A bit of luck

Giveaways are such fun! Pity I never win anything, though. 

Usually.

Last month, the long thread hosted a giveaway by etsy 

sellers and I won this gorgeous organic wooden hippo 

teething toy! It is from Little Alouette who makes beautiful, 

beautiful wooden toys. Our little Kate got to keep it because 

she is the only one of us at home who still has bare gums, 

but it was also a wonderfully timely gift for her birthday. 

Am going to wrest it from her soon and put it by my 

sewing window for the trophy it is.

Thank you, Little Alouette and the long thread!

Then a couple of days ago, I won a giveaway on 

my measuring tape! A child's clothes pattern! 

So now I have one less to draft myself! A bit of shameless 

plugging here because Jen, whose blog it is, is one of my 

oldest friends - we were in school together since we 

were 9. She custom-makes clothes for people, and 

among these, corsets. Corsets, people! Stunning 

handiwork. Go visit her blog - she's newly put up 

a free pattern and tutorial for a little girl's dress. 

Then as of today, the wallet is coming together with 

hardly any unpicking or head-banging. 

Suspiciously unusual. 

Also today all three children took naps simultaneously. 

And were not grumpy when they woke up!

Eh? 

So am all in a dither now from this sudden lucky streak. 

In fact, I feel so lucky that I might even consider trying 

baking yeast bread again. Whenever I think I'm being 

Mother and Homemaker Extraordinaire, I bake yeast 

bread and my head very quickly and effectively deflates. 

No more, though - this lucky streak will end the 

humiliation of flat starters and expired dough! 

Tra la la! 

But back to earth now - I am grateful. For the 

generosity of crafty people out there, for the courage 

it takes to share one's stuff with other eyes, 

for the kindness of readers who raise their eyebrows 

and say nice things anyway. And for my husband whose 

work lets me be unemployed so I can keep doing what I 

rather like! Can't guarantee anything, given the state of 

things around here, but I'm hoping to get my own 

giveaway ready to go by the end of next week and I 

promise it will not be yeast bread.