Some of you may have seen the giveaway we did in January of a personalized architectural sketch from Your Architectural Portraits, the place to get custom sketches of your home, favorite place, place of worship, where you got married or vacation spot, pretty much what ever architectural image you love.
For those of you who didn't check it out here. The winner, Rachel got this sketch of the cathedral she was married in, and I am telling you this place is stunning, we were so excited for her.
We were thinking it was about time to giveaway another
free 8 x 10 Architectural Portrait to one lucky reader.
Here are some of the examples of quick sketches he has done.
A few of you may have noticed Your Arcitectural Portraits (aka my husband's) art in these past posts pictures on our living room walls, sketches during vacation and some of our Halloween Decor.
I love them. And I am really excited about sharing with you. Here is an example of our first home together. We have this up in our front room. We have a lot of fond memories of this house, and having this sketch is a sweet way to remember where we have been.
A few more examples:
Giveaway RULES:
Open to anyone in the world.
1. First you must be a Follower of this blog (via Google friend connect), located on my sidebar. This is required to enter in any way. (ONE ENTRY)
*** I have had one complaint about asking to be a public follower for a giveaway. If you contact me and are a subscriber you may enter. The google friend connect public follower is a good way to keep me motivated to do all the work required for the blog, please don't take this personally that I am asking for this, I am willing to work with you if you contact me.
Ways to enter:
1. Go to Your Architectural Portraits and look around. Copy the url (web address starts with http://). Paste it into your comment, so I can see that you stopped by and looked around. (ONE ENTRY)
Additional Ways to Enter:
(3 ENTRIES for stumbling a post, not the giveaway! State which Tutorial or Remodel you stumbled in your comment, leave two extra comments that say stumble 2, stumble 3, does that make sense?)
3. Grab my button for your sidebar or add my blog to your blog reading lists, and put a link to your blog in the comment stating what you did. (ONE ENTRY FOR EACH)
4. Tweet, or Link this giveaway(a shout out on your facebook page counts here too). You can click the button at the bottom of the post to Link or "tweet this". Leave a second comment stating that you tweeted or linked the post, and copy the url of the tweet or link into your comment. (ONE ENTRY FOR EACH)
5. Write a quick post with a link to the giveaway and an image from this post on your personal blog and leave a comment with the link to your blog's post. (3 ENTRIES, put a link into the comment, and leave two extra comments)
You may enter/comment up to 12 times, if you follow all the steps, WOW! Once as just a follower, once for checking out Your Architectural Portraits, once for a re-tweet, once for a link, 3 times for a blog post, once for posting my button, once for adding my link on your blog lists and 3 times for Stumbling. Phew! I think that about covers it.
If you comment more than the allotted amount and do not have the links, those comments will be disqualified. SORRY!! Open to anyone in the world!!
Finally, check back here by Wednesday, April 21st for the winner. If I have your return email address I will reply to you as well, if not, I will be relying on you to get back here!!! If I have not heard back from you within 2 days, I will redraw a winner.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: remodelaholic at gmail dot com.
Thanks! GOOD LUCK!
>Oh I love this but I don't love being the first to comment. No. 1 never wins. I've been a follower, I have had you on blogroll and I have your button on my blog. I visited http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/about.html and will probably purchase something even if I don't win. I would love to have my house on some notecards to use. Thanks for the opportunity!
>I love the detail in these drawings...Justin is an amazing artist!!!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>You're on my blog reading list!
http://www.calamityanne.com/
>I am a happy follower!
>Love this type of artwork. My parents had a picture made of the house I grew up in before they moved. I would love to have one drawn of my house now!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>Your blog is on my blog reading list.
>Cassity - Your husband's drawings are beautiful! I'm a follower and checked out the website:
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
>Awesome drawings and giveaway!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>And I was already a follower
>and I got your button on my sidebar linkpage here:
http://emsarts.blogspot.com/p/where-to-go-and-what-to-do.html
>I am already a follower.
>What a great giveaway. I would love an architectual drawing of the palazzo in Venice.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2010/01/ink-portfolio.html
>Your button is already on my sidebar!
