Have A Heart!

Does your blog Have A Heart???
Valentines Day is just about here and there are many of us signed up for swaps with online art groups or perhaps you are planning on being involved with some Online Blog Parties. Maybe you are going to decorate with red or pink eye-candy, have a Valentine Giveaway contest or offer up free ephemera or vintage pictures?

If you are planning any Valentines 'Event' on your blog...this button is for YOU! Display it and let all of us know you are going to do something wonderful for Valentines Day and that your Blog Has A Heart! We'd all like to be sure to visit!


A sweet Award...the Lemonade Award. (kinda Springish...just what I need!)
Thank you goes out to my friend Stacey of Prim Primitives for honoring me with this award! Stop by & check out her wonderful blog!!

Upon receiving The Lemonade Award, you also pass it on to other bloggers who you think show great attitude and gratitude. Here are the rules: 1. Put the logo on your blog or post. 2. Nominate blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude! 3. Link to your nominees within your post. 4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog. 5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award. Here are a few blogs that I think show great attitude and gratitude.

I'd like to Nominate all of my "Followers" that are pictured over on the left column.
These bloggers have clicked on the 'follow this blog' line and added me to their blog lists. What this means is that my blog is listed on their private dashboards so they can be updated whenever I post something new. I feel they have attitude and gratitude!!! To visit their blogs all you do is click on their mini picture!!

So girls, pick up this award and follow the above instructions as you will and I Thank-You for choosing my blog worthy of following!

If you would like to "become a follower", I'm honored. If you just enjoy stopping by and reading, but choose not to go that route....I love it when you leave comments or just take a few minutes out of your day for a quick visit.

New Book Exhibition 36

Susan Tuttle's new book, Exhibition 36: Mixed-Media Demonstrations + Explorations has just been released in bookstores and online. She will be giving away one copy to an eligible person if you go to her blog and sign up by following the instructions-- the random drawing will be held on Tuesday Dec. 16th.


Jennifer Williams, "Trial and Error" sent me this wonderful award. Blogging is about the friendships we create too....Thank-you Jennifer!

This award states: This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends, they are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these artists.

I am passing it on in no particular order to the following people:

http://bluebirdslivinginthemeadow.blogspot.com/
http://thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com/
http://somethingtwocrowabout.typepad.com/
http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/
http://pamgarrison.typepad.com/

I hope you Visit them and come to appreciate all of them as much as I do!


and....I just had to share! My 12 days surprise and autograph Birthday present from my favorite online Guy!!
Just goes to show what a super guy he is!! Thanks Tim!!

Thankyou to my friend,
Diann Scholl
for passing on the Kreativ Blogger award to me! I'm now to pass it on to 5 of my friends who visit me often, leave great comments and who share awesome Creative Stuff on their blogs.
The rules for receiving the award are:
1. the winner may put the logo on their blog
2. put a link to the person who sent ou the award
3. nominate 5 blogs
4. put links to their blogs
5. leave a message for your nominees

I appreciate this award so very much, Diann!
All these ladies deserve this award for their outstanding art and blogs.

Linda - Just My Little Bit
Barbara - WW Creations
Patti - Altered Attic
Brenda - Memories and Treasures
Mary - Working Projects

Thanks again, Diann!
p.s. Don't forget...tomorrow is Monday...the start of "12 Days of Christmas"!!

Million Dollar Friend Award

Sometimes you cross paths with fellow bloggers that you end up getting to know beyond the posts on their blogs. Maybe from comments or e-mail conversations. Perhaps from forum art groups or ebay/etsy groups or swaps....
These friends are almost always distinguished in some way. They inspire, they listen, they share, they challenge or they just stand out in our blogging community.

I am thrilled to receive this award from sweet Brenda Wampler of Memories and Treasures,
who brightens the day and inspires wherever she goes. Thanks Brenda!!
So now I am supposed to pick four other bloggers that fit this bill, there are many, but I will list 4 that are most recent Million Dollar Friends.

