October PikaPackage giveaway!


Posted by Amy on Saturday October 18, 2008

Hello everyone!

I’m so happy to announce the launch of the FOURTH PikaPackage Project with a gigantic giveaway! I’m dividing it into TWO winners, and each will get half of the loot from our contributors. Winners are picked only from the comments this time. Below are the participants who so graciously took up the PikaPackage Project:

  1. Carol of From Tiki With Love sent over these amazing archival prints of her bird drawings;
  2. Susan Estelle Kwas sent in these awesome Gocco cards just in time for Halloween;
  3. Irena Sophia sent in beautiful prints, necklaces, mini-prints and stickers;
  4. Sara of Multiple Personality sent in prints of her lovely ladies, button packs, and various prints of her drawings;
  5. Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative is back again with her colorful and fun linoprints;
  6. Pam of Zoetropa sent in new cards + tags made with her lovely stamps;
  7. Tanya Pshenychny of Razorberries sent in blank cards + giclee prints made from her metaphorical illustrations!
  8. Helen of Zuk Zuk sent in her bright and happy prints;
  9. Francesca of Mrs. Eliot’s Books sent in lovely prints, correspondence sets and cards;
  10. Candace Jean sent in beautiful and delicate, full sized prints of her illustrations and paintings;
  11. Dura aka i.itch.illustrations sent in colorful characters and original paintings from The Fashion Forest;
  12. Milly of the Cutiepie Company sent in a fun exclusive gocco print, button packs and card sets;
  13. Stacy Kathryn Holst sent in prints of her paintings, along with her illustrated cards;
  14. Manyi of MAU Studio sent over ACEOs of a new ninja character, along with other stickers and goodies;
  15. Cara of Sew Bettie sent over sample fabric swatches of her very own designed fabric which are limited editions;
  16. Violeta Gau sent in ingenius little collage pieces for you to put together your own story (along with a bookmark!), and each collage packet is uniquely handmade!
  17. Sarah Gardner sent in beautiful and inspiring prints and cards;
  18. Julia of Lineanongrata sent in amazing canvas prints, sticker sets and button sets;
  19. Vivienne Strauss sent in her delightful gocco poodle prints and various prints of her paintings;
  20. Tanya of Gumball Grenade sent in Halloween themed prints + magnets + buttons;
  21. Twozdai sent in carefully prepared sets that includes a print, postcard, a card and moo stickers;
  22. David and Anna of Goldlion sent in groovy miniprints, button sets and postcards;
  23. Jenny of Be Happy Now sent in a truly colorful package of gocco and matte prints, along with a handmade felt book filled with her happy illustrations;
  24. Pearlyn of Kaching Design sent in gocco prints and postcard sets of her alphabet animals!
  25. Amy Blackwell sent in a medley of her whimsical animal prints;
  26. Naomi of The Time is Now sent in exclusive prints slipped into individually drawn envelopes;
  27. Heli sent in adorable little magnets and a mini bear book;
  28. Cate Anevski sent in beautiful matte prints of her illustration;
  29. Diane Duda sent in specially prepared packages each containing a print and a handmade card;
  30. Sarah + Gregory Spooner of The Lapwing Printworks sent in bright woodcut prints and also letterpressed cards;
  31. Hilary Wagstaff of Little Moshi sent in bookmarks, a illustrated moleskine notebook (just the cover, people!), gocco prints and many other artworks;
  32. Licia of Theophany sent in two sets of original paintings on canvas, along with her illustrated set of cards AND fabric magnets!
  33. Meagan Hall + Sasha Barr of Wonderthunder sent in the most adorable little plushies ever;
  34. Amy Cartwright sent in whimsical rotatable cards and cute stickers;
  35. Jessica Gonacha sent in lovely archival prints of her drawings;
  36. Cori Dantini sent in ACEOs and vintage paper scraps in a wonderful packet;
  37. Mary Kilvert sent in a mirror, print, buttons and postcards;
  38. Julie of Your Secret Admiral sent in original paintings, envelope notebooks and various gocco goods;
  39. Sam Bradd sent in beautiful original linoprints that are also individually rendered with watercolor;
  40. Myisha of Springcart sent in prints of super chic ladies that she drew!
  41. Kate Endle sent in adorable and cheery mini collages;
  42. Flora Douville’s watercolor prints of alphabets + animals are amazing;
  43. Eireann Lorsung of Oh Bara made exclusive etchings exclusive little etchings with chine collée (which you can’t find anywhere else!);
  44. Carolyn Alexander sent in her latest book, along with stickers + prints for the launch!
  45. Emily sent in prints, stationery and more from her Dollygagging shop and
  46. Erik + Emily sent in a whole lot of art + stationery from their Flummeries line!

