September is Ovarian Cancer Research Month!

It's that time again to remember and help educate people about the silent killer....Ovarian Cancer!

You can help raise money to go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund by purchasing this beautiful 7x7 coffee table book showcasing the art doll and charms that were auctioned off to help raise money for OCRF

Ties That Bind by Aileen Roberts | Make Your Own Book

Art Doll Raffle nearing the end....

I had a fun morning going with Kris and Kathy to Sacramento. We brought the art doll to make her final guest TV appearance on Good Day Sacramento. I was able to sit behind the scene to watch them tape a segment for our
Ties That Bind Art Doll Raffle

She's now back here in Modesto on display at
Yours and Mine Art Studio
if you'd like to visit her.

What we really need are more donations or raffle ticket purchases. Tickets are $5.00 each for a chance to win this awesome doll or 6 for $20.00. Our goal is $10,000 and we are almost at the half way mark with only 15 more days to go before the raffle is over. The winning number will be selected through random.com at

12 Noon on September 30th PST

ALL of the money raised will go to

Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).

If you haven't purchased a tickets or made a

donation please, please, please I'm begging

you pop over to the link below to do that now:

ArtforTheCure.com

I'm also asking everyone to send this request out to all your friends and family.... just think if we each sent out a request to 10 people what we can do?

Thank you for your support!

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September is Ovarian Cancer Month

About Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women. The American Cancer Society estimates that 21,650 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S. in 2008 and about 15,520 women will die from the disease. It is an insidious disease that can strike without warning or cause.

The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and subtle, making it difficult to diagnose. There is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer but there are tests which can detect ovarian cancer when patients are at high risk or have early symptoms. In spite of this patients are usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 45% survive longer than five years. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region. However, when ovarian cancer is detected and treated early on, the five-year survival rate is greater than 92%.

Until we have better early detection tools, all women should be educated about the disease so they can achieve early diagnosis and successful treatment. A woman’s lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1 in 67. Listen to your body. Do not ignore symptoms.

Help support Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF)

Make a donation or purchase raffle tickets to win

the Ties That Bind Art Doll by going to the following website:

www.artforthecure.com

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Book Giveaway!

I hope your not getting tired of hearing about the Ties That Bind project (click HERE to read about the project if your not familiar) , but it bears repeating again and again if necessary it's for such a worthy cause and We NEED your help!....FIRST if you haven't purchased raffle tickets please run don't walk to get yours...$20.00 will get you 6 tickets to win this beautiful doll...if your worried what the heck your going to do with a doll this size...don't....you can always donate it to a cancer center.

Click HERE to donate or purchase raffle tickets

Would you like to win a
Ties That Bind
A Collaboration of Love book?
All proceeds from this book go to Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF)
Click the link below to get a preview of the book
http://tinyurl.com/lesnkv

Here's the details:
Starting today August 7th, 2009
Giveaway ends September 30, 2009

1. each person that purchases raffle tickets AND posts back here that they did, gets their name entered in a drawing to win this beautiful book!

2. Post this Giveaway with the picture of the book on your BLOG then make sure to post a link back to it here that you did will get their name entered again in the drawing for the book.

3. Post this Giveaway with the picture of the book on your FACEBOOK then make sure to post a link back to it here that you did will get their name entered again in the drawing for the book.

4. Post this Giveaway with the picture of the book on your WEBSITE then make sure to post a link back to it here that you did will get their name entered again in the drawing for the book.

5. Each time you re post this information from now until Sept. 3oth and make sure you post a link back here that you did, you'll get your name entered again in the drawing.

Pretty simple, now lets go forth and spread the word :-)

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Best Seller!

For the first week

Blurb.com's #1 Best Selling book is
Ties That Bind
A Collaboration of Love
All proceeds from this book go
to Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF)
Click the link below to get a preview
and order your copy today!
http://tinyurl.com/lesnkv

Use the following code to receive

$10.00 off

hewlettpackard10

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Please take a moment...

...to help us make a difference.
We have a chance to get our ovarian cancer charity project on the cover of a northern CA magazine. All we need is votes. Our project benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

http://www.artforthecure.com/

Only one vote per email is allowed, please use any emails you have. A confirmation email will be sent immediately to the emails you use...you must confirm the vote from each email address.

Please vote #1 for the teal/blue doll form photo called

Fight Ovarian Cancer and vote your choice for #2 and #3.

Click HERE to Vote

Please forward this to anyone you think will take the time to vote....it takes less than 30 seconds to vote.The winning photo will get the cover/story on the autumn issue...the project could use that attention!

Click HERE to find out how else you can help!

Our project benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

http://projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/

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Ties That Bind Art Doll Raffle Tickets on Sale Now!

I'm so excited to announce that the

Ties That Bind Art Doll Raffle has begun!

It was one year ago that we began this project. Everyone pitched in with their art. Now it's time to pitch in again by donating and spreading the news!Remember this is a tax deductible donation! Give big. Give often.If we can get 500 people to donate $20 over the next 4 months we will raise $10,000.How awesome would that be???????We can do this. If everyone here gets just 6 people to donate $20.....we can go beyond that goal!

THAT IS ONLY 6 PEOPLE DONATING PER ARTIST.
Tickets are 1 for $5 or 6 for $20

You can now purchase tickets
HERE

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Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Raffle Doll Finished!

I'm excited to announce that the doll created for our project TIES THAT BIND is finished! It won't be long now and you'll be able to start purchasing raffle tickets to win her. All proceeds will go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

Please stop by and see what a fabulous job Jan Brown did in creating the doll using the men's ties and charms contributed by all the wonderfully talented artists.

Project Ties That Bind Picture Gallery!

Click HERE to view my Ties That Bind contributions

Ovarian Cancer;
it whispers, listen.

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Gifts of Hope

Kris and I created this altered birdcage for the doll to

hold in her hands for the Ties That Bind Project.

I finished my altered tie for the Ties That Bind Project to benefit ovarian cancer. It started out as a tan stripped tie and I colored it with Tahoe Turquoise and Platinum White Color Mists. Paper flowers colored again with the Color Mists and added the ribbon and foil butterfly. I had to laugh at myself because we're only suppose to decorate 8 inches of the tie and by the time I was done my 8 inches grew to 12 inches LOL I guess I got carried away and ended up having to make adjustments...whoops!

The message on the butterfly just in case you can't read it is Ovarian Cancer's slogan which really put things in to perspective for me on how silent this type of cancer is and gets easily missed.

Ovarian Cancer; it whispers, listen.

Please click the Ties that Bind Link to read more about the symptoms:

http://projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/

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Ovarian Cancer Awareness

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month! Please take a moment to read more about a worthy project that I'm honored to be a part of:

Our mission is simple in concept. Artists united in their creativity to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Our project: Ties That Bind. A hand made doll created with heart and soul, donning hand embellished men’s dress ties and hand born charms. 100% of the profit goes to the OCRF, in support of their mission to help ovarian cancer patients and their loved ones.

If you click the link below you can see the beautiful charms and ties that have been created for this project and also learn more about the Myths and facts of Ovarian cancer.

http://projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/

For an Important Cause!

Here's my charm for Project Ties That Bind a collabrative art doll that will be made by Jan Brown to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research.

I first colored the base of this bisque medallion using my Color Mists . I then hand painted the scene using a combination of acyclic and gouache paints.
The backside I collaged with left over scrap paper that had been previously misted with my Color Mists , and then sealed (at separate times) the front and back using Crystal Lacquer. After it dried I added a PMC charm I had created previously.