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minted- baby announcements

2010-04-09T13:10:00.000-04:00

Voting isn't even over yet-- but my submission "Special Delivery" is already available for sale, for both boys + girls -- at Minted.com. Fun!

minted-wedding

2010-03-10T16:34:00.001-05:00

So- I finally entered the fun world of minted.com Here are the 3 designs I submitted under my J.Bartyn brand for the Breakout Wedding Challenge. What do you think? ~~Voting isn't available yet, but make sure to visit the site later to vote for your favorites.~~ update: Voting is over, and sadly I didn't win the big prize, but Sundance wildflowers was in the top 20!

Sundance Wildflowers

Parisian Grammar School

Vintage Picnic Basket

Martha Stewart for Cranes Holiday Cards

2009-12-04T06:47:00.000-05:00

Here is an illustration I did for the Martha Stewart for Cranes Holiday line.

The card is engraved and embossed. Right now you can save 10% on all personalized holiday cards.

Halloween 2009-Martha Stewart Crafts / Group 3

2009-10-10T16:12:00.000-04:00

More Halloween products based on the illustrations and pattern design I did for Martha Stewart. Available at Micheal's Craft stores.

Martha Stewart Halloween products for grandinroad

2009-10-07T14:19:00.005-04:00

Here are some of the products that use my designs and illustrations

Wall Cling

Witch on broomstick and cat illustration

Invitations

Dr. E.Vil Genius, grave hill laboratory logo

Caution tape

typography and skull illustration

Mad Scientist Bottle Labels

typography, borders, icons

Close up of bottle label

Hand drawn Poison type and painting of skull

Halloween reading poster for Highsmith

2009-10-02T21:11:00.000-04:00

Here is a Halloween poster I illustrated for Highsmith. It is 17x23 inches and is available for 5.95!

Halloween 2009 - Martha Stewart Crafts / Group 2

2009-09-30T20:08:00.006-04:00

Products for Martha Stewart Crafts. Classic Halloween theme with pumpkins, witches, owls, trees, birds and rats. I had a great time drawing these icons, the witch scenes, and working on the style guide. But, drawing the seamless spooky tree and bird pattern for the paper pack took FOREVER! The owl on the branch and jack-o-lantern are favorites of mine.

Available at Michael's Crafts (but I hear they are disappearing quickly!) And they seem to be sold out online--so, no links at them moment!

3x3 Children's Book Show

2009-08-26T10:52:00.004-04:00

Bone Soup was selected for an award of Merit for the 3x3 Children's Book Show 2009!
The printed annual will be available this fall. Hooray!

Halloween 2009 - Martha Stewart Crafts / group 1

2009-07-24T19:22:00.005-04:00

Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween products with my illustrations are starting to be available online at two peas in a bucket. I'll be posting them in groups. Here is the first group that is mad scientist style. I painted the skull and crossbones icon, fixed up old etchings of the spider, moth, other skull and skeleton + set custom type, created design elements based on old apothecary labels and drew the silhouettes of branches and birds.

Travel Blog

2009-07-11T18:04:00.005-04:00

As usual, life has come before blogging. Kari and I are on an old fashioned Victorian tour of Europe. I've been wanting to post images + sketches from my travels abroad-- but wasn't entirely convinced they fit in with art blob (especially since there are going to be a lot of images) So.... I have a new travel blog! http://tinysketch.blogspot.com Art blob will remain the place for new work + general updated about Kari + I. Thanks, and hope to see you on tiny sketch!

a new website (finally)

2009-02-05T13:27:00.002-05:00

I finally have a website up an running. it isn't complete but it's a start.

the url is: www.cambriaevans.com

(p.s. for right now, you have to type www. or it won't work.)

2008-10-26T22:58:00.004-04:00

Illustrations that I did for Pistachio, an eco-friendly brand by Indigo Books and Music Inc. (a major Canadian book seller) are being featured on their website.
In addition to the Fairy Birthday Collection, I also did some baby/peapod illustrations for gifts and stationary and more fairy illustrations for a coloring book! Not sure if/when the products will be available for purchase online-- so if anyone in Canada has pictures of the store or products I would love to see them.

Washington Post Review of Bone Soup

2008-10-23T14:09:00.003-04:00

Here is the newest review from the Washington Post!

"Familiarity with Stone Soup, the traditional tale of three hungry soldiers who trick an entire village into making soup for them from a pebble, isn't absolutely necessary to enjoy this deliciously shivery send-up . . . but it adds to the fun. The fright-inducing cover sports a greenish moon-shaped face, an eyeball floating in a spoon and the title spelled out in (what else?) bones. Inside, readers meet the rest of moon-faced Finnigin, whose stubby square teeth, squashy body and striped stockings resemble a ladybug gone haywire. Finnigin is looking for a feast. When the witch, mummy, beasts and zombies that he encounters claim they don't have anything for him, he resorts to trickery. The solution involves bat wings, spider eggs, toenail clippings, frog legs and other ghastly ingredients. The double-page spread of the pot filled to the brim with green goop is guaranteed to elicit groans. The illustrations, which borrow paneled layouts and speech balloons from the comics, are filled with tiny visual jokes. Kids will eat Bone Soup up."

