McSweeney's Planner, Jill Bliss Drawing Book, Typography Iron-Ons GIVEAWAY

This week's giveaway is totally awesome for all my artsy followers. 

It ends this coming Sunday 9/18 at midnight CST.

Here we go!

 GIVEAWAY ITEM #1: ($12.00)

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The first item up for grabs is this awesome organizer from McSweeney's. If you haven't heard of McSweeney's, you're missing out. But you've probably seen some of their delicious books out there. This organizer is called the "Keep Your House in Order" and here's a little bit about it:

Designed by Heidi Meredith

"Do you find yourself awash in a sea of things to do for work, while the things you need to do for your personal life nip at your heels like hungry piranhas? Do you perpetually and repeatedly draw up to-do lists in order to keep yourself afloat, but—confound it!—keep losing them?

Well, this elegant and functional planner will help you keep track of all the things you need to do for work and for pleasure. You'll never miss a conference call again, or forget the name of the Chilean albariño that your mom told you to try.

The Keep Your House In Order planner has the capacity for fourteen months of organized living. You can start the planner whenever you want; it's not tied to any specific dates. It's full-color throughout and has plenty of space for whatever lists you can conceive, as well as prompts for things like "names I like," "good costume ideas," "museums to see in my town," and "favorite band in high school."'

Metallic coating on the cover, what a beaut!

The die-cut on this book is seriously incredible.

 GIVEAWAY ITEM #2: ($14.95)

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This one's for the craftier folks out there, Hot Type iron-on transfers book, published by Chronicle Books and designed by San Franciscans Brett MacFadden and Scott Thorpe.

 A little about Hot Type:

"Hot Type + cloth + an iron = DIY clothing design. It's instantly gratifying to customize T-shirts, bags, or any other piece of fabric with these bold type-driven designs and custom created alphabets. Simple instructions explain how to quickly iron on more than 20 vivid designs to clothes and accessories."

Mmmm, delicious, delicious type.

Yes, these bad boys are mirror image (duh.) This "Lover" iron-on is for fancypants guys and gals.

Lovin' all the alphabets involved here - you can basically make anything you want!

 GIVEAWAY ITEM #3: ($17.00)

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Jill Bliss is back, and I'm lovin' it. I snatched up this Chronicle Books drawing journal by Jill and couldn't resist it.

"check it out: want to learn to draw natural objects, or improve your looking and drawing skills? need a new nature drawing journal? or do you just want be inspired by pages and pages of inspirational words and artwork of dots, lines, and shapes in colorful interplays? then this is the journal for you!
part instructive-manual, part diy journal, part inspirational tome, part art monograph, this baby has been a total labor of love!

the result: a hard-cover take-along journal infused with art and tips throughout, offering basic techniques for drawing natural objects. within these pages, i've distilled everything i've learned teaching artists of all skill levels in my yearly "summer sunday nature drawing workshop" series at home in portland, oregon. so now those of you who can't make the summer trek to portland, can still learn from me via this journal!

fundamental, easy-to-follow exercises explore ways of seeing the natural world and translating it into simple marks on a page. with plenty of space for sketching, this journal will also encourage you to appreciate your natural environment no matter where you are!"

This book is, well, amazing. I mean, there's really nothing out there like it. It's a journal, but also a drawing space, but also a tutorial, but also a total inspiration. Check out some photos of this beauty.

This page alone inspires me to do some drawin'. I want a print of this for my studio space... Help me out, Jill? :)

Beautiful full illustrations fill the pages of this to inspire to create.

Jill's beautiful illustrative style is truly unique and keeps things fun.

Your turn to draw!

Draw Every Day - sounds like a tall order, but I think you can if you have this book to keep you goin'.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO WIN:

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It's really pretty easy (per usual.)

• Post a comment here and tell me what inspires you to create and organize. Is it disorganization or a fun planner or creative "starting point"? Do you become intimidated by organization and/or art projects that never seem to happen? We're working on organizers and inspirational calendars now for 2012 and would love your feedback.
• Bonus Additional Entry: Share this blog entry to your Facebook friends or Twitter account and post a link to it in a separate comment.
• Be sure to include which item you'd like. Since all 3 of these items are specific and unique, I hope to give them all a good home in which they will be lovingly used. If you'd like to give one as a gift to someone, that's okay too. We spread the love.
• Include your e-mail address and follow this blog to see if you've won!

Coming soon... more from Chronicle + more from us. Surprise, surprise.

Enjoy your day!