Spring has fluttered-in to all of Georgia. The cherry trees have been in full bloom and, as Laura's youngest granddaughter recently observed, the trees look like snow trees filled with puffy clouds of snow petals. We are totally captivated by these snow trees when an April breeze fills the air and releases hundreds of blushing pink petals to dance across the sky. Oh, spring is so beautiful here in Georgia under a cherry tree filled with snow petals.
We started announcing the arrival of this beautiful season with some of the cute mini-flags we created for CARSON. The mini-flags grace our garden pots, flowers, and herb gardens. The flags seem to echo the thoughts we hum in our hearts as we stroll around our studio garden.
This one greets us every morning as it rests in a glazed pot of moss:
This one settled into the herb garden:
And this one waits to be given to a friend:
We just create the artwork for these cute flags and do not sell them here, but you can find the flags online at AMAZON , ChristianBook.com or retail gifts stores that carry CARSON gift products. (The helpful folks at Carson customer service can direct you to a store with a call to 1.800.888.1918)
If you own a retail store, here's a link and photo of the current Carson wholesale catalog:
CARSON- Retailer Catalog for Mini Flags
We hope you take a moment to enjoy the sites and scents of spring around you today... and take a pause to sit under a cherry tree that might be "snowing".
Enjoying springtime,
The Velvet Lime Girls
G-R-A-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Our hearts are filled with gratitude this week.
This week over 50 gift items will make their debut at the AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Velvet Lime Girls artwork has been chosen to grace each one of them. 50 is big for us. 50 is really big for three girls who simply believed God could use them to inspire others through their artwork. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is impossible with God.
May we take just a moment to thank each one of you who have encouraged us along the way?
Thank-you for the kind words from our Facebook friends, direction from our licensing team, Painted Planet Licensing, opportunities from manufacturers, Divinity Boutique, Legacy Publishing, Enesco, Custom Decor, Carson, and to everyone who gave us advice, insight or just a bit of your valuable time. Each one of you hold a gratitude spot in our hearts. Thank-you.
We'll be talking about some of our favorite items later this week, but for today, here's a small sampling of some of the gift items that are showing up this week with our artwork. If you are a retailer attending the Mart, stop by the showrooms listed below each product group.
3 Grateful Hearts in Atlanta,
The Velvet Lime Girls
We're dancing around our studio today at the arrival of our PEACE CROSS garden flags that we designed for Carson Gifts. It's been an absolute joy to work with this company and in addition to this garden flag, they've selected some of our artwork for other products that will roll out in 2014. Carson Gifts selected a soft, silky fabric for this garden flag and we are just thrilled with the quality of the finished product. It kind of floats in the air like a cloud with the slightest breeze ... very different than most stiff garden flags. Since we simply create artwork for manufacturers and companies and don't sell things on our site, we'll leave the Amazon link below, for those of you who might like to have one for your garden or a friend's garden.
Thoughts of peace flow from every garden, to those who pause to listen, and this little flag reminds us to slow down and rest in the peace God sends us everyday.
With peace and love,
The Velvet Lime Girls
http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Flag-Peace-Cross-Inches/dp/B00FI6LTGK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382717443&sr=8-1&keywords=peace+cross+garden+flag
