Friday Night Give Away (+ a New Painting too!)

By on 3-06-2009 in Competitions / Contests, New Paintings, Prints

You Are Everything To Me - gorjuss

What a busy day we had today, our first ever photoshoot ! Well, I’m certainly not cut out to be a model, I’m all fingers and thumbs but I smiled lots and the friendly photographer did his best not to giggle at my attempts of ‘looking photogenic’.. we’ll share the article with you as soon as we know when it will be published 🙂  Finished (at last!) this new painting, titled ‘You Are Everything To Me’ ..  you can find her available as prints in the Etsy shop and on gorjussart.com too!

Yay Its Friiiiiday !!!

Yay it’s  Friday ! .. that means.. another Friday Night Giveaway here on the gorjuss blog.. we had such a giggle at your Scottish accents last week we thoguht we’d try another ‘theme this week for your coments..

The Prize: $21 Gift Certificate

This weeks theme: Made Up Proverbs (words of wisdom)

Ends: Saturday 10pm

An example of a made up proverb is a little peal of wisdom like “People in Glass houses shouldn’t vacuum naked” or “Eagles may fly, but weasels don’t get sucked into Jet engines..”  So please share your little words of wisdom and earn entry into the competition…

Remember ALL you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is leave a comment, you can comment as MANY times as you like, but no back to back commenting please!

Good luck everyone !

-Suzanne x

425 Comments

  1. ‘A man is known by the friends he keeps.’

  2. Common sense ain’t common.

  3. A wise man…..is very rare indeed.

  4. if your work is the same as your hobby, you have no life

  5. Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

  6. There are many people who are good at looking important without actually being important.

  7. I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

  8. 1 in 4 Americans have been out of work for over 6 months. That is the truth. The truth hurts.

  9. If you put 2 and 2 together you get 22.

  10. If you try to keep up with all the latest trends, you will go bankrupt in a week.

  11. The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

  12. He who throw’s stone’s better be a fast runner………

  13. There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

  14. I want to die young at a ripe old age

  15. Of all the things I have lost, keys do not matter, I miss my mind the most.

  16. A backward poet writes inverse.

  17. All would live long, but none would be old

  18. If I cared about what everyone thought about me, I’d be dead in a week!

  19. Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

  20. always keep your eyes open – you never know what you may encounter around the next corner!

  21. The richer you are, the less practical you become.

  22. This one’s for Grant!!

    A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

  23. Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways.

  24. Two’s company, three’s…the start of a party if you’re lucky

  25. Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.

  26. You catch more flies with a fly swatter than you do with honey

  27. if you don’t pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

  28. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

  29. When the cat’s away you wonder what they are plotting next….

  30. Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese

  31. One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

  32. Two heads are better than one ugly one…

  33. I’m going to have to give this one some thought

  34. A woman has the age she deserves.

  35. Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.

  36. The hand that rocks the cradle rocks it to hard and knocks the baby out

  37. There’s no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow

  38. to add to Grant’s…..people in glass houses….should use the downstairs bathroom

  39. Only fools and horses work ,Unless its Del Boy and Rodney Trotter…. lmao

  40. There is no right and wrong. There’s only fun and boring

  41. Lightening never strikes twice in the same place unless you are holding a gold club in the middle of a field in the middle when its lightening

  42. this isnt a wisdom quote but i thought it was funny……. its from a twilight group im in……Save a Volvo ride a Cullen

  43. Don’t rock the boat unless your ex is sitting in it……..

  44. A bird in hand….gets squished

  45. The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

  46. Boys will be boys so Girl’s must be careful

  47. Man who run behind car get exhausted.

  48. The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.

  49. Support bacteria — it’s the only culture some people have!

  50. OMG, you all are hysterical!!! LOL! What a fun contest…I am sitting this one out but wanted to just tell you how much I’m enjoying reading your comments. : )

    Suzanne…what an absolutely beautiful painting. I love the little bows in her hair. Just exquisite!!!

    XO