Movie Monday and Give Away

A clip from the animation festival from Kiev Krok. Simple yet very tasteful.


Also today is the last day of my give away on my facebook page. Please stop by!!!!

Blue and Red or the Give Away results

This week promises to be a busy one. Lots of new ACEOs and a few new felted animals created over the weekend are added to my shop. Also on Monday morning I posted the results of my giveaway held on Facebook. The winner is Kathrin D. and she will be receiving the 3 Foxes (see below)

And here are a few more new critters.

Spring Give AWAY and new pictures

My favorite time of the year is here, and in honor of the first spring birds , first spring smells, and first spring sun I wanted to host a give away. I will be giving away an original ACEO of your choice. To enter please visit my Facebook page and leave your comment. The rules are posted there
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-Usova/29913441534

I have seen the geese fly by several times already in the past few days, and my cats took a keen interest in them:) So did the kids.
Here are a couple of ACEOs on the subject.
Wishing you all a great week and lots of sunny vitamin D!

GIVE AWAY!

Hi everyone!I am so glad you stopped by today! Just in time for a little something special.
I have not had a give away for quiet some time now, so it is about time I have one.

One of you wonderful folks, will receive an original ACEO (art card 2.5"x3.5") of your choice from my shop . All you have to do is stop by the shop, pick one and tell me why you like it. Then I'll have a random drawing from everyone who entered. I hope you have fun picking your favorite.
I will keep the pool open until Saturday evening. Good luck!

FOLLOW UP:

This is the picture the winner--Tanya has send me. She says her Cat likes the portrait that he received;)

IT IS FREE

A free download of this illustration is available at http://indiefixx.com/category/feed-your-soul/
as well as many many other wonderful creations by various artists.

If you would like the original of this painting please drop me a note

A Give Away!

Just because I did not have one for a long time.
Just because I got new designs for the mirrors.
Just because it is warm and sunny outside today.
Just because I think spring is coming.
Just because I am in a particularly "give-awayish" mood today.

Like before all you need to do is leave a comment (let's make it more interesting by posting something cheerful), and be sure to check back to see if you are the winner.
I will keep this give away open until Valentine's Day. The winner will receive both of these lovely mirrors in little bags. Post away!
AND THE WINNTER IS Jessie Lilac!!!!
JESSIE I need your email address so I can contact you with more details.

Hosting a Give Away !

On one of my favorite blogs! SouleMama
Come check it out!!!!

Give Away winner (s)!

Luck is a whimsical character, today as we did the number drawing from the hat, I asked my son to pick out a piece of paper with the number, but then my daughter came along and of course she ALSO wanted to pull out a piece of paper. So--we have 2 winners!!!!!!

First one was the comment # 4(Christina Silverio), and second was the comment #8(Rossichka) . Congratulations ladies! Please visit my shop and take a look. You can pick any one print or pendant that you like.

Thank you for participating! And I need your mailing addresses . Please drop me a note at golosa.zemli@gmail.com

GIVEAWAY--for the best idea

UPDATE: forgot to mention I am part of the December Pickaland project. It is a beautiful blog featuring many many many talanted artsits that I admire, and I am very excited to be part of their package this month.

I am wracking my brain to figure out a way to get more exposure to my shop. I do get regular sales, no complains here:) and a BIG THANK YOU! to all my buyers especially to the regulars--who keep me going.

BUT, what I am looking for now is to get to a level of 3-5 sales a day. May be more;)

Any of you who have an idea for me (as for changing the products in the shop, advertising, blogging, website etc. ) ANYTHING that might help is invited to participate. Also this thread might be helpful to other struggling souls like myself, who are trying to make a living out of this Art thing.

The best advice will receive either a pendant of a print from my shop. They choose!

What am I doing so far?

Twitter--has proven to be a very efficient and worthwhile tool to market. I try to promote regularly, as well as write random things that are happening, to keep it livelier.

Project Wonderful--running a few ads here and there. Some of them give me hits to Etsy, others dont', but it's still too early to say if it works or not.

Hoping that Delightful Blogs will give some hits to my blog and hence to the store.

Bought a new printer that will allow me to print cards and may be even small calendars.

I started to promote EVERY Treasury I'm in. Supporting the Treasury makers, and fellow strugglers like myself. Also if it gets to the Front Page of Etsy, that would be nice.

Exploring the making of small useful things like magnets. Unfortunately or fortunately (depending on how you look at it) Art has to be not only beautiful but useful for folks to want it.

And last, but not least. Should I keep making these? These are Art dolls, with moving legs:) A laminated print that can be used both as a hanging decoration, or as a magnet, if requested.

Time for a Pre Holiday Giveaway!

Hey all:) I am on my way back from vacation in Cape Cod, pictures , sketches, and story will be coming soon. I know I promised another Give Away- so here it is.
A pendant with my Art in it, a beautiful little piece of wearable Art that a skilled Pendant master did for me:) What do you need to do? You need to go to my shop, pick out a pendant design that you like best and say something about it (plus leave the email for me , so I can contact you if you are the winner)
Giveaway will be going on until October 10, 10 am.
Ready , set , go!

DRUMROLL-my Blog opening GIVE AWAY!

Just to celebrate my victory over laziness and the fact that now I am a blogger, I would like to have a give away. You get a print of your choice from my Etsy shop (http://www.vusova.etsy.com), all you need to do is leave a comment with your email address, so I can contact you if you win. The hat drawing will be held in one week, on September 10. So take it from there, and don't forget to pass it on:)