Draw Me A Lion's debut at NSS2015 #Fresh!

This May my shop Draw Me A Lion made its very first appearance at the National Stationery Show in New York and though - I won't lie,  it was a looot of work to get ready for - it was a 100% success! I had a blast and will be going back next year for sure! Here are a few pics of the booth in it's full glory. I met so many amazing people and Draw Me A Lion is now stocked in some great shops across the US as well as Canada. Wooo-hooo! Mission accomplished!

The Birthday Calendar is here!

Ever forgotten someone's birthday? Birthday calendars originate from the Netherlands but we always had one around the house in Germany where I grew up. The difference between a normal calendar and a birthday calendar is that birthday calendars are perpetual. They don't list the days for a specific year but can be used year-after-year with the sole purpose of recording your loved ones birthdays and other important annual events. What a lovely idea – keeping track of all your friends year round. Of course I had to make my own for the shop!

I thought it would be fun to just work with watercolours for a change and take a break from the computer for a while. The outcome is the new Draw Me A Lion birthday calendar. Hang one anywhere in your home, to remember your friends near-and-far all year round.

Sneak Peak: Flower Buttons Bouquets

Want to give some flowers that lasts and lasts? How about one of our new Flower Button Bouquets? So new they're not even in shops yet! 

But they will be soon, plus we'll be sure to sell them at all of our upcoming outdoor fairs and markets we're part of this Summer. Flower time! 

Two New Cards, One New Style

I just finished adding two brand new cards to the shop. They vary a little stylistically from my other card designs. I thought it would be nice to try something a little different. That doesn't mean that I will now make all my cards like this but just that there might be a bit more variety in the works. More room for play, for new drawing and painting mediums. These two were done with brush, water colour and coloured pencil. I always have a good time drawing with mediums I haven't used for a while. It's so satisfying and exciting to dunk your brush into a fantastic colour like red and see how it will turn up on the paper you're working with. This time a little tiger or tabby sitting in the grass and someone who seems to have hurt themselves a bit showed up in my drawing session. I wonder who will show up next time.

Craft Fairs • Night Markets • Pop-Up Shops!

Summer 2013 Event Schedule

Starting with this Weekend's Got Craft? we will be part of quite a few events coming up over the next few months! Here is a list of them all so you can have a leisurely peek whenever you'd like to know where we're going to be at next.

First up: Got Craft? Saturday April 27th & Sunday April 28th

Please note that this is the revised flyer and there was a last minute venue change due to a fire at the original venue. Please come out to support this event. Here is all the info you need. 

• Got Craft? website •

Blim Pop-Up at Lost and Found Cafe! Friday May 24th (5-midnight!) 

• Blim website • 

Mini Got Craft! Part of Vancouver Maker Faire (at the PNE!) 
Saturday June1st & Sunday June 2nd
Vancouver Maker Faire website
Where: PNE forum building (corner of Hastings and Renfrew in Vancouver) 

The New Chinatown Night Market! We will have a table at the revamped market this year on the following dates in late July/early August. So excited! 

Our Vendor dates: 

July12th Friday, & July13th Saturday

July 19th Friday & July 20th Saturday

July26th Friday & July27th Saturday

August 2nd Friday & August 3rd Saturday

• Chinatown Night Market website • 

We're In UPPERCASE MAGAZINE'S Stationery Issue!

Hurray! This month we're part of UPPERCASE MAGAZINE'S Stationery Issue and pretty excited about that! There are so many other super cool lines featured and I feel very happy to be amongst them. Here is a screen shot of the feature. Can you spot us?

Bought myself some flowers today to celebrate this occasion...but any excuse will do really:)

Print Mix Up!

OUR MISTAKE! :( 
WE MIXED UP SOME PRINTS & WE'RE SORRY! 

Did you buy either of these two long format prints this Friday and Saturday at TOQUE or this Saturday at GOT CRAFT? 
If so, please check to make sure that you received the right one! 

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A few accidentally got put in the wrong tubes in the hustle and bustle and we big time apologize for that. If you have received the wrong print please get in touch via phone or email. 

