Thursday, May 27, 2010

SPRING FEVER BLOG BINGO – Day Four

Spring Fever Bingo Day Four

A very late morning to you all!  My apologies … a bit of a laptop virus, and a mouse that won’t behave has made for a very long morning!  But we’ll make it up to you … promise!

Wednesday’s Giveaway

Congratulations to

Deborah from Southern California aka Caitty Quilts

and

Mary from Southern California aka NeedledMom

You’ve each won 10 fat quarters from the Andromeda collection by Paintbrush Studio.

Email us your address and we’ll send them off in a jiffy!
info@thequiltshoppe.net

THURSDAY’S WORDS

egg hunt

petunia

sprinkler

caterpillar

insects

poppy

embroidery

AND …

IN HONOR OF AMANDA’S BIRTHDAY, SHE’S PICKED 7 BONUS WORDS FOR YOU!

nest

bloom

gosling

spring break

candy

rainbow

strawberries

THURSDAY’S GIVEAWAY

Whistlepig Patterns

Today we have three sets of 5 Whistlepig Creek Productions Patterns for three Bingo players !

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway.  Winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Good luck and see you tomorrow!
(Since we’re running so late, we’re skipping the Blog Roll, but will have double tomorrow.)

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Dawn said...

What fun this is. Sorry bout the ghost in the machine.

Nancy said...

OH MY...the insects got into my candy... at least it was sugar-free...

I'm having a great time..

Fernanda said...

I'm not doing very well at all. A total of five so far.

Tina said...

I love EMBROIDERY with BLOOMS...so pretty! 2 words, one from each list. Thanks Amanda for the bonus word! :)

rockgranny said...

I am the first to comment today?! Wow, am I fast.
Two words today, five in total, not bad

PunkiePie (Jen) said...

While working on my EMBROIDERY and eating CANDY, I noticed INSECTS making a NEST in my PETUNIA.

5 words! WOOHOO!!

A Gal Who said...

3 words today!!! Yippeee

Jane said...

Best day yet, five words today

Mary said...

Three more words! Thanks for the birthday bonus ones.

mom said...

Eating strawberries while playing in the sprinkler I saw a nest and wanted to do some embroidery. :)

Karen said...

Those bonus words saved me, otherwise I would not have a word for today!

The strawberries won't fit in the nest.

This is so much fun!

Not Lucy said...

Thank you Amanda! I finally found a NEST in my STRAWBERRIES! I actually did find one when I was weeding my strawberries along with an angry set of Junco parents!

Darlene B said...

Two more today! Thanks for the birthday bonus - hope Amanda has a great day! dsb448@att.net

quiltnmaryf said...

At the end of the California "rainbow", I found a "poppy", a "nest" and "strawberries". Sorry about the rough start to the day, but it was a bonus for me!

Anita said...

Thanks Amanda for the bonus words, I have three today and total of five words.

Cackleberry Homestead said...

Wow - with all of those words I only got one - total is now at nine.

Andrea said...

No words for me today..:( Better luck tomorrow!! I have my fingers and toes crossed!!
Andrea

Ruth said...

Thanks for the bonus words - I got one of those and now have three words total!

Camille said...

No words today, but still having fun!

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Congratulations winners! And Happy birthday to Amanda!~ great words today. :-) The 'insects' made a 'nest' in my 'embroidery' while I was on 'spring break' eating 'strawberries'. :-)) LOL

Anne Ida said...

Happy birthday, Amanda! May your day be as sweet as strawberries (my only word for today)

Gail J said...

I have to finish my RAINBOW EMBROIDERY, Well I have 4 and sure need alot more, THANKS for the bonus Amanda. How long does this last. Till someone gets 25???

Anonymous said...

Yea...2 more words..this is soooo much fun..
teresa@thepricecompanies.com

Unknown said...

Yay, 4 words today! I am embroidering strawberries believe it or not!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the bonus words! It has been slow going!They helped.
Having a good time waiting each day.

