Raggedy Old Annies

feeling LOVED!

Wow! Look at the LOVE I woke up to this morning! You have to go over HERE to Sharon's Blog, and over HERE to Nancy's blog! omg! Can you beleive how many Annie's they have? Yeah, they've pretty much kept me in business! I'm sharing this NOT because I want to brag about myself...but because Sharon is doing a "giveaway"! Remember when blogs first started and we all did tons of giveaways? I miss those days!!!!! I feel that Facebook has kinda taken away blogs. I still update mine here and there, but nothing like I used to because of Facebook! So be sure to friend me on my RaggedyOldAnnies Facebook page!!! It's on my left sidebar! Anyway...for Sharons giveaway...you have until the 10th to enter! So HOP over there now!!!!!! Get your name in! Visit their blogs! Read their wonderful stories and drool over their pictures...and don't forget to visit Sharons website Daisy Cottage Quilting!!!! some really cute stuff for sale there!!!!! Mom...if you're reading this....that is the website I'm always telling you about..and the gal that doesn't live too far from you!!!!!! go make friends!!!!! And thanks so much girls....just the sweetest thing ever! And Happy Birthday Sharon!!!! My moms birthday was this month too...yesterday, June 2nd so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the BEST MOM EVER! I love you mom!

i have an addiction.......

I cannot stop looking for and buying these darn bowls!

 
Yummy Boyfriend says that I have enough...that I don't need anymore. hmmmm I think he doesn't quite know me well enough yet....because when I find something that I want....I want it in EVERY color! Apparently, I'm not the only one who is in love with them either! Check out Nie Nie. You'll see them in the last picture in that days post. I've got nothing on her! I'm very jealous of her collection! I think I'll head over to Ross, which is where I've been finding them! And it started out just me seeing 3 yellow ones, thinking they would be cute for ice cream bowl (we eat alot of ice cream over here). I was determined to find 2 more, since we are a family of 5 now.

And this is my other addiction!

 

not so much helping with the "waistline" tho! Or the bank account either! LOL Thankfully, I had a ton of gift cards from my birthday! And check out the writing on the picture! LOVE IT! I saw Tara blog about it, and she shared another blog about it! I'm going to have to do some of these for my scrapbooking!

Still working on my pile of dolls! Off to Joanns now...I need a certain size buttons for some eyes...and apprently after searching for them, I am out of them! Joanns is soooo far away...which is a good thing....saves me mooolah! hoping they'll have some cute valentines fabric too!

Have a great day everyone!
 

and the winners are.............

first...let me show you some new babies that I just finished up, and are already on my website.

 

Be sure to scroll ALL the way down on the "Dolls" page, because ALL of the dolls are listed on one page! There are lots and lots! In fact.......I think it is time for a sale! Selected Dolls are 10% off! PayPal Shopping Cart will reflect sale price!Go Look! I wish I could go lower....I really wish I could....but please remember that all of my prices include shipping (except overseas)!

Now to the give-away! Here they are again.......

Here are all the entries......

And the winners are.............................

Joy....who wrote "Oh, I've been eyeing all of thos dolls! I just got your Witch Gracie in my mailbox and I need more more more!!!" Well Joy, you're getting one more! Your name was picked for Candy Corn Annie!

Grace...who wrote "Love coming to your site - it just makes me smile. I love your Annies."  I hope you'll love the Baby Molly's that are coming your way!

Okay girls.....If you don't receive an email from me, then please email me with your shipping address and I will get these out in the mail to you asap!

Thanks to everyone who entered! You are all so darn sweet!!! So many of your comments brought tears to my eyes! All of your well wishes for my mom just went straight to my heart! You are all the best! I wish I could send each and every one of you a doll! 

And I want to send a BIG THANKS out to Trudy! She's so sweet to me! She's always sending me lil goodies! This time it was the red rick rack that she heard I was out of! Thank you soooooo much! 

 

 

That darn spider scared me! ha ha! I was opening it in the car, and felt something funny....then when I saw it I screamed and threw it. ha ha! I've been relocating it in the kitchen, trying to catch someone off guard, but the only one I'm catching off guard is myself! I'm such a dork! LOLOL

Ok girls...and boys (Darren I know you're reading too) I'm off to work on some more dolls!

