covetable chronicle: the art of instruction notebooks & postcards

I adore the Art of Instruction, this book features hundreds of vintage educational posters on a variety of topics, from anatomy to botany. Our friend's at Chronicle Books have also published a notebook collection and a postcard set. If you're also a fan of this stunning imagery, it's your lucky day - we're giving away both the notebook collection AND the postcard set this week - that's right, two lucky winners!

To enter the giveaway:
Head over to the Crow & Canary Facebook page and like or comment on the Chronicle giveaway post at the top of the page. Really, that's all. I will randomly choose two winners the afternoon of Tuesday, 2/26/13 and announce it on the C&C Facebook page.

Just a reminder: Comments on this blog will not be considered an entry. Good luck!

{all images via chronicle books}

covetable chronicle: botanical garland by rifle paper co.

I'm rather excited to share another giveaway from Chronicle Books! Today we have a set of Botanical Garlands designed by Rifle Paper Co. I love this concept, as it's reusable and you don't have to stick to just standard greetings. I for one, would make a banner that read "Oh Happy Day" with this fun little kit. Rifle has partnered with Chronicle for several brilliant collaborations, I am quite fond of the entire Botanicals series and have gotten much use out of the labels & stickers.

To enter the giveaway:
Head over to the Crow & Canary Facebook page and like or comment on the Chronicle giveaway post at the top of the page. Really, that's all. I will randomly choose one winner the afternoon of Friday, 11/2/12 and announce it on the C&C Facebook page.

Just a reminder: Comments on this blog will not be considered an entry. Good luck!

covetable chronicle: mary kate mcdevitt journal giveaway

Chronicle Books has generously offered to periodically send me some of their new stationery goodies to review and in kind, I'd like to share the love with you all!

To kick things off, I have a gorgeous hard cover journal by Mary Kate McDevitt, one of my favorite Portland artists and Jill-of-all-trades. Mary Kate's Mini Goals notepad is hanging in my kitchen and think it's the cat's meow.

To enter the giveaway:
Head over to the Crow & Canary Facebook page and like or comment on the Chronicle giveaway post at the top of the page. Really, that's all. I will randomly choose one winner the afternoon of Friday, 8/10/12 and announce it on the C&C Facebook page.

Just a reminder: Comments on this blog will not be considered an entry. Good luck!

{image via mary kate mcdevitt}

{12 days of holiday cheer}: two trick pony giveaway {no. 12}

Today is the last post in our "Holiday Cheer" series and I'm excited to say that it comes along with a generous giveaway from two of my favorite ladies at Two Trick Pony. If you didn't get your Hanukkah or Christmas cards in the mail, there's still time to send a cute card welcoming the new year!

To enter the giveaway:
First, like Two Trick Pony on Facebook and while you're there, head over to the Crow & Canary page and like or comment on the giveaway post at the top of the page. Really, that's all. We'll randomly choose one winner on Friday afternoon and announce it on the C&C Facebook page.

The winner will receive their choice of a Happy New Year boxed set AND Two Trick Pony's much lauded 2012 Year of Type calendar. Just a reminder: Comments on this blog will not be considered an entry.

{all images via two trick pony}

angela adams + egg press giveaway!

I know I'm not alone in the sheer joy I felt when I found out about the Egg Press collaboration with Angela Adams. A match made in heaven, I tell you! Egg Press is having a moving sale here in Portland, OR this week and I picked up some cards at their studio yesterday and thought I really ought to share the love.

So... I thought I'd try something new and offer a giveaway to C&C Facebook fans, it's easy - I promise! Just wander on over to our Facebook fan page and "like" this post. The winner will be randomly selected tomorrow (7/15/11) and announced on our Facebook page.

Remember, you must like the post on our Facebook fan page to be entered to win. Good luck, friends!

