a giveaway package!

February 1, 2009 | Filed Under giveaway | by Sarah Blank | 101 Comments

I put together a super giveaway package for one lucky winner here!

A giveaway based on my oil painting Pulling on Our Ribbons and Hair. Your bundle of goodies will include:

? A vintage necklace and pendant featuring one of the girls from my painting

? A 5″ by 7″ card with envelope

? A sheet of stickers

To enter the giveaway (and perhaps win this package!) all you need to do is tell me your favorite animal from my painting.

Is it the goose tugging on the red ribbon? The little fawn jumping? The fox pulling on the hair? The bluebird or the owl? The rabbit jumping into the birds nest?

Please choose one and leave me a message in the comments here! The drawing will be on Monday, February 8th at 8:00 PM eastern time. Thanks for sharing!

oh, an here’s the painting in full!


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Comment by tiffaney
2009-02-01 19:33:52

Loving the bluebird! Its a gorgeous blue that you used, and I sense how focused she is on her goal, whatever that might be. I can almost feel the wind as it carries her swiftly past me.

 
Comment by chrisi
2009-02-01 20:13:59

I have been drawn to the fox, he is in the most interesting position… i cant quite figure him out… so he is my very favorite, the the painting as a whole is just wonderful… what wonderful ideas you have! thanks for sharing!

 
Comment by Gillian
2009-02-01 20:34:11

I love the naughty little rabbit!

I love all your lovely art, but I think this painting is my favourite, with all the different critters to look at!

 
Comment by Tamara
2009-02-01 20:57:43

it’s really hard to decide just for one, but I loved that owl :)
the whole painting is amazing.

 
Comment by tashina knight
2009-02-01 21:15:33

This painting is one of your best IMO. Love the rabbit best!

 
Comment by Manda
2009-02-01 21:19:57

I love this painting! My favorite is the goose; the details on her feathers are beautiful, and the vivid red ribbon looks so pretty next to her!

 
Comment by flutter
2009-02-01 21:27:42

that owl makes my heart skip :)

 
Comment by Chrisy
2009-02-01 22:02:39

…my eye is always drawn to the fox…such an incongruous position…a clever wily animal perched precariously….

 
2009-02-01 22:18:33

I do believe this is my favorite painting of yours. I love that curious fox…but I also adore the wee bat. Massively so. :)

 
2009-02-01 23:27:46

I do adore the * F O X * !
Because his position makes him look like he’s asleep. So, instead of “sleepwalking” this little cutie pulls pretty women’s hair. What an original way of somnambulism !

x x x
___mathyld___

PS : What a fabulous package !

 
Comment by Brianne
2009-02-01 23:29:27

I like the fox the best. I hope I win!

 
Comment by sarah
2009-02-01 23:37:22

i adore the goose! she is so detailed and lovely. as with all your work! :)

 
Comment by Sofie Violett
2009-02-02 00:14:31

Just as many before me, I must choose the fox pulling on the hair. I’ve had a good think about it, and came to the conclusion that it must be because of the rather “needy” expression of his clever bodyposition – it seems very human, childlike, in some way, and therefor speaks to me. Anyone who’ll win your package would be a lucky bastard :)

 
Comment by andrea gutierrez
2009-02-02 00:27:36

oh i am definitely in but it is so hard to choose just one! i think my tops are the fox, the faun and the rabbit but i am going to go all out and say the goose because i don’t see that animal often…

 
Comment by Rose S.
2009-02-02 00:30:19

My favorite is the goose. It’s my favorite because I call my partner this–goose. I think it derived from calling him “silly goose.” The word now takes on all forms, but I most commonly call him little goose in Spanish, now, which is gansito. Your depiction is quite a sentimental favorite of mine, I guess.

 
Comment by Ulla
2009-02-02 01:15:25

Ohhh, the fox!
Hugs
U.

 
Comment by Edie
2009-02-02 02:22:03

The pretty little bluebird is my favorite! I love getting a rare glimpse of bluebirds in my yard in the spring. I have a couple houses for them that they took advantage of last year!

 
Comment by Suzanne Uvino
2009-02-02 03:04:53

We moved from the city to a pretty old home in the country and have enjoyed all of the wildlife as in your lovely painting. Our favorite new neighbor is the fox that my girls love to spy on the humt for squirrel, not hair. so cute!

