New Gorjuss™ Products & Guest Giveaway: Parochena

 Gosh I’m sure some of you must be stalking The Santoro Shop daily, because plenty of you  caught these new items just added, and couldnt wait to tell us, thanks to everyone who did, aren’t you eagle eyed, but it does mean you grab what you can while it’s in stock, great idea!

We’ve also got a great Guest Giveaway tonight, so do keep reading and take part, it’s always fun to enter, and worth a quick comment for a chance to win!

Do you want a peek at the new products from Santoro?  Here they are:

 

They come in packs of 3, with two sized at 35mm and one 25mm. 25mm are the size we used to sell in our shop, so these news ones are bigger !  Do check the product listing for proper details tho, before you buy!

Also there’s a new comment system in the Santoro shop, making it easy to leave a nice review of the products you’ve bought, we look forward to reading your comments there!

AND there are also these cute little Emery Board packs, how adorable are these!?

 If you run away to take a peek at The Santoro Shop then dont forget to pop back and take part in this weekends Guest Giveaway, more details below! ….

 

Our guest this week is:

Paulette Arochena, (also known as Paulie) is  joining us today, she is an artist & has an etsy shop packed with cute fluffy animal charachters, her soft painting style is sure to warm  your heart!  She is just 18 years old, and from the UK.  She loves to Figure Skate and is in the process of writing & illustrating her own book. Lets meet Paulie:

Shop address: www.parochena.etsy.com

Hello Guest Giveaway lovely! Please tell us a little bit about you , who are you, where you’re from!??
Hey There! 😀 My name is Paulette Arochena and I am a Children’s Illustrator from the UK!

Tell us about what you make & your inspiration?

I do my best to take you back to your childhood memories with my little characters. They all get up to such mischievous antics that I’m sure you can all relate to in one way or another. 😉 Of course… It’s always important to get a warm fuzzy feeling inside too! 😀 That’s my goal!

I get inspired by anything and everything around me. I could be walking down the street, see an ice cream van for example and manage to link it with something completely unrelated! 😀 Then… It’s up to my characters to choose how they want to get involved ;D

What is your favourite item to make/sell ?
I love to paint, so I guess it would be my prints, ^_^ saying that though, it’s always fun to put everything together too!

  Do you have any favourite Etsy items you’ve bought?
I still haven’t bought any items off Etsy yet, but I have seen so many beautiful things that call my attention! Hopefully, I will change my buying habits soon! 😀

Do you have any other websites people can find you?
I do indeed! Hehe, here’s a few:

• Website: http://www.parochena.co.uk
• DeviantART: http://parochena.deviantart.com/gallery/
• Blog: http://www.parochena.co.uk/blog/
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/parochena
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheLittleCorner

You can also find me dotted around a few other places, but they are the ones that I’m most active on. ^_^

Whats the best advice you’ve ever been given?
To always believe in yourself and everything you do. Your brain is so powerful that it can control so much more than you think it can! If you stay positive, good things will happen. If you’re always negative, you will attract the bad things in life.

Anything else you’d like to say?
Thank you to Suzanne & Grant for giving me this opportunity! 😀 The stuff they both do is absolutely amazing! Please be kind and send lots of warm cuddles their way! <3 😀  – Paulie XxX

Some more examples of Paulies cute artwork:

 

YOU COULD WIN: This Fantastic set of  THREE HEDGEHOG PRINTS by Parochena.Etsy.com ! These would look great in a nursery of childs bedroom!

To Enter On Blog: All you have to do is….. 

It’s gonna be a mad chef night tonight, so get your Gordon Ramsey chef hat on and get your mixing bowls out ( and not potty mouth!) What we want you to do is combine a NAME of an ANIMAL with a FOOD ITEM…and then DESCRIBE YOUR CREATION !!! 🙂

Example: ‘BumbleBee Pie’, like Humble Pie but with more of a STING ! 😀

…. Good Luck and have fun, Remember if you are new to the blog, it can take upto 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…

To Enter on Twitter: We have a $7 Gorjussart Gift Certificate prize available for a twitterer winnerer too ! Just hit the RETWEET button at the top of this blog and your RT will be entered into a draw too ( the winning tweet will be chosen by random.org too!)

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!)

 

And as a special treat for all of you, if  you grab any TWO of the gorgeous artwork prints from

Parochena’ s lovely Etsy shop, you’ll get ONE FREE !

Just put the title of the free print you’d like in the note to seller, and mention the code ‘ GIGGLEPANDA’  during check out, and it will be added to your order when shipped!

 Shop address: www.parochena.etsy.com

What a great chance to save money on a gift for someone special, or just treat yourself!

Good luck everyone, and a big thank you to Paulie for joining us this week and of course her generosity with the prize!