And The Winner of My Birthday Giveaway is.... & What I did on my Birthday

And the winner, chosen by Random Number Generator, of these beautiful cards I made using my background papers from Week One of The Artistic Mother workshop for my birthday giveaway is Mandy of Eight is Enough. She is one of the participants of The Artistic Mother Art Group I am hosting here on my blog where we are going through the 12 projects in The Artistic Mother workshop together, blogging about it and encouraging one another. (And we are still accepting  participants if you would like to join in the fun.) She is a homeschooling mother of 8. Fun and encouraging person. She also does beautiful layouts for her scrapbook pages. Congratulations, Mandy.

I would also like to say a big thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. And what did I do for my birthday weekend? The children and I did art most of the day. We made more ATC's, artist trading cards, and greeting cards from our background papers from Week One. Just more practice for making the poetry journal, our project for Week Two.

And on Sunday after church, our neighborhood was having a block party. We all met at the park at the back of the neighborhood. There were blowup slides and jumping things for the kids, hot dogs, music, frisbee, riding scooters and skateboards and face painting, etc. Another mom from the neighborhood who I haven't seen in a while brought several hula hoops, and I hula hooped. It was so much fun. I'm hooked. It's something I can do with the kids while getting in shape at the same time. I hadn't done this since I was a kid. So I was surprised when I was able to do it. The reason I was able to was because the hoops were of better quality than the ones you buy for the kids. They are bigger around in diameter. It makes a huge difference. So trust me, if you had one of these hoops, you could do it, too. She also showed me a few tricks. And she told about this website where you can take online hooping classes. Looks interesting. They have a section, I think under FAQ's, where they show you how to make your own hoops.

And here is a picture of my 9 year old daughter, Emily of Super Stitches, hula hooping with several at the same time. This was her first time she was successful with hula hooping. I told you, it's the hoop you use that makes all the difference. Emily has an awesome blog; so check it out.

I would also like to share with you that my 16 year old daughter has a blog as well called What To Wear. It's cute and fun.

And also for those of you who may not be aware, I also having sewing, fashion and style blog. So please look around and see what you think. Click here.

One World One Heart Giveaway Winner

Congratulations, Fran. You are my One World One Heart Giveaway Winner. Congratulations. Please email your address to me. And thank you to all who entered.

Enter My One World One Heart Giveaway Now Through February 15th

Welcome to my One World One Heart Giveaway.

This giveaway is for bloggers all over the world.

A little bit about me: I am a homeschooling mom of five ages 23 months to 21 years. I love to sew, paint and collage. I hope you'll take the time to look around a bit.

To enter the drawing, please leave a comment in this post between now and February 15th. The winner will be chosen by random drawing. Please leave your contact information, for example, a blog or email address, so that I can contact you if you win. You must have an active blog to be eligible to win as this is a blog event bringing together blogs from all over the world.

And for an extra entry, sign up as a follower!

And for a third entry, add my blog to your blog list.

For each entry, please leave a separate comment along with your blog address for verification purposes.

I am looking so forward to getting to know new bloggers and their blogs. This will be fun.

Leave a comment today for your chance to win!

And good luck!

THE GIVEAWAY PRIZE:



The giveaway prize is a $23 value Show Horse Corral needlepoint kit by Dimensions. If needlepoint is not your thing, this would make a great gift for someone special or to use as a giveaway on your blog.

And The Winner Is .........

Congratulations to the beautiful and elegant Lady Queenie! She seems like such a gracious lady. I hope you will check out her blog.

I would like to thank everyone who entered my giveaway contest. It's been a lot of fun.

GIVEAWAY DAY, DECEMBER 2ND - THE MORNING OF THE 7TH

I am doing a giveaway in conjunction with Sew Mama Sew. I am giving away art supplies. I will purchase the art supplies based on the artistic interest of the winner.

This is open to everyone. I will ship internationally. My giveaway starts tomorrow, December 2nd, and runs through December 6th. You may leave your comments all through the night of December 6th and up until noon Central time on December 7th. The winner will be chosen by random drawing.

To be eligible, you must sign up as a follower and add my blog to your blog list. Let me know you have done this in the comment section. If you are already a follower and have already added me to your blog list, just let me know this in the comment section.

I am also having a giveaway on my sewing blog. And my daughter is having one on her sewing blog. So be sure and enter those as well to increase your chances of being a winner.

ALSO WANTED TO MENTION that my artist friend, Shona, of An Artful Life, is also doing a giveaway on her blog. She has written a book that is being published by North Light Publications. It comes out in March of 2010. It's called The Artistic Mother - A Practical Guide To Fitting Creativity Into Your Busy Day. It is an awesome book; so I encourage you to make a note of it on your calendar so you can get one when it comes out. Just to give you a few of Shona's credentials. She has been published in several publications including Somerset Studio's magazines, and she is an artist on call for Stampington & Company. She has an awesome blog; so be sure and take a look around while you are there. She is giving away a handmade tote and matching altered journal.

Here is a picture of her giveaway gift below: