I WON SOMETHING!!!

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So please, won't you leave me some footnotes!

Remember my Plant Stand? 

I had entered it in Readymade's Readymade 100 contest.

I received this email yesterday, informing me I was in the 

top 25!

Hello Trudy!

Congratulations! Your fantastic Stacked Tables Plant Stand made it into the top 25 projects of our ReadyMade 100 contest. We worked with local builders and designers (and you, as you might remember!) to bring your project to the pages of our April/May issue, and we’d love to send you a copy. Please send us your address and we’ll get one out to you right away.

We’ll also have a actual prize to send you in the coming weeks, but we’re still working on finalizing the design. In the meantime, if you can fill out the attached release and email it back to me, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Please feel free to spread the word about your inclusion in the story—and stay tuned to readymade.com where you and your work will be featured in the coming weeks.

Thanks so much for entering and for helping to make our new issue one of the best yet!

Your friends at ReadyMade

WooHoo!!!

The people at Readymade made over all the finalists projects and this is their version of mine.

Compliments of Readymade.com

You can see the entire blurb about my project and me HERE.


Thanks to all who voted for my project, way back in December. That's what got me into the top 75, to have a shot at a prize. 


Now that's a great start to the week!

Blog Guidebook

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I just joined the Blog Guidebook.


You can sign up for free until June, 2011
From their site:The Blog Guidebook is the vision of two friends who want to see the blogging community grow in friendship, creativity and beauty.  Creating a blog whose format is pretty, attractive and a little bit girly.  We want to make it easy for you to find answers to those basic blogging questions, when you just need that little bit of extra help.

STYLISH BLOG AWARD # 3

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I really like getting feedback and respond to every comment or question.

So please, won't you leave me some footnotes!

Wendy at a and w gave me back this award that I gave her a couple of weeks ago.  

Thank-you Wendy!

Since this is the 3rd time I am doing this award, I am not following the rules. 

(Oh no, I may go to hell for that one!)  

Anyway, here are a couple more things about me:

1. I graduated 3rd in my class back in high ,but only went on to Technical School. I'm sure most people thought I should have gone to a 4 year college, but I was totally sick of school by that time (I loved school all the way to my senior year and then it was like a switch was pulled and I couldn't wait to get out), and I really couldn't afford it either. 

2. I hate winter. I tell Gary that about every other day during the winter months. I don't usually mind the snow as long as it could be 50° out! This year; however I am totally done with the snow! Too much for too long!

3. I CAN'T WAIT TIL SPRING FINALLY GETS HERE!

So, I am passing this award on to some more of my followers.  

1. Katie @ On the Banks of Squaw Creek

2. Michelle @ The Homesteading Apartment

3. Diann @ The Thrifty Groove  

4. Pam @ Sallygoodin  

5.Cindy @ The Gathering Room  

6. Marissa @ The Design Confidential  

Here are the rules if you care to follow them.  

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award. 

2. Share 7 things about yourself. 

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers. 

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

BLOG AWARD #2

If you enjoy reading my posts, leave a comment at the bottom.

I really like getting feedback and respond to every comment or question.

So please, won't you leave me some footnotes!

Melanie from Creative Art & Design visited my blog and left a comment giving me my second blogging  award. 

Thank-you Melanie!!!

The rules are a little different this time around.

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award. 

2. Share 7 things about yourself. 

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers. 

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

7 different things about myself

1. I like to make things (Betcha couldn't tell that by my blog, huh?)

2. In a long ago life, I worked as an LPN in a nursing. I have been working the family dairy farm since 1991 with my husband. I DO NOT miss working out.

3. I blog for myself and to share with anyone who cares to read. I don't post on a timetable, only when I have something to share and the time to write it down.

4. I generally don't enter blog giveaways. Just not what I come to the internet for. I make a few exceptions where it is something unique that the blogger has made themselves.

5. I stalk linky parties for ideas. I only wish the pics were bigger, so I can see what the projects are and not have to click on a link only to find it was not something I'm interested in.

6. One of my favorite sites for house ideas is Houzz.com

7. I will most likely never earn money from my blog. As I said, I blog for myself. I don't ever want it to become a full time job that I can't find time to respond to comments from anyone who cares to read. 

These are the blogs I am passing this award onto. I do this in appreciation for them being followers of my blog. 

Thank-you! 

1. Tasha @  DotDotDot

2. Rhonda @ My Photo Art and Fab Fibers

3. Kitty @ A Law Student's Journey

4. J & A @ Joyful Living

5. Heather @ Feather's Flights

6. Gina @ Labelladiva

7. Johnnie @ Saved By Love Creations

8. Cassie @ Re Use * Re Invent* Re Design

9. Tiffany @ Killing Time

10. Lauren @ West Furniture Revival

11. Judy @ DIY by Design

12. Cindy @ Le Chaise Parfait

13. Leslie @ Night Owl Crafting

14. Lisa @ Raising Future Leaders

15. Wendy @ a & w

BLOG AWARD

Melinda from MoCrochet visited my blog made a comment on my Teapot recipe holder and then gave me my very first blogging  award. 

Thank-you Melinda!!!

So here's how the award works:

First -  I have to reveal several things about myself:

1. I married my high school sweetheart and we have been together totally for nearly 40 years!

2. I like to sing, especially when I'm   doing my chores; my son absolutely hates it. He insists I can't sing.

3. I'm a counter, mostly when I'm measuring out large quantities, like water that doesn't have to be exact. I guess maybe I'm borderline OCD. So, how do I combat this? I sing! HA!

4. I have 4 children, 3 girls , 1 boy and 4 grandchildren, 2 girls, 2 boys. I probably would never have  been nominated for mother of the year, but my kids all made it to adulthood not drug addicts and not in jail. Hey,what more would you want? They all went to college and I am proud of every one of them!

5. I'm a blog stalker. I follow 138 blogs in Blogger alone and nearly 200 total; all via Google Reader. I love to prowl the linky parties looking for new ideas.

6. I asked Gary, my husband, to list some interesting things about me and these are what he came up with. Now remember he loves me, so he may be biased.

- Very self-motivated and determined person in planning a trip, building a project, and so on.

- Loves her family, even ME!

- Flower lady and gardening (not so sure about this,'cause God does most of the work)
- Smart
- Cougar


Don't ya just love that last one! He really has a sense of humor.

Second - Pick 3-5 blogs you admire and pass on this award linking back to the person who gave you the award (in this case, me).  Make sure to leave a comment on their blog that they have won.

1. Amy of WhisperWood Cottage and Junkologie
She has a clean looking blog and she always comes to visit my blog when I leave a comment on hers. She's a member of the DIYClub.

2. Maria@BubblegumandDuctTape
Maria is always visiting my blog and leaves such nice comments.

She shares a lot of fun projects and fun info about herself.

3. Sunny @ Life In Rehab

She has a colorful blog and shares a lot of fun projects and funny commentaries.

4. Holly @ 504 Main

She's another DIYClub gal and has a nice blog with lots of projects. She also has a weekly linky party called Tickled Pink.



5. Roeshel @ the DIY Showoff
Yet again, another of those DIY Club gals, with a nice clean looking blog and lots of projects.


6. Becky @ Beyond The Picket Fence
She has a nice looking blog with a scrapbook feel to it and she hosts the Under $100 Linky Party every week.

Have An Award Winning Day!