Today we are featuring the
Holiday Traditions
and
great GIVEAWAYS
of
Bari J
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Dara DiMagno
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Elyse Major
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Bari J shares …
"Every year at Thanksgiving, my family makes knishes, which are a fried dough stuffed with potatoes.
This started back with my Great Grandmother, Ida.
She was apparently quite a joker. One year, apparently for her own entertainment, she decided to stuff one knish with cotton instead of potato just to see the reaction of the person who got it. Turns out, the joke is funny every time. This tradition has been going on in our family for 50+ years.
No one ever remembers as they are eating the delicious knishes that they might get one with cotton in it. And every time without fail, the look on the person's face who does bite into it is worth it's weight in gold."
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Bari is offering these FOUR patterns to one lucky commenter!
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Dara shares …
"My "holiday tradition" memory is quite funny. When we were young (probably through elementary school), my brother and I were dragged away from our newly acquired presents and treasures on Christmas morning to travel to my aunt
Wow – very cool!! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful women with such fun traditions!!! Love it!
What is a knish??? I’m off to google it!
Thanks for the giveaway – I love Bari’s patterns
Gill
So happy to see Dara and Elyse on here. I won a necklace from Dara and her work is wonderful. I have purchased QUEENIE
Chris Gerke
..traditions make someone special and very kind,i love them!.Beautiful creations by beautiful women ..have a nice day,thanks!.Lilybets.
fun! thanks, beth
Love all the stories!!! Thanks for the chance to win some of these gorgeous goodies!
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And…. I have the WWC 12 Days image on my blog sidebar :)
What a great way to start my day! Thanks for the offerings, talented ladies!
I follow WWC!
I have made reading the twelve day of Where Women Create my morning routine :) Thanks ladies!
Oh my heavens I loved readying these traditions, the cotton one just really made me laugh.
Thank you ladies for sharing some of your special memories. I will never think of Rudolph the same again.
I love reading about other peoples traditions. It inspires me to start new ones of my own.
Thanks ladies for sharing your traditions and offering such lovely giveaways!
I have the button on the sidebar of my blog.
Wow…I own a Dara necklace and it is beautiful. Loving these holiday stories.
great traditions! I love Christmas time, and all the traditions that go with it. I adore Elyse’s tinkered treasures too.
The button is on my sidebar too!
Thank you ladies for sharing traditions! I love reading these every morning with my coffee! happy holidays!
Such talent.Thanks so much for sharing!
Such wonderful, interesting traditions.
I just loved reading the delightful traditions, old and new, these three shared. An incredibly talented and generous threesome~~thanks for sharing.
wonderful! traditions are the best! :)
Thanks ladies! I love hearing about traditions that I do not know of too! Christmas books are a huge part of my traditions too!
trinkets, treasures, tidbits…. ahhhhhhh these 3 artists make you want to gather up the times of Christmas!
Creative woman! Thanks for sharing adn for hosting those giveaways. Love them, especially Bari’s patterns :D
Awesome giveaway – awesome women!! LindaSonia ([email protected])
Bari’s story about the knishes was too funny and the Rudolph books story that Dara recounted, oh my gosh! And I’m all for those traditions that include food, Elyse!
Thanks for sharing!
Love all the traditions! Such creative ladies!
What fun to read about these traditions and to meet new artists. Thanks so much for sharing!
I have posted the button on our blog sidebar.
Love hearing these traditions, Bari’s cracked me up. Thanks for the stories and the chance to win a giveaway for these talented ladies.
These nine days have been a delight! Reading the traditions of the day has been the first thing I do each morning! I wonder what I will do when the twelve days are gone?
What wonderful stories and traditions! Bari priceless!
Dara as a teen I worked in the Montgomary wards office. One day Robert May came in and gave me a signed copy of Rudolph. He worked there often in MN. I still have it saved in one of my boxes.
All are such wonderful memories!
Oh what a wonderful giveaway and lovely givers! Have a blessed day! HUGS!
cotton latkas – now that’s funny
I loved the story about the cotton stuffed knishes! Thanks for another round of giveaways!
