Yes, it's another competition!! This time entry is completely free.

This time, all you have to do is become a fan on my Facebook page. The competition ends on July 31st.

Click here to join - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifes-Big-Canvas-Chloe-McGenn/54354552143

If you're already a fan, then firstly THANK YOU - secondly, you can still enter by the following means

1. write a blogpost about this competition and leave a message for me linking me to the blog post - if I haven't already written about you, this also means I will probably do a blog post to help promote your blog or shop

2. recommend me to a friend, and leave me their name here

You can also get extra entries by the following

1. following me on twitter - I follow everyone back who adds me on my business account

If there are 10 people who want a copy, I can get it for £8 each (instead of £14.61 through the website), so let me know if you're interested!  I know Katie was after one, so if there are 9 other people, that'd be ace. (Elliot, if you see this, I'm giving a hardback version to joel for his birthday :D )

I've ordered a copy to check the print quality (because I know Blurb are good, but I just have to make sure, you know what I'm like) so I'll let you know, but in the meantime I thought I'd check if it was worth a bulk order. If I can at least get, say, 5 interested people, I can buy 10 and then try and sell some at the craft fair

1. the raffle is still ongoing. Nearly £30 for MIND now! - http://pesky33.blogspot.com/2009/05/get-it-off-your-chest-week-raffle-to.html

2. I sold a painting on Etsy last weekend! It was only a dollar but never mind - http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=16306702 - i don't know if that will work, but i can't work out how else to show you

3. The blog is still going well. I've been putting sketches and stuff on there, and trying to 'promote'. It's hard work though, because every time I post and don't get comments, I feel weird, but I know it's good for my mental health - http://pesky33.blogspot.com

4. I have two craft fairs coming up, one end of June, one mid July. You can see details on the facebook page if you don't already have it on your list - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifes-Big-Canvas-Chloe-McGenn/54354552143

5. I've clearly made too much stuff, and if I don't thin it out I'm going to end up taking too much, so I've listed EVERYTHING on eBay to see if anything sells, and if not, at least I know not to bother with eBay - http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/peskychloe

6. I haven't managed to go to any shops yet. I'm scared of the knockbacks. Still someone got in touch with me through eBay asking if I wanted to stock my paintings there on a sale or return basis, so maybe something will come of that?

7. Finally Big Paw Gifts haven't sold any of my paintings yet. The two which they sold were to themselves and a family member. It's disappointing, but he's stocking different animals now which gives us both more scope - http://www.bigpawgifts.com/origamipics.htm

8. The meet-up is still happening on 12th June - not loads of attendees, but maybe it'll become a regular thing? I hope so, because it's had a lot of people saying they wish they could come but they're at work, so I might do an evening one - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifes-Big-Canvas-Chloe-McGenn/54354552143#/event.php?eid=82364048558&ref=mf

9. I also signed up to an extras agency at *some* point in the past couple of months. They were asking for magazine stories, so I contacted them; they emailed today asking for story details, and I hadn't really decided which story to tell. So i decided on a 'triumph over adversity' thing and told them about Ian and me. Don't know if it'll happen yet, but if it does, at least I'll have some money to put towards a MacBook.

And now to blow your mind, I'm going to leave this with just 9 things.
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