Bee's Buzzings

Sweet Little Christmas Trees . . . all covered in Mittens

I'm really loving this new design . . . finally got the listing into the shop after a very exciting day of lunching and craft show shopping with my good friend, Marguerite.

Also, here's another fun giveaway on this sleepy Friday evening.  Just go through the listings in my shop (click) and find the listing with this Bee showing as the last photo.  Be the first to find it, place your order through Etsy (mark 'other during checkout'), and then come back here and leave a comment saying you found it.  Voila!  The item will be marked PAID and will be shipped to you, as a thanks for reading this blog.  UPDATE:  FOUND!

And don't despair if someone beat you to the prize.  I'll be tallying comments once again for a separate giveaway very soon - the more comments you leave (on this or any other blog post), the more entries you have to win :)

Have a great weekend, I'll be working on more new art and will be checking back in again soon!

Bee

p.s. another great week with my Fitness Goals . . . am amazed at how everything just fell into place this time.  I'm eating and exercising well, and the scale is supplying awesome results :)

New Holiday Designs . . . and a quick contest :)

Just a sneak peek of some new Christmas Tree Holiday Cards, in my Etsy Shop.  Working on more fun holiday artwork which will be posted soon. 

Also a quick contest.  First one to find this sweet little snowman pocket mirror (in my shop), wins it for free.  Just be the first one to order it, and mark "other" for a payment type when checking out and I'll mark it paid and pop it in the mail to you!  UPDATE:  FOUND!!  :)

These make great little stocking stuffers or teacher gifts.  Please leave a comment here if you were the winner, and for those of you who didn't win - your comment will count in yet another contest, to be held soon :)

and even more progress :)

Shop progress - am getting to the holiday artwork this week - yayyy!  Have also added more mini note combinations to my Etsy shop (and more to come soon!) but SO love these little mini bird notes - aren't they too cute??

House progress - we've been busy moving items back into the house - had to get everything out of the storage unit we rented while our house was on the market.  Will be listing some things on Craig's List, and have even more items heading to Goodwill.  The great news is that with all the re-arranging we'd done for prepping the house for showings, it looks fresher and even more inviting than before.  Life is good and I am now very excited about decorating for the holidays.

Personal progress - have been getting on the treadmill and continuing to eat well and lose more weight.  Am up to 2 miles jogging and have achieved a 6 pound loss after three weeks.  This is pretty eventful for me as I usually lose momentum after the first week or two  :)

Family progress - both Krist and Danielle have new 'driver' updates.  Kristi passed her driving test yesterday and was happily tooling around the neighborhood solo (we're taking it slow!) And Danielle, who passed her permit test recently, had her first opportunity to drive after Kristi and I got home.  It was a nice bonding moment for the girls - and probably a day neither is likely to forget.  They both did great, but my stomach was still in knots. 

You'd think after going through this with the first two, I'd just take it in stride . .  . but oh well, that's just not happening LOL :)

CONTEST progress - and lastly, here is the first of 3 opportunities to win a FREE BeeDazzles item:

The first person to comment (below) can go select ANY art pendant for FREE.  Just click here to view my Pendant Shop, and then transact the pendant of your choice and I will mark it PAID and ship it to you (you'll need to have an Etsy account to do this).  And if you're not first - well, just be on the lookout in the next few days - there will be two more winners!

Thanks again for stopping by, and hope you have a great day!

Bee

I love new beginnings!

Although it feels more like Winter here with the recent snow, I know it's really still Fall.  And boy-oh-boy do I love Fall!  For me, it's always been the time of year for new beginnings.  Guess I'm still hard-wired to the academic calendar year.  You know - the new shoes, clothes, folders and a fresh set of pencils.  Anything was possible!

I've heard many people agree with me about this.  I mean, seriously, if you're going to start something new, trying to get momentum going in the dead of winter when there are barely 6 hours of daylight (here in Minnesota at least) seems like a recipe for disaster!

