Giveaway to celebrate an exciting new website

Deadline for participating in the Giveaway extended to Jan.10, 2017

                                           Deadline extended until Jan 10, 2017
Soma Han, the illustrator of the above pictured book has recently launched a website.  She is an accomplished artist who is commited to illustrating chilren's books about different aspects of Korean culture to reach out to children of Korean ancestry and to all children in general.  Today I am excited to be able to promote her work with a giveaway of her book,  Maya and The Turtle. This lovely book is a retelling of a fairy tale handed down to Soma through her grandmother and mother when she was a child growing up in Korea.  The copy you receive will be signed and "chopped" by Soma and can be personally dedicated to the person you choose.  I am  honored to have been asked by her husband and co-author of Maya and The Turtle, John C. Stickler,( my brother) to celebrate Soma Han's new website with this giveaway.   In order to have your name included in the random draw to pick the winner of this giveaway, I am asking you to go to her website and take a look at some of her illustrations in the Books or Gallery category ( see screen shot below  for how it will look) or watch the slide show that will scroll by you

                                             screen shot of Soma Han's new website

 and tell us in the Comment section below which one you liked the best by Jan. 10, 2017.( Please be sure to leave a way for us to contact you .) Soma will be reading all of your comments and will surely be pleased to hear from you.

Soma Han and  her husband and co-author John C. Stickler at a book signing including Maya and the Turtle and  her other titles:  Tigers, Frogs and Rice Cakes, a compilation of Korean Proverbs, and Land Of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now.

I have great admiration for Soma Han's artistic and cultural accomplishments and so appreciate you joining me in celebrating her new website by participating in this Giveaway and leaving a comment below by Jan 10, 2017 The  winner will be chosen by a random draw on Jan 11, 2017.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Mary

Inspired by a Fish: Toggle Clasp Giveaway

Adirondack Heritage Brook Trout c. Judith Utter

Today I would like to introduce you to my friend, Natural Science artist Judith Utter.  She painted the Adirondack Heritage Brook Trout pictured above as well as many other plants and fish of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Valley region of New York State.  She considers herself a naturalist and an environmentalist.  Her work reflects these themes.  

I was so taken with the colors of Judith Utter's painting of the Adirondack

Brook Trout that I have created a series of toggle clasps and a tutorial to celebrate its beauty.

To further acquaint you with Judith Utter's work, I am having a giveaway of one of my Adirondack Heritage Wrist Wrap kits.  Each kit includes one of the toggle clasps I made with the palette of Judith Utter's painting, 2 yards of Leather Lace, and a printout of the directions for making this bracelet, pictured below.

Adirondack Heritage Wrist Wrap Bracelet by Mary Harding

The Tutorial for this bracelet is being posted on ArtBeadScene today.

There will be 2 winners.  To enter leave a comment below about Judith's work and be sure to leave a way of being contacted  in case you win.  You can further your chances of winning by "liking" Judith Utter's Facebook page and leaving another comment letting me know you did. 

To increase your chances of winning even more, you can

Share on your favorite social media and come back and leave additional comments for each share

Toggle Clasps I made inspired by Judith Utter's painting Adirondack Heritage Brook Trout
                               some of these are available in my Etsy shop

More examples of Judith Utter's work in her Etsy Shop

Sugar Maple c. Judith Utter

Sunflower c. Judith Utter

Legumes Featuring Dragon Tongue c. Judith Utter

And on her website you can see the full range of the Giclee prints she offers for sale--a few examples below

Beet c. Judith Utter

Easter Lily c. Judith Utter

Holly Berry c. Judith Utter

As you can see, Judith creates beautiful watercolors of the plants and wild life of the Northern New York region.  I hope you have enjoyed meeting Judith and will follow her work on Facebook and her website.

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Mary

And the Winner Is

I want to thank all of you for your very wonderful comments on my Daisy Pendants and all of your congratulations for being on the cover of Stringing Magazine.  I apologize for being a little late on announcing the winner.  But here it is


And the Winner is:

Sally Anderson

Congratulations!!!!!

Celebration Giveaway

I am celebrating my excitement over being on the cover of Stringing Magazine with a Giveaway.  That beautiful necklace by Suzette Bentley has my Daisy Pendant as its focal.  This is a first for me.  And I had no idea it was going to be on the cover.  What a thrill!!  Thank you Suzette Bentley for making such a wonderful piece and to Stringing for putting it on the cover.
Here is the Giveaway--2 Daisy Pendants .

All you have to do to enter to win is to leave a comment and a way to contact you by email.  If you want to be counted additional times to increase your chances of winning, you can leave a  separate comment that you joined my blog or posted about this  Giveaway on Facebook or Twitter.  I will use the Random Number generator to pick the winner which will be announced on my blog on March 6.
 Thanks so much for stopping by.

Take Your Pick Giveaway

GIVEAWAY

I am having a Giveaway.  You can pick which piece you would like to have.  Just enter a comment below and include the number of the piece you want.  This is a follow up to my What's in the Kiln? post.  All these pieces were in that kiln load except Number 2 which is an earthenware, gloss glazed pendant.  All the others are stoneware that has been fired to Cone 5, over 2100degrees F. and they have been tumbled.  They do not have any gloss glaze.  They are soft, smooth, and rustic.

You may leave your comments through Thanksgiving.  I will annound the winner on Friday Nov. 26. 

Good Luck and thank you for reading my Blog

And the Winner is...

STEUFEL is the winner of my Clover Pendant and beads.  Yeah!!  Thank you one and all for the lovely supportive comments.  Please send me your email address and they will be on their way to you.

Giveaway 100th Blog Follower Celebration

I am having a giveaway to celebrate my 100th blog follower.  I thank one and all for following my blog and giving me such wonderful support and feedback.  All you need to do to participate in this giveaway is leave a comment on my blog. The winner of the giveaway will win this Clover Pendant and 6 of my new stoneware dug up from the earth look beads.  The winner will be announced on  the morning of Thursday, May 28. I look forward to hearing from you.

I'm The Winner!!!

I just found out that I won the beautiful bracelet above from the RoundRabbit giveaway. I am so excited to own this beautiful bracelet. I can't believe that I am so lucky. Thank you Nancy for having this wonderful giveaway. I'll be hanging out at the P. O. waiting for it to arrive!!