Tuesday, August 04, 2009

win over

....and the winner is "A Gift Wrapped Life"
Firstly, the "potager garden artwork" that I posted yesterday goes to the randomly selected winner- "A gift wrapped life" - most deservedly so, since this summer, her garden has been demolished by a street wide debacle, otherwise known as construction.  

pve design illustration of an amusing garden for a fellow blogger and designer
 Secondly, what would it take to win you over?  
A lush garden of earthly delights?
(The above illustration belongs to a gentleman with a green thumb for the garden and home.
Win me over and tell me who?  His heavenly garden transformation has been the envy of many.)
photo by Joanna Henderson 
Perhaps a wheelbarrow of freshly laundered faded florals to lay down in the grass with the one you love.  A picnic basket of some fresh strawberries, fromage, a crusty bit of bread and a little wine....
and then after you wake up from an afternoon dream, you could skinny dip here...
or you could just unwrap all those glorious boxes that Sande tempts us with!
Congrats to Sande and I now have the challenge of wrapping my framed work of art to send to a wrapper extraordinaire!
Thanks to each of you for your comments!
You have no idea as to how they win me over and how full of gratitude I am to each of you!

28 comments:

Kwana said...

Congrats to the winner. Love the pretty garden but I'm not sure who it belongs to. I'm going to guess Eddie Ross.

pve design said...

Kwana,
Thanks dear -nope, but you are close!
pve

Debra said...

Congrats to your licky winner-I know she will be thrilled beyond words. Will you be gift-wrapping your garden of delight? I can't guess who this beautiful garden might belong to. Can't wait to hear.

Debra said...

Ohhh...perhaps it would be the dream of ArchitectDesign???

A Gift Wrapped Life said...

What fabulous news to wake up to! I am so excited to have my own PVE artwork and it will inspire me next spring when I reconstruct my garden. Thank you Patricia!!! You decide on the framing......you are the artist! I will be thrilled beyond words to hang this in my home and be reminded of my talented blogger friend. XO

Purple Flowers said...

I can picture his house, and his dignified way of speaking, however, I can't think of his name. Suspense is kind of fun.

Joyce said...

Wonderful news- Congratulations Sande! Patricia, she now has a beautiful garden all year around to admire and be admired by others.
Thanks again for this wonderful giveaway. xoxo

Swetha said...

Congrats winner! She is very lucky!

Unknown said...

Lucky winner!!!
Nice to be back and right in the midst of all blogger things beautiful!

XX
Victoria

Jo said...

Oh how lucky for her! This is sure to put a smile on her face.

Jo

Lori said...

Congrats winner :) Great post- love all the pictures...

Summer is a Verb said...

That pool looks glorious. Speaking of pools, good luck at today's meet...XXOO

Prairie Girl Studio said...

gifts and winners all around!
congratulations to sande ~ you lucky girl!
and i feel lucky having 'won' an introduction to sande's blog ... (love her header!)
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secondly, a lush garden of earthly delights wins for me ... and would your illustration be of vicente wolf's garden??
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as soon as i get the compost | manure concoction out of the wheelbarrow (planting trees), i'll consider the picnic ...
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and please don't wake me just yet ... i like this dream of dipping in this pool ...
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many thanks to you ~
prairiegirl

Unknown said...

Congratulations to "A Gift Wrapped Life", love the beautiful print she won.

The garden is so pretty, wondering who it belongs too!
The pool looks so inviting and cool.

Amy

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Gift Wrapped Life! I just love when things work out this way: that someone whose own garden has been taken from her now receives an everlasting garden from you, Patricia.

Kate Coveny Hood said...

Rats! I sooo wanted to win that one... It's definitely one of my favorites of the paintings you've featured.

Simply Mel {Reverie} said...

Yippee for Sande! So deserved! And PVE, I totally understand how you must feel to send a wrapped package to the Queen of Pretty Presents!

Janet said...

Some climbing roses, a few Macintosh squares, a thermos of tea, and a deliciously scandalous novel...all the ingredients for my garden of delight.

Deidra said...

Congratulations - she's got a delightful blog! I've no idea who owns that lovely garden, but I'll be checking back to find out.

Kelsey B. said...

Your design is gorgeous!

Renae Moore said...

Congratulations to Sande, well deserved. May your new garden be a reflection of all the things you love!
Blessings...

Sanity Fair said...

So pretty! I love the garden scene.

Laura @ the shorehouse. said...

A huge congratulations to the lucky winner!

EvyRealtor said...

Michael Devine!
Beautiful!

Emily said...

Lucky winner!! And how appropriate!

pve design said...

Evy-
You are correct! That glorious garden does belong to Michael Devine!
Thanks for your comment....I know the others will love knowing who that garden belongs to!
pve

EvyRealtor said...

Good memory test, pve! I just had to jump in there!
Blogs and home magazines do give such insight and inspiration!

elizabeth avedon said...

I love your illustration! The stone surrounding the pool looks like such a beautiful perfect color.