We Have A Winner!

I called my son, the Graduate, today and asked him to pick a number between 1 and 103! That's how many people entered to win my Follower's Give-A-Way!

Tim picked number 78. The winner is Flor from Flor & FF. Congratulations!!!

Flor has a wonderful blog! Please go visit and congratulate her. Her little house will be sent to her unfurnished, but Flor makes beautiful furniture! Go see! :D

I had hoped to post a photo of the completed house today but real life has gotten in the way. These are my two best friends. Dylan and Nugget.


I had to take my older dachshund Dylan, back to the vet this afternoon. They were boarded there this past weekend. Dylan seemed fine when I picked him up up this morning.

The news was not good. Dylan has a ruptured disc in his back. He can't walk without his back legs folding up underneath him. The vet told me that this usually happens when they jump but Dylan isn't a jumper. When he couldn't climb up the back stairs to get back inside I knew something was wrong. Then I saw that he was having trouble walking.

For now, it will be wait and see how he does with the steroids the doctor gave him. He is not allowed any exercise at all. I have to carry him everywhere and not let him try to walk.

Dachshunds are prone to back injuries and I feel so helpless. There is one veterinarian here in Birmingham who does back surgery on dachshunds. Sometimes he is able to save them. It is a very expensive procedure and there is no guarantee.

It saddens me to announce the the give-a-way winner and then follow that with this news.

As I am able, I will finish Flor's little house, post a photo and then send it on its way to Mexico!



Thanks to everyone who entered my give-a-way! I am so excited to see my follower's list grow and meet so many new miniaturists. WELCOME to my new friends and thank you to those who have been there from the beginning!

Please pray for my little friend and for me to have the peace to make the right decisions for him.

Grandpa Picks A Winner!

Grandpa took his lunch to the beach and had quite a few friends join him. Everyone was excited to see who would win the Followers Give-A-Way!

Grandpa had the number of each person who entered the give-a-way in a grocery bag. I think the birds were hoping there was more food in there!

When Grandpa finished his lunch, he shook the big bag, closed his eyes and drew the winning number.

Congratulations Birgit at BiWuBaer! YOU are the winner! Be sure to visit Birgit's shop and blog! She makes the most adorable "flutterby bears!"

Please email me with your address and let me know what color you would like your chairs painted? You may choose any color(s) that you like!
Congratulations Birgit! I will mail your gifts to you soon!

I want to thank EVERYONE who participated in this give-a-way! I really appreciate your visits and comments. YOU make blogging fun!

Give-A-Winner!

Toby wanted nothing to do with choosing my give-a-way winner. All he wanted to do was go outside. I had to find someone else to help me.


Henry was a bit more cooperative, but not much. I placed all of your names in my favorite glass. I mixed them up and waited and waited some more. Henry just sat there looking at me. I think he was disappointed that there was no cream or food in the glass.



I couldn't even get him to put his nose in the glass and point to a winner. He just lay down and acted like he was going back to sleep. So I closed my eyes and picked the winning name myself.


CONGRATULATIONS Ascension! I'm sorry I misspelled your name but I assure you, YOU are the winner! :D

Please email me with your address so I can get your gifts off to you soon. There are three House of Miniature furniture kits.



I also made up another kit for making Christmas cactus for your dollhouse. Everything you'll need is included. You can find instructions by Leslie Shepherd at About.com. I added some hand painted paper for you to use because I think it makes prettier plants.



I really want to thank everyone for joining in my House Warming Give-A-Way! I'm STILL working on my little rug and am making another one too. I don't know if my teeny house will ever be finished?! LOL

Hope you have a happy day and thanks again for all of your sweet comments!

Today Is The Day!

Today is the first anniversary of Beautiful Mini Blessings! I was so excited this morning to be able to draw the name of my give-a-way winner!

As you can see, the was nothing scientific about this! No fancy random generators, no helpers, just all of your beautiful names scribbled on a note pad.

I tossed them all in a salad bowl, then closed my eyes and picked ONE.

Here is the winning name! Savannah at Miniature Mumblings!

I had to smile when I visited Savannah's blog to let her know that she won. Savannah is about to celebrate her 25th birthday. In one of her recent posts she said she was in a creative slump and was asking for ideas to get her out of her dry spell. I hope that winning my give-a-way will help her with that?

Savannah :D

I am almost finished with my gift and will post a photo tomorrow. There are lots of little leaves that still need to be glued on!

I've made a pretty little garden arbor with climbing flowers on the side. It has a bench for relaxing and enjoying the sunshine. I'll include a mini book or two, some potted plants and maybe a tiny surprise?

Thanks to everyone who entered my give-a-way! Congratulations Savannah for winning!

Blessings, Kathi

It's Six O'Clock And The Winner Is.....

I know it's not six o'clock everywhere... but it's six o'clock here and it's time to pick the winner of my thank you give-a-way!

I want to thank each of you who commented on my winning streak post. I was so excited to have won three contests that I just had to have one of my own! I placed your names in this little wooden box and shook it up....

I was so excited to see who won!

Congratulations to Cheryl at A Miniature Place! You are the winner!

Cheryl has been collecting miniatures and antiques for a long long time. She has an old dollhouse that she is restoring, just like me. Cheryl also mentions that she has a Lawbre Greenhouse kit on her "to do" list. Cheryl lives in Hawaii! <--- Just click on the link to visit.

Do you see the BIG smile on MY face right now?! I know exactly what I can make for her! That will be this week's project. I hope to get it in the mail to her very soon. Please go on over to A Miniature Place and congratulate Cheryl!

I really appreciate everyone who reads my blog and leaves me such sweet comments and helpful advice! I know I start a lot of things and hardly ever finish anything. I promise to finish Cheryl's gifts before any more projects are started!

Hope you have a wonderful evening and thanks for being my friends!
Blessings, Kathi