New New New New New… yes, lots of NEW things!

July 28th, 2010

Hello everyone, what a week we are having here phew ! Hospital appointments galore, so it’s a very tired Suzanne that writes this post to you tonight!

[image courtesy of WeHeartIt
[image courtesy of WeHeartIt]

We have great news from Santoro, well two really, not only have they won some very amazing and smile-worthy awards recently, for some product lines that we are proud contains gorjuss products, but they are bringing you something NEW today too!

Here’s what they’ve won:

Santoro won Gift Under £10, For their Eclectic Range of Emery Boards * ( the gorjuss nail files are part of this collection!)

Also, their Soft Touch Premium Journals have won the highly commended title

And although they have no gorjuss line in these cuties, we thoought we’d mention them anyway !: They also won the CARD & WRAP category with their new innotive  Pop n Rock cards!

Well done to everyone at Santoro, they just keep leading the way, and I am so proud they are tkaing my girls with them ! YAY!

NEWLY RELEASED

We got news a few days ago that something new was being released, so I’ve been waiting for my Postman to arrive like a kid waiting for Santa ! LOL  Today it arrived with me, and it also popped into the Santoro online shop, I’m sure it will start reaching retailers near you, wherever you are, soon.. yes, it’s another soft journal, the same kind that WON an award ! WOW!

Gorjuss Premium Journal with Pen, The Last Rose.

I have to admit I collect little diaries, especially illustrated ones, so I know a LOT about them, when I tell you the detail in this little lovely is amazing ( I dont know how they do it, it astounds me !) .. I really mean it !!

Remember if you own a store and want to STOCK it, then just contact Santoro!

A NEW PROJECT

I’ve just started a new journal  project, it’s called ‘Journal For A Cause’, if you wanna sign up and play along, all you need is a pen and a journal/notepad ! You can find the link in the sidebar —>

Here’s the very first page, Copic Marker on Kraft paper, which I love, the brown of the paper dull the colours down a lot but it gives it a nice tone ! So, I’ll be sharing these for the next week or two, if you wanna peek at my LAST PROJECT then you can view it in the slideshow below,to use it HOVER OUR MOUSE OVER IT, then either SLIDE the bar at the BOTTOM or use the left or right arrows !!! TADA!  ( See one you LOVE? Drop me a email, you could OWN IT!)

30 Day Journal Challenge ( My First Journal Project)

Thanks for reading, please leave a comment, I do read them all !

Whos Tha Winnah ?!

July 25th, 2010

Wow you all loved our Guest this weekend huh? I’m so glad I could introduce Melissa’s artwork to you , she has such talent !!

For the last week and a bit, I’ve been working on a little set of ACEO’s, its driving memad how long it takes me to do simple tasks, what could have taken me a few days a  year ago now takes weeks ! Argh !

These ACEO’s are available NOW at our ETSY shop ONLY… Click to Visit it.

Right Onto this weekends Giveaway…

who wants to win

YOU COULD WIN: ANY two 8.5 x 11″ prints from the Little Prince Series!!!

So lets get picking some winners!!

I’ve consulted with The Random Robot and it picked comment number: 34

Which was:

Congrats Anna, contact us, (gorjuss[at]gorjuss.co.uk] and we’ll pass it on to Melissa for you! Let us know when it arrives with you, or share a pic with you holding it, we’d all love to see ( and be jealous!)

There were 22 Retweets, and Random Robot picked number: 14 !! Which was ReTweet 14, by:

Congrats Ellie_Mae !!! Drop us an email ( gorjuss {at} gorjuss.co.uk to arrange getting your Gorjuss Gift Certificate !

Hope you all had fun trying to win the Guest Giveaway, a HUGE thank you to Melisa from This Years Girl for donating such an amazing Prize this weekend! YAY! Remember we have Giveaways EVERY weekend, so bookmark us for future reading, all it takes is a comment ( or a Re-Tweet!)

Thanks for reading !

Guest Giveaway – ThisYearsGirl

July 23rd, 2010

Hello everyone, it’s the start of the Weekend and that means a giveaway, we hope you’re ready to play.. this weekend I’m bringing you someone extra special, I have known Melissa for many years, and I know you will adore her beautiful artwork as much as I do !

Melissa a graphic artist living and working in Pennsylvania and a mother to one beautiful little girl. She has been selling her Art through Etsy since December 2007. You can find her on the web here:
ETSY BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK

But first, Let’s find out more!

Meet Our Guest…

Question Hello Guest Giveaway lovely! Please tell us a little bit about you , who are you, where you’re from!??
Answer Hello! My name is Melissa and I’m a graphic artist and mother from Pennsylvania.
Question Tell us about what you make & your inspiration?
Answer Most of my images are photo-manipulation, which is combining several photographs together to create an illusion or deception through various image editing techniques.
I’ve always loved and been inspired by anything fantasy and I enjoy creating my own little dream places.

Question What is your favourite item to make/sell ?
Answer I’m always thrilled when someone purchases one of my prints,
It’s such a great feeling to know that someone likes my artwork that much :)

Question Do you have any favourite Etsy items you’ve bought?
Answer My favorite would have to be our wedding bands from  singleBbeautiful.etsy.com!  :D
I also wear my Twilight Jasper Garnet Sterling Stacking Ring from Retsina.etsy.com every day,  I’m completely addicted to madhattersoap.etsy.com’s soap,
and I ‘m in love with my many prints from TheNebulousKingdom.etsy.com.

Question Do you have any other websites people can find you?
Answer Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanuaryWish Blog: JanuaryWish.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ThisYearsGirl/111407845539292 My New Etsy Shop: VisualSentiments.etsy.com

Question Anything else you’d like to say?
Answer Thank you gorjuss!!

who wants to win

YOU COULD WIN: ANY two 8.5 x 11″ prints from the Little Prince Series!!!

To Enter On Blog: Tell us what fantasy photograph you would like to be in and why?

for example, if you were getting a photo manip done, what would you get? Would you be a fairy in a dell? Or Flying over the Grand Canyon… I’d be the invisible man sitting in at the last supper (I know thats an easy manip)
for a second chance..

For an EXTRA entry: we will accept you to VISIT ThisYearsGirl, find your favourite thing there ( warning: It may take a while, you’ll love it all!!) and copy the URL ( the www.sitename/faveitem.php bit!) and paste it into your comment here! Melissa would love to hear your fave items & it will DOUBLE your chances of winning to do both !! ( I’m sure she’ll read your comments too, so please let her know what you think of her lovely Creations and wonderful interview she did for you all !)

For an EXTRA EXTRA entry: For another EXTRA way to enter, Just hit the RETWEET button at the top of this blog and your RT will be entered into a draw too !

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

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.gorjuss.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!)

SPECIAL READER OFFER:

Gosh how generous is Melissa, she’s offering all you gorjuss blog readers, a very special offer in her shop !  WOW!

Buy 1 small print (5×5 or 5×7) and get a second free. Enter ‘gorjuss’ and choice of free print in the message to seller area a checkout.

Good luck everyone, and a big thank you to”ThisYearsGirl (Melissa!)” for joining us this weekend and of course her generosity with the prize!