Giveaway #2: Famous Bohemians postcard book

The winner of the black crow ornament was Robbie! Thanks so much for your entries. This week's giveaway is a Famous Bohemians postcard book. The book contains bios and 6 tear-off postcards of Frida Kahlo, Toulouse-Lautrec, Mata Hari, Josephine Baker, and Giacomo Puccini. The winner will be chose at random next Wed Oct. 29! Here's the giveaway link:  http://bit.ly/1wtETXx

Uncommon Goods!

It was such a great surprise and treat to see my Brooklyn Bridge stitch kit on the Uncommon Goods email in my inbox today! They also carry my Frida Kahlo stitch kit as well. Right in time for early holiday shopping!  http://bit.ly/1uxICkS

Instagram Giveaway!

I had so much fun today carrying the IG baton for onewomanshop.com and to celebrate, I'm doing a TAG giveaway! Just head over to my IG page and tag a friend and you BOTH may win one of my Famous Bohemians postcard books. Hurry-the contest ends tomorrow at 12 noon!
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Famous Bohemians series: Frida Kahlo

When I decided to create my new line of products, I first thought about people and places that inspire me and I knew I wanted to pay homage to some of the artists throughout history whom I admired. Looking back at the long line of artists, performers, and writers I realized the people I admired most possessed qualities that I wish I had more of: personal courage, tenacity, willingness to stand out in a crowd, and a desire to challenge the status quo. I've lived a pretty conventional (and some might say boring and safe) life, so sometimes I wish I could call on these qualities like a superhero calls on their superpowers--(wouldn't that be great?) The first person I thought of and decided to feature was Frida Kahlo. Below are some of my products that feature Frida, either in a group or on her own. In my perf-out postcard booklet, I actually have a short bio of each artist-Frida included. Her life deserves a much longer bio, but for purposes of the postcard format I kept it short and simple. Here's the super-short synopsis of her life:
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Mexican self-portrait artist who survived both polio and an almost fatal bus crash, going on to become one of the most admired female artists in history. She had a well documented and troubled relationship with Diego Rivera and although eventually married, they kept separate but adjoining homes and studios.
Click on the link here to visit the product page on my website.

I started by making Frida's portrait in wire as that's the way I "sketch"

This is the complete line including (clockwise from top left) perpetual calendar, tote bag, embossed greeting card, postcard booklet, pillow kit, tea towel, stitchable poster kit

Website Launch and Giveaway!

To celebrate the fact that my new website is officially OPEN for business, I'm giving away one of my silkscreened tote bags! Stay tuned for more giveaways to follow in the coming weeks.a Rafflecopter giveaway

Best New Product Competition: Sneak Peek #2

Here's sneak peek #2 of my 4 products in the Best New Product competition at the National Stationery Show: the Famous Bohemians Postcard Booklet. Each booklet contains 5 mini portraits and bios of famous artists throughout history and each page perts off into a postcard that you can display or mail. The artists profiled are Frida Kahlo, Toulouse-Lautrec, Giacomo Puccini, Mata Hari, and Josephine Baker. These will be for retail sale on my website in about 4 weeks!