Have a great fall day! It's windy here! I'm cold, but I'm always cold!

Thanks for reading!
 
 
 

I have a WINNER!!!!!

yes!!! I do! Picked a winner tonight! sorry...day late! My mom is here, and we've been busy shopping....and chatting...and last night was "Bachelor" night and I totally forgot I was supposed to draw a name! OOOPS! Sorry! so......here's the winner!

I would love to win this lil darlin!! I also belive she is bitter just coz she doesnt have a home.. and I will make sure she has a lovely room of her won if she should come to live at my house!!
THanks for throwing my name into the hat!! She is just adorable!
HUGS
Nanc

Posted by: Nancy Evans | February 05, 2009 at 02:32 PM

Congrats Nancy!!!!!!! email me with your info!!!!!

And thanks everyone for all your very kind words!!!!! LOVE YA!

We have a WINNER!!!!

okay..normally....I copy and paste...and print out and cut...and let my lil one pick the winner....but that's not happening today! Why you ask? Because I have this pile of stuff needing to be done by tomorrow so that I can have all my orders mailed out before I leave. And I wanted to finish a couple extras to share with you! But that didn't happen! I'll blog those tomorrow.

so... I copied and pasted...printed out...and crossed out any duplicate entries (sorry) and then counted from the first entries up..then found a number generator....isn't that cool? I've heard of gals using them so I thought I'd give it a try too. Okay..are you ready? The winning post number was #56!!!!! And who is that you ask? Well here is the comment left!

"I just found your blog thru Missy. how can you part with such cuteness??? Win or not Im glad I found you. I can just drool all day long!!"

okay...how sweet is that! Thanks Missy for bloggin about me.....cause she BETTER...that's BFF must do's!!! And Congrats to Anne!!!! I will be shooting her an email! I want to thank everyone who joined in! I was happy to hear you all!!!!! Your comments were all so very sweet!!! I appreciate each and every one of you so much! I wish I could make a free Annie for everyone!

Okay....so....if you're wondering....ya know..being her in California and all....I didn't feel it! NO! I didn't feel that darned earthquake! I was driving home from getting my hair done! But thank gosh...cause those freak me out! Christopher was a trooper and "rode it out"! LOLOL He didn't seem bothered by it at all....he was home with Grandma. She took him bowling while I was getting my hair done...and they had just returned home. And my hair...I LOVE IT! Same style....I asked for not as much blonde as before...and my gal ROCKS! Short and Sassy as my friend Vanessa's hubby says! Not the greatest pics...taken with my lil point and shoot.....but here you go anyway!

Well back to work...I can hear those Annie's calling my name!!!!

oh..and note...I CANNOT figure out why half my post is has dotted lines! Any help? I give up!

Stay Tuned......

Okay girls....the {give-away} ended tonight....and THANK YOU so much to every one of you for all your sweet comments!!!!! I'm picking tonight..or maybe tomorrow morning so stay tuned...check back....and hopefully you'll see YOUR NAME! I'm going to get my hair done first thing in the morning...I'm super excited but I will blog just as soon as I get home!

oh...and guess what? My BFF Missy had decided to start making some dolls and patterns again! I'm super duper excited about that too! I LOVE her lil monster....he's just the cutest! You have to hop over there and check them out! E-Patterns too. Woo Hoo!!!! Here is a pic of one of the patterns!

I'm working like crazy right now.....trying to finish up some orders before C and I leave for vacation! Yes...vacation...did I tell you that? I think I did way back when I was talking about a bathing suit. so yes...we leave Friday...but don't hop on the plane till freaking 6am Saturday morning. Can you tell why we are leaving here Friday night? Cause we're staying in a hotel since we live an hour away from the airport. And can I show you the plane tickets that I am now referring to as a "chapter book"! LOLOL We will fly on 3 planes in one day! YIKES! I'm going to be exhausted! This stuff scares me!

Okay...I'm off for tonight to go sew up some doll dresses!!!! chat tomorrow!!!!

We have a winner!!!!

