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Mar TW - Signs of Spring ~~~ WINNNERS! ~~~

lazyhawk
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Hi everyone!

 

2012 theme week rules are as follows: to make it easier for everyone to participate and to take into account the declining number of bids ACEO’s are getting these days. We hope that simpler rules and fewer restrictions on TW listings will encourage more members to join in the fun. Read on for more information!

 

- To better focus on art itself, we will only have awards based on poll results and no longer on the number of unique bidders.

- Since the number of bids is no longer taken into account, we will no longer have restrictions on listing price, shipping cost or listing upgrades. YOU decide what you feel your artwork is worth and what promotion tools you want to use - for instance: free shipping, charity listings, subtitle, multiple categories...

- As before, we will request nominations for two award categories: People’s Choice and Most Unique Interpretation, determined by polls. In addition to the above two awards, we will now also have Honorable Mention awards for the runner-up in each poll. - Nominations will be requested earlier – between the 2nd and the 7th of the month. Polls will also be set-up and end earlier, and all awards will be announced on or around the 15th of the month.

- We will highlight the top-selling ACEO(s) each month when awards are announced. What’s the same? - Your auction must still be for an original ACEO, listed on the first of the month for up to 7 days, and featuring a picture or scan of your ACEO. - To help everyone find your listing, you should still include the words “ACEO TW” in the title, along with the 3-letter abbreviation for the month. For Example: ACEO TW NOV Complete rules follow: ACEO theme week (TW) is a fun group competition where group members can win a jpeg “award” certificate to use in future auctions! Starting in July 2010, only "People’s Choice” and “Most Unique Interpretation” prizes and “Honorable mentions” will be awarded. As these awards are based on votes in a group poll, the art should speak for itself and there will no longer be any restriction on the starting price, shipping cost or listing upgrades. We hope this will encourage more members to participate! The TOPIC is different every month. See announcments for current month's theme

 

How to enter:

* Create an ORIGINAL ACEO (2.5” x 3.5” art card, any medium) inspired by this month’s TOPIC. “Original” means not a print, unless the ACEO is an original photo or digital artwork.

* List an eBay auction on the 1st of the month with a photo or scan of your completed ACEO. Put “ACEO TW _______” in the title (fill in ______ with the current month’s 3-letter abbreviation, e.g. Jul for July etc.). ~ Using TW instead of Theme Week leaves more space for other keywords in the title. For Example: ACEO TW NOV

* Listing of your ACEO MUST BEGIN on the 1st of the month (by the eBay US official time - between 12:00:01 AM and 11:59:59 PM Pacific time, or GMT-7). ~ You can view the official eBay time at http://viv.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EbayTime

* Auction duration must be 7 days or less.

* Each auction can only be for a single ACEO, but you may list as many auctions as you want.

* Starting price and shipping costs are now open! * Listing upgrades such as bold, highlight, subtitles, featured, charity listing etc are now allowed.

* You are strongly encouraged to post a link to your listing and/or an image of your ACEO in the theme week thread to help other members find your entry. Instructions on how to post an image can be found here: http://groups.ebay.com/forum/Aceo-Art-Cards/Document-Files/1500032487 ("How to post a Photo in a Thread" document)

* We ask that you nominate the ACEO’s based on the art itself - what is truly inspiring to you - and not on the popularity of the artist or private discussions or alliances among members.

 

How prizes are awarded: This is a 3-step process:

1. Nominations for "People’s Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation" awards will be accepted by any and all members of the ACEO ~ Art Cards Editions and Originals group between the 2nd and the 7th of the month. Nominations can either be done by posting your choices for each prize category in this thread or, if you prefer, by sending an email to aceovotes@gmail.com specifying your ebay ID and the name and item number of each nominated piece. One nomination per category, per member (self-nominations will not be accepted).

2. On or around the 8th of the month, a group poll for each of the categories will be set up by a member of the ACEO Activities and Events Committee (AAEC) based on the number of nominations each ACEO has garnered. Up to 10 artists will be selected for each of the two award categories. Each artist can only have one ACEO nominated per category. If more than 10 ACEO’s are nominated for a given award, or if two or more are from the same artist, ACEO’s will be selected first based on the number of times they were nominated and second based on which nominations were made the earliest. Nomination decisions will be at the discretion of the AAEC members, which will strive to keep the contest fair for everyone.

3. The polls will close by the 15th of the month, at which point the winners will be announced. There will be a minimum of four awards:"People’s Choice Award", "Most Unique Interpretation Award" and two "Honorable Mentions" (awarded to the runners-up in each poll). In case of a tie in the polls, the corresponding prize will be awarded to each tied participant. Winners will be asked to contact a member of the AAEC to request their Jpeg awards.

 

We hope you will join in for theme week! Also, we love it when you post pictures of your topic-inspired ACEO's in this thread ~ and chat away!

 

This Months theme (Mar 2012) is "Signs of Spring" Happy creating!  Remember to use ACEO TW Mar in your title.

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Hi - I have an image problem within most of my listings.  The enlargment functions are not working.   The art is static.  Does anyone else have this problem?  I reported it to eBay and the person tried a few things but nothing worked.  They said they's forward it to technical support and get back to me in a few days.  Alot that will do me.

 

Dorothea  😞

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I love all the creative paintings this month! What a nice variety!

