GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSEDLast year Gabi was in daycare for a few hours each week while I did some part-time teaching. We wanted to do something special that did not involve candy for her Valentines for her classmates. After poring through several ideas, we decided to make homemade Playdough in heart-shaped containers. They were a hit; so we are turning on the creative juices again this year! Wait until you see what we have up our sleeves!
And I want to see your ideas! So I am hosting a contest where two lucky people will win customized art for their kiddies' bedroom or playroom. I have done such art for baby shower gifts in the past and am looking to begin selling it on the web later this year. Here are a few
examples of my work:
The two winners will each receive a set of three square framed art pieces, customized to the theme and colors of their child's room.
So, I know you are just dying to know, how can I win this great prize??
You can enter in one of two ways:
1) Send me your original Valentine craft idea to jfrogster@gmail.com. Please include at least one picture and some simple steps on doing the project. The best ideas will be featured in an upcoming Valentine extravaganza post, and of course, the best idea will be awarded a set of customized artwork.
2) Comment on this post, telling me what kind of artwork you would LOVE to have in your kiddie's room. That will count as one entry in a drawing for the second set of artwork. Post about the contest in your blog and then leave another comment letting me know; and this will give you an additional entry in the drawing.
You may enter BOTH ways if you wish. You may also enter more than one idea. The contest opens on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 and will close at 12:00 midnight (PST) on Saturday, January 31, 2009. So get crafting and spread the word, people!
(find more giveaways here!)
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED! THANKS TO ALL THAT PARTICIPATED! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THIS BLOG ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2009.
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ReplyDeleteSorry, I messed up on that last comment. I'm going to think about this and see what I can come up with; it will definitely test my creative thinking. I usually just copy other peoples ideas in this area,lol.
ReplyDeleteI'll add your giveaway to my Thursday post. Great giveaway.
Oooh...time to put on the thinking cap! I love the art work, Jeanette!
ReplyDeleteQuestion for you, Jeanette...is it art work with kids or art work in general?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wasn't clear. Sorry. I was wondering if the art work I submit is supposed to be done WITH kids. I'd rather it not, but at least it would give me an excuse if it sucked! LOL
ReplyDeleteOK, what kind of artwork would I love in my daughter's room? Cats! Pink and white are the dominant colors in her room and I envisage cute illustrations of uber chic kitty cats looking glam in oversized sunglasses, dining al fresco, etc Kind of Audrey Hepburn, but with whiskers!
ReplyDeleteHey Jeanette, what a pest I am:) Your friend had a good question, but I'm guessing you answered it separately (or I'm missing the answer which is totally possible). Is it a kiddie valentine idea, or any idea?
ReplyDeletehey mykidsmom and everyone else, it can be a kiddie valentine idea but doesn't have to be.
ReplyDeleteOh, these are SO cute, thanks for the give away (I just clicked on here from MyKidsMom). I'd love to have a set for our kids' bathroom, which is blue and yellow with a "duckie" theme. Wouldn't that be cute???
ReplyDeleteNow to get my creative juices flowing for that contest!!
~Kristy @ Homemaker's Cottage
Hi Jeanette,
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, and your work looks great! Thanks for stopping by my blog to enter my give-away.
I just love Belinda's idea of the Audrey Hepburn-inspired kitties! Giant sunglasses with little whiskers peeking out - how cute!
nancy
I posted this contest on my blog! I would LOVE to have some artwork for my boys' room. It is 2 different colors of blue & I have something on one of the walls. The other is just a giant BLUE WALL & bugs the junk out of me. There's a "transportation theme" of sorts going on in there, too. I have to say, Jeanette, you are some kind of woman! I wish I was as talented as you!
ReplyDeleteI just emailed you my idea :) As far as colors, I have a boy, jungle type greens and blues. Bugs are adorable too!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Valerie
My lil girls room is in pink and brown butterflies. I have an obsession with pink and brown. Love the work!
ReplyDeleteWe decorated our baby girl's room in green and yellow with froggies, turtles, and dragonflies. But we have a big expanse of wall with nothing on it and some wall-art in the same theme, maybe with her first, middle, and last names on them would be so cute.
ReplyDeleteYour work is wonderful!
I would love to have something special for my daughters room, she is now 1 1/2 and we still haven't decided how to decorate it. I have so many ideas, I would love pinks, whites & browns. I always wanted to decorate her room so pretty so this would be something extra special for her room. Thank you and PLEASE PICK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am wanting to decorate my daughters room when we move in a couple of months in cupcakes. I think a variety of cupcake patterns would be super cute!
ReplyDeletemelanieinaz2003 at yahoo.com
Our little girl's room is done in Pottery Barn, so there are pinks, greens, yellows, white. I would love anything whimsical, like flowers, butterflies, little dragonflies, etc. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway. cdziuba@aol.com
ReplyDeleteMy Daughter's room is a hazy lilac colour, and her bedding has some butterflies and dragon flies on them, so something like that would look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
Becky
becky at harts dot name
My daughter's room has pink, greens and browns. I would love artwork that had striped or polka dotted frame around it, polka dot ribbon and a picture of a little ballerina, or tutu in the middle
ReplyDeleteI would love to have some dinosaur artwork! This is their theme! :) Thanks for the awesome giveaway and the chance to win! Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeletediane@diane-anderson.com
i'd like something simple for him where its not too kiddie, bu something he can grow into until he's around 9 or 10 (he's 2 now) :) I'm having so much fun making friends and blog-hopping again this year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a generous giveaway! I hope I'm chosen as the lucky winner!!!
My soon to be newborn son will be in a baseball- St. Louis Cardinals room. We'd love to have some artwork that reflects our family's love for baseball and the Cardinals! The room colors are ivory, stratosphere blue and maroon red.
