One World, One Heart 2010: Thanks for a great ride, everyone!!

First order of business: I have picked (with a random number generator) and emailed the two winners for the One World One Heart 2010:

Deborah, of Comfort Joy Designs; and Kim, of Queen of Arts!

Congratulations to the winners -- I so wish I could send a pair to everyone who commented! Thank you all for visiting my blog and for your kind words; it is wonderful to "meet" you all, and I'm really enjoying reading your blogs, too! I was away at a seminar last week and didn't have time to visit your blogs then, but I'll pick up where I left off so I can see more of the awesome things you all do. I am just so amazed at all the creativity out there and love seeing everyone's creations, so keep at it and inspire us!

Now that I'm home I want to get back to mosaics, and I feel the jewelry mojo stirring, too... but I'm way behind in my coursework and the studio is an unholy mess. And so what did I do first thing this morning? Started making letter tiles, of course! These are for the flying heart part of what was formerly "Black" -- the upper half, which is now its own mosaic. I figure I can afford a little creative time because a heavy obligation requiring a trip to ABQ for the day was cancelled... sounds reasonable, right? I can clean up and do coursework and laundry while these bake, then while the paint dries, then while the adhesive attaching them to the mosaic dries, then while the grout for the whole piece dries. I figure I have a lot of creative time to catch up on, and my seminar (the second clinical skills residency for my marital/family therapy program) was so intense that this is the perfect way to both unwind and begin to mentally integrate everything I learned.

Yeah, that's the ticket... ;-) Happy creating, everyone!

One World One Heart 2010

I've been blogging off and on since 2002 and have been more diligent about it lately both to share my creations and because I've been so inspired by others' blogging. So I'm excited this year to participate in One World One Heart, a sort of virtual bloggers' convention that offers the opportunity not only to see and read about what others are doing but also to win something! I'm offering the brass and glass earrings pictured above; I made them using brass swallows that have a unique patina finish created by a fellow Etsy seller, PatinaQueen. (I have to give her a shout-out because she does such great things with metals and chemicals.)

So how do you play? Just leave a comment to this blog entry by Valentine's Day, and on February 15, I will pick one comment to win the earrings and post the winner in my blog. I'll wait for you to contact me unless you have left me your email address either by commenting using your blogger identity or by including your email address in the comment. You don't need to say or do anything else -- no annoying sign-ups, and no spam later, either, I promise.

Although this is a blogging event you don't need to have a blog to be eligible to win the giveaway, and I'll ship anywhere. If you have more questions, just ask! The OWOH main page lists the many other bloggers participating, so do visit their blogs and enjoy the great diversity our World Wide Web has to offer.