I'm looking for someone with connections.  I was hoping since this is such a large community maybe someone here knows someone who can help....

My 15 yr old daughter is IMHO a very talented budding artist.  She has a flair for turning everday sayings into amazing art projects.  Her goal in life is to be the next Mary Englebreit.  I think she has a real shot at this.  What we are looking for is someone who can help her turn her natural ability into a feasible business.  My primary thoughts for commercial conversion are something in the greeting card industry (cards, calendars, gift bags) or the scrapbooking industry (die cuts, papers, stickers etc).  I think there is a possible application in the art industry - think color backgrounds with white matting and black frames in little girls rooms. 

Does anyone know anyone who could possibly help us (her) get started somewhere?  Maybe you know a printing company, a commercial designer, a publisher, etc who could help..... Below is a sample of a card she made for one of her teachers this year.  This is a saying that the teacher once said that resonated with her.... 'people who are bored are boring people"  I personally think she has done better card presentations, but her use of color is very good and the artistic flair for commerical possibilities is high... what do you think?

I will say the scanned image is far less vibrant than the image is in peson. Again, thanks for your time and any help would be greatly appreciated... you never know, you may be responsible for granting a 15 yr old her life's dream!

I forgot to add that she also does a little work in the photographic medium as well.  This is a SELF PORTRAIT that she 'enhanced'... I wanted to blow this up and put it in her bedroom, unfortuately she saved it in too small of a resolution.... argh!  BTW she didn't even know about Andy Warhol... which is exactly what it reminds me of!

 

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MAY
06
2007
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Good luck I would imagine that is a tough industry to get into.

 

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MAY
07
2007
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Mellisa, Great work. Beautiful daughter. You must be very proud. Does her art teacher have suggestions? I know that in the Writer's Handbook there is a small section for people who do greeting cards. It is an expensive book and comes out new each year. Check the library first if you don't want to invest.
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