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Win It: Emily McDowell
Have you ever had someone from one chapter of your life pop up again in another one way down the road? I’ve had it happen to me a few different times, the most recent with illustrator Emily McDowell. The two of us attended advertising portfolio school together, and a few months ago our paths crossed again. This time in our post-agency careers. It was a welcome surprise, and the icing on the cake was realizing she was the Emily McDowell whose work I’d been seeing everywhere recently! Life is definitely funny sometimes.
So to celebrate friendship, Emily and I are teaming up on a giveaway of her lovely work. The winner will receive the print of their choice from Emily’s shop along with a second print for their best friend!
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Shell!
To Enter:
1. Visit Emily’s shop.
2. Leave a comment below telling me which print your BFF would love best.
3. Do both before Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 11:59 pm CST.
A winner will be chosen randomly shortly after the giveaway closes. Good Luck!
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Cute prints, very clever.
02-25-13 » 9:07 am »
Definitely the one about being your true self!
02-25-13 » 9:20 am »
Oh, oh! Best friend would LOVE the Love box print – she is spending her Lent focusing on spreading the love, actually. So pretty, Emily, and such a cute friendship story!
02-25-13 » 9:21 am »
I love these! My BFF would love the Peter Pan “Just always be waiting for me.” print
02-25-13 » 9:41 am »
Oh, my! my bff would adore the Peter Pan print — of course they’ll always be waiting for her!
02-25-13 » 9:41 am »
definitely the picasso bear print!
02-25-13 » 9:54 am »
My BFF is working on starting her own consulting company, so I think she would appreciate the “Not Afraid of Storms” print
02-25-13 » 9:55 am »
My BFF would love the Be Yourself one or the BE Kind one. Thanks for the chance to win!
02-25-13 » 10:11 am »
“Though She Be But Little”
We love that quote! I’m such a huge fan of Emily’s work – so inspirational, both design-wise, and in the words themselves.
02-25-13 » 10:16 am »
What a lovely giveaway! My bff would totally dig The Girl Test print – because we always joke about that type of thing
02-25-13 » 10:22 am »
Gosh, I love her work! It would be a tough choice, but I would give the “Not Afraid of Storms” poster for a new BFF… it seems to fit this time in her life.
02-25-13 » 10:29 am »
I haven’t been on the actual blog darn blog reader, didn’t realize you have a new and BEAUTIFUL design (of course) and congrats:)
02-25-13 » 10:36 am »
My best friend is 5 feet 1/2 inch. She always reminds me of that 1/2 inch. So for her, I’d choose Shakespeare’s “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” For she is fierce of heart.
02-25-13 » 10:37 am »
I love the Picasso “Everything you can imagine” print, and think my friend would too!
02-25-13 » 10:39 am »
My BFF Abigail would love the Elanor Roosevelt quote! Very motivational
02-25-13 » 10:43 am »
My BFF would love the “Not Afraid of Storms” print, not that she needs any reminders to be fearless.
02-25-13 » 10:52 am »
My BFF is a performer in Chicago and the “I am not Afraid. I was born to do this” is a perfect fit for her!
02-25-13 » 11:09 am »
I love the Be Kind one or the Smile one, or the Thank You for Existing one, and my BFF would as well!!!!!
02-25-13 » 11:14 am »
Definitely the “You’re doing a … great job!” The BFF would love it!
02-25-13 » 11:33 am »
I’d have to say “Just always be waiting for me.” from JM Barrie
02-25-13 » 11:37 am »
My bestie would love the “Be Yourself” Oscar Wilde print. (There are so many great ones, it was difficult to decide!)
02-25-13 » 11:41 am »
These are beautiful! My sister is absolutely my BFF, and she’s been going through the worst time right now. Just really down. In an effort to get her thinking outside of herself for a bit, me and my family are helping her give her room a makeover. Serendipitous! So the ‘I am not afraid of the storms’ quote would be an apt inspiration message to hang in her new bedroom
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02-25-13 » 12:22 pm »
My BFF and I would both love the “Though she be but little” because we’re shorties. Fierce shorties, of course!
02-25-13 » 12:23 pm »
The small but fierce print is great.
02-25-13 » 1:03 pm »
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE the print from Oscar Wilde that says “be yourself, everyone else is taken.” I have this written almost everywhere, my bathroom, my desk at work, I truly try to live by these words. I think the rainbow letters are a beautiful way to bring this AWESOME quote to life!!
