Mothering Instincts Week Ends with a Giveaway!

Hi Everyone~

"Mothering Instincts" Week gave me the perfect opportunity to have a big giveaway! The winner will be announced the Saturday night before Mother's Day. If you'd like to post a blog button on your sidebar, that would be awesome!

There will be one winner. To enter the drawing, just become a follower and leave a comment on this post.

There are so many goodies, it's impossible to list them all and I couldn't get them all into the photo! But, in addition to brand-new store-bought items, I also made flowers, tags, and embellishments for your art.

I also wanted to show you some of my creations that are in my Etsy store...No, they are not part of the give-away, but I thought you'd have fun seeing them!

Shabby Chic Torso

Pink Angels Tussie Mussie

Pink Angels Tussie Mussie (full view)

French Laundry Clip Board Mixed Media Piece

Queen of My Heart Necklace

Various images here are from The Graphics Fairy!

Sending smiles your way!

XO

Cindy

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With Moms in Mind--A Garden Full of Memories

Hi Everyone~

As you can see, I have been busy creating Mother's Day pieces for my Etsy shop. The latest is this "Shabby Cottage Garden."

I design for Shabby Cottage Studio and the wooden shrine that it was created with is one of their products from their awesome on-line store!

Lots of shabby goodness here in addition to a nest and eggs--perfect for someone who enjoys their garden and would like to bring "the outside" in!

Here is a mixed-media, silver-toned bezeled bracelet from my shop...It was created with images from Madame Tussaud's Museum Collection.

This one of a kind piece is like wearing a virtual garden on your wrist! This is the only bezeled bracelet left in my shop.

So many of our moms inspire us--so, I wanted to create this piece with an image from Dezinaworld where I am on the Design Team. The image of the girl is from their Spring collection. The background is theirs, as well.

I have a question for you~Do you have any special memories from your childhood of your mom in her garden?

As for me, I remember when it rained, my mom would break off little pieces of bread and put them on the fence around our house so that the birds would not go hungry because of inclement weather. That was such a sweet thing to do!

A special blog event is starting on Sunday--so, please come back and take a look!

XO

Cindy

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("B" is for bezeled bracelet.)

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Tag Tuesday--"Tree" Theme

The theme for "Tag Tuesday" is "trees."

I design for Dezinaworld and I created this collage with their images! (Some are also from Scrap Girls.)

Then, I used this digital tag from Dezinaworld and created my tag.

I hope you're all having a wonderful "treezy-breezy" day!

Mothering Instincts Week continues~there's a question for you if you scroll down to the next post!

XO

Cindy

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Mothering Instincts Week Continues

Hi Everyone~

I wanted to share some altered art pieces that are in my Etsy shop...

They are ideas for Mother's Day for your mom--or for yourself!

Dreaming in Black and White Necklace

And, as Mothering Instincts Week continues, I have a question for you....What is the best advice your mom ever gave you?

As for me, my mom always reminded me of the saying, "This too shall soon pass." Those words have alot of truth. She'd say it when I was a teenager crying over a break-up or later in life if things got rough...Those words have stayed with me. I think her advice was something I could hold onto throughout my lifetime.

How about you? What is some sound advice your mom gave you?

XO

Cindy

"Mothering Instincts" Week Begins!

Shabby Chic Torso

Hi Everyone~

Welcome to “Mothering Instincts” Week here at Whimsical Musings. I’d like to start by showing you my latest project--this “Shabby Chic Torso” now available in my Etsy shop. I have used curly seam binding ribbon to adorn this piece.

Up Close

I had no idea that it would take 10 hours to create! But, it is a real favorite of mine and I thought it would make a memorable gift for Mother’s Day.

As many of you know, I design for Shabby Cottage Studio and the torso is from their wonderful online store! (The music note graphics are from The Graphics Fairy.)

I have some wonderful news~My Paris Collage has just been featured on The Graphics Fairy’s Craft Blog....I hope you’ll check it out ~and it’s a great place to visit for new ideas!

Paris Collage--Custom Order

And before you go, I want to ask you a question....What is your earliest memory of your mom? I’ll tell you mine. I was about 3 or 4 years old and my mom bought the Snow White Album from Disney. We listened to the story and read the accompanying book together. It was a really happy moment for me.

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Happy Easter!

Hi Everyone~

Happy Easter! Wishing you a wonderful holiday! I would like to announce the winners of my giveaway...This took a very long time, but people were chosen at random for each item. Thank you to everyone who played along!

As you can see, I have worked all week to add as many prizes as possible. There are 24 in all!

Here are the list of winners of tags pictured above:

Monday--Tiff/ The Cranky Queen

Tuesday--Kathy/Creative Home Expressions

Wednesday--Victoria/Things I Learned from Bear

Thursday--Daniella/Daniella Hayes

Friday--Liz/Lululiz in Lalaland

Saturday--Regina/DieKreative Ecke

"Alice's Tea Pot" Note Holders

I made three sets. They were won by:

Roselle/Seaside Rose Creations

Donna/My Shabby Chateau

Sonya/Counting My Blessings

It also comes in blue--not pictured.

Diane/Lavender Dreamer won the blue set of note holders.

