Jul 20 2009
The winner of the Retired Stampin’ Up Set Touch of Nature is . . . . . Drumroll please. . . . .. . . . . . .
Tanya A. who wrote “Oh my gosh! You give out the best blog candy ever!!! My fingers are crossed…please be me, please be me! I love this set!”
Tanya, Congratulations on winning! Please e-mail you mailing address to mzindorf@aim.com within 30 days and I will send this set right out to you.
Huge Hugs to everyone that played along.
Michelle
Jul 15 2009
Woohoo! I have a brand new Retired Stampin’ Up set of Touch of Nature just begging to find a good home. This set can no longer be purchased from Stampin’ Up, it is retired. I will never part with my used set, but if you have a place in your heart for this wonderful new set and promise to use it now and then, please leave a comment on this post and I will put you in the drawing for it. If you are getting his blog update via e-mail you will need to click this link and then leave a comment: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/07/15/touch-of-nature-blog-candy/
Please no e-mail requesting entry.
I will select the winner using a random number generator on Monday, July 20, 2009.
Good Luck to all!
Until my next post. . . . . . .
Huge Huge Hugs,
Michelle
Jul 08 2009
I am off to teach in New Johnsonville, Tennessee tomorrow morning so while I am gone I decided in celebration of Stampin’ Up coming out with their new catalog I would give away one of the brand new stamp sets. This Stampin’ UP Stamp set is Dream Gardens and all you have to do to enter is leave me a comment telling me to enter you in the drawing. If you are getting this blog update by e-mail you will need to follow this link to leave your comment: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/07/08/blog-candy-time/
Please do not reply by e-mail.
I will return on Monday, July 13, 2009 and at that time will I will use a random number generator to select the winner.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! Have a super weekend.
Jun 27 2009
Quick note, I have a case of the new Stampin’ Up 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogs in. These catalogs will be in effect on July 1st. If you would like one mailed to you at the price of $9.95, please e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com. You should see this beauty and what it has inside, yummy!
I am teaching my Advanced Brayer Workshop today at Marco’s Paper in Dayton, Ohio so I am off to stamp and have fun!
Until my next post. . . . .
Huge Hugs,
Michelle Zindorf
Jun 25 2009
Oh, I know, you come to my blog expecting to see a rubber stamping tutorial and then I go off the deep end a couple times a year and do a post on my gardens, lol. Bare with me, a tutorial will be coming along after this post. I know there are a couple of you that garden, along with rubber stamping and probably a couple hundred other crafts going on at the same time. :)
I was just out in the garden this evening and decided to take a few photos.
I’m a “Country Cottage” gardener, without the cottage, lol. I have a boring ranch home. But my gardens are done in Country Cottage. That means I plant perennials and they pretty much decide where they will grow from year to year. I let everything go to seed in the fall and seeds get scattered throughout the garden and new plants spring up in the Spring where ever they want to. Only occasionally will a move a plant. I also will grow some veggies in my flower beds. They don’t mind sharing the space and I love home grown tomatoes. 
I also grow plants that the butterflies love. Above is a circular bed that is grown just for the butterflies. With a butterfly house even. I haven’t seen the butterflies use it yet, but I am hopeful.
Behind the circular bed is my favorite place to kick back and enjoy the gardens. Below is the view of the farm across the road that I see from my favorite garden spot. The barn in the photo below is the one I painted in the fall and use for my banner at the top of my blog.
As you see below my gardens are so very full. This happens every year with my perennials without me having to plant stuff. I do fill a few pots with annuals, but my gardens are all perennials that come back year after year.
Come on over and sit a spell with me and have a martini or sweet tea. But beware, I may put a shovel in your hand because I have yet to put in the large flower beds that will run the length of the front of the property.
Thank you for indulging me and checking out a few of my garden photos.
Huge Hugs,
Michelle
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