Yellow Heart Art Giveaway

Ok so I made a purchase from Leonora from Yellow Heart Art on a Monday {with a little convo asking if she would ever be up for a giveaway}, by Tuesday Leonora and I were into a deep Etsy

convo, by Wednesday we had moved our relationship to email, and by the end of the week we

were FB friends and are already talking about seeing each in our respective cities.

I think if we were dating we would already be engaged and ready to have her baby.

She is seriously funny.

-Give us a little look see into your life

The life of Leonora Jennifer, the Memoir Bullet Point Edition:

• 26 years young (pushing 27 soon in April)

• I have a Bub (that's my boyfriend, his name is Steve. I call him Bub he calls me Toots). He tends to run into burning buildings, fly airplanes and help hurricane victims (No no I'm not dating super man, he's a fireman and an air man with the air force. Insert manly grunt here) His secret talent is driving me up the wall for the past almost 3 years of our relationship.

• For as long as I could remember I've always been into art. My mom knew something was different about me when in first grade I would give all my "stick figure people" fingernails, clothes and eye lashes while the other kids made their stick figures with 3 legs and no head.

• Not only do I do graphic design and photography but I also enjoy water colors and building things out of clay. I got my boyfriend into photography and its wonderful having someone to share my hobby with (well that and I get to steal his photo equipment--score free stuff!)

• I'm an old soul. I enjoy anything and everything vintage. Thats where some of my graphic design inspiration comes from. I like to pick fonts, colors and imagery that remind me of a modern piece of vintage art (oxymoron much? Modern vintage? can that even be?)

• One word to describe me would probably be "quirky". My motto is "life is too short to be boring". I try to keep things light and fun.

{Leonora doing her best Chewbacca impression}

-Quick graphic design or photography?

PHOTOGRAPHY! (sorry, for some reason whenever someone does the "QUICK PICK ONE!" game with me I feel the urge to haphazardly scream my answer) I enjoy photography a *wee* bit better just because its instant results, kinda like BAM there's my photo. (I now see why Emerald enjoys using "BAM" so much, its rather fun and totally makes a statement)

-What is your creative process Do you dream in graphics?

oOoooOoO good question! Actually I explained this to my boyfriend the other day. Granted I got him into photography I like to do more "Artsy fartsy" stuff where he likes to do more "traditional structured" stuff (like take photos of air planes and buildings that aren't falling apart and decaying with shrubbery growing out of the windows) so when I see something I actually don't literally see what's in front of me. I see it as "ok, that would look amazing black and white with a blurry background" or "that window ledge with the vase would work better if it was sepia toned and if I was using my fish eye lens". I don't know how I do it but when I see something in real life I can picture in my head how it will look with an artistic twist. When it comes to graphic design I often start off with the font selection first. I know, weird right? But believe it or not a font REALLY can either make or break your print. The illustrations just help support the feel of the font. I'm kind of a "font nerd" and sometimes have a hard time watching movies if the subtitles are done in some boring font, I go "God really?! ARIAL?! can't we jazz it up with arial italic at least!" Don't judge me...it took a lot of courage to admit that here in cyber space. Needless to say my boyfriend does not watch movies with subtitles in it with me.

-Describe your perfect day.

(Can I use bullet points again? I thoroughly enjoy bullet points)
• Sleep in till late morning
• Stuff my face with an obscene amount of pancakes and french toast (eggs optional but highly encouraged)
• Go on a photo shoot excursion with the Bubs and take photos of either abandoned buildings or amusement parks.
• Have a picnic for lunch (salami and provolone cheese sandwich of course. I'm italian its how we roll, I practically bleed marinara sauce)
• Enjoy a little stroll in the canoe down the lake
• End the night with a stroll at the docks at night while eating some faboosh ice cream.

-Where do you want to see your shop in a year?

On the cover of Time Magazine receiving the "SHOP OF THE YEAR" award. Ok, I kid, but imagine? Time Magazine?? Ok ok in 365 days from now I would like to make my shop more of a full time gig as opposed to a "rush-home-after-work,-check-my-purchases,-make-sure-I-have-enough-shipping-envelopes,-oh-crap-the-post-office-closed-already!" kind of gig. It's hard working full time AND doing this on the side. But no great thing is created suddenly and I absolutely LOVE what I do, the money is just an added bonus. Like people are giving me money for my art?! That in itself is amazing. Knowing that someone out there is rockin' my prints or photos on their walls at home is such a really cool feeling.

You can see how we became fast buds.

Anywho, who wants to win a print from Yellow Heart Art {winners choice}?

{insert hoards of people screaming "I do, I do"}

Entry is simple.

- Run off to Yellow Heart Art mark it as a favorite and come back here to say what you

are liken over there.

Extra entries for "liking" Yellow Heart Art on FB and/or following on tumblr

If Leonora could not get any more awesome she did by offering 15% off your purchase during this giveaway week.

Just enter BUGGIEBEAN at checkout.

Giveaway end Feb 28th at midnight.