June and The Summer Girl

Hello June!
and
Hello Summer Girls!

I would love to say I've been at the beach
having fabulous fun already ...
but since we purchased a lovely
historical home,  all of my extra time
(when not in the studio)
has been spent working at the house
in order to get some very important things finished

so that we can move in the end of June.
Glamorous things like rolling up my sleeves
and removing grass cloth wallpaper
and fun stuff like that.
Well, the wallpaper's finally down and days
of removing the last tidbits of paper and glue
have me wishing for the beach more than ever!
What have you been up to?
I'd love to hear!

Other than working on the house,
of course, I'm always very busy
 creating custom illustration commissions
for some fabulous clients.
If you're interested in a
custom fashion illustration
for yourself
 or your business, blog or website
just drop me a note here.

What else is new with me?
Hmmm ... well,  I also wanted to show you
what I received the mail a few days ago ...
I recently won the fab H&M Giveaway

at Food, Fashion & Flow
and here's what was in the package ...

 

I love it!
My gift was a gorgeous orange suede-like H&M clutch
and inside the clutch were a few more surprises:
A very sparkly leopard print bangle (so cute), a $50 H&M gift card
and a Starbucks card for a few lattes or frappuccinos!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
 H&M and  LV of Food, Fashion & Flow!

~ Now ~
CALLING ALL
SUMMER GIRLS
My Summer Girl illustration
has now been placed on some
 limited-edition blank folded notes
perfect for summer!
There are twelve notes in a pack and for these,
 I couldn't resist adding a little sparkle of glitter
in the sand!
Only $12.95 plus shipping/handling
and you can order them RIGHT here
by clicking the "Add to Cart" button
below the image ...

~ Also ~
Lots and lots of packages have been shipped out
containing the limited-edition notecards
featuring my
I SPEAK CHANEL

and
PRETTY PINK PERFUMES
illustrations.
{They were introduced a few posts ago.}
Well ...
they are still available for a while longer
so if you are interested in ordering these,
simply go the PINK post
and you can order right on that post
by clicking on those "Add to Cart" buttons there.
Both of those note designs are also twelve to a pack.

One of Ooh La Frou Frou's twitter friends,
@MyChicMyWay
tweeted this photo and said that she used
one of her Chanel notecards as a birthday card
to go with a gorgeous bracelet!
Lucky recipient is what I say!


In closing, you may have seen on Twitter that
I was recently honored to be interviewed
by Elements Magazine.
You can read the interview and see several of my
illustrations that were featured here!
Here's a peek at one of the illustrations shown in the article:

She's the lovely Edie Beale ... shown here modeling
pieces from the fall 2010 J Crew Lookbook.
{love her wild hair!}


Love to hear what you've been up to, everyone,
leave me a note and fill me in!
Till next week!



This blog is written by
and all illustration by
artist, illustrator and founder of
Ooh La Frou Frou,
Sandy M
(Sandra Markwalder).
All rights reserved.
(c) Sandra Markwalder 2012

H&M Photo by Sandy M
Summer Girl Illustration
by Sandy M