tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20019444746877959152024-03-13T03:43:14.560-04:00piccolinodesignscristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-3586585311439293102017-07-20T13:28:00.003-04:002017-07-20T13:29:07.438-04:00Self portrait show at the Moca until Sept. 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A selfie I took back in the summer of 2012 driving around Cleveland with my husband (I still have to finish his face!). This was quite a cool exhibit that Liz Maugans came up with at the Moca (Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. She invited all artists that work and/or live in Cuyahoga County to exhibit a self-portrait.</div>
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I am definitely an artist now.</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-35117530287457903602017-06-22T19:13:00.000-04:002017-06-22T19:13:04.354-04:00Cleveland -The Land- magnet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I love to collect magnets and I happen to have a refrigerator that has the stainless steel look, but it is still metal so I can stick magnets from all my travels!</div>
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Magnets are available at CLE Clothing downtown, In the 216 stores, BayArts, and now at The Direction store in the Beachwood Mall and in the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor. </div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-21526920924055173762016-03-25T17:22:00.002-04:002016-03-25T17:22:58.196-04:00SUMMER is coming!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I re-did this design that I first created back in 2014.I have to thank Maria from Paper Trails in Rocky River to prompt me into making it new. I just love the colors and how quirky it is. Hopefully it should be in stores in early April...cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-13860859196868666612014-05-20T14:49:00.003-04:002014-05-20T14:49:41.709-04:00Things moving along...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Is that time already to do some design work to help out the DPN Memorial Golf Outing to collect money for the Wounded Warrior Project. I am making an invitation postcard using the tags that golfers use. The idea was given to me by Joe Harbert.</div>
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I am also starting to do this cute cupcake toppers using a tool I bought over 2 years ago! Thanks to Noelle who needed cupcake toppers, which propel me to finally use the funky puncher.<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-27428470427407858632014-05-14T21:34:00.000-04:002014-05-14T21:34:16.677-04:00Wondering how to make my blog known...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The ink and watercolor drawing is from the Caribe Hilton's beach. I enjoy drawing in pencil, tracing in my favorite pen Pigma Micron 01 and painting with my watercolor pencils.</div>
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The following artwork is from a collage project for 1st graders about springtime. My tree has apples so it is definitely not spring, hahahaha!</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-70378161363160183992014-03-24T15:39:00.004-04:002014-03-24T15:39:53.886-04:00Illustrating Crayolas and my colorful ottoman fabric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I love this book! </div>
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<b><i>The Day the Crayons Quit</i></b>. Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and written by Drew Daywalt.</div>
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The pre kinder kids get a BIG chuckle when they read the last page of the peach crayon who doesn't have any paper wrapped around him and feels naked. Hilarious!</div>
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I added a picture of the new fabric I will upholster my ottoman and eventually all my DR chairs. Can you see the Crayola colors on the fabric?</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-77770912721272848902014-03-20T22:23:00.001-04:002014-03-20T22:27:19.766-04:00Cleveland greeting card featured in The Paper Chronicles Blog!Sarah Schwartz, editor of Stationery Trends magazine started a letter writing campaign and she has received beautiful cards from various designers... Some give her samples so she can send out too. (I gave her several cards of my Cleveland - Let it snow card).<br />
I have a saying now (it's in my website's Home page): "Let's keep the card designer and postal office working!"<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-58242363660820966222014-03-06T21:33:00.003-05:002014-03-06T21:33:48.533-05:00Invitations... the beginning<br />
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<b>Personalized calling cards</b> were my specialty because it was very popular with moms to use for giving away birthday gifts. They use them instead of buying greeting cards.</div>
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I just discovered this musical group called Hey Mavis, an Appalachian Americana music. Their album Honey Man is great with the sounds of the fiddle, banjo and harmonica.</div>
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Who knew! From our state of OHIO---Just lovely!</div>
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www.heymavis.com</div>
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The artist who made the illustrations is Leandra Drumm, from the Akron area. She works mainly in pewter. </div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-78342651390284180722014-02-27T17:33:00.001-05:002014-02-27T17:33:37.826-05:00Illustration, sketching & re-energizing NOIS for 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Recently, I took the role of treasurer for the NOIS* organization here in Cleveland. We came up with new ideas on how to enliven the organization. </div>
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On March 19th, we will have Lindsay Ward, a local illustrator that has several children's books published. <i>When Blue Met Egg </i>is a lovely book using paper and drawing techniques.</div>
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We also started to post any sketches we would like to share in the NOIS Facebook page; many have started sharing them. We hope more members check it out and contribute to it.</div>
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I posted these two: the flowers were given to me by a very nice clerk at Trader Joe's seeing that I was in crutches.</div>
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The other one is a little mole that my dog Skipper almost killed! I called him away just in time. I hope the little fellow survived... </div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-28284942243105312902014-02-17T15:59:00.001-05:002014-02-17T15:59:38.606-05:00Invitations & cards inspired by my son found in ets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It doesn't seem that long when I started designing birth announcements and christening invitations for this little guy who is now slowly or too rapidly becoming a teenager! </div>
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This is the invitation I made for my baby's christening. Available in my etsy shop.</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-69781736999354529592014-02-13T20:40:00.001-05:002014-02-13T20:40:56.231-05:00Cleveland Postcards are in!!!Cleveland postcards features an illustration of the city's skyscrapers, the old bridges and smokestacks from the Flats and the baseball field, The Progressive Field.<br />
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Small details such as a jet flying over the city towards Cleveland Hopkins airport, a barge navigating Lake Erie and the Hard Rock Café guitar.<br />
