GIVE AWAY TIME

Time for another GIVE AWAY -

2 celebrations - we are mid way through the year, and more importantly, I have reached the 100 followers mark.

I had always planned to have a GIVE AWAY when I reached 100, but I missed the moment because it happened when I was away. With no urgency, I decided to make something special.

Lots of people fell in love with my little waxed silk book, so I have made another for the give away. It was a lovely feeling, sitting quietly making a small fabric book from dyed silk given to me by Fiona which she got from Lisa at Mud Hound Studio [Baltimore]. Knowing that the book would leave me and go to one of my blog followers was a special feeling. I just love these around the world connections.

The book is about 9cm x 14cm, made from strips of silk sewn together with a black cotton 'cover' with a bit of discharge dying on the back [fancy name for bleaching].

I gave the pages a light encaustic [wax] finish to stiffen the pages slightly - ironed on, then washed out again. A black painted piece of driftwood acts as a decorative spine.

If you would like to be in the draw for the silk book, just leave a comment below where it says 'Post a comment'. If you don't have an ID, leave a comment as 'Anonymous' but please leave your name and email so I can contact you if you win. I will draw the winner next Sunday, 6pm EST, so you have a week to post a comment.

Good luck, everyone.

COLLAGE GIVE AWAY

The draw for  the collage to celebrate my 100th blog happened at 6.05 this evening. As you can see, I put the names in a hat and put the hat on top of the fridge, so no cheating to be had.
Congratulations to Sandra and Richard, from Bruny Island, Tasmania [I reckon the gin had something to do with it!!].
The collage they chose was collage D, by far the most popular of all of them. The others will be winging their way to NZ then on to other parts of the world, so if you are in the collage exchange, you may still receive one.
Thanks so much to everyone for participating. It was great fun. I'll have to think up something else to celebrate - the 200th will be too far away.

100th POST, COLLAGE EXCHANGE and a GIVE AWAY

Well, Faithful Followers - at last I have reached my 100th post so it's time to celebrate with a GIVE AWAY.... yeah!! As you will have noticed, I have also given my blog layout a face lift for the occasion. Haven't finished yet, still struggling with the tabs.

I have started making my bakers dozen [13] A4 collages for the 13th International Collage Exchange, organised by Dale Copeland in NZ. http://outofsight.co.nz/Dale/collage.htm  If you'd like to join, get in touch will Dale - the more the merrier. It's a great way to network with international artists and to extend your own arts practice by trying new things. You may even sell some of them.

Here are the first 6 of my collages. One of these will be my 'give away gift'. You will need to post a comment in the comment box [no emails please], and tell me which one you like - they are labelled at the bottom of the image with 'Collage A' etc. If you are the winner, you will need to email me your address and I will send the A4 collage to you wherever you live. They are all mounted with a single matt on a mattboard backing.

 Collage A

 Collage B

 Collage C

 Collage D

 Collage E

Collage F

If you know how to comment, ignore the following, but if you are not sure how to make a comment, this is the process-

You will need to go to my blogsite http://wabisabiart.blogspot.com/ [the emailed update is not sufficient]. 

Scroll down to the bottom of the post where you will see 'Posted by Noela Mills at [time and date]',  and 'x number of comments'.

Click on 'X Comments' then scroll down to see the comments people have posted. Go the bottom of the list and you will find a blank white box.

Type your comment into the box.

Where it says 'comment as' - if you are on facebook you can go to 'Google account', if not you can go to 'anonymous' but please tell me your name when you post the comment.

Then click on the 'post comment' box.

You will now need to write in your email address, password and type a crazy word verification - this all helps to avoid spam.

Sometimes you will get a red message saying that passwords etc don't match up, but ignore this message and keep going to the end if you can. I find this part of the process a bit tedious, but it's worth it so that we can connect and nertwork with one another. I have made fabulous new blogging friends this way and found so many like minded artists.

So just to recap - post your comment and tell me which collage you like and include your name and an email link if you are not a blogger.

I will draw the winner next Sunday so you have a week to decide and to post.

GOOD LUCK, and thanks to you all for fabulous support and inspiration over the past 100 posts.

Noela xoxoxoxo