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Huge Anniversary Giveaway: Winners Announced

Andrew Houle — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:13:25 +0000

A few weeks ago I celebrated this blog’s 2 year anniversary by offering a Huge Anniversary Giveaway. With 255 comments, it’s clear that you guys liked the prizes being offered. I don’t blame you, I wish I could have won some of them :) Thanks so much to everyone for the kind comments and your participation!

And the Winners Are…

I used a random query to pick all the names. The winners are…

2 Copies of David Airey’s Book – Logo Design Love

Rachel
Sonali Agrawal

2 Copies of Billings

Kel
Matteo

3 Licenses of Pixelmator

Nick
webbografico
Kartik

3 Licenses of Brush Pilot

it
MrQWest
Rick

3 Copies of Digging Into WordPress

Justas
Jason A.
Design Minimalist

5 Cloud Pack Textures from Brian Iannone

Rachel
Steve Webster
Juanmi
JohnnyBob
Philipp Hummer

$9.99 Vector Pack of Your Choice

Allie

3 Copies of the Smashing Book

Sporky
Chris Stevens
J. Teague

Congratulations to the winners! If you’ve won something, I will be in touch with you soon to fill you in on the details of how to collect your prize.

2 Year Anniversary + Huge Giveaway Celebration

Andrew Houle — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:35:06 +0000

Blogs rarely last very long. They age more in dog years than human years, so making it two full years feels like quite an accomplishment. I’m stoked with the progress the site has made and the support from the design community and my sponsors. I’m shocked and humbled it’s already been a full year since the birth of my son, which I shared about in my 1st year anniversary post. He’s healthy and amazingly energetic, he makes me smile constantly, and is just a blessing in the truest sense of the word. Below is a little glimpse of what I mean :)

Some MIB Tidbits, Facts and Musings

I love checking out other blog’s milestone/anniversary posts. It’s nice to see how far they’ve come and where they are headed. In my last anniversary post, I missed the opportunity to share some numbers with you, so I don’t want to make that mistake again. In a style inspired by Little Box of Idea’s Anniversary Post, here are some tidbits, facts and musings about MIB’s first two years.

MIB’s most viewed post remains Design with Swirls and Flourishes with over 305,000 views.
Yes, I do realize most people associate MIB with Men in Black, but I’m lazy enough to still use the acronym quite often.
I started MyInkBlog’s Facebook Page on December 6, 2009. It now has 761 fans (likes, followers, or whatever facebook decided to do with that?)
The name MyInkBlog is a play on words from ink blot to ink blog thanks to a little help from my wife. InkBlog.com was taken so MyInkBlog became the name of choice.
MIB has published over 265 posts from 31 different authors, and we are always on the lookout for new talented contributors.
There have been over 4,995 published comments from you guys. The first such comment was from April DeStefano, a friend of mine.
Akismet has saved me the burden of looking through over 56,000 spam comments. Wow, I love that plugin!
Twitter has proven to be more helpful than my wildest expectations, which isn’t all that impressive considering my early skepticism. MIB now has over 5,800 followers and has been listed 616 times. If you aren’t already, I’d love if you follow along.
I received a tshirt for my post on Adobe Kuler from the folks at Adobe. A gift that my geeky side rejoiced about for long enough to make it a running joke amongst my wife an I.
MIB’s RSS feed climbed over 10,000 a couple times this month, and is currently at just over 9,700 right now.
MIB averages about 6,000 page views daily. The record day was 39,840 set back on May 25, 2009 thanks to the Stumble Effect on 10 Awesome Free Handwritten Fonts.
Over the past year I have developed a real distaste for list posts and have made a conscious effort not to waste your time or mine with more posts like “458 Websites with Purple Robots” (although come to think of it, that may be pretty cool).
Allowing BuySellAds to manage my advertising was one of the best decisions I’ve made with this blog. Time saved is invaluable!

