With Halloween just behind is, it’s time for sweater weather all over again. Leopard Girl is ready for a cozy November with her cold shoulder leopard print sweater inspired by yummy and warm fall colors as she’s getting ready for Thanksgiving at the end of the month.
 
As always, make sure you tag me in your photos of the calendar on Instagram @thecristinatudor and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)  I’d love to share them on my IG!
 
Enjoy your November calendar, and happy (early) Thanksgiving!
xo
Cristina

In the past 3 weeks, I had the incredible honor to paint live bespoke fashion illustrations at two Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques to celebrate the launch of the new Ferragamo AW19 Women and Men's Collections: at Beverly Center in Beverly Hills and at South Coast Plaza in Orange County 🎨  Guests at the exclusive events received bespoke illustrations to enhance their purchase.

To see the full experience at both events, including behind-the-scenes videos of how I painted my illustrations, visit the Salvatore Ferragamo live event page on my website at cristinatudor.com  

Thank you for having me and for the very warm welcome @ferragamo!  I had an amazing time painting the lovely customers in the newest collections and meeting everyone! I am simply thrilled to have been a part of these events! I’m still floating on air, feeling so thankful and grateful to be able to do what I love in such incredible company 🖌

To book live fashion illustrations for your event, send an email to hello@cristinatudor.com or fill out a contact form on my website at cristinatudor.com 

To stay current with all my live illustration events, follow me on Instagram @thecristinatudor and subscribe to my newsletter at cristinatudor.com You will also receive a monthly printable FREE CALENDAR with your email subscription!  👩🏻‍🎨

xo,
Cristina

Hi guys,
 
Halloween is almost here, it’s only a month away!  Woohoo!  And I’m totally getting in the mood for fun costumes and trick or treating.  So it’s no surprise that this year I’m once again doing a Halloween themed October calendar – my second one so far, as I’m getting close to the end of a full second year of offering you this free printable calendar every month … can you believe it??  Almost 2 full years of creating a brand new, fresh calendar each month, I’m so excited about this cool milestone :)
 
So which girl is this October bringing you, you ask?  Why, Witch Girl, of course, lol.  Ok, cheesy, I know, but couldn’t be helped ;)
 
As always, make sure you tag me in your photos of Witch Girl on Instagram @thecristinatudor use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)  I’d love to share them on my IG!
 
Have a great October, and a happy (super early) Halloween!
xo
Cristina

Hi guys,

My GIVEAWAY on Instagram is here: you have the chance to win one of TWO CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS from your fave photo! 🎨
 
I just reached 2K followers on Instagram, which I’m supa excited excited about, and I want to celebrate with you! First off, I want to say THANK YOU for all your support, I’m so happy to have you in my corner every day, I appreciate it more than you can imagine 🙏 And to show my appreciation for keeping this girl connected to the world beyond my sketch pad lol, I want to give you the chance to win one of TWO gifts to celebrate all TWO thousand of my IG friends from all around the world, yaaay!!
 
This means we’ll have TWO WINNERS, one for each of the two custom illustrations!
 
Both illustrations will be similar to this illustration I painted of @mimigstyle and her husband @norrisdantaford for their wedding back in June 💖
 
And, you can enter from anywhere around the world because this giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY! 🌎
 
I hope you like my gift, I’m SOOOOO excited about this one!! And when I get to 3K followers on Instagram, I’ll have to do something to top this one, right?? 😜 I’m open to suggestions on what to do for the next one, so make sure to tell me your suggestions on Instagram ✨
 
TO ENTER GIVEAWAY: Head over to my Instagram @thecristinatudor and check out THIS NEW POST, which has this same image of Mimi and Norris and their illustration.  This post has all the instructions on how to enter the giveaway 🖌
 
Giveaway CLOSES on Friday, August 16, 2019, at 10pm PST, so go enter now, I don’t want you to miss out!
 
Good luck! 🤞
xo,
Cristina

Hi guys,

Big news around here: I'm doing my second GIVEAWAY next week! I just hit the 2K followers mark on Instagram @thecristinatudor , and I’m soooo psyched! Woohoo!!! Check out my NEW POST on IG to find out more!