Funny stories this time! This is so much fun to read! I look forward to it each morning!
Love this blog. Always need inspiration when doing the daily stuff.
What talented artists, lovely traditions, and such beautiful giveaways gifts!
Julie
Thank you for sharing. It is great to see such talented women come together in support.
Great giveaways, as usual!
Very lovely giveaways. I love seeing all of the talent each day. Thanks for the giveaways!
Thanks for sharing your holiday traditions with us! I would love to win any of these gifties! Happy holidays!karen….
I’d love to try a knish (even with the cotton!). Thanks for more great traditions!
I have the button on my sidebar!
LOVE LOVE LOVE This stuff!
thanks for sharing your traditions!
Ohhhhhhhh I just love reading about all these different traditions; makes my heart happy! And now I want a potato knish! Yummmmm!
PS – hold the cotton, please!
such creative girls!!
I can’t figure out where to post a comment, but all these things have been so lovely.
thank you for sharing your stories.. tha is what christmas is about..making memories!!
Very talented ladies! Fun!
I’m so loving reading all of these traditions.
i have the logo’s on my blog!
So interesting to hear about artists’ holiday traditions and get a glimpse of their inspirations!
Would be thrilled to win any one of the lovely prizes.
Such very talented women and so fun to hear about the traditions of each one!
Wonderful memories….talented ladies! Merry Christmas! Hugs, Heidi
Love this! Thanks for sharing!!
Sweet and funny traditions today. Love them all!
Thanks for sharing the traditions.
Billie
It’s so interesting to hear about Christmas traditions from the other side of the world! Merry Christmas!
how FUN!!! I love hearing others traditions!!!!
9 is my luck number…hope so !!!
C
The one with the knishes reminds me of my family tradition. When my parents first got married, my mom would put a penny in the black eyed peas on New Years Eve, and whoever got the penny had good luck for the year. However, after two years no one had ever found the penny. It was determined that my dad (who doesn’t chew his food) must be swallowing the penny. The next year she tried it with a nickel and once again it was never found. Thankfully, he always finds the quarters that she now puts in there.
I love reading about all the traditions and learning about the artists! It inspires me to get to work and to create! Merry Christmas!
I get so inspired seeing all of these wonderful ladies.
More wonderful traditions (not sure about the cotton wool one lol)
Love Dawn xx
I also have your blinki in my side bar!
Love Dawn xx
Great stories! Thanks for sharing your lives with us!
Very funny traditions today. Might have to try the knish trick myself. Beautiful giveaways too.
Lovely stories, lovely gifts! :)
Oops — one t is missing from my name in the previous post…
Button is on my blog! :)
Great items. these ladies are very creative! Love the patterns :)
what inspiring women. these are such a great ideas for the holidays.
Thank you so much for these holiday posts. Love the idea. Great way to meet lots of artists. Thank you!
Every day there have been 3 more wonderful, heartwarming traditions or stories and such generosity of creative products. It has really helped get me in the holiday spirit.
“Happy Holidays!”
All three of these talented ladies prizes are delightful!
Many thanks, Cindi
Great giveaways. It’s fun to see all the traditions.
Traditions–what Christmas is all about. Merry Christmas, Jo.
Lovely traditions. My daughter and husband come home from church Christmas Eve to bake chocolate chip cookies for Santa – without any help from mom. I think my 3 year old son might join them this year! Thanks for the chance.
Some funny traditions here!
I have the Twelve Days image on my blog sidebar.
Wonderful. I would love to win any of these things!
Suz
Oh my gosh, the Knish filled with cotton made me laugh. LOL How funny that isn’t remembered each year.
The same Rudolph book each year reminds me of one relative that did pretty much the same thing each year but not a book, it was a bottle of perfume and neither my Mom nor I liked it at all. We never did figure out why it was thought we just loved that stuff. It was horrible smelling stuff.
Oooh Snack Dinner ~ we do that ourselves although we call it Snack Supper and it’s usually also on Christmas Eve. Then the kids wanted to expand and requested years ago this also be repeated again on New Years Eve and other nights in the year. I love that night because it’s all our favorite appetizers and snacks that I make and then those are a nice change in the days after Christmas and all the leftover turkey.
