i ♥ the handmade/blogging community. the group of people putting creativity to work. the belief in themselves that they can accomplish a goal, a dream, a handmade something.
a lovely, industrious place on this scary, complicated interwebs thing.
sometimes i even comment on their lovely, inspiring blogs.
&, i LOVE giveaways. LOVE THEM. although, frankly, throughout my life, i’ve yet to be very lucky at winning much that i didn’t work for or put in a lot of effort first.
enter: I BLOG 4 ME. coolest lady ever that just loves blogs, and made a site where fellow bloggers could come and meet, share stories, and encourage each other, for no other reason, than she is nice, & she likes blogs.
she gives away stuff sometimes: drumroll please…..i WON!
a nifty, neat-o, colorful, really well made GUMBALL MACHINE.
you know alex reese and rl are overtheMOON about this one! 🙂
(and let’s pretend like i’m all sophisticated and didn’t jump for joy when i found out and didn’t squeal…..)
it came with two bags of 2 lbs of gumballs, so we should be set for at least a few months weeks. 🙂
so this is my official thank you to Vic check her out here & BJ here.
& if you have the time, check out some of the blogs featured, fantastic time, i tell ya!
i really appreciate it, and in some strange way, it seems like i finally belong to this community that i read/stalk/drool over daily. you really have helped encourage me to keep blogging!
ps. this winning thing just happened again, & is just another hint, that i need to get my shop up and running. what do you want me to make, or better yet, what is your favorite handmade thing to buy?
xo,
barbie
be forever lovely 