Saturday, September 25, 2010

GIVEAWAY - Artimus Art for the petite Picassos in your life


 About this time last year, I looked over at the (growing) pile of drawings, collages, watercolor paintings, masks and other artistic creations of my daughter and gulped.  I mentally multiplied that pile by five, and ten years... and wondered what I was going to do. How was I going to categorize it and keep it so that one day she could have it? But would she actually want half a room full of pieces of her childhood art?



So I started to think about options, and how we might figure out a better alternative.



And I didn't have to do much thinking, in the end, because Dana from Artimus Art had already figured out a beautiful approach. They help you to save and preserve your child's art in a  gorgeous, museum quality, customized, oversized, hard cover book. The art is archived on the web in a private online gallery, and preserved, ready to be turned into a new book at any time (what a wonderful grandparents' gift!!)

Here are some pictures of our beloved book (made last year), full of our child's art (name's been "edited" out):








What I liked most was having her huge, oversized watercolor paintings shrunk down to a smaller size and preserved for longevity. Dana even expertly photographed and included a few of my daughter's first pottery pieces.  I could never have properly scrapbooked this art collection, and the time required would have been too much at this point.

To help give everyone a chance to try Artimus Art, Dana has offered everyone a 10$ discount on their package of choice, valid until October 24th, using this code: Q6W7P2VO1

We were so delighted to find them that we became one of their first Canadian customers. Everything worked out wonderfully. Here's how it works:

• you pick a book package that is best suited to your family (in terms of # of pages, pieces of art, etc.)
• Artimus Art sends you a member package, and you send them your artwork in the return postage paid customized portfolio
• they will let you know when your online art gallery is open for viewing: you can rearrange the order of the pieces, choose a cover image, and customize your book.
• they will deliver your book right to your door.

We're carefully amassing our pile of art for this year's book. In the meantime, Dana from Artimus Art offered up this generous giveaway for one lucky winner. It's a LITTLE RED WAGON PACKAGE, worth $120!

This giveaway package includes a 24-page custom art book, with all the art collection and online art gallery benefits in preparing your book.

GIVEAWAY is open to US residents only.

Rules:

To enter, please be a follower, if you are not already. Please visit Artimus Art and leave a comment below. You may leave one comment a day. Giveaway is open until October 15th in the evening.  Good luck!

30 comments:

  1. Oh my, what a wonderful gift!!

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  2. Great idea. This could be a family heirloom

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  3. Such a wonderful idea to save all those pieces that I cannot bear to part with! We are in the process of moving and I am trying hard to find a way to save everything... Thanks for the opportunity!

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  4. wow what a neat idea! i would love to see pics of your book or know more about how you thought your child's art translated into this format. cool concept! thanks for the giveaway opportunity.

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  5. Wow! What a neat service. I love the idea.

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  6. um, i love that you let us enter once a day! so cool. thanks for the feedback, too. much appreciated!

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  7. Thank you for making this lovely opportunity available. I too had never heard of this service and it's quite special.

    Crossing fingers.

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  8. am i the only fanatic that thinks it a good idea to enter often? ;)

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  9. Oh my goodness!!!! This is exactly what I need for 9 years of art work. I just love this concept, their work gets the honor and distiction it deserves!!

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  10. what a sweetheart!! thanks so much for adding more photos! :)

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  11. I love it!
    hope I win, looks so great!
    sarahdottennysonatgmaildotcom

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  12. This is an incredible book to have for your child. I do save all of my 3 year olds art work. I only have one child and try so hard to keep scrapbooks, albums and will look forward to the day to share it all with her. This would be a wonderful bonus. I love your stuff!

    Robincgerber@yahoo.com

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  13. does it feel like i'm stalking you yet? ;)

    the rains that we have been getting here have finally initiated the change in color on the trees around us. we are just starting to see some mild color but the explosion is still to come!

    vermont looks gorgeous! i have always wanted to visit but have not yet.

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  14. Thank you very much for this giveaway. I hope I win!
    vanessamedinat@hotmail.com
    veronica_medina@codetel.com.do

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  15. What an amazing idea! We have drawers overflowing with the art of three boys who can't bear to part with anything~

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  16. hmmm...here i am again. ;) i even skipped a day. this is a great opportunity so you can't really blame me for actually entering daily, right?

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  17. This is just a comment. I'll tell you what happens ten years from now, or twenty - you, like me, will probably have several LARGE boxes of art you could NOT do away with stuck in a storage cabinet that is nearly bursting. I have been planning to do this very thing now - but with blurb. com. I use them all the time and have been scanning and correcting our very extensive photographic family history. I want to do SO many books - and the art is one of them. Exciting stuff, this print on demand. I'll check out Artimus and see how they measure up. Thanks for the heads up

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  18. hi jen! i'm excited about our upcoming collaboration! ;)

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  19. ooh, this is so neat! i just found your blog and this contest. my little guy is 14 months old and just started drawing. his first drawing is titled "Abstract Duck" after his favorite animal, and also the word he said when he handed over the masterpiece to his dad. I am already anticipating the mountains of art...would love one of these books!

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  20. i'm not going away! ;) at this point, i am honestly surprised that i remember to come here so often. thanks for putting the button at the top of your blog, that helps!

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  21. Wow what a great idea! I never knew such a neat service existed!

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  22. my daughter has been drawing our *family portrait* since she was barely 3. my son is 3 and some months and has just drawn his first circles. funny how different they are! even the way their drawings progress. ;)

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  23. What a wonderful way to keep precious artwork! This would be perfect for my grandkids stuff - thanks so much for telling us about Artimus and the opportunity to win one of their packages!

    LynnsLittleShop@aol.com

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  24. that IS luscious green grass!! looks scrumptious. ;)

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  25. i feel kind of silly now. but i was already at your blog....i have definitely never entered any contest this many times!! ;)

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  26. This is brilliant! The best coffee table book since the Coffee Table Book of Coffee Tables (by Kramer).

    I have a four year old who would trade her sister for this...

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  27. ooh! looks like it's almost over. i am sick and we are heading out camping for the weekend. i know, silly. but it's an annual gig we already have tickets for. so, i will get back in convo with you when i return. have a great weekend!! ;)

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  28. Such a great idea! What a neat way to display my nephew's precious art work.

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