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weekly palette #6, rock circles
as a reminder, the winner will be announced on the last sunday of every month.
this month’s prize is a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc.
here are the “rules” if you missed the first posts:
- create something using some or all of the colors in the weekly palette (at least three is preferred).
- “something” = anything. if you make it, it counts. an assemblage, something altered, a painting, a collage, an art journal page, a book/book cover, a dress, a pair of mittens, jewelry, digital art, a newly refinished piece of furniture, a craft item — anything. any medium. i just want to see people get creative.
- email a photo (or two) of your piece with the email subject “weekly palette” to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com but in proper email format with no spaces. include your name, blog or website address and whatever else you want.
- IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING PERSONAL, SUCH AS AN ART JOURNAL PAGE THAT YOU DON’T WANT POSTED, PLEASE INDICATE SO. i’m kind of a mind-reader, but not always spot-on.
- check back on the last sunday of the month to see if you’ve won as i’ll post the winner’s name, blog or web address, and submission photo (unless they’ve requested it not be posted).
- feel free to enter every week for additional chances to win at the end of the month. one submission = one entry.
- have fun creating!
weekly palette #5, antique doll head
as a reminder, the winner will be announced on the last sunday of every month.
this month’s prize is a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc.
here are the “rules” if you missed the first posts:
- create something using some or all of the colors in the weekly palette (at least three is preferred).
- “something” = anything. if you make it, it counts. an assemblage, something altered, a painting, a collage, an art journal page, a book/book cover, a dress, a pair of mittens, jewelry, digital art, a newly refinished piece of furniture, a craft item — anything. any medium. i just want to see people get creative.
- email a photo (or two) of your piece with the email subject “weekly palette” to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com but in proper email format with no spaces. include your name, blog or website address and whatever else you want.
- IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING PERSONAL, SUCH AS AN ART JOURNAL PAGE THAT YOU DON’T WANT POSTED, PLEASE INDICATE SO. i’m kind of a mind-reader, but not always spot-on.
- check back on the last sunday of the month to see if you’ve won as i’ll post the winner’s name, blog or web address, and submission photo (unless they’ve requested it not be posted).
- feel free to enter every week for additional chances to win at the end of the month. one submission = one entry.
- have fun creating!
weekly palette #4, anatomical drawing
as a reminder, the winner will be announced on the last sunday of every month.
this month’s prize is a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc.
here are the “rules” if you missed the first posts:
- create something using some or all of the colors in the weekly palette (at least three is preferred).
- “something” = anything. if you make it, it counts. an assemblage, something altered, a painting, a collage, an art journal page, a book/book cover, a dress, a pair of mittens, jewelry, digital art, a newly refinished piece of furniture, a craft item — anything. any medium. i just want to see people get creative.
- email a photo (or two) of your piece with the email subject “weekly palette” to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com but in proper email format with no spaces. include your name, blog or website address and whatever else you want.
- IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING PERSONAL, SUCH AS AN ART JOURNAL PAGE THAT YOU DON’T WANT POSTED, PLEASE INDICATE SO. i’m kind of a mind-reader, but not always spot-on.
- check back on the last sunday of the month to see if you’ve won as i’ll post the winner’s name, blog or web address, and submission photo (unless they’ve requested it not be posted).
- feel free to enter every week for additional chances to win at the end of the month. one submission = one entry.
- have fun creating!
weekly palette #3: aged tintype
as a reminder, the winner will be announced on the last sunday of every month (no winner in september since we started the last week, so play to be october’s winner).
this month’s prize is a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc.
here are the “rules” if you missed the first posts:
- create something using some or all of the colors in the weekly palette (at least three is preferred).
- “something” = anything. if you make it, it counts. an assemblage, something altered, a painting, a collage, an art journal page, a book/book cover, a dress, a pair of mittens, jewelry, digital art, a newly refinished piece of furniture, a craft item — anything. any medium. i just want to see people get creative.
- email a photo (or two) of your piece with the email subject “weekly palette” to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com but in proper email format with no spaces. include your name, blog or website address and whatever else you want.
- IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING PERSONAL, SUCH AS AN ART JOURNAL PAGE THAT YOU DON’T WANT POSTED, PLEASE INDICATE SO. i’m kind of a mind-reader, but not always spot-on.
- check back on the last sunday of the month to see if you’ve won as i’ll post the winner’s name, blog or web address, and submission photo (unless they’ve requested it not be posted).
- feel free to enter every week for additional chances to win at the end of the month. one submission = one entry.
