Giveaway closed + winners!


Thursday July 10, 2008

Wow! After 52 comments and A LOT of signups for the mailing list, we’ve officially closed the 2nd giveaway and here are the two winners, picked by Mr Random Generator (it’s under integer generator for those who would like some random bits of information!)

The lucky peeps are:

  1. Nicole SP
  2. Sarah Spooner

Congratulations to the lucky two (you’ll be getting an email from me soon!), and thank you everyone who participated — this was a blast!

If you missed out on our second giveaway, subscribe to our mailing list to receive emails about our next edition of our PikaPackage Project!

If you want to get a PikaPackage of your own, head here to pick up a limited edition package for yourself with a selection of fabulous works from our contributors — specially gathered in one package!

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The PikaPackage #2 GIVEAWAY!


Monday July 7, 2008

It’s been a good two months since our first PikaPackage Giveaway, and I’m so happy to announce our SECOND one! And instead of ONE big winner, I’m dividing it into TWO again for this round (the pictures here don’t show you the full extent of the package!) Below are the participants who so graciously took up the PikaPackage Project:

  1. Brian Patenaude sent in his quirky creatures prints;
  2. Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative sent in her beautiful lino prints;
  3. Suzanne of Phatsheep sent in her stickers and button badges with her patterns;
  4. Emma of Benconservato sent in vibrant prints;
  5. Nina of Kindling sent in adorable eco-cards;
  6. Andrea Kobayashi sent in her various artworks and cards;
  7. Annette of Nut and Bee sent in stationery sets + prints featuring her popular characters;
  8. Denise Ann Simon sent in Little Red Riding Hood Reading Sets that specially designed for the project;
  9. Raphaella of Heartful Art who sent in inspiring postcards;
  10. Melanie Wickham sent in her whimsical lino prints;
  11. Iris Schwarz sent in her prints + cards;
  12. Kate of I Like Pens sent in lovely cards, sketchbooks, bookmarks and buttons;
  13. Stephanie of Milady Productions sent in cards, a posey packet, knobs, and a print;
  14. Stephanie of Stockton & Co. sent in her Gocco prints, cards and postcards;
  15. Nancy of Pretty Little Thieves sent in Gocco print sets, ACEOs, specially prepared buttons, and ACEOs;
  16. Sofia Barao sent in her postcard packs;
  17. Amy of Aqua-Velvet sent in her Retro series of prints; and
  18. Anke of Linotte sent in buttons and postcards!
  19. Lauren Minco sent in delightful stickers;
  20. Erin Zamrzla of Erinzam sent in her prints and ingenious mini tag notebooks;
  21. Valentina Ramos sent in vibrant prints + cards;
  22. Kayanna Nelson of Junecraft sent in her Gocco-ed kitchen inspired prints, notebooks and limited edition archival prints;
  23. Denise Scicluna sent in stickers, original drawings, buttons and notebook;
  24. Rachael Amen of Number Eight sent in her larger-than-life prints;
  25. Abigail Halpin of Miss Avocado sent in her sunshine-y archival bookmarks;
  26. Cori Dantini sent in beautiful new prints of her work; and
  27. Jinnie of Lilacmoon Studio sent in her Poladoodle prints + postcards, and hand printed stationery using hand-carved rubber stamps!
  28. Susan Schwake sent in beautiful hand-painted originals of her artwork;
  29. Rima Staines of The Hermitage sent in her marvellous prints;
  30. Madelaine sent in hauntingly beautiful photo prints;
  31. Hilary Wagstaff sent in many prints of her mixed media artworks;
  32. Paula Gibbs of Paulabirdy sent in her Gocco + bird prints; and
  33. Shawna Carpenter sent in magnets and buttons!
  34. Rebecca Hahn sent in a beautiful print called “Hey!”, and fabulous letterpress & satin-finish postcards;
  35. Kate Phillips of Charmfoundry sent in beautiful prints (including limited edition mini-prints);
  36. Ana of Fric De Mentol sent in a bevy of stuff! We have her lovely Gocco-printed prints and cards, notebooks and even a posey packet!
  37. Natasha Mileshina of Bubbo Tubbo sent in specially put together Travel Edition sets of her handmade originals, along with cheery cards + sticker sets; and
  38. Rosie Miles sent in pissy little Fishwives, an exclusive hand-painted toy just for the PikaPackage Project!

