Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap 2013 – Blog Hop

Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap is completed again for another year but lucky for us Kat Sloma (the amazing and talented organizer of the Liberate Your Art) has arranged for this wonderful Blog Hop so all the incredible Art sent around the world can be further liberated and shared. This is the second year I participated and I plan to keep going as long as the Swap does. I received six beautiful cards, five from Swap participants and one from Kat. Here they are:

Surprise in my Flower Box by Colleen Lough

Surprise in my Flower Box by Colleen Lough

This postcard is a photo Colleen took of a lovely surprise she found in her flower box.

Candance Porth, Arizona Beauty

Candance Porth, Arizona Beauty

The quote on the back of this postcard is:
“The desert, when the sun comes up…I couldn’t tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began” ~Forrest Gump
Candance’s blog is: Glenrosa Journeys

Acrylics on Canvas by Vigdis Lobach, Norway

Acrylics on Canvas by Vigdis Lobach, Norway


The original size of this painting is 60×80 cm. Vigdis blogs at: Kunstkanskje

Beautiful Multi-Medium Artwork

Beautiful Multi-Medium Artwork


This beautiful piece is by Tamara B. you can find here at www.writeyourliferight.com, she wrote this quote on the back
“Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home…it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.” ~Chuck Palahniuk

Scenes from Seattle, Washington, by Madge

Scenes from Seattle, Washington, by Madge


This beautiful postcard is from Madge, she can be found at: The View From Right Here a Pacific Northwest Photography Blog

Adorned and Alone by Kat Sloma

Adorned and Alone by Kat Sloma


This lovely artwork is by the one and only Kat Sloma, who with an incredible group of volunteers, sorted and swapped 1290 pieces of art by 216 artists from 11 countries this year. Watch the video Kat put together here.

Here are the four pieces of my art that I liberated into the world (I sent out two of the ‘Found Love’ postcard):

Abandoned

Abandoned

Found Love

Found Love

Pure Joy

Pure Joy

Watchful

Watchful

I was happy to hear from two of the recipients of my cards, I hope the photographs and quotes brought a little happiness into everyone’s mailbox.

Please join in our blog hop to see all the amazing art and artists who set their art free and I think must have made some postal workers hearts a little happier and bags a little heavier.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! to Kat and each and every artist that participated. The world can always use more beauty!

Cheers! xx Sheila

Liberate Your Art 2013 Postcard Swap!

I am very excited to be participating in Kat Eye Studio’s Liberate Your Art 2013 Postcard Swap! I have participated in the Swap since its inception three years ago. The Swap has increased its participant numbers each year and Kat is looking forward to doing the same this year as well. There are 232 Artists signed up already; last year 192 Artists from 12 countries participated. Artists in any medium are welcome…photography, painting, pottery, typography, jewellery, sculpture, textiles, cooking, illustration…you name it! If you can have an image of your art printed on a postcard you are in! Further details can be found on the site linked above. We have a fun Blog Hop after the swap so everyone can see the fabulous art liberated around the world. This is first year for my Blog so I am excited to finally participate in that part of the Swap. We usually do the Swap in August but this year it has been moved up to April, so don’t hesitate too long deciding to join in! In any event, this is a great way to receive Happy Mail and go to the mailbox each day finding something beautiful to make you smile. I have used Moo.com to have my postcards made; they do a fabulous job and the quality is amazing!

I hope you decide to you us!
Cheers! Sheila

PS (More Pets and the People They Love posts coming shortly!)