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October 19, 2008 | Filed in: etsy adore, giveaway, paper goods, prints

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This week’s etsy adore feature and giveaway is from Honeylux. This is one of my favorite shops on etsy. I love the prints! My favorite is Black Day pictured below.

Tell us a little about you and your shop?
I started printing cards when I realized that letterpress is perfect for making small, affordable art prints available on a large scale. And I wanted to make something more casual, more accessible than fine art prints. When you present something as a fine art print, you usually have to make it a limited edition, which drives up the price. Then, of course, after someone buys this very limited, very expensive print, the last thing they are supposed to do is to write on it, stuff in an envelope and send it to a friend. That’s not much fun.
Also, when I shop for stationery for my own use, I like finding interesting blank cards – how many times have you picked up a really beautiful card, only to find that it has the words “Happy Birthday” pre-printed on it, when you wanted to use it for something else entirely? So art cards made sense to me.

Some of your work has a little bit of a darker feel to it. Where does your inspiration come from?
It’s amazing (with the hand note cards particularly) how many people interpret them literally, and see dismembered hands sewn together and severed heads, dripping blood. And they ARE meant to be unsettling, but in a much more vague, implied way.
When I first started printing the cards, I was scared that they would be too weird, too personal; I pictured my studio, decades from now, filled with towering stacks of unsold, unloved hand cards. And I do get that response from some retailers, a “Nobody’s going to buy this as a birthday card for Grandma” kind of thing, but overall I’ve been incredibly gratified at how people respond very strongly and personally to them.

I’ve also noticed you use hands in your work quite a bit – they are actually some of my favorites in your shop. Is there some significance in hands for you?
Not exactly. It was more accidental. I’ve always found drawing hands particularly challenging, so I thought it would be good for me to have to draw lots of them. Turns out there’s a lot of potential for expression in hands that I hadn’t realized. …mostly though, I just needed the practice.
Gradually hands became useful representations of specific people. The drawings on which the hand card series is based were inspired by anthropological relationship notations: those lineage charts with little symbols showing how people are bound together in society through the years, by marriage or blood or however. This art is a version of that scientific information; diagrams of personal relationships – the links between family, friends, lovers. It’s not random: there’s a very strict structure to the visual vocabulary of the string, the flowers, the sewing, etc.

Lastly, what is your favorite item in your store right now?
I still have a soft spot in my heart for the “lost at sea” card. It was so much fun to draw; all lace and forehead wrinkles. Terrible birthday card for Grandma, though.

Marina from Honeylux will be giving one lucky reader a framed print of their choice!

To enter:

Go to Honeylux and take a look around.
Pick out your favorite item.
Come back here and comment with the name or link to your favorite item.
To get extra entries: blog or twitter about this contest or vote for my site here and leave a link to it or what number vote you were in a separate comment.
Anyone with a valid email address can enter. You don’t have to have a blog.
The winners will be chosen using the integer generator on random.org and notified via email.
Do NOT comment with multiple email addresses and different names. Your IP is logged so it’s obvious you are trying to be sneaky and get more entries. If you do ALL of your entries will be removed.
Get your entries in by Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM and you’re in!

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I loooooove the framed “Charmed, I’m sure” print. It suits me really well. All of these are wonderful. They do have a bit of a darker tinge to them, but it works very well!

1 Comment by Jenn B on October 19, 2008 at 10:52 am

I love the deus ex machina crest – http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16205726

It’s so delicate and detailed!

2 Comment by Jess on October 19, 2008 at 10:58 am

I’m loving Black Day – http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=15890902, and the cat coasters are hilarious!

3 Comment by Erin on October 19, 2008 at 12:24 pm

The catapult coaster set made me smile.

4 Comment by Ballarinatoes on October 19, 2008 at 12:54 pm

OOOH! That doggerel coaster set is so original and unique and I love it to pieces. I am so favoriting this shop on etsy.

5 Comment by elaina on October 19, 2008 at 2:45 pm

The “Charmed. I’m sure” is great – beautiful and sarcastic.

6 Comment by Kari A. on October 19, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Flock is very nice! Thanks!

7 Comment by Chrissy on October 19, 2008 at 4:52 pm

This would be great!

