December Events: AHA Night & Old Time Holiday Weekend

Happy holidays, friends! I have 2 fantastic December events to tell you about:

THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 2013- AHA Night: Made in New Bedford
Floyd and the Irresistible Cookie book reading, 6 p.m. at the New Bedford Public Library on Pleasant Street (downtown to locals). A fun time for all ages... I'll be reading my very own Christmas story for you and there's free Floyd coloring activities for the kids.  Books and the new DVD available, too! Sponsored by the Early Literacy Consortium.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 2013- Fairhaven's Old Time Holiday Weekend
10a.m. - 3p.m., Brick Church Fair, 34 Center St. I'll be there with my books, DVDs, and Winter Peace CDs, too. It's a great weekend filled with lots of things to see and do in Fairhaven--hope to see you there!!

What? You hadn't heard about the new DVD??????
Featuring both Floyd books to date, The Adventures of Floyd...Two Short Canine Tales has original music composed and performed by Matt Richard and narration by Heidi Swedberg. Cinematographer Philip Holahan did an amazing job creating these short films from my original illustrations in a way I couldn't have possibly imagined. Sponsored by the Somerled Chartiable Foundation, ALL proceeds from DVDs ($10 donation) go to the MSPCA-Angell!

Exciting November News!

A couple of exciting things to report today...

First, the Winter Peace CD project is complete and available to purchase in time for this holiday season! Visit my web page for more info. I am proud to have created the cover art as well as all of the layout and graphic design work, my first complete CD design project ever! I also sing a duet with Patrice Tiedemann on Gesu Bambino. My husband, pianist Matt Richard, wrote all of the original arrangements for this project. This project was made possible by the many generous donors who contributed to our fund raising campaign-- thanks to all of you!

The entire "cast" will be performing a CD release concert on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church on 34 Center Street in Fairhaven, MA. Admission is $5 at the door and you'll be able to buy copies of the CD for $15. ALL proceeds from the CD and concert go to the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra's music education programs.

And--drum roll please-- FLOYD, THE MOVIE is ready and on it's way just in time for the holiday season! I will have copies of this Floyd companion DVD for sale at my upcoming events and it will be available on Amazon.com.

Featuring both Floyd books to date, Floyd...Two Short Canine Tales has original music composed and performed by Matt Richard and narration by Heidi Swedberg. Cinematographer Philip Holahan did an amazing job creating these short films from my original illustrations in a way I couldn't have possibly imagined. And HUGE thanks to Wendy Macdonald and the Somerled Chartiable Foundation who produced this project and are donating ALL proceeds from sales to the MSPCA-Angell! I'll be posting more info about this soon, so stay tuned!!

Kristine's October Updates

Happy autumn, everyone! It is absolutely beautiful outside right now in Fairhaven and I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend. I had an awesome time making puppets and talking books at Harvest Fun Day on Saturday, Oct. 12. If you missed it, you'll have to wait until next year and you'll definitely want to mark your calendars for that because it was a blast! Great job to Director of Tourism Chris Richard for organizing that event.

Here's an update on what I've been working on this fall so far:
I'm just finishing the art and design for the Winter Peace CD project. It's 99% ready to send to the CD production company where all of the little CDs will be born. The music sounds amazing, and I hope everyone likes it. Here are the before, middle and final results of the cover art...

Thumbnail concept sketches, July 2013

Preliminary art sample, July 2013

Final cover art- drawing stage, August 2013

Final cover art with text, September 2013