April 24, 2010

Final Starter Kit GIVEAWAY & Vision Statement Banner

I can't make it all happen without my lists.  My long and short terms lists, my daily checklists, but most of all my personal Vision Statement. My life is so swift right now, with the book, this blog and my kids and running the house, spending time with my husband and friends.... if I don't regroup and remind myself what I am doing and where I am going and why I am doing all of this then I will go underwater.

My vision remains steady, my long terms goals wax and wane, my short term goals get added to and marked as done, my daily goals, phew, they turn over like lightening. These are ever before me, guiding my steps lest I fall off into the abyss! Sound dramatic? Well I have tried to live a free falling life and I got nowhere fast ~ So I have my systems, I bathe everything I do in prayer. 

Including a project on creating a visual vision statement banner in my book was important for me (Week 4 of the workshop section of the book). Here is an alternative version (to the one in my book) of the banner. Enjoy!







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So here is the final Artistic Mother Starter Kit giveaway for April, my birthday month :)

Here is what you get:



Here are the supplies in this 'Artistic Mother Starter Kit' (pictured right):
These are all part of the essential tool box suggested in my book:
1) A box of my favorite water-soluble oil pastels - Portfolio Series by Crayola
2) X-acto craft knife with #11 blade
3) an 8oz tub of gesso
4) A tube of gel medium - which can be used as a glue and a varnish
5) 4B pencil
6) 4 sheets of my stamped handmade papers to add to your 'Art Stash'
7) My favorite glue stick - Scotch Permanent Glue Stick

Project related things:
8) A Daler Rowney 80 page, 5.5 x 8.5 sketch book/journal (for Week 2 project in my book's workshop)
9) 9 4x4 fabric squares (for Week 3 project)
10) Balsa wood (for Week 5 project)
11) Butterfly image sheet (for Week 5 project)
12) A 6x8 canvas panel (for Week 6 project)

You know what to do - leave a comment and I will use the random generator to pick a winner. If you want a double chance to win leave me a 2nd comment to say you are a fan of the Artistic Mother Facebook Fan page.

My goal in all of this - writing the book, this blog, giving away supplies is to encourage other women, especially moms to do some art. From my personal experience when mom is happy her kids fair better. Art is important yes, it slows us down and allows us to enjoy life more, seeing the beauty in things, giving us a sense of our creative selves, our purpose, our happiness. But even more importantly... motherhood is beautiful, vital.... because well raised, well loved children make our collective future brighter!

So Momma, go create.

89 comments:

  1. I love this project...a beautiful reminder of how utility doesn't have to mean boring. I am not much of a list maker, my daily life is on my calendar, without it I would be lost!

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  2. I am a fan on facebook too!!!

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  3. I am one momma who is happy to have found you! I just love your banner and your focus...and your art. Thank you for sharing and for being you. Have a lovely weekend, Kathy

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  4. So so beautiful! Thanks!

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  5. And I am definitely a fan!

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  6. I love your blog ..... please count me in for a chance to win!

    Karen

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  7. I could use a lift...and this project could help me find my new direction in life. I find out on Friday if I'm losing my job as a social worker. More important is the future of the small agency I've worked at for 14 years!I am nervous about what the future holds, but know it will all work out...somehow. Making art has been my saving grace...as it always has been in my life.

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  8. And I'm a facebook fan too!

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  9. What a lovely idea :)

    aunteegem@yahoo.com

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  10. FB fan-Julie A Scott Laws

    aunteegem@yahoo.com

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  11. Thanks for another chance to win. I am a list maker too. I like the ideas you have in this post. Thanks for your inspiration.

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  12. love the alternative banner! i am busy working on mine :)

    in the past year i have definitely made the switch to lists ... i realize they are not so much "To Do" lists as "To Remember" lists because so much happens and if i don't write ideas/plans/goals down then they get lost in the daily clutter. i have found it amazing to look back over some of my lists and realize how much i have incorporated into my life ... all thanks to these little intention lists.

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  13. Hi Shona, That is a really good idea and is beautiful too! I print out a list of my goals regularly for the same reason. For me, it's the teenagers and their constant requests plus the demands of life that pull me hither and thither. If I don't know what we are 'supposed' to be doing...where our family should be aiming... we would go crazy! It's hard when you have so many 'adult' inputs about what each day should be about. As mom, I have to have an overall 'vision' so that I know what to say yes...and no.. to. Then we have to balance everyone's desires and needs to work within that framework. That vision is as you say, is prayed over and defined by consultation with hubby. He knows what he wants for our family...but I have to 'make it happen' somehow.

