It's nearly December ... really not sure what happened to November!

It's nearly time for AdvenTea ... it has totally sneaked up on me

I have a couple of packs left and I know this is last minute, but I am going to do a quick giveaway of one of them.



This giveaways only for a day and will be drawn tomorrow morning

If you don't know about AdvenTea you can find out about it :: HERE ::


To enter, just follow this blog and leave a comment saying which is your favourite cuppa tea ... mine is either bog standard tea or apple and pear green tea. - don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you (email, twitter name etc)

UK entries only for this giveaway, sorry

remember you can join in with AdvenTea buy buying your own teas if you wish ... here is the list of teas we are using. ... we will be meeting up on facebook and on our blog every day through Advent.

I will do the draw using a random generator tomorrow morning.
Good luck :)

update :: 29.11.12
Thank you both for entering, (Teri and Karen) I will send you both an AdvenTea pack :)
enjoy x

giveaway closed

Thank you everyone who entered and tweeted my giveaway ...... my little blog reached 60 gfc followers today ... **happy dance!**

using a random generator I have done the draw including your tweet entries too ... and the winner of the sterling silver & glass star bangle is ...


.... BADSCHNOODLES! Congrats ... I will be in touch :)

Thank you again everyone for entering ... I hope you will continue to follow my blog and watch this space as I am sure there will be more giveaways coming soon x
Happy Monday everyone!

and here are some of my phone photos over the last couple of weeks ... and yes, that is a runner bean ... it was the first of the crop and I ate it ;)


you can follow me on instagram @mariainthewood

My dads 12 string ... listening to him play it is one of my oldest memories!

These are the ones I didn't pick ...

If you would like to join in and link up, please pop over to our FRIENDSHIP VIGNETTES blog ... next weeks theme is HEAT.

We also have a GIVEAWAY on at the moment ... every time you join us and link up in the next 7 weeks you are in with a chance to win some goodies!

Whats with all this weather?? Isn't it miserable! To cheer everyone up I am having a giveaway ...
This sweet sterling silver bangle has a pretty silver lined glass star, freshwater pearl and silver flower cluster on it.
It has been made by me and the bangle measures 5cm x 6cm (inside measurements) and the R.R.P. is £25.00
To enter my giveaway, just follow this blog and comment on this post, telling me what you do when its rainy to cheer yourself up. Please remember to let me know of a way to contact you, blog address, twitter name or email etc. thanks :)
This giveaway is open to everyone, world wide.
I will do the draw using a random generator when I reach 60 followers.
For an extra entry, tweet a link to this giveaway and don't forget to mention my twitter name @mariaslittleowl
Good luck!

About a month ago they planted about 40 apple trees in the park where Dilly-dog and I go for a walk ... they are only little still and supported by posts. They have recently all come out in blossom even though all the blossom in the hedgerows and other trees seems to have gone ... pretty pink blossom ... so my phone has been working overtime snapping shots of prettiness!


its going to be gorgeous there when they are bigger ... like an orchard ... well it is an orchard I guess :)


Thank you everyone who wanted 6 weeks free advertising on my blog and for following me  ... here are the 6 winners ...

Congratulations! I will be emailing you in a bit with details :)

I hope you will pop back on Sunday to meet the first winner!

I would like to offer 6 of you the chance to advertise your blog/shop/website on my blog for 6 weeks ......... for FREE!

This giveaway will include an ad on the top right hand side of my blog, that will be rotated every week so you all get the chance to be at the top ... a feature each Sunday on one of you (taking it in turns) where you can chat about yourself, promote your blog/site/shop and I will tweet to promote you too.
To be in with a chance to win this FREE advertising:

• LEAVE A COMMENT on this post and include a link to your blog/shop/site that you would like to advertise
• FOLLOW my blog

The 6 weeks FREE advertising will run from 20th May - 30th June.

I will pick the winners on Tuesday 15th May (using a random generator) so the winners have a chance to get their adverts ready.
N.B. Sites with adult content will not be included.

yey, I have 20 lovely followers on my blog **happy dance!**


So I have used the random generator to pick a winner from my comments on my giveaway post ... and the winner is ... MARIA ... (great name by the way! hehe)

Thank you everyone for following and entering ... I will be having more giveaways so watch this space!
Have a good Sunday and CONGRATUALTIONS Maria on winning, I will be in touch :)

I am having a little-ickle-tiny GIVEAWAY!


If you would like to win these pretty sterling silver & glass beaded earrings all you have to do is follow this blog and leave a comment after this post!
For an extra chance to win you can follow me on twitter @mariainthewood and tweet this giveaway

I hope you will enter and spread the word!
I will do the draw when I reach 20 followers