100th Post: Tote Bags!

 

Totes are ready! 

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These are so much fun to make. Still working on the other designs, but for now here are these cuties. Cute animals. Forever. This also marks the 100th post on my new blog - a fitting celebration, I think!

Monday Mix: Haunting Art

♥ Weird, USA: My dearest Angie B's ongoing NaNoWriMo project. It's absolutely incredible; roadtrips and monsters and urban legends, romance and mystery and ghosts! This year she's planning on finishing it up, so if you want to start from the beginning and keep up with her as she goes, you can read it here at her writing journal. It's so worth a read.

♥ 20 Artists Re-Imagine Their Childhood Drawings: I love this, I want to try it myself!

♥ U-Ram Choe's 'Guardian of the Hole': This is so beautiful. NEW YORK, October 26, 2011 — U-Ram Choe's mesmerizing animatronic sculpture, 'Guardian of the Hole' on view at Asia Society Museum in New York until December 31, 2011. http://scty.asia/rtRHLT



♥ Viva e Deixe Viver: Storytellers and Fairy Tales Advertising: Lovely religious-themed fairy tale advertising from the SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog (a favorite). 

♥ Ghostly Wood by Wedgwood's Fairyland Lustre: Another something lovely from SurLaLune - absolutely gorgeous Wedgwood pieces inspired by such artists as Gustav Doré, Arthur Rackham, Edmund DuLac, and Kay Nielsen.



♥ And don't forget, I'm still offering 20% off on custom portraits in my Etsy shop until the end of November!

Custom Portrait Holiday Sale!

I'm now taking orders for custom portraits on my Etsy shop! 

And to celebrate, I'm offering my followers 20% off all custom portraits for the month of November! 

Simply enter the code 

hbholidayportraits11

at checkout until November 30

Happy holiday shopping! 

Monday Mix: Sketches, Scariest People, Snack Art, and more

Just some sketches, both serious and silly. 

Neat things of note...
♥ If you live in the Northeast Florida area, I have some news about the big project I've been working on... the next issue of Folio Weekly's Scariest People of Jacksonville features the five "winners" as illustrated by me! Look for it October 25!

♥ I'm also thinking of offering custom portraits through Etsy, as well as new prints (Goldfish Queen?) and other new items (tote bags in the works) ... be on the lookout for these sometime very soon.

♥ Oreo Cameos by Judith G. Klausner: I love Oreos, I love cameos, I love weird art. Be sure to take a look at the rest of the website - she does some amazing work.

♥ And a cute something: baby bat with the hiccups. I died.

Hope you all are starting your week off right! Since I'm done with the Scariest People project I've had Halloween plans on my mind, girls with cats and witch hats, and a special project with my dearest Angie B about ghosts and trees and unsolved murder. I've also been sewing up little plush ornaments and I'm thinking of making some little bats to hang around the house. Perfect fall projects <3

Friday Fan Day: My first giveaway!

Giveaway Time!

As a thank you to my fans and followers, I've decided to choose 2 winners to receive a large poster print!

Winners can choose from Letter Lover, Rough Seas, or the Effects of a Sweet Nature prints (click the images to see larger versions). Sizes are 8½" x 11", 10" x 10½", &  8½" x 11" respectively. 

To enter: 

- You must be a follower of this blog through Google Friend Connect 

- Then, leave a comment on this entry telling me your favorite item in my Etsy shop

Bonus entries:

The following actions will give you 1 extra entry for each. 

*be sure to leave a separate comment for each of these actions so I can count them as entries!* 

- Become of fan of Hannahbird Illustration on Facebook

- Share this giveaway on Twitter (@hannahthebird)

- Reblog this post on Tumblr (also hannahthebird) 

This giveaway is open to everyone, worldwide! 

I will choose and announce the 2 winners via random number generator on Friday, October 14.

Good luck! 

Monday Mix: Wizards, Mermaids, Books, and Björk

♥ Voting is still on for the Imagine Better: The Climate Crisis Horcrux Contest, put on by the Harry Potter Alliance & Splashlife. As of today I'm ranked 5th, but there are still 5 days left to vote, and I would be super unspeakably grateful if you were to send some votes my way! Click on the image or link below to see my entry!

http://splashlife.com/imagine-better-art/expecto-patronum-0

^ link to voting page! ^

This contest is very important to me - the Harry Potter Alliance does a lot of good work for important causes like this. And my work could potentially be seen by some truly awesome people, including Evanna Lynch, Harry and the Potters, Jason Alexander, and John and Hank Green...


♥ Last week I received a gorgeous Artist Andrea Little Mermaid Eco Tote in the mail, from a giveaway through Art School Grad, an amazing Etsy team that I belong to. I love mermaids (I used to be really into them and have a small collection), and I've recently started using tote bags for summer rather than a purse, so this giveaway was perfect timing! Andrea does beautiful work; you can see more here at www.artistandrea.com, or at her Etsy shop. Thank you to Andrea for the tote, and to Allie from Art School Grad for putting together the giveaway :)

♥ The What I Wore Today Drawings group is putting out a book! So exciting, I love What I Wore Today and can't wait to get my hands on a copy... I'm thrilled that one of my drawings was selected to be in it: 

What I Wore Today 5/30

♥ And I'm sure this is old news to anyone who is already a Björk fan, but I'm getting all worked up by her newest project, Biophilia. A couple of songs have been released already and I've been listening to Crystalline on repeat. I love the end.

FEST Treasure Hunt, blog feature, new Etsy items

a few quick updates...  


1. I donated a set of greeting cards for the FEST: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasure Hunt, starting May 1! You don't have to be a member of the team or even Etsy to play. Take a look at some of the prizes here: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasure Hunt Challenge!

Paisley Butterfly Greeting Cards (Set of 5)

2. Artist Elaine Alonzo featured my painting Lucky in a recent blog post - be sure to check out the rest of her blog, she's a talented lady.  

Whimsical Embroidered Victorian Necklace by Venusian Voyage

3. While these aren't new paintings, they are two new listings in my Etsy shop: 

    

Goldfish Queen - Original Painting / Butterfly Queen - Original Painting

I've been going through all of my originals and deciding which ones to list that haven't been yet; hopefully I will have a few more listed in the next week or so, along with new prints! (The printers I use are a little slow; thus begins the excited but impatient wait for the mail...)

new Etsy items

I have four original paintings now for sale in my Etsy shop! Birdsong, Brother and Sister, Paisley Butterflies, and Modern Marie... take a look!
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new Etsy items

a couple of new paisley-themed items in the shop... one new necklace design, and paisley butterfly greeting cards!





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take a look ♥