OWOH winners!!

I am in lovely Florida visiting my family. Geesh, it has been so long. My mom and dad look fantastic!!
My mom looks like she is younger than me. I am so glad to see they are so healthy and happy.
My beautiful sisters and their families are doing so well.
My heart is full.

Even though I am in Florida, I brought my door prizes with me and I am going to mail them out from here.
So contact me with your address and I will ship them from here.
This OWOH has been fantastic and I have had so much fun, I have not been able to visit everyone that visited me, life has been pretty full.
I will try and get to you after, if I have some time. Know that I appreciate all of your comments and love that you came by to see me. Thank you!!

I have picked my winners already and the winner of the Bluebird of happiness is...............

Cricket of Cat & Cricket

Congratulations Cricket!!!!

The winner of the OWOH commemorative piece is....................

Mom of 3rd Culture Kids

Congratulations!!!!!

 I truly hope that these pieces bring you both all of the abundance they are intended to!!

Off to play with my family, YES!!!!!!!!

OWOH- One World One Heart and my 3rd winner

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!
If you ever want to feel great about your self, mark this post and read it again sometime when you are behind.
At the end of January 2010, I committed to something called OWOH (One World One Heart), it is a blog social where everyone visits each others blogs and comments. Each blog host has a giveaway of some sort. I had such a great response and enjoyed my self so much. I had 2 people shy of 300 responses or comments. For every 50 people, I offered up a handmade goddess or angel made for them according to a few questions I would ask them. That is 5 pieces.

This is also my first post for the OWOH explaining the rules and what I was going through at the time.

http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2010/02/11th-giveaway-one-world-one-heart.html

I went to every blog on the list too. I had the time of my life for being in one of the saddest to date places I have ever been, needless to say doing the blog social is the best thing I could have done at that time, it kept me busy!

Clicking on this image will take you to the OWOH blog list

You can check out Lisa Swifka's page here to see the almost 1100 blogs that participated here:
http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart.html

I just finished my 3rd one, 4 months later, I have two more to do. I haven't gotten the instructions for one yet! That is a long time to finish these pieces. I did though, warn everyone that they would have to wait for me, the reason being that these pieces, even though I have information, pretty much speak to me about what is supposed to be on the goddess or angel. It takes time. I have to be in the right frame of mind. There is also study involved. Visiting pages and looking for info, every detail will make a difference in the finished pieces. Not only that, I have no idea what some of the things people request are.  

The 3rd one is gone, it was shipped off and Elizabeth from Altered Book Lover http://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/  has received hers. I took a very long time with this one, there were not many things for me to choose from on her list. She loves her cat Bleubeard and her friend plays the steel drum, all the clay and wire should match, do not clutter it up, Crown and wings. I thought "oh merde" this is not enough info. I can not do this. Not enough info. And what the hell is a steel drum anyway??

Well, here it is, uncluttered, for my work, matching wires and clay, steel drum, Bleubeard, wings crown.

I added a halo of peridot and hoped that it wasn't over the top and a bit too much per Elizabeth's instructions.

The reason I added the peridot is myth, but lovely myth. 

Mystical Properties

Peridot jewelry is used to help dreams become a reality.

Lore
Peridot is given as a symbol of fame, dignity, and protection.
Legend has it that pirates favored peridot to protect them against evil. When the peridot was set in gold it also protected the wearer from terrors in the night.
Peridot has been mined from St John's Island in the Red Sea for over 3500 years.
Peridot is the US State Gemstone of Nevada.

The stone is so sweetly light green in chip form that I thought it would not distract. Giving someone protection in thought and heart is a good thing in my opinion and I have grown to like Elizabeth a lot. I like her attitude and her blog.
Not only have I gained insight about clutter, steel drums, and helped my sad state, I feel I have also gained friends from this experience. The more I blog, the more I love it.

My third winner OWOH- Li from My thoughts my voice

Li from the blog My Thoughts my Voice http://mythoughtsmyvoice.wordpress.com/ is my third winner.

She is another angel out in blogland that loves to do all kinds of crafts, but her love of crochet has come back to her and she is exploring it again and enjoying it very much!

She loves to read a good book when she has time.

She picked the colors yellow, blue, and pink because they are happy colors. I never would have used these colors in one of my angels with out someone requesting them and I am so glad that Li did.

I am very happy with the results on this angel, she is happy!

Li also asked if I would put something on there that represented me. I loved that, I thought it was unusual, but I was flattered that she wanted me on there. So for you Li I have added the California sun for happy days and a sunny heart where ever you may go. I have also added the flowers I make in the color that compliment your angel because I love making them and right now they do represent me and the place my work is at right now! Li your angel is done with a silver colored 16 gauge wire formed into and angel body and wrapped with a silver color 24 gauge wire. Her face is done in a flesh tone Cernit clay, and is adorned with a yellow Cernit crown with pink hearts all the way around. She also has a halo of wired on citrine and quartz chunks. Citrine for clarity and creativity and quartz for protection and positive energy.  The wings are made from pink, blue, and yellow Cernit and the wings, face, sun and heart are washed with Pewter Lumiere. I made you a good book so you will always have one on hand and two balls of yarn and a crochet hook to take where ever you go. Li I hope you like your angel, she is filled with love for you and positive thoughts.

Thank you so much for giving me a chance to do something I wouldn't have done.

I have learned so much!    