>I would really love to win this!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I'm a follower and you are on my daily blog reading list. The sketches are awesome, but I think my favourites are the home sweet home series. A great way to remember a special home.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I follow! fathers_angel@yahoo.ca
>I checked it out!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I'm a new follower and visited the site
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ut77Da_oOm4/S0jk8yTwiJI/AAAAAAAAAKI/92rmNA19RkI/s1600-h/Knightly+Grandpa+adjusted+final+sm+wm.jpg
I love the one the says the family name on it. What a great way to remember your first home together. Love it! Love your blog too!
>I just found your blog and read a few pages and had to instantly become a follower.
- Danielle
other-option AT hotmail DOT com
>I took a peek at yourarchitecturalportraits.com and love it all. I like the graphite ones without writing on them.
- Danielle
other-option AT hotmail DOT com
Also, under giveaway rules it says "Open to anyone in the world.", but below where you arel isting all of the 12 possible ways to enter it says "Open to anyone in the continental US!" Which is it, please? Thanks!
>I love sketches and have a few of the French Quarter on our walls already. Thanks for the chance to win!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I Just found your blog. Now I am a fallow & have your button on my side bar. Just finished exploring Justin's work, which by the way is amazing.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
My husband is a builder so I would love to have a drawing of our first house together.. think I might forget what it looks like by the time we are done moving!
>i love this idea. it's great. I follow your blog.
-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
>So glad I found your site and the giveaway is awesome! I love the idea of having a drawing of the homes my husband and I have lived in. So fun.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
You know I am a blog follower.
>I have your button on my blog.
>Wow, what a cool idea. I thought this one was cute!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ut77Da_oOm4/S0jku2P5GaI/AAAAAAAAAKA/VNuWCFpLZe8/s1600-h/Asheville+house+adjusted+final+sm+wm.jpg
>STumbled this great post:
http://www.remodelaholic.com/2010/04/nice-and-trim-guest-house-tour.html
>Also stumbled this amazing kitchen!
http://www.remodelaholic.com/2010/04/low-tide-high-style-guest-house-tour.html
>Oh man, I want to win this one so bad, I could cry... love, love, love the idea! Oh, and I'm a follower, of course!
>Here's my link to show I was drooling at the website, LOL http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I follow you every day via Google reader, and you are on my Blogger list for blogs I follow.
>I am a follower! What a great giveaway!
I went to the website and loved the possibilities for Christmas gifts.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
Count me in for two entries!
>I'm a follower and I'm super excited about this give away!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
>I added your link & photo to a blog post! (Entry 1)
http://mrs-adventure.blogspot.com/2010/04/sanding-how-much.html
>(Entry 2)
>(Entry 3)
>fun!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2010/01/ink-portfolio.html
>I am a follower!
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/package-options.html
Wow, I really love this! I would love to have a print of our house, since it is our first one, but being military I know it certainly won't be our last.
>Beautiful!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
>I am a follower, and subscriber.
>Wow, these are amazing! I am a follower of your blog and check it almost daily.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
I am now sitting here trying to decide what I need to have drawn, one of these would really help dress up our apartment!!
ky.jackson@gmail.com
>http://cathie-aroundtheblock.blogspot.com/
I put your button on my as yet unread blog.
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
these are really cool!
>Love the prints! Think they are great!!!
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/frequently-asked-questions.html
These are absolutely great! My parents just recently bought a new house (all of us (kids) have moved out and it's time for them to downsize). They lived in their home for YEARS! My step-mom was telling me how sad she will be having Christmas at a new place because of all the great memories we have in our old home. I know that this move will be hard for her, but a drawing of our home would be a great way to capture all of our wonderful memories.
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
Would love to have a portrait of our home. Beautiful work!
>I am a follower
>I added your button to my blog.
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
I have always love pencil and ink architectural drawing. I even try to do it, but it really takes talent! Please enter me in this beautiful giveaway!
~Nancy
>I am a follower, too!
