Liesel's Art Studio- Review and Giveaway

I love Etsy. There are all sorts of amazing artists and crafters that I have discovered there. One of my recent finds is Liesel's Art Studio. She has an great shop with all sorts of beautiful, affordable art in it.

This is the print that she sent me, and it is absolutely beautiful.



The quality is spectacular, I actually thought that it was an original when I opened up the package.

About the process:
I drew the Elephant in by hand with pencil and ink on cold press (textured) watercolor paper, and colored him with watercolor. I then scanned him into the computer and printed him out on 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Premium Presentation Paper. Its a nice heavy weight paper that prints out beautifully. This one comes in a nice cellophane cover to protect it, with a certificate of authenticity that includes the title, number in the edition (this is one of fifty), date and artist signature.

What a great gift for someone this holiday season! Head over to her shop right now to find the perfect gift!

Guess what! Liesel is kind enough to offer a giveaway to our readers! One lucky winner will win a set of fruit magnets.





To enter:
Head on over to Liesel's Art Studio and leave me a comment letting me know what your favorite item from her shop it. Don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you in the comment.

Additional ways to get entries (you must leave me a comment for each extra entry, letting me know about it)
* Sign up for my feed: (if you are already a subscriber, leave me a message letting me know in the comment section).
* Blog about this giveaway, come back here and post the link in the comment section.

Giveaway ends on December 21, 2008.






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Cherished Dreams- Quilts and Blog

One of the social networks that I belong to is Skwiggazine. There is a blog-ring that I am part of and each week, I will be posting about a different member.

I know, I know I just posted about the blog-ring. But I was looking back and realized that I completely missed a week and that means that I completely missed talking about a person. Karen- I am so sorry! So let me tell you a bit about Karen from Cherished Dreams. Karen makes quilts. Absolutely gorgeous quilts. Here is a quilt that she made for the Hoffman Challenge quilt project.


Karen, we wish you the best!

In addition to the quilts, she also has a blog post about redoing the main floor of her house with bamboo flooring. Amazingly enough I was just talking to Hubby about how we needed to fix up our house. I will have to look into bamboo flooring. Thanks Karen!



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The Grid- an online, interactive art project involving artists from all over the world

Okay so this is not a product that you can buy, but I just think it is such a neat idea. The Grid is an online, interactive art project involving artists from all over the world. It is a fun experiment that Corinne Sullivan from Day Dream Arts Studio is doing. It is open to artists of all genres.
Check it out and take a look at Corrinne's work as well.

I got one of these buttons since my tutus are on it

Graphicz Addicts- For Learning, Sharing, and Custom Signatures

I have already mentioned that I post on an online parenting forum and that is where I met Melanie from Graphicz Addicts. I am borrowing this from Heather's page, it is a good explanation of signatures. "For those of you who don't participate in message boards, often users have images that show up at the bottom of all their posts. It's called a signature and it's a way to make your posts more personal. When you use a signature it's easier for people to put a personality to a screenname which may be something like User135. Signatures can include text, pictures, links and animated images called 'blinkies'."

Mel makes custom signatures and blinkies. And I must say that they are pretty great. I have had Mel make some for me in the past. They really can help to make your signature stand out when you are posting on a big forum. Mel also has a blog so that you can stay up to date with all her great stuff.


Rating:
Appearance- 5
Customer Service-5
Cost- N/A
Quality- 5
Functionality- 5
Overall-5