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Calling all female artists!

Are you creative, passionate and socially aware? Then Element clothing wants you to come forward and become and advocate. Jane magazine and Element Clothing have partnered to find the next Element Eden Advocate. Element has a whole team of advocates. What exactly do these advocates do?

All the advocates are creative craftswomen, and artists that want to cultivate creativity in other women. To qualify you must:

• Live and work as an artist, want to work on Element Clothing events, graphics and other Advocate opportunities (so like a working creative spokesperson)
• Have an inspiring story to share about your life or artwork
• Give back to your community

A Los Angeles based artist named Brooke Reidt is one of the current Advocates. One of the projects she worked on was creating and painting over 100 wooden birds and bees for an Element retail event. For each piece sold, 20% was donated to Project Luz, a non-profit that provides artistic outlets for at-risk kids. Sounds like a pretty neat gig.

But just in case fame and good deeds aren’t enough, first prize also includes a trip to the Element Southern California headquarters in Orange County, a deluxe spa package, a $2000 stipend, Element clothing to wear to events and a chance to write about your experience for Jane magazine.

Check out all the details at www.elementeden.com and enter.

Make It Mine magazine, is a new publication from Kalmbach Publishing Co. It shows readers how to spice up their clothes, accessories, and home.

Think embroidery, sewing, painting, stamping, decoupage, computer techniques, polymer clay and pretty much anything else that’s fun and creative.

The magazine is looking to cater to readers that are looking for quick and easy ways to turn nothing special into something spectacular by embellishing, altering, or making something simple from scratch. They are looking for how-tos with step-by-step instructions and photos to help readers along the way.

Make It Mine is looking for submissions for their gallery as well. The Idea Galleries will feature pieces from creative types like you. There will be several Galleries in each issue; each will have a theme and vary in length from 4 to 6 pages. The submission deadline is really tight for this first issue, so get your ideas to them quick!

Themes for the Winter 2007 galleries are:

• Update your skirts (featuring 9-12 skirts)

• Ribbon work (featuring 6-8 items)

• Personalized gift ideas for the holidays (featuring 9-12 items)

• The latest trend: Aprons (featuring 7-9 aprons)

• Recycled jewelry (featuring 9-12 items)
**Alexis! The fork ring would be awesome for this.

Here’s the kicker though-the deadline is July 18! So you will have to move fast.

With a limited number of slots, competition will be fierce, so send your photos ASAP. With deadlines this tight, you should be submitting photos of finished work, not ideas or sketches this time, but the editor assured me she would let me know of the deadlines way ahead of time for future issues.

Once they’ve picked the final items, they will contact you with specifics on how to get your pieces to their offices by July 26 and what they need next.

They also request the rights to publish, in the magazine and on the Web site, a photograph of your work with a brief description of how you made it. They retain all rights to the photograph. If your work is selected, you will receive a $25 stipend. They will also send you a copy of the magazine. This is a great way to promote your work and be part of the premier issue of this exciting publication.

Ready to submit?
E-mail a photo of the piece in a jpg or tiff file (these don't need to be professional shots) along with the information below to editor@makeitminemag.com:

• Name, address, phone (daytime number preferred), e-mail

• A brief bio

• The gallery theme you're submitting –put this in the subject line of your email

• A brief description of the techniques and materials you used to make the piece

You can submit more than one piece for each gallery, but if you're submitting ideas for more than one gallery, please send separate e-mails for each (and put the theme in the subject line).

Deadline for submissions: July 18, 2007

If you are submitting through the mail, include a jpg or tiff of your work on a CD and send it to:

Make It Mine magazine
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
PO Box 1612
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612