Portland Art Collective January Giveaway

There is a great giveaway at the Portland Art Collective blog and all you have to do is head over there and leave a comment for a chance to win. The giveaway is a beautiful fabric journal created by Cynthia Mooney, of Hidden Nest Studio, and something I would be thrilled to own (unfortunately, members of the collective aren't eligible to win the PAC giveaways!). Here's a direct link to Cynthia's journal giveaway: JOURNAL GIVEAWAY.

Great Opportunity to Win a Tory Original

Each month, the Portland Art Collective hosts a giveaway sponsored by one of our member artists. The October giveaway is a beautiful chandelier glass journal made by the uber talented Tory Brokenshire (and a personal friend, I might brag). All you have to do is go to the Portland Art Collective blog and leave a comment . . . . and to make it oh-so-easy, just click here to get there. Around November 1st a name will be drawn and the winner announced. Viola! A free art gift. Still here? Get on over to the PAC blog.

Another Opportunity to Win a Journal

Back in June, I offered one of my Paper Remnant Journals as a thank you for being so supportive of my blog over the past several years and to commemorate my 500th blog post. Well, if you want another opportunity to win one of my ephemera journals, here are the details:

Go to the Portland Art Collective blog (here's a link to make it easy peasy) and leave a comment on that particular post. Around September 1st, one lucky name will be drawn to win the journal. And the other good news? Portland Art Collective members aren't eligible to win, so your odds are greatly increased. If you aren't aware of these monthly drawings, you might want to become a follower of the PAC blog because every month of one of our fabulous artists posts something for the giveaway!

In case you're wondering what you might win for this month's giveaway, here are photos of the journal:




So what are you waiting for. Get yourself over to the PAC blog and leave a comment.

Drum Roll: I Won a Great Giveaway!

I want to share, introduce, toot the horn of . . . well, you get the idea . . . Seth Apter. I was introduced to Seth when I joined with him and hundreds of other artists earlier this year in his Disintegration Collaboration. Seth is always coming up with creative ways to connect artists from all over the world. Once I discovered Seth's blog, The Altered Page, I was hooked. You're going to want to take a peek for yourself.

One of Seth's many projects is The Pulse, which Seth describes as : This is an ongoing, online project that focuses on the art blogging community. There have been three editions of The Pulse to date. Two have been artist surveys and one was a project called "Playing Favorites" where the participating artists shared a picture of their favorite artwork that they have made and a story to go along with it.

A while back, Seth had a giveaway to celebrate his blog's two-year birthday. Lucky me, I was one of two winners. I have in my possession a copy of Seth's zine, The Pulse Artist Survey and it is packed with artist goodness. Many of my favorite artists answer such questions as "Top 10 ways to get into a creative groove," or "In a few words or a few sentences, how would you describe your artistic style?"

If you would like to order a copy for yourself, or see some of Seth's artwork that is for sale, check out his Etsy site. In the meantime, here's a sampling of his zine, which also shows the cover art he did for this publication. Thanks, Seth!