DRAWING CLOSED: Prickles needs a home....

Once upon a time, a couple weeks ago, I was overrun by hedgehogs. The little critters were popping out of my clay left, right and center!

One of the shy fellows, as he lay curled in the palm of my hand, whispered up at me that his name was "Prickles".
I knew then he was different, destined to be given to a home in need of a little prickle.

If you'd like to be entered in the drawing for Prickles, just leave a comment on this post!
Drawing will be held on Tuesday, March 2nd at 6:00 pm Pacific Coast time.

Check back then to see who Prickles is going to live with! He's soooo thrilled about this that I swear his little quills are quivering with nervous excitement. He's never traveled by USPS before after all...

If you're a big fan of hedgehogs, you may want to see some of Prickles' relatives on my web site. Just click here.

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Most use of the letter "F" ever!

Have I mentioned I have a Facebook Fan Page?
Well I do!
Have I mentioned I have a Facebook Fan Page with ACTUAL fans, like people who are not my Mom and were in no way coerced into becoming a fan of my "A Little Character" page?
Well I got them too, and not just in my head all imaginary like, but real life fans!
They're on the internet and not in my back yard so maybe that makes them virtual fans, but that's still a big step up from imaginary!
So that brings me to the joyous news of my Facebook Fan Page GIVEAWAY...
I should clarify I'm not giving my fans away, hell no, I'm keeping every one of those lovely people. But rather I am hosting a giveaway on my Fan Page.
A drawing for one of my Christmas stockings, designed and created by yours Truly, an Up-cycled, Victorian inspired delight to hang on one's mantle, door, end of your nose...where ever. Up to the winner what they do with it.
And being a fair sort of person, when I've had my daily hit of caffeine, I wanted to make sure my blog visitors knew of this Holiday themed drawing as well! All you have to do if you want to be entered into the drawing for this 26 " long beauty is visit my Fan Page, become a fan and leave a comment on the post entitled "Holiday Drawing for a FREE Stocking!"
The Drawing will be on November 20th at 6pm Pacific time and the winner will be announced on my Fan Page a little after.
One last bit of nicey-nice, I created a holiday card featuring some of my clay characters and made it available as a pdf for anyone and every one to download and print, for FREE.
I can almost hear the grumbles now, "So THIS is why she isn't blogging every day, what with all the making things and writing stories for them, managing her Facebook page, multiple twitter accounts and who knows what else!"
And this is where I say, "Suck it, I made a holiday downloadable pdf card, come on, NOTHING says virtual internet love like a holiday downloadable pdf card!"

And the winners are.....

I know there has been much knuckle biting and anxious nerves this past week as the tension mounted and rose and rode away on imaginative ponies.
We all wondered the same thing.
Who would it be?
Who would be the winners of their very own copy of the August 09 issue of Art Doll Quarterly? In-arguably the BEST issue ever produced, in my own completely biased opinion, since my work is splattered across pages 46, 47 & 48.
The thrill of the drawing, drawing near, was almost too much for any blog writer and blog reader to bear but bear we did with teeth bared, barely aware of anything else in the world at all.
We held our breaths in anticipation. Some of us turned a little blue and conceded that one can not hold one's breath for an entire week.
But the results are in.........
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (if you don't know that's a textual representation of a drum roll then you do now)
Leslie, Kim, Mackenzie Rose, Mel, MaryBlue, Scribhneoir and Elizabeth!!!

Though art all Art Doll Quarterly winners!

The math wasn't too difficult on this one, those pre-cal classes from way back in the high school days can stay back in the day. Seven entrants into this most amazing drawing for seven free issues being given away equals.....
One hand stuck in the jar pulling seven blank pieces of paper out for dramatic photographic affect.

Thank-you very much to every one who entered! I appreciate your wonderful comments and if you'd all email me at this address
throwthis@alittlecharacter.com
and tell me the name you used when you commented and the address you'd like your magazine sent to, I will commence the mailings!

FREE FREE FREEBIE FREE (why be subtle?)

The only thing better than seeing some of your own work published in a magazine is getting 23 copies of it and surrounding yourself in a magical circle of magazine madness. It's bit like a fairy ring of mushrooms in a forest, sit in the center and make wishes, or in this case just sit and absorb the papery goodness of the publications that surround you, turning a blind eye to every page except 46, 47 & 48.
Some of these magazines are spoken for, friends and relatives will soon be the lucky recipients, whether they want to be or not, of their very own copy. Bragging by mail is even more satisfying than bragging by blog and it's harder to ignore. ;)
But after a bit of math I still have copies left over sooooooooo I will be giving away 7 copies of the magazine to 7 lucky blog commenters. This is an exciting opportunity, free for you should you win, one brand spanking new copy of the most awesome issue of Art Doll Quarterly EVER and I'll even make sure you don't get a drooled upon one. (I'll save those for my family)
Just leave a comment on THIS post between now and Aug 1, 6 pm west coast time, and I will add your name to the drawing. Check back after 6 and see if you won! If you did, email me with your address and I'll mail you one FREE, brand spankin' new, authentic, absolutely awesome, 100% real, genuine paper, copy of the BEST ISSUE EVER YET of Art Doll Quarterly!!!!!!!!!! (look how many exclamation marks I used, you just know this is a good deal if it warrants 10 exclamation marks)
One entry per person please.
For anyone unfamiliar with Art Doll Quarterly (and how sad for you), it's a gorgeous 128 page, 9.99 retail price valued, 15.125 ounce, magazine full of color photos and text about art dolls. There's a little something in there for everyone whether you like pretty or creepy or whimsical or serious dolls. A lot of styles, a lot of mediums, it's a visual feast! Of course I'm sure you'll find it as difficult as me to tear yourself away from pages 46, 47 & 48.
So leave a comment and tell your friends!