January 30, 2010

• As of February 1, you may vote

  for your favorites in the PCAGOE challenge for February.  Here are the entries:

  

  What an amazingly diverse bunch of items, considering they all follow the same "theme".  Here are the artists:

  1. Summer Pendant by M.E. of BeeTreeByMe

  2. Red and Burgandy Pillow Beads by Linda of NKDesigns

  3. Morning Glories by Kelly of KellyPlaysClay

  4. Victorian Rose Necklace by Lynda of SCDiva

  5. Faux Amber Bangle by Eugena of Eugena777

  6. Cortney’s Life by Angela of ElementalDragons

  7. Faux Topaz Cuff Bracelet by Susan of 11BoldStreet

  8. The June Twins by Cindy of ArrowdaleArtStudio

  9. Celebrating March by Marie of YoungCreative

  10. Marigold Clay Painting by Angela of PolymerClayCreations

  11. Emerald Beads by Terrie of Cloud9ClayCreations

  12. Peridot by Jill of JKollmann

  13. Daffodil on Faux Turquoise Bracelet by Janice of BlessedBeadJewelry

  Please follow this LINK to cast your vote beginning Feb. 1st through midnight Eastern Feb.7th.  You will directed to a new website to cast your vote.  The voter box is at the bottom of the page.  So please scroll all the way down.

  The names of each item are linked to their photos in the flickr challenge pool, so you can read what each of us wrote about our pieces, as well as see a larger photo.  The names of our shops link to our Etsy shops. 

  I'm very excited that I finally joined this group - I've considered it since I first opened my Etsy shop but just didn't think it'd serve any useful purpose - wow, was I wrong!  This is an incredibly generous, supportive and fun group of artists, concerned mostly with enjoying our art, but also with promoting our Etsy stores in the most effective way possible.  For us, that seems to be as a group.  Each of us, as you can see in this challenge, has such a different artistic "eye," and we're really not competing for business.  We all want the others to do well.  Every sale is celebrated.  Ideas are generously shared and even our flops are encouraged.  After all, we learn from our mistakes, eh?  And if we don't, it seems like one of the others might! 

  Please take the time to vote for your favorites.  There are great prizes offered in a random drawing to non-member voters, as shown in this mosaic:

  

  These are prizes donated by various members of the group, as noted here

  First Row:

   A desk pen set by ClayCenter, a brooch by SCDiva, a magnet set by SilverGate and a necklace by JKollmann

  Second Row:

  Pendant by MarciaPalmer, Necklace by RMKDesign, pendant by WorthingtonFox and pendant by RiverValleyDesign

  Thrid Row:

  Pendant by ClayHappy, Set of buttons by PolymerClayCreations, Pendant by LaurelSteven, and a pendat by NKDesigns

  Fourth Row:

  Pendant by BeeTreeByMe, set of beads by Jencom72, earrings by StudioSchiek, and a pendant by SpiritMama

  Members of the group vote separately, so entrants can be recognized by their peers and by the voter pool itself.  Both recognitions mean a great deal to each artist. 

  VOTE!!

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