Week 1 (of 5) Giveaway winner.

This will be a photo heavy post so I can make sure I got everyone that has sent in an entry so far.

I will run down the entries as received.  ALL entries are going to go on each week until this is over at the end of the year.   So if you don't win this week I keep your entry and put in the next one.  Okey Dokey.

Alright let's get started with this weeks show and tell.

#1.  From JarieLyn  (diabetes sender :)

#2 - From Hester

#3 From Lisa - Who by this entry cost me another $60 - Thanks LISA :P

#4 - From Tammy

#5 From S. Jane

#6 From Penny (sender of our current cold front)

#7 From Keli (holder of the journal)

#8 From Annie

#9 From Giselle (LIKE this card - folds out into a letter)

#10 From Jamie

#11 From Rusty (good to hear from you again :)  This one made me get out the air can.

#12 From Terry (This was a fun PC).

And our final entry this week #13 From Valerie

Now on to what is going out this week.  At first it was a toss up of the belly button lint I was about to get rid of last week and then thought HEY this would be great for a giveaway.  Then Kim came in and hit me up side the head and said don't think so Sparky (ok not really but sounded good at the time I was writing this).

So I started looking around at the list I have for the run and decided on this.

And a pack of these

and a bunch of other stuff I have laying around that has been accumulating (see this is all a ruse to clear out my office before someone finds me hunched over a keyboard rotting, only to be found when one of my Chessies are found to be constantly be sniffing at my office door wondering where the food is).  So basically what ever will fit into a large envelope.

And my first victim of operation clear my office space is.... Oatmeal can roll please...

Which means Rusty gets the first pile going out.  (and the peasants rejoice... yea).  First one to get that reference gets a 3 pack of Field Notes.  (not kidding - leave a comment)

That's it for this week on the contest.  Look for next weeks winner announcement on Dec 14.  Keep on sending those entries in.  Lots more to go.

D

First week giveaway coming

This Friday will be the first weeks giveaway.  Four more days to get something in for your entry.

I have 9 entries so far and I will be posting all of the entries on Friday this week.  Lot's of nice mail received.

To those of you who confetti bombed me.  I know who you are and where you live :P

On a side note.  I received my shipment from Field Notes today.  These new books they put out for the Winter set are just beautiful.  The gradient is on both the outer and inner covers.

JarieLyn, they are on their way in the morning.

Till Friday..


D

And their out of the gate.

Well I got the very first entry into next months giveaway.  What a good way to start  it off..

I go home for lunch to find this little morsel in my mailbox.

 I open it up to find this wonderful card.

 Completed entry.  And check it out she sent diabetes with the card :)

Sure, send the guy who just had gastric bypass cookies..  Cruel joke?  NA  Kim and Kaylee will be sure to polish them off before I get back home.  Can I be bought.  You betcha!  For being the very first entry.. Jerilyn will be receiving..

This.. The brand new subscription addition from Field Notes.  I should be receiving my shipment soon.  So be on the lookout Jerilyn.  Thank you very much for the card and continued sugar dependency for Kaylee.

D

Giveaway entry time!! and updates.

Alrighty then folks.  It's that time of the year to start getting ready for next months giveaway.

Last year I gave away some nice stationery (or I thought so).  Some Original Crown Mill letter sets and some Arpa letter sets.

Work on the database is progressing and hope to have it better nailed down come the first of the year.  Let's face it folks, right now during this season we ALL are bombarded from every direction for our time.

This being my second year and really up on the amount of people who continue to read my sporadic musings I have decided this will be a good one for the readers/scanners/lurkers of my fair blog.

So what is on the block this time you say?  Could it be that cheese straightener I've read so much about?  Is it that book on how to reuse toilet paper? Nay!  It is non other that the crap listed below.

Field Notes colors (I have a bunch) America the Beautiful, or  Lager and Ale  These are from the color subscriptions.

From Kickstarter - The NOCK Co. Pen Cases - I ordered the whole lot.  I will be parting with the ones I cannot find a use for.  The Delivery will be when I get them.

From Kickstater - Rainbow Pencils  Waiting on them.

