Sweet Ladies,

First off thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone of you who took the time out to make our party so successful. You were all so kind!!!!! I wish I could give every one of you something!

If you have followed my blog or been a part of one of the drawings you know that it is one of the most delightful things for me to do! This drawing was no different. When Gooseberry Patch contacted me I was so excited, honored and wanted to share something fun in the celebration! Prairie Flower made new friends and for that I am so grateful. Your kind words were so nice. The fact that at the same time we started the party, soon after, I lost my Dad. Hearing from all of you brought sunshine to my day, just what I needed. You were all such sweethearts!!! The prayers for our family got us through a very difficult time. I am so grateful to my God who shined Himself on our family, by using all you precious ladies. Thank you so much. Words are just not expressing what I am trying to say. If you were here in front of me, (now that would be wonderful), I would hug you!

I also had fun going over to Gooseberry Patch's Blog and reading the comments that you all left there. Hope you enjoyed them also. Gooseberry is trying to get 1OO,OOO fans on Facebook. Check it out!

A big thank you to Gooseberry Patch also for blessing me so. They are such a wonderful company and if you have never seen their online catalog it is a must! All their cookbooks are fantastic! I have a lot of them. Smile!

Well, I am sure you are all waiting to see who won the Prairie Flower Market Bag. Sooooo..... it was,

Michelle Grimes

she said,

Dear Linda,

I just visited Gooseberry Patch. It was wonderful to even learn a little more about you, since I have only been reading your blog for about 3 months. The Market bag is beautiful. I love the fabrics.

May God bless your weekend.

Michelle Grimes

Thank you sweet Michelle for being a part of our party!!!! So glad you won! God knew that you needed a little love!!!!!!!

Well you know me, I can't just look at that bucket and

not pick more then one person, so the other winners will get a little something in the mail.

2nd place was,

Cathy McNabb

from,

Live Long, Laugh Often, Love Much

Cathy's blog is beautiful also!

Thank you Cathy, I love your store on your blog! You are such a sweetie and faithful follower!

3rd place was,

Linda Ford

Just wanted to let you know that I subscribed to your newsletter, and left a comment on Gooseberry's facebook post, and became a fan on face book, but I can't leave a comment on your blog as I don't have my own blog.

Thanks for entering me to win!

Thank you so much Linda, for not stopping and sending me an email. It was so nice meeting you! I am so excited you are a PFF follower!

4th place was,

Dawn from,

Journeys in Grace

she said,

Love your blog! The bag is adorable and love Gooseberry Patch! Yeah for you!

You have such a pretty blog Dawn. Love your heart!! Wonderful to see your love for your family! That is tops in my book!

and 5th place was,

Dana from,

Wild Hope and Stubborn Faith

she said,

You have a beautiful site, and the bag is adorable!

Please enter me in the drawing.

Thank you!

I enjoyed looking at your blog Dana, I think I will learn a lot of things from you. Can't wait! You are a sweetie!

Thank you everyone for being such a special part of our party. Stay tuned I have some fun things in store. Still working on Claris's Apron. Hope to have it done soon.

Blessings to you all! You make my heart smile, everyday!

I always thank God for you..... I Corinthians 1:4

Hugs, Linda

P.S. I tried to contact all the winners. Please contact me if you didn't get something from me. Thank you!

The Winner Of The Prairie Flower Book Bag and Cookbook! IS?

The Prairie Flower Book Bag has a pocket for your water bottle,

cell phone and library card.

I am so excited!!!!!!! The drawing has 15 more minutes before we draw a name! I thought I would start working on my post now, because it goes out by email today at 1:00 p.m. I have had so much fun with this drawing. Reading all the cookbooks that you all have in your cupboard has me so curious!!!!!! I do want to take some time and look them up. With my Dad and all being in the hospital this last week did not give me the time I wanted to do that. I really want you to know though you brought A LOT of SUNSHINE to my day. Reading about who you are and what you like makes me fill like I am so rich in your friendships. I do want you all to know that I do care about you and love you bunches!!!!!!

