last chance to throw your name in the giveaway hat!

I wanted to have a new post this past weekend, but things were pretty busy around here, 

so I am reposting this before I draw the winners name tonight!

t.xoxo

First things first...

I want to show off my gift of spring from a dear friend,

I will say right now that those beautiful hyacinths were put on the dresser

just for this shot and cannot stay there... why, you ask?

Meet Oliver.

Hannah found him on Halloween when he was just a tiny thing,

I will say that we were apprehensive,

we looked for the owner,

we actually ended up finding the owner after having him

for over a week.

(after we all fell in love with the little booger)

by the way,

this is how they make you fall in love with them.

Kittens are so adorable and then to top it off, he is a cuddler with a very loud purr.

So Hannah, Max, Oliver and I went to the home that we were

told he probably came from.

Imagine the scene... 2 very sad and crying 

children who know that, although they are doing the right thing

by taking the kitten to his owner,

are madly, deeply in love and are clutching him so tightly

that he is lucky to be alive today!

I will cut this short...

the sweetest 5th grade boy who Oliver belonged to,

had 4 other kittens in the garage and

gave sobbing Max a hug and told him he could keep

Oliver because he could see how much they loved him.

Now I was crying.

What a generous thing to do.

Jazz took the longest to welcome him to her domain,

and still pretty much pretends he doesn't exist...

but he even managed to weasel his way onto her beloved pillow!

O.k., back to the real reason for this post...

It's giveaway time!!!

(this pendant has a snippet of a doily that my Bushie made many years ago)

I am going to give one of my followers a custom

pendant necklace.

from my new line in the shop called

snippets of life

I will put a snippet of your treasured item between two pieces of thick glass and using lead free solder, I will preserve your families cherished memories for you.

I have different sizes and shapes of glass to choose from with a necklace made from glass seed beads or a key chain.
A piece of fabric, grandmas apron, grandpas tie, a scrap of the napkin from your first date, a button, a photo, a favorite quote, the possibilities are vast... double sided.

(stolen right from my site's description)

so, you can choose a necklace, key fob, or even one of these bracelets 

with a pendant hanging from it!

Hannah and I were at Forever 21 looking for a dress for her big dance, 

when I stumbled on the super cheap belts.

Skinny, cheap perfect for the bracelet that I had wanted to make for a while now!

Cut the belt to size, poke a new hole or two in it

with a nail... yeah I'm super high tech over here...

not.

I added a large jump ring to one of my pendants and

strung it onto the belt ~

Waa Laa!

I did find a really great tutorial with detailed instructions

but I knew I wasn't going to go out and purchase

a rivet maker thingy

so a belt was the easy choice.

edit... I just found the great tutorial and wanted to give credit to

Flamingo Toes

and now you can go and check her step by step pics out!

no hand model available so this is the best I could do for this shot :)

Then a few days later, while I was out running errands,

the car automatically pulled into the thrift store parking lot

and I figured since I was already here I might as well go in :)

Low and Behold, they had even cheaper skinny belts!

So I made one in red, and I have a couple of good 

distressed brown ones waiting in the wings!

So here's where you come in...

let me know in a comment what you would like me to put in your pendant,

Do you have a snippet of your mom's favorite dress,

or maybe a cherished photo,

or a special medal that you won in 4-h

that you want dangling from your neck?

here's your chance!

These can be double sided, so maybe a special photo on the front,

and a quote or scrap of fabric on the back!

Oh wait, one more thing!

I am at 599 followers,

if I reach 600 during this birthday giveaway

I will pick 2 winners!

you know the drill...

1.  this giveaway is for all of my wonderful followers

so if you aren't one yet

jump on board!

2.  let me know in your comment what memory you would

want preserved under glass.

3.  for one more chance,

"like" my facebook page ~ The Old White House

There you go!

easy peasy, right?

I will pick the winner on Monday 3/12/12

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you

who stop by and let me ramble on and on at you,

and leave me the best comments!

Plus, like I said a couple of posts ago,

what's a birthday party without a goody bag or two?

love,

Theresa 

xoxoxoxooxo

linking to:

White Wednesday

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday

Share the Love Wednesday