XOXO,
Laure
(LOVE YOUR BLOG!)
02-25-13 » 1:04 pm »
My BFF would LOVE the Don’t Shush Your Inner Voice!
02-25-13 » 1:11 pm »
I’d get the “You’re Doing A F*@king Great Job!” for my sister, because she cusses like a sailor but really is doing a great job! She moved to LA last year. She’d love it!
02-25-13 » 1:13 pm »
My BFF would LOVE the “Not Afraid of Storms Quote” print! And the “small but fierce” print… love them all!
02-25-13 » 1:13 pm »
It’s virtually impossible to choose because I ADORE all of Emily’s prints, but my BFF would love this one!: http://www.etsy.com/listing/101111077/dont-shush-your-inner-voice?
02-25-13 » 1:19 pm »
These are so great!! I know my BFF would love the “Be yourself” print!
02-25-13 » 1:30 pm »
I think my friend would like “You Are Doing A Fucking Great Job.” Love your work!
02-25-13 » 1:36 pm »
I love all of them, but my BFF would like the
“Be yourself” Oscar Wilde quote.
02-25-13 » 1:37 pm »
Gosh. So many would be perfect. “You are doing a F**ing great job” or the Velveteen Rabbit one….
02-25-13 » 1:40 pm »
My Choice:
“And Delight Reigned”
Thank you!!
02-25-13 » 1:50 pm »
Though She Be But Little by Shakespeare print – I love that quote!
02-25-13 » 2:08 pm »
My friend would LOVE the “Though she be but little she is fierce.” It would be so perfect for her.
02-25-13 » 2:24 pm »
My BFF loves that Jeremy Taylor quote.
02-25-13 » 3:14 pm »
My BFF would lurve the “Everything You Can Imagine Is Real” print because the colors are lovely, it has a bear on it and the message is a Pablo Piccasso quote. So really, it’s a triple threat.
02-25-13 » 3:32 pm »
when i saw the “and delight will reign” print, i immediately thought of my bff emily. i would love for us both to own it, and think of happy times together when we see it.
02-25-13 » 3:42 pm »
my bff’s are my daughters and they are both working hard in undergrad and grad school–definitely the “you are doing a f*ing great job!” print!
02-25-13 » 3:49 pm »
My BFF would love the Lucky print. It is her word of the year and it would make her chuckle each time she saw it. I have been a huge fan of Emily’s work for years now and the chance to gift a print would be great! Thank you!
02-25-13 » 3:55 pm »
My BFF would love the “We are all awesome” print!!
02-25-13 » 4:11 pm »
My BFF would love to have and i would love to give her the Secret Garden print.
02-25-13 » 5:18 pm »
I love the “And delight reined” my sister in law would looove the “though she be but little” print. She also already loves Emily McDowell!
02-25-13 » 5:58 pm »
My best friend epitomizes “I would rather be lucky than good.” I would love to give her that print!
02-25-13 » 6:43 pm »
Best Friend Forever would for sure 100% love the “Just Always Be Waiting” print – she just got married and it would fit perfectly in their new love nest. : )
02-25-13 » 7:19 pm »
My bff would love the Shakespeare print (Though She Be But Little) cause she’s a lot of personality in a shorter stature. Although she might get a real kick out of the ones with the more colorful language!!
02-25-13 » 7:28 pm »
BFF would definitely love the Peter Pan print. A constant reminder of childhood whimsy.
02-25-13 » 7:31 pm »
Love her work!
My BFF would love the Oscar Wilde “Be Yourself” print – fond memories of being ridiculous together while growing up.
02-25-13 » 7:51 pm »
My BFF would enjoy the “You Are Doing A F&cking Great Job” Print
02-25-13 » 8:11 pm »
http://www.etsy.com/listing/93608941/thank-you-for-existing-quote-print-11×14?
Id like this one for my bestie, because she really needs to know this all the time. and when i need to go to work, this poster can step in for me!
02-25-13 » 8:20 pm »
my friend would love the picasso quote because it has a bear!
02-25-13 » 8:59 pm »
I think my BFF would like this one best: http://www.etsy.com/listing/116554852/design-mom-collection-peter-pan-print?, mostly because it is so simple and cute, and because it has the moon on it which she and I are both obsessed with.
