send some flowers...

It's been dreary, foggy, and rainy lately. Perhaps these are those vaunted "April showers." I suppose I can only hope they will yield some "may flowers."

In the mean time, I have been working on card graphics. So I have spent much time on the computer scouring over my numerous photos of flowers.

Anyway, I am one of those people who just likes pretty pictures. And, admittedly, I have something of a black thumb when it comes to cut flowers. The ones that grow outside — those are fabulous, they get water & sunshine, and well, nature takes its course. Inside, I do far better with fake flowers...

When it's just me and the camera and then the computer and photoshop — that's when I can do something beautiful with cut flowers.

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GIVEAWAY

Send some flowers on Mother's Day give-away. The winner gets to pick one of these cards (or any 1 of the cards available for sale in my "sarahknight" shop on etsy) — which I will then send to them. You can choose to have the card blank on the inside or let me know what message you want printed there.
The cards measure 4.5 X 6.625 inches & are printed on 115lb paper w/ a slight texture.

To enter: send an email to sarkni@live.com with the word "give-away" in the title.
The winner will be drawn at random next Wednesday morning (28 April, 2010) — at which time I will email you (because to send you the card I need an address).

I don't have a mailing list, newsletter, or forward email addresses, or anything spammy like that. The email is exclusively for the giveaway.

Send some flowers!

Christmas seems to be the only holiday to which I am not oblivious. The rest of them seem to sneak up on me — no matter how hard I may attempt to be aware. Mother's Day is next month.

Conveniently, or perhaps by happenstance, since I have been doing a lot with photo manipulation recently, I have been working on designing cards. I have always been planning on making cards, it's just that it seems that something always comes up and I always put it off.

So, over the last few weeks I've been measuring my envelopes (I have a lot of envelopes!) and formatting sizes, and doing math, and trying to find suitable paper to print them on. And then there's the boring part with printer color profiles & printer margins...

Anyway, making the graphics is much more enjoyable, and since Mother's Day is approaching I decided to focus on the florals. You can send her flowers that require no watering : )

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The cards measure 4.5 X 6.625 inches & are printed on 115lb paper w/ a slight texture.

GIVEAWAY

I have also apparently decided to do a giveaway, the winner gets to pick one of these cards — which I will then send to them.
To enter: send an email to sarkni@live.com with the word "give-away" in the title.
The winner will be drawn at random next Wednesday morning (28 April, 2010) — at which time I will email you (because to send you the card I need an address).

BTW, I don't have a mailing list, newsletter, or forward email addresses, or anything spammy like that.

Eventually, these cards will be available for sale at my "sarahknight" shop on etsy.
Remember your Mother this Mother's Day : )

Giveaway - sarahkdesigns print

lush ripe roses
(5 X 5 inch image on 6 X 6 inch 2-ply smooth surface bristol)

sarahkdesigns print giveaway
to enter, please send an email to sarkni@live.com
something like "lush ripe roses print giveaway" in the title would be helpful ; )

the winner will be chosen next Sunday, 28 June 2009, at NOON EST (eastern standard time).
the winner will be chosen at random (from some classical analog device like a name drawn out of a container).
the winner will be announced on the blog after I have contacted that person.
: )