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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wednesday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Tastes Orangey, a gorgeous shop of original paintings and sewn prints by artist Clare Elsaesser. I'm in love with her romantic artwork with such beautiful figures. I'm daydreaming about painting our bedroom white and hanging a bunch of her paintings (especially these two). She's offering a lucky winner a $100 gift certificate to choose a few favorite pieces from the shop. Which would you choose?

For a chance to win, please visit Tastes Orangey and leave a comment below with your favorite print. A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! xo

Update: Lauren A. is our lucky winner. Thanks for playing.

1,014 comments:

  1. First comment! I want this!!!!!!!! I do, I do, I do.

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  2. Oooh, I love them all. Pick me!

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  3. I love "Sweet Dreams" -- I'd hang it right above my new bed!

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  4. I would definitely get "pup in the grass" "island" or "eb and flow". Stunning!

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  5. Ohh I love the couple laying in bed!!! It's beautiful!! =)

    Melanie's Randomness

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  6. Oh yes please. I need some grown-up art in my apartment.

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  7. What beautiful paintings! I wanna win!

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  9. These are fantastic. I would love to have them in my home :)

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  10. Bravo Clare! Things are absolute.

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  11. Corinne2:07 PM

    definitely "hidden" but they're all great!


    cfrankenfield5@gmail.com

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  12. I LOVE Flame and Sand. So amazing.

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  13. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah so pretty!!

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  14. These are stunning!

    ninarucker at gmail dot com

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  15. wow! what a talent. I love the painting of the couple!

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  16. I think my honey would love me forever if I got the "tiny goat" print.

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  17. these are really special. it's hard to pick just one but FALL is prob my fave.

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  18. i love the tiny goat print!

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  19. oh man oh man, I'd love these.

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  20. So pretty! Would love to have one. :)

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  21. Can't decide between 'Cabana' and 'November'. Great paintings!

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  22. love "sweet dreams", beautiful paintings!

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  23. Ooh, lovely! I really like these!

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  24. I love "Ghost" print - so whimsical! Fingers crossed!

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  25. Can I say I love them all? Because I do!

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  26. I LOVE Dreamy. It's been one of my Etsy favorites for a while...

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  27. I would *love* to put up either "Dress" or "Into Black" in my custom formalwear studio! They are lovely.

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  28. I think the "Stuck" sewn painting is pretty funny. Haven't we all been there?

    GIVEAWAY at my spot too: http://lachapstickfanatique.blogspot.com

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  29. Beautiful, love her work.

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  30. I adore 'Sweet Dreams'!

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  31. I love her style!

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  32. Such fun!
    I would go for:
    the smokey crow, the Appaloosa, and the adorable Burro!!!

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  33. Jayna Leigh2:12 PM

    Beautiful! Looooove them!

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  34. I love them all but I especially love November- it looks just like me and my husband!!

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  35. I've been a fan of Tastes Orangey for ages! I'd definitely choose November, Sinister Tabby, and Three. I really really really hope I win this!

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  36. Undress and Sweet Dreams, for sure. I have been wanting a Tastes Orangey print for awhile, this would be brilliant!

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  37. Oh my goodness, I've been searching and searching for beautiful art for my room for forever! This would be perfect.

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  38. Really liking these.

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  39. The pillow, sheets and undressing prints are wonderful. The sewed trim is a really cool detail that I haven't seen before. I'd love, love, love to frame/hang them in a series!

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  40. Caity2:13 PM

    I love the tiny pony. I would hang it above my awesome bronze horse statue.

    caity_long@Hotmail.com

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  41. What fun paintings - love Wrapped and Favorite Skivvies -so cute!

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  42. I have been wanting the November print for months now.

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  43. Today is my 37th Birthday. Nothing would make me happier than owning and enjoying one of her bed prints. So gorgeous.

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  44. She's great! I would love to win this!

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  45. 'Sweetheart' is truly sweet, and 'Ebb and Flow' is plain awesome!

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  46. I would hang November.

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  47. Wow, it's all so pretty... I love the Blue Black Room painting. It's so intimate and lovely.

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  48. My faves are "Undress" and "Lovely"

    erica[at]eksquisitedesign[dot]com

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  49. madelinepolton@gmail.com2:16 PM

    i love covered. her work her really cool.

