When I am not wearing my glasses life takes on a nice blur. Believe it or not, when I was young I was in a little band called "Blind Burning". We wrote songs and recorded them in a recording studio that is for students at UCLA. We also had a little home recording studio and it was a lot of fun. We entered one of our songs for a contest in Musician Magazine, a popular mag that some of you might remember and we made it pretty far in the competition. But the band broke up and that was the end of... Read Full Story

I have very good news for Jannie Ho and Heather because they both have won 100 full color postcards from Uprinting! Congratulations to the both of you and I am excited to see your finished images and I hope you will show me what you come up with so get your images together and have fun!winter home gift tag copyright 2008 Valerie Walsh Read Full Story

This is a blast from the past, 1995 to be precise. When John managed Lode they used to make flyers to get people to come to their gigs. This was for Halloween and I turned each person from the band into a pumpkin :) Inara George was the lone girl in the band and she is the SKINNY pumpkin and all the rest are the boys: Gabe Cowan, Robin Moxey and Lon Baker. Sometimes the bands artist friends would make the flyers and sometimes John would come knocking on my door to ask if I could crank out a ... Read Full Story

This is a frightfully good Halloween because Amy Cartwright is the winner of the Uprinting Sticker Giveaway! John pulled Amy's name from the 5 women that placed comments and she has won 250 full color stickers. Hoping you show us your stickers when you have finished them Amy because I know they are gonna be great! Happy Halloween and Congratulations :)PumpkinHouse Place Cards by Valerie Walsh copyright 2009 Read Full Story

A "fast" GROWING and very GREEN trend are PUMPKIN Houses. Grow one today!Steve Millers Pumpkin Houseclick on to pictures and links to view larger"Pumpkin House with Tar the cat" Stationary Card for Monday Artday Stationary 2009 Valerie Walsh "Pumpkin House with Topanga Crow" Stationary Card for Monday Artday Stationary 2009 Valerie Walsh Submissions for Illustration Friday's "Fast" theme.Just want to mention that JC & Doodlestreet won the Business Card Giveaway and Diana Evans won the ... Read Full Story

Tonight is the start of my free Postcard Giveaway sponsored by Uprinting. Please leave me a comment on what you plan to do with these postcards and 2 lucky winners can win 100 postcards that are not just for mailing. They can be used as invitations, recipe gift cards, thank you cards, note cards and so much more. I will receive a set for hosting this contest and I can't wait to make some new postcards!GIVEAWAY PRIZE: 100 Postcards for Two Lucky Winners SIZE: 4x6; PAPER: 14pt. Cardstock Gloss;... Read Full Story

The winners of the Uprinting Business Card Giveaway were chosen by John tonight and they are Pam Jones aka Doodlestreet and JC of JC's CoffeeHouse! Very exciting news, I am happy for both of you and me too because I receive a set as well :) This is fun and free so enter my next contest because I am sure you will win either some groovy stickers or some postcards, yay! Would love to see your finished cards too so please send a link when you have the finished results.Business Card Printing Read Full Story

Today is a very fun Monday because Uprinting is sponsoring another giveaway on my blog and they are giving one friend 250 free stickers that you can have printed in full color with your logo or as a product label, a unique business card, promotional stickers and more. I will receive a set as well for hosting this giveaway so I am stoked and can't wait to make some colorful valgal stickers! You can learn more about Sticker Printing at Uprinting. Please leave me a comment telling me how you wi... Read Full Story

Frozen on the outside and warm on the inside. diecut holiday card for Illustration Friday's "frozen" theme. 2006 copyright Valerie Walshplease don't forget to sign up to win free business cards from Uprinting you have 5 more days (October 22) and 2 winners will be announced. Read Full Story

Uprinting is sponsoring a giveaway on my blog and this one is for 250 business cards for Two Lucky winners! This time two of my readers will win the gift of Business Card Printing and I will receive a set for hosting this giveaway on my blog. Pretty exciting!!! I use my business cards for so many things (I punch a hole in one end and use them for luggage tags, hang tags on gifts and items I sell, I adhere them to the back of my framed art so that the client knows where I am and how to get in ... Read Full Story