One of Eva Juliet prints hangs in my bedroom and I adore it. Eve is an artist based in Montreal and has the ability to send a message through her prints in a very... romantic way.
I'm so excited to be closing these anniversary giveaway with a beautiful gift from the always sweet Eve.
Who is Eve?
Tell us a bit about yourself and your work. How did it all start?
My name is Eve but my mom calls me Eva. I work as an art director for a few magazines here in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EvaJuliet was born when I felt the need of creating my own graphic design artworks with an entire liberty.
I dreamt of creating my own graphic projects without any restriction and constrain for a very long time but I always put it off because I didn’t have the time or it was not the good time for several reasons. From that moment on, I got the idea of the Make it Happen poster. I needed some reminder, some motivator, something that could help me every day to reach my dream. I thought maybe it could help somebody else and I decided to start my Etsy shop to sell this poster.
During the process, I have realized that it’s not about leaving everything spontaneously to follow your dreams but it’s about making one tiny action, every day, that brings you more and more closer of the situation you want to be in. But the most important is to make the first step in this way.
My name is Eve but my mom calls me Eva. I work as an art director for a few magazines here in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. EvaJuliet was born when I felt the need of creating my own graphic design artworks with an entire liberty.
I dreamt of creating my own graphic projects without any restriction and constrain for a very long time but I always put it off because I didn’t have the time or it was not the good time for several reasons. From that moment on, I got the idea of the Make it Happen poster. I needed some reminder, some motivator, something that could help me every day to reach my dream. I thought maybe it could help somebody else and I decided to start my Etsy shop to sell this poster.
During the process, I have realized that it’s not about leaving everything spontaneously to follow your dreams but it’s about making one tiny action, every day, that brings you more and more closer of the situation you want to be in. But the most important is to make the first step in this way.
Who or what inspires you?
I find my inspiration at unsuspected places. One day, I found the inspiration for an illustration in a knurl, on my living-room wood floor! Inspiration is hidden everywhere! You just have to keep your eyes and your mind opened. Inspiration could also comes from a situation. For example, my Choose Joy poster was created after an unfortunate incident. I said to myself; I could choose to be angry about this situation and loose my time and energy, or, I could play down the importance of this, realize it’s not the end of the world and get back my good mood. The Choose Joy poster was born!
I find my inspiration at unsuspected places. One day, I found the inspiration for an illustration in a knurl, on my living-room wood floor! Inspiration is hidden everywhere! You just have to keep your eyes and your mind opened. Inspiration could also comes from a situation. For example, my Choose Joy poster was created after an unfortunate incident. I said to myself; I could choose to be angry about this situation and loose my time and energy, or, I could play down the importance of this, realize it’s not the end of the world and get back my good mood. The Choose Joy poster was born!
What do you love most of what you do?
Everything. I feel totally and entirely happy about everything as regards EvaJuliet. It’s like eating sweet cakes with a perfect café au lait, sitting at a table outside a café, by a splendid sunny day, with your best friend! Pure pleasure! I love to create, find new ideas, I love to take pictures, to receive comments from customers and chatting a bit with them. I like to go to the Post Office to send my illustrations all over the world. I like to think I propagate positive thoughts in the world.
Everything. I feel totally and entirely happy about everything as regards EvaJuliet. It’s like eating sweet cakes with a perfect café au lait, sitting at a table outside a café, by a splendid sunny day, with your best friend! Pure pleasure! I love to create, find new ideas, I love to take pictures, to receive comments from customers and chatting a bit with them. I like to go to the Post Office to send my illustrations all over the world. I like to think I propagate positive thoughts in the world.
Any advice for aspiring shop owners?
I think the first motivation to own a shop is to want to have fun with this. I think you should see it as a pretext to create, explore and having fun. If you do that only to make money at any cost, it risks being tiring and maybe even disheartening if your expectations are too high.
I think the first motivation to own a shop is to want to have fun with this. I think you should see it as a pretext to create, explore and having fun. If you do that only to make money at any cost, it risks being tiring and maybe even disheartening if your expectations are too high.
And now for the giveaway! What?
The winner can pick any 8.5x11 print of their choice
How?
- Follow A Diary of Lovely and visit Eva Juliet. Come back and comment with your favorite item.
Extra entries
- Tweet about this giveaway (use @adiaryoflovely)
- Follow me on Twitter or/and facebook
- Become a Fan on Eva Juliet on Facebook
- Follow A Diary of Lovely and visit Eva Juliet. Come back and comment with your favorite item.
Extra entries
- Tweet about this giveaway (use @adiaryoflovely)
- Follow me on Twitter or/and facebook
- Become a Fan on Eva Juliet on Facebook
(Please leave a separate comment for each entry.Thank you all so much! Winner will be picked at random next week)
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