*This giveaway is closed. Congrats Jodi, number 222 - you're the winner! Jodi has been emailed.*
Welcome to Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day! Too. much. fun. If you're stopping by, I know you're looking for the giveaway, so I won't bombard you with my customary mosaic of favorite projects - you can look around the blog if you're so inclined, though :) Right now, I'm leading a series/linky party on Sewing With Certainty - you can check out this post for more info.
I'm destashing a bit and want to help others build up their green stash (though green is on its way out ;) ).
From left to right: an older but always awesome print - Joel Dewberry's woodgrain (10.5" x 35"), a print from Ty Pennington's Impressions (15.5 x 20"), and a gorgeous bird print from Wrenly by Valorie Wells (full fat quarter - 18" x 22"). I also have a charm pack of Thomas Knauer's Asbury - so summery - you could make a cute table runner out of it if you are feeling cold right now! Lol. :)
Anyway, you have two chances to win:
1. Tell me about the best holiday surprise you ever had (any holiday - whether you were surprised or the surprisee). Mine was a snow on Christmas morning when I was 5. I expect this year's Christmas surprise will be even better - my husband and I will be surprising our nieces in Maine! They don't know we're coming! :D
2. If you're an old or new follower, just leave an extra comment. You can follow me on Bloglovin, Feedly, IG, Pinterest, whatever - just let me know!
*The giveaway is open to anyone worldwide until 8pm EST on Fri., Dec. 13! I will choose a winner for all the loot via Mr. Random, and I will email you and update this post. If I get a no-reply winner without an email address, I will have to choose again. Please note that I will not be able to respond to all comments, though I usually do!
Thanks and have fun hopping! :) Here's the link to supplies, and here's the link to handmade goodies!
Love your giveaway fabric! One Christmas my husband put a really heavy tool into a box and then when I opened it, it had fat quarters in it--totally faked me out.:)
ReplyDeleteMy now husband took me to the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra one year as a surprise one year. He told me I had to get dressed up and we went to dinner beforehand but I had no idea where we were going!
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ReplyDeleteI think my biggest surprise was when I was little and got an American Girl Doll from Santa :)
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ReplyDeleteYears ago my brother wanted to spend christmas eve alone with his girlfriend so I was alone with my parents. Suddenly he came home because he realized it wasn't a real christmas without his family. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise was having my son come home for Christmas, after telling me he couldn't make it.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise is that my daughter was born only 5 days after my own birthday :) Thanks for a chance to win! julia(dot)glotova(at)gmail(dot)com
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ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise was 42 years ago when my then, boyfriend, told me he planned to marry me! We he did, 41 years ago.
ReplyDeletemy best holiday was a surprise, to a small island, Burgh Island of the Devon coast in England. An Agatha Christie novel was set there, and the hotel is unchanged from that time. It was a Christmas present from my husband for my "big" birthday the following summer
ReplyDeleteI surprised my parents 5 years ago with a flash flight from SC to Buenos Aires when I had told them I couldnt make it!
ReplyDeleteThe biggest surprise (it's hard to surprise me) was the year I got my first bicycle. A friend had one I loved and she would ride it over and share with me. One day she rode it around my house and my dad came out from behind the house riding her bicycle. Then SHE came out riding her bicycle right behind him. My dad was riding MY bicycle!
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ReplyDeletePretty fabrics! My best Christmas surprise was more of a Christmas secret - the year my husband and I were secretly planning to start our family the next year. I suppose the surprise came when we got pregnant the very first month. :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin' ......... oh, and just for the record, green will NEVER be on it's way out as long as my daughter is around! :-)
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ReplyDeletemy biggest very happy surprise was the . announcement of my first grandchild
ReplyDeleteMy sewing machine!!! I so wasn't expecting one, and it was the most perfect present
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ReplyDeleteI think the best surprises are when I've given quilts for Xmas. They are always unexpected and I've had more than one person cry, which of course is awesome. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite surprise was my Christmas baby girl, as we were expecting a boy! Thanks for a fun giveaway.
