Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Australia

Our son, Matt, will soon begin his time studying in Australia.  Tom, a child of the "JAWS" era, has nightmares (really!) that Matt will be attacked by a great white or box jellyfish or brown snake or poisonous spider or crocodile...well...the video below will give you an idea...

Matt will be studying in the wet tropics of Queensland.  As part of his grant requirement, he will be blogging about his experience.  He would appreciate all the followers and encouragement he can get. 

You can read his first post and follow his blog by CLICKING HERE.

His mom and dad would appreciate your prayers for his safety and protection.  Thank you!!

If you're interested in learning more about the Australian rain forest, its history, and the work being done there, then WATCH THIS VIDEO.   If you spend the time to watch the video, then you'll be dumbfounded to see history is repeating itself HERE.

...and now back to calligraphy...did you see that Jo Miller is having a giveaway at her new blog?  Jo is a talented artist and calligrapher. She makes beautiful holders for Dinky Dips from driftwood. I already own one of these beauties, and I love it.  The giveaway sign-up ends on January 24, so hop on over to Jo's blog and enter for your chance to win:  CLICK HERE

Wishing you a great weekend.

Go forth and FLOURISH!

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - And The Winner Is....

Congratulations to the winner of my 200th blogpost giveaway, Shannon Crissey!  Shannon's comment was number 19.  My thanks to Shannon and to each of the 39 other lovely souls that attended the party by leaving comments.

Shannon, if you would please email me your shipping address, I will get your Put On Love piece in the mail to you.  You can find my email address by clicking "View My Complete Profile" on the upper right side of my blog.

Thanks again everyone! On to 300???

Have a great weekend.

Go forth and flourish!

Flourish Friday - Giveaway!

A Place to Flourish celebrated its 1st Anniversary yesterday! Big hugs and sincere thanks to everyone who has shared this blogging experience with me.   I've so enjoyed making new friends who share a love for calligraphy, and I've been encouraged by all your comments.  To celebrate and share my appreciation, I am having my first giveaway. Yay!  Above is a little piece I did yesterday to include in the giveaway. I hope the winner will put it somewhere special to remind them that no matter where they are it can be A Place to Flourish.

These are the other bits of happiness in the giveaway. I tried to collect things that have been featured in various Flourish Friday posts this past year.  Moving clockwise, in addition to the "Flourish" piece will be a 2009 embossed Farr family Christmas card, flourished square border, page of photocopied Christmas mandalas, Psalm 16:11,  nib container, watchmaker's tin, wisdom stone, page of flourished ladies, flourished birthday cake, flourished Christmas tree, a copy of the Zentangle handouts I created for my local calligraphy guild, a mandala, a flourished butterfly card and envelope, and a "Jane Farr Calligraphy" folder to hold everything together.  

Here's how to enter:

Simply post a comment on this post below and include at least your first name.  If there was a particular post you enjoyed this past year, I'd love to know about it.  The deadline to enter is Thursday, February 11th at 3pm Eastern Time.  I will then randomly draw a winner using random.org.  One comment per person please. Anyone can enter!  International entries welcome!

......on to other important things....I do love Drew Brees. He's a Purdue guy afterall and took us to the Rose Bowl.  I am happy for him and the city of New Orleans, but Superbowl Sunday I'll be rooting for my Colts and my city....Go Colts!!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway by posting a comment.

Good luck and go forth and Flourish!!

Jane

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Jan. 29th

This Friday's flourish is one I tried to duplicate from page 157 of The Universal Penman by George Bickham.   It was a tough one for me.  I should speed up to reduce the wiggles, but when I speed up my pen starts doing things and going places I don't want!

IAMPETH has mailed the 2010 convention information to all members.  If you like pointed pen work, I encourage you to join IAMPETH. You can visit the IAMPETH site here.  The convention looks as though it will be another good one.  Non-members will be able to view and register for the convention on February 19th.

Although we have not yet received official word on Madiana and her family specifically,  today we have learned that her child development center was moderately affected by the Haiti earthquake.  This means her center was located outside a zone officially reported as severe and the center has not reported any deaths.  The center has reported damage to homes and center facilities, but this is reason to believe that Madiana is alive and well.  Thank you so much for your prayers, and I will post when we hear specific word about Madiana.   I understand that specific news may take a very long time to reach us.

I see A Place to Fourish will be celebrating its 1st anniversary next week!  I think it's time for me to have my first giveaway.  hmmmm.... I will have to think of something flourishy to create.  Thank you all for taking the time to visit, read, comment and email me.  Blogging has been a wonderful experience.  I have met so many warm and wonderful people. Check back next week for the Anniversary Giveaway.

Go forth and flourish!