Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Grow Your Blog



http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/grow-your-blog-2015-party-this-is.html 


Welcome to my blog and welcome to Vicki's Grow Your Blog party! 




My name is Birgit, and I live in Munich, Germany. Here you can see my sweet cat Flecki and me.




Please come in and have a look around.




Just remember -- keep calm because I am specialest special.




Let's take a stroll around my blog and my world.




Visiting my blog, you will see some photos of my hometown Munich. Here's the fountain at Karlsplatz (Charles' Square).




I will also take you to unexpected places like this ladies room at a local garden center.




I love surprises like this one -- last year, I discovered these monster trucks on the parking place of a local supermarket.


Always expect everything -- I might reveal the skeletons hanging in the closet.




Now it's time for a little snack -- what about grapes?




Or do you rather have a melon smoothie?




What about ice-cream and fruit? That's something I can always eat.




Feeling energized again? Perfect!




So we can get crafty now -- take an old jam plastic container.




Some more recycling -- punching snowflakes from a silver cardboard from a box originally containing chocolate covered marshmallows.




Glue the snowflakes along the rim of the plastic container.




For some extra sparkle, put glitter dots on the snowflakes.

 

The snowball candy looked great in that bowl.

 

Aside for traditional crafts, I love to create digital images. I recently took a couple of photos of a stripped billboard -- such an interesting texture as well as different colors.




I used one of the photos of this billboard series as background for my heart of postcards.



I share photos of things which catch my eye. I love this cute group of cats which I saw in an Asian restaurant.



My favorite cat is Flecki though. You will see photos of him being awake...



... and asleep.


I enjoy taking a close look at things -- like this beautiful flower.


 


This grasshopper was a welcome guest in the garden last summer.



You might hear about Halloween, too.



You will be the first ones who hear about encounters with magical creatures in my neighborhood -- like this gnome living in a tree.



Earlier this week, I saw these owls in the window of a flower shop. The owl on the very right will stand on the birthday table of my mother.




I love to take photos of flowers and plants -- Rapunzel is great at posing with them.




Isn't the fabric of her skirt just wonderful?


If you stick around here, you might see Herbie again.




You will hear about favorite movies like Penguins of Madagascar ...




... and favorite books like the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley.




I keep looking for interesting products like this "Frozen yoghurt" ...



... or this "creamy ice" candy.



It's a new Haribo product.



Flecki wonders if you can expect a door prize. Sure thing!




You can win a note pad with 40 sheets in the design of the 50 Euro bill.




Please leave a comment below -- I am looking forward to hearing from you and will try to answer all comments either by email or by commenting on your blog. One entry per person even if you have more than one blog. Please make sure that I can contact you either by email or by accessing your blog. The final day for leaving a comment is February 14th -- the winner (to be found with the help of a random number generator) will be announced and informed on February 15th.




I hope I can soon welcome you back to my blog -- heartfelt greetings! 




Thursday, February 27, 2014

Gift Received & Sent


I recently got a large envelope from England.


A gift with love from Claire from Another Deep Day.

 

 For me!


I was the lucky winner of one of Claire's birthday giveaways. She is celebrating the countdown to her 50th birthday, offering gifts -- isn't she the sweetest and most generous lady? Now I can add to my library the inspiring book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.


"Always do your best." That's part of the fourth agreement. Claire, you have certainly done your best -- thanks so much for the interesting book and also for the care with which you wrapped it.


I was a little late sending out my Grow Your Blog prize to my winner Patty from Patty's Pretty Things. To make up for that I included two more doll patterns.


I hope Patty will enjoy the little surprise.


Now Patty can not only make a seated angel, but also whimsical Maggie and elegant Lady Grace.



Saturday, February 15, 2014

Grow Your Blog Giveaway Winner


Thanks to everyone who visited my blog in the last few weeks, taking the time to leave a comment or even signing up as a follower. I haven't had the time to visit all blogs on the Grow Your Blog list (if the day had only more hours), yet I still discovered quite a few ones which I now follow myself. Anyway, in regards to winning the doll pattern, Random.org has spoken.



Comment # 21 (my lucky number at that -- what a coincidence!) was made by Patty from Patty's Pretty Things

"Would love to make the angel. Nice meeting you."


Patty enjoys being creative and decorating her home, so I know that the doll pattern will get to the right person. Congrats, Patty!