For those who do not know, I was hospitalized for a kidney infection and had two surgeries for kidney stones last month. Well, that racked up one heck of a bill.

Ozmosis has graciously volunteered to be raffled off to help out. LOL

This is the Original Painting!

Size: 22" X 28" on wrapped canvas with staple free sides

The sides have been painted, so it is ready to hang.

OZmosis is one of my most prized paintings and of course comes with a certificate of authinticity.

Raffle "tickets" are only $1.00 each. And may be purchaced through paypal, sent to sidhesmail@aol.com

Please be sure to include your name and address, raffle tickets are being sold locally also, and I will actually be writing your name on a raffle ticket.

A name will be drawn and announced on December 24th. Christmas Eve.

As added incentive and the to show my graditude. Purchaces of $10.00 will recieve a free print of your choice from The Sidheforest Etsy shop .

Simply include the name of the print you would like with your order.

Thanks bunches to Everyone!

I am very proud to be participating in

the Black Friday Bonanza with The Little Black Box!

H a p p y H o l i d a y s ! !

The EtsyBloggers HOLIDAY S*A*L*E* is going on from Black Friday thru Cyber Monday!!

That's Friday 11/28 thru Monday 12/1!!

See a list of the 50+ shops having a SALE at http://etsybloggers.etsy.com

H a p p y S h o p p i n g ! !

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Black Friday through Cyber Monday Sale

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING

(excludes expedited shipping)

Nov 28th - Dec 1st All Magnet are - Buy 1/Get 1 Free

Nov 28th - Dec 1st All Prints are - Buy 1/Get 1 Free

Friday -Nov 28th - 1st sale of the day wins a set of 3 special limited edition Xmas prints ( Only 20 made)

Saturday - Nov 29th - 1 name will be drawn from sales made between 12:01 am and 12:.01 pm to win an 8 x 10 Print of Golden Bright Eyes

Sunday -Nov 30th- & Monday - Dec 1st - 50% of all items under $25 (no limit ) and 40% off any one (limit one) item over $25

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Good Morning!

I have received many emails over the last month wondering "Where did Sidhe Go?".

Well, I was very ill with a kidney infection. Come to find out I am a crystal growing kit. LOL It seems I have a ton of kidney stones and they caused a "back up", then kidney infection. So I got a week in the hospital and two surgeries.

What is important? I'm all better and back to splattering paint to the four winds.

What did I learn?

1. A constant back ache....not good.

2. Drink way more water.

3. Real Lemonade helps break down stones. Who knew!

Thank you everyone for your kindness and love!

The Sidhe Lady

October's Sidheforest Giveaway - Win a Bright Eyes Stuffie

This little beauty is about 13 inches. Is dressed in gorgeous Autumn colors with matching ribbons. Each Bright Eyes Stuffie comes with a heart and this lady's heart was forged from clay and pinned to her dress.

All Sidheforest Newsletter subscribers are entered to win. So sign up!

The Sidheforest Newsletter is sent out once a month.

Winner will be notified by email and announced here and in the November 1st newsletter.

Congratulations to Jennifer from Texas!!

Jennifer will be receiving a Halloween Original by Sidheforest

make sure to check out her Etsy shop and Blog!

http://jenrosesegrest.etsy.com

http://jenrosesegrest.blogspot.com

I love Jennifer's Turtles and the Funky Crab!

The new October Giveaway will be posted soon! This month we are giving away one of the New Bright Eyes Stuffies!

Free WorldWide Shipping in the Sidheforest Etsy Store for October Fest

October Fest: A free worldwide shipping sale in October

Who? Any Etsy seller that wants to be involved may join the sale!

What? A FREE WORLDWIDE shipping sale open to all etsy customers!

Where? participating shops on etsy.com

When? October 1st-October 31st

Why? To celebrate the international community of buyers and sellers here on etsy! A way for etsy sellers to say "thank you" to the international customers that shop etsy.com!

*IMPORTANT*

* Each seller who signs up to join the sale is offering some type of worldwide free shipping event however each seller will set his/her own policies on the free shipping sale

* Each seller will post his/her own guidelines/policies for the sale in the store announcements on the front page of their shop

* This sale is not formally tied to etsy.com, it is an independent sale of etsy sellers that want to offer free shipping during the month of October

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Autumn is the beginning of my Christmas Season.

