OWOH Winner!

Hello friends old and new! Thought I better pick a winner and get this posted, as I was barely into my first cup of coffee of the day, checking email and I've won a couple prizes already!(More on that at a later date) Wowwwy what a wonderful trip around the world that was! Lisa has certainly outdone herself putting this fantastic event together for 5 years. Even though this was the last year for "One World One Heart" there is something new in the works for next year. So be sure to stop by http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/ to sign up for the newsletter to be kept up to date on the next one!

Wheww I can't believe how many talented imaginative people there are out there in blogland! I'm so glad I decided to participate. I learned quite a few new crafts and artistry I had never heard of before. I learned that many many artists are...cat lovers > ^. .^ < , and animal lovers in general! I learned that I am not the only one that can't settle on just one style or medium for artistic expression.  I learned that blogger only allowed you to follow 300 blogs.*Humph* Now some might say..how can  you possible READ 300 blogs? Apparently even Blogger doesn't think this is possible. They don't know me very well LMAO! I mean, it's not like they all post every day ya know. There's all the Doll Artists, Teddy Bear Artists, Painters, Quilters, Stitchers, Glass artists, Halloween artists both year-round and seasonal and everything in between. So yeah...I thought I was following a bunch of you, I clicked Follow, it said you were added to my feed reader, then nothin!  It really threw me for a loop for..like..a day. But I'm trying to go with the flow and not let change knock my block off ha! I rearranged. I broke up with a few blogs. Some of you thought I stopped following you but really, I just moved you to Networked Blogs and I can follow you through Facebook :) Ok ok.. I'm rambling..without further ado; Out of 300 comments, 293 were "real" the rest were duplicates.

The winner is #147 Teresa from http://ourknitalong.blogspot.com/
You win the eyes, heart charm, and I'm already buzzing with ideas for your personalized ATC. 


A big welcome to new followers...stay tuned...I feel another give-away coming up soon!
Happy Creating!

Virtual Hangover

Wow what a party! *Collapsing* Haha. The Practical Magic Blog Party was a blast! I think I nipped a bit too many virtual margaritas and chocolate lol. But I did make it through the ENTIRE list..only took me 3 days. So much inspiration, magic, enchantment and witchy goodness! I was great to see all the different styles and imaginations. From spell books, painting, art dolls, digital art, love stories and so much more. Of course the *one* I wanted to come back to I can't find, I think I peeked clicking on someone's comment on another blog, and closed it telling myself  I would get to it down the list, so I would continue going through them in order and not miss anyone. But I never found it again..it had THE most beautiful elaborate witch hats in silk (human size). I hope to trip across it again!

I wonder, does anyone else get a bit of vertigo after scrolling on a browser too long, or just me? :)  I did visit each and every one of your blogs. The only ones I didn't comment on were services I didn't have an account on, like MySpace Blogs (forgot my password) or others that I had never heard of and didn't really feel like signing up to leave a comment. I want to thank each and every one of you who have left comments and those of you still flying through for the party. Cyber hugs to you! I had a blast!

I also used this experience to learn about blogging, the good the bad and the ugly, since I'm fairly new and still learning as I go. So many beautiful designs, I hope to someday customize mine a bit more instead of using the pre-made template design.  Ok there wasn't any ugly, but there are a few things I learned:

*Oh how pretty, snow falling! Oh look fairy glitter! Oh no..more snow and fairy glitter! There were a LOT of these so I hope nobody feels like I'm pointing at them. It's pretty at first. Then when the snow falls..back and forth..it creates a new scroll bar at the bottom..jostling your background back and forth with it. And as I scroll down to post a comment...it grabs my cursor and throws me to the middle again. Frustrating.

*I started out opening one blog at a time, able to enjoy the music on a few. For efficiency I started opening a bunch of browsers for one letter of the alphabet, 10 or more songs blaring at me at once =mute. Auto play music is a bummer.

*Last rant...word verification. Unless you've been discovered by spam bots it's not really necessary. I saw a few that allow you to type your comment, tab to type the verify word, then submit comment which is fine. Others have no verify but just simply approve the comments before they appear, still user friendly. Having the entire page reload after hitting submit comment to type in the word = arrgggh.  

So I will work on keeping my blog as clean and fast loading as possible. Even some of the slowest/complicated blogs had such great posts that I followed so I can view in Google Reader and avoid the "fluff n stuff" :) 

Time to clean up the studio a bit and see what else I can get into! My PM Party Post is below.

It's time for Magic...Practical Magic that is!

Hello there, so glad you could stop by for the Practical Magic Blog Party! Park you broom and sit a spell ;)

I was so happy when I first discovered the PM Blog party that others love the movie as much as I do! At that time there were around 100 signed up, and now there are over 200! Very exciting indeed! I will be flying through and visiting each and every one of you. A few names I recognize and am already following, and I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with. How many times have you watched the movie since you signed up? I've seen the movie countless times, once since I signed up to participate in the PMBP, and countless clips on Youtube, and playing the soundtrack while I was creating. 

I did a couple of small paintings, and a pillow type primitive doll of Sally Owens. I do hope you come visit me again, as I'll be working on Gillian Owens next, I just can't stop now lol. Oh yes...and I still have to make an umbrellas for the sisters as well..

So without further adieu, here is my favorite quote from the movie (a great motto for life) and my creations...

"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage! " ~Aunt Francis

"Arrival at the Aunts"

"Preparing for Flight" 

They really are small!

Sally Owens

Thanks so much for flying through, join me in visiting all of the Practical Magic Blog Party participants at 

http://pmblogparty.blogspot.com/