Vintage Bottle Cap Badge WINNER!

Congrats Beckie!!

I'll send one your way.

Cross my heart.

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Vintage Bottle Cap Badge Giveaway!

I'm so excited about these new Vintage Bottle Cap Badges!

I decided to give one away!

Leave a lovely comment & I'll {pick} a winner at high noon on Wednesday.

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UPDATE: Drawing closed. Congrats to winner Beckie!!

Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!

Wahoo!

Yippee!

Wowzers!

YAY!

First of all I'm AMAZED at how many of you left comments on the last post in such a short amount of time! Let's keep that up, k? (HAHA!)

Oh! Oh! Oh! I also broke my goal of 500 sales---just in the crafty nick of time! Yippee! I'll be sending my customer, Anna, some extra goodies!

Ok, now for the real reason I'm here: to say "Congrats!" to....Terri, who is the winner of my "2 YEAR Etsy Anniversary" drawing! I'll be mailing you a sweet goodie bag filled with all sorts of WhiMSy love goodness. (Please email your addy to: whimsy-girl [at] hotmail DOT com.

Thanks everyone for helping me celebrate & for all the sweet comments!!

I Crown Thee Couch Cushion Cootie Queen.

The winner of the Couch Cushion Cooties Contest is.....

SOPHIE!!!
Thanks to everyone who played along! You were very brave to reveal your secret couch crumbs. I had some laughs! Thank you.

Sophie gets to choose her own custom cupcake plushie pillow colors, made with felt & vintage fabric.

AAAANNNND..... if you are so supremely bummed that you didn't win, have no fear my cupcake-less ones. Hop on over to the shop where YOU can choose YOUR OWN custom cupcake pillow! You will notice that the design has slightly changed. I wanted it to be a reversible pillow with a nice shape. I'm all about multi-purpose. (Psst. Mention the 'Cooties Contest' when checking out & I'll give you 15 percent off each pillow! This week only! Blog readers only! Wheeeee! Dontcha feel special?!)

Last Day to Enter!!

Just a reminder....Today is the last day to enter the Couch Cushion Cooties Contest!! Send me your picture before midnight tonight PST & I'll get you entered! (Only those with pictures will be eligible for the drawing.)

Winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

Happy Sunday!

Couch Cushion Cooties Contest.

Ok, so sometimes I get these kooky thoughts or ideas in my head. And this is one of them. Do you ever clean under your couch cushions? Do you find interesting things in there? Pennies? Hairballs? A random LEGO? An old tube of chapstick? Well, here's your chance to show & tell!

You can think of it as a kick-start to your "Spring Cleaning". (The first day of Spring is March 20th! Wheeee! I'm so excited!)

Is this too WaCkY? I may be the only one that enters my own contest. Take a picture, send me your JPEG & (if it's not offensive) I'll add it to this blog post. And to encourage you in your "Spring Cleaning" endeavors, I'll randomly pick a winner to receive one of my cupcake plushie pillows! (I'll let you choose a felt color!)

You have until Sunday, March 15th to send me your picture, along with your name & your blog link, if you have one. My email is whimsy-girl [at] hotmail DOT com. I'll announce the winner on Monday, March 16th.

Happy hairball hunting!

UPDATE: Feel free to use the "Couch Cushion Cooties Contest!" blog button I made that's located on the sidebar!

*The picture of MY couch "cooties" include: a handmade beanbag, a tiny plastic cow, a gold twist tie, popcorn kernels, a hairband, paper scraps, felt scraps, an ink pen, my daughter's paper "Q" book from school, a lollipop stick, random miniature dowels, a piece of Twix candy wrapper, a pretty vintage button, & one those "helicopter" seed pod things.

