Cuppa With Friends Giveaway ....

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

a Rafflecopter giveaway