I wrapped up ’07 with two huge opportunities that knocked on my perveribal door: A Swiss publishing company asked permission to reproduce an image of my Lorraine Lunch Bag for an upcoming student design book! I am always skeptical of these approaches at first; thanks to my childhood that had me ready to put up my dukes at any time. So, being the thinker that I am, I took a day to mull it over and decided yes, I would accomodate, on one condition; the copyright symbol would appear after or near Dos Chicas. They agreed. We signed the contract. Expect a report later this year as the book is slated for publication in August. I get a copy. woooooweeeeee
The second amazing thing was a surprise phone call from SELF magazine in NYC. They were doing an article about healthy lunches and wanted to have a few “samples” of the Lorraine for a photo shoot. !!! Again, I had a day to think it through, and decided yes. I had one day to get them made and shipped to make the deadline. Done. Look for that beautiful bag in the March issue coming up here pretty soon. Very Cool.
I am ordering oilcloth and cutting and sewing to get ahead for what I hope will be a lot of orders. Wish me well and send me good energy vibs. Maybe I should go have coffee with my cousin!