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The postcards are made of semi-glossy front and matte backside on 110 pound paper stock with the postcard address section to address them. Cle Clothing store will be selling it, possibly other locations I am currently approaching.<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-70299215406453621682014-02-06T18:43:00.000-05:002014-02-06T18:43:22.874-05:00Greeting card designs and my broken kneeI broke my right knee on January 3rd while tripping over my my dog!<br />
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It has been a blessing in disguise because I have been able to work on new designs, place new orders for postcards to sell at CLE Clothing store and search for other places to sell my Cleveland cards.<br />
I am in the middle of drawing the view of Cleveland from the lake. University Circle & Ohio City are next.<br />
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The new logo/name is <b>City Designs</b> for all the city designs I am planning to do. Miami, San Juan & Los Angeles are partially done. Atlanta is next because I have family and friends living there too.<br />
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Other 2 clients that I made greeting cards. An insurance software company in Cleveland and an architect firm in Miami.</div>
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This is something that I came up yesterday having fun with the poodle mix doggie that my friend has. My friend loved this so I will start offering Doggie & Cat stationery. </div>
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Personalized Custom favorite pet Stationery very soon!</div>
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<br /><br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-58858364913794653772014-01-23T16:39:00.000-05:002014-01-23T16:39:52.097-05:002013 Was a good year selling Cleveland city cards!It has been a loooong time since I last wrote in my blog! Now that I cannot drive due to a fractured knee cap, so...<br />
I am searching where to sell, re-vamping some designs for etsy & creating 2 postcards for Cleveland.<br />
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It was a great year selling at CLE Clothing store downtown with many city prints and Cleveland Christmas greetings cards sold!<br />
Also, Mac's Backs Bookstore started buying my city cards.<br />
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes bought holiday cards.<br />
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New LOGO for all the city drawings I will be drawing focusing on family photo greeting cards. My plan is to target smaller cities, not the big one like NYC or LA. I just love creating logos...<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-79033288988654141452013-10-30T17:53:00.000-04:002013-10-30T17:53:00.091-04:00Working on a Christmas greeting card for a company...For the past 2 weeks I have been working on creating a Christmas greeting card for a company. I used the Cleveland skyline as a background while showing in detail their new digs.<br />
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2,800 greeting cards will be mailed out by mid November! It is now at the printer. I can't wait to see them...<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-49167424722729719622013-10-10T12:29:00.000-04:002013-10-10T12:29:09.519-04:00Cleveland Cards will be at Mac'sBacks on Coventry!Stopped yesterday to drop my catalogue of Cleveland cards & Suzanne immediately placed an order! I will be dropping the cards on Monday. The #10 red envelopes are in transit as I write this.<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-48945100404043879572013-10-04T17:19:00.000-04:002013-10-04T17:19:08.602-04:00Blogging is tough! New Browns card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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It is time consuming, but I know this is the way to market oneself. </div>
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I guess I'll get the hang of it. I do want to add great images & interesting stories.</div>
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Today I stopped at CLE Clothing store to drop more cards. The store looks fantastic with more items added. There's a table full of the Browns stuff--that's where this card is going! I guess I should have left 4 sest instead of 2. </div>
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Here's the new design for the Bird & the Browns card---what do you think?</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-49558952486599690162013-09-23T21:04:00.000-04:002013-09-23T21:04:40.182-04:00No more craft shows for me...<span style="text-align: center;">Listening to records is back in vogue. I saw that Urban Outfitters is selling records from new groups!</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">I hope this could happen to the stationery business...</span><br />
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It is hard selling cards nowadays. I cannot pay the fees to enter shows & make money. It seems the younger generation is not interested in the art of a handwritten note. If they knew how romantic it is to write love letters & send them by snail mail!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Sending a handwritten thank you note to a prospective employer will separate you from the rest that emails. So go ahead and support the card designer & the </span>post office: buy cards & write!<br />
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-83731864764200639062013-09-20T16:25:00.000-04:002013-09-20T16:25:47.501-04:00Travel lists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just bought this book at R/S Room Service on the West Side-W.25th St.</div>
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For people who love making lists: this book is to fill out everything that I have done, visited, etc... in my travels. How many museums I have visited, churches, I can't remember all of them now, but I have seen MANY!!! I wished I had this book when I started traveling...</div>
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cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-89260839566901678482013-09-19T22:43:00.002-04:002013-09-19T22:43:25.419-04:00Getting ready for the Sparx show on Saturday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have been printing & cutting cards like crazy! TomorrowI have to package them & get them all organized into my red suitcase. I haven't count how many designs I have, but it is getting up there!</div>
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<b>Tweet&Flora</b>'s new line of birds and <b>I love my city of Cleveland</b> cards</div>
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You would think I was born in Cleveland, heheehehe!</div>
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<br />cristinabkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531330538719946641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001944474687795915.post-9936036228343957932013-09-10T17:54:00.000-04:002013-09-10T17:54:24.937-04:00A banner to help<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I designed a banner for this fundraiser event. I received this warm letter from all of the friends who planned this in honor of their soldier friend who died. It was an honor for me to do this to help them out. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">So many times I see those commercials about soldiers coming home with missing limbs that it breaks my heart.</span></div>
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