Saturday, June 30, 2012

Blogging fun


Seeing as this is my blog I have the right to change my mind :) I am going to postpone the photos of the carnival until tomorrow (it was cute but not OVERLY exciting) because on my way home I stopped at the local flea market and found some goodies.

Before I get to that, lets take care of business.. If you could vote for Fleurp, I'd really appreciate it (no need to register, simply click there then on the vote button.  If you are so inclined you can vote every 12 hours.  Only one vote per IP address)

OK, now for the goodies.

The flea market isn't huge, but it is good sized for the town.  They run as much of the year as they can.  Sometimes I stop in and find things, sometimes not.  Since I am coming up on my ten year blogoversary I thought it might be fun to hold some giveaways.  I didn't really know what to give away.  Heaven knows we all probably have enough stuff with cats on them, so I didn't really want to do cat figurines or purses with cats on them, etc.  But since this is a cat blog, I can't image what else would be a big draw.

But I've been keeping my eye out where ever I have been lately.  One stand had some cute jewelry. Some tiger eye earrings and necklaces.. I saw a really interesting broach that was also a locket too.  As I wandered on I came across a table with a "If I were a Cat" children's book.  It was cute, but not overly cute.  The really nice man who was running it with his wife shared with me another book which I did really like.  Then he gave me a second which I also liked and a third.  (good thing his wife was starting to pack up or I might have gone home with a library of books!!)

And these were the books
I intend to read them and post reviews then give them away too, but that is for another date.

Then I looked up and saw the following picture.
I was just at my co-worker's house and they have a very beautiful painting of a house in a winter scene.  They enjoyed telling the story of the painting, how it was created by a quadriplegic who painted it in about four hours using a paintbrush in his mouth (it was very realistic.  not exactly photo quality realistic but awful close)  My co-worker's husband said the guy never painted before the accident that caused his paralysis, and the artist was enjoying that he could make over a thousand dollars and hour (because now he is charging quite a bit for his paintings)  Anyway, with this story fresh in my mind I asked if there was a story behind the drawing, and they said, it was drawn by the artist (it is signed by Helen Coffman)  Opening up the wooden frame I found that the picture is a trimmed blank card with "Fats" Graphic Pencil by Helen Coffman on the back of it)  It looks like a hand drawing but it could be a print.

Want to win "Fats"  Just post a comment.  If you could tell me what you'd love to see on a giveaway that would be cool... as I do want to do something really fun in October on my blogoversary..  Feel free to be a little crazy but somewhat realistic.  I mean I don't have a million dollars to give away..   Costume jewelery, books? or cat related paraphernalia like cat toys or cat beds?

Comments will be open for a week when I'll choose a winner by random next Sunday.

14 comments:

  1. TEN years of blogging!?! Boy, I'm a piker.

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  2. WOW! 10 years! Concatulations! We just turned 5. The years sure do fly by, right? Since we are all cat lovers we would say giving away anything cat related in any field would be fun!

    Fluerp get our vote every day, twice a day. You go girl!

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  3. And I'm only nine years old! purrs

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  4. Just voted for Fleurp! Hope she'll win.

    Wow, 10 years. I hope my blog can last 10 years and fluorish like yours too.

    I'll be back,
    Sankissjuice

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  5. Wow, coming up on TEN years, that is awesome. I've already voted from as many places as I can. LOL. I LOVE this drawing. It is way cool.

    As for ideas, anything cat related is awesome to me. I love cat books of any kind, and I sort of collect cat-themed brooches/pins, so that would be cool. You seem to have an eye for the unusual, so I'm sure you'll find something cool.

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  6. wow thats a long time we only being blogging about 4 months but then Speedy has only been with us since feb,anyway Congratulations on ten years!

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  7. I didn't know there were blogs ten years ago!!!

    Sounds like there's a good story re the artist!!

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  8. Are you going to post a retrospective?

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  9. Amazing that you've been blogging for 10 years. As for the giveaways, I think anything cat related would be appreciated. :)

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  10. Anonymous10:30 AM

    Voted for Fleurp!

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  11. Interesting cat toys are always a great giveaway! Unusual or hand made cat items are also a favorite of mine. [I love Etsy, I admit it! :) ]

    I did manage to vote for Fleurp...I think. That Modern Cat website is challenging! :P

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  12. As for winning things, how about donations to a shelter in winners names? Or free kittens lol.

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  13. I love Gail's idea... the part about making a shelter donation, I have all the free kittens I need right now ;-)

    Otherwise, something something simple and unique would fit the bill. I wouldn't even think it needed to be a physical item. Maybe letting someone name a kitten like over at IBKC?

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  14. closing comments winner posted tomorrow. Thanks so much for all the entries!! You've given me some wonderful ideas.

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