- have fun creating!
last week i posted about the weekly palette, a new art/creative/mixed media contest i’m starting here on my blog. scroll down a little if you missed it. i was kind of dumb though — i said there would be a winner on the last day of every month, however that only gives a week (thank you to the 3 people who emailed/messaged me!). so, i’m holding on to what was submitted and keeping it open until the end of october.
weekly palette #2: peacock
as a reminder, the winner will be announced on the last sunday of every month: this month’s price: a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc.
here are the “rules” if you missed the first post:
- create something using some or all of the colors in the weekly palette (at least three is preferred).
- “something” = anything. if you make it, it counts. an assemblage, something altered, a painting, a collage, an art journal page, a book/book cover, a dress, a pair of mittens, jewelry, digital art, a newly refinished piece of furniture, a craft item — anything. any medium. i just want to see people get creative.
- email a photo (or two) of your piece with the email subject “weekly palette” to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com but in proper email format with no spaces. include your name, blog or website address and whatever else you want.
- IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING PERSONAL, SUCH AS AN ART JOURNAL PAGE THAT YOU DON’T WANT POSTED, PLEASE INDICATE SO. i’m kind of a mind-reader, but not always spot-on.
- check back on the last sunday of the month to see if you’ve won as i’ll post the winner’s name, blog or web address, and submission photo (unless they’ve requested it not be posted).
- feel free to enter every week for additional chances to win at the end of the month. one submission = one entry.
- have fun creating!
last monday i announced “the weekly palette” a monthly contest and give-away i’m hosting and i said that the last day of every month would be the day a winner was announced. i received some emails asking if i could extend it to next month. duh! that’s what i should have done to begin with as less than a week isn’t long enough. so yes, keep playing/arting/creating/submitting and on the last sunday of october a winner will be announced. to anyone who has submitted thus far, don’t worry — you’re still in the running.
this month’s prize: a stack of vintage and antique papers/book pages/sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc., for collage or whatever purpose you desire. this image is just an example of some of the papers but not the actual bundle as i haven’t yet created it.
i’m kind of obsessed with color palettes lately for tons of reasons. i’ve been trying to decide what colors to paint my bedroom for over seven years (it’s still white!) and what to repaint my living room, dining room and kitchen (orangesque, brown and blue). i also like to think more artistically about it, like “if i only had those five or six paint colors, what would i create?” (or pens or pastels or pencils or papers or fabrics or yarns… you get the point). on saturday, whilst creating a color palette board on pinterest, i decided i should make my own palettes. then i decided that i should post them to share with others. then i decided i should make it super fun and make it like a contest of sorts with prizes, especially now that i’m getting back into the groove of adding yummy bits and baubs to my altered bits site again.
so here it is: weekly palette #1. vintage watch parts (on antique paper).
if you wish to create something using these palettes, be it a painting, an art journal page, a collage, a book cover, a skirt or scarf, an assemblage or anything under the sun, email a photo to me at hi (at) altered bits (dot) com (in proper format with no spaces and such) and you’ll be entered to win a monthly prize. this month’s price: a stack of 4×6 papers… some vintage and antique book pages and sheet music, handmade papers, printed papers, etc. just a nice stack of goodness for your creative uses.
i’ll be posting a new weekly palette every monday (some inspired by items i’m listing or have listed in my shop, nature photos i feel inspired by, a vintage photograph that draws my attention, etc.), and will be picking a winner on the last sunday of every month. every prize will be different. it could be supplies, digital collage sheets, a gift certificate to my site, original art or prints, etc. but i’ll always let you know. if you do a piece every week, you have more chances to win. and sometimes there will be more than one winner ’cause that’s funner than just one.
happy creating!
the stack of 50+ vintage book pages, collage sheet images, ephemera and hand-made papers are all bundled up and ready to go. i even have to make a make-shift envelope as i realized that i’m totally out. whoops!
and the winner is: Patty Szymkowicz of Magpie’s Nest!
congratulations, lady! 🙂 send me your mailing address and this shall be on its way to you within the week.
xx
actually it’s two give-aways. but one is now and one is in a week or two. it’s been awhile and since i’ve been trying to hoard stuff to put on my newly redesigned website (that i haven’t finished redesigning) i feel like i should get some stuff out the door… and what better way to do that than for free!?
first up, a big, fat bundle of 50+ vintage book pages (in english and other languages), a few collage sheet images (designed by moi) and little bits of hand-made papers (some even made by me)… and other pretty goodness. all you have to do is comment for a chance to win. like altered bits on facebook and have two chances to win.
