Yippee zippee, it's PARTY TIME again!!!
Hi, I'm Kate and I live in beautiful New Zealand with hubby aka Bulldog, and *five* cool kids, the eldest of whom has just left home to go to university (college). I have a gorgeous, smart, talented daughter and three fabulous lads who teach me at home.
I have a love affair with all things french and when I'm not drinking little espressos with lush friends or going to the beach, or chilling with da family, I make sparkly jewellery. Oh, my latest obsession is Pilates, but who knows how long that'll last?? lol
Of course, *pressies* make a party oh! so speshal, so here's a gorgy giveaway from me:
at the end of this year's Ultimate Blog Party, I'll randomly pick a winner from the comments on this *party* post and that luffly person will receive a pair of *french provincial* earrings: a luscious little handful of blue pearls/glass beads hanging from sterling silver ear wires, handmade by me, Katie.oui, très français...
happy days,
mwah X
Oooo that's so tempting... I have a necklace from the Pacific they'd matchy with perfickly! Mmmmmm ;-)
ReplyDeleteoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO please put me in your draw my lovely kate
ReplyDeleteyou know I LOVE your jews
Im wearing the necklace you made me today :)
Jen
Hey gal, thanks for the hug, the chat, the laughs and the connection today...you make the whole world sparkle with your zest for life and honesty. Thanks! We need to make that coffee date OK.
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Hi Kate
ReplyDeleteI don't have ablog but you make me want to. No idea wot the blog party is but thought I'd say Hi. No sparkes here at the mo but we working on it.
kate
G'day girl! I'm partying too, (but you already know that!)....but I must be a little slow, because I can't find the Mr Linky on the host site?? Can you?
ReplyDeleteSuper cute earrings! I came here through the bloggin party! Check me out too click me!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Nice to meet you, Kate! Those are cute earrings. Enjoy the party!
ReplyDeleteI clicked and clicked and clicked in the box and it just won't work for me. Perhaps I should take this as a sign?
ReplyDeleteWill there be music and dancing and things? Cos I love to dance. I shall come back later when I am at home (I am at the ski club a ce moment)and see if the link will work from there.
I came to say thank you for sending me such a wonderful question. I loved writing that piece - so big thanks.
And I love all things French too - oh and jewellery.
What a wonderful party! The earrings are dazzling and wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI hope I can travel to NZ someday!
Hope you can stop by my blog party also!
great post and i'm glad you are having a party too! can't wait to read more about your life there. stop by when you get a chance to see what we are doing in texas! oh and i love the earrings (although, i think i will have to save them for date night because my 9 mo old will like them too!)
ReplyDeleteOOOhh! jewelry. I love jewelry.
ReplyDeleteHOpe to see you at my party.
I love the color of those earrings!! I have a giveaway at my site too! Maybe a trade? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNice blog you have. Just wanted to stop in from the party to say Hi. Love the earrings - very pretty. How nice of you to do a give away.
ReplyDeleteThose earrings are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of my husband's and my life goals (did I grammar that right? LOL!) to visit New Zealand. Some people we knew just moved there last year. Do you know them? LOL! ;)
LOVE the earrings. Glad to meet you! Hope you can come party with me too. :o)
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute!! Love me some sparkle. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog partying!
PamperingBeki
Oh, those are such pretty earrings~ I love the colors. It's so nice to meet you~ all the way from New Zealand!
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It's a blog party! What's a blog party?! I will investigate!
ReplyDeleteHey, Kate, your friend, Graham Hart, bought my husband's company! Well, not HIS company, but Alcoa, where he works. Put in a good word for him. Maybe GH will need a new right-hand-man and we will be neighbors!
Hi Kate! Those ear rings are gorgeous! Just wanted to let you know that I changed my giveaway to be open to all. Really, I checked several postage rates and none are too bad---and there is always the flat rate envelope :-)! So, you just may get that knife, yet!
ReplyDeleteHi Kate!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog and nice to meet you!
I love the earrings. I'm in. Happy Blog Party!!!! Very nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteI wish i was partyiNG no faIr!!!!! instead, i am stuck getting cancer treatment!!!!! but when i recover i will be partying LOL!
ReplyDeleteI'd be pretty happy to take those off your hands!! Just dropping in for the party.
ReplyDeletelaura sent me your way and I wanted to tell you I love your jewelry! Also your blog! :) Very nice indeed!!!
ReplyDeleteThose are so pretty! Thanks for a chance to win and you have a great party!!!
ReplyDeleteYour designs are gorgeous! I can't stop looking at the slideshow. I hope I win because then I have the perfect excuse to buy the matching bracelet. Or is there a necklace?!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my party. It's nice to meet new people and see all of the wonderful talent there is out in the bloggy world.
Beautiful earrings... I might start wearing jewelry again if I had something as nice as this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my party... you can help yourself to the stone crab claws in the fridge anytime...
Party on!
ReplyDeleteOooh, those are absolutely darling earings!! Love them. Thanks so much for stopping by my place. I'll be back for sure : )
ReplyDeleteDid somebody say party? I'll bring the dip!