More reminders that Christmas is coming! I hope I win!
OMG I do love me some Bari J! What a great prize!
Lovely sweet memories! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
I love all the stories of this great ladies!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
best regards,
Wanda
Very creative artists! Just reading about them is a gift itself. Thanks!
I have really been enjoying reading about so many different family traditions, I think I may adopt the Christmas Eve Snack Dinner.
Great stories and such talented artists.
I love these three Artists. Each one makes things I would love to make or buy!
Nice nice nice!!
Wow, the ideas just keep coming. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Fun, Fun, Fun. I heart WWC.
Love the cotton idea….he he he. Perfect! Thanks for all these great giveaways too!
All great stuff! Thanks for the chance to win!
MGM
I’d love to win.
cotton ball.
EVERYONE should have a Grandma like that!!!
Lovely! Thank you for sharing and the opportunity! :)
Lovely giveaways! I wish I had talent like these gals. :)
Thank you for the interviews with these 3 fab artists and writing about their holiday traditions. I like BariJ’s work. Please enter me into the giveaway. Happy Holidays! alternate email mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Bari J has the greatest patterns!
Thanks for the contests and the great artists and artwork:) Happy Christmas season to you all!!!
I love the “trash eve”. That’s great!!
Love reading the traditions, great gals
brenda
I’m just in LOVE with the name Tinkered Treasures!!
Now I’m hungry for latkes and knishs! :)
I love these stories,,,,,,,and also a chance to win such lovely items!!!
I loved each of the stories today! Thank you so much.
Great stories, love the cotton in knishes, the many reindeer books. My family does the junk food, snack bar on Christmas Eve also. Thank you again for introducing me to these talented ladies.
I love Elyse’s goodies. They are so cute. I love the idea about having a “snack” Christmas Eve…I think I’m going to incorporate that this year – thanks for the idea!
Oh I would love to win any of these prizes!! I would be amazing to win. Thanks so much to all of these lovely ladies!
I love reading about all these wonderful holiday memories. Thank you for the chance to win these lovely prizes.
Love all the things on this day
What funny stories today! I love reading these…they should be all put together in a book! Thanks! ?
I have the button in my sidebar! Hugs! ?
What treasures! Everyone is so talented.
I look forward all day to reading these traditions of these lovely ladies. Thank you so much for this wonderful idea at this busy time of year.
LOVE the stories…thank you.
This 12 days of christmas traditions has been so fun to see and read! WOW!
Love the stories!
love, love, love WWC! Keep the artists coming! Enjoying the stories too!
It mae me think of my brother and his wife who introduced us to the New YEARS potato. Whoever found the decorated potato would have good luck for the year. And, everyone else had a great time hunting for it.
CHristmas Eve snack dinner sounds similar to what we do. HOpe to make this one even more special. Thanks for all your creativity, everyone!
Tweeted this!
Loving all the stories!
Your button is posted on my blog’s sidebar
I tweeted about today’s giveaway!
I have a WWC 12 Days button on my blog!
I’m loving reading all these wonderful traditions! Another of our traditions is to drive around to the really well-lit and decorated neighborhoods to admire all the lights!
I love to hear all the traditions daily!!
Thank you for sharing!!!!
Suzann
How fantastic are these women and their talents! Thanks for such a sweet giveaway! Suzie
I tweeted about the giveaways over on twitter at
http://twitter.com/SuzieButtons
I love to hear stories of how other people spend their Christmas holiday traditions! The cotton in the potato one almost made me gag, though! I guess you had to be there!!!
kathy.bruner at hotmail dot com
The knish cracked me up. :) I absolutely love this magazine. Total eye candy and inspiration!!
I enjoyed reading about the traditions of these three creative women and also visiting their blogs or websites to see their creations. They all have great giveaways, I would love to win any one of them.
Lovely memories for Christmas!
Once again you have highlighted some awesome women!
Thanks!
Bari J’s cotton filled knish story is too funny! :)
I have the WWC 12 Days button on my blog!
