Hello and many THANK YOU's! : )

Hi Everyone! I hope this finds you all well and enjoying your week so far! I wanted to post my heartfelt thank you's as I've been very tardy at posting.

Thank you to Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick for showcasing my group blog www.welovetoillustrate.com (fabulous artists: Jennifer Bell, Julissa Mora, Nina Seven, Cally Johnson-Isaacs, and Belinda Strong (Bee)) in an article in Where Women Cook magazine. Salli has been such a fabulous advocate for our group, as well as all creative people through her wonderful site, TheyDrawandCook.com and I just have to say that her generosity and warmth has been incredible. Thank you so much Salli..you are a gem!

Here's a link to the magazine which is now on the stands and available at Barnes & Noble. (Click on the link to page 90 (it's not really 90 pages) but keep watching the page numbers go up.)

For me, this is a first, and a thrill and my kids thought I was pretty cool for a mom. : ) 

Thank you to Michele G. Katz (MIT) for your kind award! I am so happy to receive this and if you all do not know of Mit's warm and often-times hilarious creations, please do visit her here!

Thank you to all of YOU out there, for your kind and generous support of my card design recently. I couldn't have made it this far without you..so thank you for taking the time out of your day to vote! A quick update..the final round of voting for designs that are chosen starts on 9/21. I don't know if I'll be in the running but I will keep you posted. : )

Peace over the City by the Bay

As for what's currently on my plate..working on a few new pieces for an upcoming portfolio review at an SCBWI event in San Francisco...so excited, but nervous!

And if you're shopping for business card/postcard printers..I have a recommendation! : )
I recently printed up some new business cards and postcards from PSPrint.com and have been so happy with the print quality! If you don't know about them, they also send a free sample pack of their paper stock and available items...which is wonderful when you have no idea what "Acqueous coating, 13 pt. vs. 14 pt. cover, UV coating vs. non-UV coating, etc. and such feels and looks like.  I highly recommend them. I also tried Moo.com for business cards and was fairly happy with the outcome...I must admit, I should try harder with calibrating my computer before sending in final files for print. I always seem to oversaturate my images. I thought I'd share as I've been consistently pleased with PSPrint.com which is such a nice thing to be able to say (to count on quality, shipping and pricing project after project).

Thanks so much for visiting!! I truly appreciate all of your kind comments and your visits here. Hope you are well and I wish you a happy Fall coming up (it starts this weekend!)..my favorite season. ~ Shirley