Mother's Day Cards--The Countdown Is On!

Folks, the countdown is on. There are exactly 13 days until it's time to celebrate your mama. I've selected my favorite Gocco'd mom's day cards in plenty of time for ordering, filling out, enveloping, stamping and mailing. Look at all you're willing to do for that special lady!

From top left to bottom right:

1) Mum Sweet Mum Card, $3.50 KatyDid Paper Goods

2) Diving Gal Mother's Day Card, $3.50, Sucker Punch Press

3) Deer and Fawn Mother's Day Card, $3.00, Cabin

4) Humpback Whales Card, $3.50, Little Bunny

5) Team Mum Greeting Card, $3.50, KatyDid Paper Goods

6) I Heart Jewish Mothers, 3 Pounds, Schmuttergold

7) Robin's Egg Card, $5.00, Papermichelle

8) Nobody Does Chicken Soup Better, 3 Pounds, Schmuttergold

9) Love You Card, $5.00, Papermichelle

New Pieces by Dee Beale

Dee Beale is one of my favorite Gocco artists around. Here's some brand new prints she's added to her shop for spring. I'm really loving the foxes these days, how about you?

New Featured Artist on Save Gocco Website: Uhohdeer

Verity Keniger of Uhohdeer is the artist behind this interesting print titled "Oh Deer". Read all about her on savegocco.com.

Gocco Fix from Amy Rice

Amy Rice is one of my favorite artists, Gocco or not. I've featured her work before on SG here. Hailing out of Minnesota, her body of work has a very cohesive and specific look, feel and color palette. She uses found objects and ephemera in lieu of traditional canvas and paper, and she often includes Gocco in her process, as in the two pieces above. Amy doesn't have her own online shop, but some of her pieces are available for purchase through Artstream Gallery and ArtStar Gallery. She also has a slew of eye-candy in her flickr account. Enjoy!

Gocco Fix from Dwell Deep

This post is about a week past-due as I stuck this darling fox image on the Save Gocco website last Sunday. I need 3 little elves named: Viva, La, and Gocco to come help me stay updated with posts. Until that happens, you'll have to bear with me. Anyhoo..enough nonsense, let's get to the goodness. Get out of town with these Gocco prints by Dwell Deep! Said foxes are a Valentine limited edition. They're so in luff. In real life, I'm scared of foxes but these guys make me a tad less fearful. I really want the moustached sailor for my porch, which is about -20 right now but come spring, he is going to be mine. Read all about Dwell Deep on Save Gocco here. If you'd like to purchase any of these prints, visit the Dwell Deep Etsy shop riiiiiiigh: here. Cheers!

New Featured Artist on Save Gocco Website: Maraid

So, you might recognize this name from the previous post. Maraid is Jane McDevitt. She's on my radar. I was "had"at "Skating Chimp" but then "Ampersand" sealed the deal. The ampersand is my absolute favorite bit of type, and I love the pretty lace and swell color combo. This gal's going places. She has an Etsy shop featuring this and other sweet Gocco prints. When she's not printing with Gocco she designs websites freelance, style.

Gocco Fix from Maraid

Hello 2010! To kick things off with a big 'ole bang I present to you: the best Ice-Skating-Chimp ever Gocco'd! Oh, ice-skating chip, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: 1) long floppy arms 2) burgundy, pink, and mint-green together 3) scarf 4) dotted trail 5) pink blades. Let's see is there anything else? Oh yeah, the $10.00 price tag. Visit Maraid's Etsy store to make a purchase.

Hope Your Christmas was as Good as Brussels Sprouts

...and if you are Sarah Jane Coleman of Inky Mole Illustration, that would be a very good thing. These are the Christmas cards she made this year and her vegetable of choice (said brussels sprout) is front-and-center. Cheers to you, Sarah. I'm sure you made all your friends and family smirk a little this year.

New Featured Artist on Save Gocco: Schmuttergold

I've seen Schmuttergold's cards here and there on Flickr and Etsy and they always make me chuckle. Their motto is: "Good Jewish Design." Along with their spunky-sayings, they also offer beautiful typography hand-lettered and illustrated designs in their website and Etsy shop. This spin me round card is offered at $3.50. Mazel tov!

