Pay it forward (and an award!)

Thanks to the lovely and generous Jasmine over at oh boy, I'm going to be participating in Ambrosia Clark's Pay it Forward 2011.  Here's how this works: I promise to send something handmade to the first three people who leave a comment on this post.  To be eligible, you must also post this on your blog, offering the same thing to three other people.  The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your three people *sometime* in 2011.

As of right now, I'm leaning towards making a little something something along these lines for the first three to comment:

Or I could make you your very own pinecone elf:

Or I could go in a completely different direction!  Who knows what I'll come up with?  Take a chance and leave a comment--and be sure to leave your email so I can contact you afterwords.

And now on to some very belated business: Chelsey, aka the paper mama, gave me a Trendy Blog award at the beginning of the month.  Now it's my turn to pass this award to ten awesome bloggers--so here are just a few of the blogs that are continually broadening my horizons, making me laugh and inspiring me, in no particular order:

Katie @The Squid's Accomplice
Jasmine @oh boy
Jess @Just a Geek Named Jess
Sarah @The Hyphenation Diaries
Holly @Holly Days
Adrienne @Right Here, Right Now!
Kitten @Mumsyhood
Eschelle @Mumfection
Clara @Maeve's Momma
Kathleen @The Unlikely Wife Adventures!

• Just post about your award on your blog
• List your Top 10 Trendy Blogs
• Share with them and leave a link to the Trendy Blog Button - CLICK HERE.