Monday 15 November 2010

WINTER BITES, A GIVEAWAY



Dear dark November,

It is dark and wet. Mostly a very dark month here. The snow is melting. But I am very well, got soaked on my bicycle trip, but now again I am warm inside and brightened with watercolors and your words.

A parcel arrived with a smile and doorbell ringing, full of postcards that I made with a winter theme. Not the one above, I cannot show the picture as it would not be anymore a surprise for my friends then anymore. But the first batch of the postcards had some beauty mistakes. Still they are very fine, I am the only one to see the mistake I think. Still I don´t want to throw those winter postcards away. Maybe you might want some of them. A giveaway. Fifteen small piles of six postcards will be sent to some of you. Please, if you like to play, just leave a comment here with your email address. Sunday the 21st of this dark November is the last day to participate.

When the rain falls, I imagine the drops being small clover leaves. Fresh and soft touching on their way. In a big crossroad, where all the traffic lights are always red, there are street lamps higher than anywhere else. There in the light I can see the rain and how huge it is. Still very soft those invisible clover leaves. A hint of summer in dark November. I am not good in using an umbrella. But it usually rains only on my way back home. Where woolen socks are waiting. Lucky.

And now, cups of tea!

P.s. The Apple Blossom Meadow -print is back in the shop!

Edit: P.p.s. Yes, anyone anywhere can participate :)

159 comments:

  1. i would love to have your cards! your paitings are just so beautiful :)

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  2. thanks so much for the chance to win! superheroemu {at} gmail {dot} com

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  3. but it is the small imperfections that make us all unique! it would be lovely to win a few of your postcards =)

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  4. November here is terribly wet, rainy and misty (Italians always complain about the bad weather!) but the few sunny days are a treasure chest of golden colours :)
    Thank you for this giveaway and for sharing your graceful art with us!

    here's my email: agnese.ligossi [at] gmail [dot] com

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  5. Our November is also very dark and wet too wet, but surprisingly warm...
    I would love to have your cards! Thank you for a chance to win!

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  6. Oh, my, forget my email...
    mucinmac(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  7. Oh cold nov!
    I love your cards- thanks for the opportunity to win them!

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  8. Your work is divine and your writings are always a treat!

    hello@prudencelansell.com

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  9. Just beautiful! I would love to win your postcards
    traceyalong [at] aol [dot] com

    cheers!

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  10. i would love to have any of your cards! your paintings will brighten up my November : )

    maywu23[at]gmail[dot]com

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  11. So excited for a chance to win! Your work is gorgeous!

    darcy [dot] dubose @ gmail [dot] com

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  12. i'd love to win some postcards to brighten these dark november days :)

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  13. i really like your illustrations, too! they are delicate and rhythmic and rough. greyjean14@gmail.com

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  14. how pretty it sounds - all this big rain, the november wetness. none of that here. only the silver white of frost most delicate. the snow that came earlier is gone away now and i am hoping for it to come back again.

    i would love to see what these surprise winter postcards are - and would love to hold them in my hands.

    petite{dot}nordique{at}gmail{dot}com

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  15. oh yes. i am sure they are beautfil.

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  16. It's been raining for almost a month here, the winter postcards will definitely shed some sunlight in my gloomy days <3

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  17. oh that would be so lovely! mail from finland :) awesome! i'm in!

    kate[at]alphafrau[dot]de

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  18. Surprise cards! I don't think they'd be any less beautiful than I imagine them..
    Thanks for this giveaway, and a bit of sunshine from the Mediterranean.. we've got loads here!

    lluize(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. Ooh, what a lovely idea. I love your artwork and my fingers are crossed! Your November sounds similar to mine with all the rain, but thoughts of coming home to warmth makes it better.

    littlepostcards@gmail.com

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  20. Hello hello Anna Emilia! I would like to play your game and see your postcards, which I am sure are delightful. Have a lovely week :)

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  21. It's cold and wet here too...
    Your postcards though bring happiness.
    ciao

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  22. I am so excited about this! Very generous of you!
    I would like to participate, my address is post@marloesdevries.nl

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  23. Löysin blogisi vasta, olen aivan ihastunut kuviisi ja kuvituksiisi! Osallistun siis! (Sähköpostiosoitteeni löytyy profiilistani.)

