Mary and the postcards
Yesterday boxes of new postcards arrived. These are for Art in Action in July. Some are reprints of best sellers. Some are new. All are taken from books except for one which is a detail from a card. They were printed in Cornwall at Headland Printers. Working with Headland was a pleasure and the cards are fantastic value and quality.
Mary decided to help show them.
Tiger decided to show everyone his favourite card, and a moment later everyone, including tiny elephant joined in.
And the we all decided to give away seven sets of the sixteen cards.
But meanwhile polar bear decided to show his favourite, and the tiny cards of shiny goodness ( business cards).
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning a set then leave a comment on this blog post. If you would like to share it, through twitter or facebook, tumblr or pintrest, on your own blog or just by telling a friend then that would be lovely. And if you might go and have a wander through the walls of The House of Golden Dreams and share from there, that too would be lovely.
I will also pick comments at random and write a postcard, with a special stamp here and there.
The winners will be chosen on 1st July, or there abouts and I am happy to send the cards anywhere in this world.
( ps, Mary and friends are from Celestine and the Hare.)
They are all beautiful and it is such a generous prize that I’m sure lots of people would love to win – please include me in the draw 🙂
Cracking set love all the hares as usual would love to have a set and send tham round the world 🙂 XX
Love these and your work, thanks for showing 🙂
These are truly wonderful and carry you away to ethereal realms. A collection to make you smile. The prize is worth the winning. Peace and starshine be yours.
These are gorgeous and please enter me in the draw.
Awesome! I’m in! *fingers crossed*
These are all adorable! I’d love to win a set, and be able to post little notes to friends & keep some for my wall! Have shared on FB & Twitter too.
Thanks Jackie, for sharing some beauty this morning x
My children and I love all of your works of art. We would love to win a special card!
Your work is wonderful, and these postcards look like pocket sized fabulous jewels of beauty – I’d love to win a set – or even buy a set (where do I buy them from?).
These are absolutely stunning, I especially love the one’s with Hare’s in them, just magical 🙂
So often I find your artwork fits the moment, it captures an elusive something.
Thank you
These cards are absolutely gorgeous. I’ll be buying at least one set even if I win a set as I’m looking forward to sending an invitation to dip into a mythical adventure world to my friends. 🙂
A picture tells a story and sends a message to the soul .
I love your work so much & have many of your books that I share with my children. I’ve even taken your Dragon book into out local tattoo studio & am having one of your dragons tattooed on my back on 1st July!
Which one? Would love to see it when it’s done.
Marys sister, Hettie and I love the postcards! She said she wanted to win some to have her pictures taken with, like mary….. 😉 !
Mary says she wants to send Hettie a card. Have sent email.
Ooh thank you, we are both thrilled! 🙂
I wish! I love them, especially bears. Somehow I feel them, they are like stories in which I can just come in and watch, and be there, touch places and animals…
I wish… To just close my eyes and feel the grass and snow in one time be in all those places…
I wish…
Beautiful work. And the printing looks too notch, too. I’ve got the earlier postcards but would love to be in the draw for a chance to win the new designs, too.
Oops, repeating myself!
Beautiful artwork! And a lovely give away. I didn’t realise I could follow you on bloglovin’ too so I’m happy!
Beautiful, beautiful elephant robed in crimson! Perfection!
Your work is stunning, I think if I were lucky to win a set I think I’d love then too much to send them and would have to frame them!
Plus Dragon would love to pose with a dragon card! 😀
Amazing! your work is truly beautiful & my girls Lily & Poppy love your books and so far you’ve signed everyone! I’m moving house soon and would your cards framed going up my stairs. The Hares are my favorite! xxxx
crimson fabrics
fabrications
tygers of bronze and finches of gold
moth wings and moon owls
pebbles and eggs
and holly dragons for her hair
I just made a very loud squee sort of noise in the staff room. People are looking. I want them all!
Mary wants to send Emily a postcard Karin.
Lovely idea for a giveaway. My daughter and I love looking at your books- we talk about how the pictures tell just as much of the story as the words do. She then adds her own ideas, which is a wonderful thing to listen to.
I absolutely love these paintings :). We are about to relocate from Australia to the UK and among our VERY limited belongings which will be shipped, are my precious picture books by Jackie. I can never decide which paintings are my favourite.
There is so much magic here. Your work inspired me to start drawing again. I’ll never reach your standard but I’m having a lot of fun.
Your work makes me remember having an imagination. Thank you for the inspiration ( and for supporting big cats)
I admire your work, it is an inspiration to me and I would certainly like to be in with a chance of winning 🙂
They are gorgeous, and I would love getting these in the mail. Of course, I might never actually send them to anyone, them being so lovely!
