An Adorable Giveaway!

Do you like giveaways?  I've been lucky a couple of times with blog giveaways, and I just found out today that bird on wire is having one!  From now through July 25 at 5:00 p.m., leave a comment on that giveaway thread, and you will be entered in a drawing for the cutest little needle-felted barn owl this side of paradise!

These days, I've been really taken with birds.  I have a vessel in my Etsy shop with a bird on it by Humble Beads.  And when I was at the Bead & Button show, I purchased two raku birds by odd designs.  Later today, I'll be making a vessel for one of those raku birds - I've already designed the piece in my head, and made a lampwork bead to go with it.  This one will be somewhat different from my other vessels.  When I saw her birds at the show, a picture popped into my head and now it's time to execute that design - yeah!  I just came back from the eye doctor and the good news is that he didn't dilate my eyes today.  So now I can spend some time in the wet lab and actually see what I'm doing.

Here's the bird from odd designs that will go on my next vessel.

Speaking of raku, I recently finished a vessel on which I used a raku bead from Lisa Peters Art.  Here's my little dottie vessel...

And now I'm off to Starbucks for a quick iced tea before I hit the lab.  Hope YOU folks have a happy and creative day!

One World One Heart Drawing - Are YOU a Winner?

I just went out to random.org to get the 3 random numbers for this year's One World One Heart event!  I've been trying to "roll out" the results one by one in this post, but the blog editor is giving me fits.  So I'm going to now post it all at once.  Drum roll.........

First number is........................... 259

And the winner of the single green leaf bead is..................

Congratulations, Carol!!! Carol is also a Magic Carpet ticket holder - number 255 - and you can visit her Creative Expressions blog for some wonderful art.

Second number is........................... 152

And the winner of the short strand of beads is..................

Congratulations, Becky!!!  You can visit Becky at her lovely blog Just A Moment In Time.

Third number is........................... 429

And the winner of the small set of leaf beads is..................

Congratulations, LisaC!!!  Check out Lisa's terrific art on her blog Random Veracity.

I want to thank all the ticket holders who participated as well as all of you who left comments here on my blog!  It was so much fun visiting you - well, as many of you as I could.  I just didn't have the time to go to 1,105 blogs - what an amazing number of people!!

And a great big huge thank you goes to Lisa Swifka for creating and organizing this event.  Lisa, you rock!

Now all of you go have yourselves a happy and creative day!

One World One Heart is Here!!

Comments Are Now Closed For This Event On My Blog

      There may still be some blogs open for comments - click on the Magic Carpet logo to find out

Thanks to all of you who participated - and thanks for all the new follows!  I'll be getting those random numbers shortly - stay tuned for the 3 winners!

Welcome to my blog - today is the day!  Do you know about One World One Heart?  This is an international event that was created in 2007 by Lisa Swifka. It's a way for bloggers to meet and get to know each other a bit.  Curious?  Click on the One World One Heart logo to find out more.

Now that you're here, I have a couple of creations that I'm giving away for this wonderful event.  I'm going green!  The first item is one of my lampwork leaf beads which was made on a 1/8 inch mandrel.  It's 2 inches long (51mm) and just shy of 1 1/2 inches wide (38mm).

And the second item is a short strand of my lampwork beads along with a Hilltribe silver bead and charm.  These beads were made on an ivory base, encased with amber, gray, and peridot glass, trailed with silvered ivory, and lightly etched.  Yum!

How can you win one of these items?  Leave a comment on this post along with a way for me to contact you in the event that your comment is chosen in my random drawing.  That would be either a link to your blog or your email address.  Now, how exciting is that?!  We'll be drawing for these giveaway items on February 15th.  Make sure you post your comments here by 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on February 15th to be eligible for the giveaway!

On February 15th I will announce the winners of the giveaway on my blog.  Thank you for visiting me and leaving your comments.  Good luck to you, and enjoy your Magic Carpet Ride!

>>> Wow!  I've had such a great response to this event that I've decided to add another item to my giveaway.  In keeping with my "going green" theme, I'm adding this small set of my leaf beads that were made of a creamy yellow glass with patches of green added here and there.  Now you'll have another chance to win some of my beads!

One World One Heart Coming Soon!

Do you blog? Would you like to get to know other bloggers? Perhaps find kindred spirits? Do you know about One World One Heart? Gosh, all these questions I have. If you've answered "yes" to more than one of these questions, check out the big event coming soon.

I'll be participating in this event this year, so come on back. It starts on January 25, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, go have yourselves a happy and creative day!

Give It Away Give It Away Give It Away Now...

My friend Carol of Sand Fibers is about to achieve a major milestone. She's on the brink of having 1000 sales in her Etsy shop - woohoo!! She might even be there by the time you read this blog post.

To celebrate this event, she's having a major giveaway. Yep, a bona fide freebie! Well, almost free. You have to visit her blog and "do stuff" in order to participate. But hey, how can you possibly live without a Sand Fibers original? I love my Hugs & Kisses cuff! Without further ado, here is where you'll find Carol...

Go ahead, click on it! You know you want to... Get yourself over there and join in the celebration!