No date for Valentines?

We'll Sugar & Spice up your Valentine’s night with some sweet feminine art...

Bec Winnel (MyCharlieGirl) and Kate Lightfoot (Scarlett) have an upcoming exhibition, Sugar & Spice And All Things Nice, that you wont want to miss out on!

14 FEBRUARY 09 6PM ONE NIGHT ONLY
IN THE YARD AT 696 - 696 SYDNEY RD, BRUNSWICK, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

Blanket Survey!

Wow! We've had an AMAZING response to our survey. Good on you all!

In fact I didn't really expect such a great response (in such a short amount of time!) so it was down for a while there BUT I have now upgraded the account so that we can collect some more responses. So I apologise if you already tried to fill it out and couldn't - but it's all up and running again so get yourself over there and tell us what you think! Click here!

I'm so excited to read all the feedback and I am simply buzzing with ideas... thank you all for your wonderful responses and ideas on what you would like to see! It's given me greater clarity on how to move forward and make Blanket bigger and better!! Thank you!
~Bec

We're Blue All Over!

Blanket Issue 14 is up and ready to download!

And while you wait in anticipation for your newest issue of Blanket to download why not fill in our Blanket survey and give us your feedback! You could also WIN 1of 5 Exclusive Blanket Prizes just for your trouble! Click here
In the BLUE issue:

• To celebrate my move to the UK we interview some local talent including our cover artist Allan Deas, as well as Gemma Correll and Edward McGowan.
• THE BLUE PROJECT: We ask six artists to interpret song lyrics. The results will surprise you!
• Blanket writer Jonathan Hulme investigates whether you really have to be a drunken, poverty stricken, depressed, wreck to produce great art.
• Jek shows us how to make use of our old blue jeans!
• We interview the man behind the scenes at Colourlovers.com
• We take a look at 6 emerging artists from The Shiny Squirrel.
• Re_action - see how our readers reacted to this issues theme!
• Get your FREE Blanket 2009 Wall Planner

Enjoy the new issue!
~Bec

Blanket ad spots for $15!

That's right! There's only a few spots left in the next issue (due out on February 1st!) and I want to fill them...
So if you would like to take up this super fantastic offer then email me back right away!
spendmoney (at) blanketmagazine.com

Classified Ad specifications :
53mm (w) x 66mm (h) @ 300dpi RGB, JPEG or PDF
Name Files: firstname_lastname.jpg

Blanket needs advertisers!

3 consecutive Blanket Classified ads for just $75!

Blanket relies heavily on advertising to keep us going - without it we can't afford to keep the magazine free for everyone to enjoy.

I understand that we are all finding it tough with the credit crunch... so with that in mind Blanket is offering 3 consecutive ads in Blanket (that's 6 months worth of advertising!) at a reduced rate of $75! The deadline is fast approaching - January 20th - so all you need to do is send us your artwork!

So if you are interested (or know of anyone who you think might benefit from exposure to thousands of creative individuals) let them know!

If you would like more info or our fancy Blanket Media Kit contact me at: spendmoney@blanketmagazine.com
~ Bec

Amelia's Magazine - LAST ISSUE!

What a blow! Issue 10 will be the FINAL issue of Amelia's Magazine!
This is very sad news - not just for artists but I think for magazine publishing in general. Thankfully Amelia's Magazine will continue online, with an updated weekly mailout.

Issue 10 features over 300 pages of inspiring creative content; fashion from Fred Butler, Mark Liu, howies, Carin Wester and loads more up and coming talent: music from thecocknbullkid, Sportsday Megaphone, North Sea Orchestra, La Roux and much more; fresh new art including Sarah Baker and Jon Elliott; illustrations on the theme of Everything is Connected.... and 100 pages on Amelia's trip to India.

Don't miss out on your last chance to get a copy!

Digby & Iona's new website!

Oh Aaron Ruff from Digby & Iona, can I please be you when I grow up? Just like you, I will work in my glass encased studio creating mystical, quirky jewellery that makes other people think of far away lands, strange adventures and dreaming...

Hmmm, I may have to just settle for interviewing you in the December "Past & Present" issue of Blanket and haunting your brand new website. I see that you deliver to ALL international destinations...how marvellous. Maybe it's because it's Movember and all I see lately are gentleman sporting grandiose lip ticklers, but I want one of the Phileas Fogg necklaces so, so badly.

Caitlin

Be cool. Read 4000.

Or 3000. Or 2000. Depends where you live and therefore what you want to know about your city.

But what you SHOULD know about these cool weekly snapshots of Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney culture (get it, it's to do with postcodes! yes, someone else had to explain that to me...), is that they are BRILLIANT.

Get info about beautiful places to eat, shop, drink or watch other people who are very talented at music, art or similar. Discover things you didn't know about your very own backyard. Enter competitions and win cool things. And generally just feel better about how involved you are in the subculture of your town.

Subscribe to the one that suits you (in preparation for a trip to Melbourne at the end of the year I am subscribed to Brisbane's 4000 and Melbourne's 3000. I am so hip on everything now) and it will be delivered to your inbox on Thursdays, just in time to plan the weekend.

Sydney: twothousand.com.au
Melbourne: threethousand.com.auBrisbane: fourthousand.com.au

Caitlin.

Welcome to the Blanket Blog!

Yes it's back again! The Blanket Blog was on hiatus for a while as I was completely overwhelmed by running Blanket magazine by myself - but thankfully I have lots of lovely contributors who help me out now so I thought it was time to bring it back!
Mostly it will be updates on what's happening in my Blanket world. Hopefully you will enjoy having a little insight into what happens at Blanket. We also aim to bring you the latest and greatest in art, design and photography so we will be including any upcoming exhibitions, artist interviews and folios, websites, products and basically anything else that takes our fancy! We might even have a few guest bloggers to inspire you!

If you would like to contribute to our blog you can email: editor(at)blanketmagazine.com
~ Bec