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I would love some type of art that incorporates rainbows and cats and flowers. My one daughter always uses every color in every single picture she draws and my other daughter loves drawing flowers so something like that would be great for us.
ReplyDeletewow please enter me in for this i realy love the butterflys and bugs and dragon flys and well if i was to win this i think thats what i go with thanks
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a picture for my kids' room that shows outer space, the planets and the sun, etc. Or, I always love animals, especially giraffes.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have firetruck artwork for my sons room!
ReplyDeleteI would love some cool trains for my little boys room.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures of bugs and flowers would go PERFECTLY in my kids' room. They already have buggy stuff. Super cute.
ReplyDeleteinkomite at gmail dot com
I'd like black and white panda themed art!
ReplyDeleteWe have a bird theme in pastels going on in my baby girl's room. :)
ReplyDeleteWe are looking for a new home...we live in a one bedroom and my baby took over our room (she wouldn't sleep!) and left us to sleep in the living room. SO, when we find a home, I want to do her room in simple clean lines with flowers and faeries. Btw, I love your artwork! What talent!
ReplyDeleteYour butterfly set is absolutely adorable!!
ReplyDeleteIf I win, I would love to have some vintage wall art made for my daughter's room. I'm planning a vintage room for her, complete with pictures of our ancestors when they were little girls all around the room. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would love something that goes with the duvet cover I bought. It has castles and princesses on it.
ReplyDelete=) melanie
http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
melanieadey at hotmail dot com
I'm thinking fire trucks or trains for my son. He has been telling everyone he will be a fire fighter when he grows up so he would love it.
ReplyDeletejendrost @ att.net
you are very creative. I loved your idea on the playdough, I'll file that one for future use. For my son's room anything with a zoo theme.
ReplyDeletedawnerica at hotmail.com
I would have the paintings done to match a pink, brown and orange (with brown zebra accents) room.
ReplyDeletedaisy41203@gmail.com
I would have painting for my daughters purple butterfly room.
ReplyDeleteMy daughters actually just got their own room and sadly there is nothing on the walls yet - bad mama :) They are little ballerinas so I would say anything ballet related would be our choice. I wish that I could do the Valentine project but we haven't started yet. I will however bookmark this blog so that I can see everyone's fabulous ideas :) Take care!
ReplyDeleteMy son and daughter share a room, so it would either have to be gender-neutral or I could split them (one on each wall)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have some type of catipillars in Aqua Blue and Brown colors in my son's room. I don't know if you have ever seen a picture of what chromosome's look like, but he has Down syndrome, and the chromosomes kind of resemble catipillar bodies.
ReplyDeleteHe has Down syndrome, so he has an extra chromosome. So three catipillars would be awesome.
LOVE these, if I don't win would you mind emailing me and giving me pricing?
Thanks!!
this is my son's first valentines, he was born the day after! we are having him color some cardstock and i tried to trace his hands on them too. simple, but sweet.
ReplyDeleteas my son is getting to be almost 1 we are thinking of changing his room around from baby to toddler. we are thinking of a fire engine theme.
ReplyDeletewe have that same quilt from when my girls were still in a crib. (it is in the closet now as my girls are out of the crib now)
ReplyDeleteI almost did these for valentines but as my daughter had a loose tooth we turned them into Tooth Fairy boxes instead
the boxes were 2 for a dollar at micheals
http://sillymommy2sillygirls.blogspot.com/2009/01/tooth-fairy-boxes.html
my daughter's love disney princesses. One has a princess quilt and the other has flowers. I would love either their favorite disney princesses, just a princess (not disney) or flowers to match her quilt
ReplyDeleteI don't have any original V.day ideas...I get all mine from blogs.
ReplyDeleteArtwork: Jungle themed or Vehicles themed.
I would love for my child's artwork to have dogs and cats in them because we are all animal lovers.
ReplyDelete3janbabies[at]gmail[dot]com
I would love to have some kind of jungle theme with green and blue involved! Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI lvoe this etsy shop for childrens art-http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5387265
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the second drawing for the artwork
ashlomb at yahoo dot com
Either a fun car theme for my 2 y/o or jungle for my baby.
ReplyDeleteI would love a zebra print with hot pink theme, as I am re-doing dd room as a surprise for her birthday in April.
ReplyDeletei would like to see some sort of alligator artwork for their room
ReplyDeleteWhat would I like??
ReplyDeletePictures of girls in all phases of life... dancing, working, reading, playing... inspirational words under them like.. Dream.. Believe... Honesty... etc.
These would be great for them to look at as they are falling asleep.
I would love to have the artwork for my daughter's room....she loves butterflies!
ReplyDeleteHey Jeanette! Just saw your contest... wish I had seen it sooner. To everyone entered, I hope you win because Jeanette made my baby shower gift and it was featured in one of the pics Jeanette posted. People come to my house and comment on the pics she made for me ALL THE TIME!! Thanks J! Miss you!
ReplyDeleteMy twins' room has a butterfly theme, so some artwork for them would be wonderful. In pink, of course!!
ReplyDeleteWhen we have kids, a girl's room would be black, pink & green dots & stripes...a boy's room will be baseball (as per DH's request). Cute giveaway! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win some art for my babies room. I would like dragonflies or flowers in purples or blues.
ReplyDeleteThanks
The artwork I would love to have in my kids room is nature things, animals, trees, plants, ocean, all that. I think that will make a pretty room and comfortable room. Thanks, Godesseablu@msn.com
ReplyDeleteI like pretty pastels.
ReplyDeletedonna444444@yahoo.com
My granddaughters' room is done in Ladybugs, and Polka Dots. Can you help me out?
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