Sunday 29 April 2012

We Have A Winner!

The draw for the goldfish in the lightbulb has just taken place, using the ultimate in high-tech equipment. Paper and pen.....
.....scissors, followed by.......
....folding!  Placing in a handmade papier mache bowl!
The superbly crafted random generator....Stacie!  (She's my daughter and believe me, nothing could be more random than a ticket picked by her!)
The winning name is CAREN - if you could get in touch with me at the e-mail address at the top of the page, I will get the goldfish wrapped up and sent to you asap - let's all cross our fingers that it makes the journey to wherever it is going in one piece!

Unfortunately, two weeks on and Caren never got in touch,so I had a re-draw and the winner is Marrisa Brenton...who sent me her address very fast and will be getting a fish in the post!

I have just ordered lots of different coloured crochet cotton with a view to making more mini sea creatures for stuffing into lightbulbs.  I have taken on board the suggestions for different little critters and will be definitely attempting (note *attempting*) octopi and seahorses - the seahorse was on my list anyway, who can resist a seahorse!  Give me some time though as I still have a mountain of commissions that I am slowly working my way through - is there a medical condition called Knitter's Strain, 'cos I think I'm developing it...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Caren!

Sue Doran said...

Lucky Caren, I have been away for a week and you've done SO much on your blog during then, I'm sorry I missed out on entering!

Anonymous said...

I don't know if anyone has suggested this. But you could take the bulb to someplace like UPS and ask them how they would pack the bulb to ship. Just a thought.

Magpie Magic said...

:-( Ohhh. I missed out. Congrats to Caren. I like the idea of asking UPS or someone like that to ask how to pack something. Another thing to consider is how bulbs are packed in the first place - i.e. with a sort of cardboard structure around them to keep the glass away from the edges. xoxo

Soggibottom said...

Huge congratulations to Caren... one lucky little fishy :-) X X X