We'll be sure to mail you the correct print immediately and of course you get to keep the one you already have.

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Thanks so much for understanding! 
So sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. 
All my best,

Lisa

We Made A Video!

Thanks to the amazing talents of filmmaker Anna Mac Donald I am happy to present to you this brand new video about my little shop. I think it turned out so great. And just when it couldn't get any cooler my good friends Jared Schinosky and Choo Kien made the nicest song for it. I am so lucky to have so many talented people as friends and have no idea what I'd do without all of your help! So I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to making this video and also everyone who will take the time to watch it and help pass it along. 

I feel like Anna portrayed what my shop is all about really well and in a fun way. 

I hope you will like it! 

Here is the link to it on Vimeo again. 

Craft Fair Time!

Catch us at a Craft Fair! 

Visit our booth at one of these fine Fairs. 

Pay online prices, no tax, and of course no shipping costs! 

Strathcona Winter Craft Fair, Saturday November 24th, 10-5pm.
Toque, Friday December 7th from 6-10pm, and Saturday December 8th from 11-4pm. 
Got Craft?, Saturday December 8th from 10-5pm, and Saturday December 9th from 10-5pm. 
Blim Market, Saturday December 15th from 12-6pm
Great Canadian Craft Fair, Sunday December 16th from 10-6pm

Happy Halloween!

The launch of the new Mask Colouring Book went really well and I had a super fun time! There will be pictures from it soon that I will be sure to post. In the meantime, my favorite non-holiday has arrived! Happy Halloween everyone!

What a great idea to take a day out of the year to dress up as someone or something you would like to turn into for a day. Here is a picture of me when I was 9. A little leopard. Not surprising really, leopards  are related to lions after all.

The Mask Colouring Book has arrived!

I am soooooooo excited to share the new Mask Colouring Book with you!
Just in time for Halloweeeen! Hip Hip Hooooray!

Here are a few pics for you to peek inside this new addition to our shop. This is what the pages all initially look like. Then of course it's up to you guys to colour them and make them all fun like the ones below here for example. 

Who will YOU turn into? A cat? A lion? A train conductor, a princess or maybe even the sun? Choose from ten double-sided masks to colour and put on! And ...it even comes with elastics. So all you need to do it colour the masks, cut them out and you're all ready to play! 

Also worth mentioning is that the that the masks eye and nose holes are measured specifically to fit kids. Hurray! But don't worry adult mask fans, you can play too. You just might have to cut the holes a bit bigger. 

Please Come & Celebrate!

We Turn 1 &
Colouring-Mask-Book-Launch!

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When: October 28th, from 3pm-5pm 

Where: Collage Collage, 621 Kingsway (at 15th & Fraser) 

Why: Draw Me A Lion turns 1 & our new Colouring Mask Book launches! 

I am so excited about the newest item that will be launching at the end of this month! It's a Mask Colouring Book and it just so happens that it will be ready just in time for Halloweeeeeen! Yayyyy!

Coincidentally that also happens to be around the time that I launched Draw Me A Lion last year, so it's not only a Colouring Book launch, but also the first anniversary of my little shop. I'd love for you to come, colour some masks with me and help me celebrate!        

Doing Business with People I LOVE!

Fun at The Framers' Workshop

It's so much fun to run my own little online shop and I love it when I get orders from new retailers that I adore. It makes me so happy to know that the things I made will be part of a beautiful and welcoming environment and that the people selling them will be people I genuinely like and admire. 

The Super Serious & Super Helpful Staff 

I have been so lucky with all of my amazing retailers that I have so far, but I'm pretty sure that this one takes the cake for me personally because my cards are now available at the fantastic Framers' Workshop in Boston MA, that has just been bought up by some very good friends of mine. 

The Cutest Framer Ever

Justin has been working at the framing shop for the last 9 years and him and his wife ... and super cute kiddo have now taken it over to run it themselves. 

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS Justin & Sarah, this is so fantastic and I'm so happy for you guys! Here's to doing business with people I love!

The New Face Of The Framers' Workshop