I am one of the people who had a super, extra, crappy childhood. But, I was also weird and still believed in miracles, angles, fairies, witches and aliens. Pretty much anyone who could rescue a wayward soul. The one time of year this feeling was strongest was Christmas. And It was around Christmas when most of my miracles happened. So, low and behold, I grew up to be a bit of a Christmas nut. LOL My kids don't mind, but I have been asked to wait until Autumn to begin decorating. In fact every year we have a vote on skipping the Halloween decorations and going straight to Christmas. giggles I usually lose and must hold on until after trick or treating.

I really do enjoy Halloween so it's not a super loss.

For me though....... The Christmas feeling starts with today. Not the first day of Autumn, but the way today feels. It's about 65 degrees today, dark and drizzly. And, I know that it's just the beginning. Snow and sweaters are just around the corner and it won't be long, before it's time for a fire in fire place. I'll bake a pie today, mostly because I want the smell of nutmeg and cinnamon swirling through the house. And of course I didn't get much Halloween painting done before I went straight to Christmas. I am not a religious person.....much more spiritual.....so that's not what Christmas is about for me. It's about the feeling of impending Miracles. Knowing that people try a bit harder to be nice. I love the feel of it, the twinkling lights, bright happy colors, homey smells, jolly laughter.

So, I , Sidheforest will be in my Santa's Workshop. Building, painting, sewing, and enjoying my already Christmas Season.

Joey & Aleethea

This months Featured Etsy Blogger is JoeyandAleethea.......the following is straight from her shop anouncement.

★ [ s u p e r . c u t e s i e . c o o l n e s s . h a n d m a d e . b y . a . m o m ]:Giggle with us as you enjoy our unique handmade designs. I am a Mama to an amazing 2yo boy and a beautiful newborn baby girl / a momtrepreneur / a professional Programmer and Applications Developer / wife to a super husband, super geek, and U.S. Air Force veteran, and I design and handmake each super cool and luxurious item...all by myself!

♥ ♥ ♥ We are baby-wearing, breast-feeding, co-sleeping, attachment-parenting parents! ♥ ♥

Now what did I find at this Etsy Shop!

She sells baby stuff.....LOL I am one of those women who don't do babies!

(just don't tell my four kids) About half a second later I discovered monsters lurking everywhere.......how totally appropriate for babies........ I love monsters!! And I love baby monsters. (again, don't tell my kids) But seriously, these are the cutest darn baby clothes I've seen in a long time. I thinking of ordering a baby monster blanket just for me, a lap blanket for the winter.

Then I discovered a few other interesting things at this cool lady shop.

1. She has a 6 Week waiting list!! hello......

2. She has sold over 1,200 of these monster baby items.

3. I can learn a lot from this special mom.

So make sure you check out the Rockin, Monster, Baby mom with the too cute goods.

Here's some VIP info from here shop......

Visit our BLOG for FUN STUFF, CONTESTS and GIVEAWAYS!---------► joeyandaleethea.com/blog

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My family and I had a ton of fun at the local "Chalk For Peace" at Cosmic Ties yesterday. My son found a new friend who loves his Nintendo as much him. LOL.... The girls where extremely helpful when not texting boyfriends.....and my spectacular husband never left my side. hehehe

My oldest sold her new Vanna Handbags....very BoHo style and will be for sell in our Etsy Shop soon.

My 17 yr old daughter is "like totally into jewelry" with her own super cool twist on things, and sold several pieces and both now have their items for sale in local shops. Very proud mom here!

Some Chalking For Peace going on.

We gave a sneak peek into the Sidheforest Christmas. There will be Christmas cards with a small Sidhe Original on each, Ornaments, The Grand Introduction for Bright Eyes Stuffies, and of course Holiday Originals.

We always love watching the Belly Dancers who have become a regular at the Cosmic Ties "Chalk For Peace". They are beautiful and extremely talented.

We have spectacular new magnets with better color made with much better prints. Magnets are $3.00 each and there are several sets that are 2 for $5.00. We are super existed about these new magnets and hope you enjoy them.

From Etsy Storque Article........

