I tried to do a video of me drawing the winner of the Domino Magazine Giveaway, but my laptop is not having a good day today, and I’m not going to push it.

So, picture me with makeup on, with a handful of names written on blue scraps of paper that I threw into a silver mixing bowl on my lap.  I drew one out, and it said “Najla”!

If you would be so kind as to send your mailing address to theambershow at gmail dot com, I will send your subscription post haste!  Congrats!  And thank you to everyone who entered.  This was fun!

**CLOSED!  Thank you to everyone who entered!**

And so, another National Blog Posting Month (a.k.a. NaBloPoMo) comes to an end. This is the second year I’ve done it, and my first 100% successful one.  It’s been fun, although I’m glad to going back to a more relaxed schedule.  It hasn’t been hard, though.  I really love my blog. I was a blogger before I knew what blogging was; I used to daydream about “Amber Magazine” when I was growing up, which would be a publication that would feature my thoughts, events going on in my life and highlight things I love. That’s a pretty good summation of this blog.

To celebrate the end of NaBloPoMo, I’m giving away a one year subscription to my favorite magazine of the past year: Domino. (See the tie-in there? I was talking about an imaginary magazine and segued it into a magazine giveaway. Zing!)

Leave a comment on this post and I’ll draw the winner at random on Wednesday.  I’ll draw the winner on Monday, December 8, when I do my gift guide.  That makes sense, I think.  Give a gift while talking about gifts.

I am so smart.

Oh no! Why are these adorable bunnies all blurred out?! Have they committed a crime?

YES!

Do you know that the image of a Pe… er … “certain brand of marshmallow bunny” is copyrighted, and that you can’t sell photos on Etsy of these “certain brand of marshmallow bunnies”, even if you don’t use their proper name in advertising. Even if you’re just a nice girl, living in Brooklyn and selling art prints to raise money for charity. Even if you write the owner of the image after receiving a (very nice but firm) take down notice of this certain brand of marshmallow bunny and ask nicely, because, Oh my God they’re just photos and THEY’RE SAVING DOGS AND DON’T YOU KNOW THAT SAVING DOGS IS IMPORTANT WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

I know. I should fight the man. But The Man is pretty big, and I’m not even certain if I’m right. Lots of really smart people have gone back and forth about copyright laws in cases such as these, but I personally am not sure what the legal correct answer is. All I know is that I got a take down letter from the owner of the image of this “certain brand of marshmallow bunnies”, and I can’t sell my prints of them any more in my sad, empty Etsy store.

So…

I’m giving them away. I still have some copies of each of these left, and I am upset because they were my best selling prints and made a lot of people happy. So, lemons into lemonade.

If you would like one for free, here’s what you do:

1. Make a $10+ donation to Manos por Patas/Hands for Paws here. (I was selling them for $10 and kicking $5 from each to them, but now they get the whole thing. Also, postage is free for you. I’m eating the shipping, so bargain! Woo hoo!)
2. Send me proof of your donation, your home address and print preference to theambershow at gmail dot com
3. Feel smug knowing you were able to help a worthy cause, damn the man, and save the empire.

You’ll be getting rid of my prints for me and helping out some great little pups who are way cuter than marshmallow bunnies.