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I have just signed up on BlogLovin' since it seems to be the thing to do these days. I like it so far - if you have Bloglovin' click to follow mine, and leave a comment so I can follow yours too.
It seems to be SO much easier to navigate that Google Friend Connect. I love my GFC followers (almost 300 of you! WOW! I may have to do a special follower giveaway

OWOH Winner Announcement! (and OWOA news!)

One World One Heart has come to a close.




I have so enjoyed this year's event, with hundreds of familiar faces, and even more new talented bloggers to meet. I tried my very best to make it to all 850+ blogs participating this year. I think I at least came close!
I am very impressed with the turnout, and humbled by the lovely comments so many of you left here on my blog. I had no idea so many

One World One Heart 2011 - Giveaway Closed! Thanks for visiting!

To enter, 

Welcome to my little hiding place in cyberspace!

This is my third year as a participant in the One World One Heart event hosted by Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian.  This is the 5th and final year of the event, so it is a bit bittersweet.
I have enjoyed meeting so many beautiful bloggers and "discovering" countless talented artists during these events.
A bit about me:
My name is

Happy New Year (a bit belated) and blog event news!

Happy New Year to all of my beautiful bloggy visitors.



I know I am the laziest blogger ever, but hey - it saves you time when catching up on your blogroll, right?
I wanted to let everyone know about the One World One Heart blog event hosted by A Whimsical Bohemian.
This is the 5th and final year of the event, so it is rather bittersweet.  I was a participant in 2009 and 2010, and I will

OWOH 2010 Winner!

I want to thank all of you who participated and visited during the One World One Heart blog event.I had such a great time meeting so many of you, and I made it around to ALMOST all of the blogs (no easy task with over 1100 of you!).Entries for my giveaway closed at midnight last night, and I have already contacted the winner.So without further adieu, the winner is.....drumroll please.....Paula of

One World One Heart 2010 CLOSED! winner will be announced Feb 15th

Welcome to my stop on the One World One Heart 2010 blog event!Roll up your magic carpet and have a cup of chai.I would love to thank Lisa for hosting OWOH for a fourth year. I first hopped on board last year and I had a wonderful time visiting ALL 911 participating blogs.For those who would like more info, you can find out more about OWOH and its simple goal of global fun and friendship on

Les Oiseaux

I realized that I have never posted any of my non-plush art on my blog!Since I am participating in the 2009 One Word, One Heart caravan, and my giveaway is for a piece of my mixed media art, I thought I would share some. Or one. LOL!This was one of my first pieces, Les Oiseaux. It is an 8x10 stretched canvas done in acrylics, a vintage page from a 19th century French poetry book, feathers,

One World One Heart

****Comments are now closed. Thank you for participating. Winners names will be announced tomorrow by 5 pm EST****I am so happy to be a participant in the 2009 One World One Heart blog event.OWOH was founded by Lisa Swifka in 2007 as a worldwide event to bring together the blogging artist community in friendship.This year there are well over 400 blogs participating in the caravan.Each member is