Introducing My New Dishware Line for Deseret Book!

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I’ve been holding my breath to introduce my new summer melamine dishware for Deseret Book! Today’s the day!

This set is based off of my SongBird Fabric line’s Red Colorway. There is a gorgeous set of summer dishes (dinner plate, salad plate, & bowl). It is a 12 piece set for easy entertaining. I love the melamine because it is so kid-friendly. This is definitely a set you can dress up or dress down.

There is also a large serving bowl (think salads and fruit), a serving tray, and three piece condiment tray. And dish towels…don’t let me forget about those.

I was thrilled to work with Deseret Book on this project. I hope you like them! If you are in the Salt Lake area I will be at a couple of events in May. I’ll post them soon.

 

 

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You can see that between the new wallpaper lines, dishware collection, and shop, I’ve been bursting at the seams to tell you what I have been working on the last few months! I’m so glad I don’t have to keep any more secrets on these!

This line is in Deseret Book catalogs today. These will be in their shops at the end of the month.

 

 

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Remember Fabrics Have Arrived!

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My new fabric line for Riley Blake—Remember—has officially hit my shop. It is 20% off during the month of April only with the rest of the Grand Opening of my new shop. I’ve been working with the line for a couple of weeks now as we have been sewing samples for the upcoming Quilt Market in Portland (May 2013) and creating new sewing patterns. And yes! There will be new patterns for 18 inch dolls coming in the next month! But more on that later (or check my instagram feed for updates @carinagardner).

I’m also carrying Remember Ribbon, 5″ Stackers, 10″ Stackers, and Fat Quarter Bundles in limited quantities. Lazy me…I’m holding back a couple of 10″ Stackers to make a quick quilt for myself.

I have a big announcement to make on Monday! Oh, and don’t forget about this awesome giveaway that ends on Monday too!

Cheers!

Carina

 

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Instagram Giveaway Starts Today!

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Tomorrow we end the Wallpaper Giveaway and today we start the instagram giveaway! Persnickety Prints is offering up 50 4×4 prints to one winner who posts something that inspires them! It could be anything—a favorite quote, a beautiful moment you capture of a child, something you have made—we want to feel inspired! Make sure and add #carinagardnergiveaway to your post so you are entered! We’ll randomly choose one person to win on April 8th (next Monday!). Enter as many times as you want! Can’t wait to see your photos!

Make sure and follow @carinagardner and @persnicketyprints if you get a chance!

Hugs,
Carina

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Last Day to Enter the Wallpaper Giveaway!

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It’s the last day! Make sure you get entered for over $300 worth of wallpaper. Enter by creating an account at carinagardnershop.com. I love this wallpaper as an accent to a room or to makeover a closet! Choose from any of the new collections in the shop! Here’s what one lucky person will get:

+4 ROLLS OF PRE-PASTED PVC FREE WALLPAPER (Covers 8 ft W x 8 ft 3in L)
+2 SAMPLES
+ SHIPPING

Good luck! We’ll post the winner on facebook at 5pm MST!

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Photoshoot Recap

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Here’s a little recap on some of the things I have been working on the last three months. Mostly, I have been concentrating on the shop, but there has been a lot of other good stuff too.

(Photo to the left—My cute model is wearing an outfit I bought from Ruche—a new favorite).

(Photo below—My new Oval Dot Wallpaper…I love in both wallpaper and in fabric (coming April 2013).

 

* Winter CHA (which basically took up the first half of January).
* We released Beach Boardwalk at Carta Bella.
* I finished up strike offs for my new dishware line. I still can’t completely spill about this, but I’ll be on in a couple of weeks when they are released.
* For the first time EVER, my indoor shoots were done in the new office. Hence, it marked  the first time I didn’t tear apart my house for a shoot. Instead I just tore apart my new office:).
* We bought inventory for the shop.
* I recorded and wrote classes. I planned for the rest of 2013s classes. (Schedule to come soon).
*I started work on the sewing patterns. We are in the middle of testing and hope to get these to print by 3rd week in April.
* I am currently scrambling to work out Summer CHA. There is simply not enough time between the two tradeshows:).
* I had to pull myself from behind the camera to be in front of it.

Of course, that was just my “work” stuff. We had some big accomplishments around the house too.

