Today Is My Actual Birthday!!

We've been celebrating for almost two weeks, and now the day has finally arrived. Yes, I was born on December 12th....and we'll just leave the actual year a mystery ;)
I was not raised Catholic, but decided to convert after my husband and I were married. It was all my own idea. I felt it would be good for our marriage. It has been. Some years ago, I was taking Spanish lessons and the teacher found out that my birthday is December 12th. She was so excited and asked me if I knew the significance. No, I had no idea. She told me that December 12th is the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe and that it is truly a blessing for a family to have a child born on this day. I was intrigued, so I did a little research and the more I learned, the more I came to feel honored that I would have Our Lady of Guadalupe as my patron saint. In my house, she is also known as Our Lady In The Wall. I'll share that story with you this upcoming Sunday night. Suspense!!!
So on to the giving of presents!! Today's winner is a fellow Texan  

Linda makes lovely things and shares them on her blog, http://seamswell.blogspot.com/ Congratulations Linda!!! 

Now for today's pretty pictures. I think I am going to have to make myself a plaid jacket as I just love the one below. Yes, the shoulders are a little exaggerated, but the blue and white mixed with the yellow is just so lovely. Notice the bias trim around the edge of the jacket. Beautiful!

I have 11 more illustrations to give away. The last will be given on December 23rd. As I've said, the odds are pretty good, far better than the lottery. If you have yet to enter and would like a chance to win, here's the scoop....
1. You must be a follower of the blog through some vehicle be it my little follower box, bloglovin, feedly or some other reader. Just let me know how you follow.
2. Leave a comment on this post. You only need to leave one comment. Once you leave a comment, you will not have to continue to leave comments as your name will stay in the box until you win. Once you win, your name will be removed.
3. Be sure to check back each day to see if you have won. If you do win, please email me at sewbussted@yahoo.com with your address so I can get your prize in the mail. I will give you 3 days to respond. If at that time I have not heard from you, I will draw a new name.

Wishing you all a wonderful day!!!

Rhonda