how would you like to fly away,
fly away on a magic carpet!
to a land where your most favored dreams become reality!
So come on in! Let's get started! Please stay awhile, Make yourself comfortable and look around. After your visit here, grab your magic carpet and fly on over to the next home. As Lisa says, "Think of this as taking a giant tour of homes; you get to stop in, look around, meet the people who live there, admire and be inspired and before you go on to the next one you leave your name in hopes to win a door prize at each home."
And now for my giveaway!
"Oh, what is it?" you say. "It's earrings, " I say. "I can SEE that!" you say.
These are beautiful earrings made from Grade A freshwater rice pearls, Grade A freshwater potato pearls, and sterling silver. The lovely pearls are so lustrous! They will come in a silk bag that I hand dyed with the happy colors of Spring. Read on to see how I dyed it.
After the silk is washed and dried, I tied it up. In this case, I used orthodontic rubber bands.Now the tied silk is soaked in white vinegar for 30 minutes.
ready to dye!
Place in closeable baggie and microwave on high for two minutes. You can pause the microwave every 45 seconds or so to keep the bag from bursting. Now open up (VERY carefully) and wash with a dab of mild soap. Soak in a solution of water and a little fabric softener if you like. Iron on low heat.
Now it's ironed and ready for you to win!
And now for the skinny on how to win!
FIRST, this giveaway is open to those with blogs only.
SECOND, leave a comment on THIS post and do tell me a dream you have--it can be tiny or very big. You may leave as many as 5 comments, but they must be made on DIFFERENT days.
THIRD, in your comment, please leave a way for me to reach you should you win.
You have till 11:59 PM on February 14th to enter. I will choose a winner on February 15 using a random number generator.
Go visit One World One Heart on Lisa's blog, A Whimsical Bohemian to see how to play along and for a list of all participants.
Have fun!
♥ Margaret
photos by me © 2010 except for OWOH badge which is © 2010 by Lisa