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hmmm... probably the year I surprised my Dad when I flew home
ReplyDeleteI've had a lot of good surprises, most of them from when I was a kid and I ended up getting the toy I really wanted (I vividly remember getting a set of dinosaurs one year that had me doing a happy dance).
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ReplyDeleteMy husband (been married over 30 years now) would surprise me-just cause-with amazing gorgeous jewelry-I was always totally surprised and just loved what he had made for me
ReplyDeleteI guess my best surprise was when my husband purposed a couple of days after xmas when I was at work. I worked/volunteered at a wildlife park, and he had arranged a big scavenger hunt...ended in the event barn, with a picnic he'd cooked himself, on the floor in front of the fireplace. Then we went for a walk, it was snowing, and he purposed at the wolf overlook gazebo (where we later got married, reception in the barn). It was pretty much his biggest act of romance ever...and we've been together almost 11 years (married 6.5).
ReplyDeleteThe Christmasses of my youth were always full of surprises. Can't remember one in particular. I do, however, remember one birthday when I was first married. My MIL gave me a freshly butchered chicken. Yes, I was surprised.
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ReplyDeleteOne year we were celebrating Christmas in Minnesota with family ( we live in Kansas). My daughter's then boyfriend surprised her by flying to MN on Christmas eve and proposed to her in front of the whole extended family. They have been married for ten years now and have three great kids.
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ReplyDeleteI think my favorite was the year we got my sister a rabbit. She had been begging for one forever, and then we had it locked in the bathroom for five days before Christmas, yet somehow she was completely stunned to find it sitting in the middle of the torn, discarded wrapping paper covering the floor Christmas morning. "It's a rabbit? Can I touch it? Can I hold it? IS IT FOR ME?"
ReplyDeleteMine was a guitar my freshman year in college - wish I'd learned to play it well. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI think my best surprise was my grand children's faces when they got up to Santa's and reindeer foot prints on the floor. We had made them the night before lol. We don't have snow at this time of year here in Australia so we used talc.
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ReplyDeleteMy best surprise was a purple banana seat (w/unicorn and streamers) Schwinn when i was younger. I was so excited and couldn't wait to ride it. Only problem was that we lived in MN so I had to wait a long time to ride it
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend bought me a sewing machine for Christmas one year and it was a very pleasant surprise!
ReplyDeleteMy husband asked my to marry him last Christmas in front all of my family!!
ReplyDeleteI think that was the best surprise he could have given me....EVER!
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ReplyDeleteA holiday surprise - I guess that would be when my parents bought me a set of luggage for my semester in the UK but forgot to give it to me on the night when we celebrated the holiday and the next day my mom was thinking there was something missing (me not saying thank you) and it was the luggage - hahahaha - still in the loft 'hiding'!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 5- I was so excited to get a scarf in my stocking
ReplyDeleteLabor Day Weekend. I was meeting my now husband in Vegas for the long weekend after having not seen him for 13 weeks (we were long distance). He surprised me by asking me to marry him!
ReplyDeleteI got a snow day on my birthday once - very surprising and exciting!
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ReplyDeleteMy husband proposed to me at a Christmas party - that was wonderful, being able to share the moment with friends and family.
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ReplyDeletemy hubby bought me a sewing machine, thanks
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ReplyDeleteI am happy to follow you on Bloglovin. Merry Christmas. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeleteI love this fabric stash...I remember my first white Christmas...as an adult. I lived in Louisiana for 30 years, so... Merry Christmas. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeletebest surprise was my boy getting his sled last year. it's the only thing he wanted.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise was opening a box of springs to a trampoline when I was 7!
ReplyDeletethis was actually the best surprise I did for someone and it wasn't exactly a holiday. It was summer vacation though. I lived in alaska at the time and was unable to get home, New Jersey, too often. I planned, with my cousin, to fly in with my two young children and surprise my favorite aunt. We hid in the yard and when she came out we yelled "surprise". One word of caution, do make sure the person you are surprising like that is in good health :) She was.
