I have never won anything. So you can imagine my utter shock (if you've been so lucky as to experience it) when it was announced on Tara Whitney's photography blog that I won a camera bag! A Ketti bag, to be exact!
I. Could. Not. Believe. It.
ME??? Did her announcement actually read "And the winner is.... PAULETTE STEWART!!!"
I was beaming the entire day. No matter what I did, my face was fixed in a grin. I'm so excited about it, I made a freebie to celebrate! But first, here are some pictures of my new camera bag (which is complete with awesome compartments inside for holding lenses and a body)...
Isn't it lovely? It's the Berry bag. Ahhhhh.... love!
And it has the cutest little feet...
And hardware!
My sister made fun of me when I visited her in Texas this summer bc I had a camera bag the size of a suitcase (a Crumpler "Seven Million Dollar Home" bag) that I lugged with me everywhere. She let me cram my stuff into her fancy Coach bag instead, so I wouldn't look like a tourist. Now she can walk next to me and not pretend she doesn't know me!
Anyway, I am a very happy girl for winning such a prize. If you have something to celebrate (or you know someone who does!), maybe you'd like to stitch this little chart - if you can sit still long enough to do it. :)
Here is the actual .pdf to click (don't click on the image): Download Woot.
Use whatever color - or color combinations - you want! Perhaps you'd like this way...
Or what about this?
Maybe you'd like to celebrate your independence...
Or help a loved one celebrate theirs!
Please note these changes from the original chart:
1. The patriotic version uses white/ecru to "line" the inside of the flag, which is not shown on the printout.
2. The "pink" version does not have the breast cancer awareness ribbon on the printout, but is easily duplicated by referring back to the above image, or by stitching the ribbon your own way.
(Btw, I think a great gift idea to give to a breast cancer survivor would be one of The Attic's Recipes for a Cure cookbooks, along with the "pink" version stitched into a small pillow or ornament. This is by no means a plug, but just an idea. And there are other fabulous charts out there to choose from if you're not fond of this one, of course!)
(I really hope I didn't sound presumptuous with my idea!)
Anyway, I'm off to go sit with my new Ketti bag in my lap. Maybe I'll go rearrange the contents again, just bc it's fun.
Or maybe I should lay off the caffeine.
Enjoy your weekend!
P.S. Here is Tara Whitney's blog, and here is Ketti Handbags. :)
Woot, woot to you and congrats.
I love the bag too. Enjoy.
Sheryl
Posted by: Sheryl Hicks | November 20, 2010 at 08:30 AM
Paulette, I'm so happy for you! It's nice to know famous people get as excited as us plain people when winning. It's the little things that really make us happy. ~Kathleen
Posted by: Kathleen | November 20, 2010 at 08:53 AM
Kathleen,
Famous people? Oh girl, you almost made me spit coffee out on my monitor! LOL
Paulette
Posted by: Paulette | November 20, 2010 at 08:57 AM
may i have your autograph! :)
seriously, CONGRATULATIONS on that fantastic camera bag! how much camera do you have? i only have a little point and shoot so the carrier i bought is about a 1/4 of the size of that bag!
but what a great win!!!
LLLLLY!!!
Posted by: joann tx | November 20, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Congrats on your win! The bag is beautiful!
Posted by: Valerie | November 20, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations, I am sure you deserved such a wonderful prize. Thanks also for the freebie charts, you spoil us (not that I am complaining of course)!!
Posted by: Constantina H | November 20, 2010 at 02:23 PM
Congratulations on the win! What a great camera bag!! So pretty! And thanks for the freebie -- love it -- so cute!
Posted by: Margaret | November 20, 2010 at 02:38 PM
Congratulations! I love the bag. It is almost to cute to carry a camera. I never win either. So glad that your luck has changed. Congrat's.
Posted by: connie | November 20, 2010 at 07:10 PM
Congratulations Paulette! I rarely win anything too so I can understand your excitement! And such a lovely prize too!! Woot woot!! Thanks for the free chart. I truly love your designs!! I'm about to finish my last chemo treatment for breast cancer, so I just might stitch this pink chart for myself!
Posted by: DJ | November 20, 2010 at 07:41 PM
Whoo-hoo! Congrats on a fabulous win! My bag is like a back-pack --- at least that way hubby will carry it sometimes for me. Can't imagine him carrying a bag as pretty as this one though!
Posted by: Catherine | November 21, 2010 at 06:46 PM
I want one! That bag is amazing.
Thanks for the excellent chart. I need a woot pillow of my own!
Posted by: Katie | November 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Congrats for this wonderful bag and thanks for the chart.
Hugs
Posted by: Pilar | November 24, 2010 at 01:47 AM
wahou!!!! beautiful bags i'm so jealous that my face is green :D,
bravo to you!
and i suppose that i'm a little late, but just in case happy thanksgiving to you and your whole family!! gros bisous!! ans thanks again for your explanations for the recpes and american meseaure (grrr don't know if you see what i mean !!)
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Friendship is in my life a lamp which lights up my soul.
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