After much head-scratching and checking pennies I have just turned down an opportunity to volunteer at Art in Action this year. Jackie – if I’d known you were going to be there, that would have been a deal-maker! So sorry to miss you there, but a set of your beautiful cards would be a (small – well, huge, really) compensation! 🙂
oh oh oh….just wonderful! anyone receiving just one of these cards would be so delighted, love the magic that you create xxx
Ah Jackie, I can’t tell you how much it would cheer me to be lucky enough to receive some of your beautiful work. Your work touches me so much – the emotion in it is sometimes almost exquisitely unbearable. Life is hard at the moment, so hard. My beautiful son is in such a difficult place at the moment – he’s autistic, and wants to die. He’s only 11. I could go on and on, but this probably isn’t the best place to do that! Anyway. Your talent is remarkable. Thank you for your work, which brings poignant joy. Much love xx
wondrous work! xx
I’ve been looking forward to these since you mentioned them on Twitter a while ago! They’re all utterly gorgeous. Would be beyond thrilled to receive one from you, or acquire a set by any other (legal – hee!) means. Thank you for your wonderful work!
Love all your work! Would love to be entered in the drawing! Your rabbits are my favorite:)
Hares. Rabbits are smaller. Cuter.
Would love to be entered in this contest! Your rabbits are my favorite!:)
I love the stories in your paintings. Your cards would be a lovely inspiration on a cupboard door in my studio. (along with one of the dragon taking a cupcake from a plate held by a ginger haired girl which my friend bought for me.)
Sandy in Bracknell
Each and every one is stunning and magical, tried to choose a favourite but kept changing my mind!
Oh, Mary looks so proud showing your cards! And well she should be! They are all beautiful…but, of course, the polar bears are my favorites! How wonderful it would be to win a set of your cards! Mary’s sister, Mary sends her best greetings to Mary….
I would give these post cards to family and friends so their day too can be brightened. And frame a couple for myself so each of my days could benefit.
Enjoy looking at your art so much
amd thank you for it.
Your designs are truly beautiful, they have an aura of mystery and are so calming. I particularly like the tiger and the golden hares. I would be grateful to be included in your draw, thank you.
They are beautiful and I will be buying a set at Art in Action and whatever else I cannot resist to add to my collection. If I win I will give it to my new neighbour Gail who is also passionate about your work, and if I don’t well I’ll buy her a set anyway. I spied the Elephant by the way can it be printed yet?
Elephant postcard looks great Audrey. I will pop one in the post to you. How do you feel about jigsaws?
I can ask Wentworths to do one as a jigsaw. They are doing Beau Peep.
See you at A in A? Which day do you know?
Oh, these are so fabulous – and so very well displayed by Mary and her friends! I would love to win a set 🙂
Gorgeous artwork! If I’m not the lucky winner I might just have to buy myself a set!
Love the way Mary has displayed them all so well. Love them all.
She’s very good at helping.
So beautiful and difficult to find here in USA!
Love them!
You will be able to order from Solva Woollen Mill. But there are only 200 of each design.
Beautiful work, and such good helpers you have! I love your fantasy world.
Not so much of the fantasy there! You should see what they all get up to when I am out.
I just love the fox and the hare they are so beautiful
I dream of tigers and bears, your beautiful images bring them into being. 🙂
These are just beautiful. <3
Oh how I’d love to win this prize… but I never win anything, but will certainly be buying some of your gorgeous postcards. Especially some from the East of the Sun collection. Such beauty!
The first thing I did as each grand niece and nephew were born is give them a set of your beautifully illustrated books. I wanted their minds filled with their beauty from the very start of their lives.
Oooh yes please! I’m a huge fan of your work and these would wonders above my writing desk.
Jackie, these post cards are exquisite and as with all your illustrations they are beautiful to look at individually as well as in their story lines. Could you please include me in your draw, Many Thanks
Ah, Jackie,
When I finish my art therapy course next year I am going to reward myself with a print of one of the images you have included as a card here and use it in whatever room I eventually practise from – ‘The Space Between the Hare and the Fox: The Space Between the Fox and the Hare.’ I love the visual tension in this image between life and death, love and hate, violence and gentleness, stillness and movement, possibility and obliteration.
This image also reminds me of the Virginia Woolf quote from the film of Michael Cunningham’s book, The Hours: “To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is. At last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away.”
Beautiful – thank you x
Love these! Can’t decide which is my favourite, they’re all so good. Please enter me in the draw! Thanks
Mary has a lovely smile. We would need to do a survey in our house as to who will display them, or maybe take turns.
These are so beautiful and would look so amazing against my postcards of the Robin hobb covers that you so beautifully painted
These are beautiful!
These are lovely!
I hope to win! I’d love to frame these.
Such a wonderful collection of your paintings. I would send them far and wide, casting beauty and magic to my friends. So lovely.
Jackie, the cards are so, so beautiful! (And so lovingly displayed.)
I love your work! It makes my heart happy.
Beautiful as always. Please count me in.
Beautiful as usual. I do love your paintings. Please count me in.
love all the cards and that last image of the little Bastet statue looking at the postcard with the cool stamps while the ceramic bear considers his hands
You have an amazing talent and life! Just to receive a beautiful post card from a far ….I would be delighted!
A pen pal from a simple timeless vilage… far away this post card traveled…..a women awaited for a chance to make a new friend….
The frames are ready in case I win.