8 Comment by Frederick Rotzien on October 19, 2008 at 5:10 pm

the skeletons are sooo cute!

9 Comment by kim* on October 19, 2008 at 5:13 pm

I like the framed print – charmed, i’m sure.

10 Comment by Tonya Froemel on October 19, 2008 at 5:49 pm

I love Flock…so cute! Great etsy shop..thanks for sharing Z

11 Comment by Zoe Lee on October 19, 2008 at 6:11 pm

voted for your site : 117

12 Comment by Zoe Lee on October 19, 2008 at 6:12 pm

I like the framed cameo print.

13 Comment by Shannon Baas on October 19, 2008 at 6:22 pm

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15890937 flock is my favorite and love the notecards- very different and creative—oh I love etsy shops!

14 Comment by sandy on October 19, 2008 at 6:32 pm

i really like the flock print.

15 Comment by star on October 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm

What beautiful, evocative art! I find myself torn between the Flock and the Drop by Drop prints… But I think I like Drop by Drop best, for its dynamic use of space. Thank you for the opportunity!

16 Comment by Marigold on October 19, 2008 at 7:59 pm

I love the Cameo print! Think it is very classy!

17 Comment by Diana Dang on October 19, 2008 at 8:49 pm

Great blog! Great shop! And great print in “kimono”.

18 Comment by Mary Jenkins on October 19, 2008 at 9:08 pm

I love the kimono

19 Comment by Jessica C on October 19, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Twilight is a gorgeous print, but I think my favorite is the Cameo. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15478746
That silhouette reminds me of a portrait of my great-great grandmother, Regina.

Great giveaway!

20 Comment by Heidi on October 19, 2008 at 10:34 pm

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13671013

21 Comment by Paige on October 19, 2008 at 10:43 pm

I love the kimono print!

I’d love to win this! Thanks for having a generous giveaway! I hope I’m the lucky winner

22 Comment by reeva on October 20, 2008 at 1:15 am

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15890902 my favorite is also Black Day, I love it!

23 Comment by Sayo on October 20, 2008 at 2:22 am

I like the Poisontail print – truly symbolic and unusual! The white under the hand DOES make it look three-dimensional, and the “lines” to various profiles is almost like a very strange family tree!

24 Comment by Christina on October 20, 2008 at 2:37 am

I adore the framed print … called Cameo..I love the picture of the lady and the little “droplet”..so unique and special:)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15478746

25 Comment by crystal on October 20, 2008 at 3:03 am

charmed, i’m sure.

26 Comment by david basile on October 20, 2008 at 6:39 am

Framed Print Ship

27 Comment by Kathy Scott on October 20, 2008 at 6:53 am

The charmed, i’m sure print would look so cute in my entranceway!

28 Comment by Susan C on October 20, 2008 at 7:15 am

My favorite is the framed print of drop by drop, a lovely and intriguing piece for sure!

29 Comment by Jen on October 20, 2008 at 7:46 am

Drop by Drop is intriguing to me. I also liked the dog shadow puppet.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16276190

30 Comment by Jingle on October 20, 2008 at 7:59 am

I just adore the Cameo!!

31 Comment by Kirby McCauley on October 20, 2008 at 9:00 am

The framed Cameo print is my favourite.

32 Comment by Linda on October 20, 2008 at 9:11 am

The doggerel coaster set are really nice. Love the colors and the dog is so cute.

33 Comment by Jenn S. on October 20, 2008 at 9:14 am

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I love the Hand Shadow-Dog print

35 Comment by tricia on October 20, 2008 at 10:13 am

I would have to say the Flock print is my favorite.

36 Comment by Andrea on October 20, 2008 at 10:14 am

I love, love, love the birds of California coasters. They’d go so well in my living room, not to mention I desperately need to replace the paper bar coasters I’ve snagged over the years.

37 Comment by The Modern Gal on October 20, 2008 at 10:23 am

Living at the Beach, I would love to have the Lost At Sea print.

38 Comment by Ralph S. on October 20, 2008 at 10:25 am

Drop by Drop is my fave!!!

