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Free Spring Downloads

After our spring photo shoot, we had about two dozen leftover dyed eggs. They were too cute eat so we made a few little egg displays to show them off and to share with you. If you have a garden party of Easter picnic, you could also wrap them around napkins. Download the file here.

Of course, if you do make them we want to see your work! Email pics or videos to blog@papayaart.com or upload them on Flickr or Facebook.

In the spirit of spring, we also have a beautiful shot of cherry blossoms from our personal PaPaYa! collection you can download as your desktop wallpaper. Just click on the resolution of your screen to download the image, then right-click and save the image to your computer.

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Enjoy!

Calendar Clips & 12 Muses Giveaway:

 We've really got to hand it to Etsy!  If you haven't popped over in a while you MUST have a look at what has now become a designers haven.  A world of self propelled creators who answer to their own artistic credo's and offer them up bravely to the public.  I have just spent a great deal of time enjoying the splendor over at Etsy.  This years line up for 2010 Calendars from truly independent artists is killer! I've listed my fave lineup and included prices because I am so impressed with the cost of these mostly-home spun creations & production at these prices.  If you want to own or sell original art Etsy is the best invention ever.  

 My favorites are: YeeHaw's Tree Calendar $35, Be Happy Now's painting calendar $18, Jen Skelley's owl illo $18, & a most impressive collection from Stephanie fizer- her Kokeshi Darling calendar set $20, Odd Ball Press & the Tidal Wave $5, Jen Hewett's Fishnet pocket calendar $13, & Pink Roses 1220 big prints $10.  

 

And if you are feelin our designs for 2010 then PAPAYA is offering a special program for the next two months for blog readers here and over at my personal blog.  You can receive a free 12 Muses Calendar (which has glitter on every page!) free when you purchase $35.00 or more on our website between today (Jan 2nd) & Feb 28th 2010.  Happy New Years blogaroos!

Just enter this code when you check out. :  FREECAL12M-JANBLOG                                                   

(Please remember this only applies to the 12 Muses Calendar)

Merry Christmas

This year we kept our Christmas party to a mild roar with just a little get together in the design studio.

We took some time out of the day to enjoy a few glasses of wine....

 

Open up some gift bags....

and we definitely didn't forget to get our grub on. 

 

The First Papayariffic Challenge Gives Back - New Zealand Edition

The first Papayariffic Challenge has completed, everyone contributed their beautiful works, and we loved each and every one.

But the other day, we got a lovely surprise!

When I set up the challenge, I wasn't very clear about the need for people to be in the United States.  This was important, because we were shipping the products to the people for a timed project.  Well, two people signed up from abroad.  I notified them that they were more than welcome to receive their product and create something, but due to time constraints, couldn't participate in the challenge.

I had forgotten all about those contestants, getting ready for our new trade show season, but we received a lovely letter from New Zealand the other day.  Here is another lovely description in pictures of the Gift Challenge in action.

 

 

 

Papaya Desktop Wallpapers

Here are a couple of desktop wallpapers to brighten your Monday morning. They are also available in wrapping paper. Enjoy :)

Birds and Blossoms (Above)

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Lanterns Pink

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Pheonix

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Just right-click the image and save to your computer. Then, navigate to your settings or system preferences to assign the image as your background.

Papayariffic Challenge - An International Entry

Just got this in the mail today....

Even though it was impossible, due to shipping times to include international readers in the challenge, we did get one submission so far... and it's definitely worth seeing...

Click on the image to see it in full resolution...

Papayariffic Challenge - We Have a Winner!

Well, you did it. The results are in, and we are just blown away. Remember that the winner has been chosen randomly and will be notified by email.  They can then select the Luxe Tote bag of their preference and we will send it to them.

This post is full of incredible creative goodness, so please take the time to enjoy it, it's worth it!

Please watch this. It's just incredible. Really incredible work.  Kudos to all...

To be honest, I am slightly overwhelmed with the amount of pictures I recieved, so I'm going to post a slide show of them to spare me having to spend days sorting them all and making sense of it all... but I would like to put up a few that really caught my eye.

Here's a slide show of your amazing work...

We will be posting links to all our participants blogs soon.

Papayariffic Challenge Mini-Update #3: First Submissions!

We are getting the first glimpses of peoples creative constructions, and it's more than a little exciting to see people's work.  I love the stories, the images of tea and oranges, the pictures of people's hands folding and cutting (no hands were cut). I'm going to post a couple of the images as a teaser, but please, please, please send your images in before November 1st to win that Tote Bag of your dreams.

If you would like to post images of your work on your blogs, please do, just link back to us, and send us the link, so we can post a link to your blog as well.

New Giveaway! PaPaYa! Around the World

A couple weeks ago, Kathleen announced the PaPaYa! Around the World Flickr group on our blog. If you missed the post, you should definitely pop over and join the group. Not only because you get to see all the cool ways people use PaPaYa! images, but because from now on we're picking one random photo a month to win PaPaYa! goodies! This month we're giving away a "My Peeps" address book. All you have to do to enter is upload a photo of anything PaPaYa!.

 Photo credits
Top: Freelancers Fashion Blog featuring the Victorian Thanks Art Panel Print Refrigerator: toolart featuring Think Big Magnet, Joy Magnet, Miracle Magnet, Grace Magnet, and Bravo Magnet , Frame and Star: jaynebramley featuring "Wishful" holiday card. Bulletin Board: jessicav | Jecca featuring "Believe" Card. Bottom:chelstastic featuring "Rare Bird" Giclee