And The WINNERS Are......

Happy New Year to everyone!

I have the results from my Giveaway to share!

I thought it would be fun to have a little ceremony, so I gathered all the things I needed -

My list of email addresses



A nice box to put them in -



And a guest celebrity to do the drawing



Unfortunately Bono wasn't available...  nor were any of a number of other suitable guests that I had in mind.  I had to lower my sights just a little.

Fortunately (or not!), our own dear Ms. Monkeepenny agreed to step into the roll as Celebrity Guest and Draw Officiator.

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I had to give her a bribe gift of jewellery, but then she seemed quite happy to be the centre of attention.

What I hadn't counted on was her welcome speech...



"Dear friends, we are gathered here on this auspicious occasion of the very first Fireseed Giveaway.  I graciously conceded to perform the drawing of winners names in Bono's absence."

She went on... I'll spare you all the details,



"It gives me GREAT pleasure, or it will, once I'm at the party I've been promised afterwards with champagne, choklit and I heard a rumour about some good looking male chimp that might attend...  ...where was I..?  Yes, PLEASURE....   I am almost speechless with excitement to conclude this drawing"

It was at this point that I realised she'd been into the champers already, she began gesticulating with great relish -




And I cringed as she began to list to one side - this wasn't going at all the way I had planned --



Before I knew what was happening she was on her back!



And a strange squeal emanated from her mouth as she toppled backwards off the podium --



I tried really hard to stifle a howl of laughter and went to her aid - this was not the time to upset the Guest of Honour!

Ms. Monkeepenny managed to collect herself together and with the promise of a few more perks after the event, prepared to continue -



With all the entrants in the box




Celebrity Guest Ms. Monkeepenny dipped in her hand to select the winner....   *** Big Drumroll***



She fumbled around for a while and brought forth.... (it was right about now that the camera battery died..)

THE WINNER!!

And right about now that the flash batteries died, and Raff jumped on the table and tried to disassemble my whole awards show!

Never the less we managed to proceed -

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And the Winner of Stanley Starpuck is:

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Since I had such a great response, and since Monkeepenny was costing me a fortune, I decided to add a couple of runner up prizes to the draw

Second Prize, one of my Cold Monkee beads goes to:

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Here she is Diane -


And finally Third Prize, another Monkee bead to:

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Here he is Karin! - Karin, I've emailed you but haven't received a reply yet - I'm wondering if it's an address you don't use much, or if my email has gone into the spam bucket. If you read this, can you email my your mailing address ;o)

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone else who entered! I have another idea for some fun but need to think on it a bit more - maybe I'll have it ready for my next newsletter!

Studio Art Fire Blog

The new online selling market Art Fire seems to be growing in leaps and bounds.  They have just rolled out the 'Guilds' feature and it will be interesting to see where that goes - groups of like minded people inspiring and helping each other.

One person who's extremely active over there is Timothy Adam, Timothy works with metal, take a peek at his Art Fire shop here, you'll find jewellery, furniture and more all with a very unique style and with prices starting at under $20 there's something for everyone's budget!

Timothy started an Art Fire group and has a blog where he's featuring Art Fire Studios, I'm very happy to be featured especially as it's one of my all time favourite beads!  Be sure to check out the other Studios, it's always amazing to see how much talent there is out there.  Thanks to Timothy for adding me to the blog and for all the other promoting he's doing!

So......  Today is the THE day!  I'll be collecting all the email addresses I have this morning and pulling the lucky winner!  Anyone who has signed up to my newsletter before this morning will be in with a chance to win Stanley.  If yours is the name I draw, I'll contact you by email for more information on where to send him ;o)

Last day to sign up for my Giveaway!

Dec 30th, and tomorrow I will draw from the list of email subscribers to see who has won dear Stanley Starpuck.  He's really looking forward to getting the draw over and done with so that he knows where he'll be heading.  I have to say he's hoping for somewhere with no snow, but did agree that he really didn't mind too much about the climate as long as there were lots of bananas at his destination!

Tomorrow I will draw from the emails and contact the winner who can then send me their mailing address.  I'll announce the winner as soon as I know what their name is!

Etsy Treasury and news on a GIVEAWAY!!

I made it into an Etsy Treasury and I'm pretty pleased because it's beads that I consider nothing special, so it's nice to see them get a bit of exposure. Now if only someone would snap them up!
Thanks to Paisleybaby for including me!  Click the picture to visit the Treasury.

Big news brewing at Fireseed our FIRST EVER GIVEAWAY!!

I don't have all the details yet, but stay tuned, over the next day or two all will be revealed, I can say it will involve Monkees In Space!