39 Comment by Brandlyn on October 20, 2008 at 10:35 am

My fave is the framed Kimono print:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14450845

40 Comment by Kerri Anne on October 20, 2008 at 10:37 am

I really like the nude framed print.

41 Comment by DiaryofWhy on October 20, 2008 at 10:42 am

I love the framed print – kimono

42 Comment by Kate on October 20, 2008 at 11:11 am

I like the ship.

43 Comment by Angela J on October 20, 2008 at 11:36 am

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14455143

The lost at sea is fantastic!

44 Comment by DJ on October 20, 2008 at 11:39 am

I just love the Charmed, I’m sure print (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16172690). What a great giveaway!
~Lolly

45 Comment by Lolly Busey on October 20, 2008 at 11:40 am

LIke the Charmed Print. Thanx for the contest.

46 Comment by kim B on October 20, 2008 at 12:04 pm

I’m feeling the “charmed, I’m sure” print and I totally agree with the creator- it’s a phrase that should make a come-back!

47 Comment by Jamie on October 20, 2008 at 12:05 pm

My favorite item is the birds of northern california coaster set.

48 Comment by Christina on October 20, 2008 at 12:22 pm

I like flattering lies

49 Comment by Evelyn on October 20, 2008 at 12:50 pm

doggerel coaster set

50 Comment by Lori on October 20, 2008 at 1:04 pm

i like ‘charmed, i’m sure’. so cute.

51 Comment by katelin on October 20, 2008 at 2:02 pm

I’m love the “Charmed – I’m Sure” print.

52 Comment by Martha on October 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm

I’m really digging the cameo print!

53 Comment by The World's Dresser on October 20, 2008 at 3:17 pm

My favorite is: framed print – drop by drop. It looks like a human hand chandelier. Love it!

54 Comment by Trish Anderson on October 20, 2008 at 3:20 pm

I love the Birds of Northern California coaster set!

55 Comment by Vivien on October 20, 2008 at 5:12 pm

I voted for your site. I’m number 118.

56 Comment by Marigold on October 20, 2008 at 5:14 pm

My favorite is the Black Day print. Would go well with my bedroom decor.

57 Comment by Terra Heck on October 20, 2008 at 5:48 pm

I love the framed print – cameo.

58 Comment by Hil'Lesha on October 20, 2008 at 6:12 pm

Wow, fantastic giveaway! Thank you so much for even having a giveaway like this. I love the “framed print – give up.”

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14456663

59 Comment by Jessica on October 20, 2008 at 6:27 pm

I twittered about this contest here:

http://twitter.com/jess1ca/statuses/968173024

60 Comment by Jessica on October 20, 2008 at 6:30 pm

I like the ‘Charmed’ framed print!

61 Comment by Angie on October 20, 2008 at 6:35 pm

i like the cameo print.

62 Comment by vicky boackle on October 20, 2008 at 6:36 pm

It’s a toss up between cameo and the catapult coaster set!

63 Comment by Jade on October 20, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I LOVE Charmed I’m Sure: http://www.etsy.co/view_listing.php?listing_id=16172690
So chic and charming!

64 Comment by Cassie on October 20, 2008 at 6:48 pm

i’m loving “black day”

65 Comment by Jonah Block on October 20, 2008 at 6:50 pm

I love the framed print – Poisontail. It’s a little creepy – in a good way. It’s intriguing and it has a strong message. It requires the viewer to stop and think. I’d put it in my dining room. I think dining rooms should have creepy art.

66 Comment by ky2here on October 20, 2008 at 8:42 pm

I love the ship print. I live by the water and love nautical items.

67 Comment by Cynthia Thompson on October 21, 2008 at 2:12 am

I love the bird coaster set: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14401389

What a talented artist.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14401389

68 Comment by Natalie on October 21, 2008 at 5:59 am

birds of northern california coaster set is my style

69 Comment by Linda lansford on October 21, 2008 at 11:32 am

I love the Charmed, I’m sure framed print.

70 Comment by Paula H on October 21, 2008 at 11:43 am

My favorite is the sailboat daguerreotype

71 Comment by charline s on October 21, 2008 at 11:57 am

dress framed print

72 Comment by Sarah Hirsch on October 21, 2008 at 12:01 pm

I love the birds of northern california coaster set. . . it looks amazing framed.