ReplyDeleteMy husband proposed on Christmas so I suppose I should say that. :)
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ReplyDeleteI really can't think of any surprises...I was always the kid that snooped around until I found my presents so I always knew what I was getting :).
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ReplyDeleteI surprised my daughter one year with hamsters and had them hidden at my mom's house. When I went Christmas eve to pick them up, one of the hamsters had escaped and we spent an hour chasing the thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower on Bloglovin'!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas surprise....or not really a surprise....I thought that my (now) husband was going to propose to me because he had been giving me little hints about my *small* and *meaningful* gift. Of course, I thought it was an engagement ring....turns out, it was a "message in a bottle" with a little note inside telling me he loved me....it was the most random gift ever! I (we) can laugh about it now. ;)
ReplyDeleteA Christmas surprise was we had heard a little kitty meowing in our basement window well, it was 1 degree above zero and we let him inside and he became such a wonderful companion, we named him whiskers and he lived 12 years. I loved that cat so!
ReplyDeleteI got a beautiful black kitten for Christmas when I was maybe 10. We called him Finigan
ReplyDeleteI'd say my best surprise was when my husband gave me a plane ticket to go visit my friend cross country. it was so fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the chance! My best Christmas was when I got three Nintendo games when I was very very young. Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Marble Madness. I can't believe I still remember that!
ReplyDeleteI think my best surprise was when I got a new bike for my birthday -- with gears! Age 9 or so. Great question!
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ReplyDeleteBiggest surprise for me and best ever gift, I had my second son 1 day before my birthday. So we both had our birthday in the hospital. :) Thanks for the giveaway!
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Oh how pretty! The first surprise that came to mind was that my grandson was here on chirstmas morning last year and I got to see him open presents! We normally let them all spend the mornings with their parents but circumstances brought him to my house christmas eve and we had to "make up" christmas for him the next morning!
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying being a part of the Sewing with Certainty series!!!
ReplyDeleteMine was this Thanksgiving - I got engaged!
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ReplyDeleteThe best Christmas surprise I ever had was when my hubby bought me a Bernina sewing machine!! I was totally shocked. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhen my kids were little we were surprised to be awoken by our son asking for help to get his new toy tractor out of the packaging. They got up early and opened their presents without us! Thanks for the chance to win, Jessica!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful giveaway, love the bird fabric. One Christmas when I was a kid we went on vacation. One night after dinner we were all out walking when we heard sleigh bells. All of us were so excited and ran back to our room as fast as we could. I remember trying to go to sleep as fast as I could for fear Santa would see us still awake and pass us up, hehe. It was ok as Santa did pay us a visit.
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not sure I've ever been completely surprised at the holidays :) No one can keep a secret!
ReplyDeleteI think the year we got a huge swingset when I like 7. That was amazing for us to go outside and see it all set up!
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ReplyDeleteMy best was Christmas Day at Disney in Florida, surprisingly magical!
ReplyDeleteI'm not very easy to surprise, but my mother used to be great at gifting jewelry. She worked at a jewelry store and was always bringing home goodies purchased with her discount. kmcassie@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteBest surprise was for my 40 b-day when I was taken away to Blue Mountain for a weekend away
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ReplyDeleteI always ruin surprises on holidays :)
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ReplyDeleteMy best holiday surprise to my Mom was a set of quilts I made for her living room. My best as surprisee was a lovely piece of jewelery I got from my DH for your wedding anniversary. Thanks for the chance.
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ReplyDeleteOkay so...This is going to sound materialistic. When my husband and I first got together, his family did not like me one bit. We got married, and had zero support. He joined the military, and we lived off his low salary for a while, while I stayed at home with our daughter. We had nothing for the house except what we had when we got together, and what was already in our first apartment. So for our 2nd christmas together, to show my husband and I that they were wrong, my in laws bought us all kinds of kitchen and house stuff for christmas. The kind of stuff you get as wedding gifts and house warming gifts. It was so amazingly helpful, and such a great surprise. It was the beginning of a wonderful relationship with his family.
