Summer Promotion at Home Sweet Homespuns

What's the Prize?








Rag Ball & Berry Basket

donated by Cindy's Workshop

Decorated with burgundy pip berries, 20 seed lights, and seven assorted homespun rag balls.
Retail value is $39.95.

This exclusive basket is the handiwork of Cindy Work. Her items are regularly featured in Country Sampler Magazine. Her Americana Star Wreath was chosen as part of the Grand Prize package in the 2008 Americana issue.


(Close up View)

How Can You Win It?

I have a jar all ready and waiting for your ballots. For each $50.00 ordered from July 1 - August 31, you receive one chance (i.e. A $150.00 order = 3 chances).

For each referral who places an order from July 1 - August 31 = one chance.

When you send photos of your completed custom order project = one chance.

When will the winner be announced?

I will post the winner's name here on Our Blog and at our on-line store on September 1, 2008. The winner will also be notified by email, and a ship confirmation will be given when their basket is sent.
Will you be the lucky winner?

"A Tisket, A Tasket, Look at This Ragball & Berry Basket!"

How could this awesome Rag ball & Berry basket find its way to your home? DETAILS WILL BE POSTED HERE AND ON THE WEBSITE ON JULY 1ST. Stay tuned. . .

Thanks to Cindy Work of Cindy's Workshop for donating this OOAK basket!

Let me brag just a little bit

Just wanted to bring to your attention a new favorite link. It doesn't have anything to do with curtains or sewing, but it does have a lot to do with life and how to improve the one God gave you.
Crossfit Legacy is published by my firstborn son, Brian. Needless to say, I'm pretty proud of him, as I am of all three of my sons.

If you want proof that he knows what he's talking about on his blog, check out these pictures:






















(Above Left) What we call Brian's "FAT PICTURE" -- Just a few short years after being an all-collegiate athlete

(Above Right) Brian, Randa, and the boys pose for a picture at his little brother's wedding last summer. "Ooooh, Doggie, you're lookin' fine!!"

What caused the change? Check out his blog at Crossfit Legacy!

Stitched With Love

I have to share this project!

We recently lost a neighbor and close friend of my mother. Thirty-some years as a neighbor holds a lot of memories. "Shud" and Dad used to do a lot together - hunt, fish, dig ginseng, . . . Dad's been gone since 1996, and it was a comfort to know that Shud was nearby to help Mom and keep an eye on things when my brother and I weren't around.

Well, due to unforeseen complications after a recent surgery, Shud passed away. Now with both their parents gone, his children are busy cleaning out his house and sadly doing all the necessary tasks associated with settling the estate. His daughter, Susan, mentioned to Mom that she'd love to make a quilt out of her dad's old shirts -- she just didn't know how.

It didn't take long for Mom to volunteer for the job! No doubt Mom remembers Shud wearing some of those shirts, and I know this was a labor of love for her in memory of her dear friend. Knowing it would be hard for her to part with it, I asked Mom, "Did you save enough pieces to make one for yourself?" She never hesitated with her answer, "YEP!"

Here's Mom, almost 85 years old and still stitchin', showing off the lap quilt and pillow made from her friend's shirts.

One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure

"Just a bunch of junk" . . . . NO WAY! For us prim lovers, finding a special "treasure" can make our day. That's just what happened to me yesterday. Hubby and I were driving to a graduation party, and there . . . propped up against a telephone pole at the end of a driveway . . . was a stack of old white painted windows. I immediately exclaimed, "Stop! I want those windows." Hubby kept on driving and I vaguely heard, "Not in the daylight." I reasoned with him that that trash was fair game, but he just kept on driving.

Later in the evening we were driving home in a thunderstorm. I gently reminded hubby that we needed to get those windows. After 35 years of marriage and knowing I wasn't going to give in, he headed in that direction while mumbling something about the police chasing us home. The trade off for his help was my asking the home owners if we could have their trash. No problem! I was praying the rain would ease up, which it did, or else I would be pulling off this caper by myself, getting drenched in the process. The young homeowners were more than glad to let me take their trash, and even told me to check back later for more. (Had it not been raining, I would have whipped out a business card. After all, they are replacing those old painted windows with brand new ones and undoubtedly need curtains. I'll watch for another opportunity.)

What a great find! The old windows have a lot of character. For a lady whose business is making custom curtains, this was a gold mine! They will make great display pieces for my booth at The Olde Picket Fence.

Here are some examples of using old windows:

My 1960's outdated picture window with a little prim decorating

Our backyard barn

Stay tuned. I'll post the before and after pictures of my "trash to treasure" find.