73 Comment by Carrie on October 21, 2008 at 4:55 pm

I really like the “Charmed I’m Sure” framed print. Reminds me of old movies!

74 Comment by Livy on October 21, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Hello, What a wonderful site she has! Great work. I like the “Birds of Northern
California” Coaster Set! Please enter me in your wonderful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

75 Comment by Cindi on October 21, 2008 at 10:05 pm

I was vote # 119 for your site. Cindi

76 Comment by Cindi on October 21, 2008 at 10:06 pm

I love Charmed…I’m sure! What a cool shop! Thanks for the chance!!!

77 Comment by Jennifer Stewart on October 21, 2008 at 10:35 pm

I really like Charmed I’m Sure, Black Day, and Lost at Sea.

78 Comment by Rebecca C on October 21, 2008 at 11:06 pm

I blogged about your giveaway: Here

79 Comment by Rebecca C on October 21, 2008 at 11:07 pm

framed print – sailboat is my favorite.

80 Comment by krystal deblasio on October 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm

I really like the framed print – ship

81 Comment by KPP on October 22, 2008 at 9:48 am

Kimono is the one for me…..

82 Comment by janeh on October 22, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Kimono’s my favorite too.

83 Comment by sarah on October 22, 2008 at 1:57 pm

birds of northern california coaster set is such a pretty set! Wow. I simply adore this! Definitely a great shop to shop at!

84 Comment by Melody on October 22, 2008 at 2:08 pm

I really like the birds of Callifornia coaster set.

85 Comment by Sue Farrell on October 22, 2008 at 3:22 pm

My favorite is the framed ship print.

86 Comment by Lisa on October 22, 2008 at 4:16 pm

I like Framed Print Ship!

87 Comment by michelle woo on October 22, 2008 at 4:23 pm

I LOVE the dress print!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15785866

-chelsey
Please check out my giveaway: http://paperladyinvites.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-contest-winner-will-be-chosen.html

88 Comment by Paper Lady Invites on October 22, 2008 at 5:38 pm

I was also vote #120! Love it!

-chelsey
http://paperladyinvites.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-contest-winner-will-be-chosen.html

89 Comment by Paper Lady Invites on October 22, 2008 at 5:40 pm

I like flock.

90 Comment by 2monkees on October 22, 2008 at 5:54 pm

I like the ship print.

91 Comment by Erica G on October 22, 2008 at 9:14 pm

ooooh how adorable! you always find the best etsy shops- I’ve actually bought things from many of the shops you’ve highlighted!

this one? I love the dog coasters and also the dog handshadow print!

92 Comment by Lexiloo on October 22, 2008 at 9:54 pm

I love “black day”

93 Comment by kari f on October 23, 2008 at 5:15 am

I think poisontail is great!

94 Comment by brandy on October 23, 2008 at 5:46 am

Drop by Drop print

95 Comment by Jennifer hedden on October 23, 2008 at 1:16 pm

framed print – kimono really pretty

96 Comment by angela koga on October 23, 2008 at 1:42 pm

The sailboat daguerreotype is my favorite

97 Comment by holly on October 23, 2008 at 4:41 pm

The ship symbolizes a moral to one of my personal life’s stories

98 Comment by Tammie on October 23, 2008 at 5:23 pm

I love the Kimono print.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12144310

99 Comment by Rachel on October 23, 2008 at 5:39 pm

Lost at see

100 Comment by Janice Golden on October 23, 2008 at 10:10 pm

Twilight is a gorgeous print, thanks.

101 Comment by Erma on October 24, 2008 at 7:04 am

you’ve got good taste…that black day is awesome! the drop by drop is pretty fabulous too! good contest! thanks!!!

102 Comment by Holy Vataha on October 24, 2008 at 10:17 am

I like the framed print – kimono

103 Comment by Vicki Wurgler on October 24, 2008 at 2:13 pm

That was a really tough decision but Black Day is my favorite. Those prints are amazing!

104 Comment by Elizabeth M. on October 24, 2008 at 4:23 pm

I voted and it said 122 votes.

