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A snail and a winner

October 14, 2011 By Marit 32 Comments

Sit down, relax… I won’t bother you with announcements.

I have some fun photos to show.

And a haiku.

Oh, and an art journal page.

And yes… a winner for the giveaway…

In fact: TWO winners!

Enjoy!

For Haiku my Heart

Can you believe this audacious guy was on my window? I just had to take
a picture!!! (I removed him afterwards, but the damage was already done)

Langzaam schuivend laat

de slak een spoor van slijm na

op mijn schone raam

The slow moving snail

leaves a slimy trail behind

on my clean window

Haiku My Heart is a wonderful place where people from all over the world
post beautiful photos and and write amazing Haiku. It is hosted by Rebecca
and you can find the list of participants here at Recuerda Mi Corazon.

Remember the faces that appeared on my last art journal page?
I cut out a whole bunch of them at the time and here’s the other page I made
using those shapes. I’m not sure if I like it though. I did when I started working
on it last weekend, but now I’m not so sure.

Oh well, you can’t always have a WOW…

Face in the crowd

(29,7 x 42 cm - 11.7 x 16.9 inch)

Finally: you were waiting for this weren’t you?
(Or did you scroll down right away ๐Ÿ˜‰ย  )

We have come to drawing the winners of my give-away!

Here’s how I did it.
I devided the comments into two groups. Three actually:
the ones who prefered the AJ package (20) the ones who prefered
the scrapbook package (11) and the ones that didn’t make a choice
or liked both – yeah, right… you wish!ย  (7)

The latter were added to the scrapbook-package drawing – to equal
the groups. I ended up with this:

ART JOURNAL PACKAGE

Sarah
Bonita
Nicky
Kim
Terri
Nigel
Simone
Lea
Lena
Annemarie
Patty
Natalie
Irma
iHanna
Maja60
Oxana
Viv
Cindy
Patricia
Druga

SCRAP BOOK PACKAGE

Jess
Petra
Helen
Julie TW
Sarah Webb
Andrea
Luanne
Theresa
Nathale
Jacqueline
Daniella
Sandra
Pamela
Melanie
Sue
Julie Ann
Glenda
Mirjamc

I used the random generator at www.random.org

For the ART JOURNAL PACKAGE the generator chose this:

Congratulations to this Dutchie in Germany!

For the SCRAPBOOK PACKAGE the generator chose this:

Congratulations to this ‘naughty girl’…

I will email you to get your addresses ladies!

One more congratulations goes to… my brother!
He’s far, far away from us (he emigrated to Canada with his family years ago)
and it was his birthday yesterday!! Hope you had a lovely day ‘broertje’.

I don’t know if his package arrived yet, but when it does I will show
on my blog what I made for him.

That’s it for today folks…
Be happy and enjoy the weekend!

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Haiku, Mail Art, Misc. 2 (A4 journal) Tagged With: art journal, art journal page, art journaling, birthday, brother, faces, giveaway, haiku, random, snail, winner

Comments

  1. Irma says

    October 14, 2011 at 9:16 am

    Ojeetje, echt? Ik heb iets gewonnen? Heel, heel hartelijk bedankt, ik ga het paketje in eren houden en natuurlijk goed verwerken!
    Een heel fijn weekend! – Irma

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  2. Sandra says

    October 14, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Ik vind je pagina met al die hoofden wel een grote Wow-factor hebben hoor! Persoonlijk zou ik er nog liever wat zwarte lijnen bijgezien hebben, but hey, that’s just me! Ik vind ze leuk!!! Enne..ik heb hele files aan slakken langs mijn raamkozijn lopen..kids vinden het geweldig! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  3. Rosie says

    October 14, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    Congrats to the winners!
    LOVE those snail photos Marit – you are so good at photography. I would like to spend a day outdoors with you, just taking photos for Haiku my heArt – that would be such fun!! I think I’d try to be bi-lingual like you too – awesome!!

    I think that’s a really strong art journal spread, but I find it quite disturbing, to be honest – the faces look so sinister!
    Have a great weekend, my friend! xo

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  4. Julie Tucker-Wolek says

    October 14, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    Congrats to the winners!! Loving the photo of the snail and the poem to wrote to go with it!! Awesome page as always…loving all the faces!! Happy Birthday to your brother! :):):):):):):):):):):)

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  5. spadoman says

    October 14, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    Great photos of the snail, and a wonderful haiku. I wonder if the snail heard it? Congratulations to the lucky winners.

    Peace

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  6. Mirjamc says

    October 14, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    wat zijn slakken eigelijk mooie beestjes om naar te kijken:)
    ik vind je art journal wel weer mooi geworden hoor en prachtig met de kleuren oranje,roze en paars!
    winnaars gefeliciteerd!

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  7. Mirjamc says

    October 14, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    ….oh en nog gefeliciteerd met je broer zijn verjaardag:)

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  8. Jingle says

    October 14, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Your journal page is fantastic!!!

