Black Friday + 2014 calendar + Christmas cards!

Last night I stayed up until 3am finishing my 2014 calendar and it's FINALLY complete and listed in my etsy shop. Phew! This is the latest I've ever posted it and everyone in the universe probably already purchased their 2014 calendar, but I'm just happy that I actually finished. I felt so creatively stunted this year.. every single time I started drawing the illustrations for this I'd come up blank. I took my sketch pad with me every time I was in the car, I took it to Disney World, down the shore, and always came back with empty pages. Then somehow in the last week I cranked out almost every single drawing and I love how it turned out! And even though it's super late to be debuting a calendar at least I know my grandmom wants one, lol :)

The calendar is available printed here and as a printable PDF here. I'll be listing all of the new drawings as prints later today!

I also have a 20% off black friday sale going on in my shop plus extra discount codes available on my flapper doodle blog, here.



















I also decided to turn the drawing for June into a Christmas card, it just seemed so warm and cozy! The greeting reads "Wishing you a storybook Christmas" and they come in packs of five cards here.



And I don't usually send out Christmas cards that I design myself, but... I think I need to this year. My dad gave me the idea for this one and I love how it came out! If you're an Office fan hopefully you'll love it too ;) They're available in my sweet and lovely shop here.

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Flapper Doodle shop update (including the 2013 calendar!)

The 2013 Flapper Doodle calendar is finally complete! yay!! In addition to the calendar, I also added prints of all of the new illustrations to my shop, in 4x6 and 8x10. I also added the new drawings to my society6 shop as well, so they're available in much larger sizes as well as on note cards, iphone cases and laptop skins!

If anything catches your eye in my etsy store, you can take 10% off with the code "Brilliant" or 15% off if you use paypal at checkout with code "Paypal" :)

Well I'm off to go get ready now! I'm going to see The Birds at the movies & I'm super excited! Is anyone else going? It's being re-released nationwide today only. I bought my tickets ahead of time but if you don't have any plans for the night and want to see if it's playing near you, you can check here!

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calendar sneak peek!

I've been drawing and drawing and drawing and drawing, and I am FINALLY... almost finished. I have just one illustration left, and then my 2013 calendar will be complete :) I thought I'd share some sneak peeks first, mainly because I'm just so happy with how it's coming along so far!

These are definitely my favorite flapper doodle drawings. I haven't been this smitten with my own work in a long, long time. It's a nice feeling :) I'll be listing all of these as prints in my shop over the weekend, and if you like what you see, the calendar is available for pre-order here!







ps. I got the first shot by duct-taping my iphone to my ceiling and using a self-timer. I put a piece of paper between my phone and the duct-tape so it wouldn't damage it, and it worked great! Also, my sweater and shorts are both from asos. Just in case anyone was wondering :)

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merci beaucoup!

Yesterday was a pretty big milestone for me and Flapper Doodle... I officially went a whole year -- three hundred and sixty five whole days-- with at least one sale per day in my etsy shop. That includes Christmas, New Years, Easter, everything. I can't believe it!! If you contributed to that streak in any way, thank you thank you thank you!! :)

I'm so grateful that I have the opportunity to do what I love for a living, and I'm so thankful to everyone who makes it possible. I'm just such a lucky girl. ♥

Sweater - asos | Dress (worn as a skirt) - c/o modcloth | Tights - urban outfitters
Shoes - c/o BAIT footwear | Peter pan collar shirt - forever 21

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The 3rd annual $1 print sale

Since 2010 I've been having a $1 print sale once a year. I held the last two during January, but this year I thought I'd hold off until later in the year, so it's more helpful for early Christmas shopping *hint, hint* ;)

Basically, it's pretty simple -- all 4x6 prints are just one single dollar. You can buy as many (or as little) as you want, and they're still $1. The sale is only active in my storenvy shop, not on etsy. You need to enter the coupon code DOLLARPRINTS at checkout to receive the discount. Only the 4x6 prints are on sale. You can add other non-4x6-print items to your cart and they'll remain at regular price.

