Interview and giveaway

A ginormous THANK YOU to Lauren from Unofficial Etsy Featured Sellers and Diana from our.city.lights for featuring me on their blogs this week!

There's an interview with moi on the Unofficial Etsy Featured Sellers blog. If you're interested in reading my answers to questions and seeing a peek inside my studio, click here.

And Diana wrote the most sweet and lovely post commemorating my one year anniversary! You can read the post here, and enter her giveaway to win one of my mystery grab bags worth anywhere from $10-$100!! Contest ends on Sunday, so hurry up! :)

Don't forget!

Only two more days left of my anniversary promotion! A free mystery gift bag worth anywhere from $10-$100 included with every order! No minimum purchase necessary. GO SHOP :D

I did a few more products this week, but my brother has commandeered my camera and I've been unable to take product photos.... he's "borrowing" (I call it stealing, but anyway..) it again tomorrow, so I'll probably have them up on Sunday at the earliest. Here's a hint for one of them: it has something to do with writing letters. Curious? pop back over Sunday! :)

And in case you missed it earlier this week, I started a Flapper Doodle Mailing list AND added a boat-load of new products to my shop, including laptop decals, framed prints, recipe cards, cosmetic bags and new BFF necklaces. Click here to see all of my anniversary posts from last Sunday!

put a frame on your flapper!

I'm now offering frames for my 4x6 prints in my etsy shop. $5 each :)

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This concludes the anniversary updates for today! I had so much fun listing all of my new flapper doodle stuff! I hope you enjoyed it, too! I have more coming in the week, but it's time now for dinner and a movie! Thank you everyone for your anniversary wishes!! :D

Stay up to date on all things flapper.

Want to stay up to date on all things Flapper Doodle without having to check my blog or etsy shop? Now you can sign up for my brand spanking new mailing list!

I will send ONE email a month, which will include:

-up to date information on new products
-a subscribers-only coupon good for the entire month
-information regarding upcoming shows or exciting news

And I will randomly select one subscriber each month to receive a free mini print of their choice from my shop! Of course -- as all mailing lists go -- you can unsubscribe at any time (but it will hurt my feelings if you do!) and you don't need to worry about loads of emails in your inbox. One a month, I promise :)

Ready to sign up? CLICK HERE to go to my signup page. If you want to sign up later, I have a mailing list button on my sidebar now! :)

Flapper Doodle laptop decals!

ahhh! Are these neat or what?! They are re-positionable clear decals (so they will look their best on light colored laptops.) The polaroid decal is listed in my shop here for $7 or you can request custom decals for $2 more.

Flapper Doodle recipe cards!

Today seems to be a "finishing projects" day! The makeup bags and recipe cards have both been in the works for at least three months each, and I'm finally listing them both today! :D

The recipe card set includes 10 blank cards, plus one extra card that is pre-printed with my special recipe for the most delicious brownies ever! I can also make these pre-printed with custom recipes, which would make really cute party favors or cards! Available in my shop, here.

Happy Birthday Eloise & Ramona!

It wouldn't be a birthday without a cake!! :D

Keep checking back, I still have more new items and drawings coming up later today!! You can click on the anniversary tag to view all of my anniversary-themed posts from today, including my huge (and super fun!) promotion going on all week!

The cosmetic bags are back!!

I know, IT'S ABOUT TIME! lol! I've been working on figuring these out since December, and finally have them ready! The design is printed on white 100% cotton fabric, and the bag is lined with 100% silk! Rather than ordering pre-made bags to print on, like I did in the past, these bags are completely hand made by me. Available in my shop here. Please allow an extra 2-4 day turnaround since they are made to order :)

ps. Don't forget about my huge anniversary promotion! Click here to read more about it :D

New BFF necklaces!

The BFF necklaces have a totally new design! I wasn't entirely happy with the scrabble-tile pendant design, which sometimes looked a little TOO handmade in my opinion. These new necklaces are mounted inside silver-plated square pendants, and protected with a layer of crystal clear epoxy resin. They're perfect now, and oh-so-cute! :)

Interested in custom pendants instead? Those are also being made now with the new materials! You can check them out in my shop here.

Anniversary promotion!

Now through May 9th, every single purchase in my etsy shop (or my flapperdoodle.com shop) will include a mystery grab bag! Each bag will be worth anywhere from $10 to $100, and will contain anything from prints to hand-painted dolls to original drawings to flash cards, stationery and more! (If you want a mystery grab bag without purchasing something else from my shop, you're in luck! I also have minimum $15 grab bags for $10 a pop in my shop here. )

Also, every order will include a hand-drawn frame from one of my animations!

AND the coupons going out in this week's orders will have much larger discounts than usual.

No minimum purchase necessary to qualify for these promotions!

So, what are you waiting for?! SHOP!! :D

FLAPPER DOODLE IS ONE YEAR OLD!

One year ago today I opened shop on etsy! I really can't believe that it's only been a year... Eloise and Ramona have become such a huge part of my life that I feel as if I've been drawing them a lot longer than 12 months.

When I uploaded the very first flapper doodle to flickr last year, of a then-unnamed flapper duo (with strange helmet-shaped hair) riding a two seated bicycle, I never could have imagined how far those two would travel in one year.


When I was four years old I wanted desperately to be an "artist". At the time, this meant that I wanted to be just like Picasso or Dali, or a different artist in one of my kid's art books. Over the years this morphed into a more realistic (but still idealistic) desire to make a decent living creating. The whole artist mystique probably disappeared around the same time that I realized it was much easier to paint and draw lying in bed on my stomach in pjs than standing in a smock in front of a wooden easel, delicately balancing a palette in my left hand.

Until Flapper Doodle, I thought that even this adapted dream might be a little too far-fetched. Creating isn't hard, but getting other people to like or want what you create certainly is. But thanks to your support of Eloise and Ramona, this dream has become a reality. Because of you, my career now is doing what I love!

The amount of gratitude I have in my heart is too large for me to put into words. I am so indebted to the people who have commented on my blog, purchased my art and goodies, sent me encouraging words on twitter or facebook, blogged about my art or simply subscribed to my blog - a silent, but very meaningful form of support. If Flapper Doodle is a success today, it is all due to you, not me.

Please check back throughout the day for tons of updates. I have a few new products that I'll be listing throughout the day (including -- FINALLY -- the new cosmetic bags!! yay!), a week-long celebratory promotion (if you want a sneak peak, you can go over to my etsy store and check out my shop announcement!) and a very special birthday surprise that I made for Eloise and Ramona!

Thank you again for your enormous support, and I'm looking forward to another wonderful year! :D