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  24. yes please!

    intothewind3@aol.com

    xo.
    a

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  25. heippa,
    kortit kuulostavat kivalta. täälläkin pimeää ja kastuin myös vähän sateessa tänään. vesipisaroita hienosti ikkunoissa ja kovaakin tuulta. maustekakku tuli uunista! neilikan ja kardemumman tuoksua annalle.

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  26. ♡ So nice and fun of your hand,
    a comforting idea anna emilia!!!
    I would love to received your beautiful winter postcards… contact@laetitiabenat.fr

    h a v e a n i c e w e e k

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  27. your words always warm me up and make me feel cozy :)

    littlegreenribbon@gmail.com!

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  28. Anna Emilia, I just had it yesterday again...A sky full with grey clouds which started pouring rain on my way home...but like you say, it seems it just happens on my way home...which is not so bad at all ..
    Your postcards sound very beautiful....It is getting summer here and it would be so great to have some pieces of your winter here with me. Maybe I am lucky. Have a wonderful evening...It is morning here already

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  29. Oh, I hope I am one of the lucky ones!
    yewtreenights(at)gmail(dot)com

    Wishing you hot tea and sunny afternoons!

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  30. olisi ihanaa saada kortteja! emailini: katja.nikula@helsinki.fi

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  31. here's a comment from a windy valley in england, from an ice-cold night of bright constellations.

    i would love postcards from you. and if i win, i may just send you postcards too :)

    donnaenticknap@gmail.com

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  32. Oh! I would love an opportunity to win some of your postcards! Thank you!

    Your November descriptions are so wonderfully poetic.

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  33. Oh I'd love some of your postcards, so so much.

    lyzi@hotmail.co.uk

    love,

    x

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  34. i would love love love a little piece of your beauty.
    thanks!
    ayelen.rosales[at]gmail.com

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  35. i found your blog literally yesterday, and am so entranced! your work is beautiful, i'd feel so lucky to have some!

    stephanie.lyall@gmail.com

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  36. living on the other side of the world...in opposite seasons...i so love to drift in and out of the daily rituals of scandinavia...your gorgeous paintings and poetic words are a whimsical portrayal of life...thank you...amy
    sixb@bigpond.com

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  37. What an opportunity! I hope you are warm and dry.

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  38. Hei, löysin blogisi ihan hiljattain, tykkään kovasti kuvistasi ja niiden tunnelmasta! Postikortteja olisi mahtava saada omaksi :)

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  39. how lovely :)

    ariane xo

    arianepilon@yahoo.ca

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  40. hello
    i came over from flickr
    and i live a long way from you (in the UK) so i don't know if i can enter in the giveaway
    but really i just came to admire your work
    which i love very much

    hugs

    millie

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  41. pretty!
    6seedsofthepomegranate@gmail.com

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  42. Oh yes, oh please, I'd love to win these!
    andrea.mcquade@gmail.com

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  43. Oooh I never enter giveaways, but this one is irresistible!

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  44. Toki! Aihe on mitä mieluisin - palasin nimittäin Bangkokiin työstämään graduprojektiani - mistä muustakaan aiheesta kuin postikorteista :) Huuruisia tropiikin terveisiä sinne.

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  45. It is a lovely painting. I love the blue greens.
    My email is carolyn [at] capappasart [dot] com.

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  46. You have painted a lovely picture in words...
    mjv_vollstedt@hotmail.com
    Thank you for sharing your artwork!

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  47. I really love everything you do. Is it open internationally? I hope it is. Just in case my email is jandri3000@hotmail.com

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  48. Vaude! Nice blog and congrats to this wonderful gift of yours. you´re talented!

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  50. I enjoy reading you blog a lot, Anna Emilia. Both words and illustrations are soft and beautiful. I'd be happy to receive one of your cards as a Christmas gift.
    mitki@att.net

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  51. I wish I could you send you some sun from my place. But you have the sun in your heart don't you?
    Thank you for the giveaway and your lovely work.
    Olympia

    olympia298@gmail.com

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  52. Hei, työsi ovat tosi ihania, joten haluan tottakai osallistua.

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  53. Hi there, it's my birthday today - dark November girl - and I'd love to get your beautiful postcards. I love your poetic words and paintings and look forward to every post you send.

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  54. How sweet! Thank you.

