................
We had a GREAT day!