So here’s what you need to do have a chance to win each one of these packages:

  1. Visit the shops of our participants, and write down here in the comments which product you like from their shop (include the links if you’d like); and/or
  2. Sign up for our mailing list.
    (Those who have already signed up for our mailing list will already be in the running, no worries!)

You can do both — you’ll have more chances of getting one of the packages! The closing date for this is on Wednesday 9 July, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick one random winner from each (comments + mailing list) then!

You can see more about the participants here, and remember to read up on our participants in our PikaPackage zine too — you can download one here.

And if you want to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), hop on to our SHOP!

P/S — Commenting has closed, thank you!

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The PikaPackage GIVEAWAY!


Monday May 5, 2008

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here! I’m so happy to announce the giveaway for our very first PikaPackage Project! And instead of ONE big winner, I’m dividing it into TWO for this round! Here’s how you can win yourself a goody bag containing great art from:

  1. Caitlin from Pepperminte who sent in her beautiful work in 4’ x 6’ matte prints;
  2. Manyi from Mau Studio who sent in an assortment of buttons, postcards and stickers;
  3. Iris Schwarz who sent in beautiful full-sized prints, tags and cards from her Paulette Editions;
  4. Cori of Corid who sent in her precious original artwork on wood;
  5. Norma of Crankbunny who sent in an assortment of fantastic pop up cards;
  6. Raphaella of Heartful Art who sent in inspiring postcards;
  7. Annette of Carambatack who sent in full-sized prints of her work;
  8. Susan of It’s a Whimsical Life who sent in full sized prints featuring her adorable characters;
  9. Enna who sent in postcard packs, envelope packs and her beautiful matrioshka wrapping paper;
  10. Amber Alexander who sent in full-sized prints and beautiful cards from her watercolor drawings;
  11. Kristiana of Krisblues who sent in beautiful full-sized prints of her illustrations on wood;
  12. Marianne of Appleseed who sent in a wonderful array of postcards (prints of her collage works) + paper packs filled with inspiration;
  13. Katrine K who sent in full-sized prints and glossies;
  14. Gemma Correll who sent in her very funny and lovely illustrations printed on zines, buttons, a coloring book, stickers and a pop tart brooch;
  15. Rachel from Elephantine who sent in adorable notecards and stickers;
  16. Justin of Justmadbooks who sent in his first issue of his Breathers comic books, and Birch, a small picture book;
  17. Heike of Felicitate88 who sent in linocut prints, collaged and printed postcards;
  18. Amanda Kindregan who sent in her lovely full-sized prints and cards;
  19. Kate of Charmfoundry who sent in her beautiful waxy postcard sets;
  20. Kajsa of Syko who sent in pretty sketchbooks and lovely postcards inspired from her quilts;
  21. Sarah+Ryan of Labpartners who sent in their 3-color letterpressed San Francisco print and many other yummy screenprinted prints;
  22. Junkyard Sam who sent in his wonderfully quirky full-sized prints, mini-prints and tags;
  23. Mo of Bismo080 who sent postcards, magnets, buttons, clips and notebooks all the way from Bangkok, Thailand;
  24. Blanca Helga who sent us her lovely collage print postcards;
  25. Olivia of Restlessthings who sent us mini-prints of her work plus a button set;
  26. The funky Stuart Kolakovic who sent in his illustrated comics titled “A Gosling”;
  27. Natasha of BubboTubbo who sent in her specially made prints from her new shop;
  28. Jo of 12fifteen who sent in a beautiful screenprinted linen cushion cover, prints and letterpressed card sets; and
  29. Jessie of Unicorn Kids Studios who sent in her lovely City Life prints!

So here’s what you need to do have a chance to win each one of these packages:

  1. Visit the shops of our participants, and write down here in the comments which product you like from their shop (plus the links); and/or
  2. Sign up for our mailing list.

You can do both — you’ll have more chances of getting one of the packages! The closing date for this is on Tuesday 6 May, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick one random winner from each (comments + mailing list) then!

Remember to read up on our participants in our PikaPackage zine too — you can download one here.