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  50. I love the "Dreamy" print!

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  51. origianl artwork? yes please!

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  52. I am seriously torn between "wrapped", "hidden" and "three", but there are so many wonderful ones. I love the playfullness of these 3 and as you said they would make great art for a bedroom!

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  53. they are ALL so lovely - but, something about "Trim" calls to me!

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  54. danielle c2:17 PM

    my favorites are sinister tabby and comforted!

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  55. I love 'sweet dreams' and 'three'. Would look amazing in the bedroom.

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  56. Sweetheart and Llama Love are my favorites, but a beautiful collection.

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  57. I love the "Waves" print, but all of them are simply beautiful.

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  58. Jump is my favorite!

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  59. simple and thoughtful
    ~thank you

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  60. I've had this etsy shop saved as a favorite for a while. I love the ones with pillows. They're wonderful.

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  61. Very cool giveaway!

    Ebb and Flo is awesome. Love it!

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  62. I like this sewn print:
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/42917953/lovely-sewn-print

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  63. I would love to add some more art to my growing collection!

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  64. Beautiful! I'd have a hard time choosing because they're all gorgeous!

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  65. I like the sewn print called Drifting. It has a very dreamlike quality.

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  66. dhudson2:20 PM

    Ebb and Flow reminds me of summer. Especially good this time of year.
    Thanks,
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  67. it's really difficult to choose a favorite! i think the one of the orange cat is up there!

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  68. Ooo... I have been a fan forever but have not committed. I wants it!!!

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  69. Wow, her work is incredible. Something so fresh and creative about it. My favorite is Pillow Land but it was tough to choose!

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  70. I would love to hang them in my san francisco appartment it would be the perfect addition!

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  71. I love the tiny goat, floating, and the leg study. All of her work is terrific.

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  72. Love the painting "Sweet Dreams" with the couple sleeping on each other. It'd be perfect on a nightstand. "Blue Black Room" is also beautiful. Hope I win!

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  73. i forgot to mention my favorites..
    sweetdreams and smokey crow.

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  74. Her work is amazing! I love the November large image sewn print. So pretty!


    Camila F.
    @_CamilaF_

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  75. I love all the sleepy prints!

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  76. such quiet beauty; love them.

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  77. They are all so lovely. We just renovated our home but have yet to hang any art on the wall (tragic, I know) and I love the "bedtime" one so much.

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  78. I think this is my fave giveaway yet, and would LOVE to win!

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  79. what beautiful paintings! my favorite is the 'november' print b/c it looks like my husband and me :)

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  80. favorite skivvies is my favorite! So cute
    lovely stuff

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  81. Oooooo! I love her shop!! I could name a bunch of the ones in her shop I like! Right now, this is my favorite, I guess...

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/61167740/sweet-dreams-sewn-print

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  82. I want one for my very first apartment I'm moving into in the spring!

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  83. Her work is beautiful. I love Sinister Tabby and To the Clouds (how I'm feeling these days).

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  84. Takes my breath away - I like Sweet dreams a lot and I really enjoy the threading around.

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  85. Anne Lattimore2:24 PM

    I love them all so much! "To the night" is beautiful!

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  86. I love "sweet dreams"! Thanks

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  87. Oh wow. All of those make me want to curl into a pile of freshly dried blankets in the middle of the yard and take a nap. Beautiful work.

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  88. Tastes Orangey has long been one of my favorites and I just die for her gorgeous pieces! Shadows is by far my favorite. :-)

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  89. Ooh, I love Striped Sleeper. And what a cute name - Tastes Orangey.

    Hope I win! Xo.

    cafemochadreams@gmail.com

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  91. ohh, torn between the leg diptych and Undress. They're both lovely!

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  92. Llama Love is my favorite by far. There was a llama farm in the town I grew up in, and this print instantly brings me back to my childhood.

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  93. These are beautiful. My apartment walls are empty and would be happy with any of the paintings...in particular "sweet dreams" or "three" or "lava rocks"... :)

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  94. I love faux beard and November the best! Thanks for the chance!!

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  95. I love the prints with sheets draped over faces, so dreamy!
    I think Comforted is my favourite.
    It would look lovely in my white bedroom:)

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  96. all of them are so beautifully intimate. i would love to cluster them in antique frames above my bed.

