WelshGrl2

.feetsies.

My grandpa and my feet at Bev's funeral.

(photo a day for September 16)

.photo a day catch up.

.september 9.

.september 10.

.september 11.

.september 12.

.september 13.

.september 14.

.photo catch up and giveaway announcement.

Ok, so clearly I've already blown nablopomo.  It's not even a full week into September and I have already missed two days!  The good news is that I have been doing very well on my photo a day project.  Here are my catch up photos for the last few days:

September 5- A very cute and very tiny dog decided that we would make good picnic buddies, so he joined us and panted and sniffed and wagged like we were old friends.

September 6-  Our back porch is magical on summer nights.

September 7-  I saw these trees downtown today.  Pink makes me happy. : )

And now, it's time to announce the giveaway winner!

(druuuuuuuuuuum rolllllllllllll)

It's Shaina!

Thanks to everyone who entered.  I loved reading your lucky stories.  Also, a little bird told me that there is another giveaway coming up soon, so don't fret if you didn't win!

(PS, Shaina, can you send me a mailing address and your coffee sleeve preference?  You can pick either one.)

.giveaway.

When I was a kid, my Dad worked a lot of late nights and went on a lot of business trips.  One day, when I was very very small, he came back from an event with a very special present for me: a stuffed lion.  He told some sort of story about how he won it in the conference giveaway after he announced that he wanted to give it to me.  Lionell has protected me from scary night time monsters ever since.  Seriously, he is still on my bed.

I was a kid, probably around 10 or 11, and my mom and I were at a little fair that our local pet store was having in their parking lot.  We probably went because we needed to buy bird seed, or I wanted to see the bunnies, or something like that.  A local radio station was there, and they announced that they were giving away free tickets to Marine World.  The qualification?  You had to have animals on your t-shirt.  I looked down at my shirt.  There was a giant globe on it with animals walking on the green parts, things swimming in the blue parts, and even more things flying above them all.  I ran over to the booth to show them my shirt without even telling my mother where I was going. 

I won the tickets. 

And then we went to the park, saw the Orca Whale show, and when they asked for a volunteer from the audience, they chose me!  I was "kissed" by one of the Orca Whales.

I can't recall a single other story in which I won something, so I think that maybe I only have luck winning things if animals are involved.  But that doesn't mean that I can't give things away... right?

This weekend, I am giving away one of the new coffee sleeves that I just put up in my shop.

To enter, leave a comment in this post telling me about a time you were lucky.  The winner will be chosen on Monday evening and will get to choose which coffee sleeve he/she would like.

.a few little silly things.

Right now I am knitting for tomorrow's shop update, fantasizing about putting purple peak-a-boo streaks in my hair, dealing with mosquito bites and wondering why I live in such a hot climate for about the billionth time this summer. 

Later, I might paint my toe nails black while I test drive Pushing Daisies.

Also, I filled out a bunch of paperwork for my new job today.  I am now a super expert at signing my name and am absolutely positive that today is 09/03/09.

Happy September 3rd.

.charms.

I woke up cranky this morning, but the day has done nothing but get better and better.

I got a part time seasonal job that I really wanted, I bought some sweet little supplies that I needed for some Sparkles and Sticks projects, and I got three Netflix DVD's today, which means I get to watch more episodes of Charmed tonight.

I kind of love Wednesdays now. : )

.september one.

One photo a day.  Every day.  All of September.

.hi there.

September is most finally and officially here.  Yay!

I have some exciting stuff planned for September.  I'm doing NaBloPoMo, which means that I will post something here on this blog every single day through out all of September.  I'm also doing a photography challenge where I take a photo a day.  There will be a shop update every Friday, plus a few little surprise ones sprinkled elsewhere through out the month.

Also, the pumpkin spice lattes are coming out soon, I'm making a ton of stuff for a craft fair that I am hoping to get into, and I am determined to see Julie and Julia before it leaves the theaters.  I adore Amy Adams.

Maybe I should add a cooking challenge to my list of "things to do in September?" : )

By the way, I suspect that there are many new people dropping by Sparkles and Sticks today.  This month we have ads on both the cute as a button Leigh-Ann's blog (I love calling her cute as a button because she love buttons!) and on the blog of the Red Velvet Art Queen, Elsie.  To celebrate our little advertisement adventures this month, we're giving away a free gift to everyone who mentions Leigh-Ann or Elsie's blog in the notes to seller when they buy something from our shop.  This offer will last through out the whole month. : )

Ok, photo of the day coming later. : )