Giveaway!!!

I just sold my 100th item from my Etsy store! 

So, in celebration of my 100th Sale on ETSY, I am hosting a "Giveaway!"  

Wow - One Hundred! 
It is hard to believe.  I can remember my very first sale.  I was driving my kids to school one cold December morning and my daughter had to move some canvases over to sit down in the back seat.  She said, "I don't know why you buy these things if you aren't ever going to sell any of your paintings."  I told her that I opened an Etsy site a few weeks earlier, but that I had not placed anything on the site to sell. 

I left out the part about how I was scared to try and sell anything.  

Scared that people I know might find out I was trying to paint art. 

Scared that I might have to stop painting once I realized no one wanted anything I created. 
Scared that my attempt at art might end up on Regretsy.  

Instead of explaining my fears to her little 12-year-old self, I went home and took a blurry photo of a Christmas painting I had just created. 

Then I listed the painting on Etsy for $44 plus free shipping.

I then took another photo of another painting to list in my Etsy store, but couldn't find the first listing.  It had already sold!  Within five minutes!  I was astonished/thrilled/amazed/thankful. 

Very, very thankful.

Thankful that I confronted my fears head-on.

Thankful that God knew that I needed the affirmation.

Thankful that some kind person out there felt the need to support my efforts.
Thankful my daughter unknowingly gave me a little nudge. 

My husband had hoped I would dive back into my engineering career.  He now shares his laundry room with paintbrushes and a drafting table.  And spends his weekends building picture frames.  And he has finally learned that most of my clothing will bear a smudge or two of paint, no matter how much the shirt cost.

Enough of me, me, me - here are the details on the Giveaway.

I am giving away a set of five notecards ......

(blank inside with 5 white envelopes)


 one of my original watercolor bird paintings .....

Yellow Warbler

AND a Happy Birthday banner...

Sewn by ME.

 ALL of the above to ONE fortunate winner!!

The drawing starts NOW and will end at midnight eastern on Tuesday, January 24th.

I will use random number generator to determine the winner.

To enter this Giveaway:

1. Leave a comment.

If you would like to enter your name twice.....

2.  Tweet, Facebook, or Blog the giveaway - with a link back to this post - and leave another comment on this post for another chance.  (That gives you two chances, total.)

Thank you for reading!  I truly appreciate each one of you!

Linking to Frugal Friday and Be Different Act Normal and Serenity Now

This Giveaway ended on January 24th!