Say "I love you" with...

...Gocco? One of the things I love about my husband is his original taste in presents. He listens and he thinks. Sometimes people don't understand, they miss the true romance in a present that is chosen carefully to fit the uniqueness of me. Some of my favourite weird presents over the years have been... a pre-paid London travel card to celebrate my independence and sense of adventure... a 14 year-old TV Guide so I could look up what movie I was watching with his parents the morning after he proposed (it was driving me crazy trying to remember)... a video game that I really wanted (people assume it was one of those presents that was 'really' for him, but he doesn't play)... Troll beads chosen without hints for touchingly personal reasons. And now, for Valentine's Day, a Print Gocco - a very retro, neat little machine that does postcard sized screen prints. It's still being shipped, so I can't show you any results yet, but it is making us laugh in amongst all the adverts for roses, diamonds, champagne, etc. We don't usually do Valentine's Day, but because of 'the Plan' we wanted to celebrate the choices we've made in our lives lately. I gave him a scrapbook of all his grandparents, aunts and uncles I made from the slides I scanned at his folks.

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One World - One Heart Winners!

DaTAda-daTAda-DA!
(Well, that's how it sounds in my head anyway.)

Now that it is officially Valentine's day everywhere, I will draw my winners. I am going to use this random number generator because nobody is home to help and the cat is asleep. The first number picked will win the first vessel (brown and pink) and the second number will win the second vessel (pink and green).

First out of the hat... Pattio.
Second out of the hat... She.

Congratulations! I'm sad it's over and sad that more people couldn't have won. Do check out the enormous list of participants over at One World - One Heart. Even after the drawing, these blogs have a lot to offer. I met some amazing bloggers over the past week.

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More felt to give away!

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Well, your chances have just doubled. With 60 comments, I have made another vessel as pledged. This one is in spring-inspired colours, pale pink, with fuschia and jade. I think the first name out of the pot gets the first felted pot and the second name gets the second vessel, but I might give the first name the choice, I'm not sure yet. If you want to play, comment here.

Updated with new photos, I felted it some more and I like it better now.

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