What a wonderful post! I love seeing the variety of creatures and creations on these postcards…especially those foxes. Beautiful!
Living in Sweden I see a lot of fox and hare – I love the way you capture them and all your beautiful art.
Beautiful images, a delight to look at.
Shared on my fb page 🙂
I love your dreamy paintings and stories.
So glad Mary and her Snow Leopard friends
are happy living with you and continue to make mischief!
Ridiculously beautiful. <3
I saw the ‘Golden Hare’ on fb and followed the link to your page and now know that you are connected to one of my favourite authors: Robin Hobb. I think your work is stunning and so evocative x
Of course Mary helped – we’re unusually and remarkably helpful, we Marys, and very good at organising others. : )
I’d be delighted to have all these beautiful animal friends on my walls.
Seeing your work always brings a smile to my face! It is gorgeous! It captures the magic of these beautiful beings as well as our deep connection to each other.
All your work is beautiful and the fuzzy animals are so cute. I love your photography too – I’ve only been to Wales once and I miss it. Definitely going to post these on my “story book” pinboard.
You can only send them to this world? *sigh* I guess I could stay a bit longer then.
These are stunning. Thank you for such wonderful, enchanting art~ would love to win a set of the cards.
I’ve been a fan for some time now and love your work.
They are all so very beautiful, how could anyone pick a favourite. I’d very much love to win a set but if I wanted to buy a set how would I go about it?
They will be for sale through Solva Woollen Mill. But not this week. £16 for 16 cards. Or at Art in Action, in July.
I love all the animals in this because what silly people might think are ‘inanimate’ objects are more animated than many ‘living’ people I have met .. my best friend, ‘little wooden pony’, goes everywhere with me .. 🙂 .. I just returned from Zanzibar where I worked on an animal sanctuary for 2 years – it was an amazing experience and I learnt to love all manner of creatures .. even the scabby and sick ones that once I would have recoiled at .. This display of postcards with the help of your lovely animal friends has really made my morning shine .. b e a u t i f u l ..
I am loving playing with my beautiful creatures, the small ones made by Celestine and The Hare, especially for me.
Beautiful! I would love to win a set, thank you 🙂
These are lovely!
I always love the hares and tigers, but I think the elephant is my favorite today. I’ll definitely share, and I’m in for the draw!
Fantastic postcards, your work is so wonderful. 🙂
Thank you,Mary and friends, for showing us Jackie’s gorgeous pictures. I love to read of the adventures you have with Leopard, it’s always a joy to see one appear!
I would love to win this as I can never decide which of your paintings I love best. Every time I see the latest work you have created, I think, ‘Now THAT’s my favourite.’ And then I look back at older work and think, ‘No THAT’s my favourite’. And then you post another gorgeous image and I lose my heart all over again. A selection to pore over would be lovely!
Wonderful new cards – your art is so special. Would love to win a set or even just one. Thanks so much for the chance!
As the images appeared, a gentle sigh of contented pleasure soundlessly passed through her slightly parted, smiling lips.
Thank you, Jacquie.
These look beautiful! I’d probably frame them and put them on my wall. 🙂
Thank you so much for this opportunity dear Jackie, your art is truly amazing and I’m in love with every single one! Best regards from Slovenia!
I never can decide what I love most about your work – colour, texture, light, subject, atmosphere … oh so many things … words aren’t enough. It is magical.
I adore your work – everything from your blog to your paintings to your tweets. I would love a postcard to put by my desk at work!
Love these cards! They are so pretty!
These are so gorgeous 🙂 I love your artwork and live only 20 minutes from Penzance where they were printed! I cannot wait to buy the new copies of the Robin Hobb trilogies that you’ve illustrated (I lent my old copies out many years ago and while I’ve not seen them since, I do rather hope whoever has them has enjoyed them haha)
So beautiful! I would love to send these to friends and family.
I fell asleep under a velvet sky,
embroidered with the gleaming light of stars,
and gentle dragons watched over me,
with a keen shine in their soft emerald and amber eyes
Writing also means editing . . . and re-writing . . .
So here comes the second and final version, made more personal, as a present for Mary when she is sleeping in the beautiful tent.
Mary’s Lullaby
Fall asleep under the velvet sky,
Wrapped in the tender, gleaming light of stars.
And gentle dragons will watch over you,
With a keen shine in their soft emerald and amber eyes.
Seeing your work is pure joy <3
I should love to win a set so that I could post each one to a different friend.
Jackie, they are truly special and please thank the small felted furries for very professional exhibiting skills. You bring so much magic, beauty and fun for us all. Please enter me in your draw. Sharon – from shaky Christchurch New Zealand
Such beautiful cards! A real feast for the eyes
I love the cushion that Mary is sitting on too 🙂 Perfectly displayed!
x
Greetings from Canada. Jackie, your postcards are absolutely beautiful! Mary, you have done a lovely job displaying these marvellous cards! While my inner elephant is admiring the elephant adorned with an exquisite red headdress and saddle blanket, I keep wondering which book the ice bear rider is reading…