 

Guess what... I found some time to paint today, so I managed to list this with a few hours to spare 🙂

 

"Spring Daffodil"

 

Here is the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/320859497216

 

Thanks for looking!

-- Edited by isablue123 at 03/02/2012 6:28 AM PST
Isa
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Hi,

My son Ryan talked me into joining the group as we both love doing ACEO's.

I remember seeing flowers for sale in England as I was about to take a boat ride on the Thames river. So my first ACEO is "Flower Cart".

My second one is "Flea Market". A sign that points to the right direction of treasures we all love to find.

-- Edited by kms at 03/01/2012 10:10 PM PST
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Wonderful TW's.. love them all !

 

Mine's a little off the wall.. as usual LOL...

 

Here's my line of thinking.. I see peep candy fill store shelves..I think about Easter.. which makes me think about spring...

 

 

Click here to check out my listing  🙂

 

 

-- Edited by artbyljw at 03/01/2012 10:22 PM PST
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Wow.....39+ entries for this month....The signs of spring brought out the best in everyone.  Great work everyone 🙂

.•:*¨¨*:•Leola•:*¨¨*:•.


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lazyhawk
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Wonderful artwork everyone.  I am delighted that so many chose to participate this month.

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While I was thinking of what my signs of spring were I came up with yard sales (seeing flea market) and of course peeps...gawd, my friends and I have a whole thing around PEEPS and our model horses etc.  It is ridiculous but fun.

 

But to me real spring means buds, flowers and baby calves of which we have two already despite 17" of snow 😉 and since I am doing a self-imposed challenge of 30 cows in 30 days I came up with this.

 

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There are 5 theme week aceo's that have March TW in their title and don't show up with the bulk of the lists (40) when you type in ACEO Mar TW in search.  These people may want to add MAR to their title so they show up with the rest of the Theme week entries...

 

It would be a shame if people missed seeing these because they are all really great!!!!!

-- Edited by southshoreartist at 03/02/2012 8:54 AM PST
.•:*¨¨*:•Leola•:*¨¨*:•.


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Thanks for the reminder, Southie!  :8} (blushing)

 

Everyone, you can now nominate your favorite ACEO's for "People's Choice" and "Most Unique Interpretation" awards among this month's entries. Each member can nominate 1 piece for each award.

 

To easily find all the eligible ACEO's, first search for "ACEO TW" then sort by newly listed. ACEO's must have been listed on March 1st to qualify. If you are searching after March 8, be sure to click on "Completed listings" to find the ACEO's that ended a week after listing day.

 

You can simply post your nominations below, or if you prefer anonymity, please send an email to the AAEC (ACEO Activities and Events Committee) at: aceovotes@gmail.com.

 

Please specify your ebay ID and the name and item number of each nominated piece. Nominations will be accepted until March 11. Afterwards, polls will be set-up to select the winners.

 

Thanks all!

Isa
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Hello! I have a little off topic question about HTML design For you sale page. How to do it? How much it will cost ( 10cents)? How to make your own design of the page? Right now all my setting looks not very professional and I would like to improve it. I’ have been part of this group 4 years ago and disided to come back to sell my art.

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Because I am completely whacko and way too busy for a "senior", I jumped way ahead on my listing! My face is red, but what is new?! 🙂 I'm going to try again...

 

Re: ACEO TW MAR - Signs of Spring

 

"Springtime in California!"

 

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Hello to all the wonderful artist!!  I am new to ebay and painting ACEO's.  A friend suggested to me at Christmas when they saw me painting Christmas Ornaments that I check out ACEO's and do some, well after the 3rd time of them telling me I checked it out and Gee I am so glad I did...I have been having a Blast painting and seeing the creative talent of others.:)  Meanwhile, I noticed a post below saying that if March was in the title instead of MAR the entry might not get noticed.  Well mine says March of course and I can not change it because it has a bid....so that is why I am posting here to make sure the two I did are found:). Good luck to ALL and keep up the fantastic creative painting!!!   Blessings, Kathy   Here is the links to mine..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACEO-TW-March-Original-Acrylic-Painting-Peaches-and-Her-Puppy-Kathy-Manuel-/...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACEO-TW-March-Original-Acrylic-Painting-Winter-Clearance-Sale-Kathy-Manuel-/...

 

 

 

Kathy,


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Hi Kathy, welcome aboard 🙂  you will find aceo very addictive and fun.  Awesome entries.

 

Awesome entries.

 

Don't worry to much about the MAR think in your title...hopefully most will search by ACEO TW only and they will all show up.

 

 

.•:*¨¨*:•Leola•:*¨¨*:•.


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Kathy (and others)

I searched ACEO TW MARCH and a bunch showed up.  Apparently, many list both MAR and MARCH which is probably a good idea if you have room for the spelt out one as well as the abreviated one.

 

Also not everyone is remembering to advise viewers to search ACEO TW MAR to see the other's entries - nor are they explaining what the theme is and how long the contest lasts  (7 days) and that it begins on the first of each month.  People who add this to their listings are helping other members - those who don't add how to search to see other's listing are not returning the favor.

 

Please be more considerate next time you list, or if you can revise your unbid upon listing now please do so.  Thanks.

 

Dorothea

-- Edited by drs_art at 03/03/2012 11:33 AM PST
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