Little Valentine Monster

The Popcorn Factory has introduced a Valentine version of my Little Monster (see below). Boxes and tins of delicous snacks, some of them with a plushie Fun Pal. You can get them here.

Little Monster Lives!

In May, I was delighted to win a LOUIE award for the greeting card I did with Great Arrow Graphics. It won an award for Best Children's Birthday Card of 2010. Now the monster character has been turned into packaging for gourmet food products for The Popcorn Factory. They even created an awesome plushie. Don't you have a Little Monster who would like a tin of popcorn, pretzels and chocolate? You can shop here.

Holiday Product Roundup

This time of year, I like to go into New York and walk around the stores, looking for my products on the shelves. I usually don't know what stores carry them, so it's always a surprise. This is a really fun aspect of my job, getting to see the final product on the shelves. First stop, Macy's 34th street. Nothing like going to their Christmas section to get into the mood....

In Macy's, I found my NOEL boxed cards from Design Design, Inc. They are a part of my Graphic Ornaments collection that is out this year.

In Papyrus I found my diecut snowflake trio card.

This year, The Container Store is carrying not just ONE, but TWO of my designs. Shots from my Graphic Ornaments collection:

And also The Container Store was selling a wall of my Birthday Tweets goods:

I found more of my cards in several shops I went in. My gorgeous foil snowflake card:

and my HOPE card.....

and last but not least, saw several sightings of my best-selling "Santa's Servers®" napkins and coasters.

Since I spend about six months of the year designing for Christmas, it's great to see everything finally on the shelves! Whew!

Thankful for So Much

It's hard to feel in the fall spirit when it is 65 degrees out and our maples are still green! But it's definitely that time of year again, and I'm thankful for so many things in my life. Not the least of which is being able to do something for work which I also love. Here's my Thanksgiving Turkey from Great Arrow, makers of beautiful hand-silkscreened cards.

Spooky Halloween Cards

It's not too late to send a Halloween Card! I have a nice selection out this year with Design Design Inc! They are really fun cards to draw, and a fast-growing segment of the market!

First Products for the A&A Collection

Recently Snowpea Studio launched a collection of artwork, in a completely new style. This style is a collaboration between me and my mom, Ardys, who is an inspired pen-and-ink artist. This collection is a nice balance to the contemporary designs that I do, and we have been receiving quite a bit of interest from the manufacturing community.

So this month, we are excited to receive samples of our first debut collection of tableware, done with Creative Converting, called "Autumn Art". I am so pleased with the reproduction quality, the pen-and-ink lines are sharp and gorgeous, and the whole set is done in warm tones of mocha, orange and cream. It will be in stores across the country.

Lobstah Love

I wait all year for a summertime trip to the Ocean just so I can eat a couple of Lobster Rolls! Turned out our weekend trip to the Newport Folk Festival was thwarted by being sold out in advance for THE FIRST TIME EVER, so we made the best of it by hitting the beaches in Narragansett, RI.

Here is the perfect lobster roll, from Captain Jack's outside Matunuck State Beach entrance. Lightly toasted hot dog bun. Big thick chunks of lobster tossed with just a TOUCH of mayo. The celery is controversial, I prefer without it. Best eaten wearing bathing suit and flip-flops. This was the first of three rolls I ate over the coming days.... I feel much better now.