Here is the Prairie Flower Book Bag and Cookbook! The winner for this is

Judy C. from Black Cat Quilting

Judy said, Hi Linda,

First my wish is that your father has a speedy and uneventfull recovery.

second one of my favorite cookbooks is a Betty Crocker book

my mother gave to me years ago.

Have a joyfull day

Judy

Isn't that the sweetest? That is how all of you are so caring and I love you for it!

I also picked out 3 more winners for a small gift!

Jen Reflections in The Window

Lorus, (she doesn't have a blog)

and

Rhona (she also doesn't have a blog)

"I don't have a way to get a hold of you. Please email me."

I will be getting a hold of you all after I post this. Congratulations ladies and again thank you for all of you who entered. I know that all your comments were read by one another and probably some blog hopping was going on. That is one of my favorite things to do. I have so many blogs saved in my favorites. My girls cringe. It is so funny.

I know where you all are. Hee hee!

I will be doing a tutorial for this Flower Pin, which is on the top left hand

corner of the bag for free. That will go up this week sometime.

Okay, another thing. The Prairie Flower BookBag will be an e-pattern for $7.00 (had to change price to $7.50). If you are interested please leave a comment below with your email address or just email me. The pattern will be full of fun ideas and recipes. I will make it worth it for you to buy. Also, it doesn't have to be a Book Bag only. It could also be a kitting bag, craft bag, quilting bag, market bag, you name it. I will be working on the tutorial this week and it should be ready by the middle of next week. Pray things don't come up with my Dad. (smile)

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? I had so wanted to have this all done for you today, but our parents come first, right?

Just a little note for who has been praying for our family and my Dad.

One more thing. Yesterday I had to go sign my Dad out of the hospital. The nursing home that my mom is in had room for him to come stay there. He has not been able to see my mom for probably about 3 years because he is on oxygen 24/7. My momma can't leave the home either. In the morning I had called the nursing home to find out what the arrangements were going to be as far as my dad coming and staying there until they can get him stronger. I also asked Teresa the head of nursing if they could make sure Momma looked sweet for my Dad. I walked in the door and Teresa said. We fixed your Momma up with pearls and a head band. Ha! Is that the sweetest thing you ever heard? My heart was dancing!!!!!!!! Just wanted to give you all a smile. On that note thank you all for praying for my family. You are the best!

GOD has blessed me so,

With You!

Linda

And The Winner Of The "Little Nativity" Is......

Your Nativity is ready to come to your house!!!!!!!!

Viola from

Life's Journey and Connections won the "Little Nativity"!

she said,

I´m a follower already. Also signed up for your emails. I will post the button on my blog (violarissasblog@typepad.com). And.... my favorite Christmas gift was a little "Kaufladen" (store counter, offering little play food and stuff, the counter was made of wood, the food cardboard boxes miniature you could get at the normal store and marzipan or wood or felt "food/fruits"...
Blessings,Viola.

Congratulations Viola, I tried to contact you and the email is not working for me. Please email me with your address and I will get the Nativity out for you!

Thank you ladies for entering our giveaway. I have enjoyed coming to your blogs and still have more to look at. With the CHRISTmas Season it is very busy at our home. Blessings to all of you that have come to my blog and welcomed me! May you all be blessed in the year to come.

Blessings,

Linda

WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE?

WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO Matt. 6:21

Today I had two young ladies in my home that lost their precious momma three years ago this last Sat to cancer. The girls are 19 and 14. They were with us yesterday and all day today to help celebrate Tressa's birthday. Our daughter Taylor came to me and asked if she could fix a surprise dinner for both the older girls and I of course said yes. She wanted to use the new red dishes, and 4 red goblets (that we bought on sale for special dinners just for the four of us). She also asked for the red linen table cloth, that we use at Christmas time. I had to go help with the last of our son's soybeans, so I was gone while she was cooking. When I got home she was just getting ready to serve the girls and she said "Now momma the kitchen is a mess, but I will clean it up after we eat". I went into our little barn and saw the table with candles, the table was set so beautiful with red and cream checked homespun fabric napkins. She had made Alfredo/Chicken Pasta and french bread. I thought to my self. Here are two young girls thinking of serving their big sisters. All day today I have been meditating on Where your treasure is their will be your heart also. Right before that Jesus is teaching on money. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for ourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.I am sure if their momma could see (from heaven) her youngest daughter storing up treasures in heaven, she would be very proud. I am sure that was a prayer of her momma's many times before she died. It was answered today. I was blessed for sure to watch the girls working around in my little farm kitchen. But my heart has been very heavy though to see two little sweet peas with out their momma.I have had quite a few tears today. I am so grateful for my girls. May I continue to teach them in a way that God will see that I am wanting their treasures to be with HIM! Today I got to love the girls for their momma. I am hoping for many more days to do that. Please lift Emily and Shawna up as they still grieve for their momma. If anyone wants to adopt them for Christmas let me know. I would love to give them a love basket with little love gifts. Thank you.