105 Comment by Elizabeth M. on October 24, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Would like to win the Kimono print. Thanks for the great giveaway!

106 Comment by alison on October 24, 2008 at 4:42 pm

My favorite is Flattering Lies:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15783375

Thanks for the chance to win!

107 Comment by Naomi on October 24, 2008 at 6:40 pm

I voted, too… #123!

108 Comment by Naomi on October 24, 2008 at 6:42 pm

I like the birds of northern california coaster set.

109 Comment by Lori C. on October 24, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I like the framed print – black day

110 Comment by Brenda on October 24, 2008 at 9:19 pm

I love Kimono.

111 Comment by Jennifer C on October 24, 2008 at 11:01 pm

birds of northern california coaster set

112 Comment by Hesper Fry on October 24, 2008 at 11:09 pm

The cameo

113 Comment by Rosanne Morrison on October 25, 2008 at 12:44 am

i really love the “give up” framed print, super funky!

114 Comment by Samantha Pruitt on October 25, 2008 at 1:59 am

flock isnice

115 Comment by jen gersch on October 25, 2008 at 5:05 am

Charmed, I’m Sure

116 Comment by Ed Nemmers on October 25, 2008 at 7:35 am

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16172690
CHARMED…I’m Sure is wonderful. I have not heard that in yeras and it used to be quite common but I’m old…hahahaha!

117 Comment by L J Harrison on October 25, 2008 at 8:00 am

I absolutely adore the charmed, i’m sure – framed print!

118 Comment by Heather S on October 25, 2008 at 8:09 am

I like the framed print, Black Day.

119 Comment by Nanette Olson on October 25, 2008 at 8:36 am

i love the box set of any 6 flat cards

120 Comment by kathy pease on October 25, 2008 at 8:37 am

Wow! I love so many things like nude, charmed, lost at sea. But if I win I want the framed Cameo print. That is gorgeous and perfect for a guest bathroom!

121 Comment by Deborah on October 25, 2008 at 11:49 am

Birds- california coaster set,,, wow.. thanks~

122 Comment by A Casson on October 25, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Flattering Lies!!

123 Comment by djgroz on October 25, 2008 at 1:01 pm

I like the Twilight framed print:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15847566

124 Comment by Angie P on October 25, 2008 at 1:21 pm

love cameo. great shop!

125 Comment by cheri on October 25, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Absolutely LOVE the nude print. They are all so great though!

126 Comment by Shanon Fouquet on October 25, 2008 at 1:43 pm

I like the hand shadow rabbit.

127 Comment by Jennifer M on October 25, 2008 at 1:48 pm

I like the lost at sea print.

sockmonkeygreetings.etsy.com

128 Comment by Tamra Augostino on October 25, 2008 at 3:12 pm

The “Charmed. I’m sure” is great

129 Comment by Frances Watson on October 25, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Living at the Sea Print

130 Comment by sarah woods on October 25, 2008 at 4:57 pm

I love the nude daguerreotype.

131 Comment by Helen on October 25, 2008 at 5:32 pm

i like the framed ship print

132 Comment by Debbie B on October 25, 2008 at 6:07 pm

I love the print – kimono. I do love many of the other prints and it was a hard decision. Thank you!

133 Comment by Becky Grayson on October 25, 2008 at 6:38 pm

I was vote #124 for you!

134 Comment by Becky Grayson on October 25, 2008 at 6:40 pm

As a NorCal resident, these coasters would be great for my apartment! We have a glass table, so rings are always a problem…
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14401389

135 Comment by Sarah on October 25, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Hand Shadow Bird, for sure!

136 Comment by Gretchen on October 25, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Aaaaaaand tweeted…
http://twitter.com/gretchasketch/status/975578152

137 Comment by Gretchen on October 25, 2008 at 7:38 pm

Love this one….Framed Charmed, I’m Sure~

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16172690

138 Comment by Wanda on October 25, 2008 at 7:55 pm

The cameo daguerreotype is my favorite.

139 Comment by Veronica Garrett on October 25, 2008 at 8:16 pm

The twilight is so different, I just love it.

140 Comment by Angelia McDonald on October 25, 2008 at 9:26 pm