The universe works in mysterious ways sometimes
and even a shallow pool like myself has to sit up and take notice sometimes
one morning in the recent past, my darling daughter Phantom Steve and I were having a cuppa and a chat about life post treatment for breast cancer
she asked me if there were things that had been put to the back burner painting wise during that time that I really missed now I am in survivor mode
and there was... I missed the Cuppa With Friends Project
it had been such a fabulous time, but in many ways I associated it with diagnosis
and every time I had tried to paint up some cups during treatment it just wasn't the same
but now when I thought about it I didn't see bad news, treatments and stress
I saw it as having a cuppa with my friends again
Now this alone was fabulous and made me excited at the thought of restarting the project
but then my ipad dinged and there was an email from a company called The Tea Spot
and they had come across the project and wanted to send me a cup to paint
if and when I felt up to it, or even not to paint... just to say they support me
I mean that is awesome isn't it and seriously freaky timing right
that universe is quite the thing sometimes
So The Tea Spot and I had a bit of a chat and they are pretty amazing... they support cancer wellness charities and are all round wonderful to talk with
plus they are going to send a Red Steeping Mug
to someone who enters the relaunch giveaway
it is gorgeous right
and it has a lid so it is very very studio friendly as it not only keeps your tea warm
but also saves from the inadvertent paint brush dip
not that a bit of paint in your tea will hurt you
but it can mess with the flavour if you do it often enough
So I decided to include a few prizes myself as I am too excited to get all this started again
just seeing the pile of printouts of mugs and cups sitting on my desk makes me happy
So the winner of the re launch giveaway will get The Red Steeping Mug
plus a pack including an A4 print of my blog header
and 5 cards of mixed designs of my work
while three others will get print and card packs
So here is how it works
I am going to run it for a week and you can enter via the rafflecopter set up below
the days of getting the dog to push names out of a bowl while hunting for treats is over
writing out all the names and getting the mutt to cooperate
and then having to touch dog slobbered strips of paper almost did my head in last time
mind you installing techy things like this is almost as stressful lol
So please head over to the Cuppa page
and read the details of the project
it has been updated and revised and gives all the details
if you have already sent me photos then rest assured they are on my desk waiting
but that doesn't mean you can't send me more
picking a favourite tea cup or mug can mean different mugs for different days
so please send me your mugs and cups
cool or ugly, old or new I don't care
I can't paint them if you don't send them to me
my email address is tki46582@bigpond.net.au
so a huge thanks to The Tea Spot and their support
and make sure you leave a comment to be included in the draw
happy entering all...xx