Okay all that said, we have a winner of the "Old Farmhouse Window Wall Hanging". It is all packed and ready to send!!!!! I just need an address! I'll just need to put a shipping label on and it will come to live at your farm!!!!

Gail from

Faithfulness Farm

I also have 3 other little gifts for the fun of it. I love seeing who is next as you know.

I enjoyed all the comments and new friends. I want to go back and meet everyone again on the comments. Thank you so much everyone of you for making my giveaways soooooo much fun. I love you all bunches.

Beefruitful@mac.com

Nancy Baetz

Homeschooling Is Life

and Dani

Eagles Wings

Blessings friends you are all so special to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda

The Winners For the Chicken Curtain Are...........

Thank you sooooooo much, for making my days so special ladies!!!!!

I just want to thank every lady that came to my blog. I so enjoy when those of you leave a comment, just so I can come and see you at your blog. Also a even bigger thanks for those who always come to do the "giveaway thing"! I love doing it. You are so fun and each one had such sweet ideas on how you would use the curtain. Thank you for blessing my life. Every time one of you left a post, it made me stop and enjoy your world. Your blogs are beautiful and make my day so special. So many interesting ladies out there!!!!

Okay ............ for the "curtain giveaway"!

As my daughter drew each name they were.........

#1 Granny from Granny's Garden

#2 Carrie of Farming on Faith

#3 Missy Melissy from Lilac Lane

Thank you so much ladies for taking the time and signing up for this contest!I will try to get ahold of each of you because I will need your addresses, so I can send you your curtains!!!!!! If I don't please get a hold of me . My email is up at the top right of my blog

As you know I love to pick a few more names. It just gets too fun on who I would draw next! So here are 3 more that didn't know they were going to get a little something. It won't be big, but it will be fun........ and the winners are......

#4 Amy from Keepin' the Sunny Side

5 Jenny The Icing on the Cupcake

#6 Sharon from A Merry Heart Journal

Same for you ladies I will try to get you, but if I can't please contact me. Thank you!!!!!

We mixed and mixed the jar with all of you and so glad that you all got a blessing. Again I wish I could give something to you all !!!!!!!!

I so enjoy each of your blogs.......... keep on encouraging the blogging world!

Blessings,

Linda

AND THE WINNER IS!

And the winner is..........................

I just want you to alllllll knowwwww that I wish you could of all won! As I would get on my blog and read all the sweet notes and get to see your heart, I would think over and over I wish I could make one for each one of you, as you would write me and enter. Truly you are all so precious and the kind words are all tucked in my heart.

Thank you every one for making this giveaway so fun and thank you for following me on my blog. It truly blesses my day when I come to read a comment. Life is hard out there and it seems to get harder with all he layoffs and such. Keep your eyes on the Lord. Do not faint and be weary, he is caring for you.

Well, here is the time that we have been all waiting for and the # 1 winner is:

..................... Katy at Country Blossom:

I love this clothespin bag!! I love to hang

clothes out!!! I would LOVE to win!!!!!!! Thank you for the chance! Katy

BLESSINGS Katy. Enjoy!

Now if any of you have ever been in one of my contests you know I just can't stop at 1. So here goes. My sweet sister is out here visiting our family. My Dad is having his 80th birthday this next week and she will be here to celebrate. Anyway, she is the one that is picking out the winners from my green rimmed graniteware bowl. I am so excited to tell you who is going to get a surprise gift, since this is a surprise. You won't know until you open your package in the mail. Now the 1st winner also will get the same thing. Okay here we go.

