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Wow! I won!

April 2, 2007

I can’t tell you how excited I was to wake up this morning and find out that my bird with gold wings won a Softie Award!  Nearly 3,500 people voted. It is so wonderful to know that there are that many people out there who really are interested in handmade soft toys.  Making toys makes me so happy and winning this award is really so exciting for me.  A big thank you goes out to Therese who organized this amazing contest.  She secured excellent judges and excellent prizes. All her communications were really professional and she was so well-organized.  Thank you for everything, Therese!

In other news, I am busy busy busy packaging up orders from my show.  If you bought a piece rest assured that I am getting everything wrapped and packed up (my order from ULine came in – so excellent) and will be making numerous evening trips to the post office this week and next (good thing our post office is open until 7:00 pm).

If you celebrate Passover, Chag Sameach. If not, have a great night! 

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Comments

  1. Julie says

    April 2, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    Congratulations! I just love that beautiful bird.

  2. stephanie s says

    April 2, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    i saw that last night just before i went to bed… congratulations abby, so so deserved!

  3. julie says

    April 2, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    well I’m not surprised at all! Congratulations, it is certainly most deserved!!

  4. Laurie says

    April 2, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    Congratulations, Abby!!

  5. amanda says

    April 2, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    yay!! so very deserved. Congratulations to you!!

  6. Shelagh says

    April 2, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    hurray for you!!!!
    happy passover!

  7. Dana says

    April 2, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Huge congratulations!!!

  8. Jen says

    April 2, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    Congrats! I voted and of course for your bird! YAY!!

  9. Madeline says

    April 2, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Congrats! I voted for your gorgeous bird! Well deserved win.

  10. moki says

    April 2, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    congrats abby!

  11. Lynn in Tucson says

    April 2, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    A Happy Passover to you, too! And a mazel tov for the Softie Award!
    Your menu sounded delicious (I’ve yet to cook the whole thing myself). But we’re celebrating tomorrow night and I have cakes to bake!

  12. Vickie C says

    April 2, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    Congratulations! It’s nice to be recognized isn’t. But I’m not surprised. You have so many nice designs.

  13. erin says

    April 2, 2007 at 9:35 pm

    congrats!

  14. isabel f. says

    April 3, 2007 at 7:55 am

    congratulations! you deserved, your bird is beautiful, i voted him.wow

  15. allison says

    April 3, 2007 at 8:02 am

    simply awesome!

  16. Amelie says

    April 3, 2007 at 9:14 am

    congrats! You certainly do deserve it 🙂

  17. Mama Urchin says

    April 3, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    Congrats! and I can’t wait to see my purchases from your show in person.

  18. Amanda says

    April 3, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Congrats! That’s so exciting!
    And thanks for the tip about the matzoh ball soup mix, we tried it yesterday and it was great. And much easier than the alternative!

  19. Miss Dot says

    April 3, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    I voted him to! you deserved to win with him, he was beautiful, as usual 🙂 well done

  20. lisa says

    April 4, 2007 at 1:50 am

    i am not at all surprised, abby. these birds are just amazing.

  21. Florence Forrest says

    April 4, 2007 at 9:12 am

    I just found out!!! Congratulations Abby 😀
    xx

  22. sulu-design says

    April 11, 2007 at 11:04 pm

    I’m so happy for you! Congratulations.

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