Sensational Winner

Thank you so much to all those who shared their amazing lists for the sensory give-away. I SO enjoyed reading them and learning a bit more about each of you, and my only regret is that I can't make up lovely parcels for everyone - what fun that would be! But never fear, there'll be other give-aways...

I have made a little consolation prize for everyone (clue above) but I'll get back to those in a bit.

First let's find out who the winner is, shall we?

So here it is...  the draw...  

I was going to write all the names out beautifully and pull one from a hat in creative low-tech styley. But then I remembered that although I do have a hat, I can't write beautifully, so instead I assigned a number to each name (in the order the lists were submitted) and used a random number generator to pick one...

And the winning number is...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2008-11-23 17:42:21 UTC

1. Karen of Faded Willow
   
2. Curious Girl (Lisa)
   
3. fra(a)iing's Anairam
   
4. Heather of Paper Follies
   
5. Munted Kowhai
   
6. Kerstin Martin
7. All I ever Wanted's, Linda Sue

Congratulations Anairam!

I'm so excited and can't WAIT to start putting a parcel together based on your lovely list:

• Fave 3 colours - Black, Red, Sandy white

  
• Sight- a starry sky, a rose, the sea
  
• Sound- a stormy sea at night, a sad tango song, ice cream cart bell
  
• Smell- freshly brewed coffee, jasmine, certain new books
  
• Taste- Dark Lindt chocolate, freshly brewed coffee (again!), chocolate cupcakes 
  
• Touch- bubbles of champagne on my tongue, my dear Le'Usband's neck, hot dry sand on a beach

Not sure how I'm going to interpret some of those but it's going to be such fun to try! Please email me at (kendalee dot paintedlady @ googlemail dot com) with your address. I aim to get the parcel out to you before Christmas and will let you know when it's on its way...

In the meantime, here's a little mosaic I made for you, based on your list and a few things I've gleaned about you from your always lovely comments and your deliciously inspiring blog...

1. London Piccadilly Circus, 2. Starry Sky, 3. A legacy imprinted in Heaven, 4. Red Rock Coffee,

5. Red Red Rose, 6. Red & Black Chocolate, 7. Red Rain, 8. Freedom,

9. Natural Spiral..., 10. I feel smarter already, I think, 11. Door with grapes - Bokaap, 12. Tango arisco en tinta roja

And so, while Anairam decides whether I've accurately captured her in the mosaic above, back to the consolation prizes...

I wanted to have a mosaic ready for whoever won, so there's one for each of those who entered - even Suzanne of Sakura Snow who sadly just missed the deadline so didn't want to go into the draw proper.   And because I so enjoyed doing them, and I thought you might be interested in seeing your senses and favourites interpreted in this way, my plan is to post them along with your lists tomorrow...

Okay, I agree... definitely not as good as getting goodies in the mail but it seems such a shame to let those lovely lists just fade away.  If you click on the mosaic composition at the top of this post, there's a little part of yours to be seen.

Do you recognise it?