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ReplyDeleteMy parents bought me a beautiful watercolour pencil set one year and disguised it by padding it out with junk mail and bubble wrap - I was stoked!
ReplyDeleteBest holiday surprise...my parents told me to go get some tape in the other room after all of our other presents were opened...there was a purple sting-ray bike!
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My biggest surprise was a box full of socks from a boyfriend!!! It was totally unexpected and funny!!
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ReplyDeleteMy biggest surprise ever was when I got my embroidery machine it was my Christmas / 20th wedding anniversary present. I didn't know my husband was gonna get it for me. We were at the Christmas open house at then local quilt shop. And him and the shop dealer surprised me with it...And then I won the big giveaway prize which was a 2 minute grab as much as you can in the small shopping basket giveaway. between threads and embroidery design packs I won $1200.00 merchandise. It was a fabulous day. I was cloud nine for a very long time. One of the best days in my life.
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ReplyDeleteI think my biggest surprise was my easy bake oven when I was 7 - best present ever!!!
ReplyDeleteMy best christmas surprise was a new bike when I was about 7!
ReplyDeleteI don't really remember any good surprises, but am loving seeing the faces of my kids when they open their gifts!
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty hard to surprise me, but one year my brother called early in the morning (trying to be the one to wake me up) on Christmas and told us that he was giving us the car he'd helped us buy. Pretty amazing.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the beautiful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteNot Christmas - but one summer holiday we rented a camper and drove to my cousin's house - they had no idea we were coming! Best summer vacation ever.
ReplyDeleteMy husband took me on a surprise trip to Rome for my 30th. Our kleptomaniac dog had torn up his credit card bill and I found the scraps and thought he'd booked a trip to Majorca. Majorca is ok but Rome is my favorite city ever.
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My best Christmas surprise was about 3 days late and it was my first daughter who came about 3 weeks early (but healthy).
ReplyDeleteOne Christmas my toddler got into the presents before everyone woke up! It was so funny, we still laugh about it, and the scramble to get things rewrapped!
ReplyDeleteI think mine was a bike when I was about 10 lol!! Thanks for the chance to win, green is my fave :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question; I've had a few but I bet it was my gigantic poster of the world that my dad framed for me two years ago - he had to wrap it and leave it in the living room!
ReplyDeleteI'm also a happy follower by Bloglovin and Instagram :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a new email follower :)
ReplyDeleteEvery couple of years, my bestie from interstate travels to town to surprise me for my birthday - she's awesome and I love her to bits!
ReplyDeleteAbout 10 years ago my husband surprised me with 2 redpoll cows for Christmas!
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ReplyDeleteSnow in south TX and seeing Santa go in to the neighbor's house at midnight.
ReplyDeleteI remember the year my parents got me a bike. I got up extra early and snuck downstairs. It was a surprise! lin3841 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteRight before Christmas eight years ago, my husband proposed to me in the snow.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not often surprised by what hubby gets me..he usually asks for ideas but one year he bought me Ott lights..2 of them! How he knew that was something I wanted is beyond me to this day.
ReplyDeleteWe were moving to Texas and my husband moved first as I was staying behind to sell our house. He surprised me by flying home to be with us for Thanksgiving. That was almost 30 years ago and it still brings me warm thoughts.
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ReplyDeleteBest Christmas surprise was a trip to Hawaii! It was amazing! Thanks for the giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteThe first year we were married my husband gave my an Easter basket it was my 1st one.
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ReplyDeleteMy then boyfriend, now husband, bought me a computer when I was a student in college YEARS ago. It was so needed and such a happy surprise.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on pinterest as kluckingbear. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe best surprise I've ever gotten was a large toy horse when I was little. I still have it in my garage!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win! Last year my 22 year old son surprised me with two pair of TOMS. I know it's not "big" in the scheme of things but I never realized how much he was actually paying attention when I rattled on about shoes!