# 2 winner is

Leslie said...

Very cute bag!!! Please count me in!

I posted about the giveaway on my blog! Thank you for stopping by my blog and saying hi! I have spent two days reading yours and love it!!!

#3 winner is:

Prim2Pink said...

What an adorable giveaway! And so useful too!!

Please enter me in your giveaway. I am now a folower also and I'll post your giveaway on my sidebar too!

I'm going out in my garden to get some lemon verbana & try that recipe. Sounds yummy!!!

Judy

#4 winner is:

Carrie of Farming On Faith said...

Linda~ I am trying this again for some reason it did not work. I love your blog! I was sent here by Christa @Country Hearts At Home.

What a wonderful clothespin bag~Please count me in for your drawing. I also posted your giveaway to my blog!

Blessings~

Carrie

#5 winner is:

TZel said...

We would truly appreciate having this clothespin bag to organize ours better- thank you so much!

# 6 winner is:

Carol @ TheWritersPorch said...

Came rom Kentucky Farm Girl's! LOVE THIS BLOG!

I'm so glad she sent me! I've joined up!I want that bag! So cute!

#7 winner is:

Becca said...

Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win this cute bag!

and #8 winner is:

monica said...

The bag is really cute! Please count me in! I would put a pic on my blog, but I can never quite figure out how! I will post about it though! May God Bless your efforts and the work of your hands!!

Thank you again for all the sweet words and for signing up. I can't wait to do another giveaway........... hmmmm I wonder what it is going to be. See you in Sept. with another giveaway! I will be contacting all of you and sending out the treasures!!!!

Blessings, and love you all bunches!

Linda

THE WINNER IS...........

This morning my grandson Ian helped me with the drawing. We mixed and mixed the entries. He picked the first one out and.......

THE WINNER of the Original Lilly and Her Chicks Tea Towel is..............

Mary Roots

She said, "Your blog is such a blessing to me and the pictures are very beautiful."

Thank you Mary for commenting on Prairie Flower Farm blog.

All of you that signed up did not know that I had plans for

7 more bloggers to win a giveaway. I wanted it to be a SURPRISE and so here goes!

Piece of fabric from our "WINTER IS IN THE AIR" fabric line.

2nd place...

A Sprinkling said, "What a cute towel! I don't have anything like this and would love to see it hanging on my oven!"

3rd place....

Kentucky Farm Girl said, "What an adorable give away! I would love to be entered!"

4th place......

Keep it Simple said, "Cute, cute, cute! Enter us into your contest. I don't get much traffic, but I'll post about your giveaway over at our place."

PRIMITIVE ANGEL ORNAMENTS

A favorite past time of mine is to make ornaments. I had these on hand and thought it would be fun to give them as 5th, 6th, and 7th place winners. The winners are....

5th place.....

La Gitan Mystique said, "I just love all things kitchen and chicken themed as well. What a sweet giveaway you are having. Please sign me up. I'd be so tickled to win the tea towel. My blog is new so nothings there yet, but I am looking foward to getting it all going.
I will get signed up for your email subscription." Gina

6th place....

Aquarian Bath, "beautiful towel. I love chickens and would love to win."

7th.....

The Schmidt Family, "Wow thanks. What a darling towel. I have the pattern and might try it myself sometime!"

I also want to thank Sarah from Sewn for the wonderful opportunity. She gave all of us the chance to spread our wings and go and do something that would bless so many bloggers all around the world. It makes us all a little bit closer don't you think? May we keep her in our prayers as she works on this new adventure. It will be fun to see what she will do. Blessings to you, Sarah!

Thank you alllllll for coming to my blog. I wish you all could have won. It has been a true pleasure to meet you. I loved going to each one of your blogs and "oohed" and "aaahed", they are all beautiful. It is truly a gift that we all can have the opportunity to have blogs to share with others. I have been so encouraged. I hope all of you who came to my blog, "Entered and left with a Happy Heart".

Blessings,

Linda