TW - May 2012 - Butterflies - WINNERS!

[lazyhawk]

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 (May 2012) is "Butterflies" Happy creating!  Remember to use ACEO TW May in your title.

-- Edited by lazyhawk at 05/29/2012 5:19 AM PDT

-- Edited by isablue123 at 05/31/2012 8:22 AM PDT

-- Edited by isablue123 at 06/23/2012 10:48 AM PDT

[artistsueperez]

Awesome butterflies this month!!!

Peoples-  Butterfly Fairy  njb_art   170834691320

Unique-  3-D butterfly pop up  artbyljw    140746521695

[evreece]

OMGosh! These butterflies are gorgeous!!! I want to nominate ALL of them! Y'all are making this so hard to nominate and vote! Geesh!

I couldn't enter this time, but I'm certainly enjoying "window shopping". 🙂

[evreece]

My nominees: I think you all know how hard this is to choose! ;\

People’s Choice: Butterfly

Hogan’s art black CAT EYES

ARTbyljw

# 170834597975

MOST UNIQUE INTERPRETATION:

Mouse and Butterflies

Drs_art

#160793256100

[lambs-one]

People’s Choice: Butterfly

Hogan’s art black CAT EYES ARTbyljw  # 170834597975

MOST UNIQUE INTERPRETATION: Mouse and Butterflies Drs_art #160793256100

Nice job everyone.

In Christ,
Melanie T. Campbell
Owner: Campbell Studio

[art.creation]

PC:   ACEO ~TW MAY Original Painting "Look! Butterflies Mom!" by K. Manuel    ggaff777

MUI:  Original ACEO Butterfly Fairy Butterflies Fairies TW May Fantasy Art Card NJB    njb_art

Greetings to all artists, I love your butterflies! Maria.

[sometimesitshandmade]

Great Works everybody and it looks like there are bids too. I heard a great quote the other day by Dolly Parton. " If you want a rainbow, You have to take some rain."  These butterflys cover the rainbow of colours.

Hope everyone is happy today. 🙂

[kathleencaseyart]

Hi all, my pics are,

PC: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-ACEO-Butterfly-Fairy-Butterflies-Fairies-TW-May-Fantasy-Art-Card-NJ...

MUI: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LWick-Original-ACEO-TW-May-3D-butterfly-butterflies-flowers-pop-up-/14074652...

ALL are wonderful but we had to choose. Good luck everyone.

[isablue123]

Hi everyone! Here are the nominees for our May Theme Week ("Butterflies")! There were several artists who received more than one nomination, so if you don't see the exact piece that you nominated, or if it is in a different category, that's why….

Please vote once in each poll (People's Choice and Most Unique) to select this month's TW winners. Polls will close on May 21 and winners will be announced shortly thereafter.

You'll find the poll under the Group Menu at left, or by following the link at the bottom of this post.

The nominees are:

People’s Choice

"Look...Butterflies Mom!" by ggaff777, # 190673585030

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190673585030

"Mouse and Butterflies" by drs_art, # 160793256100

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160793256100

"Butterfly Dreams" by njb_art, # 170834691320

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170834691320

"On the Wings of an Illusion" by Lagaviota, # 170834697975

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170834697975

"Catterfly" by Southshoreartist, # 140743306306

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140743306306

"Orange and White Butterfly" by kathleencaseyart, # 290706195477

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290706195477

"A Portrait of Julia Butterfly Hill" by artofpatience, # 150808069011

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150808069011

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Most Unique interpretation

"Butterfly Chrysalis" by thegraphitesea, # 130689631704

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130689631704

"The Monarch Queen" by ggaff777, # 190673588362

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190673588362

"3D butterfly pop up" by  artbyljw, # 140746521695

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140746521695

"A Flower for Me (quilling)" by coalcreektreasures, # 230784787940

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230784787940

"Butterfly and Lady Beetle" by art.creation, # 200753360796 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200753360796

"Butter-flies" by grasswally, # 280873947524

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280873947524

"Butterfly with flowers (fused glass)" by fineartfineglas, # 360455041797

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360455041797

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Links to polls:
People's choice: http://groups.ebay.com/poll.jspa?pollID=1606938899
Most unique: http://groups.ebay.com/poll.jspa?pollID=1606938900

-- Edited by isablue123 at 05/13/2012 8:27 PM PDT

[evreece]

Beautuful butterflies! I've been out west and have missed checking in, but I have voted! Just lovely, creative art, all around! >0<

[sometimesitshandmade]

Just voted; I loved all the entries--nice work everybody.

[kathleencaseyart]

My Picks

PC: Butterfly Dreams: http://www.ebay.com/itm/170834691320

MU: Butterfly Pop Up: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140746521695

Good luck everyone :-x

[isablue123]

Hi Kathleen,

Thanks for your votes! However, at this point, they need to be entered in the polls in order to be counted in the final result. You have until midnight today (eBay time) to enter your votes.

Links to polls:
People's choice: http://groups.ebay.com/poll.jspa?pollID=1606938899

Most unique: http://groups.ebay.com/poll.jspa?pollID=1606938900

[isablue123]

The winners for May's theme week (Baby birds) are:

People’s Choice

First prize: tie between…
"Butterfly Dreams" by njb_art, # 170834691320

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170834691320

…and…

"On the Wings of an Illusion" by Lagaviota, # 170834697975

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170834697975

Honorable mention: "Look...Butterflies Mom!" by ggaff777, # 190673585030

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190673585030

Most Unique interpretation

First prize: tie between…
"3D butterfly pop up" by  artbyljw, # 140746521695

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140746521695

…and…

"Butter-flies" by grasswally, # 280873947524

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280873947524

Honorable mention: "The Monarch Queen" by ggaff777, # 190673588362

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190673588362

The highest-selling ACEO this month was "On the Wings of an Illusion" by Lagaviota, which went to a lucky bidder for $40.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

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Please email Jo at whimzicals@cfl.rr.com to receive your jpeg (letting her know which prize you have won).

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Thank you for your participation and don’t miss the June 1st TW, "Zoom in" - this should be an interesting one!

[artbyljw]

Congratulations everyone, they were all wonderful!

and thank you for including mine 🙂

[inspiredartbykathy]

Thanks to all that voted for my entries, I am very honored!!  Congratulations to the Winners!  I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the creative works of art that were entered, it is very encouraging and challenging.  🙂