Marking two hundred ...

Can hardly believe it.  This is my 200th blog post.

Will you join me in a giveaway to celebrate?

Not too fancy ... just a couple of small tokens

to let you know how much I appreciate your visits here.

I probably wouldn't have kept at it this so long if it hadn't been for

all of you stopping by to read and take the time to leave kind comments & such.

Your good suggestions, commiseration, pieces of advice, gentle observations, helpful tips

 ... oh, and the humor! the camaraderie!  the friendships from afar ... well, it's been grand.

Every bit of it

and I've loved it all.

So let's keep going on together for a while longer

since it appears [rolling eyes upward] I have not yet run out of things to say ...

nor have I run out of pictures to share ... 

[Autumn has arrived and the leafage has embarked on 

its miraculous dance tour again!]

Anyhoo, let's get down to it, shall we?

Here's how it shall go:  I've decided we should have 

TWO

giveaway items

(it is the  two  hundredth post after all) ...

One person will receive a small stash of cloth  scraps  in the color combo of

their choice, ripped & torn from my collection of lovelies in the cupboard,

mainly from old clothing and assorted textile items;

A second person will receive a small stash of  beads  in the color combo of

their choice, chosen especially for them from my [embarrassingly] good-sized

hoard  HOARD  collection of beads.

Simply leave a comment below with one word,

"scraps"  OR   "beads"

(no, no, you cannot have both, stop twitching)

and come this Saturday night, one name will be chosen out of each hat.

The recipients will be announced Sunday, sometime after morning coffee ~

that means sometime before noon.

Are you in?  All are welcome, 

even those who have never left a comment before.

If you are not signed in to Blogger, feel free to use the email link in the sidebar.

Deadline to enter:  Saturday, October 26th, 10pm, Pacific Time USA

I'll ship anywhere in the world

because we're all in this together.

And for that, I give you my deepest thanks.