Guest Giveaway – ThisYearsGirl
Hello everyone, it’s the start of the Weekend and that means a giveaway, we hope you’re ready to play.. this weekend I’m bringing you someone extra special, I have known Melissa for many years, and I know you will adore her beautiful artwork as much as I do !
Melissa a graphic artist living and working in Pennsylvania and a mother to one beautiful little girl. She has been selling her Art through Etsy since December 2007. You can find her on the web here:
ETSY BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK
But first, Let’s find out more!
Hello Guest Giveaway lovely! Please tell us a little bit about you , who are you, where you’re from!??
Hello! My name is Melissa and I’m a graphic artist and mother from Pennsylvania.
Tell us about what you make & your inspiration?
Most of my images are photo-manipulation, which is combining several photographs together to create an illusion or deception through various image editing techniques.
I’ve always loved and been inspired by anything fantasy and I enjoy creating my own little dream places.
What is your favourite item to make/sell ?
I’m always thrilled when someone purchases one of my prints,
It’s such a great feeling to know that someone likes my artwork that much 🙂
Do you have any favourite Etsy items you’ve bought?
My favorite would have to be our wedding bands from singleBbeautiful.etsy.com! 😀
I also wear my Twilight Jasper Garnet Sterling Stacking Ring from Retsina.etsy.com every day, I’m completely addicted to madhattersoap.etsy.com’s soap,
and I ‘m in love with my many prints from TheNebulousKingdom.etsy.com.
Do you have any other websites people can find you?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanuaryWish Blog: JanuaryWish.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ThisYearsGirl/111407845539292 My New Etsy Shop: VisualSentiments.etsy.com
Anything else you’d like to say?
Thank you gorjuss!!
YOU COULD WIN: ANY two 8.5 x 11″ prints from the Little Prince Series!!!
To Enter On Blog: Tell us what fantasy photograph you would like to be in and why?
for example, if you were getting a photo manip done, what would you get? Would you be a fairy in a dell? Or Flying over the Grand Canyon… I’d be the invisible man sitting in at the last supper (I know thats an easy manip)
For an EXTRA entry: we will accept you to VISIT ThisYearsGirl, find your favourite thing there ( warning: It may take a while, you’ll love it all!!) and copy the URL ( the www.sitename/faveitem.php bit!) and paste it into your comment here! Melissa would love to hear your fave items & it will DOUBLE your chances of winning to do both !! ( I’m sure she’ll read your comments too, so please let her know what you think of her lovely Creations and wonderful interview she did for you all !)
For an EXTRA EXTRA entry: For another EXTRA way to enter, Just hit the RETWEET button at the top of this blog and your RT will be entered into a draw too !
…. Good Luck and have fun, Remember if you are new to the blog, it can take up to 12 hours for your post to be checked an authorised… once its given the ok all further posts should appear instantly. So don’t panic…
Closes: Sunday Night at around 10pm GMT ( gorjuss time is shown on the blog clock!) Winner decided by Random.org. For Facebook readers, comments must be submitted on the actual blog www.gorjussart.co.uk/blog). You can enter as many times as you want on the blog ( but only one entry on twitter) just no back to back posting ( i.e someone should post between your posts!)
SPECIAL READER OFFER:
Gosh how generous is Melissa, she’s offering all you gorjuss blog readers, a very special offer in her shop ! WOW!
Buy 1 small print (5×5 or 5×7) and get a second free. Enter ‘gorjuss’ and choice of free print in the message to seller area a checkout.
Good luck everyone, and a big thank you to”ThisYearsGirl (Melissa!)” for joining us this weekend and of course her generosity with the prize!
wow beautiful work thanks for sharing with us loved it
My fantasy photo manip would be to be Alice at tea with the Hatter, the Rabbit, the Dormouse and the March Hare. Especially if the Hatter were Johnny Depp.:-)
Great idea !!
well, I'm very good with photoshop, but I haven manage to make a decent underwater, mermaid scene!
i would like to be underwater! O____O with a lace dress in a sunny afternoon!
great giveaway 🙂
My fav item!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/44461581/glow-pendant
My fantasy photograph would be me in the middle of my fave gorjuss girls, including The Collector, Rainbow Girl, the mini sweethearts and signed by Suzanne.
Oh My. I didn't know this artist (I must have been living under a rock). I'm totally smitten with these images! And I just hearted on Etsy and Liked on FB!!!
Here's my 1st entry:
If I was getting a photo manip, I'd probably like to see how I would look in a Victorian era costume and athmosphere…
Thanks for the giveaway and for stopping by at my blog!
Ciao from Italy,
Suze
Hello, it's me again. My favorite item in Melissa's shop is
http://www.etsy.com/listing/46321699/print-set-…
(Just because I really love these animals prints here! Congrats Melissa!)
Suze
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Ciao!
i like ''some day soon'' print so much in melissa's etsy website … it makes me remind of hopes when anything make me down..
I would definitely want to be a little fairy – that just flies around and when I see someone sad – I gently touch them with my wand and they smile…..I would live in flowery meadows in the sunshine and just enjoy mother earth!!! silly but it is my fantasy!!
