Winner of Custom Printed Vinyl Banner

Welcome back
We have a winner!
Congratulations, Olore!
I'll contact you today with instructions for claiming your prize.

Many thanks to DigitalRoom.com for providing such a great prize. And thank you to all who entered. Keep those comments coming!

If you get a chance, pop back Saturday for studio tour #25. Saturday's artist is also generously sponsoring a new Thursday Giveaway to be announced on 5/17.

Enter to win Custom Printed Vinyl Banner

Welcome Back to Thursday Giveaways!
Click here you're looking for today's winner of the Blue Dryad print.

DigitalRoom.com has returned to sponsor another cool giveaway!

This time the prize is a 24" x 36" vinyl banner with grommets. This sturdy banner will be printed with your choice of image &/or text. Digital Room offers 1 business day turnaround and free UPS ground shipping.

To Enter The Random Drawing leave a comment on this blog before 1 a.m. (EST) on May 13. One lucky winner will be announced later that day.Please make sure your contact info is in either your blog profile or comment. This great giveaway is open to US Residents only. Banner ships free to winner.

This giveaway seems perfectly timed for all the summer events just around the corner - art shows, birthday parties, yard sales & reunions. Or maybe a fun photo of your loved ones or original artwork... So, what are you going put on your banner if you win??

Those generous folks at Digital Room will send me a custom vinyl banner as well. I'm not sure yet what to print ... I'll let you know when I settle on something. (By the way, last year they printed some greeting & business cards for me which turned out really well).

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There's no Artist Feature this week. If you missed my interview with Bruce Rosenbaum (the genius behind The Steampunk Home & The Victorian Organ Command Desk) Click Here.

Victorian Organ Command Desk - photo courtesy of Jake Von Slatt

It is a fun ride! You've probably seen his organ/computer hybrid working it's way around Facebook & the web lately. Click the photo to learn more about Bruce, Modvic (his Victorian home restoration business), and the upcoming Steampunk Form & Function Design Competition.

But 1st leave a comment to enter the Vinyl Banner Giveaway!

Weekly Inspiration - My fellow Melange Team members

I have the good fortune to be a member of the Melange Team on Etsy. This is a wonderful group of talented mixed Media artists who help each other in so many ways. They inspire me to try new materials & techniques. And to jump in and say "yes" when faced with something new. Here is a new slide show of some members' artwork. (Special Thanks to Glenda Bailey of TwoCoolTexans for making this presentation)

Every day Melange members can be found sharing ideas on various Etsy forum threads. And on Wednesdays there is a new art challenge posted to the MelangeOnEtsy blog. Basically there is always something new going on to get the arty juices flowing.

I recently had some good fortune & decided to share it with my fellow team members. 2 months ago I hosted a random drawing of 250 custom printed greeting cards from DigitalRoom.com on my blog. Well, that generous sponsor then gave me the same prize as a "thank you."

I decided to print up some cards to promote the Melange Team & its amazingly talented members. They came in last week & I am really happy with the way they came out. Colors are bright, they have a glossy finish & are printed on a nice stiff cardstock. Thank You Digital Room!


If you are a Melange Team member, click on the card photo. It will take you to the Melange blog post where you can sign up to receive some of these cards. This is for Melange on Etsy team members only.


Also, Maternal Spark has been running a series on creativity this past week, 7 Steps to Opening the Door to your Artist Within. I don't know that I agree with all of the suggestions but the series provided some thought provoking ideas. Worth checking out if you have a few minutes.

Final Note - I'm hosting 2 Giveaways right now, click through for details:

Random Drawing for a Teresa Chipperfield Spring Blossoms art print (ends 10/15)

Custom Printed Vinyl Banner with grommets from Uprinting.com (ends 10/22)

The 2 Lucky winners of the Custom Wall Stickers Are...

catss99 and slommler

Congrats to you both! I will contact you today with info on how to collect your awesome prizes from DigitalRoom.com.


Winners, if you want to share a photo of your custom printed wall sticker, I'll happily post it here. Here's what the winners plan to do with their prizes:

Amanda of catss99 - "I would probably use a picture of my cats and put it in my bedroom"

SueAnn of slommler - "My son and his wife want more of my art work. This would be a great idea to take one of my pieces and make it this giant sticker. They could put it where they want and move it when they want too!! Super!!"

The 2 winners were selected with help from random.org. Thank You, DigitalRoom, for donating such cool prizes!! And thanks to all of you who entered this random drawing.

Final note: if you have a few minutes, please click to check out yesterday's Storm One studio tour & interview with the talented artist AJ.

Barak Obama Painting by AJ

3 Lucky Winners Today!!!

Are You Ready?

I’d like to start with the drawing for a customized piece of jewelry from Jewelry by Solange.

1 lucky winner will discuss their preferences (color, etc) with jewelry designer Solange, who will then come up a special one of a kind piece. Solange was featured in this blog last week. Click through to read her interview or to visit her “studio”.

With help from Random.org, the winner of today's jewelry prize is

Congrats Diana DesignsNY !

I’ll send you an email this afternoon with details on how to claim your prize.

This next random drawing will have 2 winners today.

Each will receive 500 custom printed business cards from Digital Room.com. Again, winners were picked by random.org.

