This week’s dog illustration is a long legged Italian Greyhound. 

Several months ago I participated in a show at Shindig Paperie here in Fayetteville, AR. I had a very enthusiastic dog lover put the idea of drawing dog breeds into my head. She desperately wanted to see a Greyhound. She said that they are extremely underrepresented in the dog art arena. 

So, sweet lady that I met at Shindig (I’ve forgotten your name) this is dedicated to YOU! 

Alyssa please get in touch with me by sending an email to gingiberdesign (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize! 

I cannot believe that I am already in my 2nd month of my 52 week challenge. I will be honest, I am working ahead when I can to make sure that every week I have a fresh pup to show you. Thanks for following along! 

 Stacie

This week’s dog illustration is a black and white Boston Terrier. 

 

Did you know that $1 from every sale of the 52 Weeks of Dogs series will be donated to the Humane Society?

Giveaway Winner Week 3: Lorene

  Lorene please get in touch with me by sending an email to gingiberdesign (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize!

Year after year, our quirkly owlphabet remains one of our best selling designs. And now we are offering it in an even larger poster size (16×20 inches)! It fits this standard Ikea Ribba frame, so that you know that your poster will be easy to display!

Purchase your own Turquoise Owlphabet Poster here.

I hope that you like it!

Stacie

 

This week’s dog illustration is of a tiny little doxie. Available in blonde or brown fur, I love this sweet little weenie dog!

Available for purchase here in the Gingiber Etsy Shop.

Giveaway Winner Week 2: Martha Carolyn

This week’s dog illustration is of a sweet, wrinkly pug. Fawn colored with sad little eyes and sweet pink cheeks. The little dog paws are my favorite 🙂

Available for purchase here in the Gingiber Etsy Shop.

I am so jazzed about this project. I am thinking of donating a portion of every dog illustration sale this year to the Humane Society. Still working out the details. As a pet lover and dog owner, I think this would be a great way to “give back”.

Ya’ll, today I turned 27 years old! Honestly, I have always felt like a 40 year old trapped in a twenty something’s body, so every year that I get older, I feel a little bit more like myself. Is that totally strange?

I’ve had the most pleasant day so far, working for a few hours in my new studio, followed by lunch with Amber of Perrodin Supply Company. Lucy tagged along, too! Now both kids are home and we are getting ready for dinner with my in-laws. Nathan’s step-sister has the same birthday as me, so it will be quite the merry party!

So in case you couldn’t tell in the 1st picture, Gingiber posters are coming! And Violet has already claimed this amazing Quilted Fox poster for her bedroom. She is mega pumped!

I am releasing the 6 best selling illustrations as 16×20 inch posters. They fit standard Ikea frames, and are really really high quality. Luscious colors. Thick, sturdy paper. Why didn’t I release posters sooner?

They should be in the shop by the end of the month! I have to photograph/style them first. I am the WORST photographer of all time. Some people can just see the pretty in a frame and style the heck out of product. I over think it 😉

Are you excited about posters? Which of the 6 is your favorite?

Stacie

Hello and Happy New Year! I am so excited to share with you a project of mine for 2013. I am going to illustrate 52 different dog breeds throughout the year! That’s right. A different, adorable pup for every week of the year.

Check back here every Friday. Each week’s illustration will be available for purchase in my Gingiber Etsy Shop. 

AND to make it more fun, I am hosting a WEEKLY GIVEAWAY of that week’s new illustration!!!! To enter, leave a comment on that week’s dog illustration blog post. The winner will be announced the following week.

I hope that you will follow along with my personal 2013 project. If you’d like, share about it with your friends on twitter and facebook. 

Check back next week for week 2, and don’t forget to enter to win this week’s Poodle Illustration!

Hi! How has your holiday been? Hopefully full of family, good food, and a little bit of rest!

I closed my shop down for a whole week! I hadn’t done that since the week that I had had Lucy last year! A week off did me a lot of good. I went through my house and donated a lot of things that we really were not using. I cleaned and cooked. Walked on my treadmill a lot.

I really don’t have any concept of how to relax!

The picture above is of my dining room. Ah, I miss the days when I used to have time to decorate my house. I always had a home project in the works, waiting to share on the old blog! Lately, though, as my business has grown, I have focused entirely on art and products.

But during my little vacation from work, I felt the old DIY bug creeping up! Maybe I will just paint a bedroom or something and get it out of my system!

Hope you have a great weekend,

Stacie

***UPDATE: 12/18/12 The Jany has removed the offending fox pillow from their website for purchase. It still shows up in background pictures, but it is no longer for sale! No official word from The Jany, and for all I know they could re-list it once things calm down. But thanks to YOU and all of the comments, tweets, e-mails, we made a difference!

Our job doesn’t end there. Many other artists work is still up on the website. Keep spreading the word! THANK YOU*** 

I am so sad today. I woke up to an email from Kristin Loffer Theiss from KLT Works, a fellow handmade artist who sells her work on Etsy, informing me that a large Korean company called The Jany has stolen my ever popular handmade Orange Fox Pillow and are blatantly mass producing it. I created this adorable design in August of 2011, and have been selling it online in my Etsy Shop ever since.

The Jany has also taken artwork from other popular artists, such as Seventy Tree, printed them onto clothing, and are mass producing them. Selling them for less than we can afford to sell our original work for. Devaluing our brands, and stealing our designs.

Here’s a list of the artists who have had their work stolen by The Jany:

Gingiber
KLT Works
The Seventy Tree
Bobo Choses
Ashley Goldberg
Beau Loves

Friends, I am begging you, please share, RT, blog, Instagram about this issue. Copyright infringement is a serious issue, especially in our handmade community.

Every week I hear yet another story about friends and fellow artists who are finding their work stolen off of sites like Society6, Etsy, Big Cartel, etc! The Jany is located overseas is even more difficult to deal with because they do not abide by the same copyright laws that we do in the US. They do supposedly have an office in NYC, so I am hoping this will give us a way in.

You may think (like I did) that there is no way someone would ever copy your work and pass it along as theirs. But it will happen eventually. Especially if we let stores like The Jany get away with this!

Thanks, friends, for your support.

Stacie Bloomfield

Ya’ll, I know many of you are rushing around doing some last minute holiday shopping, and I am here to help!

Check out this section of my shop titled “Ready To Ship“. All of these items will ship immediately in the US and arrive in time for Christmas!

Stacie