Christine Adolph Designs

South Seas Gift line

I just came home from attending the National Stationary Show in NYC where Creative Imaginations introduced a small collection of gift items designed with my new South Seas collection. South Seas is a more tropical variation on the best selling Tide Pools collection that I designed last year. The South Seas stationary line has checkbook covers, journals, notebooks, magnetic pads, business card holders and more. It was so much fun to see it featured at the show.

This was the first time I attended the National Stationary Show and Surtex. I met a lot of wonderful artists at Surtex who all were so helpful with giving me more information about how to go further in the licensing market. The products at the stationary show were fabulous and I look forward to following up with some of the manufacturers that I met. The South Seas Scrapbook product line by Creative Imaginations is currently shipping to stores right now. I can't wait to see this gift line get into the stores too:-).

Spring is in the air...

I am ready to get outside and get my hands dirty with some paint! Been sitting in front of my computer too long, working on deadlines. A few more crazy weeks and I will see the light..and hopefully enjoy the flowers.

Quick and easy Valentine's cards

We made 20 cards in about 20 minutes. Just cut and glue!

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This is a collection that I designed called Felicity (came out spring 08) and when I designed this heart grid (see below), I had it in mind for quick valentines cards. There are 25 hearts on the grid paper so you can make 25 cards out of one piece of paper!!Just cut the hearts out of the grid and cut 3x3 squares out of the scroll paper, layer them together and add epoxy stickers. Super simple and with the specialty printed foil papers there is no need to add much. I had some nice matt silver cardstock in the studio to use as a base. Easy peasy...:-).  Here are the three products I used.

Whatever is lovely, think on these things..

This designer's work makes my heart sing, truly lovely.

The above work is by textile designer Carolyn Quartermaine , I have been a HUGE fan for many years. I was checking out her site today and just had to share:-). My hope is that these lovelies brings you some joy too...

I need some new inspiration so if you have any favorites please don't hesitate to share!

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Philippians 4:8 (New International Version)

 8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Worry, worry, worry....not going to, neither should you!

Woke up thinking about "worry", my friend Mary shared a passage of scripture last night at biblestudy and I thought it might just speak to someone. We are living in extraordinary days and this is the truth and the hope I am choosing to cling to.

Do Not Worry

 

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Mathew 6:25-26

Cling with your life to Truth and experience true freedom.

{CHA Preview Party} Make and Take

Marah has prepared this make and take for the Creative Imaginations CHA preview party. The party is invite only for retailers.... we will be making this adorable banner using our Passion for Fashion collection.

 Cheryl Mezzetti will be flying in from the East Coast for CHA and will be teaching a class at Everafter in Vista CA. She is using a combination of papers I designed from my Melody line and Passion For Fashion line. I love how she mixed it together. It is very easy for me as a designer to come up with ideas for the paper and sticker lines but I have a confession, I'm not so good at making things with it so I get very happy when I see someone use my product to make something.  If you ever make a page or a craft with any of my product line please make sure to show me by sending me a link to it or a jpeg, it makes my day..Cheryl  is an extremely well known instructor in the craft industry and for good reason so make sure to sign up for the class if you live near the store...

{Melange Brand} Passion 4 Fashion Collection

Melange Brand Passion 4 Fashion Collection is available to ship now..lot's of specialty papers and fun stickers for all you girlie girls.

Cutie Patootie

My little cutie patootie got to do a modeling job for Oneill. The job was easy for her to get since her daddy is one of the art director's for the company and they could pay her in clothes (thank you very much!). Cute, cute..

{CHA DEMO} Melange

Marah Johnson and I will be at the Creative Imaginations booth everyday doing demo's using our new Melange Brand collection called "Passion for Fashion" , which by the way is produced and ready for shipping now..I will post times when I have the schedule. The show starts on Sunday, January 25.