And also like many other people, I dislike limbo.  Two things that kept me unsettled for the past 5 or so months were 1) getting the house ready and having it on the market and 2) knowing I still had to get all my bookkeeping done for our extended tax deadline.  And the more stressed I was, the harder it was to eat right.  So now that both those issues are resolved, and *voila* it's the right time of year . . . I'm finally getting back on track to getting this extra weight off and am also back to jogging again.

Will share a bit more later about my preparation and follow through - but for now am just very pleased to say that I lost 3 pounds last week!  woo hoo!

In addition to my own little self-congrats, I'd also like to congratulate Janae and Dianne for being the first two to visit here and comment.  Despite my very bad blogging habits they continue to check in - and I appreciate that!  They're the winners of the first two $15 merchandise awards - some of the spontaneous give aways I mentioned previously.  

My thanks to all of you who have stopped by recently - hope you have a great weekend.  I'll catch up with you soon about the weight loss progress - and with another winner or two :)

Contest Winners!

 Congrats to our latest contest winners!  Jennifer at GypsyMareStudios was the winner of the free pendant.  She commented on January 8 that the Dragonfly pendant was her fave.  And RC was the winner of the 3 packs of note cards!  She communicated on January 13 that her favorite item in SassyGlassDesigns Etsy shop was the red zipper pull.  I love it too, and hope you will check out SassyGlass's shops if you haven't already.

Hope everyone had a wonderful day!!

An unexpected surprise to cheer up my day!

When I don't blog for a few days, it's usually because I'm not in my usual up-beat mood.  The last few days were no exception.  I'd been feeling ill with what's 'going around' (sore throat, ear ache, low grade fever) since Saturday and just couldn't shake my less than enthusiastic outlook, especially since we woke up to -18 degree temps and wind-chills nearing 30 degrees BELOW zero.  Brrrrr.

So I started making some banana bread.  That helped a bit.  And then Jim returned home - his ABS light had come on, indicating a malfunction of some sort.   When temps get this low car exhaust freezes on contact with the roads.  It causes something called "black ice" which is hard to see.  The result is spin outs, rollovers and cars in ditches all over the place.  I'm glad that he's fine and we're dealing with the car issue, but my plans and productivity just went down the drain.

Then I got an email.  Sandi, over at sassyglassdesigns positively MADE MY DAY.  Check it out.  And if you comment here which item from her etsy shop is your favorite, I'll draw a random winner for THREE of the 3 packs of note cards from my shop. Winner will be selected on Friday and asked to tell me their 3 favorite designs.

Speaking of drawings - if you haven't already commented on your favorite pendant (next posting) do so NOW.  I'll be selecting one random winner - very soon - to win a free pendant!!

hope your day is going as well as mine is . . . now :)

hugs, Bee

p.s. the banana bread came out PERFECT.  Awesome flavor and very moist on the inside - but crunchy on the outside.  yummmmm!!

Favorite Pendant ??? Maybe you will WIN one :)

I'm re-thinking how to do the monthly give away and wanted to post a question about the pendants currently in my BeeDazzlesPendants shop . . . which pendant design is YOUR favorite?  Below is just a small sampling of pendants which will be available in the next week or so. 

Please leave a comment, and you'll automatically be entered into the next give away!  Who knows, you might even end up with your favorite! 

 

Random Number Generator - Research Randomizer

Recently I'd been asked on several occasions about how Blog Winners were chosen, and thought it was timely to post a link to the site I use to generate the winners
It's super easy to use - for instance, if there were 147 eligible entries (aka comments by people other than myself or spam) and I wanted 3 numbers selected, the query would look exactly like the example, above.  Then with the winning numbers, I start back at the very first post in the new contest period and count out to find whose comment posting won!

This is a MUCH simpler and quicker means of selecting winners than, say, writing over a hundred numbers on little pieces of paper, crumpling them up and then selecting them at random out of a container . . . something I had actually done once or twice before discovering this site LOL :)

Hope you all are having a safe and happy New Year so far! 

