What Scribbleprints is Doing to Help Hurricane Victims...

Zazzle has set up a program where artists can  donate 100% of the profits from any products we choose to help victims of Hurricane Sandy (and 100% includes Zazzle's profits too, not just our own commissions).   What I'm contributing is listed below...you can see all the artist donated designs here.

100% Of the profits on the following items from my Zazzle Shop will go to help hurricane victims:

ALL Items With My Bird Design

  

ALL Items With My Cross Design

All Items With My Butterfly Photos
 

All My Tile Boxes and Gift Boxes

Some of these items are also ON SALE!
Click here to get coupons!

Proceeds will be donated through December, unless Zazzle ends the program before then.    Only these items from my Zazzle shop are part of this program.  Proceeds from similar items at my CafePress and Printfection shop are not being donated. 

The Alzheimers Quilt Initiative

I'm very artsy. I draw, I paint, do calligraphy, craft, bead, and do graphical design...but I don't sew. Not at all. It's just one art form I never took the time to learn.

But, boy do I admire those who do. It's an art form that is beautiful and functional.

Take the quilt: It's functional--you can curl up in one on a cold day. But it's also very beautiful, too. The time, talent, and artistry of most quilts makes them more than just bedding.  They're art.

I just recently learned about a project which is taking quilts and using them to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimers. The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative auctions and sells donated quilts, and sponsors a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer's. They have raised more than $411,000 since January 2006.

The quilts sold on their site are beautiful...and many of them have symbolic meanings related to Alzheimers. And, if you happen to live in New England and want to see some of the pieces up close, you can view them now through October 24 at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.

They also have a book called "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece By Piece" which has pictures of these beautiful symbolic quilts and the stories behind them, and a CD with the pictures and audio of the stories which you can listen/look at on your computer. 100% of the profits from the book and cd goes to fund Alzheimer's research.

Desktop Background Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Everyone who entered won!

I am selling desktop backgrounds with some of my designs at Haiti by Hand. Desktop backgrounds start at $2 (a little more for sets or customized backgrounds) and 100% of that goes to help the people of Haiti!

Here's an example of one of the backgrounds I'm offering for sale there.

See more of my desktop backgrounds here!

WIN ONE
I am giving away one of these backgrounds to 3 people. To enter, do any of the following. You may do more than one for extra entries. Please make one comment per entry and make sure to include your e-mail so I can contact you if you win.

1. Visit Haiti by Hand and pick out something tell about something you liked there.
2. Join Haiti by Hand's Facebook Page
   
3. Visit one of the shops listed at Shop 4 Charity and share about something you saw there.
4. Play Free Rice and earn some free grains of rice for poverty. Share one of the words you were quizzed on.
5. Blog about Haiti by Hand, Shop 4 Charity, or Free Rice, and/or this giveaway (or all four for 4 entries--yes, it can be in one post)
6. Twitter about Haiti by Hand, Shop 4 Charity, or Free Rice, and/or this giveaway. (1 entry max)
7. EXTRA: You can get extra entries by entering any of the giveaways at Mom of All Trades or or any of the giveaways on my site and sharing which one you entered here, but you MUST DO ONE OF THE ABOVE ENTRIES FIRST, or these entries will not count. (One entry per giveaway)
   

Winner will chosen by April 30th. If I don't hear back from you by May 5th, or if you don't provide a way to contact you, you forfeit your prize.



Check out my other giveaways here:

• Sleep Deprived Parent Button Giveaway
• Scribbleprints Sample Pack (Off-site)

Shamrock Giveaway - Multiple Prizes

WINNERS CHOSEN
by random number generator at Randomizer.org
Commenter #10 - Darcie K
Commenter #17 - Cakeblast
Commenter #19 - Cakeblast

I have a lot of smaller Shamrock items at home and thought I'd giveaway some of those this month (yeah...I know St. Patrick's Day isn't until NEXT month, but I want to give lots of time for people to enter and still end soon enough to get winners their prizes before March 17th). This time I'm doing the giveaway a little differently than I usually do.

Usually, there's one main entry and lots of extra entries--but no matter how many entries you do you only get one prize if you win. This time if you do extra entries you can get EXTRA PRIZES! How cool is that?

