Destination Dezigns Giveaway

Today let me introduce you to "Destination Dezigns"

Jennifer, the designer behind this Etsy shop, creates unique silhouette prints of your family and of any special moments in your life. 

Personalized Pregnancy Silhouette {HERE}

The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, Anniversary, Housewarming and much more!

So let's start by getting to know better Jennifer. Here is what she has to share with us:

I was born in Germany to a father in the US military and a German mother. I grew up living through-out Europe and Asia (Italy, Germany, Portugal, Holland, Greece, Japan) and attended college at Emory University, Atlanta, majoring in Anthropology and Japanese. I completed my masters degree in Education in Florida where I met my husband who was in the Air Force as a linguist at the time. He retired and we both both became school teachers in Florida. Me teaching first grade and he special education. He and I both wanted to return overseas where the military had sent us most of our lives prior to our lives in Florida. We were fortunate enough to accept positions working for the Department of Defense working as teachers first in Japan and now in Germany. While in Asia we added the places India, Australia, New Zealand, Macau, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Bali to our traveled list  - so  we clearly love to travel! We currently have a dog and a cat, and I always move with my animals - I never leave them behind. They are a part of our family. 

Our final year in Japan, I completed my doctorate in Education just as we finally got pregnant with our daughter. He has since been promoted to Assistant Principal and I am currently teaching high school German and Social Studies. We moved to Germany when I was 7 months pregnant and I feared I'd have the baby in a hotel room, since housing was scare on the economy, due to the large influx of US troops all needing housing. At nearly 9 months we finally found a house. Fortunately, my mother had come to visit and helped us move in so I could focus on our newborn baby girl. She's now 16 months old and I'm enjoying returning to work only on a part-time basis. My mother is an amazing artist and I remember she and I drawing and painting a lot together when I was younger. I've always always enjoyed playing with the computer and now that I'm home part-time, I've found the time to play around with my art on the computer. Fortunately, my 16 month old takes 3 hours naps and sleeps through the night! So I'm lucky to have time for this hobby. 

About my Items: 

I made the first "Met, Married, Lived, Traveled" print for my parents as a Christmas gift, and my sisters then asked me for one for themselves, since we are all big travelers. Having lived in 17 different locations, I had to get creative with my parents' print to get all the hearts to fit, but that is exactly the reason I was inspired to make it: there should be a way to see all our past homes on one sheet. If our house was still standing when I made the print, I included a satellite view of the actual house we lived in at the time. I then realized perhaps I could create a store for them, as others would probably enjoy them as well. I included pets' (with a paw print) and childrens' names (with a small heart) and anniversary dates, on the heart/home where the pet/child became a member of the family. I don't frame them, but there are websites which will print your photo and frame and mat it for you all at once, as seen in the examples. I had also seen a lot of cute pre/during/post pregnancy photo collages and was a bit disappointed I hadn't been clever enough to put something like that together before/during/after my pregnancy, but realized I could do it with a silhouette, as long as I could scrounge up photos from before I was pregnant, and while I was pregnant, then take one with my daughter for the post photo. I'm willing to take ideas for more silhouette designs as well.

Places We've Been {HERE}

Personalized Family Name Sign Silhouette {HERE}

Would you like the change to have a personalized silhouette or a "Place we've been" print???

Jennifer if generously giving to one of my readers ONE item of your choice from Destination Dezigns shop! YAY

This giveaway will end on January 27, 2013 and is open to everyone WorldWide! 

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