Friday, November 19, 2010

happy haulidays from chronicle books contest




i've long admired many of the fabulous books published by chronicle books, which is a company based here in san francisco. they've published the Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock as well as many excellent art, craft and design books.

chronicle books is sponsoring a contest for bloggers to post their wishlist of books (up to $500 in value) that they would love to have. that's how you can get a chance to win all the books on your wishlist! if you don't have a blog, you can comment on any of the participating blogs for a chance to win, too. go here for the contest details and the list of participating blogs. Last chance to enter is by December 10th!

by the way, if you love any or all of the books on my wishlist, comment on this post and you will be entered to win this list of books along with me!

here's my wishlist:


Urgent 2nd Class by nick bantock
paper + craft by minhee and truman cho



You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by katherine harmon
the map as art by katherine harmon




The Handy Book of Artistic Printing by Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas
the marvelous museum
by mark dion




creative inc by meg mateo illasco and joy deangdeelert cho
1000 journals by someguy



Design Diaries: Creative Process in Graphic Design by By Lucienne Roberts and Rebecca Wright
How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul by adrian shaughnessy


Fanzines by Teal Triggs


World's Smallest Post Service by Lea Redmond


The Art of Toy Story 3 by Pixar
The Art of Finding Nemo by Pixar



Drawing From Life: The Journal as Art
Jennifer New
the True and the questions: a journal by sabrina ward harrison

& that makes it up to $499.55!
comment for a chance to win all of these books!

49 comments:

TheSeaWithin said...

Perfect list! I love all Chronicle items. I miss being able to go to the store in SF!

Cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.com said...

The Chronicle store in the Metreon just had a closing sale--I got a haul of stuff at 75% off! But they didn't have these beauties you want. Thanks for sharing this--I may try to list my favs on my blog too.

Anonymous said...

we have a few books in common! awesome contest.

iHanna said...

Wow! I haven't heard of some of these books and now I WANT them badly. I hope you win!

Unknown said...

Wow- what a great selection of books!

connie said...

love your list as well! :)

J said...

Oh my, I love Nick Bantock's work!

Anonymous said...

that was an excellent story about muni!

catwrangler said...

I love Chronicle Books. Almost anytime I buy something in a store - it is always a Chronicle book. I miss going to the Metreon too - to buy books.

katklaw777 said...

Great list...great giveaway.
katklaw777 at yahoo dot com
Good luck!

Shooting Stars Mag said...

i'd love the toy story book as well. cute!

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vvb32 reads said...

Urgent 2nd Class by nick bantock - looks like a fun one. loved his griffin and sabine series.
vvb32 at yahoo.com

Maia McDonald said...

Superb list! good luck!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for coming by to post, Annie - hope we win!

Gaby317 said...

Great list! Chronicle has such wonderful books and this is an amazingly generous giveaway.

Thanks for the entry.
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TRAN! (www.thinktran.com) said...

Love your picks! so crafty!

Reniazen said...

Great giveaway- enter here for another chance to win: http://reniazen.blogspot.com

Dawn said...

hey where did you find those last two books?! I didn't see them! I may have to change my list :)

Thanks for commenting on my blog too. I love your book choices

Unknown said...

Terrific list of books!I didn't see all of these on the website, Great eye! There are so many great ones to choose from!
Chronicle Books is hosting a wonderful contest!

My list post is up on my blog, too!
Good luck!

~ Amy
Aimala127@gmail.com

Aimée Goggins said...

'You Are Here' especially stood out amid a fantastic and creative list. Good luck!

FarStarr said...

Great list! Some are already my favorites. Some I'm off to check out. Just yesterday I bought a set of postcards by Chronicle that feature the Ugly Dolls....and you know I don't usually BUY postcards!

Lori L said...

Very nice list! I see some great gift potential here too! Good Luck!
shetreadssoftly(at)gmail(dot)com

Teresa Thomas Bohannon said...

Fun list. Very different--for the most part--from the ones I selected See My List Here but a great list full of good books.
Smiles,
Teresa

Joanne said...

This is a great list of books!

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Anonymous said...

Fun list! I love Chronicle books too, their production values are consistently EXCELLENT. I'm off to make my own list!

Tracey C. said...

Lots of creative glories! Love them! You can check out the list I made HERE and comment for a chance to win mine!

munchiema (at) yahoo (dot)com

Unknown said...

I am intrigued by your map related selections. Hope you get to enjoy them.

joolee said...

I knew from the name of your blog that I would agree with much of your list! Thanks for the chance to win!

Babbi said...

I'd love these books too. Thanks for the chance to win.

Wandering Gypsy said...

Great list! A number of them are on my own.....

Katie Spear said...

Wonderful list! Good luck!

hayley said...

these all look like fabulous books! I love Chronicle Books! I just stumbled on your site after googling "mixed media sketchbooks" and you have some beautiful collages :)

Anonymous said...

Great list, Chronicle books are always such high quality printing and a pleasure to look at in an of themselves. Thanks for pointing this great haul out!

Unknown said...

Nice list!!

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Chris said...

Amazed by how many items I missed. The world's smallest post office! Oh my!!

Crystal said...

I'm a current student and aspiring freelance graphic designer. OH MAN I want these books SO bad now. :(

PostageStamp said...

I see several of my favorite books on that list - and got some ideas for others to check out! Thanks...
Cal (postagestamp@cox.net)

ivana | love ardently said...

this is such a great list! best wishes to you!

CactusHead Studio said...

Great List! I have some of the same books on my list too, and really love your other choices as well. Good luck and here is a link to my list!

http://cactusheadstudio.blogspot.com/2010/12/chronicle-books-haul-idays.html

Haylee said...

Wow please win! I seriously think I would cry if I won all these books!

happy_haylee_3(at)hotmail(dot)com

Joanne said...

What a great list of books!

jowanjowan73(at)yahoo(dot)com

jcamp2020 said...

What a nice list. Good luck to both of us! And thank you
Chronicle Books.

jcamp2020 at aol dot com

sewspun said...

Lovely list, Good Luck!

Lisa said...

great list, I love chronicle books. lisa_mann(at)comcast.net

nicolesender said...

Great list of books!
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Nicole R. Zimmerman said...

I love your blog, your beautiful collages, and your book choices. Thank you for being the first to point to the Chronicle drawing; I came in a little late last night. I'd like to feature your blog on mine Tuesday (paper-pencil-pen)-- can I copy/paste one of your collages? Mostly I'll write, but you inspired me to feature my own Polaroid transfers too! Keep up the great work!

Andrea T said...

what a cool list! I got bogged down in cooking and kids when I was creating my list (http://tennisonfamily.blogspot.com/2010/12/emerging-from-hibernation.html) but "Personal Geographies" looks like something I should've added

Lily said...

Fabulous choices, especially the fanzines book!
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Unknown said...

You have the most fabulous taste in books.
Oh i'd love these books x

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