On Saturday, August 16, 2008, Stephanie Nielson was in a plane crash with her husband, Christian Nielson, and his flight instructor, Doug Kinneard, near St. Johns, Arizona. Doug Kinneard passed away soon after arriving at the Maricopa County Hospital. Christian and Stephanie remain in critical condition at the Maricopa Burn Center. Christian has sustained burns on over 30% of his body. His wife Stephanie’s body was burned over 80%.

Click to finish reading Etsy Article........

Click on the NieRecovery banner on the Left to learn how you can help!

Stephanie Nielson's Blog

http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/

Sidheforest gets a jump on Christmas!

Special edition original paintings!

Only 20 prints will be made of each!

I will be releasing several more Christmas sets between now and Christmas.

Each set will be limited edition. (20 prints per original!)

Sidheforest will also have Christmas cards and ornaments, containing sinpits of the Christmas paintings.

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Sidheforest now has prints!! And, shipping is free on all prints Today.

Click above or on the pictures, to head to The Sidheforest Etsy Shop !

These are just a few that are available.

Most of the Originals are already Sold. Prints are from $7 - $13

More Prints will be coming very soon.... If there is a painting that you would like a print of ( that is not available yet) let me know, I'll have one made for you.

Subscribe and Win.....

Sidheforest it starting a monthly giveaway. Each month I will choose I new painting to giveaway.

A name will be literally drawn out of a hat on the 30th of each month, from our list of newsletter subscribers.

So sign up!

We will announce the winner on the 1st of the month here and email the winner.

The Sidheforest Newsletter is a monthly update on my Etsy shop, the Sidhefoest Blog, and Etsy Tidbits

Mt first giveaway will be Spooky Pumpkin Patch, a perfect painting for the start of fall.

Today I am very existed to announce that my first major ad is going to be in the Mary Engelbreirt magazine! It will be in the December/ January issue and it will be on one of the first pages with the other Etsy ads. For those of you who have not seen my stuff, it will have my Etsy username with my ad and the price of the item I am advertising. Here is a picture of the painting that will be advertised in the magazine.

I would like to remind everyone that it's time to vote in the big 350 contest.

Sidheforest's entry is the EarthEater Owl in Disquise

go to http://www.craftster.org/350/ to vote.

Thank you for your support!

Sidhe Kalas

Up, Up and Away is the second full Sidheforest world I created. After Ozmosis, I wanted to get started right away on the next new world, but was obessed with bubbles. So first off the color palette changed to match my "bubble" concept that was stuck in my head at the time. Then of course I had to have trees. LOL The mushrooms came in only after I had to painting almost done and decided that there was not enough going on.

Ok....If I can stopping laughing and blushing to type.......The "balloons" that I added to the picture obviously do not look like ballons, but much more like little floating sperm. OMG.....oh well.... The painting well loved no matter how falic my silly subconscious wants to make it.

Osmosis was born with the desire to create painting with more depth and elements working together to create a new world. I having been working on discovering different elemets that I love and that work for me as an artist. In Ozmosis I have combined several of the elements that I love to create, such as the planet trees, and little catapillar. This is the first full Sidheforest World painting, in a what I hope will be a long line to come.

My Work Space for creating dreams! LOL

I bought this fabulous vinyl table cloth so that I don't have to care about how much paint gets on the table. If someone is truely determined to actually eat at the table, they usually need special permission to move a painting. My daughters cleaned off most of the table to take this picture. Most days there are at least two large painting on it at a time.

and this is the kitchen island where I have anouther painting in mid creation.

I would love to hear about your creation space!

Find Sidheforest on Facebook!

Become a Fan of Sidheforest Art.....and have fun interacting with friends.

"New Growth"

My son love to doodle and draw...... many of his doodles of bug and monsters have been inspiration for my paintings.

This is "A Water Song" in Acrylic, Watercolor, and Ink

And this one is "The Pollen Eater" in Acrylic, Watercolor and Ink

And Serendipity is done in Watercolor and Ink

Hi....I thought it would be fun to make some lists today...So what are your favorites and not so favorites... share time.

Things to pass the time

buy and sell people on

Friends for Sale at Facebook

. (totally addicted)

Rent a new movie.

Draw.

Paint.

Nap.

Cuddle up with a good book.

Look for ideas to draw or paint.

Watch TV (always looking for a new good cop show to watch).

