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Planet “Wee Viking Football” (and a Giveaway)

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

It’s ready! Below is my latest Wee Planet creation: Wee Viking Football!

This planet joins my ongoing series of local Bryan/College Station Wee Planets. The Bryan High School’s stadium turned into a very cool (and very athletic) planet. I like to work on a large scale, so this planet is over three feet square, too! If you would like to learn more about how I create Wee Planets from 360 degree panoramas, check out my Wee Planet tutorial here.

If you live near Bryan/College Station, Texas, be sure to check out the November 6th Sunday edition of The Eagle. I am honored that they will be featuring my Wee Planet artwork. So to celebrate, I’m giving away an 8″ x 8″ glossy print of a local Wee Planet! (See my Wee Planet gallery here.) To enter, simply leave a comment on this post or on the Wee Planet tutorial post. (Or Share, Digg, Tweet or Like it and let me know!) Be sure to include your email address so I can contact you if you win! I’ll announce the winner at the end of the month. (And if there are a lot of entries, I’ll add an extra planet print or two…)

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One World One Heart 2011 Winners!

Friday, February 18th, 2011

I’ll be honest, I’ve visited less than 50 of the 800+ blogs so far this year. I was tempted to do one final mad dash through OWOH yesterday, but I decided to spend some quality mommy-daughter time instead and visit your blogs in a more leisurely fashion over the coming weeks. So thank-you to everyone who stopped in to say “hello,” and especially to those who took a moment to get to know me a little better. It’s been a great ride and I’ve discovered some inspiring artists and thought-provoking bloggers along the way. I look forward to meeting more in the weeks (and months) to come!

Congratulations to the following lovely folks! I’ve included an image from each of their blogs to give you a teaser and encourage you to visit them as well if you get a chance. Drum-roll please:

Carmen who said:

“Oh wow thank you Nikki, yours was one of the blogs that really stood out on the tour, your creations are so unusual. Please could I have Wee Planet Swanage? It makes me think of fantasy/folk stories and the edge of the world.”

Here is an image from Carmen’s blog. Do check it out, she has such a fun writing style!

Shelly Massey who said:

“Hi Nikki! YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! I LOVE your wee planets!

Sorry you didn’t make the CPS calendar… I hope you’ll keep trying just like I plan to.

It is SO hard to pick from all your awesome planets, but I finally decided on Planet Path that you made for Tina. It only seems right that since I’m lucky enough to be teaching at PC that I should have a wonderful reminder of her.

Thank you SOOOOO much!!”

Shelly and I have something in common – we both submitted art to the Cloth Paper Scissors calendar contest this year. Below is her delightful entry, painted on license plates! I LOVE it! Please do check out her blog!

And finally Kim Rae Nugent who said:

“I enjoyed your blog including the book structures. I would love to win one of your prints. Please add me to your drawing. Stop by for a visit if you have the change.
Have a lovely day!”

I’m still waiting to hear back from Kim about her favorite planet… Please do check out her lovely blog, RAEvN’s Nest:

Thank you to everyone who participated! I so enjoyed meeting new friends and visiting so many wonderful blogs!

Have a wonderful day!

~Nikki

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Wee Planet Historic Downtown Bryan – Cloth Paper Scissors Finalist!

Friday, February 11th, 2011

UPDATE: I just found out that my wee planet will be published in the Sept/Oct issue of Cloth Paper Scissors! Yippee! Happy Dance!

I was thrilled to hear that my latest “Wee Planet” creation was named a finalist in the 2012 Cloth Paper Scissors calendar contest, “On the Street Where You Live”!

Although I’m a bit bummed that I didn’t win (I’ll be honest), this has inspired me to create more artwork for competitions and challenges throughout this year. Congrats to the winners!

Since I always love seeing the “before, during and after” of how artists create their lovelies, I’ll add a “The Making Of…” post soon, so stay tuned!

Tags: cloth paper scissors, contest, finalist, wee planets
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One World One Heart: Global Blog Giveaway Event 2010

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I’m excited to be a part of the “One World One Heart” blogging event/giveaway for the first time this year!

In keeping with the magic carpet theme of this year’s event, the first prize is an 8″ x 8″ print of one of my “wee planets” (winner’s choice). These are entire mini-worlds for you to explore created from 360 degree panorama photos. What a great trip to take on that magic carpet you found! Below are a few of the worlds you could take home:

Planet Path, rural Bryan, Texas

Planet Winter Hotel

Planet Swanage

OR, your choice of wee planet from my gallery!

The next prize (because why stop with just one?) will be a handmade mini-book created especially for you by me. I’ll be making it this week so I don’t have a photo to show you yet…and that makes it a surprise! I can post an update later when it’s ready, though perhaps it should it stay a mystery…?

[UPDATE Feb 6th: The mini-book is ready! For those like me who can't resist temptation, you can PEEK HERE!]

To enter, simply place a comment on this post. Be sure to include a valid email address so I can contact you if you win!

Deadline to enter: Midnight on February 14th

Winners will be announced: February 15th, 2010

Remember to check out the other participating blogs by clicking on the logo to the left. If you have a blog, there’s still time to participate in the giveaway – details on the OWOH site.

I hope you can take the time to read some of my other posts to learn a bit about me and my art and also have fun visiting the other blogs in this grand adventure. Good luck, everyone! (And I can’t wait to check out all of your blogs, too!)

[UPDATE: wee-hours of the morning of Feb 15th:]

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED – WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY!

It’s past my bedtime…I’ve been too busy visiting your blogs! Thank-you so much to everyone who visited me and left comments. I do hope you will stop by again to see my latest creations… Drawing will be tomorrow (the 15th) after I’ve had a little sleep Good luck, everyone!

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