Posted on 06 January 2010 by Chavah Kinloch
Another Christmas season has been and gone and I’d like to thank each and every one of you that took part of the Random Act of Kindness Challenge and Giveaway throughout that time. I’ll be emailing out all the wallpapers tonight so keep an eye out for them. This year we had 117 entries all up so I decided to use Random.org to do the selecting process for me. So without further ado here are the 2009 RAOK Challenge Winners:
Congratulations Lisa Brook- You’ve won ‘Opposites Attract’.
#30 Lisa Brook
Congratulations Joanna – You’ve won ‘Rua Koru’.
#77 Joanna
Congratulations Samareh – You’ve won ‘I Keep your Kisses Close’.
#17 Samareh
I hope you enjoy your paintings. I will send them off as soon as I get the chance. Email me your addresses please.
Once again a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated. I hope many blessings come your way.
Posted on 02 January 2010 by Chavah Kinloch
If you enjoyed the video I showed you yesterday, you can vote for it. Just go here and do as the above picture says.
Posted on 02 January 2010 by Chavah Kinloch
I received an email late last night. I read it, watched the video, smiled and then welcomed in the new year in a great frame of mind.
Here is an excerpt from Davids email:
My actress in “Paper Birds” is wearing a vintage jacket from Paris, the skirt used to be a long vintage skirt from a flea market in Los Angeles but was cut to make it mini, the yellow tights were from a department store in Los Angeles, the shoes are from Paris.
The wardrobe was meant to reflect her whimsical and maybe even mythical personality and create a stark contrast with her environment.
The theme of the video is about the inspiration that can be found even in ordinary circumstances and that in giving back / sharing to the world – magic is created. A theme that is appropriate for the holiday season!
Thanks for sharing David.
So here we go. I suggest watching the video first, then reading the text above it to fully understand.
http://bit.ly/7DxnHm
Posted on 30 December 2009 by Chavah Kinloch
My husband and I have been working overtime setting up my new blog over on wordpress. We’re doing this because of the ongoing issue between IE and blogger. I can tell you that we’re almost there! If all goes well we’ll be launching on New Years Day. If things don’t go quite so well it’ll be within the week. So do stay tuned. I’ve also been busy with the family these past few days. There have been water fights, teething dramas, illnesses, hayfever and movie days. Everywhere else in NZ seems to be getting sun, we’re still battling rain and wind with 2 hours of glorious sunshine here and there.
This is the last week before the Random Act of Kindness Challenge finishes for the year and the winners are announced. Have you done yours? Be sure to let me know where you’ve put your entries so I can read them and put you on the list the appropriate number of times. I love reading what you’ve been up to. I can’t wait to see where the paintings will be headed. Don’t forget that every entrant will also receive two wallpapers of my artwork for their pc. These will be emailed to you at the conclusion of the challenge so make sure you include an email address for me to contact you. If you’ve forgotten to include one don’t worry, just email at chavahkinloch@xtra.co.nz and we’ll sort it out.
Can you believe there’s only one more day left in 2009? Wow. I’m excited, are you?
Here are some snapshots from the past few days of the kids and some of their Christmas gifts.
Davis set up camp.
Riding his new bike.
Testing out her new cupcake maker. Mucky business.
The cupcakes she made for her brothers.
Filling up a water pistol.
Vahnija went and set up her own picnic, complete with strawberries. I love my kiddos.
A bunch of paint we picked up on boxing day for Bostons nursery. You can see pics of what’s going on
here and
here. We’ll be doing more on the nursery this week. Yay!
Lots and lots of fun. Water fights. Need I say more.
The boys prepping.
My little terror. So lovable.
The money shot! lol
How cute are these chubby little feet? The jandals are from my cousins in Utah. I think they’re from Old Navy. They barely fit my gigantor of a baby. This may be the only time he gets to wear them
Posted on 28 December 2009 by Chavah Kinloch
Now that Christmas is over and done with I can finally get around to other things. So Brenda, Melissa and Amber, keep an eye out 
Posted on 20 December 2009 by Chavah Kinloch
This is what had arrived for me this morning when I woke up, along with a beautiful card. What an awesome surprise. I am so blessed. This painting is by talented fellow artist Lisa Brook.
Posted on 17 December 2009 by Chavah Kinloch
By now you’ll all be aware of the Random Act of Kindness Challenge and Giveaway that is currently on. I’ve been hearing so many great stories that I thought I may as well share them. Todays story is from Jen.
A total stranger “saved” my husband and two small girls on Sunday when my husband lost the ONLY key to the car while they were up the mountain – it was dark and had started snowing heavily and my husband was scared they were going to freeze to death. This stranger drove them home – more than two hours out of his way. As soon as they arrived home I felt SOOO relieved and wanted to pay him somehow…he wouldn’t accept anything and told my husband to just “pay it forward”. I’m grateful for his generosity and I’m inspired by the other RAOK stories on here!
*Photo sourced from flickr
