Great news! The article to accompany our Pink Artist Doll is complete and shortly will be typed up and sent in to Art Doll Quarterly™ for their AUTUMN issue!Spread the word that our beloved doll, Love Squared will make her debut in the Autumn issue of ADQ to hit news stands on August 1, 2008. Donations will be accepted following her debut up until October 15, which is the OFFICIAL day of the drawing. The month of October is as you know Breast Cancer Awareness month. Together we'll make this a fun & rewarding way to HELP others. Donations being accepted are money orders (preferred) made out to Susan G. Komen and cash (sent at your own risk) mailed in to Monica Magness PO Box 2206 Madison, AL 35758. Sorry, no personal checks. For those of you wishing to use paypal, donations can be sent in to MLMagness@aol.com at that time. Please note that paypal takes a fee to operate, be sure to take this into consideration when sending in your donation. Please write The Pink Artist Project on all correspondence and make sure your name and address are legible (typed is best for accuracy). Donations will be collected & dispersed to aid breast cancer research on October 22, 2008. All activity involving the drawing and monies donated for charity will be shared here at a later date. Though ANY donation amount is cheerfully accepted, for every $10 donation you send in your name will go into the drawing twice.
For those of you just learning about our drawing, it was voted to offer our doll as a gift in a drawing opposed to using ebay as this method allows for more participation, raising possibly more funds for charity due to a greater wider audience, and offers a FUN environment for giving because your collected name will go into the drawing for Love Squared and the "runner up" gifts (to be announced).
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Soon to be available: a button for displaying on your blog, a newsletter for you to pass along to your friends and family, a flyer to print out on your home PC that could be passed out in the office, at games, or anywhere you are legally able and a postcard of our doll to email out to interested parties.
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Also, Stampington & Company expressed interest in sharing The Pink Artist Project in a future newsletter- to sign up for their mailings, please visit: Sign Up for Post Script.
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Doll artist Patti Culea helped inspire the making of the pink artist doll with the use of her pattern found in her book, Creative Cloth Doll Making. Of course, the waist down was altered for height. Patti wishes to help us spread the word of our project in a future newsletter when the time arrives. You can find her blog, Patter from Patti by visiting her link and signing up for her posts by email. Thank you! Stay tuned for more exciting news!
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I hope Spring is greeting you with her magnificent smile!
Photos by Jeff Magness
29 comments:
How exciting, Monica! Great, great news indeed. Now hurry up and get us that button for our blogs (when you have nothing else to do).
Loved all the photos in this post . . .
Kathy V in NM
how cool is that? August even! Wow...that is soon!
Can't wait to get that button up on my blog and start helping to raise some dollars for research! Cool!
Can't wait for the button. You are doing a great job Monica.
Congratulations again Monica ! I am thrilled this is going so big for you ! You worked so hard and inspired so many !!!
Jeff, your photos are MAGNESS MAGNIFICENT !
Love you lots, S.
That's great news Monica! Thanks for the links, too. Lovely photos!!!xxx
I am just amazed with you and this project!
Now THAT'S he kind of news I love to read before 5 A.M.! WOOOOHOOOOO! That issue of ADQ is going to FLY off the stands! And I will SOOOO be donating $$!!!!! Jeff, your photos are absolutely exquisite! The tree makes me want to build a fairytale type house right next to it! Better yet, IN it! Monica, you are just the most inspiring lil' human being ever!And I am getting senile so I can't remember - did you receive a lil' box from me awhile back? A pink birdy? I hope you did! Sorry to ask on your blog, but if I wait & email later I'll forget. Sigh ...
Thank you so much for the update! Will it be okay with you to link this post on my blog and some message boards?
Great news, Monica! You can count on participation from California. Do you need any more extra prizes? Let me know, if so.
Jeff, your pictures are outstanding as usual.
Arline
Wow, you amaze me over & over. Not just the beautiful Ms. Love Squared, but all the accompanying goodies - link, newsletter, poster, postcard, !!!! It would seem that ALL of your hats are equally incredible. I can't wait to donate. And I sure wish you lived closer to me - I'd snag you onto Dorcas' board so fast... (smile)
And it would seem you married an incredible artist as well. Your blog is just ongoing eye candy for me.
