WINNER NAMED!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO KELLI LUSK, from North Carolina!!  She is the lucky winner of my hand painted primitive sheep sign!  I have emailed her this morning and hope to hear from her today!  Kelli, if you check my blog before your email, be sure to send me your mailing address ASAP...I'll have your sign ready to go!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all participants in this year's OWOH contest!  Your comments and sweet words were very much appreciated and I thank you for your time and effort in stopping by!  I look forward to this event every year and I hope that each one of you will watch for it in 2011!!  Be sure to visit my blog page once in a while...I'll be offering more giveaways in the near future AND there's alot happening here at AWESOME ASS ACRES, especially with spring right around the corner!!  Have a great week ahead, stay warm and safe!!

**NOTICE OF CUT-OFF DATE AND TIME FOR OWOH GIVEAWAY!**

My cut-off time and date for the OWOH giveaway, will be February 11, at 11:59PM. I will be drawing for the winner at 8:00 AM on the morning of February 12, 2009. I will post the winner's name and will send a message to the winner, within an hour of the drawing(by 9:00 AM)! Be sure to check back with my blog and check your contact info. to see you're the lucky one!!

Thanks again sooooo much for entering and leaving such sweet, heartfelt comments...I've enjoyed this experience and I look forward to next year! Thanks, too, for the smiles that each of you brought with your comments about my blog name...it's definitely an eye catcher, but so is the one that it's named after (our mule, King Solomon)!!

ALSO...now that you know where we are, get you a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and come back to AWESOME ASS ACRES, for a visit anytime...you're welcome to come often, get here early and stay late!

AWESOME IS THE DAY!!

Today was absolutely beautiful here at AWESOME ASS ACRES!! Our bedroom faces east and the sunshine was a welcomed sight as we got stirring this morning! I've posted about our menagerie of animals here...well, some of them work for their "room & board"! We have several Golden Comet chickens and when the winter sets in, their egg laying slacks off. Well, they've left the picket line and started laying again---YEAAA!! Nothing like fresh eggs right from the source to make breakfast the best it can get...just not the same from the store!! We also sell a dozen here and there and we've started getting calls from our regular customers about the laying update! It's also the time of year for worming, shots and the usual maintenance routines for everyone in the barnyard, so Blossom, the mules, horses, chickens, peacocks, guineas, the dogs and cats were "in line" for appropriate doses of various concoctions.
I'm excited about spring coming...it's my favorite time of the year and sometimes I get ahead of myself, with anticipation. Columbia Mule Day is April 2-5, and we have to start getting ready for that, shortly after New Year. After worming and shots, Solomon will be my priority next month. He'll be groomed daily, mane trimmed, new "shoes" after being barefoot all winter, coggins blood work done, and ready for showing in April! With his color, there's always classes to be entered (and won, of course), so we pamper him, somewhat!
I've been painting several things in the last week...pendants, boxes, bowls...most have been listed and sold on Ebay. No words can express my appreciation for the folks that watch and collect my work. I'm humbled by your words of praise and your commitment to my art. Very sincerely, I say thank you!
Along with my painted pieces, I list items that I find at various sales in the area. This week, I found a beautiful, hand embroidered piece that features small birds in a tree. The fabric has been mounted to a thin piece of wood and is in excellent condition. Thousands of stitches and many hours, make up this excellent example of artistry. The colors are bright and the work is unbelievable. I love this type of hand craft...it reminds me of the doilies, table scarves, table cloths, pillowcases...that my grandmother use to create. Check it out if you'd like, it's listed now.
I'd also like to thank EVERYONE that has posted to enter my giveaway drawing on February 12th. I've had so much fun with this and have met soooo many wonderful folks! I will be drawing the lucky winner, Thursday morning at 8:00AM and will contact the winner that afternoon. Be sure to check your mail...to find out if you won!

One World-One Heart GiveAway!

As you all can probably tell, I'm very new to "blogging" and I'm not the greatest at keeping up with all the ideas behind this wonderful concept. However, after reading other's blogs and seeing how this tool helps bring so many folks together, I've decided to try a giveaway that's part of an idea belonging to Lisa Swifka, of A Whimsical Bohemian. This is a worldwide event and is set up to help bloggers share their stories and ideas with people they know and people they meet through this endeavor. I've always wanted to try a giveaway, so I felt that now was a good time!!

My giveaway item is a handpainted natural slate wall hanging. On the front, is a spray of roses and baby's breath. It measures 5" x 7" and hangs with a piece of latigo. It'd be great to add a little color to any setting!

Rules for One World - One Heart Giveaway:

1. The giveaway starts today, 1/19/01 and ends at 11:59 PM on 2/11/09...I will announce the winner on 2/12/09!!

2. EASY to enter...just leave a comment here on my blog and you will be in the drawing!

3. EVERYONE is invited to participate! If you don't "blog", just leave your email address, so I can let you know if you win.

4. Be sure and check out http://www.oneworldoneheart.typepad.com/

and visit all the other artists that are involved...lots of creative, wonderful talent out there!! Take care and GOOD LUCK!! Sharon Anderson