Limited Edition Prints

As part of our initial Swing this past July we gathered some fabulous sponsors for the swag bag giveaway.  Limited Edition Prints contributed a customized piece of art that is so fabulous and amazing people are still sending me requests for contact info so they can order one for themselves. 

Genevieve, the design wizard behind LEP, lives in British Columbia and has a background in graphic design and a love for typography.  Inspired by 20th Century New York & London transit banners, she offers customized canvases that bring bespoke vintage to any working or living space. 

Turn the places you’ve been to, a favourite saying, your cottage location, neighbourhood streets, bucket-list destinations into works of art that will be the conversation piece of any room. 

I asked Genevieve about her process for creating her canvas prints:  

"My design process: I take notes and write lists for the cities/places of interest) or sketch out a rough of a design (such as the whimsy range, twinkle twinkle & live, laugh love) and then bring into an illustration program, where I find appropriate fonts, tweak the layout, colours and designing (or source) flourishes, borders and accents.
For the place names canvases I spend a lot of time kerning and leading out the words, rearranging the words within a grid to ensure there are no weird or eye catching line breaks or word spacings. I send proofs to the client all through the design process and get final client approval before I send to the printer. I then wait for the call that the artwork is complete, and go to the printer check over the artwork and have them reprint if there are any blemishes or faults in the print process."

For now her work is sold exclusively through Etsy though you can contact her directly for inquiries about creating a customized piece just for you!  

Let's Give It Up For Our Sponsors!

                                                                    Silent too long!

Where have I been?  Where have you been?  So happy to be back here with all of you lovelies!  Present plans? Looking into organizing a fair for the holidays...early December specifically.  Interested?  Watch the Facts page for developing plans.  Come back HERE now and then as I do little features on our fabulous sponsors from the July show.  I am a bit discouraged as I have received unhappy reports that there was less than desired response from the swag bag contributors.  Any input you have would be so very helpful!  Have you met Genevieve from Limited Edition Prints?  A fabulous sponsor I'll introduce you to in a day or so :)

We asked for it........WE GOT IT!

Strawberry Swing is now officially sponsored by Etsy!  Yep!  Got the news today from Etsy that they have awarded our Etsy Team a $200 grant for advertising for the fair!  WHO IS EXCITED?  ME!

graphic design magic by the talented Katie Runnels

 i have always been in love with the art that Katie Runnels creates; how lucky are WE that she would donate her magical graphic design skills for our Strawberry Swing?  she delivered big time by sending me these three design options for use as flyers, postcards, posters, etc. and i cannot wait for the printer to finish the order so i can send these out to those of you who have kindly offered to help promote the event in KC!

 i suppose it is a little soon anyhow, isn't it?  we have a bit of waiting to do but in the meantime go check out katie's other works of art here!  you will get lost in dreamy wonderment, i kid you not!

so........which design do you like best?  everybody i ask has a different opinion :)

SPONSORS!

We now have a sponsor...our first sponsor!  Check the sponsor page later today for a snippet on what you can expect from them in regards to the SWING!  Soooo excited!