Giveaway!!!!!!!!!!

I am in the midst of a purge of my studio and basement area. I feel like I am always in the midst of that purge!!!LOL
                                                       I am
                                            giving away
               boxes of mixed media goodies  
from my personal stash of fabulous finds and  thrift store treasures. No two boxes will be alike - I can guarantee that!!! I can try to tailor it to your interests.

I have a self imposed deadline of next week, when my son arrives with his g/f and 25 of his friends for the 2nd annual descent of the urbanites campout!

I have way too many thrift store treasure finds, rusty things, ephemera, vintage bits and pieces, quilting fabric old, vintage, and new,  flotsam, jetsam, bottle caps, shards of vintage china and pottery, interesting goodies found and dug up around the farm. I will NEVER get around to doing anything with them.

My son's g/f is an art school grad  mixed media artist, so she will undoubtedly end up with a box of goodies - if she wants one!!!

So, leave me a comment if interested- and send  your mailing address to ooglebloops at yahoo dot com.

Unfortunately, if you live overseas- I will have to ask you to pay postage-but I will squeeze what I can into a flat rate box, or First Class Int'l, which ever is least expensive. Within the US - all free!

WINNING!!!

I won a T shirt - my daughter promptly took it over!!!
                                                                                      Great blog  
 Please be sure and visit them -and I thank them so much for the shirt!!!!!

Winning is good for the soul!!!

                       

GO Giveaway!!!!

I am a lurker and follower of Linda over at Lavender Ridge and she drew me out of the woodwork to comment!! She is having a giveaway of a GO and 3 dies!! WOOHOO!!! 

I wasn't gonna tell (and limit my chances to win) but part of the rules is I have to post about it!!! LOL

So, if you haven't already won one - run on over to Lavender Ridge and follow the directions- and keep your fingers crossed!!!

What Is It?

OK, bloggers - what do you think this is?? Put on your Sunday morning thinking caps.....................

If you are not already a follower, become a follower, submit your guess!. It's easy!!!!

Those who correctly guess what it is, will have their names put in a " hat"  for a giveaway. Just a fun little giveaway- not even sure what it will be yet!!!

Another Giveaway!!

If you drop in on this wonderful blog , AC is having a great giveaway. You have until June 12 to visit, leave a comment about your favorite or inspiring quote, and post about her giveaway on your blog. The posting on your blog part is not a requirement to enter, but most appreciated!!

The prize is a wonderful book put out by WWC- Book of Inspiration- a profile of 23 artists, of which Angela Cartwright is one.


I belong to a yahoo group, In This House and Garden, organized by Angela C., and Sarah Fishburn. I have been just watching from the sidelines for a while. But yesterday, I took the big plunge and joined a swap they just started, called Sketchy Cards. Each "player" picks a card from the deck, and makes a sketch, collage, zentangle, or ? , in black and white, 3  1/2" x 1  3/4". We each print up 54 of our design, mail them off, and in return, will get back 54 different ones. Each one is designed around a single playing card in a deck. We can then attach each design to its proper card, or take them all and create something else. So far, so fun!!!!

I chose the 8 of hearts. A little bird carrying 8 "zentangley" balloons is what came out of my head. Maybe I will even pick another card to do, if there are any more open after tomorrow -I have a tiny collage in mind........
             

Must be the Season........

.....for blog contests and giveaways!! Here's a goodie- but one of the requirements is you must have a blog to enter. So, drop by Gene's blog and see his new baby while you're there!!!

Only 2 more!!!

I am up to 73 followers!!Woohoo!!! Only need 2 more to have the drawing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go here, become a follower and leave a comment!!!

Mirror, Mirror, on the....... Ground???

I found it!!! I was wracking my brain, trying to remember which blog I had seen a wonderful little fairy "pond", which had inspired me to create mine!!! After spending waaay too much time revisiting the blogs I have read over the weekend, I finally re-found Lisannerosalie!

I wanted to give credit where credit was due, even tho my little "pond" is no where near finished, and certainly not as cute as hers!!!

I put my little fairy pond in the lavender garden in a dry patch of dirt that was impatiently awaiting more lavender!!! I am not sure if the fairies will show up - but the hummingbirds and the toads certainly will!!

I used river rock, and am already having a vision of another little "pond" using more colorful rocks my mom collected for me in her travels over the years. And, yet another,could be created in an indoor dish garden. Another one I hope to attempt indoors is in a terrarium - similar to what Rowans Art has done! I happen to have a very similar Victorian style terrarium, sitting empty on my porch. Herbs or African violets, surrounding a fairy pond would be just the thing!

Small mirrors can be found in interesting shapes and sizes. And, I think repurposing a shard of broken mirror in this way, would dispel the 7 years bad luck threatened by a broken mirror!!!!

Mirrors, especially antique hand held ones, have always held a fascination for me- as I have written in a previous post, in another blog, long, long ago......
Altho I don't look into them as much any more,age has erased that craving(!)-I love to look thru them and wonder who has been reflected there before, and what have they seen. The images these old looking glasses have absorbed......if only they could reveal them to us!

The day was a bit overcast as I tried snapping a few photos of the little "pond" - in this one, you can catch a glimpse of lavender buds and maybe a bit of cloud....



(Don't forget - - become a follower- giveaway when I reach 75 followers!!)

Another Contest

Check out this blog - it's another man quilter - discovered him thru Gene. Looks like he has a great little shop in upstate NY, and the giveaway is some fabulous fabrics. I am now following his blog!!

http://imjustaguywhoquilts.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-july-birthday-giveaway.html