Drum roll please!

Well, I decided to not use the random number website, so I made my little papers and with the help of my kid we had the 3 prices selected, only that I can't find the silly disc thingy of the camera... so well, no picture for this :o(  gggrrrr! (I'll worry about that later) For now I am pleased to post the names of the 3 winners! Plus other 2 extra winners for nice postings!
(Happy loud music in the background)

Mermaid doll:  BrendaLea, the Prpldy of http://prpldy15.blogspot.com US

Hands: leikkaan of http://leikkaan.blogspot.com Finland

Mermaid ACEO: marit  of  http://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog Netherlands

And the extra winners:

Scruffy ACEO: Sean, for daughter who had a fire in her house... Hope she likes this art card, who is from a little fighter who won our hearts.


Kitty ACEO: to cal_rubies, because she said something so nice that made my heart happy. Everybody's posts were nice, but some touched me more.... you know what I mean.

I will contact each person to get their address.

A big THANK YOU so much to all that participated! (tossing confetti in the air here, while happy music fades out) Last one leaving gets to clean the mess... bye!

P.S. read THIS!!!  It was not "goof bye" it is a "see you next time" ...don't miss it next year yaay!

OWOH Blog Event

Welcome blog travelers!

 http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com 
OWOH event

For those that come here for the first time, the one thing you'll notice right away is that I love painting, and I love sculpting art dolls. When I remember I take pictures to make tutorials and post them here. I also have some demos in video.
I live in California, I'm a mom of teens and wife to a wonderful (and very patient) man. We have a cat that decided to move in to let us feed him, and we rescued a doggy last year, who now happily digs holes all over the back yard. They are a lot of fun to watch and great source of inspiration:

 

ACEO size

ACEO size

When I was little girl I started my art career in my grandma's wall. She let me make fabulous murals of mermaids and squirrels and all kinds of fun stuff. I wanted to grow up to be an opera singer or a mermaid.
Well, few decades later, and I did not become a singer (for the benefit of human kind) and thank goodness I am not a mermaid either! But I continued to draw, paint and create. If I'm not doing something creative, I'm not happy. And no one wants me cranky around here! LoL

For this awesome blog event I have 3 gifts. One for each area I like working on:

 An ACEO mermaid:

 A mermaid doll:

And a cool painting:

All you have to do is post here to say hello, tell me where you come from and what gift you want.

Everybody from everywhere in the world is welcome! (I am #164 in the OWOH list)

I will be making 3 different random selections for each gift, so each participating will be playing to get what they like best according to their post.

The results will be given on the 17th of February and I will contact each winner to get their info and send the art.

Good Luck!

...thanks for visiting, hope to see you again soon!
OH! And we are also having a OWOH giveaway at the touring baby blog!

So many things to do...

.... And so little time! I need at least an extra hour, I'm sure you guys feel the same way some days :o)
Well, I can't wait for the coming exciting events! The One World One Heart is coming and promises to be the best ever, only it is the last time too... But it's starting in 3 days, so keep your eyes open and don't miss my giveaways (I can't post a preview, but it is cute! Plus, I am participating in the ADO Blog Group giveaway too, and also in the Touring Babies blog group giveaway as well! What does that mean? it means a whole group will be offering several gifts in one blog, more chances to win, yaay!!

Also the Traveling Doll Project is coming in March... awesome! I will be posting all the cool dolls visiting me, this time I am in 2 groups... crazy, I know! But lots of fun! so you'll get to see 9 dolls featured in the coming months. The team names are funny! One of my teams is The Eager Eagles and the other The Bee-Bee-Q’s

I have a polymer baby elf listed on ebay, visit him to cheer him up! I am starting my doll auctions in 99 cents! as a PIF and to find them their new forever homes.  And in my Etsy Shop I have a 20% off coupon for all art! So if you like something this is the time to get it. I have also a bunch of "free shipping" listings. Just click to buy, and type JANSALE at the checkout, it is valid till the January 30th... hurry up! :oD

Also I have been painting in a larger format again..... I am loving it! I will post tomorrow some of the WIP of my work..... for now, I hear the muses calling (more like screaming!) in the kitchen, where I moved all my painting stuff, to a better light in this gray days....

Now tell me about your projects!! What's on your easel? art desk? sewing machine??! :o*

On your marks...

Get set..... Are you ready for the next (and last!!) OWOH blog event?
This brings sweet and sour news to me. I LOVE the event!! I don't want it to be the last year! :o(
But I do understand that it is an overwhelming task to accomplish.