********************************************************************Holly: 2 used tissues ( I think, and eww gross), a plastic toy top, Sophie Le Giraffe, an orange bowl, a yellow lion, a yellow jelly bracelet, a Minnie Mouse coaster, a yarn label, a red piece of yarn, 1 cheerio, 3 raisins, a spoon to my daughters tea set, an unopened lip balma, Yo Gabba Gabba valentine (laminated for playtime), a hair elastic, 2 scraps of paper (one with Shrek baby on it)
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Debbie: a plastic toy cell phone, a yellow crayon, a plastic "Doc Oc" arm, and an empty packet of Arby Sauce...ewww!
********************************************************************Becky: This was in the couches in the living room. it's like a minagerie of holidays....easter candy, snowflake christmas ornament, glitter for something and then thread, thread, thread. I sew while the kids read to me....hee hee

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Jennifer: Just some random popcorn and a bunch of wires from our surround sound system. Oh, well. I tried! LOL! I'm glad I looked, though! Gotta get those popcorn kernels out of there! LOL!

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Michelle: A top to pjs that my middle son grew out of months ago, a pair of shorts the baby wore last summer, one of my older son's socks, a washcloth, nail clippers, a Gap price tag, a cheerio, a goldfish cracker, a rock, a water bottle cap, parts of sweet tart and m&m wrappers, a lollipop stick, purple crayon wrapper, some pennies, and a smiley sun sticker.

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Sophie: Okay, I've got some unused bandage tape, some scraps of paper, a twig, a plastic cherry from a board game, a Fine Sharpie (so THAT's where it was!), a plastic Easter egg, and a Nintendo DS case.

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Amber: Couch #1- upstairs living room... not much besides dog hair and dust. I had to put it in a pile to get it to come together like that.

Couch #2 - downstairs daycare area... popcorn, plastic egg, sock, string, Sesame Street band aide, piece of notebook paper, chip crumbs. This one totally grossed me out.

Couch #3- smiley sticker, duplo road sign, brand new power cord. This couch is only one foot away from the above couch... why is it so clean?!?!

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Jessica: Lollipop wrapper, DMC floss. Light up tweezers, bead, fork, Bakugan, pen, crayon, Dora and Diego Lego toys, Dora figure. Hello Kitty Christmas magnet pieces, two clothespins, 21 cents, and a craft stick snowflake my 4yr old made.

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Kristi & Meredith: shrinky dink necklace (surprise, surprise!), rice cake crumb, orange peel, a sticker

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Amanda L: DISCLAIMER: I am a mother of four (soon to be five) and we have a very, very cushy couch!
We have here: a mini version of the book Pierre by Maurice Sendak, ear drops, a deconstructed sweater shaver, one girls' sock, a baby doll bottle, the wooden knob from a discarded bathroom cabinet, a blue disk from an Arby's kids' meal, a pink My Little Pony food bucket, a mini My Little Pony figurine, a pencil, a baby's toothbrush (which, I assure you, was replaced - ewww), the windshield of a Buzz Lightyear spaceship, a blue toy spoon, a blue My Little Pony comb, several My Little Pony Memory Game cards (I made a match!!!), several crayons (many of which are, surprisingly, NOT broken), six hair doodads (including the teeniest barrettes known to humankind), a bracelet made by my two year old for Independence Day last year, some little plastic Polly Pocket pants, a foamy heart sticker, a foamy coconut sticker (doesn't everyone have one of those in their couch?), a plastic princess ring, a GinGins candy (combats morning sickness!), some kind of bizarre red plastic springy thing, five K'Nex, a pink toy car, two black plastic thingies that once held a toy into a box, but were stolen by my one year old and were shoved under the cushions just this morning, and (finally) four plastic velcro-backed foods meant for decorating a toy cake.

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Heidi: Two socks (one white and one Handy Manny), an acorn cookie cutter, a Hot Wheels car, two colored pencils, a pair of baby nail clippers, a broken Slinky, a clump of dried strawberries/bananas (eew - I'm amazed ants didn't find it first!), a Snack Trap lid, a piece of blue cardboard from something-or-another, a string cheese wrapper, a footed cupcake holder, a pretzel, a puzzle piece, a Little People rooster (that I've been looking for forever!), a ton of hole punched "confetti," and one, single, lonely, measley penny!

