Thank you! {and the winners are…..}

 

Thank you SO much for the wonderful donations that were made!  Together, we raised $325 for the flood appeal!

We drew a winner the old fashioned way, out of a hat!

 

So here are the people who won Leroy’s drawings.  I’ll contact you – or, if you’re reading this, please email me your postal address!

Bec Clarke

Karla

Heather

Maija

Deb Gardiner

Jeanne

And the winner of my seahorse painting is

Fifi

Thanks again!!!

Natasha xo

Amended end time

Change of end time for the raffle/giveaway with conditions {post below this one}

Just got word last night that raffles are to finish WEDNESDAY at MIDDAY {AEDST}.

That is 25 hours from now.

Thank you to all who have made a $5 or more donation, you’ve raised over $220 so far!

Please visit the Master Raffle List and get more tickets {don’t use the receipt number you’ve already got, that defeats the purpose of the whole thing!} for your chance to win some amazing prizes.

I’ll be back here tomorrow to announce the winners!

Ciao for now,

Natasha xo

Queensland Flood Relief ~ “Giveaway with conditions” AKA Raffle

 

We have all heard about the dreadful flooding happening up north in Queensland.  So many lives have been affected, people have lost their lives, their homes, everything they own, their livestock, businesses….

 

I can’t imagine what it is like for our northern friends… my heart goes out to them.

Toni at Make It Perfect is organising a master list of bloggers who are having auctions, raffles, giveaways and sales on her blog, and this list will go live on the weekend.

I’m taking the idea of a “Giveaway with Conditions” from Jodie over at Vintage Ric Rac, (and hope she doesn’t mind I’m following her format of rules, and copying some of her instructions, because I think they’re clear and easy to understand and an awesome idea!)

 

Please read through CAREFULLY!!! Instructions are below the photos.

First up for grabs is a mixed media painting that I have been working on the past few days.  Layers and layers and layers of acrylic paint and texture are in this painting of a seahorse in seaweed.

Comes to you framed & ready to hang on your wall… measures 41cm x 16cm (approx. 16” x 10”)

And to say I’m a proud mum is an understatement.  I’m not the only one who has been busy creating.  My 7 year old son, who created artwork for the Victorian Bushfires in 2009, and the Haiti Earthquake in 2010, was the one who said it was time we made something to raise money again this year.

I love that he has compassion and heart.  I hate that every year (seems to be this time of year too), that there are terrible disasters happening…but I love that he thinks of others at these times.

He watched his favourite Faber Castell drawing DVD and drew the 3 Headed Norwegian Troll you see in the collage above on the TV (picture on the right), as well as other ideas from the DVD.

So in random order, these are the other prizes that will go out to lucky winners.  All are unframed.

Above – “Jungle”.  Lady bugs circling a strawberry, colourful rainbow snake and three owls on a branch.  On canvas board, 5 x 7”

Above – “Junk City” 8 x 10” canvas board

Above – “Rainbow Pencil” Canvas board 5 x 7”

Above – “3 Headed Norwegian Troll” on watercolour paper 5 x 7”

Above – “Traffic Hill” Canvas board 8 x 10”

Lastly – “Vintage Car” Canvas board 5 x 7”

 

Ok so here’s the nitty gritty, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

*Anyone can enter, from anywhere in the world.  I’ll pay postage cost to get the item to each winner

*Winners will be drawn at random on Midnight Monday 24th  {MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY 26th} January Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time

*To enter this giveaway, you must donate $5 to the Premiers Flood Relief Appeal

*You can enter as many times as you like, but each entry / donation must have a separate receipt number. (eg: donate $5 ten times if you want to donate $50- then comment ten times with your receipt number.  That might sound hard/painful but that makes it fair!!)

*After you have done this , return here and leave your comment with your receipt number.

*If you don’t have a blog you can still enter, select ANONYMOUS when leaving a comment, but please leave your email address!!

**NOTE! I have comment moderation turned on, I get crazy amounts of spam daily.  ONLY COMMENTS WITH RECEIPT NUMBERS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND ENTERED!!

So, let’s raise as much as we can! $5 wouldn’t even get two coffees now….

please give generously…

Thanks,

Natasha xo

gorgeous

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous…

what can I say?

A sweet friend sent me these gorgeous creations as a Christmas gift.

I love them because they’re beautiful, and they’re just so much to my taste in jewellery and colours.

But mostly, I love them because she made them, just for me.  Handmade gifts are always close to my heart.

Thank you, gorgeous and talented friend!

And this little guy thanks you and your boys for sending him the Ninja Lego set!

Oh, and unrelated, but two things I wanted to mention….

Firstly ~ thanks for visiting and for taking time to read my blog or leave comments.  I’m really sorry I can’t currently return those comments or visit you back as I have a very limited amount of internet while away.  I can’t go blog surfing like I could at home.  I hope my house-sitters are using my 120 gigabytes of downloads this month back home or they’ll go to waste! hehehe!!  While I’m away I’m using Facebook frequently, because it’s FREE on my iPhone plan.  {My facebook page is Natasha Burns Artistic Creations}

Secondly, and more importantly… if you’re in Australia then you would know about the devastating floods in Queensland.  If you’re not in Australia, I think you still would have heard about them.  They are getting worse by the day.  Could I ask you to please keep the people affected in your thoughts and prayers?  And if you can, please dig deep and donate.

I’m currently working on something I would like to auction to raise some money for the Flood Relief Fund. I’ll keep you posted about what it is, and how and where to bid.

Thanks,

Natasha xo

splash!

Someone had their first go on a waterslide today!

At first he wasn’t sure he’d like it… so we got a one-slide pass for him.

But as soon as he splashed down, we knew to get the half hour pass!

He gained confidence each time, getting creative with his splashes.  Upside down, backwards, forwards….

I remember going down this very waterslide as a kid, trying to make the most of the half hour ticket…. getting as many rides in that time as possible… no matter how tiring it was going up and up and up and up those many flights of stairs!

Next hot day, we’ll be back for more!

Natasha xo

…hi

…. hello?

A whole month went by?  wow!

Reading articles about how to keep blogs interesting, and finding that the common theme in all of them is, UPDATE FREQUENTLY…. well – I guess my blog falls in the uninteresting category, oops!

So I know it’s belated, but I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.  And a fab fun start to the New Year.

We are on Summer holidays here, enjoying doing a lot of not-a-lot.

I guess you could call this post my “Hello I’m still here” post.

Next time I’ll actually write about something!

But until then, thanks for giving me a few minutes of your day!

Natasha xo

PS. To Deb who commented on my last post {I tried to email reply but it went to a blogger no-reply address} – Thank you for your concerns.  I personally am not anywhere near the flood areas, those are further up north.

Could everyone please keep our Queensland friends in their thoughts and prayers as they go through horrendous flooding as we speak.  The damage and loss is just disastrous