Issue Three • Spring 2007
In
this issue:
1. What’s New?
2. Featured Design Project
3. Designer Greeting Cards & Fine Art
4. Chicago Events
5. Spring Cleaning
6. Keep in Touch...
What’s New?
Lidia Varesco Design has a new home! Earlier this year, we relocated to
the northwest. That is, the northwest side of Chicago, specifically Jefferson
Park—a quiet neighborhood increasing in popularity with lots of
parks, Polish delis and ample street parking (a welcome change from Lakeview!)
Please let us know if you have not received our updated contact information.
Featured
Design Project
This issue’s featured project is a New Year card
for Tracy Dillard of
Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate. The client and I work together
every year to create a unique and memorable holiday greeting, highlighting
a quote relating to Chicago. This year’s card also featured a dynamic
image of the city by local photographer Aaron
Woodbury. The client received many compliments from recipients who
eagerly await her yearly greetings.
Designer
Greeting Cards & Fine Art
LSV
Galleria
is now on Etsy.com!
Greeting cards, stationery and paintings can now be purchased on Etsy.com,
an online marketplace for handmade goods. Etsy has been getting lots of
press lately, so we are excited to be a part of it. Click
here to visit the LSV Galleria.
This spring, we will once again be selling greeting cards and paintings at the French Market Wilmette and other local venues. Check the LSV Galleria Events page regularly for details.
Know a store that should carry our cards? Email us the name and location and we'll send you a thank you gift! (include your name and mailing address)
Chicago
Events
Get out there and enjoy the warm weather... while it lasts!
- May 11: Looptopia: dusk-to-dawn cultural and artistic spectacle showcasing Chicago’s Loop
- Through May 12: Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde exhibition (The Art Institute of Chicago)
- May 18–20: A Bloomin’ Sale at the Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe): huge spring plant sale (I can personally vouch for the quality of the plants)
- May 18–20: Chicago Great Places and Spaces (various locations): free architecture tours and lectures
- June
15: Bike
to Work Day (Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St.)
- Select bike shops are currently offering discounts on helmets! (8 KB PDF – from www.cityofchicago.org)
- Late June: Chicago Downtown and Neighborhood Farmers Markets officially open (through October)
- June 9: Southport Green Market (Blaine School, Grace & Southport)
- The Old Town School of Folk Music is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. See the website for concerts and other special events.
- Chicago Public Art guide (2.8 MB PDF): a guide to sculptures, mosaics, and paintings installed in plazas, lobbies and other public spaces in diverse Chicago neighborhoods (from www.cityofchicago.org)
- Chicago’s sidewalk café/outdoor dining season has officially begun!
- Spruce up your home for spring… check out Design Within Reach’s collection of well-designed house numbers, sure to make your home stand out on the block.
- Celebrate
Earth Day year-round: these nontoxic household products
& cleaners can help to “green” up your spring
cleaning:
- Method Home (available at Target)
- Mrs. Meyers (available at Whole Foods)
- Seventh Generation (available at Whole Foods/Wild Oats)
- See our Links page for more “green” tips
- Spring is also a great time to donate items you no longer use. These local organizations are great resources:
- You’ve cleared your space of unnecessary items and need help organizing the rest? Arranged by Erin is a full service Chicago professional organizer focusing on teaching clients to organize their space, lives, and businesses.
Keep
in Touch...
To receive future issues of Solstice and other
occasional updates from Lidia Varesco Design, please add your name to
our mailing list.
- Does your product need a fresh, new package design that will get it get noticed?
- Special event coming up? We can create a distinctive Invitation package that will invite and impress.
- Looking to increase your client base? An engaging promotional piece can do the trick.
Call or email us – we’d love to help with your next project.
Thanks for reading. Look for the next issue of Solstice in time for Summer!
