Spreading Joy - Holiday Giveaway!

Today is the start of my Holiday giveaway! The winner will get to choose any pendant in my Etsy Shop that is $24 or under. Open to anyone in the world!
I will use a random number generator in one week to determine the winner (end December 11th, noon).

For a chance to win, please leave a comment about what was one of your most memorable Christmas/Holiday gifts, either one you gave or received.

Extra chances to win - please leave a separate comment for each entry:
1 entry for adding the above graphic with a link to this post on your blog.
1 entry for tweeting about this giveaway with a link to this blog post.
1 entry for following me on twitter. User name: GypsyMareArt
1 entry for becoming a Gypsy Mare Studios fan on Facebook (see right sidebar).
1 entry for telling me your favorite song on my Holiday playlist (see sidebar).

Thank you for entering! Back to painting for me...

Gypsy Mare Studios Halloween Giveaway!

In appreciation of all my wonderful blog followers, friends and customers, I've decided to have a giveaway this week for a Halloween pendant from my Etsy Shop. That's right, the winner may choose any Halloween themed, hand painted pendant from my shop!

So many ways to enter. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Winner will be chosen at 9PM Eastern Time - Sunday, October 18th by a random number generator.

1 entry for leaving a comment on this post.
1 entry for tweeting about this giveaway with a link to this blog post.
1 entry for being or becoming a follower of this blog.
1 entry for following me on twitter. User name: GypsyMareArt
1 entry for becoming a Gypsy Mare Studios fan on Facebook (see right sidebar).
1 entry for telling me your favorite song on my playlist (see sidebar).
3 entries for blogging about my giveaway on your blog (you may use the graphic above on your blog post)!

As an added bonus, I'll throw in 3 of my Headless Horseman postcards just in from the printers!
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and entering the giveaway!




PS. If I get more than 200 comments, I will add a 2nd place prize, a Halloween pendant of my choice.
PPS. If there are more than 250 comments I will have a 3rd prize of 5 Headless Horseman postcards!
PPPS. If you are a dude and do not have the need for a Halloween pendant, I can turn one into an ornament for your Halloween tree should you win!

Thank you to everyone who has left a comment! The response so far is humbling:)

Newtown Square Pumpkin Carve

Here are some photos from the pumpkin carving contest I participated in today. There weren't many carvers since this is the first year, but the ones that came did a very good job. My Headless Horseman carving took 2nd place - $50 and I got to bring my pumpkin home! I wasn't expecting such a nice prize. The best part of the day was meeting all the wonderful people that put this event together and talking with the people as they walked by.







We were awarded with a gorgeous sunset on the way home!

Find the Wandering Witch

Please stop by the EHAG blog for your chance to win one of several awesome goodies up for grabs!

Your goal: to find "The Wandering Witch"

Here's how you play along in the blog hunt/blog hop:

Blog hop your way around participating EHAG member blogs, (a list of artists names/links will be posted on the EHAG blog).

Find the banner which states:

"You have found The Wandering Witch" and post a comment below the banner along with your name.

If you are not a blogger: *Please be sure to leave your name and an active email address.*

Want to remain anonymous?: *If you would rather not leave your name and/or email address and would like to be entered into the drawing, just send us a note via this email address: ehaagartists@hotmail.com and we'll be happy to enter you!



The handpainted pendant hanging on the witch is my contribution to the EHAG giveaway. It is painted on a Tennessee Spinner gourd that I grew in my garden last year. As I write this, it is not on the EHAG blog but it should be up later tonight.

O Christmas Tree & GIVEAWAY TIME!

We finally got our tree today. I found a place just down the road. Literally, 1/2 mile down our street that sells them cut or you can cut one yourself. I am a stickler for freshness and my husband was still in his work clothes and didn't want to get dirty so I cut our tree. I am very happy with our choice this year. It's so full and smells wonderful. I think it's a Douglas fir.
Most of our ornaments are old. Some we've had since we were kids. Some are antiques. Some I even made. There is nothing more fun that hanging each special ornament on the tree and remembering when you got it and Christmases past.
Since I can never find a topper that I like, I just hang a large ornament up there. Last year my husband's step mom gave me this cute one with kittens riding a rocking horse. My two favorite animals, how perfect! So I'm going to make you look at my tree pictures before I get to what you probably came here for, the giveaway:)






Okay, time for the giveaway!
I just painted this fun winter windswept tree pendant. I love bonsai and that is what it reminds me of (I had one once and I killed it -very sad). I added glass beads in white and cobalt blue and it has a silver plated toggle clasp. Here's the deal, to be eligible to win this pendant you have to leave a comment on this post. Not just any old comment, mind you. You must tell me what your favorite ornament is on your tree at home. If you don't celebrate Christmas please let me know what your favorite winter time activity is.
Contest will last ONE week. I will have my little Zoe draw a name on Friday, December 12th around noon. I will try to contact you through blogger. If I don't contact you I will leave a post and ask you contact me with your shipping info.
So good luck everyone. Thanks for stopping by!

Oh, if you don't win the pendant and still want one, I have one in my etsy shop.

Halloween Art Giveaway

Head on over to the EHAG blog this week for a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween giveaway! Just leave a comment to be entered in the contest.

Great Pumpkin Carve 2008

BEST OVERALL!

I am so happy to write that we won the pumpkin carve this year!! Our prize was a beautiful rocking chair and since I already have one from the 1st carve we won, my Mom got to take this one home. Her and my brother helped scoop out the guts and thin the wall so my design would stand out. I was very surprised that we won because there were some really nice pumpkins there. I had a hard time taking photos of the others since there was a large crowd but I managed to snap a few. One of my favorites was of the Halloween Tree. I actually had a design drawn out of a similar tree as a back up so glad I decided on the Horseman again. He never lets me down. In fact they had some really cool cutouts of the Hessian all around the main entrance.

Halloween Ornament Give Away!

I haven't had a contest on my blog in awhile and I've never had one for a piece of Halloween art. Today I felt it was darn near time:)
The winner will receive an original hand painted ornament made out of paper mache. Around the border is black and orange chunky glitter. On one side is a pumpkin and the other a moon and witch. It measures 4 inches across and is signed and sealed.

To enter the contest all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and this post only. If you would like to double your chances of winning, become a subscriber by typing your email addy in the box over on the right hand column.

One winner will be drawn next week on August 22nd at 8 PM Eastern time.
I will post the winner's name and try to contact the winner via email if I have it. Otherwise please check back to see if you have won!

Here are some photos of the ornament...

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Don't forget to search ebay for "EHAG" this week to see what everyone has created for the Carnival Challenge!