Pat said...

One more today...getting words late is better than never:)

PatAnderson2104@cox.net

Marjean said...

Sorry for the computer problems. Just got two words today.

Crafty Maine Mom said...

I got a "candy" Caterpillar" today. Sounds kind of gross to me.

benbel said...

Two words! Thanks to Amanda's bonus. Happy Birthday, Amanda!

Jamie said...

WOOT!!! 3 words today.

mieke from the Netherlands said...

3 Words today. Thank you AMANDA and a happy birthday!! There were 2from your list.
The SPRINKLER watered my STRAWBERRIES and accidentaly the birds NEST

MIEKE

sandyb said...

Well, doing better...but not great.
The pain of not getting many words is compensated by offering a daily prize...thanks for making that available....

Mary U said...

woo hoo Thanks for the bonus words 3 today!! and A Happy Birthday Amanda

Anonymous said...

No words for me today...
Congrats to the winners! ...Karen

sbmeeks said...

What would I have done without the birthday bonus words??? 2 words today, up to a whopping total of 3!

Kaye Prince said...

Woohoo, I'm going to do an *embroidery* with a *poppy* and *strawberries*.

And thank you so much for including me in yesterday's blog roll!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Amanda!
Hope you have a well feathered NEST!

Martina said...

Thanks Amanda, you gave me two words! So great!

Brenda said...

No words at all. Not much fuun yet but hopefully tomorrow I'll do better

Susan said...

My strawberries and my petunias are blooming!

Susan said...

No "insects" in my "nest" today! :) Thanks for the bonus words!

Julie S said...

If I run my SPRINKLER, my POPPY will BLOOM!

Taya@TypeB said...

Four today. Thanks, Amanda, for your great picks!

Sharon@LoftyQuilts.com said...

Happy Birthday Amanda

Trisha said...

Thanks goodness for the bonus words! I wouldn't have had any without them.

Hope you had a great birthday, Amanda!!

Debbie said...

Wow, four more words for me! Nice patterns.

Polly said...

Four words today! Yipee! Polly

Anonymous said...

Thanks to Amanda's bonus words, I got one today:)
tonyav@comcast.net

Janet said...

I found a caterpillar today.

CMEH said...

well I had only two words today and I am now up to 4 words... still fun!!!

anniesmom06 said...

ooooh, I hope my sprinkler doesn't reach the nest of baby birds...

Linda said...

I have some embroidery to finish!!

Margie said...

Thank you for the extra words. Would not have done so good today without them. Crossed off 3 more on my list, but don't scare me next time when I kept getting the post for day 3. Thought I'd done something wrong and had lost you!!!

janieg said...

There's four today......the first four.
A CATERPILLER is in the STRAWBERRIES, looking at the RAINBOW.....all the while working on her EMBROIDERY.

This is great fun!

Janice said...

One more word. Woohoo

isispx said...

woohoo! The "caterpillar" crawls on my "embroidery" as I start up the "sprinkler".

Carrie P. said...

Three words today. embroidery, nest, and insects.
Congrats to the winners.

Bonnie E said...

Happy Birthday Amanda, I got 3 from your list and 1 other. On SPRING BREAK I saw a RAINBOW while I did STRAWBERRIES EMBROIDERY. I now have 5 total--Yippeee!!!

Unknown said...

Loads of fun, I have a candy covered rainbow:))

Loose Threads said...

Happy Birthday Amanda! No "Rainbow's" today it is too cold but looking forward to a nice bowl of "Stawberries"!!
4 words to date - slow but sure.

Mike and Jen said...

Thanks for the bonus words today! Did you ever think to look during the egg hunt for the candy eggs that I hid in the nest? ;-)

Marcia W. said...

Today with the bonus was a solid 5. Can Amanda have a birthday draw tomorrow too? This is sooo much fun.

Momtomanda said...