And I added one more special feature to this year's sale! It's not just limited to the prints currently in my shop. You can get a 4x6 print of any drawing or painting I've ever put on the internet (including my pun art and cupcakes & antlers.) It includes discontinued art, everything. And it's part of the sale, so it's $1! To buy a print that isn't in my shop, use this listing here.

The sale ends on September 2nd!

ps. The font I used for "$1 print sale" is one of my hand drawn fonts, and it's available in my shop here!

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The most wonderful time of the year

It's that time of the year again -- 2013 calendar time. I've been hard at work (I say "work" but really this is my absolute favorite part of my job!) coming up with the 12 new illustrations for my new flapper doodle calendar. So far I have two complete drawings, one half-finished drawing and 9 incredibly rough sketches. And I've been working on it non-stop for days, so I guess at this rate I should be finished by, say, sometime in 2014?! ;p Maybe I'll share a sneak peek if anyone is interested?

Now to completely change the subject... these shoes. THESE SHOES. I went vintage shopping with my cousin a couple weeks ago, and she found these incredible pastel pink beauties. They were marked a size 8, and I'm a size 7, but I tried them on anyway... and they fit!! And they were only $10! I need to change the laces (I think the original ones were lost along the way and somebody replaced them with sneaker laces) but otherwise they're in amazing condition and just so so perfect! Look at those pretty little cutouts! *dies*

Dress - modcloth | Cardigan & belt - f21 | Shoes - vintage | Brooch - DIY

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Five thousand!!

shirt - modcloth
skirt - c/o francescas
shoes - asos

Yesterday I passed 5,000 sales in my etsy shop!! I never ever would have thought three years ago when I first started posting my little doodles on flickr that it would turn into my full time job, but I am so glad it did! I'm very grateful (and honestly, surprised) when I think that 5,000 flapper doodle items have made their way into people's homes all around the world. It's such a strange, yet incredibly exciting thought! If anyone reading this has ever purchased anything, or supported me and my shop in any way, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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brooch the subject

jumper - modcloth
shirt - c/o romwe
brooch - my etsy shop
shoes - c/o bait
belt - asos

I am on SUCH a brooch kick. It's bizarre... I've never been a huge fan of jewelry at all but lately I just can't get enough (or in this case, make enough) pins. I made these a couple months back for my shop, and then kind of forgot about them until I sold one a few weeks ago. Since my brooch phase was in its infancy at the time, I decided to make one as a keeper, too.

I guess I like that they're a way to spiffy up an outfit without getting in my way. It's the same reason I've never been a fan of wearing my hair down.. it just gets in the way of me doing things, having to constantly brush it out of my face. Bracelets jingle jangle, necklaces swing around and bonk my cats on the head... but brooches just subtly sit there, enhancing your ensemble without any fuss.

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Flapper Doodle update!

I've added some new items to Flapper Doodle over the last week! I always seem to do this in spurts... I'll go months without adding anything new, and then boom! 4 new products!

First is something that's been on my to do list for over a year -- personalized Save the Date cards! Every single time that I sell the print of this couple a little light bulb flickers in my brain that says "make the cards!" but I kept putting it off, until this weekend. They're available pre-printed in packs of 10, or as a digital file that you can print from home.



My second-biggest seller is my personalized bridesmaid cards, so I thought it would be a neat idea to make pendants too! They can be little "thank you" keepsakes, or they can be used to ask the question. The hair color, hair style, skin color and dress color are all customized as well as the text on the card. They're available here.



My biggest seller is my BFF merchandise, mainly the pendant sets -- I've had quite a few requests to change those into earrings, though, so I decided to just make them a staple in my shop now. I love when customer requests turn into new products... sometimes they come up with great ideas that I never would have thought of myself! :) They're available here!



Oh my gosh more pendants ;D These are custom pendants -- basically you can choose any illustration from my shop and I'll turn it into a pendant! They're available here.

As always, if you're thinking about buying anything you can take 10% off with the code BRILLIANT :)

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