Attention personalized nursery art fans!  Ohdeedoh – part of the Apartment Therapy design blog group – is giving away one set of Cathy Heck personalized canvas nursery art for the next two days.  To enter, just fill out the entry form here and you could be getting a full set of your child’s name letters in any of Cathy’s seven different collections!

Happy Holidays!

Some fun news this week: Cathy Heck Nursery Art has been selected by Tot Trends magazine as one of 8 great personalized baby gifts on the web.

They say, “Using their interactive website you can choose the sizes, colors, characters, and letters of your liking. Making room decorating personal has never been so much fun.”

To celebrate, we are offering a 25% off coupon code from their site.

How very fun to be featured again in the online children’s design magazine Tot Trends! As you can see, Cathy Heck Nursery Art is front and center in the article about cool new products for a modern nursery’s decor.

And we’re making “room to grow” here at the studio as we speak:  There are new collections in the works, and ideas galore about different products that we can’t wait to try out on the site. We’ve also just updated the Noah 2 of a Kind nursery art collection to match the fabric collection that is being produced by Springs and sold in Jo-Ann stores.

Click here to see the article and enjoy 25% off any order at Cathy Heck Nursery Art!

Happy Trending.

Here’s to the camera-toting, bike-riding, land-manning, funnyman we love so much on his 50th birthday.  (He’s also the one we call to save us when Ellen has accidentally trashed critical html files or is for any reason sinking in a quicksand of unfamiliar code…)

We love you Uncle Doug!

Enjoy the ride!

We are proud to announce that Tot Trends Weekly Magazine has put together a special article on Cathy Heck Nursery Art for this week’s product showcase! The piece introduces Cathy, explains a bit about how the interactive website works, and comes with a very nice coupon for 25% off personalized nursery art chosen online.

Being “tot trendy” never felt so good…

We at the studio would like to wish you all a happy Labor Day today! May it be filled with relaxation and fun (and maybe a little bit of barbecue.)

In the “California office” we are grilling fish and cleaning up the apartment.  What are you up to over there in Austin?

Our peach tree gave birth to TWO perfect peaches this year!  We were stunned.  I know it probably seems very insignificant, but it’s a milestone for us!  About ten years ago, we planted a peach pit after one of the girls wondered if a real peach tree would grow from a peach bought at a grocery store. Miraculously, it sprouted!  However, our little tree doesn’t have enough sun, it lives on a rocky hill, and frankly, we thought it would have surely perished long ago. Then all of a sudden, a few days ago, one of the girls said, “Hey everybody, look!  Our tree has two peaches!”  I was certain that upon inspection, we would discover holes made by birds or bugs, but no!  Both peaches are perfect.  We considered putting them on a pedestal, but, alas, they would rot, so tonight is peach night and we plan to cut each peach evenly and savor each and every bite!  Bon appetit!

It was such a treat to find this hand-quilted Noah’s Ark Two-of-a-Kind baby blanket on Etsy today at Nana McQuilts.  At the studio, we become so attached to Cathy’s actual illustrations – the two-dimensional art on paper – that it’s always a treat to find these same characters as toys, on ceramics, or in this case, in 100% cotton. While a ceramic seal will always look more slippery than his watercolored counterpart, there is nothing cozier than a cotton panda. That’s what I like most about this quilt: it’s so warm and cozy looking.  I feel like it should be spread out on the grass in summer and before a fireplace in winter…preferably with books strewn over it.

The pieces for making this quilt yourself can be found here, and at any of the Jo-Ann stores.

We at the studio are so pleased to announce that Cathy Heck Nursery Art has been featured for Sponsor Saturday on the mommy blog TheMomCrowd!  You’ll be able to read an interview with Cathy and submit your name for the prize being given away, so head on over if you’re itching for some art!