Musical Teapot Tag

La/A Musing Potpourri

Pink Rose Teapot Matchbox

I made 3. They were won by:

Theresa/Faerie Moon Creations

Linda/A Random Creativity

Teresa/A Magical Whimsy

Here is a view inside with spanglies.

"It's All About the Dress" Matchbox

Holly/ 2911 Jeremiah Avenue

Here is another view of it.

Garden Party Spool--

Trish/Glass Slippers

Alice's Tea Party Matchbox

Kim/Gypsy Angel

Now, this tag called "Dancing Teapots" was made especially for Sherry of Country Wings in Phoenix for all the promotional work she did for this giveaway.

This "Dancing Teapots" tag was made for Marydon of Blushing Rose as a thank you for all her promotional work for this giveaway.

There are 4 more gifts that I did not have time to get pictures of and the winners were chosen randomly. They are as follows:

"Alice Journal": Sarah/Hope in Every Season

"White Rabbit" Tag: Barbara/Moore Whimsies

"Smiling Alice" Tag: Nancy/Trinket Collector

"Tea Time" Tag: Wendy/Wendy in Wonderland

The winner of the grand prize pocket watch mixed media piece and tag is Julie of Jul's Art Niche.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you EVERYONE for playing along!!!

If you won, please email me your address...And one more thing, I must apologize but there won't be any note inside the envelopes because it's going to take a really long time to package this all up, so just know I send best wishes!

Please join me on Monday for the start of Mothering Instincts Week. There will be lots of interaction and reflections about our moms.

XO

Cindy

"Alice Tea Party" Grand Finale

Hi Everyone~

The "Grand Finale" for the Alice Tea Party has just arrived!!! The contest will end on Saturday night at 6 p.m. central time. The winners will be announced on Easter! (If I am lucky, I will get them posted some time late Saturday night.)

Be sure to come back to see if you've won because I will only announce it here...and if you're a winner, just email me your address.

Friday's Giveaway Prize

To see a close-up of anything, just click on an image.

A Close-up

Saturday's Giveaway Prize

Grand Prize~ "Tea Time"--A large altered pocket watch from an estate sale with a vintage-style key and an Alice in Wonderland tag with lots of sparkly glitter!

Here is a close-up.

Be sure to stop by on Easter as there will be some added surprises!!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Easter!

XO

Cindy

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Alice's Tea Party for Wednesday and Thursday

Hi Everyone~

Welcome to Alice's Tea Party for Wednesday and Thursday! I've got an Alice Trivia Question for you~What did the Mock Turtle sing about? If you know the answer, feel free to comment on it. If not, just say "hi" so I'll put you in the drawing for both days.

Don't forget to come back Friday and Saturday to enter for a prize AND a Grand Prize!

One more thing~If you'd like to see some amazing work by artists who are featured in my online magazine, just click here!

XO

Cindy

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Alice's Tea Party for Tuesday

Tuesday's Give-away--To see a close-up, just click the image

Hi Everyone~

Welcome to Tuesday's Alice's Tea Party--If you leave a comment on here, you will be entered into the drawing to win this Alice Pocket Whimsy!

A Closer Look

I also have something so neat to share with you! My super-sweet friend Sherry announced my tea party on her blog, Country Wings in Phoenix~Oh, I hope you'll go take a look because you won't believe how adorable it is! To see it, go here.

And my awesome friend Marydon (her sister!) announced it on her blog, Blushing Rose too!!! (Did I mention that I just love these 2 friends?) To see Marydon's blog, go here.

I'm serious--you'll just love seeing all the animation!

Alice Trivia Question

And, I've got an easy-peasy Alice trivia question for you (it's just for fun.) Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

Heartsong Bird House

I'm happy to announce that my Heartsong Bird house was chosen for a treasury from a lovely woman named Rebecca from Texas this morning!

The treasury features items for Mother's Day. If you'd like to take a look, just go to:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dac76a17e156d91b7b350d7/open-bnrgift-guideawesome-mothers-day

This bird house is available in my Etsy store and just like other items in the Heartsong Collection, it also comes with a free Heartsong tag with purchase.

Thank you for visiting my tea party and sitting down to enjoy a cup of tea with me!

XO

Cindy

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Alice's Tea Party Begins!

Hi Everyone~

Welcome to my Alice Tea Party week!

It is the start of my giveaway-a-day event.

First, I would like to thank all of you who voted in the Altered Egg Challenge with Tee at The Altered Paper. Some exciting news--I won! Thank you to Tee for having this fun challenge. (The music paper for this piece is from The Graphics Fairy.) This piece is available in my Etsy shop.

A week ago, I saw something called a Pink Whimsy Pocket on Tee’s blog and I decided to make one-a-day for this special “tea party” on my blog. If you would like to see Tee’s tutorial, go here.

Wonderland Gifts I Created for this Week's Giveaway!

A few weeks ago, I won a giveaway of images from Julie’s blog, A Vintage Chic! Thank you, Julie! They are beautiful “Alice in Wonderland” images from Crafty Secrets. Thank you to Sandy, the owner of the gorgeous online shop.

From those, I created the giveaway prizes shown above.

Monday's giveaway!

An "Alice Pocket Whimsy"~A tag in its own holder with a tea card insert.

To see a close-up, just click the images!

A close-up

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