January 2012
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J'adore mes nouveaux crayons
I recently bought new brush pens and I love them. I am preparing a ton of new illustrations with them.
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Bonne année, giveaway!
It’s time to celebrate! Our ‘bonne année’ giveaway is just one way for us to thank all of our awesome clients for another amazing year.
You can enter by joining the Valérydesignwrks Facebook Fan Page or by following us on Twitter (please read the details below). Feel free to use both methods of entry, giving you 2 entries into the giveaway and increasing your chances of winning.
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November 2011
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Royal Bison Eleven
This weekend, make sure you visit Valérydesignwks’ booth at the 11th edition of the Royal Bison. This Craft & Art Fair is the best place to find unique an awesome Christmas gifts. I will be bringing new designs and products.
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Couronne de Noël
I am getting ready for Christmas and here is an illustration I am working on. Enjoy!
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Cartonlandia by Ana Serrano
I wanted to share with you this very nice project. A cardboard city made from hundreds of recycled cards and photographs by AnaSerrano. The details are awesome on this installation/sculpture. Her other projects are also very interesting so I encourage you to visit her website. Enjoy!
October 2011
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The elephants from Asia
Here is an illustration I just created for a laptop skin. Perhaps will you find one of them in my wallpaper section?
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Front & Company + Valérydesignwrks
Next time you go to Vancouver, make sure you visit the great and unique Front & Company store! Valérydesignwrks is extremely pleased to be partnering with them to sell its illustrative products.
For more information about Front & Co or to find them please visit their website.
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2012 Illustrative wall calendar
Valérydesignwrks’ illustrative wall calendar has arrived! If you wish to get a copy, you will have to be quick as there are only 150 copies and some of them are already gone at this time. You can purchase it online in our boutiques.
July 2011
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The Successful Hair Hipster
Here is a new illustration I created for you! You can enjoy it forever by getting its printed version here!
June 2011
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Je porte la barbe
I work with 3 guys with beard. Here is how they influence my illustration work.
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Bandit!
Bandit is a new illustration just for you! You can purchase this illustration on our online boutiques.
May 2011
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The new chrome clock designs!
We recently added a bunch of new clock designs in our boutiques! The lovely shinny steel clocks are available online and also in Edmonton, Alberta at The Wired Cup and at Carbon!
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The Successful Hair
Just playing around with my pens. Here is The Successful Hair.
April 2011
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Quick portraits
Here are 2 little quick illustrations I created today.
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Don't miss the 6th issue of AMMO Magazine!
Valérydesignwrks is pleased to be part of AMMO magazine. The release date of the 6th issue will be around April 30th. To order one or more copies of the magazine, follow this link.
February 2011
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2011 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration...
Celebration time! We just got a great news! Valérydesignwrks has again been awarded by the Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards, in the poster illustration category!
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More hot & cold travel mug designs!
Valérydesignwrks travel mugs are amongst our most popular illustrative items. Because you like them so much, we just launched 3 new designs just for you! Enjoy!
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Jolis coeurs
This new wallpaper design is there to be shared with the people you love (L).
January 2011
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Uppercase Work/Life 2
Valéry is very excited to be part of the Work/Life 2: the UPPERCASE directory of Illustration, international edition.
Two years after the first book, Work/Life 2 is a continuation of the theme we explored in the first edition. It is a book and media project that delivers the talent into the hands of art directors, publishers and art buyers.
A unique aspect of the project will be a companion...
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'Les Poissons Bleus'
‘Les Poissons’ clock has been quite successful. Since I like to make people happy, I am also offering ‘Les Poissons Bleus’. I hope you will enjoy it too and if you’d like us to consider a specific colour palette, let us know! It might inspire us for future clocks.
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A New pillow cover for the new year
Happy new year to you, my precious followers. For the beginning of this year, Valérydesignwrks wanted to offer you new designs to brighten up those hard days of winter. The Dinoz-O pillow cover is the first of them!
You can purchase this item here!
October 2010
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Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS)
Greeting card illustrations donated to SCARS, a non-profit Edmonton and Athabasca based registered charity that is operated solely by volunteers.
To see more illustrations, visit our ‘Gallery’ page.
September 2010
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New products pour vous!
Valérydesignwrks added new illustrative and eco-friendly products to its online boutiques! Make sure you visit them!
Supermarket valerydesignwrks.supermarkethq.com
etsy valerydesignwrks.etsy.com
Trunkt (Wholesale) valerydesignwrks.trunkt.com
If you can’t find what you are looking for or if you would like to carry Valérydesignwrks’ products in your boutique, please send us an email
August 2010
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Valérydesignwrks + someprints
Valérydesignwrks is very excited to join someprints!
www.someprints.com is a shiny new showcase for independent artists slash designers, set up by Graphic Nothing, and broadcasting to the world from Manchester, England.