I can’t WAIT to reveal what I’m giving away this time! All I can tell you is it’s gonna be an AWESOME giveaway, another CUSTOM one and also open INTERNATIONALLY!  You guys are gonna LOVE it, so follow me on Instagram @thecristinatudor so you don't miss out on all the goodies! 🎨

Also, turn ON your IG notifications for my profile so you don’t miss out! This is how you do it: after you Follow me, click on Following, then Notifications, then turn ON both Posts and Stories notifications 👏

Let’s do this quick, you guys, before that 2k number dips at all 🤣

See you on IG @thecristinatudor
xo
Cristina

A short while ago I painted this custom illustration, a thoughtful gift from a loving husband Chris @carhartdrums to his beautiful wife Jessica @giorjess from their fave wedding photo 💍 Aren’t they just so sweet? 💞

Jessica loved her husband's suprise gift, and they've already framed it!  Now, every time they look at my painting, they remember their special wedding day and the love that brought them together!

If you'd like a custom illustration just like Chris and Jessica's, send me an email at hello@cristinatudor.com, I would love to paint one for you or your loved one! 🎨

Hi guys,

I'm super excited to announce that my Gumball Art Prints are back in my shop at cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com

These prints were inspired by a birthday present I designed for my friend Mimi of Mimi G. Style earlier this year: I wanted to give her something fun, colorful and unique that reflected her love of sewing and fabric.  So I painted the Fabric Addict artwork for her, and she loved it so much, we both thought it would be a fun print to add to my shop so that all you guys can snag a copy!

Then I created two more prints, DYI Addict and Fashion Queen cuz let's face it, if you're a fabric addict like Mimi and I are, chances are you're definitely very much addicted to all things DYI and a fashion queen to boot, too!  And so the collection of colorful Gumball Art Prints was born!

Each print comes in two colorways, so make sure you pick the color you want from the pull-down menu in the print listing before adding it to your cart.

Visit my shop at Cristina Tudor Shop to see the full collection and tell me: which one's your fave?

xoxo,
Cristina

ps: check out the behind-the-scenes video below to see how I painted them :)

Hi guys,

The calendar for August is here! I was inspired by hot summer days and the gorgeous LA summer sunsets full of pinks, purples, golds and oranges to paint this one, so I’m calling it Summer Girl.

If you like Summer Girl, please post your pics of it, tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar or #cristinatudorart so I can find them :) It would make my day and I’d love to repost your pics on my IG account! 💖

And if you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, feel free to share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox.

Have a fab month of August and stay cool out there!
xo
Cristina

Hi guys,

Every year I get supa excited about the 4th of July, and this year is no exception!  And to celebrate, I give you chic and patriotic Flag Girl for the July free calendar! Ta-dah!!
 
The calendar for July is chic and patriotic Flag Girl, and if you sign up to get her BEFORE July 7, she will bring you an EXTRA GIFT to thank you for signing up and to help you celebrate the 4th in style! (hint: it’s an extra special reward for my shop!)
 
I hope you like Flag Girl, and if you do, please let me know.  I would love to see photos of your printed calendar (or your phone cases, mugs or T-shirts!) and to feature them on my IG account, so tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar or #cristinatudorart so I can find them :)

And if you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, feel free to share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox.

Enjoy Flag Girl!
xo,
Cristina

You guys,

I’m very excited to announce SIX brand new T-shirt designs for the 4th of July just dropped in the shop!  Get your patriotic game on with either a watercolor fashion illustration Tee or a vintage flag Tee this Independence Day!

Tees come in red, white and blue, sizes XS to 4XL, they’re unisex, and they ship in 2-5 business days.

To celebrate their release, enjoy 25% off with code 4TH25 at checkout until Wednesday, June 26.

Tag a friend to share the goods and my shop at cristinatudor.com cuz life is better when shared with friends.

xo
Cristina

Hey guys,

In honor of Father's Day, I'm running a FLASH SALE for today only: get 15% off my ENTIRE SHOP until tonight, Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 11:59pm PST with code DAD15 at checkout at Cristina Tudor Shop. What better way to treat yourself on Dad's day?? ;)

Special applies on all gifts in my shop: cell phone cases, coffee mugs, art prints, printed T-shirts, hand-painted T-shirts, and DIY printable digital illustrations.