    Cups of tea and woollen socks are the perfect winter accessories!

    simple.precious@gmail.com

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  55. Liekö mun ensimmäinen kommentti luonasi? Muutama hetki sitten löysin blogisi. Sinulla on kaunis käsiala! (s-posti on profiilissa)

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  56. Dear annA Emilia,
    I'm not far apart of an autumnal depression...need some highlight ;-)

    blog@ariane-reichardt.de

    Thank you, very nice idea.

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  57. the cards are beautiful, my absolute favourite thing of yours are the slender birch trees and logs that hold up tents tepees and tearooms, all of which i wish i could visit! kgarsed@doctors.org.uk

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  58. November is cold here too. I have fuzzy slippers on my feet.
    jeannie.hunt@gmail.com

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  59. What a lovely gift to give away now that it is feeling so wintery everywhere. Thank you, dear Anna Emilia! My love, Sabine

    my email: ehlerssabine[at]gmail[dot]com

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  60. Anna Emilia, I fell in love with your illos since the first time I saw them three months ago. Thereafter, I visit your blog almost every day to be delighted and inspired by your art.
    I would love to have a frame at home with one of your postcards!
    gisebenitez@gmail.com

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  61. I would love to have some of your postcards to keep me company during the winter season! I hope that you have many candles to keep the sunshine indoors with you during the dark.

    Mayfly9@aol.com

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  62. I would love to play!

    dianneohdeer(at)gmail.com

    xx

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  63. how wonderful! my email is: slkim74@hotmail.com

    thank you!

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  64. Every time I visit your blog and read your poetic and warm thoughts, I am happy about it!
    Keep sharing all the wonderful things that you are doing! I hope that I win at least one of your postcards! All the best to you!!

    mariast62@yahoo.gr

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  65. I would love to win some beauty mistakes!
    Have a lovely week.
    clo_wn@hotmail.com

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  66. oh, it would be so great to win!

    matthew roland.
    matthew.bannister(at)gmail.com

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  67. A perfect mistake to put a smile on anothers face - yes please, please, please.

    Have a beautiful day,

    Nina xxxx

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  68. Oh thanks for the opportunity!
    I would love to have your art in a postcard! I love your art! :)

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  69. Your work is awesome!! Pick me please :D

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  70. I really love your work, and would love to have a few of your postcards! :)

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  71. Voi sinä taituri siellä. Tottakai tällaisiin on osallistuttava.

    Pehmeitä marraskuun päiviä sinulle! :)

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  72. Minäkin mukaan! miraaa@hotmail.fi

    <3

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  73. Please can I play your postcard game! My email is sarahhoyle17@hotmail.com. Your drawings are so beautiful.
    With love from a still foggy England.x

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  74. Minäkin löysin tänne vasta nyt. Huikean kaunista teet, ihan pakahdun! Osallistun siis arvontaan minäkin. postia(at)luukku.com

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  75. Your drawings are beyond lovely and I'd love to have some postcards of your work!

    My email is vcristina007@hotmail.com

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  76. Hi, Anna Emilia!
    Every time when I was admiring your works of art I used to think I`ll never be able to hold something so beautiful and tender in my hands.. To imagine receiving a little package filled with your precious marvels at the post-office, taking it home with me and keeping it on my shelter, ohhh, this seems like a beautiful dream for me.. and it makes me smile so much.. :)
    Thank you for giving me and us this wonderful change..
    I wish good luck to everybody and a warm, serene Wednesday to you!
    Good thoughts,
    Andreea

    starsinwhitesnow@gmail.com

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  77. I'll love to have some of your postcards! I hate print mistakes, they always feel like such a waste, and I'm such a perfectionist I don't like letting anyone pay for something that has even the tiniest mark on!

    Email - natalie@owlsgohoot.co.uk

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  78. i hope i am picked, because i love the things you make so much!

