New blog, new address!

-> blog.st-ainolopa.com

Shop Announcement

All orders placed between September 18th and October 1st will be sent on October 5th.

About the project 'A Christmas decoration a day'.

As you may have noticed already Christmas is most emphatically over - except for the Orthodox, I wish you all a happy Christmas tomorrow! I managed to make seven Christmas decorations out of the scheduled twenty four... Perfectionism and a lack of spare time bilked my efforts to finish the project. I also realized that I love making paper decorations, and that I don't want them to be exclusively made in December for the Christmas tree. I therefore retitle my project; every blog post showing a new handmade decoration will now be entitled 'Decoration' followed by its number. I won't be able to make one decoration a day though, only when I have some spare time before me. Feel free to send me your suggestions about what decorations you want me to make.

Black Friday!

20% Off with the promo code BLACKFRIDAY14

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Stall, on a sunny Sunday.

Last Sunday, the last Sunday of September, one felt as if Autumn had kept out of the limelight for a day. It was nice and warm, and the sun shone with all its might - by the end of the day I was sunburned. What a beautiful day it had been to show off my stall! People could buy my greeting cards, postcards, my bookmarks, and some posters. A big thank you to all of the nice and friendly people who were there!

Exhibition at the Slow Galerie

Mail Art Exhibition Illustration by Cecilia Campironi

Great news! You will be able to see my illustration 'Librairie' (original artwork) at the Slow Galerie in Paris. It has been selected for the Mail Art Exhibition [Sept. 17th-25th 2014]. There will be about 180 artworks on display - and on sale.

// Opening: Sept. 17th 2014 6:30PM \\

Grande nouvelle ! Vous aurez l'occasion de voir mon illustration 'Librairie' (illustration originale) au Slow Galerie à Paris. Elle a été sélectionnée pour l'exposition Mail Art [du 17 septembre au 25 septembre 2014]. Il y aura dans les 180 œuvres exposées - et en vente.

// Vernissage : 17 septembre 2014 à 18h30 \\

L I B R A I R I E

I barely got home after my Summer holiday in Poland and I am already back at work, inspiration filling my brain more than ever.

Librairie is my submission for the Mail Art Exhibition set up by Squame and the Slow Galerie. The theme was 'Make a wish'. I will let you figure out what my wish is :)

The original artwork will be available for sale, should it be selected for the exhibition at the Slow Galerie in Paris.

Shop announcement

I have gone to a far-off land where Inspiration will embrace me. As for the shop, it will reopen on September 1st 2014. To contact me try to send me an email to apolonia@st-ainolopa.com, or send a message via Twitter / Facebook. Where I am it is quite arduous to log onto the Internet. See you soon. Sincerely. A.S.

See you soon July.

As July gives way to August, and as I am slowly packing my things for my trip to Poland, I'd like to offer free shipping in my shop. Just because I am happy.

Enter the coupon code SEEYOUSOON07 at the checkout. You have until Monday.

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*Free shipping applies also to the postcards listed here http://www.st-ainolopa.com/2014/07/postcards.html. Just drop a line if you want some.

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Postcards

Hi folks! This morning I received a small stock of glossy postcards. For those who are low on money or are simply saving up they will be delighted: 2.30€/postcard + postage (0.66€ France / 0.83€ E.U. and Switzerland / 0.98€ Rest of the World). Leave a comment below with your PayPal email address if you want some, I'll send you an invoice. Enjoy your weekend!

Ce matin j'ai reçu un petit stock de cartes postales brillantes. Pour celles et ceux qui sont à sec ou font des économies vous allez vous réjouir : 2.30€ la carte + 0.66€ l'envoi en France. Si cela vous intéresse laissez un commentaire ci-dessous avec votre adresse mail PayPal, la facture vous sera alors envoyée. Passez un bon weekend!

Mini Prints

Newbies have arrived in my shop: the mini prints! What are they exactly? Well, they are the size of a postcard but their quality is far greater. The paper is very thick (600gsm!!), making it almost impossible to bend! And the colours are sublime. It is almost as if you could feel the different layers of paint just by looking at the print. The mini prints have won me over! Definitely.

Umbrella Bird bookmark now available on Etsy

I am ecstatic! Today I received my bookmarks from the printing house, the Umbrella Bird bookmark is now available to purchase here. I wish you a good reading in the company of my Umbrella Bird.

First print now available.

If you happen to be enamoured of my illustration 'Fly Home', you will be glad to hear that there is at last a print - and what a beautiful print it is I must say - on sale in my shop. At the moment there is only one print available.

Back on ...

Facebook. It happens that it is quite impossible to spread the blog's news without it. Feel free to have a look, and even like the page.

St.Ainolopa's Facebook Page

Give way to the blog's second Giveaway! - And the winner is ...

Congratulations to the winner (do not forget to send me your address to apolonia@st-ainolopa.com), and a BIG thank you to all of you who have been kind enough to enter that giveaway! I wish you a great week!

Etsy shop re-opened: brand new cards now for sale!

I am so very glad to announce you that my shop is now open. There you will find a brand new collection of my illustrated cards - in addition to the cards from the previous collection that are on offer.

Give way to the blog's second Giveaway! [until June 29th]

Not before time! Another giveaway at last! This time it is not one card that I would like to offer, not two, but three cards!

In order to enter the giveaway, you need to:

- follow my blog (not compulsory)

- write a comment under that post (or on Instagram, under the Giveaway picture).





The winner will be announced on June 30th July 1st. I wish you Good luck!

November Sale

That's it, the new collection 2012 will be available on Etsy very soon. Indeed, about thirty brand new folded cards - with the latest illustrations - have been ordered at the printer today. In the meantime, I offer a 50% discount on the remaining cards of the previous collection 2009, until I receive the new ones. The promo code is : RIDNOV50. Don't be shy! Have a glance at my shop, you just have to give in out of weakness and click on the right button.

Have a card.

Indeed I am. Indeed, 'pertinacious' is the word to describe my vain endeavour to get rid of all of my old cards series, before the release of a new series - have the strange feeling I am drivelling. To show you how desperate I am, I am offering a 30% discount on etsy, until October 18th 2012. The promo code is : RIDOCT201230

Let's imagine for a moment that you have the ineffable desire to buy five cards in a row, know that there would be no shipping costs - just let me know before the purchase.

Logo signature, what a torment!

I have been working lately on new business cards and greeting cards to print out. I wanted to change the picture behind the greeting cards, and put instead a beautiful logo signature made by myself - one that I would be proud of showing off. I started off that project last June, and after months and months of sheer nightmare and boredom, I eventually made it! The one, the one and only! As I do not want all the work done behind that small trifling logo be a mere waste, this post is somewhat a heaven-sent opportunity to display it, and show that it had been an arduous undertaking to create that logo signature - I will not do it again. I sincerely hope you will like it, as I am truly weary of making another one.