My first winner OWOH- Debbi from Diamond Grove

Debbi from the blog Diamond Grove http://diamondgrove.blogspot.com/ is my first winner and this is her Angel. She loves fall and anything to do with fall.

She wanted an angel and is an angel from what I can see on her blog and the small amount I have talked to her.

She calls her children "Diamonds in the rough" and posts on thursdays something she calls "thankful thursdays" (How beautiful is this? I love it) .

She loves to craft and is happily married with 3 little angels in training.

Debbi also plays with the clay and I am so happy this little angel is going home to her. Her angel is filled with inspiration to aid her in her love of crafts, home, and gratitude.

Check out Debbi, my 1st angel (I mean my 1st OWOH winner) and her blog Diamond Grove - Debbi says "where I am surrounded by people and things that help me shine".

Debbi's angel is adorned with a crown of acorns, has a heart and wings hand sculpted of antique gold cernit washed in black ne-opaque paint to bring out the details, the face is molded from my own mold made from one of my original sculpts and is gold cernit washed in black ne-opaque for definition, and the angel also sports the hand sculpted fall harvest symbols with a one off scarecrow to chase away any fears that Debbi may find. It is made with gun metal 16 gauge artistic wire and the hand sculpted Cernit pieces are attached with 24 gauge artistic wire.

I too, adore a fun fall piece and this was a pleasure to make. I hope you like it Debbi.

Mealy Monsters, OWOH, Nicole Johnson, and Daryl (my new best friend)

I am in love with a monster, and no, it is not Howard, it is Daryl.

I love him, he makes me smile and this is quite something after my month. So you can see my infatuation with this guy.

Officially he is a mealy monster kid, but he is big 7 1/2"  from head to toe, I don't know why I thought they were small when I looked at Nicole's Flickr photo stream.

I got him wrapped very carefully in a bunch of bubble wrap and tissue and then more bubble wrap around him. He must have been quite comfortable travelling from across the north American continent, because he smiled briefly as I took him out. Either that or he was happy to finally be out. He has returned to his slightly suspicious face since then though. His gaze is usually directed at Howard's desk.

I was lucky enough to be one of two people that got one of Nicole's creations in the OWOH blog social Lisa Swifka http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/
hosted from the 25th of January to the 16th of February 2010, I am over the moon. If you did not know about this, you should go read about it. It is probably going to go on next year, mark your calendars now. The were over 1000 of us this year.
I thought out of 333 excited people it would probably be a dream for me to win one of Nicole's awesome monters or kids, but it happened and I am soooooooooooo excited.

Daryl out in the wild the other day.
Click for bigger image

Daryl spends his days guarding my messy desk and watching Howard, roaming through tall grass, playing with my cats and carrying his monster with him everywhere he goes. He is a well behaved child and is very nice to the monster he thinks is a cat but looks similar to a bulldog tritopus a rare form of tritopi that are almost extinct. I think he can tell the difference now that he has met my cats.

  

Nicole Johnson
Mealy Monster Woman

Nicole's website http://www.mealymonsterland.com/

Nicole's Blogspot http://itsybitsyfunzyonesie.blogspot.com/

Nicole's Blog http://www.mealymonsterland.com/blog/

Nicole's Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/mealymonster

Nicole's Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/27878130@N03/


If you have not been to Mealy Monster Land, it is time for a little trip to visit Nicole, the monsters, and the kids. All the gates are open for you above and you will be so glad you did.  
 
 
Thank you so much Nicole for participating in the OWOH blog social. I am so glad I met you and Daryl.

the best of times- OWOH... the worst of times

I won this in the OWOH blog social from Debra at the midlife poet. You can visit Deb's blog at the link below.

I have had a very hard month.

But... in a bi-polar kind of way,

I have also had a wonderful month. I will highlight the good now.

I need to go to the good place.

One World One Heart (OWOH) blogger party.

Mom and Dad's 54th wedding anniversary.

My hubby's 60th birthday, the 14th.

My oldest daughters 29th birthday, the 16th.

I won this when Donna at So dark So cute had a giveaway for her birthday, her link is below.

Donna's birthday at so dark so cute http://sodarksocute.blogspot.com/

This also came from Deb,it truly looks good enough to eat. Click on pick for larger view. 

Deb's birthday at Midlife Poet http://midlifepoet.blogspot.com/

This is how it all came, I love the M.E. box, she is one of my favorites. If you stop by Deb's blog, tell her Happy Birthday.

OWOH has help so much to slide through some of the negative things of the month of February. It was giant blog party hosted by Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/

I have more to share so stay tuned.

OWOH winners and some angel goddesses

Jacquie's goddess

I wanted to show you that the goddesses can also be made in to angels. I will also do a darker piece if that is what you wish.

It is personal. If you can tell me I can probaly make it for you.

My winners on the OWOH magical mystical tour are

#1

Debbi at Diamond Grove- She will be the first one to get her goddess made.

#2
Rose Works Jewelry- will be 2nd.

#3
Li- My thoughts my my voice -will be 3rd

#4
Bluebird and Elizabeth -Altered book lover - will be 4th

#5
Pixiewinkle- My cosmopolitain diary -will be 5th

Congratulations to all of you. I am looking forward to making your own personal goddess.
Thanks again to Lisa Swifka from the Whimsical Bohemiam
http://www.awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/
visit her here and get ready for next year.