 
Comment by sandymichelle
2009-02-02 05:22:12

I would have to say the goose, such fine delicate detail. It is a wonderful painting. :)

 
Comment by andrew
2009-02-02 06:10:13

i stumbled upon your site the other day i LOVE your art work and photos. i true inspiration,

i love the fox in your painting! i have always loved foxes after reading “fantastic mr. fox.” such mysterious animals.

 
Comment by LittleRobot
2009-02-02 06:36:32

I love this painting! and my favourites are fox and fawn, but to choose one I guess it’s the fox, I like his look of light-as-a-feather suspension.

 
Comment by ayano*
2009-02-02 07:41:58

Nice to meet you! Sara!
I found your blog accidentally before, and the picture and all the lifestyles came to love it!

I am a girl living in Japan.
I’m afraid I cannot express what I think in English well, but I hope you can manage to understand it

I cannot draw the picture.
But I do collage with a photograph and various material.
In addition, I love that I write poetry.
And I like that I make accessories in the same way as you.

I use rabbits for the motif of accessories well.

But a fox may be the best when I watch your picture.
Because I have a feeling that the unkind place of the fox resembles me:)

Your picture is mysterious.
At the time of solitude, I am not lonely either.
Time to imagine it alone and the splendor are jam-packed!

Please continue drawing a wonderful picture from now on.

 
Comment by Dorothy
2009-02-02 08:14:06

The fox reminds me of my cat William – who is orange with a fluffy tail. He is my favorite!

 
Comment by Moonfairy
2009-02-02 08:36:03

To pick a favourite is very hard, because several of the birds/animals means something special to me in different ways, but I think I have to choose the fox this time and here`s the reason:

When I grew up we had a large flatcoated retriever who spent his days in our garden. We lived right beside the forest so he had plenty of room to play. One day we heard strange noises from the garden, and when we took a look we saw our dog playing with a beautiful red fox. Yes, they were actually playing… and about an hour later we found them both sleeping in the garden, only a few meters appart.

The fox on your painting look so playful, just like the one we saw back then :)

 
Comment by Char
2009-02-02 08:43:13

Hi Sarah,

My favourite is the fox…because I spent so long in London hoping to see one (and then I met the man of my dreams and saw three in a short space of time!). Also because, like you, I think tendrils of hair in strange places are beautiful . (-; Love your work!

 
Comment by Ingela
2009-02-02 09:26:19

Hi Sarah!
I enjoy reading your blog—-
and your art are an inspiration.

Well if I must choose,I choose the Fox.
Like all the others,:-)
I canīt really explain why—-

 
Comment by Jacqueline
2009-02-02 09:53:42

Sarah, I love the way you paint birds. I think that you capture more than the shape of the bird, the vibrant colours; you manage to paint the very essence of flight, the thrill of it. For this reason, I choose the bluebird as my favourite. I love them for the bright punches of colour pulling the ribbons and hair into that whimsical, surreal circle of animals…they really guide the eye into following the path from the first girl up and around to the second one. Birds always hold a special meaning for me, too.

 
Comment by
2009-02-02 11:37:55

the goose, because i like both the goose and the bluebird and in the goose i can spot the bluebird in the background too! the goose is heading upwards, going higher, towards the clouds, towards dreams.
lovely work.

 
Comment by Karen
2009-02-02 12:40:48

Hi Sarah
Thanks for stopping by at my blog.
I love all the animals! …..
Bu,t I have to choose the naughty fox tugging on the girls hair.
Have a magical day!
Karen x

 
Comment by Caroline
2009-02-02 12:56:29

Oh, such a hard choice! I think I’m going to have to say the faun. What a lovely giveaway! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Caroline

 
Comment by ~Heather~
2009-02-02 13:56:20

Oh my oh my oh my! How I would love to win this! What an awesome giveaway!~
I think my favorite is the fox. Just something about him, love his little face. This is such a beautiful painting. Love it!~

 
Comment by laura
2009-02-02 15:32:11

i love the little fox! it’s just too cute. (:

 
Comment by sarah
2009-02-02 16:11:57

The fox the fox the fox!!!

 
Comment by Moriah
2009-02-02 16:14:48

I just love them all! Each and every one. If forced to decide I guess I would have to choose the owl as they are my favorite creatures! I love the painting and the giveaway is to die for! Keeping my fingers crossed!

