springfield art and chalk fest, 2015

A new location this year, across from Sprout (a farmer's market in a renovated church) on smooth, old cement instead of last year's asphalt. So much smoother, so much easier to get fields of color and fine detail. It was a really fun event this year. Contact ESAP for details on entering the 2016 Springfield Art and Chalk Fest.

Chalk graffiti in front of Sprout.

 

More veggie-themed chalk art

This nice dog named Basil came to help his girls with their Star Trek-inspired art.

Artists and the I Scream for Waffles truck. So good.

Family fun chalk area with the kiddo.

A really nice rendition of a tiger.

My chalk tribute to Maurice Sendak.

I drew this nearby while waiting for the judges to come by.

Western Meadolark.

Space octopus?

Alphonse Mucha replica in chalk.

This piece had really lovely color blending.

Simpsons + Escher.

giveaway winners + discount code

Happy Mother's Day to all of you awesome mamas out there! I had 42 entries in my contest by midnight Friday, which made your odds of winning one of the two pieces of measuring tape fabric pretty darned good . . . and yet, only two people won this time around, and I'm always left wishing everyone could win.

Here are the two folks I'll be sending fabric to this week:

Jenny (comment: "I have to say: DOLL FACED PILLOW. I wish I could say WTH??? But really and truly, I have an aunt who used to make that stuff for me when I was a little girl. 
I like your blog and this tape measure fabric is wonderful!! Thank you so much for the chance.")

KRubin (comment: "This is perfect timing! My best friend just found out that she is expecting a little girl and will begin working on the nursery soon! I think it would make a great addition. This may be cheating, but I'm really proud of myself! Last week, I completed my first year of graduate school!"

I've already sent out e-mails to these two ladies, but if I don't hear from one or the other (or both) of them by May 17th, I'll be picking someone new. UPDATE 5/13/2013: both people have been in contact, so I'll be shipping fabric to them today! The rest of you can take advantage of the following:

Being that it's Mother's Day and I really like hearing from readers new and old, I'm giving the rest of you an exclusive coupon code for 50% off the measuring tape fabric in my Etsy supplies shop. This will expire on May 18th, so order up!

Head on over, put the fabric in your cart, and when you're prompted for the coupon code at checkout, enter SEWMAMA. That's it!

Thanks again, everyone, for another successful Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! I was a little late (3 days) getting my giveaway post up this time around, so the amount of responses was impressive. Welcome to all of you new blog followers; I hope you'll like the post I've got planned for next week . . . CLIFFHANGER ENDING!