2008-09-26T18:56:00.004-04:00

I've been running around doing readings, signing and assemblies the past 2 weeks. Here is a picture and a link to a blog about the picture book exhibit at Springville Museum of art. I hope to post more pictures soon!

Halloween is Coming

2008-09-05T16:12:00.005-04:00

The new Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween products are out, http://www.marthastewartcrafts.com . Some of the products created from Cambria's illustrations are the Owl Window Cling and the Glittered Chandelier Kit.

Bone Soup!

2008-09-04T10:38:00.006-04:00

My second children's book, Bone Soup, (houghton mifflin-harcourt) is finally in stores!
I have a list of confirmed book events at booktour.com
and click here for a press release

2008-09-04T10:35:00.000-04:00

Bone Soup is in stores!

J.Bartyn design featured in Modern Bride

2008-07-18T00:43:00.008-04:00

Here is a wedding stationary design I did for a new company,
J.Bartyn Design + Manufacturing, named after my grandfather.
It was featured on page 404 of the August/September issue of
Modern Bride in an article "100 things we love." I'm putting
together a website and will have other designs up soon.

Kirkus Review of Bone Soup!

2008-07-07T15:22:00.005-04:00

I got my first review and its a good one!

"Finnigin the monster is something of an itinerant Eater, carrying his eating stool, spoon and, of course, “gigantic eating mouth” with him wherever he goes. When he happens upon a village populated by witches, ghouls and mummies, he finds his reputation precedes him, and the bogeys have stashed their yummies away. Finnigin’s a canny Eater, though, and he makes a show of whipping up a batch of bone soup, with results anyone familiar with the traditional tale of “Stone Soup” will recognize. Evans’s smiling, round-headed ghasts will terrify no one; the black-and-bile palette provides all the Halloween atmosphere young readers could desire." (Picture book. 4-8)

plus, the book is now available for pre-order on amazon.com

Happy Friday the 13th!

2008-06-13T13:18:00.009-04:00

Okay it's time to resurrect this thing from the dead. We've had a bunch of projects going to the point that we were out of town for two months, and there was NYC comicon, and we were regularly working til 4am. Ok, enough excuses.

Since it's Friday the 13th I have to post a monster. This a creature I painted for the book, Drawing and Painting the Undead. It fits the theme of bringing things back from the dead.

Warhammer Art

2008-02-04T19:22:00.000-05:00

I added some of the old Warhammer cards to the publishing and games gallery on my website.

The End of the World

2008-01-23T21:36:00.000-05:00

Sorry, we've neglected the blog. There's some new projects in the works and deadlines have a way of taking over. This is a new painting, that is actually an old painting. A publisher expressed interest in the old version. I liked the concept, but it was a really really old painting. So I felt it needed to be updated. It's was actually a lot of fun to apply new things I've learned on one of my old pieces.

Happy Holidays

2007-12-18T14:54:00.000-05:00

This is an illustration I did for the Macy's Martha Stewart holiday collection. He was 1 in a series of 4 desert plates.

Hanukkah / Winter Holiday wrap

2007-12-08T13:36:00.000-05:00

Another round of giftwrap Cambria designed for Martha Stewart Crafts

New Warlord Cards

2007-12-07T12:14:00.000-05:00

Classic Christmas

2007-11-27T13:01:00.000-05:00

Here is more giftwrap I designed for the Martha Stewart Craft line. The ribbon is adhesive backed which makes it great for easy holiday crafting and wrapping. For those of you in Manhattan, it's now available at Paper Presentation--23 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011

Martha Stewart for Shutterfly Photo Books

2007-11-16T12:19:00.001-05:00

The Martha Stewart for Shutterfly books that Hallie Overman and I designed together are available for purchase. It's great to see they're actually advertising them, as the books make wonderful Christmas presents. Above is an advertising banner, a few sample interior pages, and the cover. The blank spaces are for your photos. Click here to create a family memory book.

Metallic Holiday

2007-11-12T13:48:00.000-05:00

30" X 3Yd Wrapping Paper Embossed Snow Crystals - Gold

30" X 3Yd Wrapping Paper / Fancy Swirl - Copper

Here are two wrapping papers Cambria designed. The first design is embossed and the other is printed with metallic ink. They are available online at marthastewartcrafts.com and in Michael's Crafts Stores.

New Work for Legend of the Five Rings

2007-11-09T14:48:00.001-05:00

I just received a pack of my cards from AEG. It takes a long time for these things to be published. It's been a year since I finished these illustrations.

Candy Demon

2007-11-02T16:38:00.001-04:00

Here's a painting I did for Halloween this year. He's a bizarre guy from my sketchbook.

Happy Halloween

2007-10-31T03:00:00.000-04:00

Last Saturday we attended a zombie prom! We weren't prom king or queen,
but we had fun feasting on brains and 80's kitsch. * note this photo was not
altered to make us appear whiter. we have a little makeup on, but we're genuinely pale

Oh Joy!

