Meme Gifts Giveaway - Grumpy Cat

As you can probably tell from my Grumpy Cat Etsy Love post the other day, I'm a little in love with Grumpy cat right now. So when Meme Gifts agreed to give away a grumpy cat figurine it seemed like perfect timing.

Meme gifts specialises in Meme related paintings and figures. The shop is run by talented artist and jewellery maker Joanna Zhou who also runs an adorable kawaii shop, Maqaroon. As you've probably guessed, my favorites of Joanna's work are the cat meme figurines of course!

The lucky winner of this giveaway gets their very own Grumpy Cat figurine. Good luck guys!

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Stasia Burrington Giveaway

Today I want to introduce you all to the art and jewellery of Stasia Burrington. I first discovered Stasia on Etsy a few weeks ago, and she's very kindly offered to do a giveaway for a piece of her jewellery. I recently discovered Stasia's website and portfolio too, where you can check out more of her beautiful illustration and art work.

I love this quote from Stasia, I think it sums up her style so well:

"I create personal, intimate, edgy and cute artwork; I want to inspire discussion, to form connections, and to respond to all this pain and beauty that we live in... to share all these human feelings, and to inspire compassion and humility."

And now for the Giveaway!

The winner of this giveaway gets to pick any piece of jewellery from Stasia's Etsy Shop.

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Pidpenky Giveaway!

Today I want to introduce you to the works of Margot from Pidpenky. Margot makes bunny plushies, made out of carefully selected material covered in beautiful patterns. The bunnie's faces are hand painted in colours that compliment the beautiful material, and come in a variety of adorable expressions.

Margot is not only talented at making plushies, she also makes amazing paper dolls. Check out the Dr Who and Bioshock ones on her facebook page, amazing!

The winner of this giveaway gets to select one of Pidpenky's Lumpie Bunnies from her Etsy Shop.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Anke Weckmann

Anke Weckmann is a London based artist originally from Germany. Her work is light hearted and often includes animals (especially cats!). I love the way she draws clothes & materials, I can see her work would translate beautifully to fashion illustration.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Hannakin

I first came across Hannakin's (Hanna Mancini's) work when I found her ridiculously cute plushies on etsy. I soon realised just how multi talented Hanna was when I saw her adorable original artwork.

Hanna's work is full of imagination, whimsy and fun. Each of her illustrations seems to tell a story of it's own. I love that she paints on recyled paper, envelopes, labels and books.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Matthew Roby

I first discovered Matthew Roby's work through some friends that worked with him on his animation; Reel. Reel reminds me of when English kids TV actually had a decent budget (the days before the tweenies!) and they took the time to produce beautiful, stylised stories.

Matthew 's illustration style takes me straight back to my childhood, and my love of reading (well, more my love of looking at the pictures in books!). I could imagine the child in me spending hours just staring at the illustrations in his books.

Matthew dosn't just illustrate, he also does weird and awesome sculptures. I love how he finds the fine line between creepy and humorous. I'd love to know the back stories behind these amusing and intricate characters her creates.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Maia Larkin

Maia Larkin is a Denver based childrens fashion illustrator. Her work always looks to me as if it would be right at home in a childrens story book. Her beautiful linework, combined with pattern and a selective use of colour make her style really fun and distinctive.

Maia also does jointed art dolls and plushie dolls which I think compliment and work with her art style really well.

Which is your favorite of her work? I think mine has to be the British Horse, he looks so proud and handsome!

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Wednesday Art Feature: Kinomi

Kinomi is a Netherlands based artist who specialises in surreal and beautiful painted illustrations. What I love most about Kinomis work is the colour palette she uses. It takes the painting to a whole new cold and magical place.

Kinomi grew up in a small forest house surrounded by animals and nature. She spent most of her days as a child drawing and painting from her imagination. Her illustrations are still very much inspired by her childhood, I love the whimsical characters and the dark forests she paints.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Luka Va

Luka Va is a Lithuanian artist now living in Australia. When I first discovered her shop LukaLuka on etsy, my first impressions were fun and amusing.

With cute quirky illustrations of animals covered in pattern and colour, this art is bound to find a place in your heart. Her creative works come from a happy place, wouldn't you love to just surround yourself with her beautiful skateboard sloths, keyboar cats and happy creatures?

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