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Aunt LoLo: bobby pin, some hair, a bit of glitter, loads o' crumbs, and a few foil stars.

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Pamela:crumbs and popcorn kernels, kindergarten homework (oops!), at least three Christmas ornaments, a number of pretzels and squiggly things from Chex mix, puzzle pieces,
crayons, marker and pen caps, saucers to my daughter's tea set, tiny gift box top also from Christmas, six pencils, hair clips, 61 cents, plastic pickle, plastic potato chip, plastic bacon, megablocks, wooden blocks, mancala stones, at least four rocks, a gift bag, envelopes, a knit dishrag, a pencil sharpener, my cell phone


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Tracy: Pink highlighter, High School Musical nail file, Claire's gift card with $3.23 left on it, and a Kelly Kapowski trading card
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Kim

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I Declare a WINNER!

Congratulations to Carolyn of Carolyn's Creations & Papercrafts!! You were the lucky number 416 of 735 comments!!!

All that loot is yours! Enjoy!

Thanks to Lisa Swifka for creating & hosting such a fun event! And thanks to everyone who stopped by & left comments---& for those of you that still linger. I love having new bloggy friends!!

Owlie Winner!

Thank you SO much to all who entered the Valentine Owlie giveaway! I LOOOOVED reading your Valentine comments VERY much!

I put all the lovely participants names in a lovely bowl & my lovely daughter picked out a lovely winner:

Congrats to CARRIE ME! for winning the Valentine Owlie! Here's what Carrie me! had to say:

"I love everything Valentine's and always do it up BIG time. But, when I was 7 I remember my great aunt came to stay and she and my Mom and I made about 100 sugar cookies that we decorated really elaborately and gave to all the neighbors. I LOVED it, which is what Valentine's is all about right??"

On Monday I'll be revealing my One World One Heart Giveaway prize(S!)!!!

**Sorry I wasn't so timely on announcing the winner. Just woke up a from a nappy nap. I was exhausted from a trip I took over the mountains with my sis yesterday to see my dad again in Seattle. He just had ANOTHER surgery today & is doing well.

And The Fork Easel Goes To...

I almost forgot about the drawing!! HAHA!
I'm proud to announce the winner.....
Congrats to Kerry!!!! YAY! Woohoo! Thanks everyone for entering the drawing!

So, today marks the day--a year ago--when I officially opened WhiMSy love & filled the shop with goodies. It is so fun to look back on my last year & think that I actually got to make stuff & other people bought it. 184 items sold. That is so cool. I look forward to an even more successful year! Thanks to all my customers--you rock!

Tomorrow I'll be making cupcakes to complete my goal for March: make cupcakes from scratch. I've got the supplies & ingredients purchased & can't wait to get my cupcake groove on!!

I'm off to finish working on a "Happy Birthday" mini tag banner for the shop. All the crafty supplies are spread out. I'm sipping on some tea. I'm munching on some Girl Scout cookies (thin mints & peanut butter cookies if you really wanna know). My girls are quietly playing in the background. Ah, that's a lovely Sunday afternoon to me.

VINTAGE BUTTON RING SALE!!

To celebrate my one-year Etsy Anniversary, all Vintage Button Rings at 'WhiMSy love' are BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFF through March 30th!!!! That's basically like saying "Buy Two Rings for 15 Bucks? SCORE!!" Click HERE to be taken to the Funk-O-licious Jewelry section of the shop.

***Don't forget to enter the drawing to win a fork easel! I'll pick the winner on March 30th!!

Happy SpRiNg!

Yay! It's the first day of Spring! My hair is celebrating today by wearing this enormous flower AND look what's in the shop today.....

I was up late last night making more mini pinwheel cupcake picks & I'm so excited to be doing these again this year. They were a hit last year & I just LOVE 'em!

So, I was thinking about how I'm celebrating my ONE YEAR ETSY ANNIVERSARY soon. I actually joined Etsy on February 28, but I had no working camera at the time so I didn't "officially" stock the shop & open it until March 30th. Four days later I had my first sale---to Christine of Bella Colle.

