friends!
how goes it? I hope all is beautiful in everyone's life. it tends to get crazy, this life, eh? but I hope we never cease to remember the beauty of it in the midst of the chaos and minute by minute day planning.
I come here with a suggestion.
the project has taken much longer to prepare for than anticipated, and that is not because it dragged, but because i wasn't very realistic about the time frame for a project like this, especially that i'm the kind of human that keeps getting herself involved in other projects on top of her school work and then ends up not sleeping, literally, not sleeping to get everything done. stupid, yes, but i can't sit on my butt and not be helping or be involved in things that interest me and are of help to the others.
I have had many of you interested in donating some art work to help me out, and in this note, i am opening the doors for any artist, designer and artisan i know who wants to help out. one of the sections of this online store could be titled : collaborations, or something.. i don't know. ha! and it could include arts and crafts of friends and strangers who donated their work to be sold for LPS.
if you are interested in giving me your handmade art work, or even art prints, or printed photography.. let me know!
there are some rules!
-the art work must be donated.
-100% of the price will go towards our school building fund. neither you or I will take any percentage.
-you can price it however you like, except when the price is unrealistic. keep in mind that we're starting artists and that we're trying to sell the work (and not make it impossible to sell) for the benefit of kids. so the fastest its sold, the better.
-there are some style guidelines. I'm a big fan of the work of many of the art students i have been to school with, so I don't see a problem here, but there is some creative and art direction involved in this. in my head , Le Petit Sourire has an eclectic feel, though one that is of a SPECIFIC eclectic feel. i don't know how to explain this, so:
1- you can look here at what ive done so far for a feel of what its like.
2- i've created a facebook album with found images and crafts from the web of things we'd like for LPS, check it out!
I'm open to accessories, jewelry, knitted items, screen printed t-shirts and totes, photography prints, handmade journals, greeting cards, decorated moleskines, art prints, paintings, uhhh.. and other items!
Deadline for submissions (after review and discussions) is December 31st 2010!
I suppose that is all, friends.
hasta luego! :)
Aya