    I'm a visual person and I need something really bold shouting...NEXT STOP HERE..or we get off track. This would be a great help to doing that.

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  14. PS. You are on my blog roll as you know and I have your button posted with a link.

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  15. Thank you for continuing to share your personal life. It is inspiring.

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  16. And I am a fan of The Artistic Mother, An Artful Life, and You! So glad to re-connect and "see" what I've heard about for several years.

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  17. Anonymous9:42 AM

    This is a wonderful project - love the colors and the fact that it is a useful tool for you too!

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  18. I love this banner its so pretty, love the idea of using the canvas boards, thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas with us.

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  19. Your banner is lovely! Thanks so much for all the inspiration!

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  20. I have really been inspired by your book and blog!

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  21. Yes! I love it all :) I subscribe to your blog...

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  22. ...and I now follow you on facebook as well!

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  23. Pretty please with sugar on top? I want to win this so bad...

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  24. It is so impossible to explain how much I feel inspired by you. Thanks from the depth of my heart.

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  25. Even though I'm not a mother, I still bought your book because as a busy woman who wants to express herself creatively, I find my time eaten up with other priorities and I'm always making excuses as to why I haven't made or played with much. I love the idea of making lists that are beautiful and inspiring to see. I know that making the time to make art will help me be a better woman and friend in her relationships. Thank you for doing this for us busy ladies and moms.

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  26. And I'm also a fan of your Facebook page, too - yay, Shona! I've bought your book for myself and am going to buy another & gift it to my very busy creative cousin, who's a mother for Mother's Day next month - tee hee!

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  27. love love this awesome giveaway chance...as I am on page 30 of your book, reading any chance i get! thank you

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  28. Happy Birthday!

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  29. Im an arty mum FB fan and thanks for being a Love of Collage FB fan! good luck to everyone with this last giveaway

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  30. Anonymous3:03 PM

    Love the vision statement hanging, wonderful!!

    sdsunshine@sio.midco.net

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  31. Anonymous3:04 PM

    I am a fan on facebook :)

    sdsunshine@sio.midco.net

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  32. Amazing site...
    I am heading to facebook now!

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  33. Anonymous3:17 PM

    aw...i love this beautiful banner of your visions, hopes and dreams...mmm inspires me to create something lovely for myself...thank you for this Shona...i got my gesso just today....now its time for some creating...blessing EDEN

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  34. I absolutely love this project. I really want to get started on my own.


    And thanks again for such a wonderful kit giveaway!

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  35. I fanned you on facebook too!

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  36. I'd love a starter kit to get me started. I have enjoyed flipping through your book, and I'm going to try to start some projects soon.
    :)

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  37. This new banner is gorgeous and full of great ideas! Thanks for another chance to win :)

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  38. love the banner. what a great way to keep our goals in sight! and happy birthday! (it's my birthday month, too!) ;)

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  39. and i'm a fan of the facebook page, too! :)

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  40. great project! life is really full nowadays and keeping our vision statement in front of us is a great idea!

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  41. what a beautiful way to hold the vision steady! so inspiring! thank you!

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  42. and now a FB fan too! hurrah!!

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  43. Your work is beautiful ~ thanks for sharing!

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  44. Fan on facebook now!

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  45. I love this project on canvas. I've read through your book and SO loved the goal/vision statement project. I just bought a few thin canvases and I can't wait to begin this project!

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  46. And I'm a Facebook follower! :)

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  47. a creative non-momma wanting to win.

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  48. What a beautiful project and a fabulous giveaway. My daughter and I are having fun working through the projects in your book!

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  49. What a lovely and very useful project! It could hang right on the
    wall by my kitchen desk. Many thanks
    for this opportunity.....
    I love your book that I bought.
    I have seen your book on Stampington
    and Company with a project from it.
    Many thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  50. Also, I am a fan of the Artistic
    Mother Facebook Fan page.
    Merci, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  51. as a woman who now has grown children i understand what it was like to be a mother of young ones. i am so happy to ahve young mothers as friends and the one thing i try to give to them is time, time to relax and also time to create. i have a few moms who love to collage and we meet to explore what each of us love about this creative outlet. i learn so much from them there free spirit inspires me and i hope i inspire them. love your blog

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  52. What a beautiful reminder. I definitely could use one of those! I think I'll make that my next project :-)

    Thank you so much for doing these kits. I completely agree, art is very important. As are happy kids :-) i don't have kids yet, but when I do I will definitely need to be making jewelry or something crafty.

