Giveaway..........

remember this picture back here..........

well finally here is the reveal..................you were all pretty much right except for those cheeky blog friends who said it was on dusty cob webs around my house.......

the day I took these we had a huge fog - we only get one or 2 fogs a year..........and this one took awhile to lift........but I braved it and went out in the cold and took all these pics...........

All the spider webs in the garden were standing out like they had been painted white............

great for photos..........

but up closer you could see they were covered with millions of little water bubble...............

Aussiemade said

The most perfect spherical crystal clear dew drops threaded through the finest yet strongest silk thread in all the world.

Treasure beyond imagination, priceless but nobodies heirloom. 

A moment in time captured and treasured.

Only to be worn by those with gosemar wings.

isn't that just a gorgeous description...........

Now the reason for my delay.............well earlier this month I passed 700 posts........and I wanted to have a give away on that post and I missed it...........so then I decided I would pick a post and do a giveaway on that.......

Now to enter a giveaway on my blog you have to do the following.................

- DON'T post about it on your blog (and include a link)

- DON'T need to be a follower

- DON'T have to tweet/facebook about it

-DON'T have to put my logo on the sidebar (I don't even have a logo)

- DON'T have to visit someone elses blog/shop and leave a comment there

-DON'T have to leave 5 comments on this post to cover doing all the above........

ACTUALLY 

you don't even have to comment on this post.......I love retrospective giveaways

.....and if you came here just because you read the word "GIVEAWAY" in the title then bugger off because I don't want you just to visit because i have a "GIVEAWAY" 

I chose someone from the comments on the mystery post.............it wasn't the original intention of the post but you all made comments on such an odd post it was fun and then I decided I couldn't post about it again until I had something made for my giveaway - life got in the road and last night I finished something so now i can do this post...........

so after my blah blah.............

I would like to say I am having so much fun in blogland.....

....it is lovely checking out all the blogs, finding new to me blogs and encouraging new bloggers, reading emails and comments I get in my gmail account.............it is such a nice positive place to be.......

......to the the ladies I have met (you know who you are) thankyou - you have all been such lovely people - quilters are the best

I would never have met you except for blogging

And to all those that leave lovely comments on my blog THANKYOU......

.......i read and appreciate every comment I receive and there is very few I don't reply to..........usually it is only the people who are "no reply".......

....for newer bloggers here are the tips of what works for me blogging 

- post regularly (be it several times a week or monthly)

- comment on posts (you like receiving them so make sure you leave some)

- reply to comments as you read them (creates interaction with other bloggers and you make friends)

- include a mix of photos and writing 

- if someone new comments on your blog go back and check theirs out

- follow the blogs you like in google reader or bloglines it saves time checking out blogs

- don't apologise everypost - we are all busy people

- most importantly HAVE FUN

slowly and surely people will find you and return and visit your blog...........

now go and comment on 10 blogs see what you find.........

ONTO THE WINNER

well with such a beautiful comment it has to be Aussiemade..........I wasn't familiar with Aussiemade so i went and visited her blog and she was having a difficult time - her dh is not well - so a perfect winner..........(send me your snail mail details Aussiemade)

Have a wonderful Sunday..............another chilly one here in OZ.........

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

PS if you visit here all the time and never comment leave one now - I would love to hear from you.......

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PSS if you're not a blogger and you surf blogs all the time why not dip your toes in the water and start a blog..........it is different on the "otherside" and we love to find new blogs......

....you'll be amazed to find it isn't that hard to do....

PSSS - Kris you should have grabbed a cuppa before you started reading this one it ended up pretty long for me............