coffee filter ruffles and a giveaway

 i love to use things for a different purpose

 than that of which they were intended for.

so why can't 100 coffee filters

and 8 hot glue sticks

 be layered and turned into

a beautiful, if i do say so myself,

skirt for this lady??

 i recently found this mannequin at a thrift store.

i covered here with book paper but thought she still

needed something else.

so the hot glue gun got plugged in, and now she's wearing

a beautiful ruffled skirt which are all the rage these days, no?

 i would love to keep her around, but i really have no place for her.

i mean really, she can not live on the coffee table in my living room.

 though i do like the statement that she makes.

i also quite like her in my front window.

 but my neighbors would surely think i have gone off my rocker if

i had a mannequin in my front window.

and if i had the coffee shop of my dreams

i would for sure have her in the window of the coffee shop.

because i think dressed in her coffee filter skirt,

she would look right at home in a coffee shop window.



 but i do not.

so i will sell her in my Burlap JunKtion booth

and hope that she goes to a good home.

i would like to give her a name before i send her off,

and this is where YOU come in!

 i will tempt you with this lovely necklace.

that's right, it can be yours.

all you have to do is tell me, in the comments,
what name you think would be good for her.

 if you add yourself as a follower {and tell me if you do}

then i will add your name to the drawing twice.

contest ends saturday, jan. 22, 2011 at midnight (cst)

i will post the winners name on sunday.

{please make sure that when i hit reply that i am able to send you an email.

if i can not get a hold of you i will have to chose another winner}.

i will chose the name for her that i like best.

all comments will then go into a hat, and i will draw a winner.

good luck!

contest is also open to you overseas girls!  comment away!

comments are a now closed,  and the winner is:
junquegypsy!
please contact me with your address

thanks to all of you for playing along, i chose JAVA JUDY as her name!
and she looks amazing in my booth...photos coming soon!


i'm linking up over at Faded Charm for white wednesday.  hello to everyone
that came from there!