ReplyDeleteIt must have been when I was around 10 years old, my sister and I got each a new sledge with handbrakes, AND a flashlight! Then we could go sledging at night down the hillside in Bergen, Norway. That was a great christmas!
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My best Christmas surprise was when I was a kid and unwrapped my very own pair of ruby red slippers like Dorothy. I was so happy and couldn't have cared less if I received nothing else that year.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower via Bloglovin!:)
ReplyDeleteMy mom just surprised me with a visit before Thanksgiving, haven't seen her in 4 years, it was a beautiful surprise.
ReplyDeleteMy best surprise was my daughter coming home from deployment in Afghanistan on my birthday - she wasn't due for another week or so - while I was at her home house/pet sitting for her so she would have a home to come home to. I was convinced she wasn't coming home...beautiful, tearful surprise!!
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ReplyDeleteMy first watch.When I learned to read the hours and wise Men brought my first watch.
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ReplyDeleteI am following by email :)
ReplyDeleteMy Husband proposed to me christmas morning, he had the ring hidden in the tree!
ReplyDeletethe best surprise was when hubby surprised me with a new sewing machine! It was when I was first starting to sew and mine was almost dead lol. He did all the research and I loved it, was in shock! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteMy best was last Christmas when I booked my husband on a photography course. He had wanted to do one for ages but would never take the time for himself. He had no idea!
ReplyDeleteWhen I married and moved to a new house me and my husband had almost nothing and he surprised me by getting a Christmas tree and decorations home. I know it is so simple, but I was really thinking we would not have a tree that year and I was a bit sab about that.
ReplyDeleteMy mom surprised us with waterbeds one year. Thanks for the chance to win. ksmith8@emich.edu
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ReplyDeleteHi Jess....my biggest surprise was Christmas of freshman year in college. My parents had a deposit slip for 100 dollars that they had put in my bank account all wrapped and ribboned! This was 1974 when the checks I cashed for food were between 1-2 dollars per weekend (living on triscuits and tang) so you can imagine how thrilled I was!
ReplyDeleteMy very best surprise was for my birthday. My sister was living in spain and came to visit me in Idaho on my birthday. I had no idea she was coming. Best Birthday ever.
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Best surprise was getting all 5 kids together in secret Thanksgiving morning to have a professional photo shoot done for my parents Christmas gift.
ReplyDeletehaving my grandparents suprise us with a christmas visit!
ReplyDeleteBeing surprised with a Happy 50th birthday party. Such fun!
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ReplyDeleteI was away at summer camp and in the announcement time I found out that I had a new baby sister... but I had to wait until the end of the week to find out her name!
ReplyDeleteMy husband surprised me with a Gammill!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower via email. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMine was a barbie dream house Santa brought me! I still have it and passed it down to my kiddo!
ReplyDeleteMy best surprise was when I gave my husband a PS3 and a bunch of games he wanted. He hadn't asked for it because he felt it was too much, but I cashed in my airmiles and other points to surprise him. He was totally stunned, and absolutely loves it!
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Getting my dog Kate on my seventh birthday-my dad took me to a neighbors house and let me pick her out. I had her for 13 years, she was a great surprise. Thanks for the great giveaway. vickise at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteOne of my best was my sister showing up for my wedding reception. They lived half way across the US, she had a one week old baby, we absolutely weren't planning on them coming and suddenly, there they were. Wonderful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI don't think green can ever go out!!! They'll just find a new shade of it. The best Christmas surprise for me was when my grandparents came for Christmas the year before I got married.
ReplyDeleteOh my Maine?? Where? We're in Portland - love it here! Hope you have good driving weather : ) Two years ago we surprised both of our families when we drove 1200 miles from TN to MA for Christmas! The look on my dad's face when he answered the door was priceless!!
