Atlantic Anchors

A Nautical Blog by Mj Foery

Etsy Shop

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Hi Everyone! 
Today I am announcing the grand opening of my new Etsy shop, Annapolis Prepster Art!

I have been wanting to make an Etsy for awhile so I’m very excited to sell my artwork and share it with you all! At the moment, I offer 10 different paintings in my shop.
All are inspired by Lilly Pulitzer prints and patterns.
By clicking on each painting, you can choose from a variety of sizes, each varying in price.
If you are interested in a print or pattern that is not listed, feel free to contact me through Etsy or my email morganfoery09@gmail.com and I will be happy to work with you to create that print.

Since I have now opened my shop, I would like to share with you a discount code.
Use the code: GRANDOPENING at checkout for 10% off your order!
If you order now, you can get your paintings before the holidays.
They make for the perfect gifts for family and great room or house decor!
Below, I have included pictures of all of the paintings at my shop. 

 

You can buy several different prints and pair them together to make a beautiful gallery wall!
Please give my shop a look and feel free to favorite it and shop by clicking here!
Remember to use the discount code: GRANDOPENING at checkout for 10% off of your order!
But hurry, the code expires on November 20th!

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Painting Lilly Pulitzer: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Hi Everyone! 
I follow Lilly Pulitzer on Snapchat and if you don’t you should! 
You can add them on Snapchat: @lilly_pulitzer. 
Their snaps literally brighten my day. 
Today, they posted pictures of the process they used to paint a print. 
I’m putting these pictures together and making a Step-by-Step guide on how to paint a 
Lilly Pulitzer print.
I have painted many different prints and if you break the print down it’s very easy to do. 
These pictures show the different steps and how the painter broke it down.
If you are interested in painting this, just follow the pictures and the steps listed below them!
I hope you enjoy!

Steps:
1) Pick out all the colors you need and get different size brushes. 
2) Start with one color and an outline (in this case, pink). 
3) Focus on one object at a time (one shell, then one oyster, ect).
4) One the pink has dried, use your second color and paint with that (yellow). 
5) Bring in the third color (green) and then a fourth (blue).
6) Paint more objects (more shells, starfish, ect). 
7) Overlap colors and fill in objects with contrasting colors. 
If you would like to see some of the prints I have painted, you can check out my tumblr page here.
Also stay tuned: I will be making an etsy shop and selling some of my Lilly paintings! 
Let me know in the comments what prints you would like to see!
(Note: All of these photos were taken from Lilly Pulitzer’s Snapchat and are property of Lilly Pulitzer. I have edited and cropped these pictures only to fit my blog)
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DIY Lilly Binder Covers

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Hey Everyone!
I have received lots of questions about how to make your own Lilly Pulitzer Binder Covers so I wanted to explain how I made my own. 
 
1) To begin, I googled “Lilly Pulitzer Print Wallpaper” and found the print that I wanted to use to make my binder covers. I also have a lot saved on my Pinterest “Pulitzer” board. For this tutorial, I used the print “Jellies Be Jammin”. 
2) Next, I clicked on the image and I saved it as a JPG to my desktop.
3) I used the website Canva.com to make my binder covers. The “Poster” design works best for a binder cover. 
4) When you click on the “Poster” design, this screen will open up. Click on “Upload your own images” and choose the Lilly Print that you saved. I clicked on it and just uploaded it straight from my desktop. Your image will pop up in the bottom left corner of the screen and you just need to click on the image for it to open on the template. 
  5) Once your image is uploaded, Go to the “text” tab on the left side. Here you can pick and click  through different text layouts. Make sure you pick one that says “free” so that you won’t be charged. 
6) I scrolled down a bit until I reached these layouts. I ended up picking the white ribbon one. Each one is customizable with colors and fonts though. Click on the text layout that you want and it will pop up on the poster screen.
7) One the text layout is on the screen, you can customize it by clicking through colors and different fonts. Personally, I like the font that comes with this design so I just change my colors. I have found that a white or off-white color works best for a background. Next, I typed in the name of my course. For the text color and border color, I like to choose a color that is found in the print to compliment it.
8) One everything is the way you want it, hit the download button at the top right and then hit “Image: for Web (JPG)”. 
9) Next, hit save File and then drag it from your Downloads file to your desktop. Lastly, just print it out and you have your very own binder cover!
If you have any other more questions/if something was unclear feel free to comment or shoot me and email!
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