September 2013 Year's Best Give Away!

Ending October 12, 2013

Hello everyone!  September's Give Away will end in October because I have been enjoying life playing with my dollhouse minis, even making minis for eBay.  And enjoyed the last day of Summer with my mini grandsons at the County Fair! Loved it.  I am so happy you didn't forget about me because you knew that I was going to eventually make this dress for a lucky winner.

    Included in this give away is a gorgeous dressed mannequin with matching hat and purse as seen in the picture.  Mannequin is five inches tall and will look great in various scenes like the one I made in the picture.  Dress shop window?  Looks great!

To give everyone interested in this give away a fair chance to enter, deadline is Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time.  The lucky winner will be announced the following week.

This give away ends October 12, 2013

To enter for a chance to win is easy:  Be a follower of my Blog and leave an inspirational comment on this post only by the end date and time.

Thank you to all New Followers for joining and leaving comments.  I love comments.  Don't give up on winning!  Keep leaving those good comments.  Don't forget to come back soon to see if the  October give away has been posted.  

  "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galations 6:9 NIV

October is Breast Cancer Month.  Lets make an effort to do something good for a survivor.

Hugs, Love and Prayer to All,

Felma

Drum Roll Please To Our August Winner!

August Give Away Ended

So August is already gone and the winner is ready to be announced!  I am feeling great and making miniatures.  It feels good to be "small minded" again and concern myself with minis instead of pain.  Thank God.  Thanks to all of you for your much needed prayers.  Blog friends are really wonderful!

Thanks to all followers and a special thank you to new followers.

Drum Roll Please for our August Winner:

Winning Comment: 

"me alegro mucho de tus resultados médicos, espero que todo siga bien"

"I'm glad your medical results, I hope that all goes well"

        Congratulations to our lucky winner Carmen!

Carmen has a beautiful Blog.  Please click on her name and take a look. 

Thank you Carmen for leaving your lovely inspiring comment. 

It has all gone well.

September giveaway is coming soon. Please check back.

It was a fun draw and thanks to all of you for entering and leaving healing comments.  I am healed!  I am healed!  And I am Healed!

Love Hugs to all!

Drum Roll Please For July 2013 Winner

Beautiful Beach Scene by Chris at Cape Cod.  Empty chair reserved for me.

 Chris P's Minis And More  Congratulations to the winner of the Christmas in July dress.  Chris has a beautiful blog.  Her lovely  scenes reveal that she is a true miniature artist who loves her work and loves to share.  Please visit her blogspot by clicking on the link above.

Why not travel during the summer months.  Now we are on a beach in Florida.

Thank you Chris for entering the draw and by leaving your uplifting comment.  My three year old pulled your name out of the hat and tried to read it but he can't read yet.  I am always excited to see who the winner is!  Thanks to all of you who entered.  As usual I wish everyone could win.  

I feel like working again.  I just made this lovely dress for eBay.

Welcome to all new followers and as always thanks to all of you for reading my blog and becoming a follower.

Your prayers have helped my healing and I say THANK YOU!  This crazy pain has been so much better over the last few days after asking God to heal me.  He has done it before and I know He healed me again.  I believe a mere human body cannot go from 0-85% pain free within a few minuates without devine healing.  He did it for me and He will do it for you.  Please e-mail me privately with your request for prayers or questions regarding God and healing. 

I praise God that He brought me back from a mighty scary place.  

Hugs, Love and Prayer 

Going To Fight For My Life! August Give Away!

Thank you for your wonderful prayers.

 It was a horribly dark place that I went to after my doctor's news that this new pain could be several things including cancer, kidney failure, rheumatoid arthritis, my immune system  attacking itself, etc. etc. etc.

 Did I think about God after this news?  No!  I freaked out!  I freaked out because for 13 years I've fought with all my heart, mind, soul and body and welcomed any news that was afflicting to show that I could keep my head up, keep the faith and fight cancer! Tons of pain resulting from a teeny weeny cancer.  Every joint, ligament, muscle and everything else in my body has enjoyed it's months and years in the spotlight of pain.  Now it is oveerrrrr!  I need to get back to my miniatures.

