August Vote (only 2 days left!)

So once again, time has slipped past me and I nearly forgot to post a reminder to for the PCAGOE monthly challenge! But, there are still 2 days left, so all is not lost! ;) If you follow this blog, you might remember from my last post that this month's theme is "Seaside", and as is usual, the participating members have all come up with completely unique and inspired pieces. Have a look at all of the loveliness:

I had a tough time choosing my 3 favorite pieces, and you might too! Please head over to the PCAGOE blog and cast your vote for your 3 favorite entries. Remember, one lucky voter is chosen every month to win a prize of their choosing, it could be you this month! Voting is open until midnight on August 7th, so head over to the PCAGOE blog now!

PCAGOE October Inspiration Challenge

As of this posting, there are 2 days left to vote for the PCAGOE October challenge! Take a look at the wonderful pieces created, alongside the Wyatt Waters' paintings which inspired each piece:

If you missed the post about my piece (#6 in the above photo), go here to read about it. And don't forget to cast your vote for your 3 favorite challenge entries at the PCAGOE blog.  Remember, you could be the lucky (randomly selected) voter to win a prize just for voting, so don't delay!

Voting Reminder

Only 2 days left to vote for the PCAGOE challenge. Remember you could win a prize, just for taking a minute to choose your 3 favorite entries! This month has amazing pieces to interpret the theme of Fairy house, take a peek:

Voting is open until tomorrow (August 7th) at midnight EST. So, head on over to the PCAGOE website to cast your vote!

Time to Vote!

There are 2 more days left to cast your vote for the December 2014 Carving Challenge! Head over to the PCAGOE blog and choose your 3 favorite entries! Three lucky winners are chosen every month to win a prize, one of them could be you!  **Thanks to Marie Young of Marie Young Creative for the image used above**

October Vote!

Voting is open until midnight EST October 7th! Go to the PCAGOE blog to vote for your 3 favorite entries and you could win a prize (3 lucky voters are randomly chosen to win a prize every month)!!

Book luck

If I were to believe in messages found in cookies, "You will have an auspicious week of books" would have been my fortune last week. Big, big news arrived two Fridays ago when I received a congratulations email stating that I was to be a contributor to a book for which I had submitted some of my recycled artwork. I submitted images of my work about a year ago and had forgotten about it, so the news was a great surprise. And, last week I received my advanced copies from the publisher! The book is called Art Without Waste 500 Upcycled and Earth Friendly Designs and can be purchased here at Amazon.

The book is packed full of great ideas and beautiful work; from personal items and accessories, home and garden, to art installation and design.

I really had no idea what piece the author chose, so I was quite happy to find 2 of my images in the book! Plates 107 and 109 - OneMoreUse (that's my recycled etsy store) by Create My World Designs
Here are close-ups of my two images in the book.

Oh and I'm in the book too! ..that's my neck! ;) LOL! All of these pieces were made with plastic from discarded snack food bags, which I fused, cut and formed.

The other book luck also happened last week when I was declared a lucky winner in a drawing for a jewelry design book! The drawing happened on the Pretty Things Blog, where blog mistress Lori Anderson generously gave away 6 different books. (you might remember Lori's name as she was the host for the Bead Soup Blog Party that I joined this spring - find my post about that here) I commented on the blog, telling Lori the book I would love to receive; and was lucky enough to be a winner, plus I got the book I wanted! The book I won is called Simple Soldered Jewelry and Accessories by Lisa Bluhm. I can't wait to dig into this and start incorporating what I learn into some of my work! Thanks so much to Lori for the generous giveaway! If you don't already follow her blog, head over there and follow! She did another book give-away this week too! Lori even gift wrapped the book, it was such a fun package to receive, here are photos of my prize book:

Yes indeed it was a great week for me and books! I am a lover of books, so I am extremely grateful for this lucky book week!

Still Time!!

There's still time to vote!!  I almost forgot to post a reminder on the blog again! As of this writing, there are 2 remaining days to cast a vote for your favorite entries and get a chance to win one of 3 prizes! The voting form can be found at the PCAGOE blog.

Also, as I mentioned in my last blog post, we're doing something special on the guild facebook page to celebrate the anniversary of The Polymer Arts Magazine. Each 2 weeks on the guild facebook page, we do an artist feature of one of our guild members. For the first 2 weeks of September 2014 we are featuring Sage Bray, who happens to be Editor/Publisher of The Polymer Arts magazine.  You can find the PCAGOE facebook page here. Check it out!

And be sure to hurry over to the PCAGOE blog to cast your vote for the challenge (voting ends midnight EST September 7th 2014)! Many thanks in advance to all who take the time to vote!

Voting time!!

Please go vote here!

Voting ends 2/7/2014 midnight EST