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Punkymom Giveaway: Alphabhetto

Friend to Punkymoms owner Paulita, Joshua T. Pearson has recently published an illustrated alphabet book that is all sorts of amazing. This book is an interesting take on the basic fundamentals that we teach our children at storytime, associating letters with a picture. The usual cast of characters that you relate to when thinking of the alphabet, Joshua has mixed these with the urban decay around us sometimes that we let disappear from our mind.  This book helps to captivate not only your child’s interest, but yours as well. You will be taken in by his creative use of poetry and clever visual settings.

Josh Pearson is a Tampa-based artist born in 1979. Raised in a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, he collected random objects throughout his childhood and dismantled them constantly to create what he called “inventions”. At seventeen he began exhibiting his paintings and working for tattoo artists sketching custom pieces. Josh continued to arrange objects and construct “inventions,” going so far as to shift the plates and cups at the dinner table into different compositions every time he sat down. Soon, this obsession would find its’ way into his artwork. He started incorporating colorful collages of magazine clippings after running out of supplies in the middle of a painting, and the tattoo imagery began creeping into his paintings by combining his ink drawings with the collages. What started out as a means to an end, has become the practical approach to everything he does today. Creating something new using only discarded scraps forces him to face the limitations of the material and think around them. This alphabet of creatures was derived with the same philosophy. By examining ordinary objects we encounter every day, we may discover the hidden characters inside of them. We can choose to ignore our sometimes ugly urban environment or embrace it and see its potential.

Want to snag a copy? I have two of these beautiful books to give away! Entering is easy. Head on over and like the book’s facebook page. Then come back here and comment! Anyone can enter, you don’t have to be a current member of the forum.  Contest will be open until September 2nd at 10am EST.  Winners announced by noon. 

DIY Darling: The Silver Path

Catriona aka echoes aka Cat has been a member on Punkymoms for several years. She has been interested in esoteric things since she was a teenager. It wasn’t until she emigrated to the US from the UK at the age of fifteen that she was able to fully pursue things. She has been reading tarot for fifteen years and devouring information about semi-precious stones and beaded jewelry.

She became a certified hypnotist with specialties in past life regression in 2005 and an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church in 2010. When she is not attempting to ascend to different planes of existence, she is ferrying her son to and from school and making sure the house doesn’t burn down. She lives in Central Florida with her spouse, her son, two lodgers, three cats, a dog and a betta. When she isn’t beading or coding she will detox watching Lie to Me, House or No Ordinary Family while trying to avoid games on Facebook.

Several punkymoms have had a tarot reading from her over the years with amazing results.  The Silver Path started out as primarily an online store with her 3 other partners, but has blossomed into so much more. Cat has offered a goody basket to this month’s winner, filled with a collection of teas and salts and other surprise goodies. Over a $30 value.  To be entered, I’ll give you 3 few chances..Winners will be announced on April 1st.

1. Please like her facebook page and come back here and let me know you did.

2. Go to her website and tell me what your favorite product is

3. Last chance, tell me have you ever had your cards read?

Homemade Teas

DIY Darling: Glitterfist

I am excited to show you punkies December’s DIY Darling. Kristina aka glitterfist on the boards has long been an underground artist & photo-poet. She grew up with a legendary biker father, which made it easy for her to ride the unconventional line.

Photographing beautiful freaks & progressive performers since the early 80’s, she’s shot numerous bands like The Pretenders, Korn & SuperSuckers, Bush, as well as anti-celebrities like Jesse James. Drag queens, squatters, pin-up dolls, skaters, actors, pin-stripers, and a multitude of desperadoes & dream boats have all been caught by her lens. You can check out more of her amazing photography at her site. Her art and images are reminiscent of a Stones or Velvet Underground song; mixing vintage threads of simplicity, sexiness and grit with pure tones of beauty, hope, light and color.  Kristina was also the inspiration/muse/model for NYC painters Peter Cox and Joseph Peller, as well as several other artists nation-wide. Yeah, she’s a hottie.

Her newest venture incorporates all that. Her attraction to the craft of enameled copper is but a reflection of herself; tough/fragile/translucent & unique. The unpredictable outcome of the mixed colors, & enamel compounds are truly exciting & make each piece a one-of-a-kind hand-made jewel. She started posting these a little while ago and I snatched one up for myself right away. I get compliments on my necklace  all the time.

Kristina sent me a pendant to giveaway to our lucky contest winner. This contest will run till the end of December. You have until 11 am EST on the 31st to enter. How do I enter? Same as last time. Comment here on this post telling me where you last were that made you happy.  Share, tweet, facebook about this giveaway, and come back and comment to tell me that for more chances to win.

Definitly hit up her etsy shop and for an added bonus, like her facebook page and you can come back and comment again.

Have fun punkies!