swallowfield :: jennifer judd-mcgee

paper flower gift card at target

i've had some fun projects this past year, and one of my favorites was a papercut gift card and mailer i was asked to design for target. the kids and i went to our local (one hour away!) target store yesterday and there it was! it was pretty exciting to see it in person. i am super happy with how it turned out, and  especially pleased with the embossed mailer. i love it!

if you happen to go looking for one, they're at the end of the aisles in bedding and small appliances (i think.)

it was fun to look back on the in progress photos from last summer and see how the project evolved from then to now.

happy holidays!

wishing you and your family a very happy holiday and a cozy time together, however you celebrate.

xxoo

a few recent projects

i am excited to share a few things i worked on earlier this year. the first is a papercut cover for kari chapin's second book, grow your handmade business, which will be coming out next summer. this was a really exciting project for me, because kari is someone quite dear to my heart. back in 2007 when i did renegade craft fair in brooklyn for the first time, kari was one of the first people to come in to my booth. she was kind and encouraging and she slightly decreased the terror i felt doing my first craft show. it's been fun to watch her success - and to see her write books and travel around the country giving advice on working in our handmade world.  this book will be published by storey publishing, and i am at work on some interior illustrations now.

i also did a papercut for storey publishing's spring 2012 catalog cover. they've been great to work with, and i feel really lucky.

things are all a-twinkle

i finished my last craft fair/holiday sale of 2011 this weekend. i have a few more deadlines, but stuff's coming along well, and i'm hoping for a little time off here soon. looking forward to making some homemade gifts with the kids and staring at the twinkle lights. and hopefully working a deal out with my pandora holiday station that stipulates skipping over the trans siberian orchestra. pandora's been throwing me a few curveballs lately, but we're mostly getting along.

and i'm wondering what you're making for holiday treats and gifts this year?

 

 

 

you are here

i don't know about you, but sometimes i need a little reminder.

you are here.

and since i seem to be on a dancing video kick this week, this is so awesome. (there's some swearing in the music, just so you know.) this music has been my studio companion all week.

can't stop watching.

 

best advent calendar ever. this is the first one, but see them all here.

prozac in video form, i tell you.

 

 

gorgeous.

 

 

thank you

thank you so much to everyone who came to my opening, emailed or sent kind wishes. it was a great night. if you'd like to see the work in person, it will be up for the month of december. (and psst,  nahcotta is chock full of awesome holiday gifts. i did some shopping while i was there!)

tomorrow night!

the work for my new show at nahcotta is now available online. i am looking forward to seeing it all up on the walls at the opening reception tomorrow, friday 12/2 from 5-8pm. i"d love to see you there if you're able to come.  thank you for your kind comments about my work - it means so much to me.

these are a few of the 24 pieces i made for the show. i am loving the framing.

i'd like to say a big huge thank you to the super talented michael winters for photographing all of my work framed once it arrived at nahcotta last weekend.

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and a quick aside: last weekend i had the incredibly good fortune to get to see gillian welch in concert. one of the best live shows i've ever seen - i am still smiling every time i think about it. i know i've mentioned it before, but if you haven't heard her new cd, the harrow and the harvest, it's really worth a listen.