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Henry Road →
Henry Road is a Los Angeles-based design studio and store. Make sure you visit their furniture section. They have wonderful chairs!
July 2010
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Valérydesignwrks on Treasury
Treasury is Etsy’s ever-changing, member-curated shopping gallery and Valérydesignwrks is proud to be part of it… several times! We would like to thank you very much for adding our products to your treasury. Valérydesignwrks is always rewarding everyone promoting its illustration work. If you add one of our product to your treasury or your blog or your website, feel free to send us...
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Enjoy the sun!
I wish I would be able to stay under the sun without burning… J’ai toujours espéré pouvoir rester au soleil sans brûler…
More information about ‘La dame de July’ framed illustration
June 2010
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Valérydesignwrks' illustration for green homes
Since awareness starts with education, Valérydesignwrks is pleased to provide the following environmental information about its illustrative products.
Valérydesignwkrs uses recycled materials to make its illustrative products. When they are not available or not affordable for a project, we use recyclable materials.
At Valérydesignwrks, there is no waste. Since we produce on demand, ...
May 2010
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'Yellow Pit Pit' Pillow Cover
Valérydesignwrks is expanding its product line by offering a collection of pillow covers to its illustrative products lovers. The first new born is the ‘Yellow Pit Pit’ and comes with two distinct sides to match your décor better. Each pillow cover is available in 3 sizes (H 15.7” x W 15.7” / H 19.7” x W 19.7” / H 23.6” x W 23.6”) and are %100 cotton.
The product will be available through our...
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Our new linesheet on Trunkt!
We have just updated our linesheet to make things easier for our wholesale buyers. Trunkt is a wholesale directory of artists, crafters and designers. With this web-based catalog, there is no need to send you multiple files or waste paper anymore! Favorite this address: valerydesignwrks.trunkt.com and there you go!
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Where the lovely things are
‘Where the lovely things are’ is a blog dedicated to art and craft, fashion and design. For many of us, it is part of our daily routine to browse on our favorite websites to discover a plenty of new things. I discovered this one since they feature some of our illustrative products and I am happy to add it to our daily browsing in order to keep ourselves entertained and inspired.
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New framed illustrations !
After a lot of requests from the ‘Bisoners’ last weekend, we added new framed illustrations to our online boutiques. Those framed illustrations are also available unframed. If you are interested in the print only, feel free to ask us and we will customize your order.
More information about the ‘Birdz Pnk’ framed illustration
More information about the ‘Pit...
April 2010
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Let's Celebrate!
We just got a load of great news! Valérydesignwrks has again been awarded twice this year by the Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards, in the Self-Promotion and in the Complete Calendar Illustration categories! Also, we were finalists for the Design Edge Canada’s Regional Design Awards! Let’s celebrate!
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New framed illustration
We just added this framed illustration to our Supermarket online boutique. We will also be bringing this illustrative product to the Royal Bison on May 1 and 2. Only one available.
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Quelle heure est-il ?
Valérydesignwrks is thrilled to launch this illustrative wall clock! This ‘Pit Pit’ version is the first of a series. Every Sunday of April and May, new designs will be unveiled. To purchase this wall clock, please visit my Supermarket or my ETSY online shop. New designs will also be available online shortly.
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The new illustrative 'Pit Pit' plates!
Valérydesignwrks is launching its first plate collection! These 10” melamine plates make fabulous gifts. With very easy care instructions, they can last a lifetime. The plates are dishwasher safe (we just ask you do not use them in the microwave).
For more information about them and to purchase them, please visit our Supermarket or Etsy online stores.
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Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards
Bravo! Valéry recently got not only one but 2 Applied Arts Illustration Awards! The 2010 Valerydesignwrks Illustrative Calendar got awarded in the Calendar Illustration category as well as in the Self-Promotion category! Congradulations to all the winners! Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards
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ADzif Unik
Valérydesignwrks has been working on wallpaper designs with ADzif. They will be available soon.
March 2010
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Valérydesignwrks, Moleskine
A Valérydesignwrks engraved leather cover which slip seamlessly over Moleskine® notebooks!
If you are interested in this product, please send us an email at info@valerydesignwrks.ca
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The 8th Biannual Royal Bison
Valérydesignwrks will be a part of the 8th Royal Bison! The show will be held on the 1st and 2nd of May at the same location, North of the Old Framer’s Market, Edmonton.
For this quarterly event, we will be bringing new illustration work! For more information, feel free to visit the Royal Bison website as well as their Facebook page.