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A successful party! and free shipping on prints!

We survived the weekend of much fun and kid-partying. The Dragon Cake was a huge success, it tasted as good as it looked… and supplemented but 2 dozen red-velvet with sprinkles and chocolate “dragon’s egg” cupcakes, it fed the crowd. The Dragon-Wings were well received, too!

FREE SHIPPING!
Right now (until 6/12), you can get free shipping on prints over $15. So if you’ve been wanting to order a print of your favorite Nancy Dorsner piece, now’s the time. The code is DadsDay09. If you don’t see the piece you want at my store, just email me. ClickRead on…

Pay it forward.. Get Excited and Make things!

Artist (and Blog friend to Dabbled) Diana Evans posted this fascinating idea on her blog, and I jumped right in… it’s time to get excited and make things!

The first five (5) people to respond to this post will get something made by me.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations so please read carefully:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. Whatcha get is whatcha get.
2. What I create will be just for you, with love.
3. It’ll be done this year (2009).
4. I will not give you any… Read on…

Halloween Crafty-ness Prep

Hiya all!
A humble request for cool halloween projects or food you’ve done in the past, or are planning to do this year. I’ll be starting the Halloween Series this week, and I’m looking for cool projects to link to or include, besides my own. And I know you guys are a creative bunch… So if you’ve got a writeup or pics on your blog, send me the link, or you can just email me a writeup. Send to dot [at] dabbled [dot] org, pretty please….!

And as a reminder, if you do a project that was inspired by… Read on…

Twitter Mini Contest

My sweet adorable hubby bought me a new tablet (I’m convinced he’s addicted to Woot). But it doesnt work on Vista, and my old Wacom is still perfectly servicable. So I offered up a tablet to my twitter buds, so vote via comment for rogbark or danclarkdesigns! And hey, if you’ve never been here before, be sure to look around after you vote!
(Yes, I have a twitter addiction. I’m in a 12 step program, i swear!)

PS: I just added the blogger “follow” gadget to this blog –>
I’m not really sure i get how… Read on…

Back from a quick trip to the beach..

Will post tomorrow!

Excuse the technical difficulties…

I royally screwed up my template working on a portfolio blog, and i’ve lost alot of my widgets and my 3 column look. All the basic stuff should work, but i’m going to have to do some recon to get everything back the way it was.

Stop the Orphan Works Act

If you haven’t seen it, check out this write up on Drawn on the Orphan Works Act.
http://drawn.ca/2008/05/13/oppose-the-orphan-works-act-of-2008/

If you are an artist (or like artists!), please take a sec and check out the link above.

Winner of the Comments Mini-contest

The random number generator picked… Fuji Mama!

Thanks for all of the comments and insight, and please, if you ever have feedback, do post it!

Fuji Mama, email me at dot -at- dabbled.org with your addy to get your prize!

also.. for those who said you like to see art, here’s a few links to some of the sketches that I haven’t posted here, but can be found at mondayartday

Willy Wonka
Pirate Pin-up Girl
Wonder Woman
Organic Abstract doodle
Half Beast

so, whatdayahave.. (win a prize!)

hey, keep reading, there’s a prize! really! read to the end!
i’m hesitant to post this because i’m paranoid i’ll have no responses. there’s nothing like posting a query to the blogosphere and having no one respond… it’s depressing. so humor me :) i’ll give you a cookie! well, not a cookie, so read on.

i’m interested in what you guys like to see. what interests you? do you prefer interesting links? crafty goodness? tutorials? pretty artwork? contests? personal anecdotes? what else?

Also i have no idea who reads this from a feed (if you don’t do a feedreader,… Read on…

Ha! I'm ahead of my time!

The darling Samae just pointed out to me that they just found a 6 legged octopus in Britain… Calling it a Hexapus! And calling it Henry, how cute. I might have to steal that.