On the Eleventh Day of Christmas ...

Be still my little beating heart. I know, I'm posting these links in all sorts of order / no order ... but seriously, each time I visit WHERE WOMEN CREATE, another Day of Christmas seems to have snuck onto their blog ... no, really, I can't explain it. How do I miss any of these?

At the risk of pushing some of my readers to COMPETE with me for a most coveted prize, I have to do it - I have to add this one. You're going to FLIP for these fabrics, and believe me, if I win -- SO. WILL. I. !!!!!

http://wherewomencreate.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/on-the-eleventh-day-of-christmas-wwc-gave-to-me-.html#comments

-- Princess "i SO have to win this, i just do .." Magpie

you have to see this ... from WWC, of course

I just love WWC: Where Women Create.

Today, they feature the beautiful work of artist Dara Dimagno ... who says ...

"I am a self-proclaimed antique junkie. Like a pack rat, I am always hunting for things that I can transform. Looking for new ways to use forgotten parts and bits of flotsam is challenging and oh so much fun. My art is my therapy after a hectic day at my real job. After my children have drifted off to sleep I get to spend the night and wee hours of the morning playing artist. Using odd bits and pieces of vintage treasures I create one-of-a-kind wearable art pieces, holiday ornaments and talisman wall art. Creating keepsakes that capture moments in time, I like to incorporate antique photos, old buttons, buckles, the words from pre-1930 books, vintage hardware, and even old German doll heads into my pieces.... "

http://wherewomencreate.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/on-the-thirteenth-day-of-christmas-wwc-gave-to-me.html

VISIT WWC at the link just above to read more about Dara, to see more of her beautiful work, and to enter WWC's "Days of Christmas" contest (again!).

-- Princess Magpie

12 Days of Christmas - a Where Women Create GIVEAWAY

Friends, if you look to the right, you'll find a "widget" that will connect you to the beautiful WHERE WOMEN CREATE website ... where they are hosting a 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS giveaway !!!

Visit them daily, make a comment daily, and you're entered to win !!!

I hope today, the first Saturday of December, finds you happy, healthy, and NOT worried about ... all your "to-do's" !!!

Be well, my creative friends ....

-- Princess Magpie

Quick! Contest Entries close at Midnight 11/16/09

WHERE WOMEN CREATE, a fantastic magazine for us crafty gals, is having their FIRST ANNIVERSARY CONTEST ...

click here to go directly to their blog, and to the Contest details.

http://wherewomencreate.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/its-our-first-anniversary-time-for-a-contest-.html#comment-form

I sure hope you're up and reading tonight, 'cause I just found out about this 10 MINUTES AGO over on Facebook, where I am a "fan" of WWC.

-- Davielle
aka, your PRINCESS MAGPIE

Woman Is Born to Create

My thanks to my Facebook "friend", WHERE WOMEN CREATE (a fabulous magazine that features just that ... spaces 'where women create' ...). They have this posted this evening, and I found it TOTALLY wonderful and encouraging and validating and inspiring. You can read more about WHERE WOMEN CREATE by visiting their website, here: http://www.wherewomencreate.com/ .

And so, I wanted to share this quote with all of you creative Women ....

"Woman is born to create … in creating she becomes herself, accomplishes her destiny. Her whole life is only an initiation into creative power. To create is not merely to produce a work … it is to give out ones own individuality."

- Jeanne de Vietinghoff

-- Princess Magpie