My cell phone cases, coffee mugs and printed T-shirts are also available for INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, yay!! :)
 
Feel free to share this special code and my shop  cristinatudor.com with your family and friends, the more the merrier!

Happy Father's Day!
xo
Cristina

Hi guys,

How's your weekend going so far?  I hope you're relaxing and having a cuppa while you're doing all of the weekend things!

I'm all excited today because my COFFEE MUGS are in the shop at cristinatudor.com 🎨 Woohoo! They’re keeping all the T-shirts, art prints and cell phone cases in my shop company quite nicely, don’t you think?  Check out the video below to see all the mugs and how to find them in my shop.

I’m supa excited to bring them to you guys - never not thinking and planning what fun products with my illustrations to bring you guys next! 👏  And, by the way, I’m always taking suggestions, so lemme know what else you’d like to see in the shop.  You can make a comment here on my blog, on Instagram @thecristinatudor or just send me an email to hello@cristinatudor.com

Which mug would you use to chill with your coffee or tea on this lovely Saturday afternoon?? ☕️

xo,
Cristina

Hi guys,

I’m so thrilled to share with you that last Thursday I had the pleasure and honor of partnering with Badgley Mischka and Bloomingdale’s to paint live shoe illustrations of the newest Badgley Mischka shoe collection at Beverly Center in Beverly Hills. Bloomies customers received a complimentary illustration with a Badgley Mischka shoe purchase, giving me the chance to illustrate live some seriously stunning shoes! This collection is an absolute dream! The blush pinks, the nudes, the gold and silver sparkles, it was all perfection! ✨ You can see all the shoes I painted and the fun event vibe right HERE.

Meeting Mark Badgley and James Mischka was definitely the highlight of my night! They are both not only insanely talented, but also incredibly gracious and kind people. I was delighted to meet them and to paint from such beautiful inspiration: their shoes are real works of art! Thank you for allowing me to bring my own artist vision with my paints and brushes to your glamorous designs, Badgley Mischka! 🎨

This was my first partnership with Bloomingdale’s, and I could not be happier with my entire experience! A huge thank you to Hallie and the entire Bloomies team, everyone was so thoughtful, considerate and caring, and I had a blast being part of this event 🙏 I truly felt like I was spending time with dear old friends!

Last, but not least, thank you Women About Town @wat_la and Marissa for being such an awesome group to connect LA women, thanks Ce Ce @visionquestshoes for coming and always for your support, and thanks to all the lovely ladies who attended the event - it was so nice to meet you all, and I loved painting your new shoes, including @samanthaheartsays @alana_pietrzak @thuyndiep and @laneydarling, a lovely bride-to-be who bought her stunning Badgley Mischka wedding shoes that night 👠

Thank you so much for having me, Badgley Mischka and Bloomingdale’s, I’m incredibly grateful! I had so much fun, and it was an absolute pleasure to paint live at your event!  Looking forward to our next collaboration 💖✨

Hey guys

How come it’s June, yet it’s still so cold here in Los Angeles?  Haven’t we heard it’s summer yet? ;) Seriously, it’s been raining a lot and it’s been so cold, I just wanna vege. But instead I painted your June calendar, willing summer and beach weather to get here already with my happy Pineapple Girl! 
 
Have you seen my very first IG LIVE PAINTING PARTY on Instagram @thecristinatudor?  If you haven’t, I painted this very calendar with everyone who showed up, and I was very happy to include everyone in the process.  I literally started the calendar with a blank piece of paper, a couple of inspiration images, and my brushes and paints.  I sketched a rough outline, painted the illustration with watercolors, talked everyone through my entire process, and in about an hour, we had this calendar ready to go! 
 
If you missed out, or you didn’t get my calendar, no worries: I will do another one soon, but make sure to subscribe to my newsletter at cristinatudor.com to be the first to know when I do another live painting party and to get this calendar and future ones directly in your inbox!
 
