I've Been Blessed With Tolentreasures, Raggedy Hugs and Primitive Blessings.....

Gratitude X3.....

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Blessed With Tolentreasures.......

Relatively early on in my blogging journey, I came across Cathy's blog, Tolentreasures. Having had done a little rosemaling and decorative painting in my time (and being unduly challenged by it), I was impressed with Cathy's skill and gift, and started stalking following her delightful blog.  I soon discovered that Cathy was not only a talented painter (and seamstress and whatever-ess), but a wonderfully entertaining storyteller. I won't admit to how many times she has made me choke on my coffee while reading one of her posts....

Anywhohow....I digress....Cathy recently had a giveaway to celebrate her 500th post....and I won, I won, I won!!!

Cathy had several prizes for her winners to choose from, and it was HARD! But, I chose this sweet little washboard (cuz we all know I have a "thing" for sheep):

....and, it reverses to snowmen on the other side!!!

How sweet is that?!!!

If that wasn't generous enough, though, Cathy stuffed that box full of wondrous goodies:

A wonderful hand-painted star and bittersweet wooden plate, a jar of dominoes (will go perfectly with my budding gameboard collection!), grungy clothespins, a little Christmas cookie ornie (yeah - almost thought it was real at first....) and....WOOL!!! YIPPEE!!!! The Wool Pig is a HAPPY PIG!!!

Better shot of the plate and jar:

Thank you SOOO much, Cathy!! I am pickled tink to own some of your wonderful work...and you were too, too, generous....

If you haven't found Cathy yet, you don't know what you're missing!! :o)

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Also Blessed With Raggedy Hugs.......

A week or so (??) ago, I also bought some goodies from my favorite raggedy....Lil Raggedy Angie.  (Her dryer was getting awful full....) ;o)

Plus, she makes some dang cute sheepies.....

And even though she is from Ohio, that lil raggedy gal has a heart the size of Texas....She tucked in a bunch of sweet "extras"....

Adorable crow and sunflower salt dough bowl fillers made by her sis, Rachel from Somewhere In The Middle (complete with raggedy "prim smell goodes"), a crow tag, some jelly bellies, and my very own raggedy crow!!! (Oh, yeah...there was a very large and very delicious chocolate bar that didn't quite make it through the photo shoot....Did you know that crows really like chocolate??! ;o) )

Thank YOU Lil Raggedy Angie....You're the bestest raggedy around!!

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And Blessed With Primitive Blessings.....

 I also won a giveaway from Donna at Donna's Primitive Blessings.  Donna had a wonderful blog with lots of followers, but just when I discovered it, Blogger started giving Donna fits, so she decided to start over with a new blog, and started off with a wonderful giveaway.....And , YEA!!! I won!!! Donna also gave the winner their choice of prizes...this is what I chose:

This is very cool - the bottom is a candle, and there is a little tealite on top also, so at night, it lights up prim perfect!!

Thank you so, so, much Donna!! I love your early work goodes and am so blessed to have won your giveaway!!!

Thank you, Cathy, Angie, and Donna, ever so much....Your kindness touches my heart, and your handwork brightens my home....and your friendships mean more than both to me....

Gotta run....storms rolling through....