Messy? Moi?

I thought I'd share a little peek of wall envy towers with you. My husband and I have a desk each in opposite corners of the same room. Can you guess which is which?!

Competition Results

Hooray! So the very talented Emily of http://www.etsy.com/shop/skullandcrossbuns has won my Twitter-tastic giveaway! I'm looking forward to seeing what she chooses as her prize. Emily's name was chosen using the old faithful spreadsheet/random number method.

I couldn't resist using Emily's stamps as the pic for this post - Love them!!

Thank you to everyone who entered, it was fun!

Lou x

A Twitter-tasitc Giveaway!

To celebrate having (almost) 1000 followers on Twitter (999 at time of writing) I am going to hold a giveaway! One lucky person will win one piece of non-custom book page art of their choice from my Etsy or Folksy shop.

I'm sure you know how these things work! To enter just pick your fave item from one of my shops, and leave a comment below. You can also get extra entries in the following way:

tweet "I'm entering @wallenvyart's 1000 follower giveaway here: http://www.wallenvy.co.uk"

facebook - 'like' the wall envy art facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/wallenvyart then stop by the blog again to let me know you're done it! If you already 'like' my page on facebook just let me know, you'll still get the extra entry.

Please make sure there is some way I can contact you - either through twitter, facebook or your blog/email. A winner will be drawn next weekend, the giveaway closes at midnight UK time on Saturday 5th June 2010. The competition is open to everyone in all countries!

Welcome to Northamptonshire

I've been browsing the 'shop local' section of Etsy, and found some amazing things! What talented people we have in Northamptonshire.

Samskiart has some great embroidery, some pretty and some quirky. I love this one, and the BAM POW design you can find in the shop.
I have had my eye on Lostatseashop for a little while. Such great designs! I am very tempted by this little cloud.

SilverNoise is a new shop, with some lovely silver jewellery. I love this geeky one!

EarthworksJournals is a new discovery for me. I can almost smell the leather!

What collection of Northants artists would be complete without the fab Ruby Wren?! Check out her range of Easter cards on the way - I've seen a preview, they're great!

newsletter and discounts

Just a quick one! The wall envy art spring newsletter will be going out shortly. Sign-up by emailing louise@wallenvy.co.uk and get details about some great discounts. Also, join the Facebook group for even more!

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!

I was searching Etsy today for items related to one of my favourite books - Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I have recently had some framed book pages in my shop, and there are more to come soon!

I am so impressed by some of the creativity on Etsy - there is some wonderful work inspired by this beautiful story. The picture above is from NanLawson's lovely shop. I'm a big fan of these illustrations - such a talent!

These super-cute PJs are created by L B Gallery on Etsy. There are even adult ones in the shop! This little guy looks like he is having so much fun :)

Here is another illustration I love. It's from anagalvan on Etsy.

I have to admit to a recent impulse buy from adnagam on Etsy. I have no idea what I am going to do with the envelopes I bought, but I love them! I'm a big fan of recycling old books. It's so much more copywrite friendly to use an actual copy of the book rather than reproducing images yourself. Sadly there is a lot of that about!

ttfn!

Some December News

I've got so much news and I'm so behind! I'm going to put it all in one mammoth blog post. Here goes!

A week or two ago a lovely lady on Etsy bought one of my fave designs, the 'bonjour' pictured above. She works as the set dresser for a movie called 'Burlesque' and is using my work for Christina Aguilera's character's bedroom! Wowzer! I was so excited when I found out I was pretty unbearable to all those around me for the rest of the day. I have to say I'm most excited about the fact that imdb says Dita Von Teese is in the movie! Burlesque on imdb.

If you want to be as cool as Xtina you can buy this piece on Folksy (£) or Etsy ($)



Next piece of news! I've had some great fun at craft fairs these past couple of weeks, especially at the made by artisans show in Peterborough. The wonderful photos were taken by the amazing Pink Milk Photography. I held a free prize draw at the craft fair, offering one lucky punter the chance to win my 'Howdy' pic below. I have drawn a winner and will be contacting them shortly!


Ok last thing I promise!

As you may see I have just opened a Folksy shop, but I have also now got worked featured on Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous and Elephant Shoes. Lots of places to buy!

That's it for now!
L xx