Here's how it will work. Each entry will count for 1 prize. Now, lets say that you enter 5 different ways. You can put that all in one comment and if that comment is picked as a winner you get to choose 5 prizes. If you put 3 of those entries in one comment and 2 in another, and the comment with 2 entries is chosen, you get 2 prizes. If you put all of the entries in separate comments and one is chosen as a winner you get 1 prize. You can put a maximum of 5 entries in every comment, and can make as many comments as you want (until you run out of entry methods). You see the idea? And there are TONS of ways to enter so I'm sure you can find a lot to try!

And, this time there will be three winners chosen, not just one! And yes, it's possible for the same person to be choosen as the winner for two or even all three of those if they have multiple comments--so the total amount you could win in this giveaway is 15 prizes! Winners will be contacted on March 4th and the first to respond will get first choice of prizes.


OK...now that you get the idea how the giveaway will work, here's the fun stuff I'm giving away. Some items I only have a limited number of that you can win in this giveaway, so the number of items available is listed under each prize picture.


PRIZE #1 - 2.25" Shamrock Magnet

Shamrock Magnet by Scribbleprints
3 Available



PRIZE #2 - 1.75" Shamrock Button

This is similar to the Shamrock Pins
I currently sell at my Zazzle Shop
(I no longer sell this size)
3 Available



PRIZE #3 - Irish Lass Desktop Background

I will be selling this desktop background through Haiti by Hand
to earn money to help the people of Haiti.
Available in multiple screen resolutions and 3 message styles:
Happy St. Patricks Day, IRISH LASS, or no text.
For personal use - not for printing or redistribution.
See all wallpapers I'm offering here.
Unlimited Availability



PRIZE #4 - Shamrock Desktop Background

I will be selling this desktop background through Haiti by Hand
to earn money to help the people of Haiti.
Available in multiple screen resolutions and 2 styles:
One with the shamrock centered, and one with it to the side.
For personal use - not for printing or redistribution.
See all wallpapers I'm offering here.
Unlimited Availability



PRIZE #5 - 1.5" Shamrock Stickers (set of 4)

These Shamrock Stickers can be ordered in sets of 20 at my Zazzle Shop
.
These are smaller sets of 4.
2 Sets Available

PRIZE #6 - Story of the Shamrock Mini-Cards (set of 8)



These Shamrock Mini-Cards from my Zazzle Shop are a little larger
than regular business cards, and on the back tell about why the Shamrock
is the symbol for St. Patrick's Day. On screen it's hard to see the text
so below is an enlarged picture of the back of the cards:


6 Sets Available




TO ENTER:
You may enter by any of the methods listed below. Make sure to include an e-mail so I can contact you if you win. You can enter by as many of the methods as you wish, and include your entries in one comment or several, but there is a maximum of 5 entries per comment. You win EXTRA prizes if a comment with more than one "entry" in it wins--so a comment with 5 entries in it could win 5 prizes. If you break those up by entering in 5 different comments, you have more chances to win but will win only 1 prize if one of your comments is the winner. You can make as many comments as you like, until you run out of entry methods.

1. Visit my click to donate site list and pick a site to make a free donation through. All you have to do is click, and they will make a donation in your honor (payed for by advertisers on the site). Come back and share which sites you clicked to donate through. (One Entry Available for Each Site Listed)
2. Play Free Rice to earn grains of rice for the hungry. Come back and share one of the words you were quizzed on (One Entry).
   
3. Join the Coupons 4 Haiti List where you can earn money for Haiti relief while sharing and receiving coupons. Come back and comment letting me know you did. (One Entry)
   
4. Participate in Ads 4 Charity by offering advertising on your website or blog and sharing some or all of the profits with a charity. Make sure to leave your info at Ads 4 Charity so others can find you, and to leave a comment here for your extra entry. (One Entry)
5. Visit one of the shops listed on Shop 4 Charity and mention something you saw at the shop. (Visit up to 5 shops for 5 different entries).
   
6. Blog about Coupons 4 Haiti, Ads 4 Charity, Shop 4 Charity , any of the shops listed at Shop 4 Charity (unless it's your own shop), Clicks 4 Charity , or any of the sites listed on Clicks 4 Charity. Comment here with the URL where you posted. (Up to 6 Entries - yes, you may blog about all of these in a single post and it still counts for 6 entries. Must include links to this site).
   