~Nancy
>I have your red button up on my blog all the time! Do you want both?
~Nancy
>I love your portraits, you do very good work.
I follow you publicly through Google Reader.
>I would love to see what my home would look like in pencil.
I love this house~
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ut77Da_oOm4/S0jku2P5GaI/AAAAAAAAAKA/VNuWCFpLZe8/s1600-h/Asheville+house+adjusted+final+sm+wm.jpg
>The ink portfolio is beautiful! http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2010/01/ink-portfolio.html
>I follow your blog.
>I stumbled your carriage door tutorial!
http://www.remodelaholic.com/2010/03/ugly-garage-door-be-gone-carriage-door.html
>stumble 2
>stumble 3
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
I absolutely love these!!
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/frequently-asked-questions.html
thethriftyba@yahoo.com
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
LOVE IT!
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/ Yeah #65 you can do it
Sorry we missed you guys on this last trip! Sarah
>These drawings are so amazing! such great talent it takes to draw these!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zJZNte9YwyQ/S3lf9Ue4toI/AAAAAAAAKF4/1f6FnzSDkM0/s1600-h/6+Thornberg+res+edited+final+sm+wm.jpg
<3
>Great stuff.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2010/01/ink-portfolio.html
>ha! I just signed up to follow you and didn't know about the giveaway yet! These drawings are absolutely beautiful. I would LOVE to win this so I could have a sketch made for my dad of the house that he built by hand himself almost 40 years ago. It would be a great gift!
Corinna
http://www.myscrapbooklife.com
>I am a follower. I love this - I am an architect, what a great business idea. Thanks!
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>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
I am a follower as well.
Thanks for a great giveaway!!
>Wow these are amazing! I would love to have some original art for my home.
http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
amieliston@hotmail.com
>I just found your blog this morning, I am excited to see more of what you have done! http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/
>1) I am a follower and happy to be! I love your blog and am so inspired by your creativity!
>2) http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2010/01/ink-portfolio.html
Stunning!
>3) I stumbled your No Place Like Home tutorial:
http://www.remodelaholic.com/2010/04/no-place-like-home-guest-tutorial.html
I love this and plan on making one for my last name!
>4) stumble 2
>5) stumble 3
>6) Added your button to my blog
7) Added your blog to my reading list
and I posted about you!
Check it out here:
http://lookingglassjewels.blogspot.com/
>8) tweeted! http://twitter.com/LGJewels
>9) Posted about your giveaway, including a pic!
http://lookingglassjewels.blogspot.com/
>10) bloggy post http://lookingglassjewels.blogspot.com/
>11) bloggy post 3
http://lookingglassjewels.blogspot.com/
>Love all the work, but this one caught my eye!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ut77Da_oOm4/S0jlCW-5aGI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/hpqkJHFfyag/s1600-h/Oertle+Beaver+House+Final+sm+wm.jpg
I'm a follower! I would love to win!
Staci
craftifyit@gmail dot com
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/graphite-pencil.html
These sketches are the bomb! I would love to have something like this in my home!
>I am a follower!
>http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
I adore the church one--it reminds me of the a local church here in Lexington.
Bluegrasslove@gmail.com
>What talent! I stopped and looked around http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/2009/12/portfolio.html
And I'm a follower
>I am a follower of your blog and really enjoy it. I checked out the website http://www.yourarchitecturalportraits.com/ and browsed around for a while. What beautiful drawings and such a special thing to have done!!! I love how each one is customized for the client. What a wonderful keepsake to be able to win!
>I'm a follower (Janet and Maya)
>Had fun looking around the site. Like the ones of ordinary houses..special to someone!
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>tweet! http://twitter.com/JanetandMaya/status/12492890561
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>I stumbled your book bag literally tutorial, I'm janetmom2maya
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>I stumbled your book bag literally tutorial, I'm janetmom2maya
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>I stumbled your book bag literally tutorial, I'm janetmom2maya
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>I put your button on my blog http://www.givewaysonblogs.blogspot.com
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>You are on my blogroll
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