~ January 25, 2006 ~
Dearest ZNEers!
Hello! Can you believe that January is nearly over!!?? Yikes. Where does the time go? Dickens suggests that we may never know…
~Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!…. his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes.~ ~ Charles Dickens.
And so, as Old Time ticks away - ZNE has many activities and goodies for its members ~ to keep us all busy!
Deadlines!
ZNE Theme Week! Theme: Waiting for Spring
DATE: List your item on Sunday, February 5!
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256
ZNE Promotional Art Contest
Want to see YOUR art featured on the home page of the ZNE Website for a month?
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewforum.php?f=24
DATE: For March Home Page: February 15, 2006
Ephemera Hera
Got some goodies to share? Want to receive an envelope of fun!?
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81
DATE: February 25, 2006
ZNE Zaftig Project
Interested in joining in a fat book project? We have one for you! We already have several pages in hand from your fellow members - so jump in and send yours!
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewforum.php?f=44
DATE: No deadlines! Ongoing! Get your pages to me now!
The ZNE Zine Submissions Deadline
Have some art, a poem, or an article that you want to submit for publication consideration for the July 2006 ZNE Zine? Get crackin! We want those submissions!
http://www.zneart.com/ZNE_zine.php
DATE: April 15, 2006
Contests!
Ongoing:
ZNE Theme Week - every month on the first Sunday of the month!
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256
ZNE Promotional Art Contest - every month - entries due by the 15th of the month!
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewforum.php?f=24
ZNE Zaftig Project - a chunky book page contest - in conjunction with each volume of The ZNE Zaftig Project.
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewforum.php?f=44
ZNE Needle in a Haystack Contest - Lots of prizes being given away in this fun contest that encourages you to search through ZNE listings on eBay for that one listing that matches the riddle! A new
round is available - here:
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1828#1828
Good luck and have fun!
The ZNE Zine!
And…. I am delighted to announce that the inaugural print issue of The ZNE Zine is available for puchase!!!
Through February 15, 2006 - sales will be open to ZNE MEMBERS only! This is a limited edition run of 300 copies, and the first 35 copies have already sold - so get your hands on one now!
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewtopic.php?t=258
(An ATC created by IzabellaAlteredArts, featured in the ZNE Zine!)
SWAPS!
Interested in a swap? Have a creative idea? Looking to add to your ATC, Art Tag, Art Squared or other altered art collection - make a suggestion on this discussion thread. If you are willing to host a swap - hooray! Let us know and we’ll get it going on the boards and announce it in a future ZNE Scene newsletter. Stop by this thread to see what we’ve done in the past:
http://www.zneart.com/S/forum/viewforum.php?f=10
And if you participated in the Member Wide swap number 1, or the Tag Swap - be sure and upload any art you received into the ZNE Galleries!
THE ZNE STORE!
The ZNE Store on eBay just keeps growing and growing! I am having so much fun searcing out lots of vintage one of a kind goodies, new art - both originals and reproductions - and art supplies galore. The store now has over over 350 unique itmes!
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZvariazioneQ21
Looking for vintage french perfume labels? Vintage european cheese labels? Charms to add to your art or altered jewelry? Vintage watch crystals, cigar bands, postcards and prescriptions? We have it all, and The ZNE Store specializes in listing the vast majority of items at $0.99 or LESS!!
Check out this fabulous magnet, designed by ZNE Member JoAnnA Pierotti - offered for only $2.49!
This Space Available!
If you would like to see your banner ad, artwork, or a featured store product HERE in future issues of The ZNE Zine - contact me directly. This space is being made available to ZNE Members only a reasonable fee. The ZNE Scene e-news is published twice a month and sent to our entire mailing list of ZNE Members and non members alike.
Tick tock tick tock! And just like that, more time has passed us by. So make good use of your time and start working on Frebruary’s theme week art - Awaiting Spring. Start making some 4″x4″s for the ZNE Zaftig project, and do whatever else you love to do. Whatever it is, always -
ENJOY CREATING!
xoxo - Chel