I get to see lots of California "poppies". 6 all told. Yah

Susan Entwistle said...

Excited to get embroidery, Miss Amanda rewards me with strawberries in bloom! Thanks, now I'm back on track with an average of a word a day. Yippee!

Jess in Progress said...

Woohoo! I finally got three words! Treasure at the end of a rainbow :)

GroverFamily said...

Two words thanks to Amanda's Birthday!
While I was eating "strawberries" I saw that there was a little bird "nest" in the tree.

esquiltingpassion said...

This is such fun, I got 2 words today, embroidery and poppy, and I found one from the other day that I didn't cross off, sweet pea. I got 4 words. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!!!
Elaine

Deb said...

There were catepillars in my strawberry bushes and a rainbow over my embroidery hoop. I can't believe I got so many words today - four!! This is so much fun!

The Other Mom said...

While on my egg hunt, I found a nest of embroidery.
behegna

Lesly said...

How can I get no words out of 14? I'm really behind the curve! Happy birthday, Amanda!

Paula Lynn said...

I got so excited to see all the words...and I only have one. Total of five words for me. I don't know how I'm going to make it waiting for tomorrows words! Maybe I'll go to bed early. :)

Sheila said...

Well I have four today , that makes a total of five for me so a long way from calling bingo but I am having fun anyway ;)

Linda said...

Boo Hoo--nothing new!!
Linda
rbrock894@comcast.net

For Quilting said...

not a single one today.. atleast my seam picking skills are better than my random word picking skills :-)

Sinta Renee said...

Looks like I got here as slow as a caterpillar today! Thanks to the birthday girl... I can curl up in my nest and be happy with getting two words today! Happy birthday week Amanda!

CatQuilter said...

Bummer - no words today! I LOVE the patterns in today's giveaway.

Robin said...

yay I got two today! Thanks for the bonus words : )

QuiltSue said...

I'm not doing too well at the moment. Perhaps tomorrow will be bloom-in good?

Linda in Calif. said...

Another one today - Poppy. This is like taking my morning vitamin - One a Day!! LOL!! Okay, at least I think I'm funny.

Abby and Stephanie said...

As I was picking fresh STRAWBERRIES I spied a NEST and a POPPY

Anonymous said...

i got 4 words today all in the bonus words. thanks goodness for those. They were strawberries, canedy, rainbow and nest.

Donna Shields
whtetiger24@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Having so much fun eating strawberries while doing my embroidery.
jzelch@kc.rr.com

Libby said...

Happy Birthdya Amanda..........3 words today. My little grandaughters will love playing in the "sprinkler" after picking "strawberries" since they weren't ripe at "spring break".

arlette said...

I'm glad you're here already and have kicked those bugs away, hope they don't appear anymore, I got 2 words today!!!

Cyndi loves to stitch said...

only POPPY for me, even with bonus words. But still not doing too bad, I have at 6 out of 35. I'm sure I could still be at 0 for 35 as I'm sure some may be. Thanks for the links to visit other people's blogs! Found some intersting things!!! Cyndi

Laurie said...

Thank you for the extra words, birthday girl!

Claire said...

I love sitting in a field full of "poppy" flowers, eating my large "strawberries" while looking up at the "rainbow" in the sky.

Mrs. JP said...

Happy Birthday Amanda!! I hope you day is a happy one. Thanks for the extra word. Now I have 3!
I'm sorry about the laptop virus! YUK.
There was a rainbow after the thunderstorm on my vegetables!

Rory/Grama said...

thanks to Amanda's bonus words, I did get one today.sadr

Katie Bishop said...

I got 6 of the 7 bonus words! yea for birthdays!

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Now I have 5 yay me!!

brandy.young@hotmail.com

MOMENTS Designs said...

WOW I had 3 words today! I am on a roll...only 19 to go ...LOL

KaHolly said...

One, two, three,
Yay for me!
My reward for waiting
patiently.

Sarah said...