Hugs! ~ Mo
Exciting exciting!!! Can't wait for the button for our own blogs and newsletters to forward around -- and I'm so entering the drawing myself, too :) Really great to hear there is a release date for the magazine... You rule, Monica! Thank you for all you are doing to make this happen...
lots of miracles to you!
k-
How EXCITING!!! August 1st is going to ROCK!!! You might hear a bunch of us from all over the world *squealing* with delight!!!
We are looking forward to sending a donation your way! I have circled my calendar for August 2nd!!! Looking forward to the button and newsletter to send to family and friends!!! This is going to be a wonderful fundraiser for Susan G. Komen, and a very, very LUCKY winner!!!
Thank you for all your hard work and seeing this project through! You have done a beautiful job! Will look forward to hearing more news.
Is there anything we can do to help you? Extra prizes??? Anything??? I hope you'd let us know if we could help! Of course...I'm not sure we all could TRUST YOU to tell us the TRUTH if there WERE!!! ~~WINK~~ LOL!!!
Tell Jeff, his pictures are Outstanding!!! :-))
Hi Monica
Things are really buzzing for love squared - wonderful.
I have left you an award on my Garden Blog
Artists-garden - if you care to take a look.
Warm regards
Karen
That tree seems to be smiling about spring too =)
So glad Love Squared is creating a buzz around the world web!
You have things so in hand Monica. This is no small undertaking from its inception forward and I applaud your hard work, vision and talent....and now collecting donations! WOW! If there is ANY thing I can do to help.... aside from spreading the word please let me know. It would be my honor!!
Your husbands photos are spectacular!
XOXOXO
checking in .....and finding exciting news.....will be waiting....to spread the word!
the photos are amazing. talented family you are! :)
hugs,
kimberly
just poppin in for an update - what a lovely treat to see Jeff's pictures - his eye really appeals to mine and I especially love the water pic and the tree with the vine ... really great captures. :)
I just love your new banner Monica!! Suits you perfectly!!! Artistically Wild!!!! xoxo Carol
SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO excited to hear that it is all in the 'works' - love the donation price and that you are entered TWICE - wow!! OOooo - this is sooo exciting to watch!!
Thanks for sharing the spring pictures too - those are great :)
Debra
This is really exciting news! I can't wait for that button to put on my blog! YIPEE! I will spread the word near and far!
My LBS owner says she will be glad to hand out fliers to her customers for the raffle.
Should have a pic for you in the next couple of days. I know I retired. Why doesn't it feel like it?
Arline
Hi there Monica, I am working on one of the "runner up" gifts, but I need to know when I need to have it ready. Thanks for the info. Hugs***Renea
Monica, this has turned into the most amazing thing. I'm thrilled that you are devoting your time and energy to this wonderful cause. Hugs!!!
You are truly a remarkable woman! You should be proud of yourself for all the work you've done to make this happen. I'm sure the sales of ADQ will be the best ever for that issue. I can't wait to see all her pink lovliness in print!
this is awesome. i can't wait until it gets closer to october so we can see the article and see the donations on account of the doll alone. such a great idea, thanks again!
jenny
Hi Monica, I am so excited b/c I have finished the runner prize that I am donating. It is soooo cute! Can't wait to see who will win it!!! Hugs***Renea
Holy Regents, Monica!!
How can so much Queenliness be in one place!
YOU are fabulous. Tell Jeff these photos are so beautiful, too. He doesn't need me to tell him, but I am. And when he says, who's Chris, be mysterious. Mystery is the sweet dessert of life.
Thanks for letting us know about the article, and I am really excited about it. yay!
This so wonderful! I can't wait for the letter to send out to all my quilting buddies, and the badge to proudly wear on my blog.
Sending love your way.
A friend of mine on the HGTV Quilting and Needlework forum had linked this to her blog. I am so glad that I went in to read this morning. I will be sending a donation in lieu of Paypal. Paypal is in my husbands name, William. I live in NC (since 2003) but grew up in Lauderdale and Franklin County, AL!
There is a link to my husbands website on my blog. If you think one of his handmade bowls would be a nice runner-up prize, I would be glad to help with one. There is a link to our email on both of our websites.
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