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Check it out! You could win a free, exclusive, Imagekind Story Frame. Sign up now to be entered in to receive a Story Frame, personally customized with your favorite photos.

With the Imagekind Story Frame, you can add multiple images to create one customized artistic montage with your personal photos; perfect for hanging just about anywhere.

To enter, just submit your email address in the sign up box on the homepage, or anywhere else you see the special giveaway announcement on the site. But hurry, the contest ends August 15, 2008. Sign up now and you could be chosen as one of the five lucky winners. By signing up, you’ll also be entered in to receive exclusive Imagekind news, sales and discounts.

Good Luck!

Nate

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I want to feature your favorite art on the blog.

We recently told you about one of the cool new features we added in our big site change that lets you easily share your favorite art. Now, I want you to share your favorite images with me. Share your art, and it could get featured.

Under every image on the showartwork page (the page that shows the image with comments), we added a new tool. Now, in addition to having the option of adding a comment, emailing the artist and becoming a fan, you can now share the image. When you click the share button, a box will appear that gives you the option to email the image to a friend, or post it to various online social sites.

So, I want to see the art you love.

1. Search the site or select one of your own images
2. Click the share button
3. Select the email option and send it to me, nathan@imagekind.com
4. Check the blog and see what others love

Who knows, you might end up seeing the art you love right here on the Imagekind blog.

- Nate

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Congratulations to Tah G. for winning Imagekind’s five hundred dollars in art Dream Room Contest Giveaway. We got a lot of submissions and Tah was randomly selected as the lucky winner of a $500 Imagekind Gift Card.

It’s not too late. You can always sign up to receive special news, sales and promotions. Sign up on almost any page of the site by entering your email into our new navigation bar, just one of the cool new features we recently added to the site.

Congrats Tah!

- Nate

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We heard some fantastic news the other day.

Imagekind was recently nominated as one of the most innovative companies in the world by FastCompany.com. Now, we need your help to get us in the top 50!

On July 15, the editors of FastCompany.com will select the 50 most innovative companies worldwide based on participants’ overall feedback and rating.

You can read the submission, vote and comment about why you think Imagekind is innovative at FastCompany.com.

Every year Fast Company magazine highlights the most innovative companies around the world that take business to new creative heights. Imagekind was nominated as one of those companies because of how Imagekind is revolutionizing the way people experience, interact with and enjoy art.

The more comments we get and the higher the votes we receive, the better our chances are of getting into the top 50 most innovative companies worldwide. Read, vote and comment and show why Imagekind is the best community for buying, selling and creating art.

- Nate

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Imagekind is currently running a sweet contest where one lucky winner will receive a $500 gift card to decorate their dream room with art from Imagekind. It’s easy to enter. Simply submit your email address on the homepage and the winner will be chosen and emailed their gift card once the contest is over.

In addition to being entered into the contest, you will also receive special sales, promotions and news on artwork from Imagekind. It’s a win-win. Your email address could be selected as the winner, and you get special insider news about discounts and sales on art.

So hurry, go enter! The contest won’t last forever before one lucky participant is selected.

- Nate

Note to artists: Forward the contest on to friends, family and all those who love your art already and let them know they have the chance to win $500 worth of your artwork!

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Hey, check it out! Imagekind got featured on Apartment Therapy, a website whose mission it is to “[help] people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and community online.” They are currently running a contest where one lucky winner will win a $100 gift card to Imagekind. Pretty sweet, huh?

Apartment therapy is a fantastic resource for all things decorating and all-around home and lifestyle improvement. Readers are encouraged and inspired to connect with others to share their collective talents and resources.

Imagekind is participating in this contest to give one lucky winner the chance to win some new art for their walls.

Take a look at the contest, and make sure to read some of the fantastic comments.

-Nate

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Joe Barrouk, the founder of A Singular Creation, shares his insights into why he does, what he does. He is passionate about art and providing tools, resources and a community to share those with others. A Singular Creation includes a place for “art contests and competitions, call for entries, juried art exhibitions, art events, art workshops and classes, art shows, fairs and festivals and other opportunities for artists and photographers. We also have several options for artists, galleries and art businesses to submit an art related announcement of any kind.” Continue reading to see what drives Joe and A Singular Creation to keep going.

Image: Dawn of the Trees by Carmen Cordelia
http://ccordelia.imagekind.com

Why do you do this? Because I love art. That is the reason. Many people ask why I do what I do – why I spend so much time building a free site for artists with no plans of ever charging any fees. I tell them I do it because I can. I do it because someone should, because it needs to be done. Some other art sites out there ask me: Well how do you make money? My answer is: I don’t. This site is not about making money. It’s about building a community where artists can collaborate with other artists, get advice, learn, show their art, find opportunities, have fun and get to know other artists. That’s it. No strings. Don’t you wish everything could be that simple?

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Imagekind’s First Moments Contest

How many times have you recounted baby’s first steps or junior’s first day of school to family and friends? They are stories that you love to tell, right? And we’re sure you have photos to prove it.

Now you can capture and share those precious memories with Imagekind’s Story Frames. Between now and March 15th, Imagekind invites you to send 2 or 3 digital photos of your child’s “firsts” - first day of school, baby’s first bites, first trip to the beach, first time meeting Grandma, that together tell a great story. It could be a collection of different “firsts” or a few shots of one great moment. We’ll choose four lucky winners whose photos tell the best story to receive a custom Story Frame worth $100. To enter, simply email us your digital photos along with a brief explanation to firstmoments@imagekind.com

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Image: Seattle at Night by Rick Takagi

What?!?! You’re in Seattle and say you’re bored this weekend?!?

In our ever-increasing-attempt to build a genuine arts community we want to try and bring you useful and interesting news and events. We are starting out with just our little home town for now but we hope to soon expand our gaze and reach to bring you info from wherever our members might reside. If it’s another city, state or, yes, even country, we would love to hear about it! So, post a link or let us know!

Read on to see some pretty amazing things happening around the Seattle art scene. All of these were compiled by our newest team member here at Imagekind, our intern Grace! You will probably be hearing more from her in the coming weeks, so take the chance now to say hello!

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Congratulations to artist Lisa Willis for submitting the wining entry to Imagekind’s “Create your Heart Out” art contest. Her image, All You Need is Love, was selected to be featured in Imagekind’s Valentines Day promo email. You can check out all the amazing submissions at the Imagekind forum. Thank you to all the artists who entered their work!

If you missed the promo email, make sure you subscribe to the Imagekind newsletter to ensure you receive all the important news, updates, discounts and sales. You can sign up for the newsletter on the Imagekind homepage.

Valentines promo includes Free Ground Shipping on all orders over $15 and expires February 7, 2008 at 10pm PST. Use promo code LOVE2008 at checkout.

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