In the meantime, if you want a supa cool new phone case, head over to my shop at cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com and check out all the new cases I added, with lots of my illustrations. Let me know which ones are your faves, ok?  I'd love to know what you like so I can bring you just the kind of illustrations you love!

I hope you like your new calendar this month, and if you do, please let me know.  I would love to see photos of your printed calendar (or your phone cases or T-shirts!) and to feature them on my IG account, so tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)

And if you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, please share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox.

Enjoy Pineapple Girl, and have a great early summer!
xo,
Cristina

Hey guys,

I have a special surprise for you today: in honor of Memorial Day, I'm offering you a special 15% off my ENTIRE SHOP from today until Monday, May 27, 2019, at 11:59pm PST. 

How do you unlock this special offer?  Visit my shop at Cristina Tudor Shop and enter code MEMORIAL15 at checkout.

This special offer applies on all gifts in my shop: cell phone cases, art prints, printed T-shirts, hand-painted T-shirts, and DIY printable digital illustrations.
 
Feel free to share this special code and my shop link https://cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com/ with your family and friends, the more the merrier!

Have a great long Memorial Day weekend!
xo
Cristina

Hi guys,

I've got some SPECIAL NEWS today: I'm doing my very first 👚GIVEAWAY👚 Woohoo!  I’m so excited to bring this to you today, and hopefully it will sweeten the rest of your work week ;)

I’m giving away one of my HAND-PAINTED T-SHIRTS to ONE LUCKY WINNER! I’ve been meaning to do a giveaway ever since reached the 1K followers milestone on Instagram, and it’s been a minute lol. So I want take a moment to say THANK YOU to every person who has been supporting me in my journey as a fashion illustrator, and that includes YOU! 🙏  A huge thanks for all your support and kindness!  I hope you like my gift, and when I reach 2K followers on IG, I will do another giveaway. And we're SO close, so the sooner we reach that goal, the sooner I'll send another thank you gift your way! 🤩

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: head on over to my Instagram account @thecristinatudor and check out THIS IG POST with the SAME IMAGE AS ABOVE to find out all the giveaway rules.  

Giveaway CLOSES on Friday, May 17 at 10pm PST. One winner will be selected by random draw. T-shirt will be white, with the illustration you choose from my shop (no custom work), in the size of your choice.  You can see all the hand-painted T-shirt designs in my shop HERE so you know what T-shirt you'd like to win.  It takes me about 2 weeks to paint your Tee + extra shipping time. Shipping is free.  

🎨 Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY! 🎉  So if you live outside the U.S., this is the ONLY WAY to get one of my hand-painted T-shirts (unless you're doing a custom order).

Good luck, and I’ll see you on Instagram! 🤞
xo
Cristina

This Monday morning I'm starting off the week by reflecting on what it means to be courageous and strong, especially as a woman, the way my mom is ❤️ I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and did my best to distill my thoughts yesterday on Mother’s Day when I posted this about my mom, who is an incredible human being! 
 
And then the other day I saw a post from my sweet friend Meagan Morrison of @travelwritedraw about how when Martha Stewart got asked if she ever felt like an impostor she said no, when many of us would answer YES! I’d like to continue this conversation because I find it so important.
 
Why do so many of us doubt ourselves?
 
I remember a couple of years ago, right after I made the switch from architecture to illustrating full-time, the first time I told someone I’m a fashion illustrator I had a hard time getting the words out. I didn’t FEEL like an illustrator. So I quickly added, I’m also an architect! LOL. Like I needed to prove my *worth* somehow. I was trained as an architect, not as an illustrator, so I compare myself to others who have the *right* credentials, and sometimes I feel like I’m not the *real deal* because I don’t.
 
I think it’s because today it’s easier than ever to compare on social media and to feel like you're falling short. Like many of you, I’m afraid to admit I have self-doubt, but it’s important to talk about it because sweeping it under the rug would perpetuate the myth. The myth that I don’t struggle with this. I certainly do.