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  97. they are all really lovely but I really like "dress". what talent!

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  98. Pillow land - I do this with freshly laundered pillows, smells of a million memories! Thanks for the link.

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  99. i like "lovely" the sewn print! beautiful.

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  100. I adore Clare's work! I have two of her sewn prints hanging in my bedroom (November & Sweet Dreams), they just fill me with happiness when I look at them! I'm also in love with "Fall" and "Undress" - I would love to hang them in my bathroom! Oh, what a wonderful giveaway! Thank you Joanna & Clare!

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  101. how sweet... i've never seen her work before. IF i won (which i hope i will) i would probably love a small collection of prints to frame together.

    OR, i'd love this adorable goat painting...

    thanks so much,

    Jessi

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  102. I love them, and I was just thinking I need something to hang on my wall *fingers crossed* I win

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  103. Really really beautiful!
    I think my favorites are "To sea", "Jump", "November" and "Island", but actually they are all nice... Some nice poems, too!

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  104. I would pick My Moon, Into Black, & Undress to hang above our bathroom towel hooks; one for me, one for the hubby, and one for the little boy we dream of adopting.

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  105. Oh gosh, I am so in love with this stuff. I have some pieces favorited already and would love to get one! Fingers crossed.

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  106. Abstract Flowers / Tooth Study. I love it.

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  107. Oh my goodness! "Covered" has been my desktop image for weeks! Communicates exactly what every winter morning feels like, but every time I see the picture I giggle!

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  108. Love the So Cozy. So gorgeous!

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  109. I love the sweet dreams image. I loved it the other day when you posted it.

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  110. oooh, i love Tying laces!
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/45353935/tying-laces-sewn-print

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  111. These are wonderful.
    I would definitely choose "Trail"

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  112. "Zyanya, large image sewn print" and "Pool, sewn print" are my two favorites. Love them all though.

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  113. love the prints and paintings. some of them look so cuddly and comfy :)

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  114. I love One with the Blanket. That is my fav, but honestly EVERYTHING is just so good.

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  115. I'm in love with this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/64720828/sweet-dreams-large-image-sewn-print

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  116. These are so gorgeous! Just what I'd love to have in my house. My roommate got married and just moved out along ... with all of her wall decorations. My walls are so bare! I Love "Sweet Dreams" and "Sweetheart."

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  117. Completely in love with the Pup In The Grass print!

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  118. sinister tabby and otis are my favorittes

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  119. I love Sweet Dreams and November...actually, I love them all :)

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  120. I love November

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  121. http://www.etsy.com/listing/65731916/three-large-image-sewn-print
    this one is my favorite.

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  122. Clarissa2:35 PM

    I love "I See You"! It would look perfect in my bedroom.

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  123. I love the Waves print!

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  124. Kristi K2:37 PM

    I own Island and it's gorgeous! The packaging is as lovely as the print. So Cozy would be a great addition to the collection. Thanks for a great giveaway.

    kjk118 at gmail dot com

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  125. I love these paintings.

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  126. these would be so romantic and soothing in a bedroom! I would love to win!

    --Shelby

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  127. I love pillow land and to sea!

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  128. November is my favorite (followed closely by 'fall'). I was born in November though, so perhaps I am biased . . .

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  129. Ohhhh, I've been in love with her work for quite a while! Love Dreamy, Sweet Dreams, I see you, Striped Sleeper, Fall and so many more...

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  130. how gorgeous, i would love a chance to win! fabuleuxdestinbrenna at gmail dot com!

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  131. These paintings are incredible! I want to win haha :) Would look perfect in my apartment.

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  132. I love these. I'd put the August Bath print on the outside of my bathroom door.

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  133. striped sleeper is my favorite, but i love sinister kitty, too. if only my cat was a tabby instead of gray!

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  134. I am craving art.I have zero in my apt.

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  135. I'm a poor college student who could do with some beautiful art in her apt! LOVE the "again" sewn print as poppies are my favorite flower!

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  136. I really like the Tiny Goat and Undress prints. Thanks for sharing!

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  137. 'Llama love' is so lovely! Would love to get my hands on an original.

