August is here!

Time to change your desktop calendar :)

Click on the small image below to make it larger and download from there. Enjoy!
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Here Kitty Kitty

Making a few leather pouches to give as presents to my family & dear friends.

I've got quite a few cat lovers among them so I'll be making two or three more kitties.

Through the Lens

A great crested flycatcher, Echinopsis chamaecereus aka peanut cactus & my sweet boy Turbo.

Kilim

Just for fun. Watercolor on paper 9" x 12"

Lately...

Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to Sol Cófreces from Ushuaia, Argentina for winning the giveaway!

How exciting that my birdies are going to fly all the way south to Tierra del Fuego!

Thank you so much to everyone for participating and for your very kind words.

A BIG, BIG hug to each one of you ♥

Pouch

I thought you might like to see the finished project with the embroidered birdies I made.

For the lining I used the Peacocks fabric from my Alegria collection by Cloud9Fabrics.

It's a gift for my beautiful mom who lives in Chile. I hope she likes it.

***Giveaway update: I haven't been able to go through all of the lovely comments you left for me about my new coloring book/journal yet. There are so many! I will announce a winner tomorrow :)

Stitching

When the days are gray and chilly all I want to do is embroider :)
I'm a very messy keeper of thread.
Even though I try to tidy up my floss it always ends up in a tangled mess.
These ladies will knock your socks off with their thread magic:
Trish Burr, Yumiko Higuchi & Adriana Torres

New Book Giveaway!

I am more than thrilled to tell you about my new coloring book/journal I did in collaboration with Galison! Here is the description from Galison:

A Galison Avian Friends activity journal is a great gift for creative friends. The journal measures 7 x 8-3/4" with a lay-flat opening that makes it inviting to use.

In addition to being a great journal for writing, the interactive book's 112 pages guide budding visual artists through coloring, watercolor, sketching, completing drawings, and in keeping with the theme, creative activities like designing birdhouses.

Best of all, the book is fully designed throughout with charming birds, flowers, and still lifes by internationally acclaimed illustrator Geninne D. Zlatkis. A bonus interview sheds light on the artist's creative process and inspiration. 

The 'internationally acclaimed' part just makes me giggle :-P

Anyways...it is now available at Galison, Amazon and select stores all over the world.

I had so much fun creating all of the illustrations for this book, 

I hope you will enjoy it as well.

I'm celebrating with a giveaway! 

Please leave your name and where you're from in the comment section of this blog to participate. You have until next Friday at noon (Mexico City time) to play. 

I'll announce the winner on Saturday. Just one comment per person please.

-The winner will receive an autographed copy of the book plus a signed 5" x 5" one of a kind ink drawing made by me and one print of your choosing from my Etsy shop.

I will ship anywhere in the world so you are all welcome to participate!

Hugs from sunny Mexico, xoxo Geninne

******Comments are now closed.
Thank you so much for participating and your very kind words!
I will announce the winner tomorrow :)

Pedro

Meet Pedro, Frida's new friend :)

He'll be making his way to my Etsy shop later this week.

***Shop Update!

Something came up so I'm moving the shop update till Friday, 

July 5th at 2pm cst at Geninne's Originals
These are a few of the original pieces that will be available for purchase plus 22 one of a kind leather cuffs.