One World One Heart Winner!

Congratulations to Robyn of Happy House of Haas!
Robyn is the winner of my One World One Heart Valentine give-away!
Click here to see what she won.

I used the Random Number Generator to choose my winner (and was very careful not to count my own comments as posts!). The winner has been notified by email and will, I hope, send me her snailmail addy soon so I can get her bag of goodies right out to her!

Thanks everyone for stopping by and participating in this very fun event, and thanks to Lisa Oceandreamer for hosting OWOH!

my daughter on her way out the door this morning, all ready for the big classroom Valentine Party!

Remember, the man who sent the first Valentine was writing a note to his beloved from jail, asking her simply not to forget him. He wrote not only to her but to his family as well. With the retail shopping machine that Valentine's Day has (de)volved into, we sometimes get caught up in feeling like we have to have an "Object of Desire" or be someone else's "Object of Desire." But people aren't objects, and anyway, you can be "in love" without actually having or being an object. Be in love with the world. Be yourself. Give of yourself. Tell the ones you care about that you do. They say that love is verb. So if you feel somehow "less than" on Valentine's Day that you don't have someone to whom to say those three little words, then just cut to the chase and say two:

I LOVE.

Doesn't much matter what you love, it matters that you do.

Namaste!

Maine-Made Treasury!

Wow! Last night for the heck of it I clicked on "Treasury" on Etsy and was amazed that there was room for me to put one up! If you have an Etsy shop, putting together a treasury is a great way to show your support for fellow artists and, if you can get enough people clicking on it to check it out, bring some attention to not only their shops but yours too, as the "curator." I have tried to snag a treasury before, to no avail, as there are only so many slots available and the chance to enter a new one only occurs when the list is down below 333. Apparently, thousands of eager crafters stand (probably sit) ready to jump at the chance to enter a new treasury, because the number will be 333 and then you hit "refresh" and it will say "sorry, treasury is full" and the list will have 571 or some ridiculous number of treasuries. In other words, it's like trying to dial in to win a radio station prize, or hitting the lotto! But that's exactly what happened last night and since I've had my treasury list put together & ready to go for weeks, I input it PRONTO.

My list features all Maine artists; my nod to all my fellow crafters keeping their creative juices flowing in spite of this cold, snow-laden Maine winter! I think we have a reputation for making lighthouse coasters and kitschy Moose items (you can go to Google and do a search and find sources for authentic moose poop earrings, I kid you not), but as Dirtgirl Pottery (see her groovy Tan and Turquoise Retro Circles Ceramic Pendant at the top upper right) said, "No moose poop, blueberries, lobsters, potatoes or lighthouses here!"

Anyhow, please click the photo and visit us on Etsy. The more hits we get the higher on the list we land, which means more visibility and more possible sales. Woooot!

Now that I know that getting a treasury list is possible, I'm putting together another list, this time as a nod to my fellow EtsyMoms. So if I "hit the lotto" again, I'll be ready!