Time for a Book Giveaway!!

I know it is so cliche, but time really does fly right by. It might not seem like it if you are counting down days or minutes to something, but when you reflect even a little bit, you realize how true it is...

It's almost the middle of June already when just the other day I was wishing the snow away! With all of that said, I am thoroughly thankful for these gorgeous sunny days, chirping birds and bright colorful flowers!!

It feels like the time is right for a book giveaway! Not just any book, but my book, A Bead in Time! :) I know...you saw that coming!

Please feel free to leave a comment of any sort on this post over the next week, making sure that if I click on your name, it will take me to a profile for contacting you. If not, please leave an email address just in case. I will announce the winner a week from tomorrow.

Now, what led me to think about the fact it was time to do a giveaway was my recent shopping trip through the Firemountain Gems catalog this week.

After I shared the aqua rectangle on Thursday's post, I was getting ready to close out of the online catalog when I saw two of the fabulous beads I used in a project for the book!

Here are the Celestial Crystal faceted leaf beads that I used and the funny thing is when I ordered the beads for the project, I only had a very minimal idea of what I wanted to do to represent fall and the "falling leaves" of that season here in Ohio.

I had a great picture taken from the backyard of a pile of colorful yellow and brown leaves, but couldn't find the beads I needed to represent them.

I hadn't paid attention to the size of these beads when I ordered them and was shocked when they came that they were so large... a whopping 30x24mm. I was bummed out, but after a couple days decided to see what they might look like and I was so glad I didn't give up on them.

I love the way the project turned out and believe it was destiny!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!! :)