Play The Sims.

Listen to music (love Rammstain).

Go to the tanning salon .

My favorite foods

Red Skittles.

Bacon.

Biscuits with honey.

Nachos.

Count. Chocula cereal.

Fish sticks.

Onion rings.

Fried stuff with cheese.

Anything Mexican.

Mac. And cheese (only the kind with Velveeta cheese).

Anything with a lot of flavor ( I can’t stand bland food).

Powdered donuts.

Decaf. Coffee.

Hot cocoa.

Pink lemonade.

Meat loaf.

A good country breakfast ( no grits).

Bean dip.

Chilly pie.

Pizza Hut supreme personal pan pizza.

My favorite books

The gun slinger series by Steven King.

The Anita Blake series by Laurell .K. Hamilton.

Harry Potter seres by J.K. Rollins.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood sires by J.R. Word.

The Sparrow by Merry Doria Rustle.

The night walkers sires by Jacquelyn Frank.

The Children Of God by Merry Doria Rustle.

The Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.

Lord Of The Rings by J.R Tolken.

Dracula by Bram Stoker.

The Dark Over series by M.Z.B.

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.

Mists Of Avalon.

The Five People You Meet In Haven.

Dawn’s Awakening by Lora Leigh.

My favorite authors

Jacquelyn Frank.

Christine Feehan.

Cresly Cole.

Sherrinen Kenyon.

Lora Leigh.

Gena Showater.

J.R Word.

Anne Rice.

Steven King.

Maggie Shayne.

Lynsey Sands.

Laurell .K. Hamilton.

Michael Chichton.

Foods I hate

Spaghetti.

Potato Soup.

Everyday food ( like a piece of meat, a veggie and some noodles).

Roman noodles.

Tuna casserole.

Yogurt.

Anything with apple cider vinegar.

Cottage cheese.

My favorite art supply’s

Glazing medium.

Big Canvas.

Card board (keeps the table Semi clean).

Thick water color paper.

Super glue.

Elmer’s glue.

Paint ( Ocean colors or black).

Gesso.

Magazine for ideas.

Paint brushes.

Junk metal.

Good artist pens.

Painters tape.

Sketch pad and pencils.

Sponges.

Spackles.

Gel medium.

My favorite shows.

House.

ER.

Gray’s anatomy.

The Shield.

Weeds.

The L word.

CSI.

Law and order: SVU.

Law and order: Criminal intent.

Criminal minds.

Lost.

Moonlight.

Stargate: SG1.

Stargate: Atlantis.

Angel.

Niptuck.

The Ellen show.

Family guy.

Tin man.

America’s next top model.

Project runway.

My favorite movies

The lake house.

Blade trinity.

Pitch black.

The chronicles of Riddick.

Underworld 1, 2.

Lord of the rings 1, 2, 3.

Resident evil.

Lonesome dove series.

27 dresses.

Fight club.

Interview with a vampire.

Mrs. Doubtfire.

What dreams may come.

Jacob’s latter.

Blow.

Pirates of the Caribbean.

The fisher king.

The world According to Garp.

Tank girl.

Angela’s ashes.

1408.

Superstar.

Cat’s we’ve had

Baby Doll.

Angel.

Buttons.

Scratchy.

Tigger.

Max.

Bear.

Snowball.

Kiwi.

Puss.

Calie.

Ramses.

Bandit.

Beast.

Molly Bee.

Bunny.

Kricket.

Dax.

Garfield.

Apple.

April.

Milo.

Jack Bauer.

Patches.

Fluffy.

Things I like to paint or draw

Trees.

Robots.

Monsters.

Doodle people.

Dark anything.

Bugs.

Plants.

Planets.

Animals.

Flowers.

Anything cute or evil. (is that weird ?)

Things I always do

Sleep with the fan on.

Sleep on the outside of the bed.

Get dressed before I start my day.

Read before I go to sleep.

Have milk in my coffee.

Park in the same spot or as close as I can.

The idea for this new collection, that I have only just stared, was actually given to me by a drawing that my ten yr old son gave me. They range in size from 5" x 7" to 22" x 28". They are all created with Water colors and Premium Acrylic on stretched wrapped canvas.

"Monsters" have been such a fun little group to create, and are quickly becoming one of my favorite collections .