Flora of Bone Head Studios who inspires with wonderful 'Works In Progress' of her art pieces.

Karen of Karen's Altered Dreamz who is a wonderful Soul Journal Sister!

Ruby Claire The youngest blogger I know, only 14, but has an old artistic soul!

Laume at Laume's Studio who always leaves supporting sweet comments....that's what friends do!

A Primitive Award

I Love Primitive stuff...Vintage things and it's wonderful to get this award.
I received this unexpected honor from Pammi at gritsgreensandcornbread.
Check out her brand new blog. Thank-you Pammi!
Now to go find the links to some great Prim blogs....

Once an award is received, the rules are as follows:
Put the logo on your blog.
Add a link to the person who awarded you.
Nominate at least seven other blogs.
Add links to those blogs on your blog.
Leave a message for your nominee on their blogs.
My nominees are:

Heidi *** http://crabbygabby.blogspot.com/

Erika *** http://erikascupboard.blogspot.com/

Joyce *** http://joycestahl.blogspot.com/

Brenda *** http://rustycreekprimitives.blogspot.com/

Rosanne *** http://rosclutteredattic.blogspot.com/

Pea *** http://peapickersprimitives.blogspot.com/

BirdyJo *** http://www.birdyjo.blogspot.com/

I received this award this week from Elizabeth of LastDoorDownTheHall, which is a super blog to go visit! Thank you so much, Elizabeth!

This award is for blogs you really like to visit. As most of the awards go, you are to nominate seven blogs with their blog links, email them, post this award on your blog with the link going back to the person who awards you the award, and then they nominate or award seven blogs. It has perpetual motion and good feelings.

So, I am awarding these people and their blogs. Their blogs make me feel inspired, bring something new to the worktable or are just fascinating to me.

1. Linda van Vliet, Netherlands
http://r2art.blogspot.com/
2. Karin Bartimole, NY
http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com
3. Tami Bayer, Southern California
http://dappledesigns.blogspot.com
4. Marie Patterson, My Little World
http://mariepatterson.blogspot.com/
5. Brenda Wampler,Texas
http://memoriesandtreasures.blogspot.com/
6. Ginny Carter, OHIO
http://smallstudio.typepad.com/
7. INKA, Idaho
http://inkastamps.blogspot.com/

I've been seeing this award on a few great blogs and was just thrilled to hear it was sent my way! I want to thank Sarah Whitmire for honoring me with this award. What a sweetie...Thanks!!
The Rules:
Post your award on your blog.
Nominate 7 other blogs.
Post the links of those blogs on your blog.
Leave a message on those blogs so they know they have been nominated.

My nominees are:

http://polkadotbarn.blogspot.com/
http://lauriehardinsaccents.blogspot.com/
http://inkastamps.blogspot.com/

...fellow Soul Journalers....
http://maryshunt.blogspot.com/
http://artheartstudio.blogspot.com/
http://art4moi.blogspot.com/
http://thecolourguru.typepad.com/
Thank you all for being an inspiration!

Doors...

Since I have been playing catch up here on my blog, I wanted to share the neat results of a swap I was in, back in January that was finished in April. It was called the Doors of Discovery in which we created 18 doors that depict our world and the back side to reveal a resolution, a personal challenge, adventure or discovery in our lives for the new year.



Mine is the barn door of course and the back shows my ranchey environment with burlap, real hide/fur, baby calves and a woman horseback...waving. I was trying to say....I may be isolated in my world, but I am trying to reach out and meet new people in the art world and the wonderful ladies at the Creative Underground have been an inspiration and amazingly talented bunch to get to know.
A Great swap and a wonderful book of great Doors!
They have a website and a store full of unique and wonderful things if you would like to check them out.
"http://www.creativeunderground.net"





What a Surprize!
I missed this while my internet was down last week....but my blog won a "Blog of the Day" Award!! How cool is that!
Thanks Bonnie!

Click here to see....

"AWARD"