Winner!

I have a winner for the print of Sweet House and matching ATC! It's #51 - Danielle! Congratulations - I will be sending out the prize as soon as the madness of shifting house has subsided!

For now, it's all go. We got our key yesterday so I've steam cleaned the carpets, and we've shifted several carloads of boxes into the garage to be sorted into the house as soon as the carpets are dry. Today I'm shifting the garden (all the potted plants that is) which is sure to be back-breaking, especially since it rained hard yesterday and overnight and they'll all be full of water...

Before I go I want to say a big thank you to everyone who left a lovely comment on my giveaway post. Thanks for all the well-wishes for the new house! You are all welcome to come around for tea and lemon cake :) But now it's time for me to go and load some pots and boxes.

One World One Heart giveaway - and some Very Exciting News

**********GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED**********

Sweet House

Mixed media
123 x 174 mm

Hello again! It's been some weeks since I posted but I do have a good reason and some Very Exciting News... we have bought a house! So I'm busy busy busy cleaning, dusting and packing everything I own into a million boxes. Then on the 14th of February we will move into our new, sweet little house. The above artwork is a portrait of our new home. The big sunny room at the front will be my studio! And that is indeed a giant lemon tree outside the front door.

To celebrate I'm having a giveaway! It's also a part of the One World, One Heart blog event hosted by Lisa Oceandreamer. This is a wonderful event where bloggers all over the world will hold giveaways at their own blogs. To see the list of over 800 participants and find some new lovely blogs to visit, go to the official site here!

My giveaway is for a 5 x 7 print of Sweet House, and a matching original ATC. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment at this post. (If your comment doesn't link back to a public blog, please leave your email so I can contact you if you win.) That's it! The winner will be drawn on the 12th of February, which is also our settlement date - let's hope it's a lucky day!

Sweet House ATC

Opening night, and a giveaway

Last night was Opening Night, and I have four quick photos for you.



People arrived, and wine was drunk.



Exhibits were admired.



Beautiful dresses and soft-toned paintings whispered to each other.



Skulls and spikes and sculptures abounded.

More and better photos will be online at the Gothic Punk website in a couple of days. In the meantime, would you like to enter a giveaway competition? Go on then! Just leave a comment on this post, and I'll put all names in the draw to win an 8 x 10 print of any one of the she loves paintings (pictured below). Make sure to leave your email address if you don't have a Blogger account. In honour of the show, this giveaway will be open until December 13. I'll announce the winner on Sunday December 14. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to enter!

ONE World - ONE Heart (because all the cool kids are doing it)

*******Edit: It's 8.40pm on February 14th NZ time - that means the draw is closed. But stay tuned, my dears... I will be announcing the winner soon!
And here it is!**********

After seeing some beautiful posts around lately featuring some super cool giveaways, I decided to join the ONE World - ONE Heart event. I've been meaning to do a giveaway for ages and this also seemed like a good time to officially launch my new blog. So here it is, and thanks to everyone who takes the time to visit me here! If you don't know about the OWOH idea, click on the link above to go to the official site. There is also a list of the participants (over 200) who are all hosting giveaways at their own blogs. So much pretty eye candy on display...


These are some little wooden art pieces measuring about 20 x 50 mm. They have been painted, drawn on, collaged and embellished with little rhinestones, before being liberally coated with a lovely shiny glaze. Together they form the phrase "Live, Love, Laugh". The back side has a magnet, so you can attach them to your fridge, filing cabinet or any metal surface!

Check out my Flickr page for more photos.


All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment here. But be quick, because I'll be drawing the winner on February 14 (6 days from today). Looking forward to hearing from you!