The Winner' (S) Of The Christmas Card Give Away!

Thank you to all who entered my Christmas Card Give Away!

I drew a name and it was my dear MIL

Patti.

Well, since I drew my Mother In Law I thought that may not look fair...

(hee hee)

So, I drew another name and it was

Sherry !!!

So, This is how it will go.

I will send Sherry her cards & I am sending my MIL some cards too!!!

There you have it...two winners!

I am still selling these cards on my

Etsy shop...

if you are interested.

Thanks again for playing!

Drixie Reindeer Doll

Introducing this sweet 17 inch creation.
Meet Drixie The Reindeer, Now available in my
Etsy Shoppe

O' Christmas Tree, Thou Tree Most Fair & Lovely

Finally! A Christmas Holidoodle!
For Sale Now in my
Etsy Shoppe!

Don't Forget to sign up for my two

give a way's down in the last post...
check it out!!!
Merriest Weekend to you!

A Christmas Card Giveaway & More!!!

Wanna try for a chance to win a giveaway????
I am giving away
8 Christmas cards with envelopes.
The darling little girl on mushroom is
my Christmas card design for the year.

leave a comment...Post it on your blog with the
picture and let me know you posted it
for another chance to win in the drawing!!
I will draw a winner for the Christmas Cards
Friday, December 11th...
and ship before Christmas!

AND........
If you want another chance to win a give away...

I have been blogging now for three years at
The Child's Paper.
It has been fun to post updates on my kids, family tid bits,
our faith, our traditions, resources, home school ideas,
arts, crafts, sewing, baking and thrifting
with my dear readers.
So much fun that I am almost at 400 posts
and wanted to have a give away!
What a great time to have one around Christmas time.

So here it is folks!
Now if you don't know already,
our family LOVES books!
The perfect gift is a book...I think.
So I wanted to share these with you...
and you won't believe how much they cost me!
I will tell you what it cost when the winner is picked!

Not only do we LOVE BOOKS...
but we also LOVE ART...
So I have especially selected these books for the Artist as well.

The first book is D is for Dahl...
You know this Author from the classics,
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
and Fantastic Mr. Fox to name a couple.
I have always loved his quirky stories...
This book ia A gloriumpyious A-Z guide to the world of Roald Dahl.

The second book is
Salutations Wit & Wisdom from Charlotte's Web
By E.B White
with illustrations by Garth Williams.
Filled with excerpts of wit & wisdom from the original book.

The third book is called Artist to artist...
filled with 23 major illustrators who talk to children
about their art/ with pictures included...
This book was compiled for the benefit of
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Lastly There is a delightful fairy book called
Fairyopolis A Flower Fairies Journal
by Cicely Mary Barker!
You will love the illustrations and
special finds within this big book!

Well thats it...
Now all you have to do is leave a comment on my
The Child's Paper
blog regarding the book give away.....
share it on your blog and post the give away picture
then let me know you posted it...
that will give you another chance to win in the drawing!!
I will choose a winner Sunday December 13th
and will ship it out the following
Monday December 14th in time for Christmas!

GOOD LUCK!!!

O Tannenbaum

It starts out as a sketch.

Then adding in color.

In the end...
You get something special!

Here is yet another Christmas card
I have designed especially for 2009.

A Fox & Girl's Winter

I know I haven't been around here a lot lately.
Hope this post finds you well. I have found myself sketching lately...
something I have not done in quite a long while.
I decided to create a Christmas woodland
themed picture for Christmas cards.

This sweet picture took me several hours to finish.
It was so much fun to create.

I then finished the drawing/ painting off with a
blue background with Wintery snowflakes.

If you are interested in getting yourself a pack of Christmas cards...
they are now available in my
Etsy Shoppe!
I have two designs for Christmas.
Enjoy!

Private Class...

With the recent, tender loss of her Mama just less than
a month ago, my dear Sister in Law came for a much needed visit over the weekend.
This was to be a sort of retreat for her to come, fellowship,
rest and do something creative, with the hope she would alleviate some stress and hurt.
We had a wonderful time, talking, getting things off our chest, hugging one another,
cooking together, spending some time with the kids at the park and our in the car picnic,
( because it was way to hot to eat outside!)
We have surely made a short time into a wonderful memory.

I had planned to teach her some of my own techniques in doll making.

She has been a crafter / seamstress for all of her life.
These were the sort of things that she shared with her own Mama,
whom was a very talented lady!

Lori, did a wonderful job with her doll. I am so very proud of her.
She chose Autumn colors for her doll, since her
year round decor at home is in Autumn colors.
I think it will be sweet!

It was getting LATE!
So, we had to close up shop for the night.
The doll was pinned together so that she could finish her off at home!
She promised to finish her dolly and send a picture of it completed!

Lori and I have a lot of History together...
some were the best of times , some were distant...
too distant.
I am blessed to have spent this time with her. A time which was needed for so long. I hope to have been a comfort for her through this very hard time in her life.
I am just blessed to have seen her smile this weekend!

Foxy Loxy Meets Little Red Hen

Another design... Sweet Foxy Loxy in all her glory.
Soft plushy stuffed sweetheart.
But... beware Foxy likes to eat hens as most foxes do.

Especially the plumped up feather kind.....

ALL, these darlings are available on Etsy now!!!!
Run.....

Visit my Shoppe here at
Garboodles
FOXY LOXY was also added to Etsy Treasury...
visit here to see her and some other Foxy kind of art..

Where The Wild Things Are....

I have finally finished something !!!
Introducing my newest design for my
Hollow~Doodle Collection 2009.

This sweet doll was inspired from
"Where The Wild Things Are",
by Maurice Sendak

She, along with some more
Inspired Dollies all available for purchase.

In case you didn't know... The beloved story,
Where The Wild Things Are
will be in Theaters in October !!!
Can't wait!!!

Playing with ideas

There are just those times when I play with things in my head...
I don't get much accomplished this way...that's for sure. I have been playing around with this idea for a while now. Poor thing doesn't know what to think of me.

I am pleased with the face thus far... I hand drew the face with pens.... Now only if I could just complete this doll... That will be an accomplishment beyond mention. I have about four or five WIP's right now...
And it's driving me nuts !!!

Do you ever feel this way?

Happy Summer Day's to you !!!