To celebrate, I'll be having a drawing on March 30th at noon, PST. To enter, all you need to do is visit WhiMSy love & then leave a comment here telling me your favorite item in the shop. Yep, I'm makin' ya work for this one. (Please make sure I am able to contact you, anyone can enter--even up to the last minute, one entry per person, blah-blah-blah). The winner will receive the very first item I ever sold, which continues to be my best seller to date.....

Have a lovely day!

Peace & cupcakes,

Nikki

***OK, I'm a dork. I left the wrong link to "WhiMSy love". It went to Bella Colle instead! haha! (So that's why the first comment adores your Chocolate Fairy Collage Christine!) It's been corrected now.

ONE-YEAR BLOG-VERSARY CONTEST!!

OK, is it "blog-versary"? "Blog-i-versary"? "Bloggerversary"? Who knows. But, I'm celebrating my first year of blogging (or "blabbing") on Feb. 25th!! I goofed yesterday & thought is was on the 28th, but it's not.

I started this blog as a friend to my Etsy shop, 'WhiMSy love', which I opened shortly after. And, oh, it was a lonely first few months here. I seriously heard the wind whistling through blogland as I wrote those early posts. I love being able to express myself in this way & to have made many friends! Thanks to everyone who reads this stuff! And thanks for all the comments--they really keep this crafty gal smilin'!

I realize that Feb. 25th is RIGHT around the corner, but I'm gonna have a drawing anyway. I don't expect many participants, so your odds of winning are in the "Super-Duper" category! Especially since I'm drawing TWO names!!!

This is also sort of a launch & celebration of my first-ever watercolor adventures. My cupcake watercolors will be arriving to WhiMSy love next week! I am really proud of them. So, one winner receive a postcard pack of all 8 of my most recent cupcake watercolors: "Cup Meets Cake", "Ballerina Princess Cupcake", "Monsieur Cupcake", "Superhero Cupcake Boy", "Girly Girl Cupcake", "Miss Diva Cupcake", "Mr. Clowny Cupcake" & "Jealous Muffin". Another winner will receive an 8x10 print of one of the cupcake watercolors of THEIR choice (except for "Girly Girl Cupcake"--I'm having trouble getting her colors printed correctly on the white background). They aren't even in the shop yet, so count yourself lucky!

And it's only appropriate that my cupcakes become the prizes since blogging is where I first started an affection for cupcakes & all things sweet & dessert-like. So, leave a comment my little bonbons for a chance to win!

Contest Results!!!

I finally have the computer set up in the new house! I'm SUPER happy to have had 205 contestants leave a comment on my One World-One Heart blog event contest post. So, better late than never--here are the winners of the fabulous rings...
Congratulations to:
Pamela wins the Happy Day ring!
Chiara wins the Spunky ring!
3 AM Designs wins the Sweet ring!
I'm off to let them know & apparantly I won a few contests so I'm off to check out my winnings! YAY!
Thanks everyone for stopping by to visit my blog & for entering the contest! I'll be celebrating my blogversary with another giveaway next week!

Oh yeah, & I almost forgot! Happy Valentines Day!!!!
And by the way, it is KILLING me to be posting without pictures. UGH. I'll be back to normal next week though. Pinky promise.

Enter a Contest! Quick!

Beck over at Little Daisy Chains is having a contest that ends at midnight tonight! Pick your favorite hair accessories from her shop & you'll be entered in a drawing! There will be 3 winners!

So, click HERE to read the rules!

Then, click HERE to check out her hair flair!

Then, post your favorite choice in the Etsy forum or CLICK HERE to vote & wait until the clock strikes midnight to see if you won!!

YAY for contests!

'UGLY BIZ CARD' CONTEST!

**(UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!)**

My blog friends have convinced me to have a contest to see who can create the most exciting & whimsical creations from my "awesome-dealio-of-the-century-but-quite-unattractive" box of 1000 plain white business cards.