 
Comment by Nancy
2009-02-02 16:16:19

I love the detail in the goose
All of them are gorgeous

 
Comment by Christina J.
2009-02-02 16:27:41

They are all wonderful, but I think the fox is my favorite!

 
Comment by Ursula Shaw
2009-02-02 16:52:33

What a great giveaway! I do love owls!

 
Comment by s
2009-02-02 19:48:10

i have to choose the fox.. one ran through my garden this morning while i was making coffee and made my day

 
Comment by Emelie
2009-02-02 21:33:01

Barn owl! Barn owl! :D

 
Comment by Angelique
2009-02-02 22:17:14

Hi Sarah,
Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog the other day!
This is quite a generous giveaway, and I think this new painting is just beautiful. All the animals are extremely charming, but I have a particular fondness for the goose, I think. I have a very strong sense memory of watching geese flying, and you’ve really captured what they look like.
have a great day!

 
Comment by eady
2009-02-03 00:21:57

I love the bluebird! I have been absolutely charmed by birds for the past year or two. Count me in!

 
Comment by sarah
2009-02-03 02:11:02

I think it must be the bluebird. I had a bird-theme at my wedding, and two birds atop my cake, so I have a special love of birds and bird motifs. And your blue bird is so very pretty.

 
Comment by ad
2009-02-03 03:08:01

i choose the owl

 
Comment by glowfish
2009-02-03 05:49:48

What a beautiful and generous package!

I adore your work, and can hardly chose ONE favorite creature from this painting.

I might say the fawn, because I’ve always been fond of deer. Then again, I could say the fox.. because as a young girl I wished to have one as a pet.

And.. well.. I love the birds because of their grace and beauty.

Just a lovely painting; thank you for the chance to win!

 
Comment by Casey
2009-02-03 11:48:10

Oh! What a lovely giveaway! :) My favorite animal from the painting is the rabbit… but that is perhaps because I have a pet rabbit so I am partial to them. ;)

 
Comment by Sean Leary
2009-02-03 19:31:08

The rabbit jumping into the birds nest. Super wonderful. Love your work.

 
Comment by allyson
2009-02-03 19:32:07

The bluebird! Horray for your giveaway – Thanks for offering these beauties!

 
Comment by Laura C.
2009-02-03 21:52:57

I love the fox. I have a print of yours with two little foxes that sits next to my bed and I love them too…

 
Comment by susanna
2009-02-04 01:16:14

Ohhhh, pick me, pick me! I’m a fan of your artwork. My favourite animal is the rabbit but I’m thinkin’ that the fox is up to something. What exactly is he up to? Why is he tugging her hair? Is he floating up into the sky…and that is why he is holding her hair…? Hmmm… Your artwork always tells a story.

 
Comment by Bhavi
2009-02-04 06:34:04

I love the complete animal chain around the girls hair, it is so vivid. I like the bluebird the best, bright and spirited and so blue. Great composition.

 
Comment by Mi Ja
2009-02-04 15:30:44

Great Giveaway, and beautiful painting! The fox has to be my favorite, (but they’re all beautiful.)

 
Comment by Amber
2009-02-04 16:18:39

I love the bluebird because I would be so happy to see one in my snowy clime right now!

Lovely painting and contest. Thank you :)

 
Comment by Suzanne Lee
2009-02-04 23:34:45

I hope I win! I look at your wonderful lockets every chance I get. The bluebird is my favorite. He just makes my heart happy to see him. I love your work.

 
Comment by Blogless Michelle
2009-02-05 04:28:06

I do so enjoy the fox! Many thanks for sharing your lovely art with us all. Inspiring it is!

 
Comment by Lisa gatz
2009-02-05 05:40:27

My favorite is the brown and white bunny. I love the painting and what a great giveaway!
Lisa

 
Comment by noreen
2009-02-05 07:25:56

i lopve the bluebird, the one on the right

 
Comment by Kimberly
2009-02-05 10:38:52

My favorite is the fox. Where I live, I am always on the lookout for them, particularly because our country road is named Foxlair. But I always just miss them. I almost saw one cross our pasture but it was too far past twilight to make out any detail. Then again, three seemed to be running along the edge of the woods that I caught out of the corner of my eye, gone by the time my vision focused and my head turned. A little pull on the hair when one isn’t looking seems like just the sort of thing they might do.

