I'd like your feedback. . . .

Dear Blog Readers:

I'd like to start doing a giveaway on my blog each time I have a new greeting card available. To explain the process a little bit, whenever I complete a painting and decide that it's worthy of being photographed, I take it to Aaron Mullins at Mullins Editions in Clovis, California to be professionally photographed and archived. Then, I can request prints in a variety of sizes and on a variety of styles and surfaces, as well as small greeting cards. Usually, I get cards of each newly photographed piece and it is those cards that I'd like to use as my giveaways. Pictured here today are "Rose Window" and "Fowl Weather Friends", both relatively newly photographed works that I have in the Ag Show at Madera Arts Council Circle Gallery in Madera, California.

I will give one of each of these cards to a randomly selected reader who responds (in the form of a comment) to these 2 questions:

(1.) What do you like most about my "Mixed Messages" blog?

(2.) What do you wish I would change/improve/update on my "Mixed Messages" blog?

The winner will be selected on November 1st, 2010. I look forward to reading your comments and making some improvements to my blog.

I won one!

I won one! Yippee do! I am so excited! The giveaway I won (out of 263 recipients) was a star ornament made by Sara Lechner. When I visited a lot of blogs in the last 2 weeks, it was the one that I most wanted to win. So, I am thrilled! Thank you, Sara! And thank you, OWOH! 

Since my goal counter is still on 0/52, I must paint tonight, not write. . . . . :)

"One World, One Heart" (originally posted 1/28)

Hello to all! I am really excited to say I'm on board the One World~One Heart" Gypsy Caravan! A fellow blogger told me about this (large and still growing!) group of bloggers who are giving away some fabulous prizes! There are almost 700 of us! I'll be giving away a 10" X 14" giclee print of my mixed media painting "Strong Language". 

The event is running from now until February 12th at which time the winners of each artist giveaway will be announced.

FLASH: Since I've had so many comments and such positive responses I am adding a second prize--an assortment of 8 of my cards made from my most popular paintings.

This is what you have to do to have a chance to win the print (first draw) or cards (second draw):

1. Leave a comment to this post. (Click on the green "Comments"  that comes up at the end of this post.)

2. Make sure you include contact information--your name,  a blog url or email address. And that's it!

3. I will be putting all entries in a hat and drawing one name by midnight on the 11th. Entries into my giveaway will close at 10 PM Pacific Time. I will be announcing before noon on the 12th. I will email the winners at that time and make arrangements to ship the giveaways to them.

4. Good luck! And be sure to visit other sites on the long list at "One World, One Heart" to enter other giveaways. You might like to start by visiting Lisa's site here. Lisa is the host of the whole giveaway project and is #25 on the list of participants at "One World, One Heart."

(Holding my breath because this is ALL so exciting!)