Monthly Archives: March 2009

And we’re back! We had a little hiatus the beginning of the year, but we’re happy to announce 2009’s first round of giveaways for the PikaPackage Project!

The total participants for this round is 29, and as like the previous round, we’re going to pick TWO winners, and each one will get a 8-item package each containing at least one item from your favourite artists that you’ve commented about.

And for making this possible, I’d like to thank our participants for coming along for this round:

1. Rosemary Travale sent in Gocco printed words of wisdom;
2. Kate of PaperKate sent in pretty rub-ons and notecards;
3. Helen of Memo sent in a screenprinted bag, notebooks, cards and brooches;
4. Lertsis sent in a bevy of personalized postcard packs with her illustrations
5. Pam of Zoetropa sent in her beautiful block-printed cards, stickers and moleskine notebooks;
6. Luciana Carossia sent in her beautifully handmade bookmarks made from her illustrations;
7. Suzanne of Silver Tree Art sent in an assortment of lino-printed goodies;
8. Leslie of SparklePaw sent in her adorable cards and buttons;
9. Holly of Good Bloom sent in more of her vibrant, happy prints and cards;
10. Handmade Julz sent in her delicate prints, magnets and colorful coasters;
11. Stephanie Fizer sent in her line of adorable characters on stickers, cards and prints;
12. Victoria Usova does it again! This time she sent in special bookmark + button sets, mirrors and coasters;
13. Rachael of Number Eight sent in postcard packs of her illustrations;
14. Mika sent in miniature original artwork, brooches and earrings and a big stuffed creature!
15. Sara of Sim Sima sent in her beautiful handmade screenprinted brooches;
16. Candice of Cordial Kitten sent in these lovely limited edition springtime prints;
17. Denise Ann Holmes shipped these beautiful limited edition prints, just in time for spring;
18. Belinda of Gretchenmist sent in lovely original artwork and prints;
19. Susan Schwake of the beautiful Art Stream gallery sent over these lovely limited edition prints;
20. Sally Faulkner of Sally Illustration, the lady behind our cover this issue of the zine sent in load of items — prints, buttons and a zine too!
21. Yali Paz sent these beautiful full-sized prints and ACEOs all the way from Israel;
22. Melody Seal sent in these marvellous prints as well as beautiful hand-bound notebooks;
23. Anna Wadham sent in a bevy of goodies! There’s prints, notecard sets, buttons and also mirrors!
24. Kate Endle made more of her popular mini-prints for this round;
25. Myrte of Mirthquake sent in these lovely bird prints, mini-prints and buttons;
26. Christine Berrie sent in an original drawing, prints and posters of her work;
27. Valerie Pensworth sent in delicate full-sized prints and portraits;
28. Mitch & Lauren of 3CD Kidstuff sent in prints that would look great on your kids’ walls; and
29. Jess Racklyeft of Jesses Mess sent in quirky prints of her work!

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

1. visit the shops/websites of our participants, and
2. write down here in the comments which product is your favourite from the artist’s shop (include the links if you’d like).

Here’s are some ground rules:

1. You can make one long list containing a few selections, but please DO NOT comment more than once. If you do, you’ll immediately be disqualified!
2. Some of the artists don’t have shops yet, but that’s alright too, just let us know you liked what they sent in!
3. The closing date for this is on Sunday 15th March, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick two random winners from the comments section, so be sure to leave your email addy!

To read more about our participants, remember to read up our March issue of the PikaPackage zine too! The cover art for this issue was done by the lovely Sally Faulkner of Sally Illustration! And if you’d prefer to view it online, head on over to see it on the Issuu page.

If you’d like to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), hop on to our SHOP! This time, we’ll be donating to KIVA, an organization that provides micro loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.

And if you like what you see, you can always sign up for our mailing list to get updates about special happenings here on Pikaland!

{UPDATE: Thank you for your responses everyone! The comment is now closed an winners will be up on the blog in a bit.}

Two of my dear blog friends have exciting news this week: Jena of Modish just unveiled a new section to her already fabulous blog called Biztips — she’s been a huge help to the community, and writes one of the best business tips on running your indie business — whether you’re an artist, crafter or just someone who sells handmade items.

And secondly, I’m so happy to see the faces of those I’ve only known via email — Erin of Design for Mankind was also very busy filming and making a new series called Dialogue, where she talks to people of all creative walks of life on various topics. See her first installment here, where she talks about balancing, and how do these three ladies do it all — Lisa Solomon, Jen Gotch and Kelly Lynn Jones!

{Congrats Jena and Erin!}