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a giveaway from my store



Thank you again for all your encouragement about the store
and a special thank you to my first clients.

Some people have let me know that it isn't loading properly, I'm trying to work this one out, so if you are also having problems maybe you could let me know, so I can understand better where the issue lies.  

Today I am happy to tell you about my first
 give aways from the store.

This beautiful pillow sham, entirely hand sewn and embroidered with the letter M




Later today there will be new linens up for sale in the store.


and the second giveaway is two matching oval dishes, in blue and white transferware,
wonderful as soap dishes or presenting chocolates or biscuits




To join in the giveaway, just take a tour of the store and come back to tell me what you think, if you'd like a second entry then  share the giveaway on facebook, twitter etc.  Thank you!

The winners will be drawn on Friday 2 November at midnight Paris time.



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Buchanan’s Nursery

My wonderful friend and next-door neighbor had a beautiful baby boy recently.  Today I thought I’d share the beautiful nursery she created for him.  We had lots of fun running back and forth sharing opinions and ideas for this fun room in the months before he was born!  <sigh>  Helping on a dedicated nursery like this makes me feel cheated that I didn’t get to do this for any of my six children!
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The nursery walls were painted a soft gray, and she chose to use aqua and red for the main accent colors.
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We spent probably two hours arranging and rearranging the elements for the gallery wall.  The two gears are not “real”—I think she got them at Hobby Lobby, but they’re much lighter than the real thing!  The rusty lock and key is a real railroad heirloom, though.
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This was my main contribution to the nursery!  She wanted a sign reminiscent of an old-time train logo, and this is what we came up with.  The cupboard door I used had already been painted aqua, so I used the vaseline trick before the coat of red paint so you could see the aqua underneath.
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The old train on the shelf is a family treasure, as are the wonderful old lanterns.  The old fan was a “treasure” un-earthed from my garage!
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My friend has a very talented seamstress aunt who made a new cover for the glider rocker.  I need an aunt like that!
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And this is baby Buchanan.  I like to cuddle him under my chin and revel in that fuzzy baby head!

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Yankees Exercise Options on Cano, Granderson, and Aardsma

From Erik Boland:

Free agency officially kicked off in the hours after the Giants completed their four-game sweep of the Tigers in the World Series on Sunday night and, as expected, the Yankees on Monday exercised the club options they held on second baseman Robinson Cano, centerfielder Curtis Granderson and reliever David Aardsma.

Twelve of their players became free agents, headlined by Hiroki Kuroda, Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, Ichiro Suzuki, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera. The others are Eric Chavez, Pedro Feliciano, Freddy Garcia, Raul Ibanez, Andruw Jones and Derek Lowe.

Players can start signing with other clubs after midnight ET on Saturday.
OK, just wanted to post that before the Sandy knocked out my power and internet. Stay safe people.

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