August Give Away is a lovely Dressed Mannequin

When I turned 64 a few months ago, it seems as though all those bones and muscles, etc... got together and said, "Let's have an old folk party and Celebrate!  Arthur, will you lead the Celebration please?." They planned their celebration without even thinking about what affect it would have on me, my family and friends.  Call the police!  Whatever!  Just stop the party.  I called on God instead and this week I am so much better.  Thank you 
God.  Thank you very much.

Thank you too for your prayers.  You know that Satan or better known as the 'Devil' will try to keep us very busy to make us do some crazy things.  Such as thinking about closing a Blog that really makes me happy, or pouring my heart out to you to join my pity party.  Or clouding my Spirit so I couldn't see God when the storms of life were raging last week.  I'm so happy that I had the sense to come to my senses. 

 Someone cleaver even came up with this:

B U S Y  stands for Being Under Satan's Yoke

Well, according to my favorite daughter and son, the mother and father of my favorite grandsons, I really need to go back and read my own Blog posts which are meant to be very encouraging and a great testimony of my faith in what God has done for me including life changing Miracles.  They told me to start with my "About Me" page.  I did.  I couldn't believe it was me writing about how I started my Blog with my "Journey to come out of the closet and celebrate life after breast cancer."  Somewhere along my journey I guess I got a little BUSY! 

He replied, "Because you have so little faith, I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you."  Matthew 17:20 NIV  Please click on the link and read the entire context of this Scripture.  It may help refresh your memory too if you are getting a little busy. 

One of my favorite Scriptures:  I have hidden your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.  Psalm 119:11 Niv  Somewhere along my journey when I was a little BUSY maybe Satan gave one of his little helpers an eraser because how could I ever forget this Scripture that has helped sustain me since my awful bout with cancer:  They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:31.  OK, so I felt a little faint. Forgive me.  I guess that is why my favorite daughter and son gave me the shirt I have on in the picture that reads, "Forgiven."  None of us are free from sin, but we must know why Jesus died on the cross to pay our sin debt in full.  All we have to do is pray and not let the devil in to steal our joy.

Today's verse of the day on Bible Gateway's website gives this example of  faith in action:

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  Hebrews 11:1 NIV

Today after starting this post I received my doctor's report (my husband went and got it):  Tests, including X-Rays are all within the normal range!   Further testing will be scheduled.  Thank you Lord God!  Oh sure, I still have pain and I am ready and looking forward to what God has in store for me. No matter what.  I still believe in Miracles.

 August Give Away is early, but my heart is full and I need to give something away and I am not fishing for comments.  I love comments but my fishing days are over.  

Speaking of fishing; My six year old grandson went fishing for the first time.  He hooked a foot long bass.  Child against fish!  He finally brought the fish in and landed it on the ground and when the  fish started flapping about my grandson took off running like crazy.  Although he knows God, I think he freaked out.  But, when he had time to think about God and faith, the fishermen were able to coax him back to take a picture.  What the heck.  My grandson, a born vegeterian, probably insisted on sending the fish back to where it came from.  Oh my goodness!  A new lesson;  Next time pain scares me into running like crazy I am going to send it back where it came from too.  Hallelujah!

   I want to thank all of you for joining and following my blog.  Welcome to all new followers. 

This little grandson with Grandma's sunglasses on insists on taking the easy ride and doesn't want to go down to the lake to fish.  The only bear he wants to see is in his lap. 

To win the dress for August:  Be a follower of my Blog.  Leave an inspirational comment on this post only by 3:00 PM Pacific Standard Time on Monday, August 26, 2013.  Winner will be drawn  from lucky hat by grandson in the above picture and announced the following week.  Who knows?  My heart may get full again and  want to host another give away like the one in the picture below won by Marisa  from last month for being the first to identify the winning comment: 

Second Chance Give Away for June won by Marisa

By writing this long post, I know I am sending love and warm wishes out to the Universe and I feel love and warm wishes coming back in return.  May God continue to Bless all of you.  There is a God and He is real.  Yes, I am back.  Hugs to all.