Congrats to Michelle & LisaBongZee!!

I will send you an email today with details of how to claim business cards.

If anyone is curious here is how the winners plan to use their prizes:

Michelle - "I was just laid off and thought a professional biz card with my contact info would help me in my job quest so I can buy more art supplies!"

LisaBongZee - " I would love to be able to promote my "Island Dream Life Tropical Paradise Paintings" shop. These cards would be fabulous."

Thanks to everyone who visited & left a comment! Pop back later today to sign up for next Thursday’s Giveaway. No interviews today, just free stuff. Be sure to stop by Saturday for a new Virtual Studio Tour. Artist interviews will resume on 9/17.

Please Note: There is still time to enter Sunday’s Giveaway for a 24” sq. custom wall sticker. The sticker (from OnlinePosterPrinting.com ) is removable / repositionable. To enter, leave a comment on this blog describing what you will do with it if you win. The drawing for this cool prize is at noon(EST) Sunday 9/13. There will be 2 lucky winners. Click here for contest details.

Also if you are really into giveaways, Solange is running a giant one this month - 30 prizes for 30days. To find out more about her Scrumpdilddlyuptious Mega Giveaway visit her blog, Jewelry by Solange.

2 winners of custom greeting cards today !

Random.org has picked 2 Lucky Winners today! Each gets 250 custom printed greeting cards from DigitalRoom.com! And the winners are.......

Midwestie Lady & Jen

Congratulations to you both! Midwestie Lady said "I would use them for thank you cards for my buyers! Or maybe a special greeting card for family or friends!" & Jen said "I've never had customized cards so I'd love to be able to send out "family" cards for the holidays."

I hope you both have fun with your prizes. If you feel like sharing your final card designs, I'll be happy to post them for readers to see.

Special thanks to Digital Room for donating these awesome prizes!

And thank you to all who entered :D You make Thursday Giveaways so much fun!

Do you like jewelry? Be sure to check back later today to enter a new random drawing and enjoy an interview with another Etsy artisan.

Also I've got 2 more giveaways still going on. Click the links for details & to enter:

500 custom business cards to 2 winners - ends 9/10
&
A 24" square custom wall sticker to 2 winners - ends 9/13

2 Winners Will Get 500 Custom Business Cards !

Welcome Back! We've got another juicy prize today!

The generous folks over at Digital Room are offering prizes to 2 more Lucky Winners. Each winner will receive 500 Custom Business Cards.

Those great guys over at digital room took a poll on twitter to see which products people would like to win. The most popular answer was business cards!

I'll let you in on a not-so-well-kept secret. I have had "Get business cards for Etsy shop" on the top of my to do list for about a year now. I just keep bumping it to the next week's list. Now I feel like there are no more excuses. If you win this giveaway, you won't have any excuses either!!

The 2 Lucky Winners will be randomly picked at noon (EST) on Thursday September 10th. To Enter, leave a comment telling us what you'll promote with your 500 snazzy new die cut business cards if you win. It is that easy!

Winners get to choose between 3 Business Card Sizes - 2" x 3.5" , 2" x 3", or 2" x 2"

Choose Paper: 14pt cardstock (matte or gloss coating) & 13pt cardstock uncoated

Choose Color: (4/4) Color both sides; (4/1) Color 1 side , B/W backside; (4/0) Color 1 side, black backside

The Sponsor states that Shipping must be paid by Winner. Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

So, you've got 2 weeks to comment here & share what you would like to promote if you are 1 of the lucky winners. I look forward to hearing all the great things you guys are up to

Please Note: I'm also hosting a 2nd random drawing that ends Thursday (9/3). 2 winners of that drawing will each receive 250 custom greeting cards. CLICK HERE for the details on the custom greeting card giveaway

2 Winners will each get 250 Custom Greeting Cards!

Welcome back. Great prizes today!

First up: 2 lucky winners will each receive 250 Custom Greeting cards from DigitalRoom.com. Yep, two winners!

Just picture this: a lovely set of 7" x 5" folded cards with Your Design on the cover.

Use these custom greeting cards as an extra special invite for your next part or event. Prepare for the Holidays. Showcase your artwork. Promote your shop. Or just show off your cute kids and pets!

The 2 lucky winners will be randomly selected at noon (EST) next Thursday (9/3) To enter, just leave a comment sharing what you would do will do with your greeting cards if you win. It is that easy to enter. Please note, this week's drawing is open only to USA shipping addresses - see sponsor's rule s below. Also leave a way to contact you if your email isn't in your blog profile.

A couple of rules from this week's sponsor, DigitalRoom.com:

Each Prize Winner will receive 250 7" x 5" Greeting Cards (half-fold); 10 pt cover with Matte or Gloss coating.
Each card is full color outside with blank inside (4/0)
Shipping must be paid by winner. Offer Valid for United States Shipping Only.

Many thanks to Digital Room for donating this awesome prize! By the way, they also make custom postcards and lots of other cool printable items.

Now put on your thinking caps - there are so many possibilities with this prize! Tell us what you will do with 250 customized greeting cards if you win.

Please Note: I'm also hosting a 2nd random drawing that ends 9/10. 2 winners in that drawing will each receive 500 custom business cards. CLICK HERE for the details on the business card giveaway