This Thanksgiving my sister-in-law made some of her grandmother’s biscotti, or Italian cookies. They’re a shortbread type cookie with icing — yum! I think I ate half a cookie jar all by myself!!!
You’re on the left sidebar of my blog.
I’m following you on Twitter and tweeted about the giveaway.
My grandmother,Eva, used to make cinnamon sugar doughnuts for 3 KINGS DAY. (Jan. 6th) She hid dimes wrapped in silver foil inside the doughnuts. So you were very careful eating so you didn’t swallow the prize!
I really enjoyed the story about Rudolph. My Grandma always ordered our Christmas gifts from the Sears catalog. I would look at the Sears Christmas catalog for hours and just dream about all the wonderful toys in the catalog. Those were the “good old days”.
I love these intros to amzingly talented women, thanks for sharing!
follow and tweeted @freritcinge.
I love the humorous traditions. My family has a crazy gift swap and the same ceramic ‘lion/monkey’ shows up every year. A lot of strategies go into disguising him.
Another wonderful day of giveaways – thank you! Each day is more exciting than the last!! -amy
Oh yes…. Please enter me toooo!
Warm blessings,
Spencer
I’m enjoying everyone’s story on their traditional Christmas. TFS and Merry Christmas to all of you.
Would love to get that wonderful necklace!
Blessings,Becky R
Still enjoying the introductions to artists, wish it could go on forever!
Great idea! Great stories! Happy Holidays! Ana
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!!
Great giveaways! Thanks for the chance!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom
So inspiring!
I have the 12 Days button on my blog!
Funny we used to call it “Monkey Wards” and I haven’t heard that store mentioned in years…guess we are showing our age…lol Great giveaways and love the patterns…but I’m such a fabric hoarder ;)
Yes I’m a follower of WWC on twitter and I just tweeted the ninth day giveaway: http://twitter.com/rlphilbr13
Yes I have the WWC 12 Days of Christmas giveaways button on my blogs sidebar: http://con-tain-it.typepad.com
What an amazing array of artists you have collected. Please enter me in your contest.
I’d love to win!
The 12 days button is up on my blog!
Thanks so much for sharing all the traditions with us!
Hugs,
Gina
I tweeted/follow you on twitter!
Hugs,
Gina
I blogged about this on my AF blog!
Hugs,
gina
I added your image to my blog!
Hugs,
Gina
I love the variety of creations that you are featuring with these giveaways!
Thanks for sharing & for the generous giveaways, I’m really enjoying checking out the new stories each day. Bari’s patterns look fabulous!!
Oh I love all these posts. I’m going to miss them when the 12 Days are through.
Thanks gals… its so nice to share and hear other peoples traditions. Marilyn
I love these stories, all three of them made me chuckle. The cotton knish, the yearly Rudolph and Elyse’s fun traditions… love them.
I blogged about Day 9 here: http://knittingitall.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-9-christmas-fun.html
I follow you on twitter and tweeted @knititall
I’ve got your Twelve days of Christmas button on my blog.
http://knittingitall.blogspot.com/
Hope I can win!
Thanks for the holiday traditions and the giveaways.
I tweeted about this post.
So much inspiration in one place. Wow, thanks!
Love the stories! Lovely.
Thanks for the giveaways.
Reindeer games, love it! So wonderful to see all these traditions!
I love the patterns, Iwould love to win them!!!!!!
I blogged about the event.
The button is on my blog.
I am a subscriber.
what pretty things today for the giveaway- thanks!
“Cover Votes”
Oh pretty….lots of cool items…beautiful:) :)
Second entry “Cover votes”
Thanks, Chris Gerke
Thanks! The patterns look wonderful!
Wonderful traditions!! Thanks for sharing them with us! Happy Holidays!!!
Lovely traditions and fabulous artists!!
Voted on spring cover!
I wish now as I look back, that I would have taken the time to start traditions with my girls. We are now raising our first two granddaughters, that we adopted when they were born. They are ages 14 and 17 and I am going to try to do something special on Christmas Eve. Perhaps a movie night. I am still thinking.