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ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway. My best surprise ever was 2 Christmases ago when my #1 son and DIL who live out of town showed up in time for Christmas dinner. They said they couldn't come that year. It also snowed which made it perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love those fabrics! So, when I was about 8 years old, my parents bought me and my four siblings new bikes for... Easter! Of all holidays! Five new bikes! That was a surprise, for sure :) (charlottesgraceforacure{at}gmail{dot}com)
ReplyDeleteA washer and dryer!!! I had been toting my laundry and brand new baby around to wash my clothes...it was the best gift u have ever received!!
ReplyDeletebest holiday surprise was a set of handmade journals - beautiful and i didn't know the giver could make anything like that! fiveninesix@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMt best holiday surprise was 2 years ago when my uncle who lives in London made a surprise appearance on Christmas morning - my Mum had known that he was coming but she'd kept it so quiet & she's SO not good at keeping surprises! Thanks for the chance to win this lovely prize.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower, thanks again.
ReplyDeleteMy best Christmas surprise was an awesome new sewing machine. Just the one I wanted.
ReplyDeleteMy best Christmas surprise was a beautiful necklace I was not expecting. Also, your pumpkin spice latte quilt is great. One of the best maple leaf quilts I have seen. Love how you placed the leaves.
ReplyDeleteMy new BF(and now husband) gave me the cutest little boyd bear for christmas.
ReplyDeleteI follow on Bloglovin and GFC.
ReplyDeleteBest Christmas surprise: My husband took note of the poor needles and supplies I was using for the first few years of knitting and dyeing yarn. He ordered an interchangeable needle set along with some smaller dpns to round it out, a swift and ball winder, and some yarn! All by himself! That was 5 years ago, I think, and by far best ever surprise.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance. I read your letter to Pantone - I agree! Purple is lovely! (blue still rules though)
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was 6 I got a bike for Christmas!
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ReplyDeleteChristmas 2011 I have WM a great weekend away to stay at the open range zoo a few hours away and to do all sorts of tours not normally open to the public! What a great weekend we had!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Bloglovin but I read you on Feedly!
ReplyDeleteThe most recent was my embroidery machine. I had been dropping not so subtle hints to my hubby but I didn't think he was listening. Turns out he was :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for an amazing giveaway... can't really think of any surprises at hte moment.
ReplyDeletediscovering santa claus was REAL when I was 5 and he came to our house. :)
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ReplyDeleteMy now husband, then date guy of 3 weeks, flew back from a trip to Spain to surprise me on my birthday. Good thing I didn't have another date guy around or my husband would now just be 'that other date guy'.
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ReplyDeleteMy best ever Christmas Surprise was from my baby brother to everyone - he came out with Chicken pox on Christmas morning. My cousin's boyfriend had never had them and had been clucking around cuddling the baby for days.... not a happy surprise but very surprising and memorable.
ReplyDeleteI got a proper dolls house when I was about 6 or 7, my dad built it with electrics and everything and kept it secret in the garage for weeks.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any holiday surprises to tell you about but I do have a holiday surprise (as in UK holiday = US vacation), will that do?
ReplyDeleteOn my mum's 50th me and my brother secretly flew out to New York. My dad took my mum out there too and on her birthday we "bumped into" her in Central Park!
When I was in first grade we moved up to Canada from California. The first Christmas there we had snow which was amazing. I woke up Christmas morning and found that Santa had left a sled!! Pretty cool. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteMine best Christmas gift was a plane ticket for the following June to fly to the east coast for my oldest grandsons graduation from high school
ReplyDeleteOne year my husband gave me a broom!!!! Not a good surprise!
ReplyDeleteBest surprise was a Secret Santa i did in college. My friend had no idea it was me and I kept the secret for a week, all while implicating others which she totally fell for.
ReplyDeleteWe always open gifts on Christmas eve and one year Santa came WHILE we were opening gifts! We turned around and our stockings were filled and gifts were displayed. I could never figure out how he did it so I believed in Santa much longer than the average kid because of this!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 5 I woke up with Chicken Pox on Christmas morning. Surprise!
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my favorite was christmas morning a few years ago when santa brought our girls a toy kitchen. the looks on their faces was priceless, and they have played that thing to death. :)
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