To a wonderful 2012!

Wishing you a safe and wonderful New Year's Eve and a prosperous and healthy 2012!!
Cheers!

Mariya Paskovsky - Champagne Toast

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Holiday illustrations - part 2

Claudine Hellmuth - Holiday Dogs

Martha Rich - Happy Holidays

Robin Moline - Winter Weathervane

Terri Fry Kasuba - Holiday Pattern

Holiday illustrations - part 1

We hope that you are all enjoying a wonderful holiday season!  It always takes a little while to get back into the swing of things after the holidays, so we've decided to keep it light and just give you some post-Christmas / pre-New Year's eye candy for Christmas Week.  Enjoy!

Kim Rosen - Hugs

Robin Moline - Wintery Farm

Terri Fry Kasuba - Holiday Cheer

Chris Buzelli - Holiday Lie

Robin Moline illustration: Winter Town

Robin Moline created this amazing winter landscape for Guideposts Magazine's "The Joys of Christmas 2011".  The piece was for the annual special issue, and Robin also did last year's cover illustration.  Just looking at these images gets us into the holiday spirit ... and makes us want to go skiing!

Robin Moline - The Joys of Christmas 2011

Robin Moline - The Joys of Christmas 2010

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Lucie Rice - A Brief History of Thanksgiving

Being that most of us are getting ready for Thanksgiving festivities of one sort or another tomorrow, it seemed fitting to share this new piece created by Lucie Rice.  It's pretty much Thanksgiving in a nutshell, and we hope you like it!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Oh, don't forget to check out more of Lucie's work here...

Lucie Rice - A Brief History of Thanksgiving (click to enlarge)

In case you want a little more, here's Wikipedia's version:
Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European and Native traditions.[1] Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community.[1] At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a harvest season.[1] When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest.[1] Though the origins of the holiday in both Canada and the United States are similar, Americans do not typically celebrate the contributions made in Newfoundland, while Canadians do not celebrate the contributions made in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[2]

Kim Rosen Illustration: Thanksgiving-on-the-go

Kim Rosen did this illustration for an article about where to eat out - and take out - if you happen to be in Chicago this Thanksgiving.  The image and article are in the current issue of Time Out Chicago.  Nice!

Kim Rosen - Thanksgiving 2011

Source: Kim's Blog