Jan 31, 2011

One World One Heart...it's true!

This post will stay up top until Feb. 17th, with new posts below it.  Thanks for dropping in to visit!

It's here!
For those who don't know me, I'm Jan Conwell and I make art dolls and folk art.  With my husband, dog, and dog's foster cat, I live in South Texas (San Antonio) and where the weather lets me garden all year around.  I grow herbs for food & medicine, lots of veggies, fruit & grapes for the table & wine.  And flowers...for their beauty and their benefits to the local wildlife.  An organic, balanced garden is a happy garden!

(Click to zoom in, back to zoom out...)
Les fleurs...
The Veggie Garden (fenced to keep out the Dog-Cat show).
I can shovel a lot of...fertilizer.
Native Mustang grapes, for a wine that doesn't take itself too seriously.  :~)
The Dog.
The dog's foster-cat.

As JDConwell, I sell my art on Etsy, and as one of two Hermits, I sell with my leather-artist husband on Artfire and at local art shows.  There are few greater blessings than to be happy, healthy, and doing what I love for a living.  I am crazy-grateful for my life!

Okay, so to the point.  The One World One Heart Giveaway, and my gift to the winner:

Isobel.  She's hand sculpted of paper clay over cloth, wire and wood, and stands a solid 12" tall on a wooden base.  Her dress is linen, cotton, and lace, and her hair is hand-dyed mohair. To win her, leave a greeting in the comments section, making sure I can contact you when the drawings are held.  But please tell me a little about yourself too--the fun of this event is meeting new people and making new friends!




Thank you so much for visiting my artful garden.

Jan 30, 2011

We have winners!

My husband, acting as Random Number Generator Man (while he wore my I Love Bacon apron and cooked his breakfast), picked the numbers 16, 5, and 1... 
Said numbers (in order of posting) are
  
 

Lisa
 

and Yoborobo!  


I'll get them in the mail as soon as I get your mailing addresses--you can send that info to my email address-- jan_storyteller at yahoo dot com.


How fun was this?  And good practice for the One World One Heart Giveaway that kicks off TODAY!

I'll be posting my OWOH later today...

Jan 28, 2011

My Poor, Dear Hubby...

I told him this weekend he must buy a new chop saw.  How awful is it for a guy's wife to pretty much demand he buy a new power tool?  He has managed to keep his disappointment from showing, bless his heart, and has stoically agreed to buy one this weekend.
For the record, his old one was stolen from our shed last year, and he kept putting off getting a new one because...well, he's just practical.  But I have some wood and clay dolls all planned out, and we need that saw!  I hope he doesn't suffer too much.