The Huge Giveaway

I promised a huge giveaway, and thanks to some awesome sponsors I’m going to deliver. Two successful years in the blogging world doesn’t come without lots of loyal readers. I could think of no better way to thank you folks, than to give away some incredible gifts. So here is what is up for grabs.

2 Copies of David Airey’s Book – Logo Design Love

An awesome book by David Airey that explores logos and branding identity. You can read my thoughts on this book in the review that I wrote.

2 Copies of Billings

Billings is a fantastic invoicing solution at a reasonable price. They’ve just added an iPhone app making it even more convenient. For more info, check out the review of Billings that I wrote.

3 Licenses of Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a very nice Photoshop alternative at a much better price. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, but it does have more than enough to do most jobs, and the interface is slick.

3 Licenses of Brush Pilot

Brush Pilot is a fast and easy application for previewing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes, built exclusively for Mac.

3 Copies of Digging Into WordPress

Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr’s comprehensive book on building WordPress sites.

5 Cloud Pack Textures from Brian Iannone

This is a premium set of 24 awesome cloud textures.

$9.99 Vector Pack of Your Choice

Go Media has some of the best premium vector packs out there.

3 Copies of the Smashing Book

The Smashing Book is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design.

How To Enter

I wanted to keep the entry into this contest as simple as possible so the focus stays on thanking all of you. To enter simply drop me a comment below to be eligible to win any of the prizes. That being said, I’d still love it if you friended MyInkBlog on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribed to the RSS feed. The winners will be chosen at random by mysql queries. The deadline to enter is June 7th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be turned off. I will announce the winners in a followup post.

Designious Vector Mega Pack Giveaway: Winners Announced

Andrew Houle — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:29:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I teamed up with Designious to giveaway Mega Vector Packs to 3 lucky winners. Thanks to everyone who participated!

And the 3 Winners Are…

I used a random query to pick the 3 names. The winners are…

Scott Bird – @scottburris
Jessica Rodgers – @beadedchihuahua
Cassie – @crschilliger

Congratulations to the winners! The folks at Designious will be in touch with you soon to fill you in on the details of how to collect your prize.

Till The Next Time

Certainly this is not the last giveaway/contest here on MyInkBlog. Stay tuned by grabbing the rss feed or signing up to get email updates.

All Around Grunge Photoshop Brushes

Angie Bowen — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:59:15 +0000

We had been wanting to put together another freebie for Andrew and the readers at MyInkBlog, and began scratching our heads as to which direction to take it. Then the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death passed and we found ourselves in a grunge state of mind, and decided that we would pay homage to this inspired musical icon who helped to bring the Seattle Grunge scene under the spotlight, and gave the angst of a generation a powerful voice to relate to. And a new grunge set of brushes was born! This new high resolution set of eight Photoshop brushes is available for use in any of your personal and commercial projects alike with no attribution necessary.

Previews

Designious Vector Mega Pack Giveaway

Andrew Houle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:51:49 +0000

About Designious

Designious is a small design studio that specializes in creating amazing vector art and design elements for designers. They provide designers all over the world with stock vector art, photoshop brushes and fonts to help them create or improve their art work.

What’s up for Grabs?

3 lucky readers will win their choice of any vector mega pack from Designious. These packs are a huge collection of awesome designs that are incredible useful.

Some Samples

Here are some samples of what you can choose from.

How to enter

For a chance to win, signup to follow MyInkBlog on Twitter, then drop me a comment below and be sure to include your twitter name. If you are already following MyInkBlog, awesome, just add a comment with your twitter name. The 3 winners will be chosen by a random mysql query. The deadline to enter is May 10th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be turned off. I will announce the winners in a followup post, so it’s a good idea to grab the RSS feed to find out if you win.

Splatter Social Media Icons

iconshock - stock icons — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:18:34 +0000

Introducing Splatter Social Media Icons. A free set of 8 social media icons carefully assembled with paint splatters and originality. Brought to you by MyInkBlog and the fine folks over at iconshock. These icons are conveniently designed at 8 different sizes ranging from 12px to 512px in png format.

