MY ART GIVEAWAY!!....SUMMER with Matthew Mead

Hop, skip, & jump on over to SUMMER with Matthew Mead to enter to win a painting by me! :) And be sure to order your copy of SUMMER with Matthew Mead while you are there!

~Upcoming CSN Stores Product Review & Art Giveaway~

I have had the pleasure of working with CSN Stores this past year doing some great giveaways as well as some reviews of their wonderful products, so when they asked if I would be interested in doing another review I jumped at the chance!

CSN Stores has over 200+ stores with all sorts of products for you, your fur children, and your home, such as tv stands for flat screens :

CSN Stores has other items for your home as well, including furniture, home decor, and cookware. They have lovely holiday dishes as well, just in time for Christmas!:

I will be reviewing one such product soon, so be sure to check back to see what I've chosen to review! 
**To enter to win a FREE print from my store on etsy, just leave a comment on THIS POST.
**You can also enter to win by leaving a comment on my other 3 blogs to increase your chances of winning! Good luck! :) 
My other blogs:
Aussie Dogs Up & Over
Painting a Pup a Day
Vintage Dog Designs

**And the WINNER is: Marlene!

Thank you to everyone who entered! ;))

My Cottage Charm GIVEAWAY!...You Gotta Have ART!

 THE WINNER IS #144: Happy Cottage Quilter! Thank you SO much for everyone's kind words and comments & for entering!

I'm participating in the 4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway, and up for grabs is this miniature 'Itty Bitty Bit of Pretty' oil painting, a Sparrow's Nest oil painting, as well as your choice of a free giclee print from my etsy store. 

 

 

*To ENTER:

1) visit my etsy store and then leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite print or item in my store!

**FOR EXTRA ENTRIES, leave a SEPARATE comment for EACH ENTRY:

2) Become a follower of my blog, leave a comment telling me so! :)

3) Become a follower of my fellow artist, TJ Lynde's Blog, leave a comment telling me so! :) (*note-on TJ's blog scroll down to find his followers list...This is an example of his brilliant work, NOT a part of this giveaway)

4) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & leave me your twitter id so I can check :)

5) Post about this giveaway on your blog, comment with a link to your blog post.

6) Post my Blog Button on your sidebar, leave a comment telling me so with a link to your blog! :)

Good luck everyone! And be sure to check out all the other wonderful giveaways going on in this multi-blog event!

**Winner will be announced May 31!**

My ART GIVEAWAY on "As Good As Cake"!

 

*Be sure to head over to Kate's blog "As Good As Cake," now for some AWESOME Holiday Giveaways! I am giving away a Miniature Custom Oil Painting of something you treasure! Head on over there by clicking the button above or here! Good luck!*

Great GIVEAWAYS!Annechovie,pve design,Janet Hill, & MORE!!

Be sure to head on over to Kate's New Holiday Giveaway Blog 'As Good As Cake Reviews & Giveaways', there are some really AWESOME Giveaways happening NOW and throughout the next few weeks! Here is the list of some of the sponsors that are participating one of which is me! I am giving away a Custom Oil Painting on Nov. 30th! So be sure to stop by her blog today! :)

Good luck!!

Confirmed 2009 Holiday Giveaway Sponsors:

• A Vintage Touch
• Accent Furniture
• Annechovie
• Beautify My Blog
• BeeGee Bags
• Cattiwampus
• Christy Wood Jewelry Design
• Feather Report
• Janet Hill Studio
• Lisa Leonard Designs
• Little Alouette
• Polarn O. Pyret
• pve design
• Renee Designs
• Rent a Geek Mom
• reverie-daydream
• Shandells
• Style Key West

Sophie Dahy Designs: $300 Floral Giveaway!!

Be sure to check out the awesome Sophie Dahy Design give-away at Verdigris Vie! The prize is your choice of a beautiful arrangement at a value of up to $300!!Enter now through November 15th!

Here Ye! Here Ye! Design Contest!!3 Prizes up for Grabs!

(nfs, custom painting for Kate Coveny Hood)

No new paintings today, I was out on a golf course driving around one of those crazy carts while my soon-to-be 35 year old husband played a round of golf(his B-Day is tomorrow)...luckily it was a beautiful day and I'll admit kind of fun racing around the course in the little cart.

