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. It will feel better when it stops hurting. 🙂

  2. There are 4 sure things in life
    Birth, Taxes, Buying Suzanne Woolcott Tubes, and Death

  3. As the Barenaked Ladies (very wise men) used to say:

    “Absence makes the heart grow fungus”

  4. Cleaning the house while your kids are little is like shovling before it stops snowing.

  5. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer

  6. Don’t live to eat, eat to live.

  7. How come “abbreviated” is such a long word?

  8. How come we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

  9. Laugh and the world laughs with you…Cry and
    you’ll have to blow your nose…

  10. Your future depends on your dreams…so go to sleep!

  11. Toes are only there to help us find chairs and door jambs in the dark

  12. Common sense is not so common.

  13. When ever you see a penny, dont pick it up… coz like its been on the ground and you could get like a sick disease from it and maybe catch the rare “pennitis” disease where your nose falls off…. its rare.

    I know its a bit of a mouthfull for a proverb, but I’d like it to win just to see you guys fit it into casual conversation!!!

  14. Lightening is faster than sound,thats why some people appear bright before they open their mouth.

    Oh Grant this isn’t directed at you by the way 😉 lol

  15. You never test the depth of a river with both feet.

  16. I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

  17. Not sure if I am doing it right, Its a bit silly but this was said by my husband when I once had hair extensions, “You would forget your hair if it wasnt sewn on.”

  18. Laugh and the world laughs with you, smile and they’ll wonder what the secret is.

  19. There are only three kinds of people in the world,people who can count and people who can’t.

  20. You left one out? That was only two kinds.

    To be or not to be is not the question.

  21. I guess you’re one of the ones who can count then Adeline LOL

    Being on a holiday is having nothing to do and the whole day to do it.

  22. Adeline lol

    Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

  23. When life gives you crumbs, don’t feed the birds. Make meatloaf!

  24. Good luck ladies 🙂

  25. When the competition is over, your entry is over!!

    Thats not just another proverb..

    Thanks for your entries, the competition is now closed..

    Winner Announced in Sundays BLOG 10pm ish.