{images by crow and canary}

goody giveaway no. 11

Rebekah Potter, the artist behind BloKs, sent me a link to her newest project this morning and I was just plain smitten. Rebekah collaborated with an awesome team to produce a short film that features her original art work. It absolutely put a smile on my face and I had to watch it a second time! Take a look for yourself here.

Rebekah had kindly sent me one her BloKs featuring a bird awhile back, I've been meaning to post a giveaway for it for eons and this was the perfect reminder. This sweet song bird reminds me that spring is just around the corner here in Portland.

To enter to win:

|| Please leave a comment answering the following question:
What is one of your favorite things about spring?

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open until midnight PST on Monday, April 25th, 2o11 .
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced the following day.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win? Blog, Facebook and/or Tweet about our giveaway and post an additional comment(s) with the link.

UPDATE: Alex is the official winner of the Rebekah Potter BloK!

Good luck! I'm also over at Oh So Beautiful Paper this week, guest blogging while Nole is on a fabulous vacation in Italy. Feel free to come say hello!

gratitude campaign {thanksgiving edition}

I'll just come out and say it, I've really fallen behind on my monthly 'Gratitude Campaign' posts. I've been feeling guilty and decided that the impending Thanksgiving in the US would be the perfect opportunity to make up for my negligence.

My first offering is a simple thanks for reading this little blog. Being self-employed and often working from home, I really take comfort and delight in the connections I make via blogging and tweeting. I have a healthy group of people that I count as friends made through these avenues. So... thank you for taking the time to read and connect with me on some level, it really means more than I can express.

Now, getting to the goody giveaway part of the post!

The mister and I have a tradition of writing down what we're thankful for each and every Thanksgiving, it's something that I really enjoy reflecting on and thought it would be the perfect question to pose for entry.

To enter to win:

|| Please leave a comment answering the following:
What are you currently thankful for in your life?

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open through Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11:59 PST.
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced Monday, December 6th.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win?
Blog, tweet and/or facebook about our giveaway and post an additional comment(s) with the link.

One lucky winner will receive the thank you card set from Hammerpress, one winner will receive the set from Snow & Graham, one winner will receive the set from Ghost Academy and one winner will receive the assorted 'grab bag' from our archives. Best of luck!

{images by crow and canary}

creative crush: daily calligrapher

There's something about the art of calligraphy that's captured my attention from a young age. My grandmother dabbled in it and I remember the joy of watching her address envelopes followed with her signature Fleur-de-Lis wax seal. Currently, I've begun a pen pal correspondence with the lovely and talented Grace Edmands. Her work is exquisite and every time I see her handwriting in my mailbox, I can't help but grin.

The magic of Twitter recently lead me to Daily Calligraphy. Lila shares a range of quotes that she's written in different styles. The quotes are a great mix of hilarious, inspiring, plain silly and of course a few classics thrown in for good measure. She's recently started selling her work in the Daily Calligraphy Etsy shop at very reasonable prices. I had to order two myself, including one of my favorite Martin Luther King quotes above.
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In giveaway news, I've been a rather bad blogger and am announcing the Paper Bullet winner a bit later than anticipated.

Congratulations to Piddix, who quite favored the "Kiss Me Over and Over" watercolor. Many thanks to Lisa for sponsoring the giveaway.

{all images via daily calligraphy}

paper bullet giveaway

{'for the mister' watercolor on repurposed wood}

{'milk moustache' mini painting}

{'our love is home no.3' original painting}

The ultra talented Lisa Romero, of Paper Bullet, is giving a C&C reader the opportunity to choose one item from her lovely Etsy shop! I love the Paper Bullet shop and am particularly fond of the fact that Lisa repurposes so many items that then become her canvas for greatness.

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To enter to win:

|| Please peruse Paper Bullet's Etsy shop and tell me which item you'd like to win.

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open until midnight on Thursday, April 22, 2010 .
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced the following day.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win?
Blog and/or tweet about the giveaway and post an additional comment(s) with the link.

