Faebruary Love and Silhouette Font Creator (Business Edition Update 4.2)

My loves!

#Faebruary Loves

Hooray, got a review of my first planner sticker set! ★★★★★ Woohoo! That's very encouraging, I'm new to this and don't have the whole planner thing all down yet.  But I think I have a unique style to offer to the planner community and hope they love what I have.  I'm going for a niche section of the planner community.  The gothic planner!  There are a few other dedicated goth planner designers out there, but the community could use one more.  My style is more arty goth than true goth.  As I will go with whatever shall inspire me.

This set was inspired by a February birthday gift for Vanessa.  The pink and peach with grey is from painted papers I designed to decorate her gift box.  She makes such lovely gift boxes, I had to return the favor.  And #Faebruary I wanted to hop on the artist challenge with a few of my faeries.  Not certain what the March tag will be, but they are always fun to follow.  There are usually a few different art challenges going on every month.  I try to always participate in the #Inktober ones, and once started my own #junecalligraphy challenge on deviantART with a few friends.

"Faebruary Freak" Sticker Kit - on Sale March 1st!

 February is ending so this monthly kit shall be going on sale.  It is undated, so will still be good for next year.  When the listing expires, I may relist again in January.

March Releases

Coming soon - "Late Winter's Lament" 

No release date as of yet on my next kit.  I'm almost finished designing, but admittedly, got sidetracked.  First, I wanted to make new art for the deco stickers, so made a set of watercolor ATCs.  Now, deciding what to do with the originals.  I am thinking I will include as March freebies for all shipped purchases.  There are only 8, so limited available.  After they are gone, I may make prints available in my Etsy store.

ATC Stickers and originals - "Spiders in My Hair"

Love is in the Air - Pt. 3

Speaking of prints.  iprintfromhome.com is doing their annual "Love is in the Air" promotion.  I didn't enter the art contest this time.  But they have s promotion for their loyal customers with a referral program called "Thank You Dollars".  Via their new customer promotion, all new accounts get $10 credit, and for everyone I refer, I get $12 "Thank You Dollars" in my account.  "Thank You Dollars" go towards restocking my print inventory.  I am very small business and cannot afford to stock my 'shelves' without this.

Please consider using this company for your fine art prints as well as excellent everyday photo printing.  They have great customer service and excellent quality with fair prices.  It is a family owned business that cares about their customers, especially artists and photographers and supports their work.

My referral link: iprintfromhome.com new customer sign up

Silhouette Font Creator

I fixed the hideous "H"

And here is how else I got sidetracked. Silhouette Studio Business Edition had an update which included Silhouette Font Creator!  I had to try it out.  So, you might be seeing some fancy font action from me!  A chance to practice my calligraphy.  May make it easier for me to design a monogram font as well.

After Halloween Sale

gillianivyart.etsy.com

I'm having a sale on everything in my Etsy store, all digital and physical goods. Now through November 17th, you get 10% off, and followers of this blog can take an extra 15% off with the coupon HALLOWEVER18 for a total of 25% your purchase.

This coupon is an exclusive for those following my blog and social media as a thank you.  If you share, please share this post to help me expand my audience.  I may be doing extra bonuses and freebies over the next two weeks.  November is an important month for our family.  Both my sons are born less than a week apart and our anniversary is November 17th.  So, we have a lot to celebrate.  Kevin and I will have been together for 14 years with 2 sons and two cats in our happy little family.  And I would like to share my joy with my arty extended family.

I have no idea what I'm going to do, because I'm spontaneous and terrible at planning things (oh the irony that I am making planner accessories is not lost on me).

To simplify my online presence and give it some uniformity, I have changed the URL for my Etsy shop to gillianivyart.etsy.com this matches my Instagram and Twitter profiles.  Miscellaneous Juxtapositions is still on my blog and Facebook page, which I cannot seem to change.  The old URL will still work, so all old links should work fine.  I hope Gillian Ivy Art will be easier to find me cross platform.  Please follow me and share my posts 💜

HALLOWEVER18

Art on walls or art on....

Your nails!

A friend of mine is an independent consultant for Jamberry Nails, and I'm super excited to announce that we will be collaborating to bring my art onto your nails.  I have several designs planned already.  But first, my latest painting "She is Made of Stars", which is full of gorgeous purples and a touch of gold.

A little about Jamberry.  It's founded by three sisters who came up with these long lasting, affordable, stylish nail wrap.  Geri has been a consultant for awhile now and can tell you more.  I haven't tried them yet, but I'm eager to see how my nails will look.  Basically, they are heat set nails, a blow dryer can work.  And they can last for weeks and have beautiful designs.

I've seen a lot of people whose nail wraps mix & match coordinates.  This set would go great with golds and black or purple based nails.  Even add trims, like adhesive gems.  What I think would be best, apply the wrap, then dot along or accent the art with their Copper Penny nail lacquer.  Or their Stardust Top Coat could give a glimmery look, like little stars.

For custom art orders, we may need to take a preorder.  Geri will be handling the sales, contact her on her Facebook page for ordering information.

Mother's Day is coming up, it takes 7-10 days to order, but mom's will still love it.  It is Teacher Appreciation Week, what better way to show your teachers they're doing a great job?  Better than an apple!  Perfect gifts for Mom or yourself or your favorite teacher.  There are actually enough wraps to share a sheet.  Mother and daughter matching manicure!

For Teacher Appreciation Week, Teachers Pay Teachers is hosting a site wide sale.  My items will be 20% on May 5th & 6th.  I have a set of digital papers which are excellent for scrapbooking as well as teacher resources.  I've shared that in my homeschool blog, along with a walkthrough of the making of process.  Velveteen Digital Paper Pack.  The homeschool blog is where I primarily post about my TpT merchandise, but the more art related ones I may give a mention here.  This blog will be about everything I do.  I really want to tie everything together for once.  My internet presence is all over the place!  I still have a lot of sprucing up to do here, but I'll be incorporating everything here.  My personal blog is out of date and unkempt.  So, ignore that ;D

Geri White - Jamberry Nail Consultant