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  79. Is it christmas in november? I really admire your work...
    Gaëlle

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  80. what a good thing to do, to start preparations for hibernation! lining your nest with things to get you through the dark: skeins of red yarn, bits of shiny tin foil, packets of digestive biscuits, feathers, fine little teacups. what better thing to do than fill out postcards and put them out into the winter! thank you for the generosity

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  81. oh, yes please! I would love to see your surprise cards... :)
    cascata[at]freemail[dot]hu

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  82. Would love some beautiful cards.
    Stay warm, sending you some lovely sunshine from Sydney.
    Katie
    knygh[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  83. nannanellie@live.com17 November 2010 at 03:21

    Love all seasons. Spring,almost summer, sunshine in Australia but would be soooo happy to receive your winter postcards. Thank you for your kindness and continuing words and pictures of inspiration ~~
    nannanellie@live.com

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  84. hello,

    feeling a bit silly to comment first time ever and it's on a giveaway, i just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you how much i love your work and not feeling like i stand out too much since there are already a bunch of comments. anyway, it's beautiful! like someone else mentioned, i don't know if it's open to people living really far away (because i really do), but if it is i'd really love to have a chance at getting those postcards :). the email address is: ylva.d.lindh at gmail dot com

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  85. no, tietysti osallistun! jenna.mcvey@gmail.com, kuin ehkä tiedät jo nyt. mukavia päiviä, anna emilia! hei niin, kerroinko sinulle että aion asua tamperetta lähellä ensi vuonna? jipii!

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  86. I don't know if it's too late, but I would love to participate in your sweet idea :)
    cathyellen.paul@gmail.com

    Your words are a gentle snowfall.

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  87. First time I've commented but always your words, and the lilt of them make me smile.
    Thank you!

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  88. Voi minäkin kuiskaan, että haluaisin osallistua. Olen ihaillut ihan hiljaa kuviasi jo kauan ja tekstejäsi ja kaikkea. Täällä on aina niin kaunista.

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  89. Olen seurannut blogiasi nyt muutaman kuukauden, ja alan pikkuhiljaa varmistua siitä, että olen tavannut sinnut Reykjavikissa kesällä 2005, ihan ohimennen. :)

    Tanja
    tanjushka(at)writeme(dot)com

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  90. oh, anna-emilia, i'd love to win :) norrlandsguldtjej [at] yahoo [dot] de

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  91. I'm sure all these small defects would be invisible to my house, so I obviously plays!
    The rain finally stopped for two days in Paris ...

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  92. I would absolutely love some beautiful winter cards. x.amy.x
    avanluijk@gmail.com

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  93. I love your work, I hope you enjoy your day!

    emilyedge(at)msn(dot)com

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  94. yes, please! i would be happy to give them a home.

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  95. Does not everyone want to brighten a dark, wintry day by receiving a set of those postcards? Good luck to everyone. Carolina

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  96. Ohhh, I would like to have some of your beautiful work in my home...

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  97. Oh, I forgot....ivcebic@inet.hr
    Love, Ivana

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  98. Oh! I hope I win I love your work and your blog! Also, I commented a while a ago asking if you could recommend some Finnish novels but I realised I commented on an old page :)
    Thank you
    Ann-Mari
    anni_832@hotmail.com

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  99. I love your work and would love some postcards <3

    kimforsythe@gmail.com

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  100. Oih voih, kortteja :)

    eliisa23 ät hotmail piste com

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  101. How lovely! keenan_laura36 [at] hotmail [dot] com

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  102. Olisi ihana voittaa!

    pamela_fristrom [ a ] hotmail.com

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  103. tykkaan kovasti! isaj (at) gmx (piste) de.

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  104. so generous of you! I really love your illustrations!

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  105. nearly snowing wind blowing leaves on the ground like soggy cereal flakes in the empty bowl!

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  106. your work is very beautiful. oh to be the lucky winner!

    mail@reformed.net.au

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  107. thank you for bringing such beauty to my evenings.
    jenn tendero

    jenntendero@gmail.com

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  108. ooh! i'd love to have some of your postcards! :)
    melskimoments@gmail.com

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  109. I'm mesmerized by your art.

    Ngjayne@hotmail.com

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  110. I don't have a chance, but I'd be so happy to receive your art in my mailbox!
    dia.haret@gmail.com

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  111. Horay! A giveaway. :)
    Hope you are well.

    Danielleylouise@gmail.com

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  112. Love your sweet illustrations dear Anna!
    info(at)karenbarbe(dot)com

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  113. i am late to this wonderful giveaway but would be honored.

    krisrjackson@gmail.com

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  114. I too would love your cards!!!!
    Susan - 29blackstreet@gmail.com

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  115. I love your description of raindrops as clover leaves. Your illustrations are beautiful.

    aprilmarci@gmail.com

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  116. It would be very nice to enter in winter with smile on lips ;-)

    zigouis{@}free.fr

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  117. Your blog is a lovely piece of poetry each day. :)

    Kristina

    kasane at rocketmail dot com

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  118. I always love the impression of being in suomi when reading your blog. Will come back every week and would love to win something made by you!