7. Post a link to Coupons 4 Haiti, Ads 4 Charity, Shop 4 Charity, Clicks 4 Charity, or any of the sites listed on Clicks 4 Charity on your website or blog sidebar. Comment here with a link to where you posted. NOTE: There is buttons for Ads 4 Charity and Shop 4 Charity at the bottom of the site. I'm working on getting ones for the other sites...but a text link is also fine. (Up to 5 Entries)
8. Blog about this giveaway. Get an extra entry if you include a picture of any of the items I'm giving away. (2 Entries Possible) And, if you would like to offer a free desktop background on your own blog (and get a free one yourself) contact me at ecarian@yahoo.com
   
9. Follow this blog (1 Entry).
10. Grab the Scribbleprints button (1 Entry).
    
11. Twitter, delicious, stumble, or share on facebook about this giveaway (up to 4 entries)
    
12. Twitter, stumble or share on facebook about Coupons 4 Haiti, Ads 4 Charity, Shop 4 Charity or Clicks 4 Charity and comment saying what you did (up to 4 entries).
13. Visit one of my shops (listed at the top of my sidebar) and tell me which design, other than the Shamrock design, you like best. (1 Entry)
    
14. Tell me what you think of doing giveaways this way. Do you like it? Do you hate it? Would you like me to do something like this again? (1 Entry)
    

This giveaway ends March 3rd. Winners will be chosen by random number generator at Random.org. Open to entrants worldwide. Winner must claim prize within 5 days after being contacted. Winners will be e-mailed March 4th. The first winner to respond will get first pick of the prizes. Winners who respond after that will get their pick of prizes still available.

Entering does not sign you up for any mailing lists (unless you enter by joining Coupons 4 Haiti...which requires that I be able to mail you from time to time). However, since this is a public blog your entries can be viewed by anyone (to avoid spam-bots I suggest writing your e-mail like this: email at yourmail dot com).

One World One Heart - Magnet Giveaway

Hello! I'm joining in on the carpet ride for One World One Heart. OWOH is a giveaway event to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It's a fun chance to visit some fun blogs, see some unique artwork, meet some wonderful people, and maybe win something in the process.

So, let me introduce myself. My name is Gale, and I'm a stay-at-home mom and artist. I like to create what I call "scribbleprints"--artistic designs that start out as scribbles but turn into something else on the way. It's a fun form of art because even when I'm aiming for something specific, to get the scribbly look I have to draw the original outline scribble with a quick loose hand, so the final outcome is somewhat out of my control. Then, with a much, much slower hand I fill in the designs, then scan them onto the computer where I use a graphics program to add color, crop, change shapes, add other elements, etc.

Of course, not all my designs are "scribbleprints." I like to play around with funny and witty designs, mostly designed on the computer. And eventually I will be adding some other artwork. I enjoy doing water colors and black and white sketches and all sorts of other art forms--just haven't added any of that to my shops as yet (with the exception of one butterfly design.

See some examples below:


This work I call Tribal Toes. A lot of people say my
scribbleprints look like fingerprints, and I think
they work well here on these footprints.


This design has special meaning for me,
as it relates to my faith.


This is another favorite of mine.
I re-tweak this often to make designs.


Here's the same design in purple.


This one's not a "scribbleprint."
Sometimes I just like to have fun.


GIVEAWAY
You can win one of the above magnets (your choice). Just leave a comment below and make sure to leave an e-mail address or a link to your blog (if you have one) so I can contact you. Giveaway is open through Feb 14th, and the winner will be announced Feb 15th. If I don't hear back from the winner (or they leave no way to contact me) before Feb 20th, they forfeit their prize.

If you don't win, and you still want one, this month you can get one in exchange for a donation to MercyCorps, one of the organizations working in Haiti (I'm not affiliated with them, just support them). E-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com if you're interested.

FREE COLORING PAGES FOR EVERYONE
Would you like a free coloring page with my designs? I have ones in several designs (including a heart like the one you see at the top of the page, minus the text). You can download those here! And, if anyone would like to share what you did with it, you're welcome to put a picture of the colored version up on your blog and then come back and share a link here (just leave a comment on any post), or send me a picture at ecarian@yahoo.com. Thanks!

MORE GIVEAWAYS ON MY BLOGS
Here are some other giveaways on my blogs you might be interested in:

• Tea or a Postcard OHOW Giveaway (OHOW Giveaway at Texifornia - No hoops!) - 2/14


• Poetry Magnet & Honey Shea Soap (Not an OHOW giveaway, so there's hoops) - 2/14


• Shamrock Giveaway (Not and OHOW giveaway, so there's hoops) - 3/3
  

Thanks everyone for stopping by!

