OWOH winner!

I wish I could send all of you something, but unfortunately my pocket book would run away screaming. lol So each month I will be adding a Free calendar for you to right click and save to your computer. From time to time I also add images (textures, vintage and so on), to share with you. That way everyone will get something from me.

So without further adieu the OWOH winner... drum roll please...is Shelinwa! Yay Shel! Out of 149 comments, the #5 came up in the Random Number Generator. I tried to do a screen shot but could not flippin' figure it out. Got frustrated after doing the step by step instructions I found on a website over and over again to no avail. Anyway, Congratulations Shel!

Lisa Swifka is planning a different but similar event in 2012. go here to read more about it. Thank you Lisa for coming up with this ingenious way to meet other artists from around the world! Goodbye OWOH. Hello OWOA (Our World Our Art)!

OWOH has arrived!

Hello and welcome! I would like to thank the sweet Lisa Swifka, our lovely hostess for OWOH, whom has been such a doll putting all of this together. It is a huge undertaking, I am sure keeping up with well over 1,000 blog postings. Yikes! I have participated in the last 4 years and I have loved meeting bloggers from all over the globe.

So let me begin by telling you a little about myself. First of all I am very creative. You will often find me with my camera up to my face shooting whatever tickles my fancy. Below are some of those things.

I am an artist & photographer living in a beautiful and charming town in South Carolina, USA. I am a mother to two grown children. I am a wife, a sister, a daughter and a friend to many and hopefully many more after OWOH. I love my family deeply. I love to go thrifting. The thrill of the hunt and finding a treasure is exciting. I am drawn to antique linens, laces, papers, and skeleton keys. I love coffee, caramel and ice cream. Yum! They make a nice treat combined, too. I love to make others laugh. It does my heart good to see someone smile.

Below is a calendar for the month of February. Just click to enlarge, then right click and save.
Below is a tea towel that I stained with vanilla coffee and added a fleur de lis design to, along with a mini notepad perfect for your pocket or purse. One of you will win these and some additional goodies. Just leave a comment and on February 17th a winner will be drawn and announced.Good luck! It was nice meeting you.
Don't forget to click on the OWOH link above to go back to the link list.

OWOH is coming at the end of the month and the riddle answer

Lisa Swifka is once again hosting the ever so much fun One World One Heart which is a Worldwide event for bloggers only. You get to blog hop and meet kindred spirits, discover new artists, crafters, new friends, etc. It is a whole lot of fun! I participated in the last 3 out of 4 and I will be participating again this year. Oh and did I mention that there are loads of giveaways, too? Last year there were over 1000 participants from all over the globe.

This is the final year for OWOH, as Lisa says it feels right to end it here. It is quite the undertaking as you might imagine. Anyway, you can click on the flyer above or the button on my sidebar to learn more. I can't wait!
And a little fella to make you smile. Remember a couple of summers ago his owner was walking around with him on her shoulder at the Arts Festival. Isn't he adorable?!

The answer to the riddle yesterday is: the "Happy Birthday" song!