Joy has won her choice of my Art-by-the-Inch Necklaces, and Reflection has won the most votes in my pick-your-favorite poll.

Joy's winning image and the winning necklace!

I’m always so happy to highlight the winner of one of my giveaways. It gives me the opportunity to connect with someone I didn’t know so well and find out cool things about them.

Joy is no exception. You must check out her website to see what delightful images she creates. Whether she’s shooting people, nature, architecture or abstracts, Joy captures the same quality in all. I can’t think of a better word to describe her work than joyful!

P.S. I’m delighted that Joy pick Reflection as her prize! You can check it out, along with my other Art-by-the-Inch Necklaces, in my Etsy Shop.

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I should known this. I should have a mental Post-It note blocking out certain times on the calendar. Doesn’t matter if I’m well prepared, June hits, and my life gets crazy.

The Downside: weeks have gone by without a single blog post. Worst of all, I completely forgot about my Art-by-the-Inch Necklace giveaway. (The results of which are in the following post.)

The Upside: I’ve been doing a lot of wonderful things, while I wasn’t keeping up with my blog!

All of my blogging energy was used for good: Last week, The New York Times Local ran a series of mini-profiles of the artists who were opening their doors for the South Orange/Maplewood Studio Tours.

I opened my studio doors for the tour as well. It was an amazing day: I met a lot of new friends, caught up with many old friends and even managed to sell some art!

I’m finishing tons of paintings, yay! I just posted a few new ones on my web site, and there are many more to come. It feels so great to clear out some space in my studio and my brain so I can concentrate on the next big thing.

So enough with the excuses, June is almost halfway over, and I’m going to see if I can make up for lost time on my blog. Here’s to tomorrow!

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I’ve been a little like the bees swarming my garden lately; working tirelessly on various projects, big and small. I’m guilty of neglecting my blog and the dear readers who come here looking for morsels and tidbits.
So to make up to all you who loyally visit (and all you new folks, too), I’m having a giveaway!
One of those various tasks I’ve been busy with was getting together a line of Jewelry Art by the Inch. These darling necklaces are the first in my line, and I want to hear what you think! Please check them out at my Etsy shop and then come back and vote for your favorite, using the handy “vote-matic” thingy below.
I’d also love to hear any feedback, so if you leave me a comment, from now until the end of May, I’ll put your name in for a free necklace of your choice.
xo Nancy

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Lily's Hat, Ready for the Challenge!

On a cheerier note; today was the drawing for the Two Free Prints Giveaway!

I had 66 names to put in Lily’s hat tonight. and despite the persistent winter weather, I was feeling extra warm and generous. So, I picked two names!

The First was Karla Stingerstein. Karla is a wonderful artist and you can read about her and see some of her beautiful work here. Karla will win two 8 x 10 inch prints of her choice!

The second name I pulled out was Sarah Ellis. Sarah has an amazing, online store for handmade baby goods, called The Pitter Patter Boutique. Check out her shop, her darling creations will make you want to coo! Sarah will win one free 8 x 10 inch print. Congratulations to both of you, and thank you, thank you, thank you to all who left me messages and comments. It had a blast!

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Biotic Fizz (detail)  ©Nancy Tobin

Yeah! It’s a giveaway!

To celebrate the birth of my bouncing baby website, I’m giving away two 8 x 10 inch prints your choice of image. Here’s how to play: just go visit my new website at www.nancytobin.com and leave me a message, telling me what you think of it. You can leave the comment either on my sites guestbook, or back here at my blog. All the folks who leave comments from now until the end of February will be in a drawing on March 1st for two 8 x 10 prints of your choice!

Good luck. xo Nancy

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My Etsy print shop is featured in a new venue this month: it’s called Paper n Stitch!

It’s a juried shop, with just a handful-and-a-half of really cute shops. I’m honored and delighted to be included. (Click on the picture above or on the link to the upper right to be taken there.)

Here’s where YOU come in! They are having a competition to see which shop gets the most people clicking on the “favorites” heart. The winner gets a free month’s subscription, and $150. Yee Haw! If you go and click on my heart* &  leave me a comment saying you did & and I win I’ll send you a free 8 x 10 print of your choice! Yee Haw-De-Haw-Haw! The more hearts and comments I get, the more free prints I’ll have to give away it’ll be like Christmas in February!

Thanks for playing!

xo Nancy

*You do have to login into their site to do these things, but trust me, it’s quick, easy and painless!

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