02-25-13 » 9:25 pm »
Oh definitely “though she be but little”. My bestie is a tiny girl and we love using the word fierce. It’s so perfect, if I don’t get this I can def see buying it for her anyways.
02-25-13 » 10:09 pm »
My BFF would seriously love the “Love Will Save Us All” print. too cute!
02-25-13 » 10:21 pm »
My BFF in Chicago could use some delight reigning down on her right now. I love that print too!
02-25-13 » 10:52 pm »
Amazing, amazing, I love Emily’s work! My best friend moved to Panama recently, for her I’d pick the “I’m not afraid of Storms…”, actually I would love this print for myself as well, such a good message! Thank you for hosting this giveaway!!
02-26-13 » 2:38 am »
Her prints are lovely + her sense of humor is great! I love her description along the artful print “Smile.” It’s too funny: I suffer from a condition called Chronic Unintentional B—-face. People I meet sometimes think I don’t like them, when I really do! I made this drawing to remind myself that smiling is totally not that hard, and makes everyone feel good. My bestie would love this one!
02-26-13 » 9:44 am »
I would love the Shakespeare print for my daughter as she was in Midsummer Night Dream and loved that line in the play! I have admired this print for a while and have it on my pinterest board. Thanks for the chance to win!
02-26-13 » 10:11 am »
Love is friendship set on fire! So perfect.
02-26-13 » 11:06 am »
Love Emily McDowell’s art! My BFF and I would love just about any of them but I will go with “Secure Your Own Mask.” Thank you!
02-26-13 » 11:19 am »
My BFF would love the Anne of Green Gables Print!!
02-26-13 » 12:04 pm »
Both me and my best friend would love the print that says “This scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity…” Now that is an encouraging quote! I love Emily’s style — it’s simple, graphic and clean. And all of the quotes she has chosen to illustrate are inspiring. Hard to choose just one. Thanks for offering this giveaway. Hope I win.
02-26-13 » 1:52 pm »
My bff would love the “You’re doing a … great job.”!
02-26-13 » 4:05 pm »
My best friend would love the Picasso “Everything you can imagine is real” Bear print! And I would too!
Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!
02-26-13 » 6:14 pm »
My BFF would love the Joan of Arc print, “I am not afraid. I was born to do this.”
I’d love it, too!
02-26-13 » 6:28 pm »
everything you can imagine is real.
love that one
02-26-13 » 6:38 pm »
My sister just gave birth to her first child, a daughter. I would go with “Though she be but little, she is FIERCE!”
I want it to be an inspiration for her
02-26-13 » 7:31 pm »
BBF would adore the Winston Churchill inspirational quote print “Do You Have Enemies”. She is one tough cookie and has stood up for both herself and her colleagues enough times to have rattled the chain of command. She may have enemies, as Churchill states, but she without a doubt took a stand and refused to budge. My BFF is one admirable gal!
02-26-13 » 7:40 pm »
She would definitely love the Winston Churchill print! This is such a fun and cute giveaway
02-26-13 » 9:09 pm »
Winston Churchill’s do you have enemies quote has special resonance for all my dear friends in the public service as we see staff reduced and reduced and workloads continue to grow. Something’s gotta give …
02-27-13 » 3:07 am »
Totally in love with her store. My bf was named after Wendy in PeterPan so this one would be cute. { “Just always be waiting for me.” This was the last thing Peter Pan ever said to Wendy, before she grew up.}
02-27-13 » 5:47 am »
I so want the little/fierce one for myself! But I think my BFF would like the “be yourself” one…
02-27-13 » 9:34 am »
Both my BFF and I could use the print: You and doing a f*ing great job. That is some much needed reassurance.
02-27-13 » 10:20 am »
The little but fierce print for sure. Love that quote. SO many great prints to choose from… love them!
02-27-13 » 10:56 am »
“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken” – awesome!
02-27-13 » 12:59 pm »
Though she be but little, she is fierce…
02-27-13 » 1:41 pm »
Oh man I’d get my husband/best friend the “Love Is Friendship Set On Fire” print for sure! These are all so great though!
02-27-13 » 4:22 pm »
I love the picasso quote print. The peter pan quote print is perfect for my best friend.