ReplyDeleteLovely earrings! Would love to visit New Zealand...you're practically my neighbor...I'm in Brisbane! :)
ReplyDeleteInviting you to Party With Me!
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Ooooh, very pretty earrings!
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Gorgeous earrings dahling, you do such great work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work with the beading and jewelry.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you. Happy blogging!
Hi Kate!
ReplyDeleteAm so sorry I missed the party: I was away on holiday and am just catching up on blogs tonight...
Will email you soon!
H
xxx
WOW -glad I stopped by your party...your blog is very high energy. Your profile just jumps off the page- thanks for adding some SPARKLE to my Sat. night!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs G
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining our party....Mum's a bit slow at the uploading photos thing so the costume might not be up till tomorrow.
WOW! My eldest just went off to college last fall too. It goes so quickly doesn't it? Thank you for stopping by my little blog to give thanks. It really means a lot to me. You have a great time party hopping!
ReplyDeleteWith little ones, dangly earrings are a thing of the past but my mom loves them and would look amazing in these!!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun "partying" with you!!
Stop by for my giveaway by clicking HERE!
i think we must have been seperated at birth! besides the 5 kids, and high school sweetheart hubby in common, i also studied french and we are getting a lamb for the oldest girl!
ReplyDeleteyou, my dear have the neatest sense of humor!
and what talent! those earrings are beautiful!
thanks for stopping by my blog, i will definitely be stopping by yours often!
I was just browsing some of the blogs participating in the party and wanted to say hi.
ReplyDeleteLove your work! Found you thru the party! Gotta love all things french! Tammy
ReplyDeleteHi, stopping by for the party. Wish I could be in sunny NZ. Love the earrings too.
ReplyDeletegorgeous blue earrings! thanks for the party... your family looks lovely, too!
ReplyDeleteLove the earrings!
ReplyDeletethanks for playing in my apron giveaway!
Have a great party.
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I just found your blog through the party line. What beautiful jewelry!
ReplyDeleteLove the earrings:).
ReplyDeleteI am having a Birthday-Blog-Bag-Give-A-Way! Come by my blog for a chance to win a handmade handbag.
http://scrappynhappy.blogspot.com/2008/03/birthday-blog-bag-give-way.html
I found you via the Blog Party at 5 Minutes for Mom:).
Thanx for having me!
Phyllis
scrappynhappyATgmailDOTcom
Just dropped in for a "butchers' "
ReplyDeleteSadly I wont be up for the ear rings - my wife won't let me wear them !
Party Pooper !
Thank you for visiting, Katie. Those earrings are very pretty! I like to make jewelry too, though I don't think I'm much good at it, it's fun anyway. =)
ReplyDeleteThose earrings are just gorgeous! Thanks so much! It's always neat to "meet" people from other parts of the world! Take care!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings! I loved grtting to know you all. Come meet my family.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog party! It's so cool to have a guest from New Zealand! Beautiful earrings, by the way!
ReplyDeletei'll comment. i love the chance to win things... and the earrings are beautiful!
ReplyDeletePretty earrings! It is nice to learn about someone from another area in the world. Cheers!
ReplyDelete~Michelle
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Beautiful jewelry!
ReplyDeletePretty earrings. I know what you mean about the French, I never I was that interested in French anything but it just keeps creeping up on me. Suddenly I like a lot of things French.
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You put out a lovely spread. Thanks for inviting me into your corner of the world. I'm also married to my high school sweetheart (21 years!)
ReplyDeleteThose are some cute earrings! Your page is also way cute! Just stopping in to say hi!
ReplyDeleteCute earrings! I'm glad I joined your party...happy partying around the blogosphere, and hope you have time to drop my mine!
ReplyDeleteHello from Alabama. My name is Mandy and I am mom to a 14 year old boy and almost 3 year old girl. Sorry, I haven't got a blog up and going yet, just lurking and seeing what it's all about. Don't like to feel as though I am spying on people though, so I pop in and let myself be seen. So HI! Nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the litte earrings. Too cute. Happy partying!
Hi Kate,
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed stopping by. I love the earrings...looking forward to bedtime so I can browse around a but more. I used to work with a girl from NZ - she was a hoot!!
Thanks for the party.
Blessings,
Kim
Party greetings from Italy! I just started a Pilates class, too. But for some reason I'm gaining weight instead of losing it. Hope to see you around!
ReplyDeleteYour jewelry is just gorgeous! I loved everything I saw! What a wonderful talent you have!
ReplyDeleteHi! Nice to meet you. Your jewelry is so beautiful - very impressive!
ReplyDeleteKate, I'm happy to meet you, and LOVE your jewelry!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful earrings, and I'm not really a jewellry person. And, New Zealand! Aah, I think most Americans (me included) have serious NZ envy. My favorite trashy romance writer is Susan Napier, and her NZ settings are a big part of the appeal. She's kinda old school, but great.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
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AND THE WINNER IS...
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pamela from happy panda
YIPPEE ZIPPEE!!! huge congrat's to you girl, yeah, it's about time *you* won something after all the work you did on the UBP prizes, i'll be in touch.
mwah X