2007-10-15T21:37:00.000-04:00

I've just been alerted that the Mad Scientist Invitation (and cupcake boxes featuring my skull icon and label design) are also on the Oh Joy! blog for This Next. --- thanks merrilee!

Halloween Invitations on Martha Stewart Show

2007-10-15T17:58:00.000-04:00

Martha Stewart showed the labrartory invitations that Cambria designed on her show last Friday.
Martha said the invitations were "Very cute...and a charming idea"

New look for the Website

2007-10-15T17:27:00.000-04:00

I've uploaded a new layout for my website. Cambria says it looks less Hot Topic, so I think that's an improvement. Not that I don't enjoy a gander through the ole' Hot Topic now and then.

Any feedback is great. I want to make sure everything is working properly.

Martha Moth goes to Korea

2007-10-03T10:16:00.001-04:00

I just received this advance copy in the mail from my editor. So cool to see it in another language! I'd love to know what the name of the book is in Korean.

As Featured in Domino Magazine!

2007-09-29T14:10:00.000-04:00

My mad scientist drink labels were featured in Domino Mag! It's amazing
that something I designed is available for purchase--but I'm just completely
blown away that it's in a magazine!

Bone Soup Paintings

2007-09-28T13:50:00.002-04:00

Sarah Prineas and The Magic Thief

2007-09-27T17:00:00.001-04:00

Years and years ago I illustrated a wonderful short story call The Illuminated Dragon by Sarah Prineas for Strange Horizons magazine. I was excited to hear that Harper Collins is publishing Sarah Prineas' new fantasy series called The Magic Thief in the summer of 2008. She is a unique and gifted author and I can't wait to read the new books.

Luckily Sarah liked what I did for The Illuminated Dragon and asked me to paint a dragon for her website, sarah-prineas.com . Check out her website for news and previews of her work.

Martha Stewart Crafts Products

2007-09-14T18:19:00.001-04:00

In the past year and a half Cambria has helped design/worked on a mind boggling amount of products for the Martha Stewart Crafts line with Michaels. Here's a slideshow.

New Work for Legends of the Five Rings Released

2007-09-14T16:26:00.001-04:00

Here are a couple of the cards I've illustrated for Legends of the Five Rings recently. I have work in Khan's Defiance, Truest Test and Samurai Edition.

Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween Products at Michaels

2007-09-13T23:22:00.001-04:00

Here are some Halloween products Cambria designed. They're currently in Michaels stores nationwide and at marthastewartcrafts.com. There are a lot of great designs, but here are few examples of her party invitations, glow-in-the-dark stickers, and rubber stamps. One of my favorites, the Mad Scientist Party Invitation Kit is listed as a best seller on the site!

Martha Moth featured in Vogue Knitting!

2006-10-14T15:54:00.000-04:00

(available for purchase Oct. 17)

Very New Very Vogue Books:

Martha Moth Makes Socks
by Cambria Evans

"It's Martha Moth's birthday, and she's preparing a delightful menu of scrumptious knits for her insect friends. There's only one problem: Our lovable protanonist's grumbling tummy has caused her to eat almost all of the ingredients of the feast before her friends arriv. A charming story follows, enhanced by enchanting illustraions. This is the perfect way to introduce fiber factoids to that little knitter-to-be."

2006-09-20T23:52:00.001-04:00

here is a photo from my book signing at the Children's Hour Bookstore. I sort of look like a victorian-grandmother-librarian. I might just have to get a cat.

Pictures from book events

2006-09-20T19:43:00.000-04:00

My first book signings!
BYU Bookstore, Provo

You know things are going ok when:

1- your name is on a big sign
2- you have a line
3- you don't have anymore books in stock
(because they have sold out in 1 hour)

Thanks to all the family and friends who visited,
and to Anita, at the bookstore, for making the signing so much fun!

The Children's Hour, Salt Lake City

The NeverEnding Story Bookstore, Las Vegas

Thanks to my mom for driving this pimped out rental car!

Thanks to Kim + Jennifer, the wonderful owners of the store. They made the flat tire on the way to Las Vegas worthwile. Their store is SO very cute! They have the best bookstore reading room I have seen. Check it out if you are ever in town.

A successful book event

2006-08-19T00:25:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Mona and her mother for hosting a successful Martha Moth-Bug party! This event took place in Reston, Virginia-- it included a reading of Martha Moth Makes Socks, yarn + dust candy, bookmark making, a bug drawing contest and bug themed desserts--lady bug cookies and a worm covered cake!
(pictures coming soon)

2006-07-11T22:56:00.000-04:00

Pig is as fat and cute as ever. Kari spoils her with lettuce, and she squeaks endlessly--but it is very endearing
just look at this picture!

Book Events

2006-07-11T22:25:00.000-04:00

I finally have a schedule for book events in Utah + Las Vegas!

August 24th--Education Week book signing
BYU Bookstore, Provo
10 am - 12 pm

August 26th--Book signing + soiree
Children's Hour, Salt Lake City
914 East 900 South
3 pm

August 28th--Story Hour reading
The Neverending Story, Las Vegas
9440 W. Sahara Ave. Ste. 120
11 am

Publisher's Weekly Review

2006-05-08T16:11:00.000-04:00