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  119. i am always so happy and delighted to come by your delicate world....
    gini

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  120. oh, i'd love something beautiful to fill my mailbox!
    your illustrations are so dreamy... they send me off into a far away land that is oh so pleasant!
    thank you for having this giveaway!

    (tiffanymjewell[at]gmail[dot]com)

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  121. Your work is lovely!
    msargus88@aol.com

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  122. you are very right - it is only the artist who see's her mistakes, others just see the beauty.

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  123. oh! how lovely it is already snowing in finland. i hope it snows in scotland soon! x

    brimful_of_tasha [at]hotmail[dot]com

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  124. I adore your art!
    ireneei[at]libero[dot]it

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  125. Your work is so inspirational!
    I love the Winter is ending print, and I can't wait to see the book you are about to do for Topipittori (it's through them that I discovered your blog).
    s.susanna[at]email[dot]it

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  126. it would be so nice to have these...i love how you write about winter, and how you paint it, too.

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  127. I can only whisper: pick me pick me!
    carlahuysmans(at)hotmail(dot)com
    keep warm,
    Carla

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  128. would looooove to have them!!!

    paula_pereiro@yahoo.com

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  129. Oh please pick me.
    Your work is so beautiful, a small package would really sweeten a long hot, Australian November.

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  130. oops...forgot my email: dcgogirl@hotmail.com

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  131. I would love to win, thanks!! Please pick me

    jannix_23@hotmail.com

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  132. Your paintings and prose are always so poignant, it would be a pleasure to receive your less-than-perfect postcards.
    clamberx@hotmail.com

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  133. Your illustrations are beautiful!

    uglysanta@gmail.com

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  134. Thank you so much for this great giveaway! Your work is wonderful and I'd love to participate!
    greetings,

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  135. What a treat! I'd love to have your cards too :) Paula x x x

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  136. I would love to win some winter bites!

    ldanon@gmail.com

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  137. I love your work, I can't stay out of this one :)
    My email address is pip at the domain above :)

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  138. Oh how lovely! Not surprised there are so many comments here. :-)

    ciarabrehony@gmail.com.

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  139. Wow, what can I say, so many comments - I'm speechless.

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  140. oh! i would love to win!

    kathir(at)gmx(dot)ch

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  141. I love all your paintings. And your words are always lovely. :)
    hjohnson100 @ gmail.com

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  142. i love your work. and your words. you describe the world just the way i would like to see it..

    tsjilpsaysthebird@hotmail.com

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  143. Hei,

    olisi ihanaa voittaa pieni lahja sinulta :)
    Maalauksesi ovat ihania!

    marisnan@gmail.com

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  144. oh dear. i am at the bottom of a very long list.
    and at the bottom of the world too.
    crossing my fingers.
    x

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  145. It is winter here in California also - a lovely rain storm has come in. A day for cocoa and a good book. Your paintings are wonderful.

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  146. i just hung the apple blossom print in my living room, it looks so lovely! what a treat some beautiful cards would be too :)
    no snow yet it my part of the world, i hope you enjoy the snow.
    (jilltbent[at]yahoo[dot]com)

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  148. oh, I hope I am not too late to enter for this!
    i do love your work so!
    my fingers are crossed!
    xo


    perry_gc[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  149. Hope I am not too late either! Your blog and your work brighten up my wintery days, thank you.

    laughinggravy(at)gmail(dot)com

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  150. I might be too late to participate, but today is my birthday so it's worth a try. I love your blog - it always makes me smile!

    alice@alicefox.co.uk

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  151. Just found your blog, your work is beautiful! Maybe I can participate, too... and as you say they had some mistakes... I often think the imperfect things are the most interesting

    Katrina

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  152. We also have a very sad, dark and rainy autumn here, in France ... OK, maybe not as cold as in Finland !

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  153. These would be the perfect antidote to November! lisamackay[at]rogers[dot]com

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  154. I just missed the giveaway, never mind, winter is only just staring here in Budapest :) I long for your snow!

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