THIS … is Queen Victoria. We in Canada are remembering the Mother of Confederation and celebrating her birthday today with the day off, BBQs (grilling to y’all), 2-4′s (cases of beer) and fireworks. Truth is, I was speaking to one of my sisters about this the other day and neither one of us really understood [...]

  If you’re smart, you saw yesterday’s post on how to make pie as a hint of what was to come today. If you’re dumb, you didn’t see yesterday’s post as a hint of what was to come today.  And you wear mittens all year long. Probably. Indeed, yesterday’s post featuring one of the many [...]

How are you feeling?  Pretty good?  Full of hope and optimism? For 5 of you that feeling is warranted.  For the rest of you … get ready for crushing disappointment. Before I get to the list of the winners from all 5 contests last week I must thank you for making the contest a resounding [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated … the winners have been drawn and the contest is closed.   But feel free to pin STUFF anyway.   It’s here.  The final day of The Great, Gargantuan, Giftmas Giveaway.  I’ll allow you a moment to reflect. My final package for you is quite spectacular if I do [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated … the winners have been drawn and the contest is closed.   But feel free to pin STUFF anyway. We are closing in on the end of The Great, Gargantuan, Giftmas, Giveaway.  Only one more sleep until the very last one! Speaking of sleeps … there are exactly 40 [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated … the winners have been drawn and the contest is closed.   But feel free to pin STUFF anyway.   You’ve made it to day three of the Great, Gargantuan, Giftmas Giveaway!  Please remember to drink plenty of water throughout the week. This kind of excitement can be very [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated … the winners have been drawn and the contest is now closed.   But feel free to pin STUFF anyway. Welcome to Day 2 of The Great, Gargantuan, Giftmas Giveaway! An entire week of giving from myself and my sponsors to YOU. If you win, you can keep the [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated … the winners have been drawn and the contest is closed.   But feel free to pin STUFF anyway. As promised last week, let the Great, Gargantuan Giftmas Giveaway begin! Over this whole week I will be giving away a huge prize package, each and every day thanks to [...]

It’s time to announce the winner of the $250 worth of Rough Linen!  Did you win? I dunno!  Well, actually I do. I do know who won. But I’m not going to tell you this very instant because I’m doing what they call “building suspense”. So how’d your day go?  I spent the entire day [...]

The very first time I made jam, I found myself in a bit of a … pickle.  In hot water.  Frankly, I found myself in a bit of a jam. I was 18 or 20 years old and had gone out to pick all the strawberries for my first batch of jam.  So on a [...]

Thanks to all who entered the Cattails Studio rolling pin giveaway!  The day I started the contest I contacted Brenda and wished her luck with the contest.  I’m don’t think she was expecting such a huge response to her work.  Although I’m not sure why.  Everything she makes in her studio in the woods of [...]

It is the time you’ve all been waiting for.  It’s time to reveal how many times a week my cat throws up a tube of vomit in the shape of her throat. The answer is 4. Thanks for joining me!  See you for tomorrow’s po…   No.  Wait.  I think I got my dates confused. [...]