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    Giveaway Day 14 — Art Supplies!

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    Art supplies! Who doesn't love to collect art supplies!?

    I'm incredibly excited to share today's prize with you. Copic has generously contributed a set of their Ciao Too
    artist-quality markers. I've been researching markers heavily all year
    and Copic stands tall at the top of the list. Not only does Copic offer
    their markers in scores of colors, with a variety of nibs to choose from, but Copic markers are also refillable and blendable. That's right—blendable. The ink flows smoothly and colors can be blended together without glaring streaks or stripes.

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    They make several styles of markers which hold differing amounts of
    ink, but follow the same color system. The Ciao markers
    here come with a brush tip on one end and a chisel tip on the other.
    With some product lines, you can choose which nibs you like best and
    swap them out as you see fit. Most of their markers are
    double-ended—except for the super-duper wide ones.

    One popular style, the Copic Sketch marker, can be attached to their proprietary air-brush system where
    colors swap out easily and there's no fussy clean-up.

    I'm just mesmerized by these. Like every product I'm including in the
    giveaways this month, I contacted the company because I genuinely love
    what they do. I have been fawning over this prize ever since it arrived
    at the studio on Monday. Someone is going to be one lucky duck.

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    markers are top-of-the-line. They don't come cheaply, but they do their
    job fantastically and they maintain their value quite well. With refillable alcohol-inks and replaceable nibs, these valuable tools can be used in perpetuity.

    They work great for fabric studies and that works for me. I love them.

    So, here's your chance to get hooked on these amazing markers too. Today's winner will receive this 24 pack of Copic Ciao Too markers. A $130 value. Thank you, Copic!

    Follow Copic on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the Copic Marker blog. In fact, check out the Gallery on their site for inspiring artwork and artist interviews.

    Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email
    address
    so we can contact you if you win. You don't have to type your email
    address into the body of the comment if you entered it in the email-address
    field on the comment form; I can access that info from behind the scenes. Today's giveaway will close at 11:59pm PST on Wednesday 8/14/13. One entry per person. Winner chosen at random using the random number generator at Random.org. Watch for the winner to
    be announced within a day or
    two at the bottom
    of the post.

    For more info on my August HELLO Giveaways, click here. Please
    share the word. Check back every day. 

    Good luck!

    xo—Heather


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    Giveaway Day 6

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    Thank you, everyone for your encouraging comments. Please don't lose any sleep over my last post.
    It's been years and I'm doing okay now. I think I've only shared that
    experience with ten people beyond my family. It just needed to be said
    aloud. I knew it would explain some things I haven't been able to
    explain around here. Like why I've been rather quiet about Trash Ties, when they are so darn fabulous.

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    WhereWomenCreate_wSo, let's get back to lollipops and chirping birds. There is plenty to celebrate. Especially in the fabric department. I have
    two cotton quilting collections coming out in the next year—one of those
    is very, very soon. I also have a basics line to support those feature
    collections that will be out in the fall. And. And. And! I just heard word
    this week that Free Spirit will be moving forward with my fashion fabric
    collection for next Spring. Now I can put my fashion design
    degree to direct use in designing dresses, skirts, blouses, shifts. I've got a sketchbook full of ideas.

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    and I have been brainstorming new products all morning and I'm
    dying to make time on my schedule. If only I commanded a troop of robot
    clones. Or hired a larger pool of talent at the studio. That might be
    more feasible. Especially if I can get these great products into your
    hands.

    I'll be patient. My business is art-centered which means it just
    plain takes longer to get those products made. I'm cool with that. I
    just get excited.

    Okay. So are you ready for today's giveaway yet?

    SignatureStyles_wToday's HELLO giveaway prize is a copy of Signature Styles
    by Jenny Doh, featuring 20 stylish stitchers. Projects from each
    designer are included. My contribution is the quick and easy wristlet
    purse shown at left. Winner will also receive Where Women Create—the
    one with me on the cover up there. This magazine is much more like a
    book for its fabulous content. In my opinion, they should make these
    things with hard covers. Every page is draped with images of luscious
    studio spaces and inspiring stories and insights. A $45 value.

    Comment to enter today's contest. Be sure to include your email address
    so we can contact you if you win. Today's giveaway closes at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday 8/6/13.
    Watch for the winner to be announced within a day or
    two at the bottom
    of the post.

    Prizes from our friends are starting to arrive at the studio now, so
    watch for a greater variety of items in the weeks to come. We have a
    full-on Project Life
    kit, fabrics from my upcoming collection (yet to be seen!), a giant
    50-spool pack of thread, inventive baby items, and much, much more.

    xo—Heather


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  • Oh My Gouache!

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    Don't you just love when you're working along, having an
    normal-sort-of-day, and the postman shows up with a box of sunshine.
    Today I'm restocking my gouache supply. Not with onesie-twosie-tubes,
    here and there, but with all 84 colors in this particular range.

    I'm amping up for major output this year.

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    In my years of ordering art supplies online from all over, I don't
    think I've yet seen such meticulous packaging. I tore into the bundles
    like it was Christmas. It took me a good 20 minutes to free the tubes.

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    Yum,
    yum. Now where to keep them? I have a little baby here who would just
    love to sink his teeth into each one of these tubes, take the lids off,
    bust open the tails and squirt color everywhere.

    Come to think of it, that sounds just about right.