    Have a great Sunday!

    mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com

    sweetest_kitten@hotmail dot com

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  53. I am a fan on the facebook page as well!

    sweetest_kitten@hotmail dot com

    mythoughtsandtreasures.blogspot.com

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  54. a fabulous piece :)

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  55. I love this project. A beautiful way to keep lists valued and seen. Thanks for the chance. Your blog helps me focus and enjoy my art making.

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  56. Oh, I love this idea :)

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  57. Hope someday i get to do some of this!

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  58. it turned out really pretty! I like this version the best............

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  59. Hi Shona! I had tears in my eyes when I read your reason for the blog, book, etc. I agree that it is so important to find where we can be of help. Your goal to get more Mothers to create and therefore to live happy and productive lives will help so many - and who knows how far that will stretch, and to how many generations. Thank you for the reminder to live our best lives, Kristin xo

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  60. I plan on creating some yarn today.

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  61. inspiration + dreams = amazing YOU!! and that new bedroom ...just a very magical space here

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  62. My birthday month as well; happy birthday to you!
    I don't do facebook but I am a follower and happy to be here.
    Lists - life only exists without lists but zings with them. There are few things as wonderful, in some silly way, as marking something "done" on my list.

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  63. Thank you for the inspiration you are to me and so many others!

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  64. Happy Birthday Month, Shona!

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  65. Fan on FB too, of course!

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  66. Ahhhh..so inspiring. The book, your blog, YOU! Thanks! I agree, list making is crucial to managing the roles and tasks that we share.

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  67. You are so inspiring! You make me want to get stuff done!

    I really need one of these. I feel so easily distracted and unmotivated.

    morganewilson
    at gmail

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  68. the details of this banner are just gorgeous!

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  69. I am a facebook fan!

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  70. i do love this so much...that photo is beautiful...can only leave one comment as i just don't get the whole face book thing...lol...

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  71. Love this blog, your book and your projects!!!:)

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  72. Shona, thanks so much for offering this wonderful variation on the banner (and the other variations on previous projects)! So great...as are you :)

    Thank you also for your great comment about my photo for the banner - I appreciate all the time it must take to visit everyone's blogs time and again!

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  73. Thanks for the encouragement to mothers!

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  74. So beautiful! I'm already getting together stuff to make my own kit. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  75. Thanks so much for the giveaway. And for all the inspiration you give to moms like me who've never had any formal art training but who long to create.

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  76. I'm a Facebook fan now!

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  77. I am a doll artist and soon to be grammy of numbers 9 and 10! I just found you through my Quilting Daily e-mail. I ordered your book - the comments were compelling.

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  78. Great project and giveaway. I am also a follower.

    Barbara

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  79. Nice Blog and beautiful eye candy. Absolutely love your wire and bead hanger idea. Thanks for the inspiration, I may use it on some wallhangings I do. Please enter me in your fantastic giveaway. It would be good for me since I just purcahsed some papers and stuff to try my hand on scrap booking a photo album for my only Grand daughter. Jane

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  80. Anonymous10:39 AM

    Wow! What an inspirational blog! I need to revisit my lists. I look forward to reading your book! -BBQ Queen, NC

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  81. Love your site and love crafts!

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  82. The reminder banner is such a great idea. :) Thanks also for the chance to win one of your starter kits.

    Greetings from Munich,
    Birgit

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  83. Thanks for your generous giveaway. I read the piece on you in the Cloth Paper Scissors e-newsletter, googled your name, and found your blog....glad I did.

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  84. What a beautiful project! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  85. your work is very inspiring!
    ♥anne
    love your book...
    rajklaushouse1@att.net

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  86. became a fan on facebook, too!
    ♥anne
    rajklaushouse1@att.net

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  87. Thank you all for your kind comments, for signing up on Facebook and for taking the time to enter this giveaway. The contest is now closed.

    shona

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