Pikapackage update #3

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!)

Lauren Minco

The Happy Couple 8×10 print

Lauren Minco is a RISD graduate who will be joining the Illustration faculty at Monserrat College of Art Fall of 2008. She has done a fair bit of illustrating for several clients, and just recently opened her Etsy shop selling her prints and ACEOs (ACEO or Art Card Edition Original is like an art trading card).

ACEOs: Song for You; Sisters

I’ve never heard about ACEOs before I saw a couple of them on Etsy, so I think it’s quite cool — they measure 2.5“x3.5” and are perfect for collecting in binders, using in scrapbooks, framing, or slipping them in notecards to make it special. It’s sort of like having a collection of mini-art.

You can read her blog or hop on over to her shop to see more of her work.