And if you want to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), click here!

P/S — Those who have already signed up for our mailing list will already be in the running, no worries!

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Pikapackage update #3


Sunday April 27, 2008

I’m happy to report that most of the PikaPackage participants’ packages have arrived last week, but there’s still some more to be added to the list — which I hope they’ll be in very soon! They’re all documented on the Pikaland Flickr page, so feel free to add us to your list of contacts if you’re on Flickr (I love them!)

This time, we received packages from:

  1. Mo of Bismo080 sent postcards, magnets, buttons, clips and notebooks all the way from Bangkok, Thailand;
  2. Blanca Helga sent us her lovely collage print postcards;
  3. Olivia of Restlessthings sent us mini-prints of her work plus a button set;
  4. The funky Stuart Kolakovic sent in his illustrated comics titled “A Gosling”;
  5. Natasha of BubboTubbo sent in her specially made prints from her new shop; and
  6. Jo of 12fifteen sent in a beautiful screenprinted linen cushion cover, prints and letterpressed card sets!

This week the total is 28 participants so far, with more on the way. To see our previous updates on the PikaPackage Project, click here.

As usual, if you want to know how you can be the lucky one to receive a PikaPackage filled to the brim with an item EACH from our participants, you can subscribe to our newsletter so you’ll be the first to know! (Psst, it’s really near!)

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Updates, updates!


Monday April 14, 2008

I have an obsession with lists. And with so many wonderful things that have happened over the last weekend, I thought that I should share by making one to let you know what a fantastic week I had.

Yes! Pikaland was blogged on Bloesom by the lovely Irene. We live in the same city and I can’t wait to meet up with her for coffee one day. Thank you so very much Irene!

I just found out a way to have Pikaland’s post go right to your email inbox — and it’s as easy as can be. If you take a looky to the left of the blog under “pikaland direct!”, just type in your email and click subscribe, you’re well on your way to receiving fresh Pikaland posts whenever the site is updated! If you can’t find it (hey, it happens to the best of us sometimes), then head on here to subscribe.

And if you’d rather receive news on special announcements ONLY, then come on over here to subscribe to our newsletter.

We already have 15 artists in the list for May’s PikaPackage Project, with another 7 (and more!) contributions making its way over! Right now you can see the latest on our Flickr stream.

Here’s a list of the packages I’ve received so far for May:

  1. Laurie from OUOU sent in lovely Gocco cards;
  2. Caitlin from Pepperminte sent in her beautiful work in 4’ x 6’ matte prints;
  3. Manyi from Mau Studio sent in an assortment of buttons, postcards and stickers;
  4. Iris Schwarz sent in beautiful full-sized prints, tags and cards from her Paulette Editions;
  5. Cori of Corid sent in her precious original artwork on wood;
  6. Norma of Crankbunny sent in an assortment of fantastic pop up cards;
  7. Raphaella of Heartful Art sent in inspiring postcards;
  8. Annette of Carambatack sent in full-sized prints of her work;
  9. Susan of It’s a Whimsical Life sent in full sized prints featuring her adorable characters;
  10. Enna sent in postcard packs, envelope packs and her beautiful matrioshka wrapping paper;
  11. Amber Alexander sent in full-sized prints and beautiful cards from her watercolor drawings;
  12. Kristiana of Krisblues sent in beautiful full-sized prints of her illustrations on wood;
  13. Marianne of Appleseed sent in a wonderful array of postcards (prints of her collage works) + paper packs filled with inspiration;
  14. Katrine K sent in full-sized prints and glossies; and
  15. Gemma Correll sent in her very funny and lovely illustrations printed on zines, buttons, a coloring book, stickers and a pop tart brooch!

If you want to know how you can be the lucky one to receive a PikaPackage filled to the brim with an item EACH from our participants, watch out for our giveaway soon! What did I hear you say? You’re scared you’ll miss out? Why, you can subscribe to our newsletter so you’ll be the first to know!

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Charliemotel's first giveaway


Wednesday February 13, 2008

Megan is organizing a competition to find a new phrase to illustrate, and the winner will receive their illustrated phrase in print. The deadline is on 19 February, so hurry and give it a go here!

Top:
Charliemotel’s Somebody Loves You print

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