New Winner for Giveaway Prize #2!

When I announced the blog giveaway winners one week ago, on Monday, June 20, I said that the prize winners must contact me by Friday, June 24, 2011 to claim their prizes. I heard from Sans!, winner of prize #1, and her package is going out in the mail today--yay!

I never heard, however, from the winner of prize #2 (the handmade chick plushy, the recycled toy it is resting in, the home-grown lavender in a silky bag, and a set of my new line of greeting cards), so I did a re-draw last night, again using the random number generator.

So, drum roll please, the new winner of prize #2 is, amazingly, Rosamargarita of La Tapatia! Congratulations Rosamargarita! Please reply, either here on this post or to my email at plush (at) plushpussycat.com by this Friday, July 1, 2011 to claim your prize. I will pack your prize today and mail it to you as soon as I hear from you. And I just happen to have Rosamargarita's address, since she recently sent me the sweet mini crocheted dress that I featured in my most recent post.

How did this happen? If you look at the comments, Maria Ireland and Heleni were the first two to say they liked prize #2, and they each got two chances in the giveaway, because they posted my blog giveaway on their blog sidebars. They were, then, the first four entries for prize #2. Next came Rosamargarita, who had entry numbers 5 and 6. And the random number generator picked #5.

Again, congratulations to both winners, Sans! and Rosamargarita. Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway. I look forward to hosting another giveaway in the future. Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

Rosamargarita's Tiny Dress

A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to win a beautiful miniature hand-crocheted dress. I saw the post on Rosamargarita's blog, La Tapatia. She showed beautiful plants in  her garden, and then "surprise," there was a beautiful pink flower on one of the plants. But the flower wasn't really a flower, it was a beautiful ruffled dress that she had made herself.

I was the first person to comment about it, and then Rosamargarita announced that it was mine! Wow! I was thrilled. She mailed it to me all the way from Guadalajara, Mexico, so it took several weeks to arrive. I was so excited when the package finally showed up in my mailbox. I immediately put the tiny dress on my mini teddy bear. Here is "Teddy" modeling the dress:

Can you believe all of the teeny tiny stitches needed to make all of those teeny tiny ruffles?! It is very fine work, and done so perfectly! To give you better perspective on the size, here is Teddy wearing the dress inside the heirloom 1:12 dollhouse (Dad's Dollhouse) that I am refurbishing:

See how tiny it is?

Thank you, Rosamargarita! I am in awe of your beautiful work. You are an artist and a good friend! Big hugs! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer