Thankyou and January giveaway

I am home for a quick break before heading off to "the 'naki" next weekend. Rob is taking the kids wawy for the weekend to give me a break. My sister and nephew have been staying with us up the bach with us...the one bedroom bach...4 kids... 3 adults + Rob on weekends. Not a whole lot of sleeping has been going on. The weather was supposed to be crap until the weekend, so we thought we'd come home for a couple of days. So much for that!

I wanted to thank all of you for the comments on my landscape heart. Its new owner hasn't received it yet, but it is on it's way to her now.

It was lovely to come back to a plethora of comments and "Make my Day" awards. Thankyou to Regin, Ati, Sharon B, Maureen B, and Hideko for these nominations. It Made my Day to see them all there.
Pat over at Gatherings asked why people blog. I blog because I enjoy sharing my work. It is great to get comments on something you have spent time making, or doing. It is also a motivator for me. If I didn't blog, I would still be stitching, but I would of just been plodding along, I wouldn't be nearly as productive as I am. I love the web, and all the inspiration it has to offer, and the fact that it brings like minded people together.

Debra asked how I did the trunk of the tree. I tend to do my trunks in rows chain stitch, then taper the branches off with stem stitch. Thats about as technical as it gets.

In celebration of the new year, and after last years motif giveaways, I have decided to do a monthly giveaway. I have been working on postcards while away, so the first several will be postcards. They will be sent thru the mail, which is why the embellishment is minimal. Its also minimal because I only take threads with me when I go away.
So if you would like to receive an original, handstitched postcard from me, leave a comment and will get someone to pull a name from a hat, or bag, or sock, whatever I can find!