Anyway, just thought I'd mention that over at Daisy Pink Cupcake there is a DESIGN CONTEST going on until August 5th and there will be THREE wonderful prizes given away which include:

1) a Personalized Burlap Runner by Grace Sorenson
2) 3 Miniature Silk Lanterns by Karen Gaffney
and last, but not least
3) a Custom Miniature 3"x4" Painting by Yours Truly (ME!)
(*and a surprise gift from Daisy!)

So, be sure to check out how to enter here and good luck!

(**ALSO: I will be picking another winner from those who entered my 1st ever Blog Art Giveaway tomorrow! So be sure to check back now! ;o)

Blog ART Giveaway, Winner #1 Update

Today I have been working on a painting for http://southernhospitality-rhoda.blogspot.com/ , one of 2 winners from my recent Blog ART Giveaway and I thought it might be fun to show some progress photos! I'm not sure if I will complete the painting today, but I wanted to show you where I am up to. I am trying a new technique today that I saw Karin Jurick use on her blog and it really seems to have made painting this piece a bit easier. I find it so interesting to see how a fellow artist approaches painting a subject. I often feel as though I am painting blind as I never attended art school...I was accepted at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston, but choose teaching instead. I often wonder where I would be now had I taken that different path, but then again I wouldn't take back the 6 years that I taught 3rd grade...those are memories I will always cherish! Stay tuned for the finish line! ;o) (*UPDATE, the painting is finished!:o)

Winners of my 1st Blog ART Giveaway! :o)...and a Surprise!

A super warm thank-you to all who participated in my 1st Blog ART Giveaway! I had my husband do the honors of choosing the 2 WINNERS!!, and they are....

PS~Erin
&
Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality

AND due to the wonderful response from this giveaway I thought why not extend it a bit by choosing 1 winner each week from July 17 till the end of the summer! :o) for a MINIATURE Custom Painting (approx. 3"x 4") of a Simple Object You Treasure(no portraits please)...the winners will be chosen from those who originally entered my Blog Giveaway, so no need to re-enter! It's my way of spreading a little bit of summer sunshine, so be sure to stay tuned! :o)

Blog ART Giveaway!...Custom Oil Painting by Lara Harris

(MY BLOG BUTTON at Right Sidebar :o)

Here ye!Here ye! I have decided to do a

BLOG ART GIVEAWAY (June 14-28)

**THE GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED**

to celebrate the opening of my New Store on Etsy!
**To See the 2 WINNERS click HERE!

Up for grabs is a **CUSTOM OIL PAINTING of something you TREASURE**...maybe that is a special teacup , a favorite pair of heels, a beloved family pet, or any other little knick-knack that holds special significance to you!

The winners will get to choose either a 5"x7" or 6"x6" on stretched canvas.

They will need to send me a few photos of their treasured object,

I will then do a painting of it in oil, and even ship the piece free of charge! :o)

(*no people portraits for this giveaway please)

Below you will find the ENTRY RULES:

1) For 1 ENTRY, simply become a FOLLOWER of my BLOG.

(at the right...if you already are a follower, simply leave a comment on THIS post )

2) For 2 ENTRIES, become a FOLLOWER and BLOG about this GIVEAWAY on YOUR BLOG with a LINK back to THIS BLOG POST.

(Leave a Comment with a Link to your Blog on THIS post.)

3) For 3 ENTRIES, become a FOLLOWER, BLOG about this GIVEAWAY on YOUR BLOG, and POST my BLOG BUTTON(right sidebar) on YOUR BLOG with a LINK to this blog (http://www.avintagetouch.blogspot.com/)

(Special thanks to Kate Coveny Hood and its so very cheri for helping me with my BLOG BUTTON!!:o)

4) For 5 ENTRIES!!, do all of the above plus add me as a friend on FACEBOOK AND POST about this GIVEAWAY on YOUR FACEBOOK WALL!

OR FOLLOW me on TWITTER and TWEET about this GIVEAWAY!

(you get a BONUS ENTRY for doing so!:o)
**PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE on TWITTER
or FACEBOOK so I can count your entries!

**WINNERS will be announced the week of July 3.

~Good luck & thank you for supporting self-representing artists!