Last Hint of Autumn

Taken November 14, 2011.

This is always a sad time of year for me, watching all the pretty flowers fade away and the colored leaves dry out and tumble down. For example, the rose bush pictured above no longer has roses on it. However, once a month or so goes by we start to get snow and that is always fun. :)

More prints and cards will be showing up in my Etsy shop next week so keep an eye out! AND! A super secret surprise awesome gift idea should appear just in time for Christmas!!! 

Etsy shop live!

My Etsy shop is now live! You can find it here. I will be adding more photography and original paintings this week!

Tuesday's Top Pick

Ack! I keep forgetting about this! But at least I'm posting it in the week I meant to, right? Right. Here we go.

Dancing Moon Mosaic

Like many of the things I love, this is from Etsy (here). I'm hoping to slowly redo my craft room and this would be perfect for the colors I've chosen.

Saints Astray Winner!

Jacqueline Carey's Saints Astray

A big congrats to Dana who won Saints Astray contest! Dana, like many of you, picked Kushiel's Dart as her favorite in the Kushiel's Legacy series. In fact, Dart was the top choice overall with 55% of you picking it! 

Thanks goes to Jacqueline Carey for letting me have this amazing giveaway! Also, thanks for those of you that have decided to stick around and follow me, I appreciate it! On a short personal note, I will soon be expanding with an Etsy shop, which will include professional prints and cards of my photography so please feel free to stick around for that!

Thanks for everyone who entered!

Happy reading!

Sun cat

Biscuit taking a mid day nap.

Friskie!

Friskie, from Second Chance Pet Adoptions.

Setting Sun

Setting sun near my childhood home.

Saints Astray Contest!

Thanks to the wonderful Jacqueline Carey, I am hosting a giveaway for a signed copy of Saints Astray! If you haven't heard of Jacqueline Carey (her website is here) then you're really missing out on reading some of the most eloquently written books. Personally, I am addicted to her wordsmithing as much as her plot lines. Ironically I finished re-reading Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series just mere days before she announced this giveaway. Hint: the last line is important. ;)

Anywho, Saints Astray is her latest book and I know many of you are here just because you want to know how to get your paws on this book, so here you go...

All you have to do to get your signed copy of Saints Astray is leave a comment on this post by midnight November 15th telling me which of the Kushiel's Legacy books is your favorite (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar, Kushiel's Scion, Kushiel's Justice or Kushiel's Mercy) and leave your email as well (otherwise I won't be able to get in touch with you if you win!). If you haven't read any of of the Kushiel's Legacy books, just tell me why you want Saints Astray.

Rules (I know, I don't like them all the time either) are as follows: Only one comment per person will be counted. Submissions without email addresses will be considered void. Once the winner has been chosen, it will be announced on this blog as well as via email to the random yet lucky winner. Questions can be sent to me at sorchaealaros@gmail.com.

The winner will be chosen at random and will be announced the morning of Wednesday, November 16th! Good luck! :)

Tuesday's Top Pick

It's that time again! I think. I've been confused lately. Yesterday I kept thinking that Thanksgiving was next week. Yep. My brain needs a vacation, apparently.

Kindle Book Case from Uncommon Goods

This is the best Kindle case/cover/whatever you wish to call it that I have ever seen. They also make them for the iPad. The best part is that they are done based on actual hardcover classic books. The one above is Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales. There is also a Pride and Prejudice one that is fairly dreamy. 

Second Chance Pet Adoptions

Normally I try to keep work and play separate, because let's face it, even though I love being creative, it currently doesn't pay the bills. So, yes, this blog and the fun stuff you see within is all play.

However, I have been interning/volunteering with a local non-profit animal rescue for about five months now and seeing what they do everyday and how much they help the animals in my local area, I felt I needed to share this.

Second Chance Pet Adoptions (their site is here, if you want to take a look) is in the Chase Community Giving Facebook contest. Voting begins today, November 8, and ends on November 22.


What it means is this:

• The top charity will receive $250,000.
• The second through fifth place charities will receive $100,000.
• The sixth through 100th place charities will receive $25,000.

How do you vote?

Visit the Chase Community Giving application on Facebook, here. Once you do, a Request for Permission page will pop up. Allowing access lets Chase community with you regarding the Chase Community Giving program.

Everyone that "Likes" Chase Community Giving gets ten votes to use from today until November 22. You can only vote for each charity once, so get your friends and family to rally behind Second Chance Pet Adoptions by sharing us through Facebook and Twitter.

To vote, search for Second Chance Pet Adoptions of Raleigh, NC by any combination of charity name, keyword and/or zip code. Click on our charity link and vote. Then share!

Voting will late two weeks. Winners will be announced on or around November 23, 2011.

Note:

There are many non-profit organizations with names similar to Second Chance Pet Adoptions. To be sure you are voting for the Raleigh, NC organization, look out for our logo:

NaNoWriMo

Little Brink and I have moved over to NaNoWriMo. You can find me here. I thought maybe, just maybe, this would encourage me to actually write some instead of spending my entire day doodling and cleaning (nice combination, isn't it?).

Artists Desk

My desk - November 6, 2011.

Sneak Peak

Christmas Card 2011 Sneak Peak!

What on earth could it be? ;)

Holly, the Pretty Pretty Princes

Finally updated my flickr account, I'll be posting some of my favorites over the next few days.

Tuesday's Top Pick

I know this is late, but it's still awesome.

Feather Necklace

This absolutely gorgeous necklace is from etsy. And it is made with pheasant feathers. Pheasants! Imagine that. You can find it here.