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Pillows, Prints & FREE shipping on Society 6

So, what do you think?  My friend sent me these pics of a few pillows she purchased from my Society 6 store and I just can't get over how wonderful they look!  Check out more patterns and artwork in my Society 6 shop...careful, you will get lost in the website, there is so much great artwork there!

****RIGHT NOW SOCIETY 6 IS DOING FREE SHIPPING!*****
http://society6.com/LauraDro?promo=139b0d

On another note, I'm super excited about tomorrow because this blog is getting a revamp! It's needed it for awhile now.  I have just kinda made adjustments here and there, but I thought I should have someone spruce it up who knows what they are doing!  Should be going live sometime tomorrow, so stop back by and let me know what you think.

New patterns, some thoughts & lots of photos

Hi there!

I wanted to share a few things I've been working on!  Some of these are from my sketchbook or patterns from Illustrator and Photoshop.  I've been getting into more a hand-drawn style by using watercolors and then manipulating them in Photoshop.  I have to say, I love the outcome.  I'm not sure what I'll be doing with the bike or parrots yet, but something will pop into my head.

 

Also, wanted to share some thoughts about what to do next.  I am not attending Surtex this year and kinda sad about it.  But, I have so much on my plate and I really want to concentrate on the clients I have and honing in on my artwork.  With that said, I have been painting, drawing and creating like a mad woman up in my studio for the past few months.  And after, oh 3 years of just making whatever...I finally have a consistent look and feel that I can't wait to share with you.  I've been giving sneak peaks (mostly on Instagram) and I'm toying with the idea of creating a little one-stop shop of artwork online.  I have such a variety of stuff, from illustrations for the nursery to original abstract paintings, to bright watercolors, framed patterns, abstract prints....can you believe I have more!  I need to do something with them!  Etsy is a great starting point, but people still don't buy from there that often.  I also need your help finding home, gift, and boutique stores both online and local to you that I can contact.  Leave a comment with your favorite store or send me an email here-laura@lauradrodesigns.com  

I will keep you updated on what I plan to do...decisions decisions!  

Giveaway time!

 

 I am so excited about this giveaway!  My Custom Case is an awesome website where you can customize every little detail of your iPhone cover.  The monogram, colors, photo, font...there are so many different options!  These particular covers are my designs and are for iPhone 4, I love how they turned out.  To enter this fun giveaway, all you have to do is SUBSCRIBE to my blog!  That's it!  I won't make you do 5 different things for a chance to snag one.  Just enter your email address up on the right and you will be in.  The winner will get to pick either one of the cases and the giveaway closes Friday morning at 8am.  I will announce the winner later that day.  Good Luck and check out the rest of my designs I am licensing to My Custom Case.

Feel free to leave a fun comment! 

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New Work and some thoughts...

Hi there!  I hope you had a great long weekend-I did for sure (minus when I was pulling weeds).  But, I wanted to post a new painting that I finished for a customer and I just love it!  I hope she does as well.  I have been ignoring my blog a little lately mostly because I don't know what to talk about on it.  Then it hit me after reading this....

I have been frustrated and trying new things on my blog for months and feel like I am getting nowhere.  But then I thought about why I really have a blog.  My job isn't blogging, I am an artist and textile designer first and foremost...but I felt like I had to have one.  It's true what Andrea said that there are so many blogs out there and so many ways of getting interesting content and pictures...that nothing is really original anymore.  I am completely guilty of doing an entire post straight from Pinterest.  I was always stressing about finding something new and interesting that sometimes my real work was ignored.  All the blogs that I love and check out daily look more like magazines or a resume builder and that's fine but not what I need to do here.  I hope I am not sounding rude, but I don't have time to edit posts in Photoshop and then recreate a layout, insert unique fonts and quirky little icons....I should be painting, sketching, following up leads, contacting my clients, making new collections, submitting my artwork and then a post about it.

I LOVE Pinterest, but I think I will keep my pins on my Pinboard where they should be.  Here on this blog, I might not post everyday or on a consistent basis, but it will be all about what I am working on or painting on...not what I am saving to my desktop and reposting (not that there is anything wrong with that).  So, if you can please remember to stop back by, I promise you will see original artwork (straight from my studio) and content.  You'll see all about my journey of developing my patterns for licensing and when and where they are available.  You'll see what I am developing and creating here and only here because that is my job!

My Custom Case Patterns!

 I thought I would get a head start last night on my blog post for today and I was so delighted when I obsessively checked MyCustomCase.com to see if my iphone cases were up...and they are up-whoohoo!  The concept is so cool you can pick from so many different patterns (my designs are below) then you can change the monogram, monogram colors, you can also change the color palette of the pattern you pick!  How awesome?!  So....really the variations are endless!  I would be extremely appreciative if you checked out the website here and picked out a new case with my designs!  You deserve a cute new case with a fun monogram...plus it's fun to customize...I've been working on the perfect case for about 30 mins, I can't decide!!  Oh, and by the way there are several of my patterns that are in guy friendly colors and patterns, we didn't forget the guys!

1. Taj Mahal 2. Lace Drop Magentas 3.Posies Sky Blue 4. Pretty Paisley Green

1.Joy Burst 2. Flower Song 3.Jewel Tones Orange 4. Arabesque 

1.Rose Garden Pink 2. Spring Silhouette 3.Aztec Maroon 4. Dandelion Blue