Contest WINNER

This is the hat I chose to pull the name out of, of the winner of the cottage garden print. No , it is not my birthday...but it is bright and colorful. I wanted to thank all the bloggers who entered the contest :

Gary - A Day in The Life

Shirley-The Gardening Life

Desiree-Driftwood Ramblings

Darla-More Family and Flowers

Sandy aka Doris-the-Great-Aging Disgracefully

Joji-The Art of joji roper todd

Robur- Robur d'Amour

Ria- It's me

Jeri Landers- Hopalong Hollow Gazette

Donna-Sugar, Spice, & Southern Life

Catherine- A Gardener in Progress

Rebecca-Life & Godliness

laxmi prasad shahi- stamps_coin_banknote of Nepal

TZel

CeeKay-Getting There Now- My Two Cents

Peeokee- One Plant at a Time

 

Swishing time. shaking and swishing..

Those dots on my finger are red glitter from this crazy hat--got all over the place

And the winner is, after much swishing in the hat by a 9 year old swisher... darn, flash keeps hitting the paper. Let me get a better shot ( I know who the winner is because I can see and you can't yet ! )
Hold on, better shot coming up...

  Nope, still too much flash...let's go outside.

Now we're getting some where...coming into focus...suspense mounts...
 

TA-DA !!! As my son is showing above, I want to wish sweet Shirley of the Gardening Life congrats and please leave me a comment ( leave me two, one with your mailing address that I will not publish ) , so I can ship your print to you. My final words will be Shirley's and what she wanted to be when she grew up :

Shirley said...

Gina, like you I dreamt of being a writer. The love of books drew me in and I often wrote as a favorite pastime as a child. To this day, I still want to be a writer. If I could be anything, other than a wife and mother, it would be a writer. 

I say go for your dreams, and if you already have....be proud of yourself. Branch out-- Reach High-- Keep growing--  

 Thank you all for entering, I do wish I could give everyone something still. many warm blessings ,

Gina