I am new to this blog and will for sure come back to visit. Thanks for sharing the ideas.
Ooooh, patterns.
What fun traditions you all have to share! Thanks for the opportunity to share your wares too.
Sherry
It’s fun to hear how everyone celebrates the holidays! Great idea and thanks for sharing!
xo
jeanne
Wow! What talented women. I would love to be entered in the give-aways. Thank you! Kit
I enjoyed reading about all these traditions, thanks for the giveaway.
LotS of fun and creative energy!
oh wow I’m having a blast discovering artist and blogs I’ve never heard before, my poor reader :)
Maggie
http://passionatelyartistic.com
Great givaways.
Great prizes! Thanks.
love seeing these things
VictorianGypsy
WOW! How AWESOME! That would be one copy that I wouldn’t mind adding to the shelf! :)
Dara
:) Thank you Chris!
Thank you for the chance to win one of these beautiful gifts………..
Great Giveaways and I love the stories!
Shannon C
Ha ha! Trash Eve! I remember my dad having to get a ladder out and stand on the overflowing contents of our curbside trash can to mash them down so that the lid would close. He refers to this as doing the “monster mash!” : )
I follow you on twitter
I voted for the Spring Cover
Bari J, what a great picture! Lovely giveaways!
Thanks for the chance!! Beautiful!
It’s always fun to learn about others special traditions at the holidays. Two years ago we started having The 4 weeks of Christmas. We get together once a week in December and eat or go to a concert or movie or play a game of monopoly and at each meeting exchange a gift each. This was my idea to get to see more of my kids after they left me with an empty nest. Of course, the gift at each meeting, was the bait for the kids and we have had so much fun doing this. Thanks so much for the giveaway. ms.cheryl
me likey
Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Such talent. I love these cheerful ideas. Thanks for sharing and for inspiring the creative spirit in all of us. Merry Christmas!
Cute stuff and love the stories!
Also tweeted the giveaway and follow Where Women Create. iheart13point1 thanks!
What wonderful Holiday Traditions these are. Thanks for sharing your memories & talents with us!
Thank you for the chance to win!
Count me in please! Thank you!
Please count me in on your draw! Thank you!
beautiful!
Thanks so much for the chance to win.
love it all!!!!! Thank you very much!!!
Such wonderful, talented ladies, Oh I am really enjoying this. Thank you so much. Happy Holidays. Terri
Now you really have me thinking what our traditions are… We have one, a very tacky tie is wrapped and who knows who the lucky recipient is each year.
These patterns look so fun! Thanks to all the ladies for their stories and traditions.
I love the story of the knishes and the Rudolph books is classic.
~elaine~
WOW This is really a buffet of great prizes!!!
These traditions are so fun to read about. :)
I’m so glad i didn’t miss this particular day of holidays. It was good to see Elyse as it’s been awhile since I went to her blog. Thanks!
I love these giveaways! Merry Christmas!
lanzaelizabeth77 at gmail dot com
I would have LOVED Bari’s grandmother…so much fun!
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I have added your button to my blog sidebar
http://www.thefloweringdogwood.com
Love these! Thanks so much!
I tweeted about the giveaway
http://twitter.com/#!/FlowerinDogwood/status/15849028520517632
Liz
These contests are well written and I enjoyed reading all the stories. Beautiful. Thank you and god bless.
xo
Oh, Knish! I’ve only had them once- in NYC- oh, so yummy! Thanks for the great giveaways! So fun!
WWC 12 days button is on my sidebar!
More fantastic ideas, traditions, and amazing artists!!!
Added your button to my blog!
One of my favorite traditions, is seeing a holiday movie with my family :)…
That “Reindeer Games” pendent is AMAZING!!! I would buy that in a heartbeat. Even better to win it. I love all of the Christmas stories every day also. It is really inspiring and getting me in the Holiday Spirit!
Crystal McC
Wait a minute; I’m confused; but I want to make a comment because I think that your kit is fabulous. Some of my friends have bought your kit and their books turned out great. I haven’t been able to get one yet and hope I can win one. Thank you WWC.