 
Comment by Jess
2009-02-05 14:48:57

I like the owl the best. He’s majestic.

Jess

 
Comment by Mireia
2009-02-05 15:00:56

i love your picture! Its like ones of Frida Kahlo……….

My favourite its the owl,always.
I want participate from Spain, and i post you in my craftblog.
My email is in my profile of the blog.
Thanks

 
Comment by Britt
2009-02-05 18:10:29

I adore the fox. My brother had an imaginary friend that was a fox when we were growing up. I was always jealous that he spent so much time with that fox and also that he was creative enough to come up with such an eleborate character.
Lovely painting!

 
Comment by Whateverlyn
2009-02-05 18:15:11

Oh how nice is your works! Really love them.
I love the blue bird, and I fell lucky this days.
Kiss

 
Comment by Theresa
2009-02-05 19:24:49

My favorite would be the owl. Particularly because you selected my personal favorite – the barn owl. All owls impart – to me – a sense of infinite wisdom and knowledge. But there is also such sweetness in their faces. Interestingly enough, they do not hoot – they make more of a screeching sound. I was fortunate enough to take photos of one such feathered friend up close a few years back. The position of Mr. Owl in your painting looks as though he’s forming the circle himself! This is truly one of my favorite paintings of yours!!!

 
Comment by marjorie
2009-02-05 20:12:44

oh me oh my!! What a lovely set of pretties! : ) My favorite…so hard to choose, is the fawn or the fox, fawn, or fox, fawn or fox……oh…..I choose the fox!! : ) (Followed closely behind by, you guessed it, Mr. Fox)! Your work is always so breathtaking!

 
Comment by Heather
2009-02-05 20:20:05

Great blog!

I really like your paintings. I have to say the bluebird is my favorite though. I just have a thing for birds. :)

 
Comment by Kimberly Wlassak
2009-02-05 20:30:04

Oh goody goodness, what a difficult choice. But…I adore rabbits and nests, so I would have to choose the rabbit!

I have admired your work on Etsy for quite some time. I have two shops there as well. One for my art and the other for my vintage photo collection.

Dare I ask, would you care to exchange blog links?

Kim
Garden Painter Art
Musty Boxes Ephemera

 
Comment by Alejandra
2009-02-05 22:04:28

God, I love your painting! And that pendant is stunning!
I think my favorite is the fox…

Now, iīll go stare at stuff at your Etsy shop ;-)

 
Comment by meninheira
2009-02-05 22:45:04

I love the fox, and the rabit too!! :)
Oh! it’s sooo difficult to choose only one!!

I like your paints!!
Un besito

 
Comment by Trina
2009-02-06 00:57:09

oh, the bluebird of happiness always!

 
Comment by jessicajane
2009-02-06 08:10:48

i love the goose the most. the red ribbon, and his colors are great. i love that painting!

 
Comment by Evelien D
2009-02-06 09:03:00

Although my last name actually means ‘fox’, I have a thing for bunnies. The one I like the best, is the one jumping down into the nest. Beautiful artwork! Thanks for entering me in the giveaway!

 
Comment by Isabella Smith
2009-02-06 09:48:22

I’d like to say the bat, even though he isn’t one of the major ones…he seems to be the only one apart fro the cycle, flying in a different direction altogether. Rebel bat!
But if not, I’ll go for the rabbit going into the nest because my rabbit died a few days ago, back into the great rabbit hole/nest in the sky. Gawsh I’m sentimental :)

 
Comment by Brigittel
2009-02-06 16:25:43

Ces illustrations sont “toutes” superbes!!!

 
Comment by Bailey
2009-02-06 16:46:28

I do believe my favorite is the fox. There is something so playful about them!

 
Comment by Charlie
2009-02-06 22:34:01

I heart the blue bird.
I heart all the birds there is.
And I especially heart my budgie Zlatan who sleeps in my hand when I’m sad.
But if I win he doesn’t have to sleep in my hand no more

 
Comment by andrea gutierrez
2009-02-07 01:47:23

i’ve already entered in this (fingers crossed) but i also wanted to let you know that i was tagged on my littlebighead blog and now i have tagged you too. see here for more info: http://mylittlebighead.blogspot.com/2009/02/little-witch-was-tagged.html
:)

 
Comment by celestefrittata
2009-02-07 15:06:32

Your goose is my fav! :-) Thanks for this giveaway!