HERE'S THE SCOOP:

If you're interested, email me your addy at whimsy-girl@hotmail.com & I'll send you 11 biz cards. You will use your creative & crafty ways to give them a truly unique makeover! To keep it simple, please use the same "theme" for all your cards. For example: If doodling is your thing, doodle on ALL of them. If you're into collage, do them ALL collage style. Like, don't doodle on one, put stickers all over another, glue paper on the next, etc. Does that make sense? (Sorry for all the "rules", but I think it'll be easier to decide on a winner if the cards maintain a consistent theme.) Keep a biz card for yourself, then send the other 10 BACK to me & I'll have a vote to see who the winner is! I've also decided to attach your name &/or etsy address to the back of the card as "Artwork by: such & such" The biz cards will be mailed out in the orders I package up at the shop, or to random strangers I hand them to. Isn't that cool of me?

DEADLINE FOR CONTEST: Please have all the cards mailed back to me by September 1st.

"What's the prize?" you ask. I'll be giving the winner a fab WhiMSy love vintage button ring & a fork easel! Also, I was thinking that if anyone wanted to participate by sending promos or more prizes, just email me & let me know & I'll send you my address. I'll update any new info (such as new prize additions to the contest, & who has joined the contest, etc.) at the bottom of this page--so save this blog entry for future reference! If enough people decide to send extra prizes, we may have 2 or 3 winners declared!

Thanks everyone!!! I look forward to receiving your creations. And thanks for helping a girl with ugly biz cards out! Any questions? Just email or leave a comment!! Ciao!

**Here's a link to the "Promotions" forum on Etsy where I left an announcement about the contest too!

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Contest Players/Makeover Artists:

1. JoAnne @ Reindeer Girl Designs

2. Beck @ Daisy Chains

3. Claire @ Absolutely Small

4. Marley's Treehouse (*need address*)

5. Christine @ Bella Colle

6. Jen @ Jen Bowles Design

7. Kara @ Innocent Charms

8. Jeanetta @ Splendid Designs

9. Ginny @ iSew.biz

10. Jennifer @ Crimson Cat

11. Melisa @ Melissa P.

12. Meredeth @ Notuboc

13. Jennifer R.

14. Geri @ Altered Crow

15. Carrie P.

16. YOUR NAME HERE! ANYONE & EVERYONE CAN JOIN THE FUN!

(Last day to join contest will be August 3rd! The ugliness is on its way to those whose addresses I have received!)

PRIZE PATROL!!! PRIZE PATROL!!!

>>>1. A set of bobbies from Daisy Chains!

>>>2. A pair of earrings from UK boutique Innocent Charms!

>>>3. A sweet hair accessory from Bella Arte by Bella Jean!

>>>4. A fork easel AND a fab vintage button ring from WhiMSy love!

>>>5. A goody from Pampering Beki!

>>> Other prizes are in the works too!

Ugly....Need Help!

I need your help!! I got these business cards a few weeks ago & they were such a good deal. For 1000 cards I paid 4 dollars & some pocket change!! Shipping was free! I couldn't pass it up! I happened to be in the right place at the right time over on an Etsy forum & some kind Etsian shared about a great deal she had jumped on from Office Depot through fatwallet.com.

But, now they sit, ugly & depressed on my shelf. And I didn't do such a great job with the wording on the bottom because it's all jumbled, but oh well!

So, what can I do to jazz 'em up? And I don't have to do the same thing on each one. That way it'll add to the "whimsy-ness" of it. Please my blog friends, help a girl with some ugly biz cards out!! Maybe I could even "test" some of your ideas out & post pics. Will they ever be pretty?

Win a Free Collage AND a Free Soldered Pendant!

Hi my blog dudes & dudettes!

I'm mentiong a contest that my buddy Bella Colle is having on her blog. She makes really cool soldered charms & collage art--in my pic on the right I'm wearing a "Silly Girl" pendant I bought from her a bit ago! I love it!

