NYIGF here i come...

I am excited to report that I'll be walking the New York International Gift Fair this year as bonafide press :') I love this trade show and cannot wait to see new designs & products from faves like Poketo, Ambajam, French Bull, Bob's Your Uncle, Inatome International Inc and many many others.

To see my coverage of last year's show, click Accent on Love It and Accent on Love It part deux I spent most of my time in the Accent on Design section.

Joanna, who runs the popular blog, MyMomShops has been selected to judge the newly expanded Baby & Child Division. If you haven't visited her blog, you should, she keeps up with all things- kids!

Below, two divisions of Wild & Wolf, a British design/gift company, specializing in varied licensed and in-house designed collections. Cute! and New to me...

Can't go wrong with Jonathan Adler!
These fun coasters are available at one of my favorite shops in Richmond,Va. Visit Quirk Gallery to see more...

Above images Poketo products :)

Awwww, still love this FB by Sukie

The Gift Fair begins Jan 29th, click here for more information or just wait for my report :D

Meet Sunny & Chanel

Sunny and Chanel are two skunks in love. Sunny is an upbeat fellow, always up for an adventure and Chanel is a career-gal with her own line of perfume! Not what you'd expect, it's vanilla and spice, plus everything nice :)

The 64th Annual National Stationery Show began today at the Javits Center. In the spirit of all things paper, I decided to mock-up my Skunk Luv stationery set :) I love the way it turned out and look forward to adding Sunny & Chanel to more product templates. I hope they, like others I've painted, make their way into the world and outside of my studio one day!




This set comes with writing paper, 2 styles of note cards, envelopes and sticker packs :) Here some other color choices for the packaging...


If you'd like to see artwork and products I sell, just visit my website and view more templates there or on my self promotion post here from last year :)

Here are some sketches I like...





*Below is my Promotional postcard* One side for my website and one for Blipadee blog :)


I'm excited to walk the Stationery Show for research and to give my new card to any interested parties (fingers crossed :)

This year I'll be showcasing my favorite card companies/stationers on this blog and writing a column about the show for the fall issue of Stationery Trends magazine. This is a fantastic quarterly magazine for anyone in the trade or those of you who love paper products like I do!

I'm also interested in seeing the Surtex section of the show. This is where artists and agents exhibit work for licensing to manufacturers. It's great to see what others are creating and I may want to exhibit my work there at some point. Licensing is something I very much want for my designs and characters.

Hope you've enjoyed this mini post on what I've been up to most recently.

Check in next week to read about my faves from this year's National Stationery Show!

Love ya!

xo, A

For the love of the postal service

Valentines Day is on the way and I sent my promotional mailers out last week to those select agents, companies and publishers I've developed feelings for over the years ;)

I made my way to Manhattan's general post office located on 33rd and 8th Ave before heading over to the New York International Gift Fair at the Javits Center. My post on personal favorites coming this week :)

Love this little red mailbox. No, not naive enough to drop my special cards in here!




Rarely do I visit this location, relying mostly on my tiny one in Red Hook. Waiting in line here gave me time to notice just how beautiful it is.

Once I had my stamps, down the chute they went. Good Luck my little Valentines, don't get lost. And know that if you do, someone will surely find you, remember Paddington!

*Please check back next week to view some of my favorite designers & companies who participated in last week's NYI Gift Fair. You'll be glad you did! *Wed is my goal*

ps this card also available as a Valentine folded note card, visit my Etsy Shop to browse them all :)
xo, Allyn