Island Beneath the Sea: a giveaway

Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel

Having been a huge longtime fan of author Isabel Allende, this book had been at the top of my reading list since it came out. I was finally able to read it on our recent road trip and within the first few pages I was completely drawn in. I literally read it cover to cover in 3 days (Thanks to all those hours in the car with the kids listening to books on tape!). It was one of those books where I just had to keep reading, even into the night, to see what would happen and when it ended I still wished that there were another 50 pages to really find out what the characters did after wards!


Tomorrow is my birthday, and in the spirit of celebration I am giving away my copy of Island Beneath the Sea. All you need to do to enter is answer one simple question: Which of my prints is your favorite? I'd love to know. Go to my shop to chose and leave the answer in your comment.
I'll close the comments and choose a winner at random on Friday morning.
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*Congratulations to Valentina, she was selected by the random number generator as the book winner*
Thanks so much to everyone that entered!!

Celebrating Mothers

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."
~William Makepeace Thackeray

Happy Mother's Day, from our family to yours!

Congratulations to the winner of the wood mounted print in my Blog birthday give-away.... Shiraz and French Blue! Jasper pulled your name out of a bowl yesterday.

Blessings!

My First Blog Birthday Celebration Give Away!

Happy Cinco de Mayo, and thanks for stopping by for my first blog birthday celebration! One year ago today I started blogging with this post, and I really never looked back. The act of blogging has become a "practice" in my life, part of the rhythm of my days, as well as a tool to help me to live more in the moment. For me blogging has not only been a great way to connect with other creative people but it also helps me to take notice more often and to appreciate the small details that make up the rich tapestry of my life as it is right now.
I am continually inspired by all of your beautiful creative blogs, and I am so happily surprised by the warm community and the friends that I have made here! I didn't expect that when I started! As a way of expressing my love for all of you, I am celebrating this anniversary with a give-away.

I am offering this wood mounted print of my painting Conquest.
To enter just leave a comment on this post, you can enter a second time if you become a follower of my blog (if you are already a follower just leave that in the comment and I'll enter you twice!). I'll close the comments and randomly select a winner on Saturday morning.

With thanks to you all for making my first year of blogging such a rich experience.
Many blessings.

Happy Solstice

We woke up yesterday morning to a most delicious surprise, our world was transformed by snow.

What fun! We have been close to the fireplace in between sledding in the park, trudging through the HUGE snow piles that build up on New York City street corners, cooking (veggie chili and scones, yum!) and enjoying the build up as each day brings us closer to Christmas. The holiday fair that I was selling at on Saturday went really well, and I've been reveling in the happiness of a job well done.

Now, the orders and Christmas presents are all in the mail, and I'm looking forward to the next few days of winding down while celebrating more and more each day.

The sun set today at 4:30PM, the shortest day of the year. Happy Solstice everyone!
Thank you so much to all of you who entered my Solstice celebration giveaway!
This evening at 5Pm I put all of your names into a bowl and had my children choose one each (with no peeking), and the winners are....

Stacy, of Mama-Om, has won the Note Card Set
and
Lisa, of Doorways Traveler, has won the print of Awakening

Congratulations to you both. I loved hearing from each of you that posted a comment, it is great to hear your voices and visit your blogs. I am pleased to meet you!

Winter giveaway!

I checked the stats on the visits here the other day and there are a lot of you stopping by. Well hi there, you are awfully quiet! I am hoping to draw you out with this winter give away.
In celebration of the Holiday Season and our coming Winter Solstice...there are two prizes!

The first offering is a print of my painting Awakening, you can check it out in my shop here.


The second offering is a set of three note cards, of my paintings, Hope, Solstice and Beginning.

I've been feeling so festive this week so I have made four ways to enter the giveaway:

You can just leave a comment bellow, I do love to hear from you.
You can enter a second time if you are an official "follower" of my blog, if you have not yet just join over there on the side bar.
You can enter a third time by joining my mailing list, which you can also do easily by entering your email address in the button on my side bar.
You can even enter a fourth time if you blog about my giveaway and let me know about it!

I know, that is a lot of ways to enter! To help me keep things straight please enter each time in a different comment...that will help make sure that all of your entries are counted when I draw the winners.

I will randomly select one winner for each item on Monday, December 21st the day of our Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year. I always love that day because I know that from then on we will ever so slowly begin to get more and more daylight each day!

My first Giveaway!

Longing

Today I am excited to announce my very first shop giveaway! I love to celebrate the start of each season and this feels like a wonderful way to welcome in the first day of autumn and the beginning of one of my favorite times of year here in NYC.
I am offering this print of my painting Longing. The printed image measures 7 x 9 inches and is printed on beautiful heavy weight 11 x 13 inch watercolor paper. You can see the print here in my Etsy shop.
To enter the give away leave a comment on this post. You can just leave a hello if you like or you can let me know what you are longing for in the season ahead.
I will close the comments and randomly choose a winner on Friday, at 8 PM EST.
Good Luck!
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Thanks to all who entered! I turned the selection over to random.org which has selected Number 1 as the give away winner. Congratulations Lori!! Send me your mailing address so that I can get the print out to you. I hope that you love it and that it brings blessings to your home.