Christmas In July 2013 Give Away!

Christmas in July Give Away

Gorgeous?  Maybe subconsciously I was thinking about a Christmas in July miracle.  Mannequin is an adult collectible, stands five inches tall.  Signed by me.

I was going to close my Blog due to new health issues that were discovered when I visited my doctor on Tuesday.  I told my doctor that I am tired of fighting and wants to just give up because I have prayed and prayed for healing and instead of getting better I am getting worse.  My doctor got right in my face almost nose to nose and shouted, "Fight!  God is not ready for you yet."  He also said other encouraging words for me to think about.  So, afterwards, I felt much better and decided to finish the July give away and post instead of close.  God is good!

Thanks to Ruth at Miniature Maven Diaries for her great Blog sharing her thoughts about how she is dealing with her health issues.  Ruth is the winner of the wedding dress for June.  Please take a look at her lovely Blog and read the most amazing posts and comments.  Ruth, we are praying for you.  You are an inspiration.

Comments.  I love them.  All you have to do for a chance to win this give away is be a follower of my Blog and leave an inspirational comment on this post only by the end date of  Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 8:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.  Winner will be drawn from my lucky hat by my miniature loving three year old grandson to be announced the following week.

Thank you to all new followers along with all followers for joining my blog and leaving comments. Encouraging comments really do keep me going.  Do you like the little scene I used to showcase my give away?  Clowning around?

Hugs, Love and Prayer to All,
Felma

First Mystery Winner June 2013!

My grandson pulled the winner out of the winner's hat and I was excited to read her Blog which reminded me of "the good old days" when I discovered Dollhouse Miniatures almost 20 years ago.   

Mystery Winner of June 2013 give away made the following comment: 

  "I'd LOVE to win this gorgeous dress!  I'll put a picture and link in my blog sidebar."

Mystery Winner, please contact me within 3 business days to claim your prize.


The first Follower of my Blog to comment identifying the Mystery Winner's comment by winner's Blog name  (excluding the Mystery Winner) will receive a mystery prize.  

Yes, as you probably already suspected, I love your comments and will go to great lengths in hopes of getting one more comment to add to my Comment Collection Box.   Thanks to all of you for Following my Blog and leaving wonderful motivational and encouraging comments.  A HUGE welcome to all new Followers!  

Gorgeous July 2013 Give Away.  Please stay "posted".  Hint:  It may or may not be a mannequin.

Love, Hugs and Prayer,
Felma

Wedding Dress For June Give Away!

A ton of wonderful things are happening in June including real life Weddings and my Wedding Anniversary, therefore I apologize for the short notice for this give away.  Deadline is Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 8:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. 

This simple beautifully unique wedding dress includes an unusual lovely veil and was fun to make while thinking about the lucky winner.  Actually looks better with the naked eye.  Porcelain mannequin is five inches tall dressed in silk topped with lace. 

Want a chance to win this beauty?  Please leave a positive comment on this post only by the deadline and be a follower of my blog.  The winner will be drawn from my lucky hat and announced the following week...If you are the winner please contact me with your mailing information.

My prayer is that all of you will enjoy a great summer.  So many awful things are happening all around the world, but God is great.  I am enjoying my mini world.  My miniatures are a Blessing for meditating on the good things in life.  

Also, having my six year old grandson visit during

 the summer gives me great joy.  Today we went to practice his golf swing and he is really quite good just like his mother (my favorite daughter).  It was a beautiful day and I had my three year old practicing too.  He will be good real soon.  Afterwards, we played with their miniatures and my miniatures.

Thanks again for all of your comments.  I love comments and I love my blog friends.  Welcome to all new friends!

