Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A "View"...of Halloween...and a HaPpY TwO YeaRs Giveaway!

Wow....Two years of Blogging! Boy have I had fun all thanks to my online buds! My View of things has changed...there is a whole big world out there right at the tip of my keyboard! One of those world's is The Sketchbook Challenge! It has taken me back to my colored pencils and a new found love...watercolor pens! Last month's challenge theme was "View"..any kind of view. Well, I love my view of the world and happened to see it a little differently while riding with hubby in his truck....

...my Blue Ridge Mountain View from an awesome red truck. I love riding up high!!:) Go check out The Sketchbook Challenge...the lovely folks there are gearing up for another year of fun...thank heavens!!



Here is another view I love...the girl...standing near her UK home...with her new Ghastlies Bag and harem pants from Turkey...gotta love it!






Then there was our Halloween view...



...how awesome is this? That's the girl's roommate in all her dinosaur ferociousness! Way to go Rose!!!



Then there is Neil Gaiman's Coraline...in the flesh...standing on her bed with awesome blue hair and shoes...I want blue shoes!



We had fun at the shop too...Dr. "Take two FQs and call me in the morning"Fabric, The Sleepless Quilter- complete with pjs, slippers, threads stuck all over the place and dark circles under her eyes and me...JACKie THE seamRIPPER!! Bwhahahahahaaa!!:)






Hahaha! Now this is what you really stopped in for....a giveaway! To celebrate two years of zaniness I have a huge bag of NOVELTY SCRAPS and....



....this little item that I made out of the scraps from my



Doll Quilt Swap 11 mini.
Lots of people seemed to like it so I thought this the perfect thing to show you all how happy you have made me these past couple of years!:)






This is all you have to do....I feel like making cookies...the boy is coming home next week for jury duty and I'm going to bake for him. Alas for that I'll have to take out my vegan baking cookbook but I just want to know what is YOUR favorite cookie!!:) That's it...just leave a comment with your fav cookie and on Saturday (Nov 5th) morning...whenever I wake up and get up....I'll have that old pal of ours Random Generator pick a winner!!:)






International peeps are definitely welcomed!!:)xoxo



Hope your View has been as fun as mine and thanks so much for stopping by!!



~d









25 comments:

  1. congratulations on 2 years Dee! My favourite cookies are most definitely oatmeal and raisins...love the bite!..and your yummy giveaway...want a peek into your scraps!

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  2. my favourite would be lemon sugar cookies :) And I loved your post... it's the interesting bits that keep people coming back :)

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  3. Wow, Dee, you've got mad skills with those pencils! I am impressed! Loving the Halloween costume (and Maria's!) and I can't believe you've been blogging 2 years! Geez, I remember when you started! I, too, am an oatmeal/raisin girl!

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  4. Impressed with the drawing there Lady. You've been hiding that? My favorite fall cookies are All Spice Cookies with molasses. YUM. Here's to many more years of DeeRoo blogging:)

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  5. A really great homemade-from-scratch-NO-PREMIX! chocolate chip cookie remains my absolute favorite cookie of all. :)

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  6. Chocolate cookies with extra chocolate chips! Congrats on you 2 year blogaversary

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  7. Congratulations on two years. Love all your Halloween fun. My favourite cookie is Hobnobs with milk chocolate on the bottom....wish I had a recipe for them.

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  8. Wish I had your drawing skills! Two years of anything is an accomplishment - congrats! My favorite cookie recipe is one we call Raggedy Robins. It was given to me by a neighbor when I was in 5th grade - basically, it's a no bake cookie with cocoa, peanut butter, and oatmeal. They make me happy!

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  9. Happy Blogiversary! I absolutely love that little scrap quilt you made! Those costumes are awesome. I love it when adults dress up for halloween. My favourite cookies are peanut butter cookies (straight out of the oven!).

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  10. I LOVE the Mom's Island Cookies recipe I found on AllRecipes a while back...so yummy! Thanks for the giveaway & congrats on 2 fabulous blogging years!

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  11. Happy Blogversary! Your little quilt would brighten anyone's day it is so lovely! My favorite cookie has to be my oatmeal 3 types of chocolate chips cookies...Thank you for such a great giveaway!

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  12. Happy anniversary, goodness that two years has flown by. I love your drawings, wish I had that talent. My favourite is cookie is fairly boring, its digestive biscuits, but I don't bake them I buy them. Shame on me

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  13. pick me ...pick me.....save on the postage...and make your fave Dr. Fabric some nice soft, choc chip cookies!!! Or I'll take sugar cookies too...I really am easy!! Plain...but easy!!!

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  14. I love me a double chocolate chip cookie. But then The Plaid Scottie once shared a recipe for these foothill house cookies (I think that's their names and I LOVE those!)

    Is your girl in Oxford? She looks like she's standing in the courtyard at the Bodleian - no prizes for guessing which part of the UK I live in lol

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  15. Definitely home made chocolate chip cookies for me, although gluten and dairy free to keep all the family happy! Love all the costumes!

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  16. did someone say scraps? LOL. I love oatmeal raisin- the vegan kind!

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  17. I love scraps and I love cookies. My favorite kind of cookie is chocolate chip. I'm simple. And I'm okay with that =)

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  18. What a great post! Loved seeing all the photos of Maria and her crazy dinosaur friend! And you and your work pals - wow! We are so boring over here, my pumpkin photo was as far as it went!
    Congrats on 2 years!! My favourite cookies are big chocolate chip ones, I like them a bit warm and melty too!
    Oh and your sketch is very impressive!

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  19. Hi! Congrats on your blogaversary! I love the Halloween constumes - and the girl's ghastlies bag! I like oatmeal cookies and sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies and . . .well, you get the idea.

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  20. Yeah for two years! My favorite cookie is cranberry/white chocolate.

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  21. Happy Blogiversary!! My Daughter recently found these chocolate cookies to make for me. They taste like brownies....Yum!

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/chocolate-chocolate-chip-cookies-i/detail.aspx

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  22. Happy Blogversary! That little quilt is stunning, I would so love to see it in person! My favourite cookie is shortbread, any kind of shortbread. I bake all kinds for the holidays but the ordinary old shortbread still are the ones I like the best.

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  23. Ahh! I LOVE the sketchbook challenge!! Perfect, perfect. You are so talented.

    Also love the halloween pics, the England pics and I just love YOU!

    Happy Blogiversary!!

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  24. Gingersnaps with candied ginger. Mmmmm. Happy Anniversary!

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  25. old fashion molasses cookies ( and they can be made vegan (tee hee)

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