And the winner is....

(no it's not the Oscars!)

The winner of the polymer clay covered mug from "Grow Your Blog" is : Susan Leschke of Threads of Inspiration!!

Hope you enjoy your new brush holder!

Grow Your Blog!

Another opportunity to see who is out there, and make new friends. 

Self Portrait taken for the Focus on Life Challenge.

Last year, I happened upon a blog hop aimed at helping us spread the word about our blogs, and maybe even get new followers. Vicki at 2 Bags Full hosts the "Grow Your Blog" hop, and it is quite an endeavor. 

So, here we are, and I hope that you are enjoying your hop! 

I started my blog when I decided that I wanted to communicate with more people who had an interest in hand crafted jewelry. I participated in my first jewelry blog hops, and joined several Facebook groups. Then I joined a photography challenge that went on for TWO years! Currently, I am participating in Shelley Graham Turner's CREATE. SHARE. INSPIRE challenge. 

Some of my interests include making Jewelry, Creating in Polymer Clay, Photography (especially birds and flowers) our Family, Pets, Cooking, and anything else that sparks my interest. 

How would you like this mug to hold your pens, pencils or paintbrushes? You can win it by leaving a comment below. The winner will be chosen at random on February 17. The mug is covered in polymer clay. 

You can read more about how it was made here. 

Here are some other recent projects. 

Jewelry Display at Christkindlmarkt, Port Jervis NY

Fruit Cake. 100% fresh fruit.

Polymer Clay Beads, Made to match the scarf in the picture.

Queen Ann's Lace

Orioles on the Apple Tree.

Holiday Pins, made of Polymer Clay!

More Polymer Pins. 

Colorful Fungus!

Old Clemson Bros. Building, Middletown, NY

Special order Pendant.

Grow Your Blog

Welcome to my Blog! 

This year, when I started the second round of "Focus on Life," Sally Russick's photography challenge, I started seeing a lot of these:

I visited the sponsoring blog, Two Bags Full, and found out that anyone with a blog could join in, and find new friends in the blogging community (and the internet in general.) 

Here's how blogger Vicki Boster described it on her blog: My "GROW YOUR BLOG" event is designed to bring more readers and FOLLOWERS to your blogs. The premise is simple-- just visit as many blogs as you wish and sign up to follow those that interest you. In turn, all the other folks will be doing the same thing~ we will all be growing our blogs!

I'm Beti,

and I make jewelry, take photographs, draw, and enjoy my family and pets in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York State. 

If you like what you see, please take a moment to click the widget on the right, and sign up to follow my blog. 

And if you leave a comment below, with your email address, you will be entered to win this pair of cute earrings that I made for the holidays....but with the soft muted colors, they should be spectacular for springtime, too!

To meet and greet more bloggers, visit Vicki's blog, Two Bags Full, and follow the links.