Marie Sewing Heart Chatelaines

I have finished my work for another beautiful swap at our wonderful Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group. This was for heart shaped sewing Chatelaines. I had a hard time getting started on this swap. Lately, I have been a little drained in the creative energy area. I am feeling better now and had such fun with this! I made it for a dear, sweet woman and my online friend Rella Gauthier. I hope she will love it even more in person! It is all completely hand sewn. I do not really like sewing on a machine. The ribbons for the necklace, and the ruffles were all hand dyed by me are are silk and silk velvet. The fabric bases are vintage flower prints from the 50's and the pink felt is wool. I added a swarovski crystal accent in the middle, which is not showing its true color, of course and I topped off 9 silk pins with swarovski crystals in pink, green and blue. The rosette trim is french rayon. I made the ribbon flowers and the bon bon pin cushion in the center.

Secret Friend Swap Gifts

We are having another secret friend swap over at Marie Antoinette Mail Art site. This time, our theme is Everything is Coming Up Roses. I chose creams, golden yellows, olives, peaches and a touch of blue for my colors. A Marie Paper doll was required, which is why it will be pictured here. I am mailing this out Monday and hope my secret friend is as delighted as I was putting this altogether!

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!! OWOH WINNER

The moment you have all been waiting for...well, at least some of you...I checked the list, found 1 double post, eliminated it, numbered each person and then went to Random.org to enter the number spread and the winning number was.....#7! That is lucky Tracy of Braggin' Rights. I will be e-mailing her now. Please be sure to check out her blog. THANK YOU to everyone who posted such beautiful comments on my blog. I have so enjoyed participating this year and already can't wait until next year!

Third Time's a Charm

First of all~ Tristan, thank you for saying I always was a winner in your book. So very sweet of you!!!! Now, I get to announce that I am the winner in a THIRD OWOH giveaway! I am just over the moon with excitement! This time, I have won a BEAUTIFUL and MAGNIFICENT Art Kit and it is all in PINKSSSSSSSS (well and blacks, whites...)...I love pink, it is my all time favorite color! And where does this beautiful kit come from? It comes from Jessica Rodarte over at Kids Napping? I'm Scrapping! You can view the giveaway page by clicking the link to the left and you can view her blog here: BLOG
THANK YOU JESSICA!

I am now a TWO TIME Winner!

Oh my! I would have never guessed that today would find me a TWO TIME winner from the OWOH event! A BIG THANK YOU To Sherry over at http://sherrysimpleblog.blogspot.com/ For a WONDERFUL prize package of beautiful papers, borders AND one of her beautiful altered Dominoes! Please be sure to go over and check out her blog. It is fabulous and pretty!
I just love the OWOH event and can't wait to draw a winner for my prize. My blog entry stays open until 9 pm, so if you haven't commented on my OWOH post yet, be sure to do so. I will use the random generator tonight and spread some happiness of my own!
Thank you again Sherry! I am going to love using all those goodies!

I am a Winner!!!!

Oh! I checked my e-mail this morning and to my surprise, I found I was the winner of this STUNNING mermaid painting from Anuan, a transplanted Carribean lady now residing in Japan. The painting is truly one of my favorite prizes offered...so gorgeous! You can view this lovely lady's blog at www.newworldstoconquer.blogspot.com
THANK YOU Anuan for your most generous gift of ART! I will cherish it always.

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

Well, Valentine's Day is here and my giveaway for the Liasons de l'Amour Valentine's Fete is now over. I put all of the names in a bowl, swished them around a good bit and pulled one out. Our Winner is.....KATHY! Kathy has her own beautiful blog over at http://kathyjacobson.typepad.com/. She was also one of my lovely hostesses for my first ever blog party. CONGRATULATIONS Kathy! I will be e-mailing you for your address and preparing your special glove to mail!
Thank you to all of you who played and posted a comment! I hope you had fun and made some new friends!
Rebecca