2010 Gocco Printed Calendar by Anna Cote

I have to give kudos to Anna Cote of Modern Printed Matter for using her Gocco to print a calendar this year. The high price and low availability of Gocco supplies would have deterred most folks. I gotta tell you though, after looking at the images she picked to print, it looks like Anna will have approximately 12 sweet masters to work with from here on out, so all is not lost. Beautiful work, Anna.

Gocco Fix from Heatherjeany

Remember Heatherjeany? She has a Mr. Gocco and lightbulb tattoo...such a rockstar. These coasters are one of her newer Gocco printed items available in her Etsy shop. The master was made using a photo Heather took of a tree stump behind her house. Printed on chipboard, a set of four runs $5.00 USD. Purchase here!

100th post. Money Money Money Money

So, this is the 100th post, which I actually did not realize until I opened up my account to write about a giveaway of 100- 1 dollar bills. Swear. So, without further adeu...I was looking through the flickr Gocco pool recently and came across these printed dollar bills. They were created to mark the launch of Keith Scharwath's new blog. He is giving away 100 Gocco'd one-dollar bills to his readers. Now, I need to preface this by saying I'm not sure that this is even LEGAL but it's definitely clever. All you have to do to receive some of this Gocco'd buck goodness is visit the new Carwash blog and "contact" Keith. He will promptly send one off to you (pending availability) along with a little note. Spend wisely.

new Featured artist on Save Gocco: Leigh Wells

Whaaat, already? Have you noticed that Save Gocco home page is now being changed once per week instead of once every 6 weeks? I'm the biggest critic of stale web pages so I've decided not to continue to bug myself and take the time to change it every week. Likey? This image comes from Leigh Wells. Intriguing, no? I suppose it's one of those things that means different things to different people. To me it seems to imply being "grounded," but only partially. Partially grounded and partially up in the air. Pretty much how I feel most of the time. What does it say to you?

Gocco Fix from Paperday Studio

Guess what? Paperday Studio is ME. Besides blatantly promoting myself, I wanted to show what is in my opinion the best feature of Print Gocco: application variety. Besides paper, you can print on: napkins, wood, glassine, fabric, and.....Polaroids. Did I leave out anything? This run was upcycled from a stack of lemon film. I made lemonade, freshly squeezed with my Gocco.

Gocco Fix from Grumble Toy

This is one of the swell Gocco prints featured on Art Wall's Gocco Studio. I think it is just the sweetest. Do you see what I see? Little secret fluff-guys hiding under the mushroom's umbrella. Ainsley of Grumble Toy named it "Mushroom Gnomes." Guess what? It could fly to you direct from Winnepeg, Canada for the low-low price of $5.00 USD! Seriously. Find it here.

New Featured artist on Save Gocco: Fric de Mentol

Ok, I know I say this every time, but I think this is my new favorite Save Gocco home page. Mushroom Girl just looks so so sweet in the Riso frame. I want to take her home with me, stick her in a terrarium with all my other mushroom people and fairies and live happily ever after.

Gocco Commercial

Heatherjeany, a darling in the world of Gocco (you might remember I mentioned her before here and here) pointed our Gocco Yahoo group toward this crazy commercial. We love the roosters, and the fact that the "toy" is so easy, even puppies can make prints. Not just one puppy though, guys, it takes a pair!

New Featured artist on Save Gocco: Dee Beale

I've featured Dee on this blog before, but I had to give special attention to this beautiful Poppies print again. It is the newest feature on the Save Gocco site. It might just be my favorite image yet in the Riso frame. Check it out!

Gocco Fix from Space Oddities

Printed on wood venier. Love that. Blue hearts? Love that too. Knee-high socks? Sign me up! This print is titled: "Raining in my Heart." I think it's pretty special. Available for $15 in SpaceOddities's Etsy shop here.

Renegade Craft Fair Chicago

I'm so bummed I missed the Renegade Craft Fair last Sunday in Chicago. I was actually in the city Tuesday through Friday of last week celebrating my 5 year anniversary. I had planned on driving down again on Sunday with a buddy but she bailed and I was too lazy to go solo. Oh well, next year. Here's some of the cool Gocco-related people and stuff I could have enjoyed. From top left to bottom left: Lucky Bee Press, Circa Ceramics, Cindy Tomczyk, Jess Gonacha Swift.