* Josh quit his job to help run CGInc.
* Charlie started to roll, sit, and now army crawls! He also started to sleep 7 hours at a time (This is probably the best on the list!)
* Siri turned 9. How? What? WHY? I can’t believe I have a 9 year old.
* Felicity lost her first tooth. Then a second. And is wiggling a third and a fourth. There’s not going to be anything left soon!
* I was in charge of the class projects for Siri and Felicity’s classes for Arts Night. We made a quilt with Felicity’s class and embroidered with Siri’s class.

Hoping you get a chance to register in the shop and get entered into our huge wallpaper giveaway!

That’s the way to start a year!

Carina

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Grand Opening and Wallpaper Giveaway!

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It’s finally here! After several delays, I am finally opening my online shop! It’s been a lot of late nights, stocking inventory, and video taping classes, but I’m so excited to offer some of my products all in one place.

I’m probably most excited for the release of my new Wallpaper Collections! I created a lookbook to make it easy to glance through our offerings of wallpaper. We plan on having a quarterly release of new wallpapers so be sure to check back often to see this home decor candy!

I would love to know what your favorites are and what types of wallpapers you are interested in seeing in the future. No promises…but I am curious!

We also have an awesome color customization service available with our wallpapers. So if you don’t see the right color or if you want a color match, we can do a color match to Pantons for $15 per color. Read a little more about it in our FAQ.

Of course, since it is a Grand Opening, we had to make it grand, right? So here is the grand sale going on in the shop for the first month!

* 75% off Illustrator Basics CS6 Course 1
* 20% off my 2012 Fabrics
* 20% off my Sewing Patterns
* 20% off my NEW Digital DieCutting Files **Please note the diecuts will not be available for a few more days so we can fine tune the download process.
*20% off Template Design and Fabric Design Classes
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* 20% off my NEW Wallpaper Collections!

The sale goes on until April 30th, 2013! And to top it off, we are doing some AMAZING giveaways over the next month as well.

We are kicking it off by giving away 4 ROLLS OF PRE-PASTED PVC FREE WALLPAPER + 2 SAMPLES + SHIPPING. This giveaway is worth $331.00! This wallpaper will cover an 8′ x 8’3″ wall.

In order to be entered into this giveaway, you need to create an account/register in our new shop. That’s it! We’ll draw a name from everyone who has registered and the winner will be announced on facebook on April 2, 2013!

Throughout the month, we have some fabulous giveaways on Instagram, Facebook, the Blog, and on the Shop site. Some from us and some from our favorite folks! You’ll have to check back to see what we are doing because it’s going to be a good month.

Make sure you enter the wallpaper giveaway!

Cheerio!

Carina

 

 

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Carina Gardner Shop Opening—March 22, 2013!

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I’m in the final stages of finishing our new online shop! We are so excited to be able to offer a number of my products all in one location! That includes my fabrics, sewing patterns, classes, and two new things: digital die cutting files and wallpaper! Yippee!

There is going to be an awesome sale during the first month of this shop along with some really great prizes, freebies, and giveaways. Stay tuned! Be sure and check back here on FRIDAY!

Carina

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Time Flies

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My baby is 6 months old. Where did the time go? He is snuggly, sweet, and oh so happy. Well, except for the night I hosted a Bachelor Finale party. I think he was cutting another tooth.

And as many of you recalled by cry for help here, he started sleeping from 9pm to 5am! Happy mama! Although that whole daylight savings thing sort of messed us up. Ick. Kids are tired for school and parents are grumpy in the morning. How did your kids do with daylight savings? (My fingers are crossed for you that they are fairing better than mine and, um, me).

Carina

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Photoshoot Sneak Peek

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It has been a crazy week. I’m still busy getting ready for the online shop opening. Thankfully, we finished all of the photoshoots for the new products (for now). The photo above is one of my favorite wallpapers coming out. You might recognize it from my Carta Bella Beautiful Moments line and my Remember Fabric line coming out this spring for Riley Blake. Felicity decided to try out the lipstick for our model and show her how to pose (photo above).

She also happily posed for her own shoot (left). Believe me, she is not always this willing.

Right now we are on track for opening shop in two weeks. Once it is confirmed, I will make sure and post a tentative course calendar so that you can plan to attend!

Speaking of classes, Art of Digital Design 2 ended today. It’s a little bittersweet. It’s my last class at JessicaSprague.com, but the start of something so exciting on my own site. I had such a great time with the students in this class. They worked so hard, and it really showed through in their forum critiques yesterday.

