Diane Clancy’s Art Blog

Pam of Magdalene Jewels has give my a Sweet Blog Award!! So I feel quite honored to be given an award which gives Thanks to “Sweet Friends: with kind words, sweet thoughts and good times” from someone I think is just as deserving of such an award. (borrowing from Pam) In accepting this award, I first must list 10 things that make me happy, then pass the “Sweet Blog Award” onto 10 bloggers whose blogs always make me smile! Here is the post with the details. Thank you so very much, Pam!!

Sweet Blog Award

The rules associated with this award are that I am to write 10 things that make me happy and then pass this award to 10 of my fellow bloggers:

Ok, first 10 things that make me HAPPY!!:

1. My daughter Jennifer who is mostly grown up (I don’t feel all grown up so I wouldn’t want to impose that on her).  We have a fantastic relationship and I love her dearly!

2. Susan, my best friend.  Our lives are filled with much work, art, networking, movies and more.  I am happy as we flow through life together!

3. Art!  I love making art (except when I don’t <grin>) and truly enjoy feeling traditional materials all squishy on my paper and hands.  Digital art is so wonderful the way it is so mutable and responsive.  All this art make my heart and soul sing!

4. Mediating and communing with the Spirits.  This is one of my deepest joys and I feel so happy and alive when I am so deeply connected to the Universe in a conscious way.

5. Working with a student or client who really, truly wants to learn. I love seeing the growing awareness of how things work – just so much satisfaction!

6. The sun on my face, a gentle breeze in the trees … feeling at peace and one with nature.

7. Color!! Anyone who knows my art knows I love color – I thrive on it and just feel so nourished by certain kinds of vibrant, colorful paintings and sites. Whether in the sky or in my or someone’s paintings, color makes me happy!

8. Watching movies with Susan and talking about them as we go – the colors, the dialogue, character development, what works, what doesn’t, what we think should be expanded on or changed.  Very happy!

9. Dancing to music, feeling in the flow, letting the music carry me along.

10. Traveling to different places, cultures and people.  Most of this has been in my own home, through books, movies, computer, imagination and listening to others. Hearing about different perspectives and viewpoints and learning how others see the world.  Allowing that to wash over me … sometimes shifting my ideas and other times feeling more certain in my own ways. Very uplifting.

Here are my nominees … all very fine and hard to choose with so many great blogs!! Know that I considered YOU!! Thank you! Here are my 10 I have chosen for the moment.

1. Jean Hood of Jean Levert Hood – Texas Hill Country Painter and my co-moderator of VAST and a delightful person

2. Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas – a very gifted mandala artist & good friend

3. Irene of The Green Stone Woman – courageous, strong, insightful and enjoyable woman and my most faithful commenter

4. Karen Faulkner of Karen Faulkner Art – creates colorful, delicate watercolors and you might remember I won her lovely painting

5. Lynda of Peripheral Vision – Inner Sights by Lynda Lehmann

6. Lisa of Lucky Dip – art and photography by Lisa Sarsfield

7. Kara of 1000 Faces 0f Mother Henna – creates vibrant, fun art and speaks deeply from her heart and soul

8. Lynne of An Artists’ Ramblings by Lynne Reichart – creates lovely art and has great giveaways regularly

9. Linda of Paintings in Watercolor – fantastic fine art by Linda Hammelman

10. Robin of Pocketful of Colors – Robin Maria Pedrero is a visual artist who must create!

This was fun to honor all these lovely artistic, creative people! Thanks for coming by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Sharla of the Beaded Tail Blog has created a lovely list of Friday Features.  It is a lovely set of items from several artists and artisans. Each image links to that item to purchase and with a link to contact the creator of the product.  I am delighted to be included in this list!  Here is this post with Friday Features. I am glad she is inspired by my work! Thank you!

Beaded Tail Friday Features

Here is this vibrant, colorful painting of Lady in Flowers gracing this Friday Features – she can be found in several shops and items – from Art Cards, ACEOs to mugs to tiles to buttons to magnets … you are sure to find Lady in a gift that you will want to get for yourself or for someone special on your list.

My Painting on Beaded Tail Friday Features

Here is Lady in Flowers Button at My Zazzle!

Thank you, Sharla for including me!!

You may want to enter my One World One Heart Giveaway – here is the post – it is a free prize with free shipping anywhere in the world.  This is a worldwide event – details are in this post. Thank YOU for stopping by and reading my blog.