Download ↓

License Info

These icons are available under the creative commons license. Please do not repackage, redistribute or direct link to the download. If you would like to share these icons please link back to this page. If you use these icons on your site, it is very much appreciated if you place an attribution link back to www.myinkblog.com.

How to Say Thanks

These icons are completely free, but if you are thinking they totally rock, you can say thank you by tweeting them up, or donating a couple of bucks. The money is sure to go toward diapers… or maybe an iPad :)

I hope you find some good uses for these! I’d love to get your feedback on the set. Feel free to drop me a comment below.

Winners Announced: 500 Trifold Brochures From UPrinting

Andrew Houle — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:18:33 +0000

A few weeks ago I teamed up with UPrinting to offer up 500 trifold brochures to 2 lucky winners. Thanks to everyone who participated!

And the 2 Winners Are…

I used a random query to pick the 2 names. The winners are…

David Mandel
Javier

Congratulations to the winners! The folks at UPrinting will be in touch with you soon to fill you in on the details of how to collect your prize.

Till The Next Time

Certainly this is not the last giveaway/contest here on MyInkBlog. Stay tuned by grabbing the rss feed or signing up to get email updates.

Winners Announced: Free 1-Year Account to MediaLoot

Andrew Houle — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:59:11 +0000

A month ago I teamed up with MediaLoot to celebrate the launch of their premium design resource site. They were kind enough to offer up (5) 1-year accounts to MediaLoot. The response from you was terrific, thanks to everyone who participated!

Here Are The 5 Lucky Winners

I used a random query to pick the 5 names. The winners are…

David Hnátay
Justi
Squibble
Issac Maez
Amalia Ruggieri

Congratulations to the winners! The folks at MediaLoot will be in touch with you soon with the details.

Till The Next Time

This is certainly not the last time we we’ll be holding giveaways and contests here on MyInkBlog. Stay tuned by grabbing the rss feed or signing up to get email updates.

Win 500 Trifold Brochures From uPrinting

Andrew Houle — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:51:26 +0000

About UPrinting

UPrinting is a leading online printing company that has been providing high quality printing at affordable prices for over 25 years. They provide high quality printing services for canvas prints, business cards, brochures, postcards and more.

What’s up for grabs?

UPrinting and MyInkBlog are teaming up again to bring you another awesome giveaway. This time we are giving away 500 trifold brochures to 2 lucky winners. The brochures will be 8.5×11 on glossy paper with 4-color printing on both sides. This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only, free shipping within US only (sorry if you live outside this area, I will have more giveaway opportunities down the road).

How to enter

For a chance to win, simply signup to follow MyInkBlog on Twitter, and then drop me a comment below. If you are already following MyInkBlog, awesome, just fill out a comment to enter. The 2 winners will be chosen at random. The deadline to enter is April 16th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be turned off. I will announce the winners in a followup post, so it’s a good idea to grab the RSS feed to find out if you win.

Win A Free 1-Year Account To MediaLoot

Andrew Houle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:30 +0000

About MediaLoot

MediaLoot is a brand new online toolbox of premium design resources. It’s a subscription based site that offers designers awesome icons, Photoshop brushes, textures, vectors, print templates, and more. It looks very promising and is created by Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios and Mason & Natalie Hipp of Freelance Folder.

Some Samples

Rather than me just chatting up the graphics, I figured you could check out some examples and judge for yourself.

The Prize

MyInkBlog and MediaLoot would like to hook up 5 lucky readers with a free 1-year account.

How To Enter

For a chance to grab this cool prize, simply signup to be a fan of MyInkBlog on Facebook, and then drop me a comment below. The 5 winners will be chosen at random. The deadline to enter is April 8th, 2010, after that point commenting on this post will be turned off. I will announce the winners in a followup post, so it’s a good idea to grab the RSS feed to find out if you win.