Happy Independence Day!

Have a great fourth!

Happy Birthday Erica!

Today is Erica's birthday!  Erica is a dear friend whose three year old daughter Bea dictates the most hilarious and amazing letters/art projects to me, and never fails to brighten up my day.  I was inspired by the name of her shop and her all over sunny personality.  Check out her site, Some Kind of Sunshine, here and here.  

Happy Easter.

Love, Mimi

Happy St. Patrick's Day! New Graphic!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!  

Xo,

Mimi

New artwork

Hi all!  I've had a very busy couple of weeks, but things are starting to get back to normal.  Thought I'd share a few sketches and works in progress:

A sketch of my little 3 year old pal, Beatrix. Bea likes to write me the most amazing letters, as dictated by her mother, my sweet & talented friend Erica.  She made me some wonderful valentines and a beautiful piece of embroidery, a proper thank you note was required. 

My parents teach 1st grade Religious Ed and I wanted to make some prayer cards for them, using my new laminator.  I am not quite happy with this one yet.  I think I have a mental block when drawing the faces of Mary or Jesus- nothing feels quite correct.  So this is a work in progress.

And finally, a very silly birthday card for one of my dearest friends, Sophia, my first ever friend and roommate at Parsons.   I wanted an early 90's Lisa Frank vibe, but it had to incorporate bananas in some way.  I drew an embarrassing amount of bananas before settlings on this one.

Happy Lunar New Year! 恭禧發財!

Happy Year of the Monkey!

恭禧發財!
Happy Lunar New Year!  I hope this year brings you much health, prosperity, and good luck.  I am enjoying some delicious pineapple tarts homemade in Malaysia, speciality shipped just for the occasion- I feel very lucky already!

Thank you for visiting!

Love,

Mimi

Happy New Year! Free Card Download!

Happy New Year!  I can't believe it's already 2016!  I've been cooking up a lot of new ideas, and have tons of new inventory to shoot, but first, a free download!

These cards are 5" x 7" and the envelopes are A7 size, 5 1/4" x 7 1/4".  This is the most common size of printable card I could find.  Download the file and print your card front to back either on a precut paper in the correct size, or centered on a 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock, as I did here.  The envelopes print on A7 setting, which is available on most home printers.

Here's the card face:

And the inside:

 The lavender inside makes it easier to collate & cut out, and the dotted line in the center makes for easy folding.

Click Here to download!

Would you like to recieve one of these in the mail?  Just comment and I'll contact you for more info, or send me your details at mimimartnyc@gmail.com

Happy New Year!  I hope 2016 is the best year ever!