4 words now - only 21 to go. ;)

Patty said...

Only one for me to day. Embroidery.

Anonymous said...

I must be at the bottom of the barrel....I only have three words so far!

Regan
kanaley@dishmail.net

dz said...

Happy Happy Birthday Amanda! donnaz

Joanne Deschenes, Savannah, GA said...

Well, I am doing better with the words, but for some reason, I didn't get an e-mail today... Good thing I remembered !!!

Anonymous said...

Well 4 words so far.. Happy Birthday Amanda. I will embroider a poppy today, free of insects! Very fun.
Joanne M
gogojojo@ca.rr.com

KarenOjai said...

I only have rainbows in my cloudy sky today. Only 4 words so far :(

Taira said...

I like to embroidery but I don't like all of insects! I got 2 words today :)

jeans said...

Thanks for the bonus words. I love strawberries.

schmidt1016 said...

Even with the extra words, I only got one today. But that's better than nothing!
Leslie S. in MN
esclante [at] comcast [dot] net

Lynn said...

mmm strawberries

Unknown said...

I got 2 more!

fairlight said...

One more word today. It's really hot, think i will run in the sprinkler with the grandkids!

darsfo said...

Wow, 4 words today, thanks to bonus words. The gosling flew over the rainbow, eating candy and doing embroidery. Honk, honk.

Katie Favara said...

I was unable to update or comment yesterday. But, between the two days, I'm well on my way.

I enjoy hiking to look at the wildflowers in bloom, just before I sit around working on my latest embroidery project while my husband mans the barbecue.

VickiT said...

Oh wow! What a wonderful prize today. Those are great patterns.

Is it bad that I had CANDY for my lunch? And I'm super excited because we bought 4lbs of strawberries yesterday to make a new recipe I found for a STRAWBERRY cobbler. It must be good because it's a Paula Deen recipe. YUM

Sharrieboberry said...

We ate lots of CANDY on SPRING BREAK!

Annette said...

Thank heavens for those bonus words...that gave me delicious strawberries!

Loralynn said...

Boo, hoo...no words today!

Jamie said...

Two words today! Thank you for the bonus words!

Hand Quilting Nana said...

Four words today. Eight in total.

I really enjoy this.

Linda

mkay said...

Happy Birthday girl thanks for the extra words the birds all have a nest now.

pamsgram said...

Today I think I will do some embroidery. Maybe a rainbow or a flower bloom.

Pat said...

Thanks, Amanda, for having a birthday. That made two words today.

Pat said...

I have one more word today. I love the Whistlepig patterns. Hope I am a winner.

Laine said...

I love to have some candy while I do embroidery work.

Unknown said...

Just a poppy today...

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for the extra words! What a great reverse Birthday gift! Yesterday was a zero but today I saw a caterpillar and petunia, and I had candy and strawberries! 4 words, what a day!

Darlene said...

Sorry about the rough start but glad to 'see' you. Thank you for the bonus words woohoo!

Two today for me! Bloom & embroidery.

Sabine said...

Woohoo, 4 more words, thanks to the extra's for Amanda's birthday :-) Still 19 to go :-)

^A^ngel said...

Just came for the CANDY!! LOL ;-)

Thanks for the bonus words!!

Hugs,

^A^ngel♥

nicoledemana crafts said...

omg two more words today keep picking mine out it makes my day. I can change my words to pink from black and it looks so pretty too

Jayne Honnold said...

Would love to win a pattern! I have mislocated my list of words, so I will have to report in later with the # of matches I've had!

Thanks for such a great game.
Jayne

dollquilter said...

I'm on a roll, I got 3 today. Those "strawberries" are delicious!

annemarie said...

I sure did not pick the right words = woe is me!!

Joyce said...

My petunia is purple.
Joyce
biljoy@hotmail.com

Dandelion Quilts said...

:) Anyone getting close yet? I earned another one.

Nancy said...

