Thursday, October 25, 2012

This and That

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Hello again! My work and homeschooling are keeping me quite busy at the moment. So, while I hate to be so quite here, I'm so grateful for the tasks that are feeling my days.
Are you making plans for Halloween? Are you completely ready for Halloween? I'm not, at all. Zoe has told me she would like to be a cat. Easy enough. Not sure about the other two yet, but we'll get there.

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Photobucket But we have visited the pumpkin patch and carved our pumpkins. Kaiya carved hers all by herself! And she's beginning to look a bit like a grinning jack-o-lantern with those missing teeth. Hehe! Zoe lost her first last week. She was so excited that the tooth fairy would finally be visiting her. Then the Kaiya lost another the following day. Needless to say, the tooth fairy has been hopping!

 Hey, have you entered to win Lucinda's beautiful gnome house yet? Get your entries in before Halloween and don't forget to refer your friends to her Facebook page for extra entries.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Giveaway and Review of Willodel

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Hello again, friends! I've had a very busy couple of months and don't foresee that letting up anytime soon. Business is booming, homeschooling is marching on and we all are very well. But I wanted to come in for a bit to host this wonderful giveaway for my sweet friend Lucinda. If you don't remember her from her past giveaways here, Lucinda is the very talented artist behind the Etsy shop Willodel.
We are very happy to own some of her work. A set of furniture....
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These pieces are amazing! Many of them are one solid piece and they are very sturdy. My husband has stepped on a couple of the chairs and they broke cleanly, no splintering and, after a little craft glue they are as good as new!
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Lucinda offers the furniture is a coupe of different sizes to fit your doll house. We chose the larger size and they work perfect for our Plan dolls and other various bendy dolls.
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The bendy doll above is made by Lucinda, not the purple baby (tooth fairy present!) or cradle.
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A co-sleeping family catching their zzz's in Lucinda's bedroom set.
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Lucinda is a true artist and strives to be gentle to the earth in her work. From her Etsy shop; "Willodel is a shop filled with lovingly hand made items meant to delight the heart, inspire the imagination and foster creativity for all who are wanting. Willodel embraces everything natural, as Nature gives the artisan both material and inspiration, it becomes inherent in the work to protect, sustain and revere the environment that is the source of it all.
I have been making delightful, functional & eco friendly homes for birds, toads, fairies and gnomes, out of found wood and recycled materials, for many years.......time tested and loved by all."

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The superbly crafted and simply beautiful toys and animal homes Lucinda makes are just magical and the kind of thing that is treasured and passed down through generations.
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These are homes one can dream in! Looking at her little gnome houses just sets my imagination into work. Couldn't you imagine little gnome sand fairies really making their homes in there?
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To add a little magic to your desktop....
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Photobucket Today Lucinda is generously offering one of her wee gnome homes to one lucky reader (acorn gnome and sheep not included)!
*Please note; due to the high cost of shipping this item, the giveaway is only open to US and Canada residents.*

 To enter simply leave a comment.

For additional entries;
Add Lucinda's Etsy shop to your favorites
Like Willodel on Facebook
Like This Cosy Life on Facebook
Share this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest
Refer friends to the Willodel Facebook page (you will  receive one additional entry for every person you refer that a)'likes' Willodel and b)leaves a  comment on the Willodel page letting us know who sent them) 

This giveaway will be open for 2 weeks.. I will announce the winner (drawn randomly) on  October 31st (Halloween!).