January - 2017

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Behind the scenes of a mother & daughter's humorous journey in creating new characters, writing, illustrating,

& self publishing a children's book.

"I May Not Have Gone Where I Intended to Go, But I Think I Ended Up Where I Needed to Be."

"I May Not Have Gone Where I Intended to Go, But I Think I Ended Up Where I Needed to Be."

Ecstatic to be included in this ocean of creativity, I collected paint brushes and water bowls from our art supply store and learned it was time for our first weekly meeting. Dan displayed an array of potential greeting cards and we artists were asked to choose one to work on. I never saw a fight. Creating a greeting card? What gives? The bean counters & Planning Department determined the price of the card, size, idea to follow, and color look. Within one week after illustrat

American Greetings, Here I Come!

American Greetings, Here I Come!

It all started in their basement. This is where the recently-hired fledglings were expected to master greeting card design, roses (for sure), color theory, die cut, landscapes, and of course, New England's churches. For some reason, those church steeples resulted in a lot of money for American Greetings. Most of us were fresh out of art school, but those months down in the depths of the building, resulted in an education comparable to another year of art school. All we could

And So it Begins!

And So it Begins!

It's hard to keep a messy desk when you are part of a mother & daughter team. Even though studies say that these types of desks are seedbeds of creativity and a sure sign of genius, trust me, it doesn't fly. No matter what your age, mothers will always be mothers. So clean up. Quickly. But I digress (must be part of my genius mind). New Edition~February 2017 As we prepare the second book of the series and release a new edition of our first book, we took time to reflect. It's

Kelly Tooman, Lynn Tooman-Cser

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Author, Kelly Tooman with illustrator,

Lynn Tooman-Cser