ANYWAY, check out her blog & leave a comment declaring which of the 3 photos she lists that you like the most, along with a caption that you think fits the picture best. (The picture I posted here is my favorite one!) The winner will receive the original collage piece she creates from the winning picture PLUS that same collage made into an art charm!!

P.S. Please visit my "YOWZA! It's the Sunday Featured Artist..." posting & wish reindeergirl a "Happy 33rd Birthday!" The 33rd comment wins a cool prize from both reindeergirl & WhiMSy love!!! If we don't reach 33-- *sniff, sniff*--, I'll have a drawing on Thursday night for the winner of the goodies!!

YOWZA! It's the Sunday Featured Artist...Reindeer Girl!

Nope. Reindeer Girl isn't a reindeer. And, she doesn't SELL reindeer's either. Reindeer Girl Designs is a fab shop with oodles of fun handmade jewelry brought to you by artist JoAnne, who's 33rd birthday happens to be next Friday, July 6th. (But, more about that later...with some PRIZE GIVE-AWAYS!...)

Sit back, relax, enjoy a cup of handmade love while you read on about another amazing artist...

Where were you born, where are you from, where did you grow up, & where are you living now?I was born in Brockway, PA, a very small town in northeastern PA (near the ever-famous groundhog in Punxsutawney! :) See... there's NOTHING else up that way! ;) I lived there until 17, then a brief stay in New Mexico, before moving to the Philadelphia area for college and grad school. I now live in the Steel City- Pittsburgh, PA!

What inspires you?

Hmmm, as far as jewelry making, I really love the gemstones and all the colors, and just seeing all the possibilities in the raw materials—and I have always loved to look at and wear all kinds of jewelry! I also really dig making things specifically for special people in my life—those are my best pieces, I think. And I like to see things in stores or magazines or whatever and figure out how I can make an even cooler version! I like having things exactly how I would want them had I thought of it first!!

How long have you been crafting?

Only about a year—before that, I had resigned myself to thinking I just didn’t get any “Scarnati genes” (my Grandma’s last name—and SHE, besides Nik, of course, is THE ultimate crafty chick!!!). I started making jewelry in May 2006--just playing around at first...and it's been GREAT!!!!! It was suddenly like using a whole part of my brain that I never knew existed. And now I've also taken up drawing and painting—having a ball with that! And I flirt with (still from a reasonable distance- LOL!) sewing, stamping, and other little projects (like my favorite one, where I redid some plain picture frames with ribbon and beaded trims and stuff, and then decked out two of the photos in my Marilyn Monroe collection!

Share about, or describe your favorite piece.

Probably a tie between my “Obsidian Black Cat” necklace and “Opulent Amulet” (in my ‘sold’ stuff on Etsy! Yay Etsy!!) and a custom piece I finished recently, using these gorgeous beige cat’s eye beads, silver, and a rockin’ crow pendant by bibbidibaubles. I’m so proud of it!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/8169882@N07/502327404/in/set-72157600224974653/

What’s your favorite color?

Orange! Totally... :) Though I am also a girlie-girl and love pink--tons of it in my wardrobe!

How much time do you spend on your craft?

It depends…sometimes I’ll go a week or weeks without making anything. But Friday nights are a big craft night for me—Law and Order SVU, What Not to Wear on TLC, and I’m good! But even when I’m not actively ‘making’--or I should probably say ‘finishing’!!-- I have lots of UFO’s! I stay fairly socially active on Etsy. What a community!! It has been a wonderful thing, being there.

What were some of your most recent purchases from other Etsy artists?

I just bought some cute fabric-button barrettes from BellaJean, my very first ACEOs from laurali (I bought one of her fab ‘Zen Cats’ and also a phoenix), and some amazonite calla lily beads from jenNco2! (I have yet to buy some Whimsy goodness though!!)

Use three words to describe yourself.

Sincere, kind, and I guess I should make the 3rd ‘modest’?? LOL!

How awesome is WhiMSy love? (just joking!)