02-27-13 » 4:30 pm »
My BFF would live them all but I would choose Amd Delight Reigned for her…and probably for me! LOVED her store, thanks for emptying my wallet.
02-27-13 » 4:58 pm »
My bestie would definitely like the tea quote from Alice in Wonderland, as most of our time together consists of tea sippin’.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/120816660/design-mom-collection-its-always-tea?
02-27-13 » 6:38 pm »
Tea time! My hubby (BFF) and I met at a tea shop. Tea is kind of a big deal.
02-27-13 » 7:55 pm »
I love the Peter Pan “Just always be waiting for me.” print
so simple and elegant <3
02-27-13 » 9:02 pm »
Amazing work! My favourites (hard to choose) are “tea time”, and “A Love Card for When You’re Kind of Together”
02-27-13 » 9:35 pm »
I love the “I am not afraid, I was born to do this” print
02-27-13 » 11:10 pm »
Oh my, what a great giveaway! So excited to recently have learned about Emily’s amazing work and love that you two go way back. My BFF, Kathleen, would definitely love the “Don’t Shush Your Inner Voice…” print and although I love all the prints, I’m partial to the Louisa May Alcott quote, as it was the very first art I had on my wall as a kid – a gift from my mariner father.
02-28-13 » 12:14 am »
I’ve always lusted over Emily Mcdowell’s prints. A BFF just had a little girl – I think they would both love the “be yourself, everyone else is taken” print (even though the little one can’t really focus here eyes yet… minor detail!).
02-28-13 » 7:25 am »
“Just always be waiting for me.”
:’c *tear!
03-01-13 » 2:51 am »
My 5’1” BFF would love the “Though She Be But Little” print.
03-01-13 » 7:18 am »
BE NICE TO YOURSELF! Ah, a theme for me in 2013 and one of my new year’s resolutions. So far, so good
I would love to hang that in my office as a reminder.
03-01-13 » 7:56 am »
My bff would love the Louisa May Alcott quote from Little Women
03-01-13 » 9:48 am »
Fun giveaway! Definitely the “I love the shit out of you” print. I have such a soft spot for sentiment
03-01-13 » 2:01 pm »
My best friend is a huge Anne of Green Gables fan -who isn’t?
She would love the “it is so much easier to be good..” quote. Fun giveaway!
03-01-13 » 5:08 pm »
Ohhh. And Delight Reigned! Gorgeous
03-01-13 » 8:50 pm »
Definitely “the velveteen rabbit” quote
love her store!
03-01-13 » 11:24 pm »
I love her “and delight reigned” print, and I’ve actually wanted to buy it for my best friend for a while now! Would love to surprise her with it.
03-01-13 » 11:53 pm »
Just gorgeous… So difficult to pick a favourite! There are so many beautiful and apt designs. Top three: be yourself, delight reigned, and sail my ship… Beautiful.
03-02-13 » 6:45 am »
My best friend, who is really and truly the best, deserves the “I love the sh*t out of you” print because a) I do and b) we swear like sailors when we’re together.
03-02-13 » 6:39 pm »
YOU GUYS! Thank you all so much for your kind words on my work! What a treat for me to get to read all these sweet comments and hear about all the different pieces that resonate for you, and why. Love it. xoxoxo
03-02-13 » 10:09 pm »
“though She Be But Little” would be great for my BFF!
03-03-13 » 12:03 am »
The Velveteen Rabbit print – very true!
03-03-13 » 9:10 am »
And Delight Reigned, because no matter what we do, it’s so much fun.
03-03-13 » 9:22 am »
My bff would love “I am not afraid, I was born to do this” because doing your own thing is scary!
03-03-13 » 9:22 am »
Gorgeous work! I think my pick for my BFF would have to be the “I am not afraid of Storms” print, which is also the one I’d probably have to pick for myself. And that’s probably why we’re BFFs!
03-03-13 » 9:43 am »
I have a friend who needs the “You Are Doing A F&cking Great Job Print” on her wall pronto. Don’t we all need that print on our walls?
03-03-13 » 10:19 am »
Love this contest! I would love to win the “it’s always tea time”, for my mom and I.
03-03-13 » 10:32 am »
my bff would definitely love the “be yourself” print. such a fun giveaway!
03-03-13 » 3:51 pm »