Other than the shop, I’ve started work on new patterns for Spring Quilt Market. Last year, I had so many plans for the sewing patterns that I never got to. Between the opening of Carta Bella Paper and having Mr. Charlie, I didn’t have time for much else. This year, I plan on releasing a whole lotta product mostly because I love it so much (dropping the x-acto knife and dusting off the sewing machine NOW). Seriously, I miss sewing, and I’m hopeful I’ll get to do a lot more of that in 2013.

(photo above: Can I admit that I hate being the subject of a photoshoot rather than the person putting it together? Silly moments happen.)

Other than the stuff happening in the office, Josh’s dad came home from a major heart surgery last week. He’s had an LVAD placed in his heart and will need 24/7 care for next 6-8 weeks. Much of the family has received training on how to help take care of him. It means a lot of overnights for Josh and other family members. It also means a lot of playing the single parent for the spouses. It’s been hard, but I’ll admit there have been some perks. There has been a lot of cousin time and even a couple of nights of straight-through sleep for me (when Josh has taken Charlie with him for an overnight to take care of his dad). Tangent: It’s been so long since my two girls were babies that I can’t remember when they started sleeping through the night. Charlie will be 6 months old next week, and I keep thinking he’s going to skip a nightime feeding…but so far no luck. Any advice on this?

(photo above: This is between photo shoots—A little snuggle with my babies before I get ready for the next set up!)

Happy Friday!

Carina

 

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Shop Opening Postponed

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Through the many inquiries and emails I have received about classes and products on the new Carina Gardner shop site, I’ve let people know that we were due to open this coming weekend. Sadly, we are pushing that back. We have run into some technical difficulties with the site and we want to make sure it is just right before we open.

I already have three classes set up for this new venture and these will all be pushed back as well. The moment we have a firm opening date, I will let you know the dates on these new classes:

+ Illustrator Basics CS61
+ Template Design
+ Fabric Design

I can’t tell you how excited I am about these new classes! I’ve been working hard to make sure you will get a customized syllabus (depending on what session you take), pdf notes, and more! We have a full schedule of classes due for 2013 and I’m rearing to go!

Other than classes, we will be debuting a number of other fantastic things…more sneaks to come!

In the meantime, I’m going to snuggle my honey and my three little bumpkins for Valentine’s! Hope you do the same!

XOXO, Carina

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Photoshoot: Take 1

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If you have ever wanted to see behind-the-scenes of a CG Photoshoot, look no further than the makeup strewn desk and light cords in the photo above. Things are down to the wire with the new website. We will be spending the coming week trying to finish up photoshoots for all the products. I’m hoping this is the only shoot that involves me and I can be behind the camera for everything else.

I can’t tell you how excited I am for the new site! Fingers crossed we can make it happen. When I look at the week and I see every second filled in, I tell myself to breathe and take it one day at a time.

More pictures to follow!

Carina

PS. Today’s the last day to get entered into the So Noted giveaway on Facebook. Make sure to enter by leaving a comment!

 

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Instagram Giveaway & Facebook Giveaway

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There is so much awesomeness happening at Carta Bella these days. So to kick off the awesomeness, I am giving about 3 kits each of True Friends and Well Traveled on Instagram. To enter, just follow @carinagardner on your Instagram feed and add a comment to the “Instagram Giveaway” photo. Invite a friend and you may both win. How cool is that?

Winners will be announced on Friday, Feb 8th!

For a little added fun, I’m also going to give away 3 So Noted Kits! To enter into this drawing, you need to leave a comment on my facebook page .  Tell me which is your favorite paper from the line! Winners will also be announced on Feb 10th for this giveaway. How fun is that?

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Remember

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It’s been 6 months since my SongBird™ Fabric line hit quilt shops and I can finally show you the new fabric line! Remember™ will be hitting quilt shops in April. Based off my Beautiful Moments™ line I designed for Carta Bella, this line is a whole lot of yummy reds, pinks, citrons, and grays.

You’ll also see a few of these patterns come out in wallpaper in another month. But more on that soon…

April doesn’t seem that far away right now although the snow here in Salt Lake is suggesting otherwise. The girls and I built a snowman (correction, I built a lame volcano and called it a snowman and the girls ran around in the snow) tonight in celebration of the mass dump of snow that fell on the city. Truthfully, I’m ready for spring to come. It would make the walk to the new office a little less slippery.

Grand Opening of this coming soon.

Carina

 

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