Thursday, September 20, 2012

Current Nibblefest Entries!

Here's all our entries for the Nibblefest theme "Cats"! Good luck everyone!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

New Clickable Banner!

Please use the new clickable banner in your auction description to link to the other NFAC auctions, this way we can all help each other! The images in our clickable banner will change every month to show the previous month's top 3 winners!

INSTRUCTIONS:

When you are editing your auction, above the “Describe what you are selling” box, there are two tabs: “Standard” and “html”. Click on the “html” tab and copy and paste the paragraph of code below where ever you want the graphic placed in your auction:

<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Art-/550/i.html?_ipg&_from&_armrs=1&_nkw=nfac"><img src="http://www.ebsqart.com/Art/7/737441.jpg"></a>


(Hint: if you type <center> at the beginning of this code, it will center the graphic within your description if you would like).

The clickable banner will link to all the other NFAC auctions and will look like this:





If you have any problems, please comment here OR email: nibblefest@gmail.com

Saturday, September 15, 2012

September's Nibblefest Art Contest Theme: 'CATS'


 "Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat...."   
-Mark Twain


Cats.  What would the world be without these fascinating critters?  Cats entertain us, in some cases work for us, and, unless you happen to be one of the unlucky 10 percent to be counted as allergic (like me!), provide us with lasting loyal and loving companionship.  Though ever only on their own terms of course.  Independent and often aloof, it is in fact this autonomous nature of the feline disposition that frequently divides the populace between the Cat Lovers amongst us, and the....not so much.  Nevertheless, regardless of whether ya love 'em or hate 'em, there is no denying the fact that the cat has long fascinated us, having captured the human imagination, if not our hearts, over the many thousands of years of our shared, intertwined history.....



Maneki Neko:  The original 'Hello Kitty'...?


Care for a 'Cat Nap' on King Tutankhamun's bed....?


The Cat's Pajamas....?


Look what the Cat(s) dragged in....!


Please consider getting in on the fun and joining us for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest, starting on September 20th, where we will explore the vast and captivating theme of....
'Cats'!


(The Nibblefest Art Contest is a fun and friendly, monthly-themed art competition that begins on the 20th of each month, via Ebay.  All art entries start at just .99 cents -- so it's fun for artists and collectors alike...!  To view upcoming monthly themes, see this post.  For complete rules please visit our NFAC Facebook Page
or check out the information on the side of this blog....)



Thursday, September 13, 2012

New Clickable Banner

How does everyone feel about this being our new clickable banner in our Nibblefest auctions. It will always show last month's top 3 winners. I will update it every month. If everyone's ok with this, I will post instructions about how to put this in your auctions! Or would you rather have a contest for designing the clickable banner?

Nibblefest Starts in One Week!

Nibblefest starts in one week! This month's theme is "Cats". Can't wait to see all the entries! If you are on Facebook, please remember to post your Nibblefest auction links on our Nibblefest page.





A link to all the Nibblefest auctions will also be posted here on the blog.



Good luck everyone!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Upcoming Themes!

After a series of polls held on our Facebook Page, here are the official Nibblefest themes for Sept 2012 - Aug 2013!

September 2012: Cats

October 2012: Fantasy

November 2012: Nature

December 2012: Mushrooms

January 2013: Five Random Things (in one artwork)

February 2013: Domestic Animals

March 2013: Nursery Rhymes

April 2013 - Trees

May 2013 - Portrait

June 2013 - Kings and Queens

July 2013 - Birds

August 2013 - Sci-Fi and Aliens