Sponsor giveaway: Benconservato
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 9, 2010
Everyone should have a monster to call their own. Mine would be one that’s a little rough around the edges, scruffy looking with a gruff voice, but a big heart (and one with a smile goes a long way too.)
If there ever was a lady who could translate my perfect monster onto paper, that would be Emma Kidd of Benconservato. She’s based in Australia, and is an artist, illustrator, printmaker, and photographer who’s always busy dreaming up and drawing monsters!
She’s giving away a set of Monsters Behaving Badly Colouring Book and a 6-pack of Colour Me Happy Gocco Party Invites to ONE lucky reader if you’ll share with us your favorite monsters (real or imaginary!)
Giveaway ends on 16th March 2010 and the winner will be announced via email!
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Sponsor giveaway: Bread of Many
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 2, 2010
This week’s sponsor giveaway comes from Bread of Many, a paperie shop run by Haley Dolan Katko. Tired of the same old boring items she sees everywhere, she took matters into her own hand and created a unique line of paper goods that combined her love of imagination, humor, and fantastic realism by way of hand-lettering and original illustrations.
Just comment by 9th March to be in the running, and you might win a pack of 5 Wussup flat note cards + envelopes from Haley!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Amanda Howland.
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Review + mini giveaway: Idea Log
Posted by Amy on Friday February 26, 2010
I love notebooks, sketchbooks and boy am I a list person. I’m always hunting for the next best thing in combining the three, and somehow it always involves a pair of scissors and later on, heartbreak at doing a terrible job at massacring modifying a perfectly good notebook.
The people at Knock Knock must have heard my howls of regrets over the untimely demise of the books and sent me the Idea Log – it’s a handy-sized notebook that has a few sections that will make jotting down your next big idea a cinch. My favorite so far is the Idea Log section where you can write down ideas (alphabetically, I kid you not), and also the Sketch Log section where you can actually draw stuff ideas out — which is normally what I do when words fail me.
If you’re as mad about lists and planning as I am, then you’d want to get your hands on a copy for all your creative outbursts. And here at Pikaland, I’m going to make it easier for you!
I’m giving away ONE copy of the Idea Log to ONE lucky commenter who answers this in the comment section:
Describe Pikaland in three words.
You have one week to submit your answers, and this mini-giveaway ends on the 5th of March.
Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday! (also, did you enter Fawa’s giveaway yet?)
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is when skies are grey
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Sponsor giveaway: Fawa
Posted by Amy on Tuesday February 23, 2010
This week’s sponsor giveaway comes from Natalia Cervantes who runs Fawa in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, along with hubby Shijune and her two year old son Junn.
Her shop is stocked with lovely handmade items (do check out her hand-carved stamps and hand-painted fridge magnets!) and original paintings.
She’s giving away ONE each of her original acrylic paintings on paper to TWO lucky Pikaland readers! To be in the running, just leave your comment in this post before 2nd March, and we’ll email the winner after.
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Anita Z and Carol Gudanowski!
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Sponsor giveaway: Oh My Cavalier!
Posted by Amy on Tuesday February 9, 2010
Julianna Swaney of Oh My Cavalier (featured previously) just opened up a new Bigcartel shop, where you’ll find wonderful exclusive items, such as these Mechanical Animals paper dolls.
She’s giving away one set of these lovely set of 6 cut out and assemble paper dolls, made from her original watercolor drawings and inspired by an antique toy set of the same name to ONE lucky Pikaland reader. Enter by commenting on this post by 16th February to be in the running!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Flora May!
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Sponsor giveaway: Sweet Harvey
Posted by Amy on Tuesday February 2, 2010
Sweet Harvey Letterpress is a small design studio specializing in original illustration, letterpress printing & graphic design, helmed by artist Brandi Powell.
Brandi is sponsoring ONE Hope letterpress print from her latest collection to one lucky Pikaland reader. Just leave a comment below by 9th February to be in the running!
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From this year onwards, giveaways on Pikaland will mainly be from our active sponsors; and those that are will be labeled as such. We hope you had a fun time entering our fun giveaways in the last quarter of 2009 — it was our way of thanking our audience and our fellow community members here at Pikaland. A total of 36 giveaways were held, with lovely items worth over USD$1,350 sent to winners all over the world! If you’d like to be a sponsor on Pikaland, please read here for more information!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Wendi!
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Giveaway #36: Uppercase magazine
Posted by Amy on Monday December 21, 2009
The last of our holiday giveaways is a copy of Uppercase Magazine from Uppercase Gallery, a gallery, publishing house and an awesome online shop filled with lovely papergoods. If you’ve not yet discovered this little gem of a magazine, then you’re in luck. Janine of Uppercase is sponsoring the third issue of Uppercase magazine — well established as being a glorious read for the creative and the curious — to ONE lucky reader of Pikaland.
There are three different ways you can enter to better your odds:
1. Comment on this article; OR
2. Subscribe to our newsletter! OR
3. Follow us on Twitter and tweet this message: I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the @pikaland Holiday Special Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/uppercase-gvaway
This giveaway will end on 28th of December!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks to everyone for participating in Pikaland’s Holiday Giveaway special!
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After this heady week, I’ll be back to blogging full time along with my lovely contributors. Thanks so much to everyone who has entered, and for all your support in spreading your love of Pikaland around. I’m looking forward to bringing new projects and more illustrated loveliness to you all in 2010!
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Giveaway #35: Mui zines
Posted by Amy on Sunday December 20, 2009
Karin Soderquist, Åsa Wikman and Maria Vladimirova have collaborated on a zine together called Mui, and they’re giving out THREE copies for readers of Pikaland. The fanzine features a theme on dreams and is 28 pages filled with color drawings made by these awesome ladies.
There are three different ways you can enter to better your odds:
1. Comment on this article; OR
2. Subscribe to our newsletter! OR
3. Follow us on Twitter and tweet this message: I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the @pikaland Holiday Special Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/mui-zine
Winners will be picked after December 27th!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks for participating!
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Giveaway #34: Allison Cole goodies!
Posted by Amy on Saturday December 19, 2009
Oooh, I bet you’re going to love this one! Allison Cole of Bang Bang You’re Thread (featured previously) is offering ONE lucky reader a chance to win her Take Us Home Tote and the Correspondence Card Set!
There are three different ways you can enter to better your odds:
1. Comment on this article; OR
2. Subscribe to our newsletter!; OR
3. Follow us on Twitter and tweet this message: I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the @pikaland Holiday Special Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/bangbangurthread
This giveaway will end on the 26th of December!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks for participating!
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Giveaway #33: Thereza Rowe's print
Posted by Amy on Friday December 18, 2009
The fourth giveaway of the holiday special comes from Thereza Rowe, a London-based illustrator and graphic designer who is offering ONE Pikaland reader a Fox Ride print from her shop. (You’ve gotta love foxes with rides of their own!)
There are three different ways you can enter to better your odds:
1. Comment on this article; OR
2. Subscribe to our newsletter! OR
3. Follow us on Twitter and tweet this message: I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the @pikaland Holiday Special Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/therezas-fox
This giveaway will end on 25th of December!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks for participating!
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