Contest Winners!

Congratulations to: 

RC 

Surviving and 

Kimiko

Due to the holidays, we delayed the December drawings and selected THREE winners this round!! 

RC, Surviving and Kimiko have won $20 shop credits to be used any any of my three Etsy shops, with free shipping!  For the winners, it's very simple - browse my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total (ignore the shipping) is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If you want to do a little extra shopping, and your order exceeds $21, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

The Random Number Generator selected numbers fairly close together this time - RC's December 17, Survivings's December 4, and Kimiko's December 4 blog comments were the winning entries for the last contest period. 

Now that the holidays are over - we'll go back to once a month drawings.  And remember - the first Three people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee

Due to the holidays, we delayed the December drawings and selected THREE winners this round!! 

RC, Surviving and Kimiko have won $20 shop credits to be used any any of my three Etsy shops, with free shipping!  For the winners, it's very simple - browse my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total (ignore the shipping) is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If you want to do a little extra shopping, and your order exceeds $21, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

The Random Number Generator selected numbers fairly close together this time - RC's December 17, Survivings's December 4, and Kimiko's December 4 blog comments were the winning entries for the last contest period. 

Now that the holidays are over - we'll go back to once a month drawings.  And remember - the first Three people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee

Due to the holidays, we delayed the December drawings and selected THREE winners this round!! 

RC, Surviving and Kimiko have won $20 shop credits to be used any any of my three Etsy shops, with free shipping!  For the winners, it's very simple - browse my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total (ignore the shipping) is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If you want to do a little extra shopping, and your order exceeds $21, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

The Random Number Generator selected numbers fairly close together this time - RC's December 17, Survivings's December 4, and Kimiko's December 4 blog comments were the winning entries for the last contest period. 

Now that the holidays are over - we'll go back to once a month drawings.  And remember - the first Three people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee

Contest Winners Announced!!

Congratulations to KimberlyB  Cindi  and  WinFla

Due to my tardiness in drawing the winners - there were THREE winners this round.  And with the busy holiday season approaching, we'll do it this way again and draw three names in early January for the second half of November and the month of December.

Also new - $20 shop credits will be issued to the winners, with free shipping.  For the winners, it's very simple - go through my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If it's $21 or more, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

But back to the current contest - the Random Number Generator selected Kimberly's October 16th, Cindi's October 26th and WinFla's November 5th entries for the last contest period winners! 

And remember - the first FIVE people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee

Due to my tardiness in drawing the winners - there were THREE winners this round.  And with the busy holiday season approaching, we'll do it this way again and draw three names in early January for the second half of November and the month of December.

Also new - $20 shop credits will be issued to the winners, with free shipping.  For the winners, it's very simple - go through my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If it's $21 or more, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

But back to the current contest - the Random Number Generator selected Kimberly's October 16th, Cindi's October 26th and WinFla's November 5th entries for the last contest period winners! 

And remember - the first FIVE people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee

Due to my tardiness in drawing the winners - there were THREE winners this round.  And with the busy holiday season approaching, we'll do it this way again and draw three names in early January for the second half of November and the month of December.

Also new - $20 shop credits will be issued to the winners, with free shipping.  For the winners, it's very simple - go through my Etsy shops and decide what you want.  Then place the order.  If the merchandise total is $20 or less, I will mark the order PAID and ship it to you.  If it's $21 or more, I will send you a revised PayPal invoice with your $20 credit and your shipping credit applied.  Easy-peasy!

But back to the current contest - the Random Number Generator selected Kimberly's October 16th, Cindi's October 26th and WinFla's November 5th entries for the last contest period winners! 

And remember - the first FIVE people to comment on THIS post get an additional 5 entries each! 

My thanks to all of you for reading Bee's Buzzings and your wonderful post comments :)

hugs!
Bee