And the winner is.......

Ducky the paperclip and independent adjudicator carefully guarding the entries to the draw earlier in the day. He may look cute but he's a highly trained ninja in the deadly art of finger entrapment and was taking his duties very seriously.

At the allotted time Ducky released the entries into the hat and His Nibbs rooted around and pulled out the winning entry.





........ drum roll perrrleeeeeassseeeee.....

And the winner is.....

Congratulations Sherrie of Brush and Baren, if you would like to email me the address that you would like the painting sent to I shall pop it in the post and it will be winging it's way to you just as fast as it can.

Thank you to everyone who put their names forward and for all your good wishes I truly have been touched at your kindness and generosity. Unfortunately there can only be one winner but until the end of September 2011 I have added a special code to my Etsy Gallery if you were interested in purchasing any of the items in the gallery type in the code BLOGFRIENDS1 at the checkout to get a 20% discount off the item (the discount excludes shipping).

So, whilst raising my coffee mug in a toast, here's to another year. May yours be successful, creative and fun.