An Instagram Giveway - HOORAY!

Hi there. How are you?
My 2015 Calendars have gone over so well this year. Thank you for that! I just have a handful of them lest so I decided to give one away. Yippee!

I'm running this giveaway exclusively through Instagram. All you need to do is follow me on Instagram,  repost this photo on your own Instagram account, and tag it with #FREEBIRDS2015. I'll choose the winner at 9PM Central time on Tuesday, January 20th. Good Luck!

If you'd rather not leave it up to chance, you can purchase a calendar in my Etsy shoppe. Do hurry....Supplies are extremely limited! 

Ta-Ta for now!

Facebook Giveaway Today!

Hi there. How are you this fine Saturday?

Since it's MARCH already (can you believe it??), and I still have a few 2013 calendars on hand, 

It's time for a giveaway! 

I'm giving away one large chair calendar as well as one of my smaller abstract ones.  

Head on over to my facebook page to enter! 

Winners will be chosen on Sunday at 8pm central. 

Good luck!     

P.S. If you'd rather not leave it up to chance, you can still pick up a half price calendar in my Etsy shoppe.

Giveaway at Mrs. Monologues!

Hello Friends!

I'm hosting a giveaway over at the Mrs. Monologues blog.  You can win a Sitting Serenity Card Set, Glitzy Gift Tags, and a 5x7 floral print. Woo!

Run right over and enter! 

Ta-Ta for now.

Loose Ends and Lost Friends

 

I ran a giveaway a few weeks back and failed to announce the winner.  (Sorry!) Danielle, the talented owner of Burlap Works, was the lucky recipient of the "Meant to Be" print. She creates beautiful bags and accessories fashioned from burlap coffee sacs. If you're a local, you can meet Danielle and see her beautiful bags at the City Market,  downtown on Friday evenings. She also offers her wares on Etsy.  I  am hoping to get one of her creations for my upcoming September birthday. (Hint, Hint Matt)

On a much more sober note, I lost one of my very dearest and oldest friends today. Lynn's one and a half year battle with breast cancer came to an end this morning. Just 2 weeks ago I had a great visit with Lynn, who was one of my college roommates. We made dinner, drank wine, and talked until the wee hours of the morning. I am so grateful for this time with her and so grateful for my friendship with this wonderful woman. She will be missed by so many.

A Supersized Giveaway!

For years, patrons have requested that I "supersize" my work. I finally did it!

Meet "Meant to Be", my first 12" x 15" print. This is a big print of my original "Meant to Be" collage. This sucker will cover some wall space! I am really happy with how my original 8" x 10" work translated to this larger size.

"Meant to Be" was printed with my fab Epson printer using archival pigment based inks on 13" x 19" artist quality matte paper. The image is centered on the paper with a white border for your matting/framing convenience.

To celebrate my jump into jumbo, I'm giving away a "Meant to Be" print! (a $40.00 value)

Want to enter?

Just follow my blog and leave me a comment. If you already are a blog follower, just leave a comment.

The winner will be chosen at random from all those entered on Saturday morning 7/31, whenever I get my butt out of bed. (I'm so official aren't I?) The winner will be posted later that day.

Meant to Be is available for sale in my Etsy shop.

We Have a Winner

Originally uploaded by Annette Q

Congratulations to Annette Quirke, winner of the "Come Sit Next to Me" print!

Annette is a mixed media artist herself, with a beautiful blog and flickr photo stream. I encourage you to take a peek.

Thanks to all who entered, tweeted, followed, and blogged my giveaway. I appreciate your support and encouragement of my work.

Happy Tuesday.

And the Winner is.......

bored, originally uploaded by l_budde.

Well, I don't have one yet. I am still waiting to hear back from the winner of my "Come Sit Next to Me" print. If I don't hear back soon, I will choose another winner, so don't lose hope yet!

I will leave you today with this beautiful self-portrait photo from my student Leah Budde. I just love the genuine expression she has on her face here. Check out her photo stream on flickr....She has quite a knack for self-portraiture.

Happy Tuesday.

New Art and a Giveaway!

Well Hi!

I finished a new piece over the weekend. After hours of stippling its time to show it off. "Come Sit Next to Me" measures 8" x 8" and it was created on cradled hardboard. Though I have made many chairs, this is my first couch, and I'm quite pleased with the results. This piece is made entirely of magazine (I usually put some plain paper in these pieces) and was finished off with a little black Prismacolor technical pen and a while gel pen. I can't help but stipple.....It adds that little bit of character and dimension.

The "Come Sit Next to Me" original is not yet for sale, but it is available as an 8" x 8" archival print in my Etsy shop. I've also decided to give away one of these prints! Yahoo! Freebie!

HOW DO YOU ENTER?

Just leave me a comment on this post and make sure I have a way to get a hold of you.

EARN ADDITIONAL ENTRIES BY:

1. Following my blog.
2. Twittering about this giveaway.
3. Blogging about this contest, linking to this post.

* Make sure you let me know you've done these things so I can give you the extra entries.

THE DRAWING WILL TAKE PLACE:

• Sunday, 7:00 central time.
• Winner will be announced Monday morning.

Where To Next?

Happy Friday Friends! I was able to survive my second week of school and am looking forward to making some art this weekend.

For quite some time now I have been working on my floral series. I must have done 30 pieces in the last year that had some type of flower in them. Recently, I revisited my chairs, and now have made 5 new pieces in that series. I could still crank out more chairs (and probably will), but I think its time for a new direction. But what?

This is where you come in my loyal blog readers. What type of subject/s would you like to see me tackle next? I'd love to hear what you think. I'm open to any and all suggestions!

To further entice you into responding, I'm giving away an 8" x 10" Red Room print to one lucky person who comments on this post. The winner will be chosen at random on Saturday, September 19th.

Thanks for your help!!