Thanks again to my blog friend Drora for her lovely winning comment and the lovely things she said about me after receiving May give away.  Please visit her blog to see the beautiful flowers she created with the flowers I sent along.  And don't be surprised if you find some cuties in your winning package too.

Lots Of Hugs To All,

Felma

May Giveaway Winner!

May 2013 Giveaway

Thanks to all of you for your help in selecting a giveaway for May.  Another fun day with my grandson picking the winner.  Of course, the mannequin won by an overwhelming majority. 

The winning comment:

"Congratulations Faby!

 Mennequin.

  Thank you Felma for another beautiful giveaway."   

Let's all give a warm congratulations to our lucky winner Drora!  Congratulations and Happy Birthday Drora!  

Drora's Lovely Birthday Giveaway June 4, 2013

My giveaway for June will also be something lovely.  What is it?  A surprise!

Again, thanks to all of you for following and commenting.  A warm welcome to all new followers.

April"s Winner Winning Comment!

A very Happy Draw with my three year old grandson.  He loves the Drum Roll when picking the winner and so do I. 

 The winning comment:  

"Joyce's trunks are fantastic.  Thanks for another wonderful giveaway.  This suit is adorable.  Please, count me in.  I put the link on my blog.
Bye, Faby"

Congratulations to our friend  Faby ! 

Never can leave without saying Thank You to everyone for the lovely comments and for following my blog.  A warm Welcome to new followers.

After a year of giveaways, I need your help to make a selection.  If you are interested in winning the lovely May giveaway,  I need a vote from those of you following my blog.  Please vote for one of two choices by leaving a comment on this post only that reads something like this:

                       "Congratulations Faby!  Mannequin."
                                              or 
                        "Congratulations Faby! Hanger."

Your comment must be left by 9:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Thursday, May 9, 2013.  Winner will be announced the following week.  Pictures coming soon.

Happy Mother's Day to amazingly wonderful Mothers!!!!!

Joyce Bernard Miniatures Featured! April Give A Way!

My dear friend Joyce Bernard, also known as "THE TRUNK LADY" for her Themed Trunks is now selling her one of a kind trunks and other signature miniatures on Etsy.  Please take a look.

 Joyce Bernard Miniatures.  

When I first met Joyce years ago at a Miniature Club I was hungry for information and struggling to find my way in a hobby that I had fallen in love with.  The club was designing a wired Building.  I was so lost because I joined the club just after the wiring project.  Joyce sensed my distress and offered to come to my home the next week and teach me all about wiring. 

This is not the building we wired.  

The beginning of our long term relationship began on that day and although Joyce moved to another state a few years ago our friendship remains the same.   

Joyce and I met at least once a week and worked on miniatures.  She was usually the teacher and I the student.  When Joyce sold my miniature drapes at a show in Northern California, it was the beginning of the excitement I feel when I sell on eBay and the thrill I get when someone comments and wins one of my give aways.

When it finally hit me that God had blessed me with one of the finest teachers of miniatures, I happily soaked up all the information that Joyce freely shared with me.  She never told me how sought after she was for her trunks.  I found out on my own.  Sort of like when you discover the Holy Spirit.  It is there for you to tap into it's power.  You just have to find out about it and when you do, you just want to soak up all the information that you can so that when you are faced with road blocks in your life, help is there for you based on what you have learned.  Amazing.

Hats, purses, dresses, underwear, trunks and you name it, Joyce and I made it in mini.  Those were the good old days.

These trunks are the best in the world.  Although she makes most items in her filled trunks, she has searched world wide to locate the finest leather and fabrics.  She also sells unfilled trunks.

Yes, Joyce taught me how to make these too!

April Give Away was made with Joyce in mind.  

To enter:  Be a follower of my blog and leave a positive comment on this post only by Monday, April 29, 2013 before 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight time.  Although not a requirement, it will be appreciated if you post a picture of one of Joyce's trunks on your blog along with my give away.  Thanks.

Thanks to all of my new followers and special thanks to all of you that have been with me from the very beginning.  I love comments and yours have made my day on many days. 

May God Bless all of you!