~ Diane Clancy

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Susan Elkin and I each have a Zazzle shop – Susan is http://zazzle.com/SusanElkin* and mine is http://zazzle.com/DianeClancyArt*.  I hope you enjoy seeing what we have created … and maybe you will mosey along to check out our shops.  Thank you!

create & buy custom products at Zazzle
this is Susan’s Zazzle Shop

create & buy custom products at Zazzle

Here are my other shops Diane’s Etsy shop and Diane’s 1000 Markets Shop, Diane’s ArtFire Shop and Diane’s CafePress Shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of you wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

Please take a look at my shops and see what YOU want to take home!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy

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Yes!! I have won another giveaway – I feel so blessed!  Katey~D, or as fellow artists and friends call her, Ducky had a great giveaway on her blog.  And I won!! Yippee!!  Ducky’s blog and shop are BlueyeduckStudios ~ art created to bring you simple joy.

She makes pendants out of dominos … wild and lovely!!  Here is one example from Ducky’s shop.  This is the blog post that shows you what I won – people are so generous on the web!  And this is one of Katey’s Etsy Shops.  She has a couple of other shops you can also cruise.  You can see below the pendant that is making its way to me through the mail. Wow!  There is sure a lot of kindness and generosity online – with no strings attached!! Thank you again! Thank you, Katey!!

The ACEO Bounty Etsy group has contests where people can win Art Cards, ACEOs (2.5 x 2.5″ art).  I am totall thrilled to be the big winner for this 2 month period – I have won 9 ACEOs and 1 ACEO mat!!  Quite a variety of different artists and styles.  The ACEO Bounty group at Etsy has a lovely blog with lots of information about Art Cards, ACEOs – The ACEO Bounty Blog.   I am thrilled to be included in this post announcing the winners!! You can see one of the 9 – yes 9 Art cards I won for FREE!! Wow!  Thank you!

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #4

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Joan of TheGiftHutch at Etsy.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The deadline is September 2 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  Joan creates beautiful pillows, sachets and other gifts and I encourage to go join in the giveaway and also look at her Etsy shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of us wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

Design Style Guide Giveaway #3

They are having a series of giveaways – the current one with Felicia Kramer.  This is a free giveaway and I encourage you to join in and see if you can win!!  The deadline is August 5 – so join in today!!  Here are the details about the giveaway on the Design Style Blog.  Felicia Kramer is a fantastic artist and I encourage to go join in the giveaway and also look at her Etsy shop. This is a great opportunity and let’s hope one of us wins!

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas (http://sacred-circle-mandalas.blogspot.com) has a wonderful giveaway!!  Here is the post with the details.  It is very simple to enter and she creates FANTASTIC mandalas!!  Don’t know what they are?  Go check out her blog!

Sue’s Mandalas Giveaway

Sue has started selling her lovely mandalas!!  Check it out!! Sue has a great newsletter she just started too.  It is easy to sign up for it when you enter (if you like – no pressure).  Thank you for checking Sue’s giveway and mandala’s out!! How are you doing? Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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I WON the the Design Style Giveaway!! I am so excited!!  Here is the the Design Style Blog that showcases lovely work!  Karen Faulkner Art sponsors this first free giveaway that I won!!  Karen Faulkner is a fantastic artist and I encourage to look at her Etsy shop. Hopefully YOU will win next time!  I encourage you to enter the next giveaway – I will let you know when that happens … dancing with happiness! This is the painting that I have chosen – it was VERY hard to choose!

Pink Showers, © Karen Faulkner Art

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

I would love to hear how YOU are! Thanks for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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I WON the the Design Style Giveaway!! I am so excited!! Here is the blog post that announces my winning prize!   Here is the the Design Style Blog that showcases lovely work!  I get to choose any work in Karen Faulkner’s shop – up to $20!!  (See below for one of her great images).  I encourage you to enter the next giveaway – I will let you know when that happens … dancing with happiness!

Design Style Guide Giveaway #1

The Design Style Guide is a wonderful place that is bringing together thousands of items that are appropriate for Home Decor. Their main purpose is to promote the team and its members to Interior Designers (and like-minded consumers) through various promotions and advertising techniques.   This is part of the move to promote handmade items instead of mass produced things. Their focus is on marketing and branding “Handmade Home Decor” to professional Interior Designers.

If you would like to join Design Style Guide, please click here:

Karen Faulkner Art sponsors this first free giveaway that I won!!  Karen Faulkner is a fantastic artist and I encourage to look at her Etsy shop. Hopefully YOU will win next time!  Here is one of Karen’s lovely art creations – this is the link where you can purchase the painting below!   I have not chosen my prize yet.

Bluest of Blue Flowers, © Karen Faulkner Art

I want to let you know that I am going to be busy with family the next couple of days – so I will be unable to write a blog post.  I hope you will come on by once I write again! Thanks for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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