Well, in case you are not aware that it is coming, here is the link!

http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com

IT WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY JANUARY 3OTH WITH THE FINAL DAY BEING FEBRUARY 17TH.(the day winners are announced) 2011
I will be offering 3 gifts to be announced later on.

Do I have news for you!

Hello there! First I will tell you about my wonderful 2 things delivered in the mail after I won in the OWOH blog event:
An adorable doll from my buddy Cindy Sowers:



A cool necklace from Deborah of heavenlyhumor:


I am so happy! Thank you ladies!

Now let me tell you... I took Scruffie to the vet, right? we took an X ray because I was so worried who the "other dog" was, so there was a chance they puppies were too big. Long story short, the X rays shows 5 heads... I panicked because I was thinking more like 3 :oS And no clue on what to do to help.

Well, last night at some odd hour, she delivered her 5 healthy puppies, all of them look fine, and identical to her!
In the fist inspection, ALL seem to have boys parts... so I guess we will check again later, just to make sure. Isn't it funny if all are from the same gender?? My daughter and I were thinking to call the babies with the Pride and Prejudice names. One was going to be Mr. Darcy. Now with 5 boys, I guess we will have to forget about Lizzy and Charlotte... The options will be Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Whickham, Mr. Bennet and Mr. Collins (poor little guy). My dentist will adopt one of them! :oD
Here's the proud momma:


And here is Panzón, who is banned from the house till the babies are bigger:
He doesn't mind, now that the weather is better and naps are more fun in the "jungle" than in a boring carpet anyway LOL

As for art and dolls... well, I will go back to that soon. Life played a twirly twirl on my this past few weeks (with the flu, leaky roof, crazy repair men, pregnant dog and all that), but getting back to normal now :oD

OWOH winners

How exciting it was going from blog to blog on the magic carpet of the OWOH event.
I couldn't visit all, but I think I went to like 400 blogs!
I shopped a little, followed new blogs, made new friends, drooled over a lot of giveaways... now it's time to post my winners!
I went to the random generator and this is the result:
34 Gloria in CA,
83 Kathy in NV
128 Robin in Israel
The emails have been sent and just in case someone doesn't answer in 3 days, I run a new number.
I am SO thrilled that I know one of them!!! the new are 2 new friends!
My thanks to Lisa who made it possible, to introduce so many people from so many places of the world.

wow... what a trip!

I have spent the most enjoyable hours, visiting blogs for the OWOH blog event... Meeting new people, discovering awesome artists/crafters, drooling on their giveaways... I hope I can win something! :oD
There's still like another 600 to go, but there is time.
I found more Frida fellow fans, wonderful painters, all kinds of crafts... yummy colors.... A true feast for the eyes!

Thanks to all the people that have visited! New people and the ol'friends as well, it means a lot to me and fills my little heart with joy:o)

News about my ADO project... My dolls now has been all sanded up, added some extra plumpness LoL she was a bit too skinny, and if she's going to go in such a longs trip back and forth, she needs extra padding ;o) I will take a new picture, this is how she looked before. Now she has more curves and toes.
Poor thing she'll go almost naked to Florida, hopefully she'll have some clothes on by the time she goes to the UK.

One World, One Heart GIVEAWAY

Contest closed now. Thanks so much for visiting!
Hello there!
I am participating in this awesome One Word One Heart giveaway! I am #317 in the OWOH list.
Welcome all new visitors, greetings from California, thanks for stopping by!
People responding to THIS post will get a chance to win one of THREE gifts from me:
I have 3 original art pieces, each one is a First place but we will have three first places, yaay! why not?? LoL

The theme is a trip on a flying carpet... Each of the pieces represents my different "art trips" I have done from different interests: sculpting Art Dolls, Painting on canvas, and Art Cards.

Please post your first name and country, all countries are welcome!
You only need to post one comment on this posting! (Click on the top logo to see recent postings)

The winners will be selected on Feb 14th and posted here on the 15th.
So don't forget to "follow" my blog or bookmark and check back!
If you are in twitter, make sure you keep an eye open too, as I will be posting the winners there as well.
Good luck everyone! And thanks for stopping here! :oD

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I am also part of the ADO giving, so visit that BLOG HERE for a chance of 1 of 17 gifts from other ADO members! yaay! My donation to their blog is a Frida camafeo, or cabochon. You can see the pic there.