Tag: Handmade Art with Heart

Gimme a Giveaway: Our Humble A{Bowe}d

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This post is a little early because I’ll be pretty busy tomorrow, so you’re getting this now!  We’re back with another giveaway from our print shop, Our Humble A{Bowe}d.  The winner can choose their favorite print from the options below.

Carved Initials:

Bird Family:

I Love You This Much:

Love Math:

Love Tree:

Want a chance to win?  Here’s how it works:

Prize:  One 8 inch by 10 inch customized print of your choice.

To Enter:  Subscribe to follow Our Humble A{Bowe}d, if you’re not already.  To subscribe, click the “Sign Me Up!” button under “Be the first to know.” 

Bonus:  Comment on this post with the words “PRINTED” and tell us what patterned (chevron, faux bois, etc.) item you’re lovin’ right now.  (I shared my love for FLOR’s Sophistikat rug)

Contest Closes:  Thursday, September 30th at 9:00 pm, central time.

Number of Winners:  One!

Ships:  Anywhere in the U.S.

Other Info:  Only one entry per e-mail address.  The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Friday, October 1st.  Good luck!!

New Home

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I love to see where my artwork lands once its sent out, and I was lucky to get an e-mail from a recent giveaway winner, Emily.  She won our Leaves Silhouette giveaway a few weeks ago.  Here is the painting, now residing in her master bedroom.

Doesn’t it look great?  I love the bird prints and ceramic owl keeping the tree company.  So fitting.

Magazine Artwork

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The first time I saw the Skinny Cow ads was when Young House Love turned it into art for their nursery.  I fell in love with it right away, and the colors were perfect for our boys’ room.  So, I Googled around to find more ads.  I found one print ad and a few more designs used on the Skinny Cow website. 

I love that the dachshund is being held up by a balloon to share with the giraffe. 

Aren’t the monkeys from this coupon cute, too?

I couldn’t find other printed designs, so I went to You Tube and found two commercials. 

I paused on the frames I liked and did a print screen and saved the image to my computer.  Then, I opened the images in Photoshop to make alterations as I liked.  After an hour or so of playing around, I had five new 5 inch by 7 inch art pieces to frame. 

I had to recreate the koala and monkey images to place them on a solid background.

 I didn’t have to do much to the other images, except remove the ice cream and text for the actual ad.  I bought five ugly faux wood $3.00 frames from Wal-Mart and gave them a quick coat of gloss white spray paint.

I love how the group of five looks in the room, adding a dose of whimsy and a pop of color.  Not bad for $15.00.  Have you turned any magazine pages into artwork?

Artwork Feature

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We’re so excited to have our custom leaves silhouette painting featured on Remodelaholic today!  Head over to check it out, along with other great tutorials.

Gimme a Giveaway: Leaves Silhouette

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Not long ago, I did a post about a custom art piece I created.  Well, it got a lot of good feedback.

So, I wanted to share the love with one lucky reader.  Want a chance to win?  Here’s how it works:

Prize:  One 11 inch by 14 inch hand painted (by me!) leaf silhouette on 1/2 inch thick MDF.  The background is white with greige leaves.

To Enter:  Subscribe to follow Our Humble A{Bowe}d, if you’re not already.  To subscribe, click the “Sign Me Up!” button under “Be the first to know.”

Bonus:  Comment on this post with the words “LEAF ME ALONE” and tell us what you do or where you go to get away, even if it’s for ten minutes…

Contest Closes:  Thursday, August 27, 2010 at 9:00 pm, central time.

Number of Winners:  One!

Ships:  Anywhere in the 48 connected States

Other Info:  Only one entry per e-mail address.  The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Friday, August 28th.  Good luck!!

Need some personalized art prints?  Check out our Etsy shop, Our Humble A{Bowe}d.  If you’re interested in invitations or stationery, visit our sister shop, Customized Stationary.  Check us out on Facebook to stay up to date on sales, too!