{images via paperbullet}

gratitude campaign {march}

The March Gratitude Giveaway has arrived! A special thanks to GREER Chicago, I was fortunate enough to win a contest that GREER hosted and had the absolute pleasure of partaking in a shopping spree on their website, so much fun! I couldn't possibly justify spending the entire spree on myself, so I ordered several thank you sets to giveaway, including the Elum set. Many thanks to GREER for their generosity.

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Yep, that's it, no hoop jumping whatsoever. Giveaway is open through Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 PST.

Two winners to be announced on Monday, April 5 - one lucky winner will receive the thank you card set from SweetBeaker, the other will receive the thank you card set from Elum. Best of luck!

{images via elum & sweetbeaker}

gratitude campaign {february}

I can hardly believe it's time for the second Gratitude Campaign giveaway. This year is zooming by already!

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Yep, that's it, no hoop jumping whatsoever. Giveaway is open through Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11:59 PST.

Two winners to be announced on Monday, February 28 - one lucky winner will receive the thank you card set from TISELLE, the other will receive the thank you card set from Laundry Press. Best of luck!

{images by crow and canary}

gratitude campaign {january}

It's finally here... the Gratitude Campaign's first giveaway...

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. Yep, that's it, no hoop jumping whatsoever. Giveaway is open through Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:59 PST.

Two winners to be announced on Monday, February 1 - one lucky winner will receive the thank you card set from Two Trick Pony, the other will receive the thank you card set from Egg Press. Best of luck!

{images by crow and canary}

crayon-tastic

{images via klimt02}

I am totally taken with Maria Cristina Bellucci's unique line of jewelry devised almost entirely of colored pencils. I truly love all of the designs!

In rather tardy news, my apologies for my absence in announcing the lucky owner of this print, I have a winner to declare.

And, the winner of the Bittersugar letterpress print is...
Michaela of Dolce Vita! Here's what she had to say about her favorite city:

my favorite place to visit- hands down in Italy. It is why my blog is called Dolce Vita. The summer i was 19 i walked hand in hand with a beautiful boy called Francesco. The summer of my life. He broke my heart but it was all worth it and Italy will always be the sweetest place on earth, even still.

Have a safe and Happy New Year! Back tomorrow with details on my 2010 gratitude campaign, it just happens to involve 24 glorious card giveaways...

{jewelry via seesaw design's blog}

goody giveaway no. 9

It's been a long spell since I posted a giveaway and I'm super excited to tell you about this one. Nik Bresnick of Bittersugar is kindly offering one reader a 5x7 letterpress print of the Seattle Space Needle. Perfect for framing, the 3-color image is printed on Cranes Lettra 110 pound all-cotton pearl white paper (just a little info for the paper/printmaking geeks).

Portland peeps may want to take a moment to check out Bittersugar's limited edition print of the Saint John's Bridge, one of our city's beloved landmarks. So, so beautiful...
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To enter to win:

|| Please leave a comment answering the following:
What is your all-time favorite city to visit?

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open until midnight on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 .
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced the following day.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win?
Blog and/or tweet about our giveaway and post an additional comment(s) with the link.

{image via bittersugar}

creative crush: fawn&forest

{male squirrel by ryan berkley}

{knife juggler by jayme mcgowan}

{growing spring by lisa golightly}

{hare by brent wick}

I always really dig fawn&forest's monthly 'forest finds' but, I have to say I was totally blown away by their newest collaboration with 7 of my all-time favorite artists. They are exclusively selling these plywerk pieces on their site and, hold on, it gets even better... Poppytalk is hosting a giveaway, in which two winners will receive their favorite panel. Enter here, giveaway ends 9/12!