next week: a 3d giveaway. i’m not totally sure what it will be yet, but it won’t be paperly or flat, and it will probably be rusty, old and/or bonetastic (i don’t mean that in a naughty way — i just mean it may have bones it in). ((well, i suppose to some that could be one and the same though, eh?))
the winner will be announced on wednesday, august 29th.
happy day and good luck, paper lovers! xx
oooh, what a magnificent week! 2012 is turning out to be quite a special year indeed! my prediction: the best ever! what do you think?
the week started out by me registering “little bug studio” as an official domestic non-profit corporation. after many, many minutes on hold with the IRS (57 of them, to be precise), i discovered that filing my 501(c)(3) for official tax exempt status costs roughly $5-700. that wasn’t part of “the good part”. however, with my EIN (which i’m getting next week) i can accept tax-deductible donations AND there is a 27 month grace period for having to file the paperwork for 501(c)(3) status. woots! buying time is my kind of process indeed!
i recently purchased both littlebugstudio.org and bugsartshack.org and will soon (depending upon your definition of the word “soon”) have websites up for each. then back to creating more art with the kiddos for fun and fund raising to finish their brand spankin’ new studio. even if we have to keep arting it up at our 1960s diner restaurant booth though, i’ll be happy because having 2-3 kids over every week is WAY better than zero. my dear and wonderful friend katie cahill did a blog post about little bug studio which you should check out here: Call to All My Handy, Arty, and Bighearted Friends! katie and i have been friends for almost 20 years (practically fresh from the womb — we are very, very young!) 😉 she gives a little peek into my life as the mama of an aspie boy, my plans for the kids’ art studio, and even posted the most precious shot of my little man’s bug-fingers from the last time we were out to breakfast.
copyright neighborhood center for the arts
from her post, wonderful things have happened… the best being my introduction to my new friend, mixed media artist susan lobb-porter. check out susan’s website, oo la la! living the arty life. susan is a wildly creative lady with an enormous heart. she works at a non-profit art center called neighborhood center for the arts (in grass valley, california) where she teaches art to adults with developmental disabilities. every day, up to 50 artists between the ages of 21 and 75 attend their studio and create paintings, weavings, ceramics, drawings, woodwork and computer arts. many of the artists have had their works exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including european galleries. i’ve seen photos of the amazing work they are doing (you can too — check out the above-linked website) and you must check it out now too! i am in love!
copyright neighborhood center for the arts
while perusing susan’s blog, i read the most magnificent post and implore you to read it (actually two posts). please go read them both, then come back and finish mine as it will make sense. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. i cried. but in a good way. soooo very touching!
artside out: http://www.oolalatheartylife.com/2648/artside-out/
yellow bird: http://www.oolalatheartylife.com/2735/yellow-bird/
lalalalala. <— this depicts a jaunty tune, like “hold music” but actually good.
copyright neighborhood center for the arts
okay, so as you read, susan is trying to raise funds for an iPad for her students, such as the one she wrote of. what an amazing gift! i’m going to help because that is just the kind of girl i am. some time in the next week or so, i’m going to list a new digital collage sheet and 100% of the sales of that sheet will go towards her cause. i have lots of ideas for her but because today has been a day chock full of utter insanity, errands and unexpected fiascoes, i haven’t gotten to tell her yet (and this post was supposed to be up yesterday which proves that i’m miss slow motion this week). (this is where my ADD kicks in and says “even though you’ve been typing this post for 36 hours, you should stop and email susan your ideas)…
i am super-crossing my fingers that they will be able to raise the funds for a new iPad so these amazing moments of transformation, expression and creativity will continue. no, they WILL raise the funds. this is 2012. people are good. art saves lives and those of us who are smart know it.
AND, please read her latest blog post (she so graciously wrote about my bug and me, and our wonderful art group): http://www.oolalatheartylife.com/2848/eunice-traded-her-right-arm/
another magnificent and magically kind and big-hearted event that has transpired is that TWO gorgeous and lovely friends have contacted me wishing to provide donations for the mum and finn etsy shop (100% of all proceeds go to little bug studio). what a wonderful and kind gift! jo archer has donated several of her wonderful wooden brooches. these are $5 each and she has even offered free shipping! go snatch them up — we are the proud owners of two ourselves and these rock! (i have a doll head and finn has a robot) all five of the bucks go to our art group charity.
you can also check out jo’s etsy shop here, with more wooden brooches and gorgeous art.
and now for the winner of my drawing for vintage foreign book pages…
(random number generator picked #22)
AJ’s Art Journaling: http://ajsartjournal.wordpress.com/
congrats! email me your mailing address and i shall have this out to you this week.
have a fantastic week, my friends, and check back soon for more books and giveaways.
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