The winner of the Reader Appreciation contest is JOLENE, who posted the following on May 15th: “Give the Bulls a rest….. I’ve been dying to hear your comments on the last American Idol show or two! Don’t leave us hanging, twisting slowly, slowly in the wind, waiting for your normally witty comments! Sorry Danny got [...]

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I’ll be back later in the day to announce the winner in the Reader Appreciation contest. I want to search through all the comments and make sure I am not missing any entries.

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I appreciate all of you who stop by each day to see what is new in the House of Stirfry and I really, really appreciate all of you who are kind enough to click on the Google ad while you are here. Every time you click you are helping to support this site. It is [...]

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  Today I had a play day with my friends Billie, Chris and Arlynne. We tried another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. In this technique you build a textured background with tissue paper and paint. I used a metallic paint so my backgrounds all looked like recycled candy wrappers. I finished [...]

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There are 2003 ATC blanks and that means Charlotte is our winner. Way to go Charlotte! You are quite a math whiz, or a deep thinker, or something. Send me your mailing address and I’ll get the mini misters on their way to you.

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The contest ends tonight at 8pm. Guess how many ATC blanks are in the picture for a chance to win.

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