So here’s what you need to do have a chance to win each one of these packages — visit the shops/websites of our participants, and write down here in the comments which product you like from their shops (include the links if you’d like). EDIT: Some of them don’t have shops yet, but that’s alright too, just let us know you liked what they sent in!

The closing date for this is on Tuesday 21st October, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick two random winners from the comments section, so be sure to leave your email addy!

You can read more about the participants here, and remember to read up on our participants in our PikaPackage zine too! (If you prefer to read it online, you can hop on over to Issuu, where we also have all our interviews with our artists online for all to read!)

And if you want to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), hop on to our NEW SHOP! We will be donating USD2.00 from each sale to Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.

And you can always sign up for our mailing list to get updates about special happenings!

UPDATE: The comment section is now CLOSED! Thank you all for your support! The announcement of the winners will be made soon!

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PikaPackage October update #6


Posted by Amy on Thursday October 16, 2008

Here it is peeps! The last of the updates for the participants for the October round — which means that the giveaway will be so soon your head will spin. And at the same time, I’ll be revealing a new interface to the shop section, yeeha!

Without further ado, here’s the list of the 7 last participants:

  1. Carol of From Tiki With Love sent over these amazing archival prints of her bird drawings;
  2. Susan Estelle Kwas sent in these awesome Gocco cards just in time for Halloween;
  3. Irena Sophia sent in beautiful prints, necklaces, mini-prints and stickers;
  4. Sara of Multiple Personality sent in prints of her lovely ladies, button packs, and various prints of her drawings;
  5. Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative is back again with her colorful and fun linoprints;
  6. Pam of Zoetropa sent in new cards + tags made with her lovely stamps; and
  7. Tanya Pshenychny of Razorberries sent in blank cards + giclee prints made from her metaphorical illustrations!

As always, you can have a look at the full set of images over on our Flickr stream, and see a gallery of our participants on this page!

This brings the total of participants to a big number of 46! A big thank you to the wonderful illustrators and artists who came in for this round — and a big hug for being super patient while I work out some timing issues!

Sign up for our mailing list to be the first to know when the giveaway begins, and when this round of packages are up for sale (the ones currently in the shop are from our August participants)!

See you all in the morning! ;)

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PikaPackage October update #2


Posted by Amy on Saturday October 4, 2008

Packages are still pouring in from the October’s round of PikaPackage participants, yay! Here’s a list of the second update (thank you for bearing with me for the late postings, I had a couple of things I had to handle!)

  1. Meagan Hall + Sasha Barr of Wonderthunder sent in the most adorable little plushies ever;
  2. Amy Cartwright sent in whimsical rotatable cards and cute stickers;
  3. Jessica Gonacha sent in lovely archival prints of her drawings;
  4. Cori Dantini sent in ACEOs and vintage paper scraps in a wonderful packet;
  5. Mary Kilvert sent in a mirror, print, buttons and postcards;
  6. Julie of Your Secret Admiral sent in original paintings, envelope notebooks and various gocco goods;
  7. Sam Bradd sent in beautiful original linoprints that are also individually rendered with watercolor; and
  8. Myisha of Springcart sent in prints of super chic ladies that she drew!

{For more images, hop on to our Flickr stream!}

And as usual, if you want to know when the giveaway will be for October’s round, remember to sign up for our mailing list! If you can’t wait for that, you can always pick up a package from our August participants to tide you over!

Okay, now I need to haul myself back over to the new studio to do the umpteenth round of cleaning up (I am painfully aware that I sound like a broken record!) :) But before that, I want to point you over to one of my favorite blogs — the wonderful and inspiring Grain Edit — for a chance at winning an assortment of goodies from illustrators + artists that Dave has featured before, including the newly-married Julia Rothman and superb Matte Stephens!

Have a nice weekend y’all, and thank you for the lovely wishes!

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August PikaPackage Update #4!


