Giveaway Winners!!!

Oh my gosh! I had so fun doing this giveaway. Thank you so much to all who participated, left comments, and shared about it on your blogs. I liked it so much...I have to do it again soon. Hmmm, maybe when I reach 100 followers. :) I am pretty close!!

But, now enough of the talking...let's get to the winners.

I had another super adorable studio assistant help me 

pull names out of a bowl.

Sooooo.... Here we go!!

Third prize goes to the ever lovely

Daniele Valois from Creating Learning Flying!  

Second prize is flying all the way to dreamy New Zealand.

 Congrats Michele from Just Pipi!

And finally, drum roll please...

First Prize goes to the very talented  

 Diane Salter from My Art Journal!

Congratulations to all of these wonderfully creative ladies. 

Please email (sadielanestudio@gmail.com) me your addresses 

so I can get your packages into the mail this next week.

Thank you all, and I am looking forward to visiting all your blogs soon.

Have a beautiful weekend,

Journals and Insta-Love

I am so close to finishing my art journal. (Happy Dance!)

Truth be told, I like to work in a few different art journals at once.

Some I make from odds & ends, scraps of paper, and things headed to the recycle bin. I also buy some of the journals from Michaels or Dick Blick.

But, my "main" journal has been an XL Canson Mixed Media that I bought last summer to start during Kristin's (LOVE!) Summer of Color. (Who by the way is continuing again this summer with Summer of Color 2! You must join along. It is a fabulous way to gain inspiration and more creative connections. SO much fun!) I am only a few pages away from completing it. Yeah! I have a 9x12 Strathmore Visual Journal waiting in the wings to take over. :)

Also, as you can see I have taken the Instagram dive. Like I need one more thing to distract me. Lol. But, really who wants to scrub showers and do laundry anyways. Let me sit and ponder photo filters instead. I ADORE taking pictures so this is right up my alley. Plus, I am attempting Project Life (Oh, yes...yes I am.) this year & these little pictures make my heart skip a beat. :)

A picture of my dog - just because.

 I hope you are having a fabulous week. It is a GOR-geous day today, and I am looking forward to my daughter's Open House at school tonight. My poor little baby had to miss school yesterday (Um, this future President bursts into tears at the thought of missing school...she loves it so much!) and was panic stricken when she thought she may have to miss Open House. So thankfully she is well and we are ready to celebrate  her.

Her Royal Cuteness

Thank you so much for joining in my 100th Post Giveaway!! 

If you haven't had a chance to enter, there is still time! 

Please visit this post and leave a comment.

Thank you!!

MY 100th Post and a Giveaway!!! :)

 Hi!

I am SO excited. I have made it to 100!!!

100!

If you knew me in person (and some of you do) you would know 

that I am a really shy, quiet girl. 

So the fact that I have actually taken this artistic journey out into the public 

and pushed that publish button 100 times is a celebration. :)

I have been so completely blessed 

by those of you who take the time to read, comment, follow,

 support, and share your stories with me.

From the bottom of my heart - THANK YOU!

SO in honor of my gratitude & 100, it is time for a giveaway. Yay!!

Let's start with FIRST PLACE...

• An original "Spread Love" 5x7 painting with a stand
• A $25 gift card to Michael's...so you can get your shop on :)
• A darling Dream bottle cap necklace
• Two clear patterned stamps
• Some vintage Hamlet book pages & a variety of other papers
• A goodie bag filled with various bits of my loot!

SECOND PLACE...

• An original 4x4 painting with stand
•  A Strathmore Visual Journal (5.5x8)
• A cutie Dream bottle cap necklace
• Some vintage Hamlet book pages & a variety of other papers
• Another goodie bag filled with various bits of my stash!

    

Nope, not done yet - THIRD PLACE...

•  An original "Love Trusts" 4x4 painting with stand
• Some vintage Hamlet book pages & a variety of other papers
• Yes! Another goodie bag filled with various bits of my supplies! (I hoard!)

Now, here is the fun part - how to enter.

Simply leave a comment on this post and you will be entered.

That's it! Easy. :)

If you want your name to be entered a second time, I would love for you to mention my celebration giveaway on one of your blog posts.

Just come back and leave me another comment with a link to that post. 
I will leave the comments open until Thursday, March 22st at midnight PST. 
***Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who participated.  Winners will be chosen soon! 

GOOD LUCK Friends!! :)

On the Table...

Yesterday I started a large (for me) 16x20 canvas.

Sometimes it takes me forever to finish a small 5x7,
but I was determined to get this one close to completion. 

I was very fortunate to have a couple hours all to myself!

So naturally I put on some good music, grabbed some coffee (seems to be my creative companion),
and painted like a mad woman. :)

I used the same process as I did before here.

I am having fun experimenting and finding my way down this creative branch.

I was only using acrylics, so I actually felt like I was missing

book pages, paper, stencils, and stamps.

Next time I think I will try and incorporate them into the background.
I still hand yummy "painty" (yes, totally made up word) fingers.

So here she sits now. Very bright colors for me. But, I just went with it. 
Both my in house art expert (Hubby) and I think it needs 
more layers of paint, mainly in the yellow & orange areas. 

I am looking forward to working on it and adding words. 
(Of course. Lol. I always feel like it needs words!)
I am also looking forward to joining Paint Party Friday & 
Sneak Peek Friday this week. 


ALSO...please, please, please (yes, this is me begging - pretty please!)
come back Sunday for my 
100th post!! 
I will be having my first giveaway and 
I would love for you to join in the celebration!!


Until then have a beautiful, inspired weekend.