Happy Birthday, Amanda! Your bonus words gave me one more word today for a grand total of.......2! But I'm still having fun!

Quilt Monkey said...

From all those words I still only got one! Six total for me.

Gene Black said...

Happy birthday to Amanda!!!!

A RAINBOW and STRAWBERRIES make my NEST a nice place to be.

SewLindaAnn said...

Wow only 4 words in 4 days, at least I'm consistent!

Anonymous said...

Two more for today. Thanks
Julie
jaaverill@aol.com

Laila L S said...

Only two words today, thanks for the birthday bonus words. They made my day. And happy birthday to Amanda!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I am up to 4 now. There is a NEST at the end of my RAINBOW

Unknown said...

I got 4 words today:)

LynnEl Springer said...

I saw a caterpillar during my spring break! Yahoo! 2 more words, but only have 4 total so far. I guess 1 a day keeps the dr. away! Right?

LynnEl Springer said...

And Happy Birthday, Amanda!

Vicki ♥ said...

I was worried the 'caterpillar' might want to crawl over my 'embroidery', but it didnt. So two words for me today :) Thanks :)

Anonymous said...

Flowers are in "bloom" at the end of the "rainbow."

Thanks, Amanda, for the extra words! - Happy Birthday!

Danielle
MsDaniC@aol.com

beehappyquilts said...

Got three words today. Love this game. Contratulations to our winners today. See ya'll tomorrow.

joan said...

Three words today....I have not yet done an embroidery project but I hope to soon. A happy birthday to Amanda and thank you for the extra words...Hope she had a rainbow day and lots of candy!

Anonymous said...

First day without getting any words...always tomorrow.
Lisa
lmsachs@comcast.net

Dresden Quilter said...

I hope at the end of the rainbow, there is a sprinkler. It has been so hot here!

Darlene's Quilts and Stuff said...

Wow two more today I hope your virus is goner. Thanbks for the bonus words
Darlene

Petra said...

yyeesss...now it's starting: under the rainbow I sat and ate my strawberries whilst working on my embroidery....After rain comes sunshine!
Groetjes,
Petra
petra.waals@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

At the end of the rainbow was a nest full of insects. Wow 3 words today, thank you for the bonus words and Happy Birthday Amanda.

Robin (RsIslandCrafts) said...

I saw a cute embroidery pattern of a caterpillar over at the DMC blog.

Nancy said...

Wow! Thanks Amanda I got three of the bonus words.

Maggie78 said...

Happy Birthday, Amanda! Nothing from the main list, but your list rocks! From my nest, I spotted a rainbow the other day. None in the garden, but some strawberries are lurking in my freezer!

EvilQueen1645 said...

Nothing today. Wow. Oh, well. Happy Birthday Amanda! Have a great day.

Karla in Oregon said...

Wow only one word today good thing I like strawberries.

Karla
kreinhart2147@hotmail.com

peggy said...

I am happy for the bonus words because that is where I picked up two words today!!

Victoria said...

Just one little gosling crossed my path. Oh, dear! That only makes 3in four days.

Jackie said...

only 1 regular word and 1 bonus word- that's only 6 so far.

Anonymous said...

Eating strawberries while doing embroidery and watching for rainbows. Kerry dkfacey@yahoo.com

Deborah said...

Out of all those words none for me today.Tomorrow may be better.

Jeads123 said...

2 more today - Thank you Amanda for the extra picks!!

Cecilia said...

Happy Birthday Amanda! I only have one word. Oh well, maybe tomorrow will be better.

Joy said...

I've got 6 altogether ... doing ok :o). Having fun!!!!!
Hugs,
Joy :o)

Anonymous said...

Only one word today -- but still having fun.

Charlotte
charlotte.chidester@verizon.net

Louise Maskill said...

None for me either today. I expect I'll be putting in a late surge in the next few days (fingers crossed!)...

;)

Celine said...

