And the winner is. . .

I had hoped to post this a little earlier today but I had to wait for my random number generator to wake up from his nap.

My little guy picked out Kristine Louis' name for the lace snowflake so more snow will be coming your way, Kristine!  I think you might enjoy this flake a little more than the stuff on the ground at the moment.  I will pop this in the mail to you (as soon as the mail starts running again!).  I hope you enjoy it and think of me when you hang it on your tree next year.  Thanks so much to everyone who left comments for me.  Keep reading -- I will be having more giveaways soon.

Karen asked for some details about the embroidered snowflakes.  I used polyester embroidery thread and stitched the design on two layers of Aqua Magic stabilizer.  I rinsed the stabilizer out with warm water but only briefly -- I left plenty of stabilizer in to make the snowflake stiff.

And now here's a little sneak peek of what I've been working on this week.  More white stuff!  Check back next week for full details.

The Blizzard: A Giveaway

Well, I survived the blizzard of 2010, the biggest snowstorm that I can remember.  Also one of the biggest to hit the DC area.  We received about 22 inches here at my home but some of the areas nearby got over 30 inches!  It was a spectacular storm, and I would have enjoyed the beauty of it a bit more if we hadn’t lost power for 12 hours.  But, that was relatively brief and painless (though a little chilly).  A heartfelt thanks to all of the men and women out working in the storm to restore power to people’s homes.

For Christmas this year I made my own personal blizzard of free-standing lace snowflake ornaments, stitching out 24 of these snowy wonders.  I have one left over and am offering it as a memento of the 2010 blizzard to one lucky reader of my blog.  To qualify for the drawing all you need to do is leave a comment on this post by 6 a.m. on Thursday morning, February 11.  I will randomly draw a winner from all of the comments received and post the winner’s name here on Thursday.  I need to have some way of contacting you so please be prepared to email me your address should you be the winner.

This snowflake design was purchased at Embroidery Library and comes in a set of six designs.  The snowflakes are stitched onto water soluble stabilizer which is washed away leaving the thread design.