Posted by Amy on Monday August 18, 2008

Aaah. The last update for August PikaPackage is finally here, and within the next few hours, the giveaway will be launched as well! For the last updates, we have here a merry band of artists:

  1. Matte Stephens sent in Gocco prints + giclee prints of his retro-inspired illustrations;
  2. Gracia + Louise sent us cards sents + individual cards from their Hammer & Daisy label;
  3. Emily sent in prints, stationery and more from her Dollygagging shop
  4. Erik + Emily sent in a whole lot of art + stationery from their Flummeries line;
  5. Sarah Blank sent in beautiful giclee prints;
  6. Kathy Weller sent in adorable bookmarks and ACEOs;
  7. Shelby Healy sent in her gorgeous pattern-inspired prints;
  8. Kirsty of Gypsy & Twink sent in exclusive sets of lovely ladies + cards;
  9. Stephanie of Milady Productions sent in wonderful art prints;
  10. Kylie of Mizu Designs sent in delicate woodblock printed cards + giclee prints;
  11. Rebecca of Hoorah sent in beautiful original watercolor drawings, ACEOs and cards;
  12. Mel Roska sent in linoleum prints finished with markers along with buttons;
  13. Rachael of Number Eight sent in her giclee printed ladies;
  14. Jennifer of Swallowfield sent in colorful prints of her drawings and collages;
  15. Ella of Fantasmagoric sent in original drawings on magnets, zines + cards;
  16. I (yes, me, Amy) contributed my Gocco prints;
  17. Danielle of DiDiGalDecor sent in Gocco prints + recipe cards; and
  18. Manyi of MAU Studio sent in cards, postcards, stationery sets + stickers!

Sign up for our mailing list if you haven’t already; and for the rest of you, there’s nothing to do but wait it out! :)

Oh, and you could also have a look at the shop to see if you would like to grab one of the few last PikaPackages for sale from July’s participants.

To look at the full entries from August’s participants, have a look at our Flickr stream!

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In cities, strange things happen


Posted by Amy on Sunday July 20, 2008

Chapter 2 Marlene why are you sad

I’m loving the lino prints from Judith of the Little Print Store’s series called “In Städten geschehen seltsame Dinge”, (translated to mean in cities, strange things happen). She’s from Vienna, Austria, and the series is a study about how lonely it can be to live in a big city — but everyone is connected to each other, if you look closely enough.

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Annie Swincinski


Posted by Amy on Tuesday June 17, 2008


Moonlight Gingkos, a limited edition woodblock print

Annie Swincinski is a part time artist, part time waitress, working on becoming a full time artist in State College PA. I’m loving her woodblock prints that are all handmade and individually pulled, with a very soothing palette. Most of her work are limited editions, and originals so no one ever receives the same print — and is part of the beauty of woodblock printing.

Damselfly, an original woodblock print

You can browse her shop called Sweet Annie Jeanne, and read her blog (although it has been awhile since she has posted up new entries).

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Sandra Krumins


Posted by Amy on Monday May 5, 2008

Rollerskating Friends print

I am fascinated with linocut art, and up until now I only thought it was a very straightforward affair — carve, ink and print. But Sandra Krumins of Lino Creative on Etsy wowed me over with her linocut illustrations that combines painting and digital techniques. Her illustration has a collage-like feel to it too, which I love.

Coffee Cups print; Cats and Dogs print

My favourite one is her Rollerskating Friends print — so lively, and you can’t beat a bunch of animals hanging out with skating shoes on!

You can read her blog and also peruse her portfolio here.

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Pikapackage update #2


Posted by Amy on Sunday April 20, 2008

These came in the mail this week — but since I could only catch the sun during the weekends to take a picture, I could only upload them onto the Pikaland flickr photostream today. Enjoy! :)

  1. Rachel from Elephantine sent in adorable notecards and stickers;
  2. Justin of Justmadbooks sent in his first issue of his Breathers comic books, and Birch, a small picture book;
  3. Heike of Felicitate88 sent in linocut prints, collaged and printed postcards;
  4. Amanda Kindregan sent in her lovely full-sized prints and cards;
  5. Kate of Charmfoundry sent in her beautiful waxy postcard sets;
  6. Kajsa of Syko sent in pretty sketchbooks and lovely postcards inspired from her quilts;
  7. Sarah+Ryan of Labpartners sent in their 3-color letterpressed San Francisco print and many other yummy screenprinted prints; and
  8. Junkyard Sam sent in his wonderfully quirky full-sized prints, mini-prints and tags.

Right now, the total participants is 22 (whoa!), but I’m still waiting for some more participants’ stuff to arrive in the mail, so there’s going to be another update next week! (The rest of the participants can be found in this post.)

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!

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