 
Comment by lucinda
2009-02-08 00:11:18

not an easy question to answer – i like the robins…
but from your choices – i choose the owl.
i love the shape, it reminds me of a maple seed falling.

 
Comment by Christine H.
2009-02-08 03:50:14

I nearly missed this in my blog reader! I adore your fox—I’ve always been very fond of bears but lately foxes have been catching my eye.

 
Comment by Kat C.
2009-02-08 06:30:32

I am loving the BLUEBIRD! =)

katch05 at gmail dot com

 
Comment by Brittany
2009-02-08 16:51:53

I love the fox :) .
silenscarmina@gmail.com

 
Comment by Sarah
2009-02-08 18:09:10

My favorite is the beautiful bluebird.

Thanks for the chance to win.

sarahjd766 at yahoo.com

 
Comment by karen
2009-02-08 20:41:10

I love the owl.
I have a thing about nighttime.
Great site, thanks for the giveaway.

 
Comment by Bonnie
2009-02-08 23:00:46

Hello,
I just found this blog through My Little Big Head’s blog. Lovely artwork! I share my arts and crafts at this blog: http://www.littlewhitepaw.blogspot.com.

And great timing! You’re having a giveaway.

My favorite is the fox (and the owl). I hope I’m not disqualified for putting another animal in parenthesis.

 
Comment by Lauren
2009-02-09 01:46:06

Certainly the fox – what a graceful arch to its back!

 
Comment by kate
2009-02-09 04:12:18

i love the goose. he/she looks quite eloquent with that ribbon.

 
Comment by Julianna
2009-02-09 07:08:41

Well my favorite is the fox of course:)

 
Comment by rodi
2009-02-09 10:00:03

My favorite animal must be the bat. I’m so glad you included a bat in your painting! !

 
Comment by Christine
2009-02-09 19:52:59

A lucky winner indeed! This is a really nice giveaway of your wonderful work. My favorite animal in your painting is the owl. Everyone else is following the flow of things and he’s reading the womens faces and looks as if he wants to back out of the whole mix with some hesitancy.
:)

 
Comment by Jingle
2009-02-10 17:58:37

Well, I love critters, so this is tricky! LOL! I think I would go with the fox. The way you have depicted him is so how I view foxes…sweet and gentle. He is my favorite!

 
Comment by vickie
2009-02-10 20:04:56

the bluebird caught my eye first!

 
Comment by Beverly
2009-02-11 00:41:04

The fox. What beautiful work. Haven’t seen something like this in a long time!

 
Comment by melanie
2009-02-11 02:11:06

Love the fox. Beautiful!

=) melanie
melanieadey at hotmail dot com

 
Comment by Elizabeth
2009-02-11 06:31:32

The owl is by far my favorite, followed closely by the goose and the bluebird.

:)

 
Comment by Eliane
2009-02-11 09:25:31

The blue bird is my favorite. It’s so beautiful!

eli_green22 at yahoo dot com dot br

 
Comment by Nichola
2009-02-11 16:59:23

The bluebird is my favorite. Your work is beautiful.

 
Comment by Angie
2009-02-12 02:19:10

The Canadian Goose is beautiful. We see those here in the spring, summer and fall all the time.
You are talented, I love your work! The goose is pulling on the red ribbon!

Have a great day!
Thank you!
baileybobby6(at)hotmail.com

 
Comment by DG
2009-02-12 15:08:00

The owl is my favorite!

p.s. this painting is pretty haunting. It has such an unsettling element to it. I love it!

 
Comment by Courtney
2009-02-12 21:58:29

I like the goose!

 
Comment by Lindsay Ernst
2009-02-13 05:36:31

I love the goose pulling the red ribbon!

 
Comment by Michelle Danforth
2009-02-27 16:15:23

Hey! It is awesome that you are having a drawing of some of your fabulous work! It would be an honor to win such a prize! I love the blue bird because it is my favorite bird and I love the wing detail you created! I also like how it is sweeping down in the rainbow of animals almost like it helps to keep the movement going! The animals become verbs- telling a story of movement with joy and sadness.
Love the work!

 
Comment by annipletz
2009-03-02 02:35:00

i’m favoring the bluebird of happiness!!!
i just found your work tonight on etsy & love love love it!!!
so inspiring!!!
i have to go look at the rest now!!!

 
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