{all images via fawn&forest}

winner(s) of goody giveaway no. 8

Okay, so I was technically supposed to announce the birthday giveaway winner on Saturday... And I kind of dropped the ball, so to make it up to you I've added two runner up prizes. 6 cards each for two lucky readers from several of the designers that contributed to the big kahuna prize.

|big kahuna prize| tracie {no. 5}
|runner-up one| laura {no. 3}
|runner-up two| kelly {no. 29}

I really loved reading about all of your birthday rituals, thank you so much for taking the time to share with me!


{my best friend, kathleen's blog}

How about another chance at a fabulous giveaway? I'm co-hosting a giveaway in honor of my dearest friend's 100th post on her blog 'Just a Small Town Girl'. Crow and Canary has contributed a card file designed by Cecily Ink. It's filled with 12 different letterpress and offset cards. Super handy for a last minute birthday party or a friend feeling under the weather, that's in need of some cheering up. Kathleen has also added a $30 Forever 21 gift card to sweeten the pot. Seriously, what are you still doing here? Enter this amazing giveaway post-haste!

goody giveaway no. 8 {birthday edition}

Here it is! A bonanza of paper goods to delight any afficianado of stationery.

Boxed holiday set from Cartolina Cards
Boxed thank you set from Cecily Ink
Coaster set from Letterary Press
Pencil Box from Nooworks
Favor box from Treeo Design
Assorted gift enclosures from Owen Says

Individual cards from:
Egg Press
Seraph
Oddball Press
Foxy & Winston
Lark Press
Ella Studio
Biellafiore
9Spotmonk
Red Bat Press
Paper + Cup Design
Andy Pratt Design

To enter to win:

|| Please leave a comment answering the following:
What's your all time favorite thing to do on your birthday?

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open until midnight on Friday, August 28th, 2009 .
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced the following day.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win?
Blog and/or tweet about our giveaway and post an additional comment with the link.

{image by crow & canary}

narcissism be thy name.

{card by wiley valentine}

I usually shy away from talking up my birthday. I've never been much of a party planner and more often than not, let things just play out naturally. Which can sometimes turn out a bit, well... lackluster. My birthday is this upcoming Saturday, August the 22nd and I've decided to not only make a big deal about it in this little blog, but to give someone else the opportunity to score some schwag in the honor of my big (or historically speaking, not so big) day.

The rest of the week I'm going to be featuring birthday cards I'd love to give or receive. And of course details on the big birthday booty giveaway. It's gonna be a doozy...

{image via wiley valentine}

bring on the funny

Blue Barnhouse is the newest addition to the Crow and Canary collection and I'm super excited to have their handmade wit join the ranks. Currently, my favorite card from BBH is the middle image: and that's when I said: "Martha Stewart, you're just Kmart trash." I laugh every time I read that sucker.

Interested in winning a $50 gift certificate for the Blue Barnhouse shop? Of course you are, it's super easy. Just tweet this for your entry, before July 9th:

RT for a chance to win a $50 certificate from @bluebarnhouse. RT's receive 25% off online purchases. Ends 7/9 http://tinyurl.com/nsby78

{images via blue barnhouse}

{shop} san francisco: the curiousity shoppe

{porcelain keys, designer unknown}

{amazing talking paintings by j. richel}

{apple jackets by jacqueline dufresne}

{porcelain doorstops by armando ramos}

{wallpaper projects by derek fagerstrom & lauren smith}

The Curiousity Shoppe has gotten much love in the blog world and deservedly so, I simply can't help but add some fuel to the fire. They really have the most unique assortment of art and gifts, I challenge you to browse their shop, online or in person, and not buy just a little something. I was especially taken by all the everyday objects reimagined in porcelain. I gained a few additions to my bulging printer's boxes. The owners, and all around craft-tastic couple, Lauren and Derek recently released Wallpaper Projects a must read for design enthusiasts and wallpaper junkies alike.
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And the winner of the Gilah Press notebooks set goes to:
Mandy June Stinson

As always, thanks to all that entered! I have several more awesome giveaways lined up for July.

{images by crow & canary}