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  9. Jessica says

    October 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    congrats to the winners! love your faces in the crowd..so fun!..love the snail haiku..lol…

    have a great weekend and happy belated to your brother! i look forward to seeing what you made him!

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  10. bonitarose says

    October 14, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Congrats to all the winners!

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  11. Dawn Elliott says

    October 14, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Ha! You have to love the little snail, though, don’t you? He’s just doing his thing, the cutie!
    Great haiku today!

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  12. sandra van doorn says

    October 14, 2011 at 3:44 pm

    Marit,how cute is the little traveler on your clean windows!! that made me laugh ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚
    xo sandra

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  13. Kim Mailhot says

    October 14, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Your slimy visitor was the perfect haiku inspiration !
    Congrats to the lucky winners of the giveaway !
    I am loving the interesting faces that you are playing with myself. May this weekend find you some moments of lovely play as well, my Friend !
    Light and LOve !

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  14. peggy gatto says

    October 14, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    I love your snail!!!!
    I happen to love snails!

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  15. Paintdiva says

    October 14, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    Sorry I missed your giveaway! I am back and I LOVE your snail haiku. snails are sexy little creatures. I love your journal page, also. wild faces!

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  16. Cheryl's Excellent Adventure says

    October 14, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    You captured the snail brilliantly.

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  17. Melanie Bishop says

    October 14, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    I have not been around and writing here as much as I would like. Will try to do better. I fell and broke my shoulder last week. Monday I must have an MRI to see if I need surgery. I love this place. Wish I had a new PC so I could download my art work. Loved your Haiku.

    Melanie

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  18. Maja 60 says

    October 14, 2011 at 8:20 pm

    Die slak heb je mooi gefotografeerd! Bij ons kruipen ze op het pad,en dan zo als je ‘savonds thuis komt je er boven op trapt! Zo verrekte zielig!!! Ik vind je art journal wel mooi! Het idee van de hoofden alleen al is geweldig. Gefeliciteerd met je broer!

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  19. Ursula says

    October 14, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    i know it’s not good to have a snail trail on your clean window, but I miss the small gifts like that of a wetter climate

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  20. druga szesnascie says

    October 14, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    I absolutely love your faces idea!

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  21. Noelle Clearwater says

    October 15, 2011 at 6:25 am

    Well I love the snail, slimy or no. You simply take great pictures and the haiku is wonderful. I do like your Face in the Crowd. I think it is plenty Wow! It is very modern and you are always so creative. I have so much fun coming here!
    xoxo,
    Noelle

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  22. Annemarie says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:32 am

    There must be something wrong with me. In my mind I have made some interesting comment, but I must have been dreaming. I come back to your post (not just yours but others too) and realize I never typed anything.

    Anyway, congrats ladies. Enjoy your goodies.

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  23. Theresa Gillman says

    October 15, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    fabulous Haiku. i love, love that snail photo. it’s so awesome.
    and I think your faces are really cool.
    hope you are having a great day and enjoy your weekend. =)

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  24. rebecca says

    October 15, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    i love how the snail appears so translucent with the light through his body. you see he is a great adventure who was brace enough to leave solid ground in pursuit of light!

    marit, i always enjoy you so! you have a place in the hearts of us all!

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  25. rebecca says

    October 15, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    that was suppose to be BRAVE!

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  26. Broer says

    October 15, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Dank zus. Nee pakje is er nog niet maar ben wel erg nieuwsgierig!! We gaan maar 1 x per week naar de post, volgende week vrijdag dan maar!! Kus je Broer

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  27. Lea Patterson says

    October 15, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Oh I love how the journal page turned out. Those silhouettes are very cool and the base colors are my favorite!!! Congrats to the winners! Woohoo!!!

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  28. Viv says

    October 16, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    Wat een gave foto`s van de slak, Marit! En je Haiku is weer heel mooi evenals je art journal page…die ogen vind ik geweldig!

    Groetjes Viv

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  29. Lena says

    October 16, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    Sorry meis, dacht dat ik al een commentaartje had achtergelaten…. (komt waarschijnlijk omdat ik vrijdags even op het werk snel even je blog bezoek. Als ik dan later weer kom heb ik zoiets van oh ja, die heb ik al gezien…)
    Die koppen zijn zooo leuk, ben het wel met Rosie eens… ze kijken een beetje “sneaky”. Maar misschien dat ik ze juist daarom zo leuk vind!!

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  30. Nigel says

    October 17, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    Congratulations to the winners, and the face page is fantastic ๐Ÿ™‚

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  31. Fauve says

    October 17, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    What a great picture,love it!And your page looks amazing,lovely colors!

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  32. Daniella says

    October 17, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    Congratulations to the winners!
    I love your work! You never disappoint!
    xxD

    Reply

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