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  138. Hi Joanna! What a great giveaway! I've given Clare's prints to two friends at Christmas and just got her to send some to my sister for her birthday! I'd love to have some for myself, but have been trying to restrain myself.

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  139. I've had "November" on my favorites for a long time. Love it, (love them all)!

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  140. I love Undress. So simple and sweet.

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  141. "Tattered Curtains" would look fantastic in my apartment!

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  142. I love "November".
    I'm always on the lookout for more art to add to my little room. Art has my heart <3

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  143. i love the tiny pony one :)

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  144. Wow, I love these! I love the Waves one! Definitely putting on my to purchase list but would love to win it too :)

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  145. Love, love, love, love, love "Dress"

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  146. I love a lot of them but I really like "drifting"!

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  147. i'm an artist myself and love some new inspiration!
    I love the "leg Sketch in two Parts' paintings. so fun & creative!

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  148. I would love to win the November print!

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  150. gasp! Sweet Dreams is my husband and me. Must have!

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  151. I love the sleeping couples...

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  152. I love November, Sweet Dreams, and Blue Black Room. They're so sweet and cute.

    http://basiikblog.blogspot.com

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  153. the paintings with the pillows are all amazinggggggg!

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  154. Sweet Dreams it is

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  155. I think the leg sketch sewn print is my favorite. For $100, I also like the idea of doing a series with the covered theme. basically, I would love to get picked.

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  156. wow, these are very beautiful!

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  157. Definitely the Burro, possibly the tiny goat too. Hee. Haw. so cute!!

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  158. I love November. Reminds me of happy times.

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  159. I love her style. The tiny goat is goat is especially cute!

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  160. I love these! I can't pick one!

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  161. I love the "trim" print. so cute!

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  162. wow! These are stunning. My faves would have to be "undress" and "My Moon"

    So great. !!

    blythehill@gmail.com

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  163. I like a lot of them...one in particular is "I see you"...very cute.

    Would love to win this giveaway!

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  164. I love "jump" on page 3. :)

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  165. They're all so lovely, it would be quite a task to choose. Must say that I do like all of the sleeping couples paintings though. Wonderful work!

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  166. I'd start with Pup in the grass for sure, Otis as well (dog lover here), maybe fuzzy goat too :)

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  167. capture small details of daily life is one of the most difficult things...Clare does it in the most perfect way!!Seweet Dreams, Sweetheart, Striped Sleeper are my favorites just because (for me) they represent love!
    Have a nice day!**

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  168. 'November' and 'Long Legs' are my favorites! I would love to have these gracing my wall!

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  169. LOVE the "Tumble" print!

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  170. i love the one of the 2 lovers :)

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  171. Trail is my favourite-dreamy!

    Mgt x

    http://ascottishlassieloves.blogspot.com

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  172. i absolutely love abstract flowers/tooth study...so many dimensions! stemming from the dentist, its gorgeous!

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  173. Sweet dreams is my favorite.. what amazing work!!

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  174. I love the mood in all of these. Thanks for introducing me to a great local (for me) artist!

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  175. I love Cabana! I can just imagine what she's looking at.....

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  176. I think Sweet Dreams may be my favorite, though I love November as well. I love the texture on the wall behind in Sweet Dreams, so much!

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  177. I absolutely love this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/60016172/little-mess-sewn-print.
    I love that the viewer is in total control of what is going on in the picture.

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  178. I love the November print...it reminds me of my husband. : ) Beautiful prints!

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  179. Jilly3:00 PM

    ooh, those are lovely! moving to a new apartment in a new city on monday and a few of those would be the perfect starting point for decorating our new bedroom.

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  180. I love these! Especially striped sleeper.

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  181. simply gorgeous paintings.

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  182. Thank you for introducing us to this talented artist - so effortlessly beautiful! I love all of the couples in bed, but I am drawn to the sea themed ones most - especially love the simplicity of "Waves".

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  183. oh my gosh I would be totally ecstatic with anything that involve snuggling in bed with someone. I would love to hang that over our bed when we move into our new place

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  184. These are perfect paintings for a bedroom, love them!

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  185. These are absolutely beautiful. If I don't win, I may just buy one anyway!

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  186. I am so in love with these—especially the bedroom ones.

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  187. Crossing these fingers over here tightly for this one.

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  188. i have always loved her "to sea" print. so lovely.

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