Happy birthday Amanda, I will be eating STRAWBERRIES in your honour while watching the hungry CATERPILLAR (working with that fabric at the moment)
Celine in UK

Kathryn said...

A good day for me, I added 4 words for a total of 5. Kathie L in Allentown

Wendy said...

Happy Birthday to Amanda!! I got "candy" for Amanda's birthday :) Thank you!!

Nancy said...

3 words today! Thanks for the bonus words!

Anonymous said...

My Family is known as the RAINBOW Family. (3)
bettyupthehill@verizon.net

Betty said...

Just two more words for a total of four now.

Val Laird said...

My rainbow embroidery is looking great, but what's that caterpillar eating?

Annie said...

4 days=4 words. Oh well. Thank goodness I have a garden to distract me this weekend. Perhaps if I kneel to the garden gods!

Lee D said...

oh great patterns to be given away!! did you know that petunia is the wettest word in the dictionary!!!!

Janelle said...

Yay, four words today!! The odds are in my favour today! The caterpillar is sitting on a poppy nest of strawberries. Now that would make an interesting drawing! I'm finding these words very inspiring.

~Kris~ said...

Three more words today. Thanks for the bonus!

Tudy said...

ot 2 words today and had one so that makes 3 in total. Not a very good start but it will get better.

Becky said...

Thanks so much for the bonus words! A few more words on my "bingo" card today. Have a great day!

Sally said...

I think I'll use my EMBROIDERY machine to put some STRAWBERRIES on a shirt. That gives me a total of 6 so far. Thanks and Happy Happy Birthday, Amanda!

Sweet Pea's Garden said...

Wow, out of 14 words today I only got 2! And there's a caterpillar on my strawberries!

Ione said...

Let's hear it for Amanda!!(Personally I think she should choose the words more often.) Well, recently I saw a robin's nest in the backyard tree and it just put me in the mood for a spring break. Let me tell you I did really enjoy that--I ate strawberries all day,every day--yummy, my favorite fruit.

Shelley said...

I love to see a rainbow!

Anonymous said...

Yipee! 3 words today.

Marie in Oregon
mariebeers@msn.com

The Patch Craft said...

Today's project is to make STRAWBERRIES in my EMBRIODERY class.

How's everyone doing?

Michelle Thompson said...

Two more words today. Happy Birthday Amanda!

Anonymous said...

Oooo I got three words today. Thasnk you for the bonus words and Happy Birthday!

Cheryl
eckypucky@yahoo.com

Patty said...

Woo Hoo, I got my first 3 words!!

LisaK said...

Three's a charm for today!
LisaK

kerrykatiecakes2 said...

Only one word today - gosling!
Hugs,
Kerry
kerrykatiecakeskeb43@gmail.com

SheilaC said...

Good thing for the bonus words, helped me get 2 today :)

Happy Birthday!

SheilaC

Stacy Lindblom said...

My candy hopped into the buttercup!

Becky Reeder said...

Watering my poppy with my sprinkler!

rebeckylinn@yahoo.com

Skipper said...

I chose the wrong words. Only 1 again today - caterpillar to match the quilt I just finished!

Anonymous said...

woohoo, got some more! Thank you for extra words.

Pamela
Jpcutting@bigpond.com

Dawn said...

One more little' insect' crawling on my page...

Ptquilter said...

Thanks to Amanda I ended up with 2 more words today. The chocolate covered "strawberries" taste just like "candy"!! Happy Birthday!!

Darlene said...

Happy Birthday Amanda! I got a couple of more words, but still a ways away from winning...

Anonymous said...

Somewhere over the rainbow....

Suzie Stone
suziq82@sbcglobal.net

Anonymous said...

Thank you Amanda-three words from your bonus picks. Happy Birthday again.

Anonymous said...

I guess I will play in the SPRINKLER since I only had one word today!
bevvreeland@yahoo.com

Christine M said...

Even with 14 words, I could only see a rainbow!

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