One World - One Heart Giveaway

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Catching up on google reader tonight I saw Jonna's post about the 'One World - One Heart' blogging giveaway. I had seen this somewhere else (I remembered, it was here at Lemoncholy's flight of fancy) as well as was intrigued. There is only a week to go before the worldwide draw. If you want to take part, either by entering draws or running a draw, you can find out more here at Lisa Oceandreamer's site. It is an event to bring bloggers together and encourage worldwide friendships and new bloggers. I think it is a wonderful idea and am honoured to be part of it, even if I am joining rather late.

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I will be giving someone this hand-felted vessel. It is chocolate brown and valentine pinks in merino wool, wet-felted. It's about 4 inches wide and 4 inches tall. It's very tactile, soft and squashable and firm at the same time. It will happily go back to it's original shape even after it has been mailed across the ocean or wherever, and won't break if the kids knock it onto the floor! If you want to use it as a vase you'll have to put a little jar inside. Leave a comment if you would like it, and I will draw a name on the 14th. Thanks for looking! ***DRAW NOW CLOSED***

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ATCs finished!

I finished my ATCs for the ATC book Bee Shay is putting together for Artfest this year. I have never done them before and was a little bit wary because the ATCs I have seen most often weren't really my style. Then I found this wonderful site which reminded me that there are no rules; these are artists' trading cards and they should reflect you as an artist, not the current fashion. The theme for our book is Artfest, so I went with the idea that at Artfest you can set your inner artist free.Artfest_08_atcs

I'm really please with how they came out. They feel lovely too, very sturdy and tactile, with the dimensional paste that is under the hair and title. The idea of doing runs of artwork is quite new to me, so planning the work involved in making multiples is a bit hit and miss. I made 30 of these and they involved 9 or 10 separate steps. They all look basically similar, but each one is unique, particularly about the hair and eyelashes. I did the back of the card on the computer though, thankfully!

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Moths in the house of quilts

Luckily we discovered them before any/much damage was done. We have cedar balls all over the floor under the bed now, and I am washing things with lavender oil in the rinse. The things that can't be washed in the cold weather have been checked carefully for moth larva and are being stored in lavender soaked pillow cases (not completely soaked!). But oh the panic! I have quilts and afghans by great-aunts and great -grandmothers and textile arts from all over the world. Keep your fingers crossed for me and share any moth-related wisdom...

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