Fun DIY Project: Mr. Paper Valentine

So I was going to Not make anything for Valentines this year, other than the 'I Valentine You' card I made in the Draw Me A Lion shop... but then I got a little bit of a hankering to do a fun 30 minute Valentine craft project. "What was it" you ask? Why I decided to recreate Mr. Valentine from the card in the shop.

I took some photos along the way so that you can do it too at home. And really it doesn't have to be Valentines day to make Mr. Valentine. I bet that whoever you want to make it for will be just as happy, or maybe even happier when you give it to them in the middle of summer or winter sometime, because really, we should think of how awesome all of our special friends in our lives are every day, not just one day a year.

So here's all you need, explained in pictures. Looks mighty good propped up on your desk, or you could make a tiny hole in the top of the hat and thread a needle with some colourful thread and hang it on your wall that way. Or you'd like to make a Miss or Mrs Valentine? If you do send me a pic won't you? I'd love to see her... and so would Mr. Valentine I'm sure. <3

NEW Retailer! ROOM 6 in Deep Cove.

It's so nice to be able to count Room 6 amongst our growing list of retailers. Located in Deep Cove it sure appears to be a spectacularly lovely shop with special attention to detail! If you're in the area swing on by and check out our Draw Me A lion Story Activity Kits, Cat and Dog Colouring Posters, colouring postcards and cards first hand! Of course they're in great company! Room 6 has heaps of beautiful things that are, as Megan the shop owner states ... "for nice people... and you are nice aren't you?"

Here are some pics of the shop, the bigger one is courtesy of Pinecone Camp, an also very nice photography blog.

I especially love all the pics of Megan's dogs on the Room 6 site. Oh, and there's this very cool video on Room 6's site where the dogs star just as much as part of the shop as the owner and the things in it. Love it! :)

Fun DIY Project: Colourful Pinecone Pendants!

It's snowing and it's fun to go outside and build a mini snowman with the snow we have here in Vancouver. But once you're out there for a few hours it's also really nice to come back inside, get warm again and maybe... colour in a pinecone that you just happened to pick up outside!

If you feel like it all you'll need are some acrylic, poster paint, or guache in tubes, a brush, some newspaper, a string and of course... a lovely little pinecone! You could make a bunch and line them up on your window sill or save them till next year and have the cutest Christmas tree ever!

Great Interview with our retailer COLLAGE COLLAGE!

Here is a great interview with Erin from COLLAGE COLLAGE on Broken Pencil Magazine! I was just going to read a bit and then read the whole thing later but then it was so good that I that just read the whole thing right away! Go Erin!

Also really happy to see our Dog and Cat Colouring Posters making an appearance in the article! So great! Another thing I found great was this mini terrarium featuring ...a lion(!) that Erin has at the shop! Of course I have to post a pic of it here! Roaaarrrr!

Even MORE FREE STUFF!

Hello Hello!

We're still doing our FREE GIVEAWAY of 3 cool items to the 112th person to like our Facebook page and to sweeten the deal... I'm also going to pick ONE RANDOM PERSON FROM THE LIKES who will receive a free colouring postcard booklet!

Tell your friends!

Here is a pic of our colouring booklets to entice you with;) It includes 12 cards that you can colour and send of to your bffs!

Happy New Years! FREE GIVEAWAY!

A very creative and Happy New Year to all of you! Here at Draw Me A Lion I'm excited for this upcoming new year and hope that it will bring our little company only good things that will make us grow into a strong little lion! But in order to grow stronger we're going to need your help!

So, we're starting the year 2012 with a FREE GIVEAWAY!

The 112th person to 'like' our facebook page wins these three cool Draw Me A Lion products!

Pass it on! Help us grow and someone else get a whole lot of nice things shipped right to their doorstep! Hurrah!

YMCA Small Business Showcase Pics

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

I sure did, but now alas it is time to once again return to the land of working. This morning whilst organizing my computer a bit I noticed that there were tons of things I meant to post but did not get around to yet. This is one of them. Back in November Draw Me A Lion was part of the YMCA Small Business Showcase. Here are some pics of the Draw Me A Lion booth and visitors, our little colouring station that we set up as well as some pics of a few other vendors and pals that were part of the event.

*Some of these pics are courtesy of Adele Lewin Photography who was also part of the event. Thanks!