Hearts 4 Haiti

Hello! I am joining some other artists at Zazzle is donating designs to the Hearts 4 Haiti shop at Zazzle. All of the share of the profits which would usually go to the artists (about 25% in this case) are being donated to Hope for Haiti. My contributions to the shop are below:



Please visit the Hearts 4 Haiti shop to see all the designs people have donated. And, if you find a design you'ld like to share, rmember you can add designs to your website or blog by clicking the "link" hyperlink (found either below the product information or below the product picture) and copying the code to your page.

Ads for Charity Giveaway

WINNER CHOSEN - SMART CENTS MOM

$1 YEAR LONG ADVERTISING STILL AVAILABLE

As some of you know, I'm a big fan of Mercy Corps, an organization that works around the world, helping people affected by poverty, disaster, war and disease. It was the first place I thought of to give when I heard about the earthquake in Haiti, because after Hurricane Katrina Charity Navigator wrote about how they had one of the best, most efficient responses to that disaster.

GIVE AND GET ADVERTISING!

After giving myself I started thinking of ways I could do more. I decided to raise money by offering free advertising to bloggers, webmasters, and online shopkeepers who donate! Now, I only have so much space though, and am somewhat picky about the links and banners I allow on my website, so I'm going to ask that people interested in advertising with me e-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com first to get pre-approved (or just leave a comment below for the giveaway).

I have several websites and blogs, and the ones I'm offering advertising on (including this one) are listed here, along with more info on how this will all work. You can also offer ads on your own site for charity, and list them here.

WIN ADVERTISING

And, to get the word out, I'm giving away advertising to one family friendly blogger, webmaster, or online shopkeeper (no donation necessary). If you win you will get:

1. A banner or text link on one of my higher traffic pages (pages with more than 500 hits per month) for 6 months, or one of my lower traffic pages for 1 year.
2. A write up about the winning website on Scribbleprints (here), Texifornia and Such Fun to Give.

But there's a few restrictions...so read on below.

TO ENTER
Write a comment telling me which site you would like a banner or text link on (you choose from places I list here or suggest ad spots on any of my other sites listed here.) Explain why that would be a good match for your site. Make sure to include a way to contact you and a link to your site, and if you have your banner you can include it or a link to it so I can see what it would look like.

IMPORTANT
The giveaway winner WILL NOT be chosen randomly. Remember how I said I'm picky about my links? Well, I don't want to be pigeon-holed into linking to a site I disagree with or which conflicts with my content. So, the winner will be hand chosen based on which site/ad I think fits best! I only accept family friendly sites (if you have a rare mild swear word come up on your blog, that won't get you excluded...but please don't even bother submitting sites with porn, racism, vulgar content, etc.).

Entering this giveaway will not get you signed up for any long-term mailing lists, but by entering you do agree to receive e-mails to ask questions about your site, ad, banner, etc. (to help me decide the winner), an e-mail to let you know you've won if you're the winner (of course), and one e-mail to let you know if your site would qualify for ad space on one of my sites, and ask if you'ld like to donate.

The giveaway ends Thursday, January 28th! The winner will be contacted by Feb 5th and have until Feb 10th to respond before I give the ad spot to someone else.

NOTE: Neither me nor this site is affiliated with MercyCorps in any ways. It's just the charity I'm choosing to donate towards.

Other Ads for Charity

List Charity Ads on Your Own Site

Hot and Not Wednessdays

NOT
An earthquake has leveled most of Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Hait's capital city, population around 200,000), and has affected as many as About 3 million people -- one-third of Haiti's population.

HOT
Sending help. There's a list of places to donate on Charity Navigator. I will be giving to Mercy Corps, an organization I've been watching for several years after it was sited by Charity Navigator as having one of the most affective and well-organized responses to relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina.



Below are two places that also support Mercy Corps when you click (that's right, all you have to do is click on a page on their site - advertising on the site pays for the donation).

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Just click the pictures above. Clicks support several charities, including Mercy Corps. I'm not sure if any of the funds earned for Mercy Corps through those site will specifically go to Haiti relief, BUT any funds going to this charity should help, since they free up more non-allocated funds to go to disaster relief. And it's quick and free, so why not try it?

HOT
Had to add a note about CafePress' Haiti Relief Store. 100% off the profits (the cost of the item minus the cost of manufacturing) from these items go to support relief efforts through UNICEF. If they are still taking design donations for this later this week I will try to donate a design. Unfortunately this is a full weekend so I won't have a chance to work on one til' Monday.

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Thanks as always to Loobylu for starting Hot or Now Wednessdays! Visit her Mr. Linky to see others who are participating.