{"id":644,"date":"2009-03-12T23:38:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=644"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:20:43","slug":"march-pikapackage-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2009\/03\/12\/march-pikapackage-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"March PikaPackage Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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! <\/p>\n

The total participants for this round is 29, and as like the previous round, we\u2019re going to pick TWO<\/span> winners, and each one will get a 8-item package each containing at least one item from your favourite artists that you\u2019ve commented about.<\/p>\n

And for making this possible, I\u2019d like to thank our participants for coming along for this round:<\/p>\n

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

    So here\u2019s what you need to do to win each one of these packages:<\/p>\n

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    1. visit the shops\/websites of our participants, and<\/li>\n
    2. write down here in the comments which product is your favourite from the artist’s shop (include the links if you\u2019d like).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Here\u2019s are some ground rules:<\/p>\n

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      1. You can make one long list containing a few selections, but please DO NOT<\/span><\/strong> comment more than once. If you do, you\u2019ll immediately be disqualified!<\/li>\n
      2. Some of the artists don\u2019t have shops yet, but that\u2019s alright too, just let us know you liked what they sent in!<\/li>\n
      3. The closing date for this is on Sunday 15th March, 8 p.m. PST<\/span>\/PDT. I\u2019ll pick two random winners from the comments section, so be sure to leave your email addy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

        If you\u2019d like to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), hop on to our SHOP<\/span><\/a>! This time, we’ll be donating to KIVA<\/span><\/a>, an organization that provides micro loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.<\/p>\n

        And if you like what you see, you can always sign up for our mailing list<\/a> to get updates about special happenings here on Pikaland!<\/p>\n

        {UPDATE<\/span>:<\/strong> Thank you for your responses everyone! The comment is now closed an winners will be up on the blog in a bit.}<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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