From Kickstater - Kreate-a-lope  (C6 envelopes - for a5 paper both the envi and liner templates)

Kickstarter - The Wrylon Robotics Field Guides (3 books GREAT artwork)

J. Herbin -  Wooden Collectors dip Pen set (this is the big one)

J Herbin Box Set - 'A la Perle des Encres'

A truly excellent combination of old world expertise, this gift set is a timeless piece for any writing enthusiast. It is presented in a lovely wood box and contains 1 nib holder, 5 different stainless steel nibs and 1 bottle of ink.
For the traditionalist, the Brause (Made in Germany) Stainless steel nibs are among the world's finest for a dip-pen writing experience. This set has 5 different types - Iserlohn 50, Brause Cito-Fein Iserlohn, Brause No. 361 Iserlohn, Brause No. 85 Iserlohn, Brause No. 65 Iserlohn.
They are complemented by 30ml of Violet J Herbin Ink (Made in France) and a nib holder.

Specifications:

• CONTENTS: 1 Wood Box / 1 Nib Holder / 1 Bottle of Ink / 5 Nibs
• SIZE: Box is 245mm x 85mm x 57mm / Nib Holder is 200mm long /Ink Bottle has 30ml
• MATERIALS: Wood Box / Stainless Steel Nibs
• SOURCE: Nibs Made in Germany / Box, Ink, Holder Made in France

Now, good news bad news.  Being what it would cost me to send some of these items I have to keep some of this North America.  If the folks overseas want to enter, it will be for the lighter objects (notebooks, Nock pen case) the Herbin box would cost me almost as much to send as what I bought it for.

Now you all know that I can't just have you do something easy like "leave a comment to enter"  that's just to easy and boring.  So what could it be this go round?  Pc's?  Letters? That recipe for sugar free/low carb tapioca? (I would love that one by the way). NO! 

What is required this time is a holiday/Christmas/Kwanzaa/Bah Humbug/Festivus or some other type of "this time of year" card.  I am not a religious person but I am not going to knock any type of card sent.  Please note  ALL CARDS SENT WILL BE POSTED ON THE BLOG.  Translation = keep it clean.  Not a prude and I love humorous cards just keep it family oriented.

I've been working on mine and they are coming along pretty well.  Depending on the time available, they get a better treatment.  Doing a bunch of swap-bot stuff right now for Christmas cards.  Think I'm approaching the 60 cards mark this week alone.

This will be a rolling giveaway. You only need ONE entry, if you are not pulled in that week, it just rolls on to the next one.  I will start the disbursements every week on Friday in December.  Final one (Herbin box) on Jan 1.  Each card that comes in will be stamped with a number for the draw by the standard random.org pull.  Each card/envelope must have the words "buddy holly" somewhere on there does not have to be on both but one of either.  See this is my normal were you paying attention part of the giveaway.

So with that 

Tutorials..

Is anyone interested in some tutorials on creating stuff.  I have been hard at work getting stuff ready for the holidays and was wondering if anyone is interested in seeing the creation process from start to finished product.

Lately I have been working with some new tools.  Cricut, die cutters, stamps and different pads shading techniques.

So if you guys are interested, leave a comment.  I will try to get 2 a month minimum up.

Thanks

D

My Package went Walkabout

Well, I had placed an order for some postcards I have been working on.  They shipped (yea) and were to be here last week.  But this tale has a bit of a twist.  Seems my postcards wanted to travel the US courtesy of the Postal Service and UPS.

There are some companies that utilize UPS as a hand off to the local post offices.

Here is the travel itinerary of my PCs.

From UPS.

From USPS

 So on October 21, UPS handed off my package to the Postal Service.  So far so good.  Even made it about 3 miles from my house.  And then the Post Office sends it to Stockton (why?) and then to Springfield, MA.  HUH??  So to date I still have not received my postcards and have a lovely track record of their journey. 

Anyone else have some tracks of odd journeys??

Database Progress

So here are a few screen shots of the database so far.  Input welcome.  I can't think of everything folks and your input is what will make it better.  This will be a FREE database to whom ever wants it.

 

Main Screen

 

Website integrated

 

 Notes: Individual entries let you track incoming and outgoing.

 

I have one place on the main screen for inserting a scanned image of the letter.  I will have a place for a letter per note entry when done.  The "where did I get this pan-pal from" is editable and adds the entry for future use.  And yes I know I got the site wrong for good mail day.  Already fixed.

Like I said, this is basically an open source database.  You give a good suggestion and I will see if it makes sense to add it.

Derrick