Gift Ideas: Limited Edition Prints from Kristine Daniels Studio

If you're looking for a special gift for children or dog people (especially corgi fans), I have some beautiful prints available.

My Limited Edition Giclée prints look EXACTLY like my original watercolor/colored pencil illustrations! Giclée prints are high-quality digital prints made with archival ink on acid-free art paper. Each print is signed on the print itself and on the authenticity label on the back.

All prints are 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches in white or ivory mats. Please contact me for current prices. Larger sized prints are also available by special order.  Contact me by email for payment information (by check or money order only) and shipping arrangements: artgirlkris@comcast.net

Book Signing Dec. 3!

Book signing ahead!!
I'll be at Santa's Secret Workshop at Ford Middle School School  (708 Middle Rd.) on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 from 1 to 4 p.m. Yes, Santa will be there, too!!!

Merchandise for sale includes both of my books (Floyd and the Mysterious Night Time Noise and Floyd and the Irresistible Cookie, $18 each), cool magnets ($1 each) and snazzy matching bookmarks ($2 each). 


AT THIS EVENT ONLY:  $2 for each book sold at Santa's Secret Workshop will be donated to the Acushnet P.T.O.!!!


Also available: Limited Edition Gicleé prints! All prints are 8 x 10 inches, matted to 11 x 14 inches in white or ivory mats. All 8 x 10 prints are $25. I will have a few larger prints available, priced as marked.  Larger sized prints are also available by special order.

These are great gifts for a child's room/nursery of for people who love their dogs! Plus they will fit any affordable 11 x 14 inch frame.

Prints to choose from (without the watermarks, of course!):

"Dream" © Kristine Daniels 2010
 

"Lighting the Moon" © Kristine Daniels 2007

"Art Dogs"  © Kristine Daniels 2011

"To the Kitchen" © Kristine Daniels 2009

"Night Window" © Kristine Daniels 2010

"Flying" © Kristine Daniels 2007

Manjiro Festival Day!

Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 was Manjiro Festival Day in Fairhaven and I had my book table set up in our beautiful town hall. This festival has become a unique tradition in our town and it was great to be a small part of it.

The Manjiro Festival celebrates Japanese-American friendship and is named for John Manjiro (Nakahama) who was the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States. In 1841, 14-year-old Manjiro was shipwrecked and rescued by Captain John Whitfield of Fairhaven, MA. Whitfield brought him back to Fairhaven where Manjiro was educated and lived in town with the captain's family. He eventually returned to Japan and became instrumental in the Japan-United States Friendship Treaty.

The festival has great food, crafts (both Japanese and American items) demonstrations, music and more. This year over 100 visitors from Japan traveled here to go to this festival and walk the Manjiro Trail. Next year the festival will be held in our sister city Tosashimizu, Japan, so your next chance to go in the U.S. will be in 2013.

Margi Preus, author of Heart of a Samurai, traveled to Fairhaven as well to give an author lecture and sign books. This is a top-pick Newberry Honor book for middle grade readers that tells the story of Manjiro.

In the meantime, here are a few pictures I snapped.  An added perk of being set up indoors due to impending rain was getting to see and hear the amazing percussionists of Odaiko New England (Taiko drummers) who performed twice in the auditorium...

One of the amazing stained glass windows in the Fairhaven Town Hall auditorium.

The opposite side of the auditorium where I was getting set up for the day.

Here's my table all ready to get started.

The Okaido New England drummers performing for a huge crowd