And the winner is.........

The Holiday Queen Melissa !!! Thank you for all you kind comments and for entering my blog giveaway. ~Susan

Valentine Giveaway Redrawing

I will be redrawing for the Valentine Giveaway, unfortunately the person who won hasn't responded to my messages. I will announce the new winner later today! ~Susan

Knee deep in legs and arms! Yikes

Happy Valentines Day!
My daughter's anniversary and as they go away for a romantic weekend to Gleneden Beach Resort. a surprise awaits them in their suite. I have ordered chilled wine with keepsake wine flutes & cheese, fruit, meat platter , finishing off with chocolate covered strawberries to be delivered to their room.
In the meantime, I am swimming in material trying to get ready for the Blackberry Junction show. I have disassembled doll and bunny parts everywhere! I am creating prim dolls that are a combination of cloth and paper clay. A technique I learned by taking Gritty Jane's awesome work shop! I highly recommend her class it was fun and informative, the technique she uses for turning tiny arms and legs was worth the price of the class alone! Thank you Jane!
I will be offering prim bunnies, fluffy garden bunnies, dolls, and cottage furniture for the Old fashioned Easter area . Plus aged iron pieces hanging baskets, doorknockers, garden art for the Rustic Potting Shed area of the show.
As usual I am behind , but I will get it done I am determined to have everything done in time . I have a month sooooo I am thinking I should get going this morning instead of playing on the computer! So I say adieu

Señorita Pil: the One World~One Heart giveaway

Señorita Pil: the Wonderful art piece love the colors too. please sign me up! Susan V.
VISIT MY BLOG FOR A FREE GIVEAWAY TOO OF A SCULPTED GOURD!seasonalwhimsies.blogspot.comOne World~One Heart giveaway

Finally here is the actual prize I am offering in my Valentine Giveaway. Two Hearts beat as one Penguin. He is about 8" tall ,he carries a heart for his Valentines. This little cutie is up for grabs just leave a comment on this blog and you will be entered in the drawing. Winner will be by random draw of names. Please leave a way for me to contact you if you are the winner of my drawing. GOOD LUCK!! HUgs Susan

VALENTINE'S DAY GIVEAWAY!!

In honor of Valentine's Day I am having a giveaway!! Starting today through Feb 7Th. Winner will be drawing at random. I will be giving away a sculpted penguin gourd in a Valentine theme. I will be posting a picture on Monday of the actual gourd, I am currently cooking for the Oregon Crusaders and won't have time to get a picture up until then. Poor planning on my part! If you scroll you will see a Christmas themed Penguin Valentine will be similar to that sculpt with Valentine accents.
Please leave a comment on today's blog ,remember to include your name and email address! That's all there is to it!! My sisters at AHA art on EBay will be hosting giveaways too. Visit their blogs to sign up for their giveaways too! Winner will be drawn at random.
Hugs, Susan

New Creation

Our kitchen remodel is done ! yay! The new floor went in quickly which was great because all of our den and kitchen furniture was store in my living room and dining room [turned into library room]. Our Disney collections had to be taken out of the safety of their large curio so it could be moved, so the lined my book shelves until they could be moved back into the entry hall again. That was pretty unnerving for me, I am a klutz so moving all those pieces was a very slow and careful process! Not one piece got broken, thank heaven. So I can breath easier.
The guys that installed our new floor looked like teenagers to me,[ is this what is called getting old? will I be calling them sonny soon?yikes} but they were very good at their job, except for the chalking around the bases boards. My husband is obsessed with chalking, oh and did I mention I am married to a perfectionist? I have always joked that he is Felix Unger [from the odd couple] and I am Oscar? is that right? Anyway, I am not that bad but my husband is pretty dog gone close to Felix. So the next day he couldn't stand it and re chalked the entire thing. He could hardly walk the next day but it does look good.
The real kicker was the granite, which I thought would be the easier part [which I shouldn't do when it comes to things out of my area of expertise] First the men who came to install the granite were Chinese they didn't speak hardly any English. Which was kind of scary not being able to talk to one another but thankfully the owner came and stayed through the whole thing. Four days later we have an amazing new kitchen. The good news is I was able to get some real work done during this turmoil , that makes me very happy.

I finally finished my first Easter piece for 2009. Her name is Spring and she stands 8 inches tall. She is a paper clay sculpted piece. This is the first time I have used doll eyes for one of my pieces at least mechanical open and close eyes with lashes!! I have given her a tiny woven basket in which she carries tiny hand made flowers one German mushroom from spun cotton green Polk a dot top , one pink Easter egg and one purple. I love her skirt with it's full tutu style! The tiny flowers are plumerias made from clay so cute! I will be listing her with weekend on EBay.

I will posting pictures of the kitchen tomorrow, after I de-clutter them, getting ready for a show so things are stacked the kitchen for pricing. Bye for now.