Updates

I have been so busy for the past couple of weeks. What with the holiday and helping with my two granddaughters I barely have any time for myself. I did manage to finish my PID design team challenge so look for that coming out in the Paper Imagery Designs newsletter for November.

I wanted to let all my arty blog readers know that I am getting ready to host 2 more sponsored give away's from UPrinting.com on my blog. The first one will be for 250 full color business cards. Even if you do not sell your art or have an etsy shop these business cards will be great to add to all of your swaps. It's also very easy to attach charms or jewelry to business cards using a small piece of ribbon or wire. I happen to do alot of charm swaps so I love the idea of attaching my charms to a beautiful color business card with all of my contact info on it featuring a piece of my art as the full color background.

Please feel free to check out Uprinting.coms great reviews on YELP so you can see what a great give away these really are!

The second give away I will be hosting will be for 250 full color stickers or labels. How cool will that be when you seal an envelope using an label you have designed with your art work. So keep a look out I am going to write up these give away's sometime today. They will run for a week and then I will pick a winner.

Sorry but the give away's are open only to US residents.

Thanks for stopping by!
Arlene

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