She is off the HOOK, for shizzle!! :D For real...that is one crafty chick! :)

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given on pursuing your craftiness? Just to do whatever feeds your soul. I think that’s good advice for everything, don’t you?

What are your goals or dreams in regards to your art?

I’d like to build a bigger customer base so I can start making ‘bigger’ things—using really good stones, fancier components, etc. Right now I don’t feel like it’s safe for me to make some things I want to (because they’d be more expensive). I also want to learn some new techniques—get better at wire and learn some weaving. And I want to keep having fun with it.

What is your favorite flav of ice cream?

Oooh, I SO love ice cream!! Very few I DON’T like! Black raspberry’s a fave from way back, and I love peanut butter cup—in vanilla ice cream—that’s hard to find!

What do you like to do when you are not being super crafty?

If sleeping were an Olympic event, I would be a gold medalist!!! Sleep, play with my fur-babies (2 super kitties), go to the movies, and I love good food…

What's your favorite thing to do in the summer?

Go to the beach, hands down! Especially my favorite place in the wooooorld, Stone Harbor, NJ. (And eat lots of ice cream, of course!)

What else would you like people to know about you?

How ‘bout: I love all things Marilyn Monroe, I really wish everyone would spay and neuter their pets and care for them for life (no more homeless pets!), I wanna take up ballroom dancing next, and Friday is my birthday!!! (Oh yeah, and I wish my mom had made ME a puppy party!!!)
Thanks, Whimsy!!!

No, thank YOU JoAnne! (As in: JoAnne Fabrics!) And, by the way, I love your Yummy Creamsicle Earrings! What a fun summer accessory! They remind me of an OrangeSicle ice cream shake I got at Carl's Jr. the other day. Mmmmm....

I think it is so inspiring to read about all these different artists. If you'd like to hear certain questions asked of the artists I interview every Sunday, drop me a line & let me know!

**Oh, yes, I almost forgot! Since Reindeer Girl is celebrating the big "33" on Friday, I thought I'd have a fun little "contest"/prize give-away! The 33rd person to leave a comment, wishing JoAnne a special happy birthday message will get a special treat from WhiMSy love in honor of her special day!! AND the birthday girl will ALSO be giving a present to the winner too! Cool, huh?

(One post per person please! Come on people, I think I can squeak out 33 comments, right? Help a girl & her reindeer out!) Thanks!!

And The Winner Is...

I'd like you all to meet Miss Roxi Valentine! Congratulations to beadeliciousbaby. Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. (Her name totally reminds me of someone that sings in a night club!) This was GREAT fun! And next time I have a contest I won't make the final wait so long! (What was I thinking?) Miss Roxi would like to thank you all too. You know, she even looks a wee bit happier to me. Holla at the head!

And, TOTALLY unrelated to all mannequin talk, my 4 year old daughter Zoey & I went to the river Thursday night & built a sand castle. Alright, I built it. She was off somewhere digging up buried treasure.She did, in the end, help me decorate it with seashells & broken glass, a feather & a flower. We had a really nice time together. I stepped into the water to take a picture & my legs went numb so fast. Next time I'm makin' Zoey take the picture!

Mannequin Head Prize Package!

Are you sick of hearing about that mannequin head yet? Well, take a look at this awesome handmade prize package that the winner will receive! Included will be: a set of 3 tacks made from vintage buttons (& attached to a piece of foam covered with a bit-o vintage fabric), one of my popular vintage buttons magnet, a bottle cap pendant for use on your favorite necklace or keychain (a simple key ring included!), an AWESOME set of 4 mannequin head mini notecards, a fun accessory for your wall outlets: plug-in decor (a floral shape covered in funky polka dot paper & a vintage bottle cap in the center), a pinwheel gift tag/present decoration, a mini pink pail made from a peat pot & decorated with bling-bling, a glittery cupcake gift tag & a couple other extra surprises!

You can still enter! Give the mannequin head a name, & post it in the 'comments' here. See the Saturday, June 2, 2007 blog entry. The winner will be announced midnight June 15th! Thanks everyone for playing with me!!