Last chance to enter the Summer Begins Group Giveaway!

Today is your last chance to  

enter our Summer Begins Group Giveaway contest!  

Entries will be accepted until 11:59 pm this evening.  

Click here to enter now
and you could be the lucky winner of these 7 wonderful prizes!

Visit this post to see why I love the Summer Begins theme and to celebrate our authentic, creative selves.

Don`t forget to gain additional entries by commenting on Hello Earth and Lilac Saloon`s blogs, as well.

One special entrant will be randomly selected on Friday.

Check back tomorrow to find out if you`re the lucky winner.

Best of luck!!

Celebrate Your Beautiful, Creative Self!

The "Summer Begins" giveaway is officially on!  


To enter, visit my contest page or click the banner to the left.  


Good luck! 

I love the summer growth & renewal theme - yes, because it signifies an beloved seasonal benchmark - but also because of the symbolic value of summer's re-emergence.

As artists and crafters, we often experience a kind of internal "opening up" and "blossoming" through the practice our art... a metamorphosis not unlike the unfolding of peonies' petals and ripe red buds stretching to the sun.

To me, this is one of the most amazing aspects of creation: that in the process of crafting something new, the artist undergoes a fantastical transformation herself.

To celebrate the flourishing nature of creative play and the luscious warmth of the growing season, we are sharing our creative endeavors with you!

As an entrant, I hope that you will be inspired by our summer theme.  Consider your own flowering experience: the people, places and actions that have inspired your own growth.  And don't forget to appreciate how beautiful you've become along the way!

Summer Begins Giveaway!

I am so excited to share this with you!   

Hello Earth, Lilac Saloon and I have teamed together for this summer-celebration of handmade giveaways.

Here are the wonderful prizes you can win: 

(1)  A collection of three handcrafted and exquisitely detailed textile art wallflowers from the creator of Lilac Saloon;

 

(2)  A selection of three dreamy, original art pieces or prints from the talented artist at Hello Earth;

 

                 

  

AND...

  

(3)  An appliqued clutch pouch with single snap enclosure and signature sparrow detail.  

Handmade from reclaimed linens
(by moi).

Woohoo!

Here are the Summer Begins Giveaway details:  

1) One lucky winner will receive all of the prizes!  To enter, post a comment below indicating your name, location and favorite summer activity.   

2) The contest is open until June 24, 2010.  Visit the Hello Earth , Lilac Saloon, or Wild Sparrow blog on June 25th to see if you`re the lucky winner!   

3) Post a comment to all three blogs to earn additional entries. 

4) Sorry, but our close `real-life` friends and family are not eligible to win.

5) Each item will be mailed separately by its creator, so the winner can expect a very exciting sequence of prize deliveries.

Feel free to share our contest info with your friends & family!

BEST OF LUCK!!

Feed Your Soul

I highly encourage you to visit Liz Kalloch`s art on indiefixx.com/Feed_your_soul and print off this beautiful artwork.  (Trust me, this small attachment doesn`t do it justice!)

Mount it in a frame or add it to your inspiration board - love it and enjoy it.   

Kalloch`s piece reads “We are most alive in this world when we bloom with total abandon.”
         

I had just finished reading this post  at Sharon`s Jewelry Garden when I happened to click on an old bookmark.  Although I didn`t recall at the time where the bookmark linked to, it was in a Creative File I`d labeled “Inspirations.”  (Do you collect gazillions of Creative bookmarks like I do, or am I a lone virtual pack rat?)

It seems to me now that it was wonderfully serendipitous to have come across this beautiful artwork and its inspirational inscription at precisely that moment.

 
Remember that you can accomplish the most amazing acts and become capable of unknown abilities when you let yourself free of self-imposed boundaries.

Please print it, love it, enjoy it.