 

I know..that only took me forever and a day! I'm so sorry! Like I said earlier..there is a "time eating" monster over here.....and I can't seem to catch him..or her!

Shirley!!!!! You're the winner!! Congrats! I've already sent you an email! Girls......check out her blog! I don't know where I have been...but cute cute cute!!!!!

My mom is coming to California on Thursday!!! YIPPEEE!!! I pick her up from Ontario Airport at 5pm! I cannot wait! I get her for the weekend...then I will take her up to my brothers on Sunday....Mothers Day! It's been years since I've had my mom here for Mother's Day!

Still working on some orders...so don't worry gals...I didn't forget about you! I'm going to bed now...getting up early.....my photography class is heading out to Santa Monica and Venice for a field trip! What fun!

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in on my giveaway!!!!! I wish I could mail everyone a doll! Ya'll deserve it!

I haven't forgot....

omgosh...please don't think that I forgot about the contest! I'm picking today....just give me till tonight...as I have a few things that NEED to get done today. I don't know where my time is going....there MUST be a "time eating" monster out there! I'll be back on in a bit! And thanks so much for everyone that played!!!!! Good luck to everyone!

April Annie Give-Away

Gosh!!! Finally! And I say that because I couldn't get online last night after school or this morning! I was starting to freak out! I know I promised ya'll that I would post my doll give-away on Wednesday night...but I couldn't help it...it was out of my hands! Darn Verizon!

So....here she is.....in honor of my son's 11th Birthday...just like last year....I am doing a give-away!

All you have to do to win this lil 11" cutie is leave me a comment telling me you want her!!! No fancy tricks..just a lil comment! Make me feel LOVED! LOL

Can you believe I am still alive after the sleepover? It was fun and crazy! I sent the hubby packing LOLOL I told him that he shouldn't stay here.....he had to work the next day and if he wanted any sleep he better find another place to sleep! So he did. I went to bed about 10:30 ish....and I heard lots of wild and crazy things going on...but no one came to me with any emergencies...so I just let them have fun! I think the BEST part of it was the very beginning when I picked them all up from school!!!!

I had a van FULL of kids! And they were blarring the music very loud and they were all singing! So cute! Don't worry...they all had seatbelts on...even though this pictures looks like they don't.....I took this picture right when we got home...I had totally forgot my camera...so pulled up to the house..told them all to stay put..that I would be right back!!! LOLOL Right when we got home...the Ice Cream man was coming around...and Christopher had some birthday money....so he bought everyone an ice cream. Very sweet of him!

We played a cute game of where you hide a piece of bubble gum in a plate of whip cream. I thought it would be hard for them to find the gum...but they were very quick...but....did have struggles getting the gum chewed and blown into a bubble (which was the object of the game). This is the cutest picture!!!!

But.....silly me..what was I thinking? It never even crossed my mind that when the game was over that they would shove the plates into each others faces!!!!! Silly me!

After I went to bed.....I did get up several times and check on them....half of them were asleep when I woke up at 3am. (ignore the mess)

2 were still awake when I got back up at 5:30am!!!! And one of them had to get up and leave by 7:30!!!! I woke up again at 6am and I was going to make him go to sleep...and get atleast an hour of sleep...but both were asleep this time!

I made them pancakes in the morning....started cleaning up....rolling up their sleeping bags...parents started picking up around 10ish...and I had the house clean by noon! And I still had the rest of the weekend since I did this on Friday night! GREAT decision!!!!

I finished up MOST of my orders...and they are in the mail...only a couple more (plus some new ones) and I did even put a couple of dolls on my website!

I know this post was long...and you've probably forgotten in all my rambling on that there is a give-away...so don't forget to leave me a comment!!!!!

Have a great day everyone!

quick note.....

Hi everyone! Yes...I survived the birthday sleepover!!!! I'll tell you all about it soon! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that on Wednesday night, I will be posting the "give-away" so be sure to come back and visit! I'm pooped out right now...it's just after midnight and I really need to get some sleep! I worked hard yesterday until the early morning hours! So I'm a bit sleepy right now! Here's a sneak peak of the give-away!

Talk to ya'll tomorrow night!