I absolutely love her etsy shop – the photographs are absolutely darling – just so beautiful–I especially loved sorrow
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45527582/sorrow-5×5…
a fairy/angel – my fav–very dreamy and peaceful!!
Thanks for sharing your talent!!
I think my fantasy photo would be me as Cinderella, running down the stairs at midnight, losing slipper, with the castle in the background.
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.11547559…
How awesome is that print. The title Secret Places has a lot of meaning to me. I feel like the girl in the print.
Sandy
Ugh, I forget how to use this new set up here, lol that is my post, Sandy here lol
I love secret places so much I had to buy it, lol
One of my favs is Sorrow, which I just purchased. My father just passed away and this piece captures my feelings as well as brings me a sense of peace.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45527582/sorrow-5×5…
I would love to be a kitten princess in a magical field of sunflowers!
Melissa your work is beautiful!
I would definately be a wee fairy and have lots of fun with my new friends the butterflies and dragonflies 🙂
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Beautiful things for sale!
This is my favourite…..http://www.etsy.com/listing/51603850/unwritten-tale-5×7-inch-print
I would like a goddess-like picture in front of a large oak tree.
hrfarley at gmail dot com
My Fantasy Photo manipulation would be of an Angel sat amongst the clouds with outstretched arms, sprinkling dew onto the fields and flowers below xx
Melissa, Your Artwork is simply Stunning !! I adore this kind of Artwork.
I visited your etsy shop and I was mesmerised. I couldn't just narrow it down to one item…so here are the ones I thought were just stunning:
Tarum
http://www.etsy.com/listing/42774990/tarum-5×7-…
Not Forgotten
http://www.etsy.com/listing/43275892/not-forgot…
Kept Memories
http://www.etsy.com/listing/38782455/kept-memor…
I would love to be in a Snow White recreation photo because it was my favorite fairytale as a kid and I was even Snow White for Halloween 5 years in a row!
My favorite is this little fox prince print: http://www.etsy.com/listing/45407511/little-fox…
My fantasy manip would be to be a Teletubby. 🙂 I would choose Californian grass green mountains as background and put some extra large Easter eggs all over the green hills. Just sort of syrrealistic childish colorful piece. 🙂
Visited the site… Wow. Many great pieces. But one that stood out for me was the small Flight print:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/50808662/flight-5×5…
I'd like to be pictured as a lovely mermaid posed on a rock.
I would love to be in a small boat going over Niagara Falls.
What a thrill that would be. My favorite print on your Etsy site is
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.16075542…
Secret Places.
What a beautiful print!!
Where are you at in PA? I live about 35 miles from Pittsburgh in a rural area. I love the beauty of a country setting.
HUGZ
Marlene
I'd love to be popped into one of the Arthur Rackham illustrations in my mom's Brothers Grimm book, one of the many involving cottages in the woods and wild animals. I would of course be the girl with the lovely long curls and good heart, who ends well.
my fav item is sleep to dream
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52001032/sleep-to-d…
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I'd be a siren by the sea. Or a ship captain…
I would love to be in a photography manipulation like thumbelina, and be a tiny girl living amongst giant mushrooms and flowers and all sorts of beautiful nature nooks and crannies.
I LOVE the Little Prince set http://www.etsy.com/listing/46321699/print-set-…
The images and colours are just magical.
I would want to be with my two daughters, in a “real” Wee Folk garden (not Hollywood version) with small animals around us – my daughters have written to two Wee folk for the las two years, so the Wee folk in the pictures could look like them – Purpe' and Zuma 🙂 Purpe' is purple themed and Zuma is very fast and disorganised. I could go on for ages – I like this 🙂
tracyschultz@yahoo.com
http://www.etsy.com/listing/35678451/the-patien… _ I hope this is how you wanted to link done… It is the picture of the Wee folk, I must say though I came close to picking the Snow White Brooch, my daughter wore a Snow White dress, and live everything Snow White for about 18 months I am so drawn to that now (it was along time ago…) Everything is just stunning!
tracyschultz@yahoo.com
I'd love to have a picture of me in a fairy forest with mushrooms around me or one like “the Wing Collector”. I'd also love a picture of my little son, so small that he can be kept in a pocket 🙂 Wouldn't that be sweet…
blancetcaramel@gmail.com
My favorite photo is Sleep to Dream… I don't have words.
blancetcaramel@gmail.com
I'd like to be standing in the doorway inviting guests inside Bilbo's house at BagEnd. 🙂
Love the Metamorphosis IV – Pendant. Melissa is so talented!!
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I love Alice in Wonderland, I'd love to be at the Mad Hatters Tea Party
I really like the Dreaming 2 print
Atoxim at gmail dot com
I would love to live in a futuristic art deco mansion in a verdant urban setting with flying cars and elegant clothes.
My two favorite items from ThisYearsGirl are the prints of The Queen and Sleep To Dream.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52001032/sleep-to-d…
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49735340/the-queen-…
I would definitely have to do Alice in Wonderland theme! Probably at the tea, but really anything to do with Alice for sure!
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I would love to be in the photo showing the little mouse, I think he is giving the keys to his kingdom