My 2015 Goals & Dreams for LFR

I’m so excited to share with you today some of my big dreams and goals I’d like to accomplish for Letters from Rita during 2015!

But first, let’s recap 2014. It was a defining year!

– Re-launched LFR in July 2014 (I had originally launched my Etsy shop in August 2013, but kind of just let it sit there. This year I actually told people that it existed.)

– Collabed with 10+ amazing bloggers in the Boston area.

– Started the LFR Instagram account, where I met and connected with many artists!

– Contributed to a styled shoot with Joie Mag.

– Made a big decision regarding purely custom artwork.

– Bought a domain name and website (that I’m not linking to, because it’s not completely done yet.)

– In general, became more confident in my artistic ability 😉

So you can say 2014 was pretty great. Thanks SO much for helping that happen!

But now onto 2015 🙂 I have some big goals and expectations for this little biz! Some of these are reach goals, and some of them I think are totally possible. And I’ll work to make them real!

2015 Goals and Dreams

– Finish my website and make it live to the world!

– Commission 4 custom art pieces a month.

– Grow my Instagram community to 800. Make it more of a community.

– Letter 2 invitation suites this year.

– Contribute to 2 New England styled shoots.

– Create a greeting card line + sell in local stores (2 in particular.)

– Send 10 just-for-fun snail mails a month!!

Thanks again so much for being on the journey with me! It means a lot<3

Watercolor Christmas!

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I’ve had the pleasure of working on a bulk order of 65 prints this week! The most special part of it was that my client’s vision was to have them watercolored, and obviously I was not going to say no! So I dusted off my watercolor set and created some of my favorite work so far!

First I hand-lettered the words. Then I scanned. Then I cleaned it up in Illustrator. Then I printed 65 copies! Then I watercolored!

You may see more watercolor in LFR’s future 😉 Here are some behind the scenes!

Quoverheards: A History

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For all you regulars (so, three people) you know what Quoverheards are. But for all you new-to-LFR-ers, here’s a little history!

Earlier in the year I participated in Fun-a-Day Boston, and my daily project was to doodle a phrase or quote I overheard each day. All I wanted was to hear a good mix of funny, sweet and wise words. But what I realized halfway through was that this project was teaching me to be more present. I wasn’t just going to the coffee shop and staying in my own on-the-phone-bubble. I was paying attention to what was happening around me. And I liked that a lot. Not to mention, people are hilarious.

I completed the Fun-a-Day project over the 31 days of January and then started up again in March because I kind of missed the idea. I stopped again in early May and I think it’s finally time to start back up! It might not be daily, but I’ll try! 🙂 I’ll post some here and there on the blog, but to stay in the loop, follow along on Instagram!