The hardest part is that people don’t acknowledge feeling this way, so I sometimes feel alone in it. I KNOW I am not alone in this tho! None of us are, thank goodness 😉 Which is why I think REAL change starts with acceptance because we can all relate.
 
It’s ok to be vulnerable, to acknowledge and to ACCEPT those feelings because they are human nature. We are not robots, people! 😂 All we can do is move forward DESPITE our fears and doubt. I mean, isn’t courage doing something IN SPITE of your fear?
 
So I say let’s all be courageous and put ourselves there, let’s not waste another SECOND letting our doubts stop us from doing what we dream about. Want to be an artist? Start painting TODAY! Want to get fit? Go for a walk this MINUTE! Want to write? Put words on paper NOW! Don’t let that nagging voice in the back of your head come up with excuses and reasons why not to do it and talk you out of it!

If there’s one lesson I’ve learned that I think is the MOST important of all is to just DO IT! Today. Now. And let me tell you, this is a lesson that I have to re-learn over and over again lol. Because I’m human, and I forget this lesson as life gets in the way and I get distracted, but it’s the one thing I keep coming back to.  Every time I remind myself to just go and do it, especially when I’m feeling that self-doubt start creeping in, magical things happen!
 
I would have never started hand painting my T-shirts if I hadn’t pushed through those doubts. And I would not have had the moving experience of witnessing how joyful they make my customers like Beatrice @whol_some_life and her daughter, Janell.  I painted this custom T-shirt for Bea as a Mother’s Day present to Janell, and they both loved it so much!  Bea said: ‘Your drawing is gorgeous. Thank you so much! I’m going to order more!!! They’re really special! Janell loved her T-shirt! Everyone wanted one too!’  Had I listened to that doubtful voice of fear in my head telling me all the reasons why I shouldn’t paint and put my work out there, all the reasons why I might fail at it, Bea and Janell would have never shared this special mother-daughter moment on Mother's Day!

So my advice (to you and to myself lol): just tell that voice to shove it! ;) Don’t rob yourself and others of the happiness you can bring with your creativity, in whatever way you choose to express your creative spirit! And let’s GO for it, because this is the ONLY way we grow! If we stop ourselves from fear, we will never get through to the other side where our dreams await! ✨
 
What have you been stopping yourself from doing because you have doubts? And what steps will you take TODAY to push through that fear and go after your dreams? I’m rooting for you, I know you can do it, so let’s do this together! 😘❤

You with me?

xo,
Cristina

Watch what I loved most about painting this custom T-shirt:

Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy! @ariclia 🌸 I love you SO MUCH! ❤️

You are the BEST mom in the world, the strongest and most courageous person I know, and you have ALWAYS been my biggest supporter and given me the MOST unconditional love anyone could give!!! 💖 Thank you for everything you always do for me, for being there for me from day one 😉 and for always making me your top priority even when that meant sacrificing your own happiness 🙏

Thank you for raising me as a single mom, through countless hardships, without any support from my dad, with little money, and for making my childhood a happy one despite a hard life in communist Romania.

Thank you for getting me through those first years of living in such a rough country and times, and most of all for having the courage to leave all that behind and jump into the unknown, without a shred of hesitation, without a doubt that you would give me a much better life. You certainly have! We have an amazing life here in the States, and I could not be happier 🇺🇸

I am so proud to be an American, to live such an amazing life in this beautiful place, and I count my blessings every day! I thank God for everything He has given us, and I thank YOU for making it happen, for being a STRONG and FEARLESS momma and for having the courage to GO for it!! For all these reasons, and SO MUCH MORE, you are the BEST mom in the world and I am the LUCKIEST person in the world to be your daughter!I love you always and forever!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you amazing moms out there! 😘❤️🌸

Super excited to share my new T-shirt design with you guys: the XOXO T-shirt is now live in my shop at cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com as part of my HAND PAINTED fashion illustration T-shirts collection.  Check it out here and grab one (or two!) for all the moms in your life this Mother's Day, they deserve all of the treats!
 
Visit my shop at Cristina Tudor Shop to see the full collection of HAND PAINTED T-shirts!

And while you're at it: get 15% off all my ART PRINTS for Mother's Day when you enter code MOTHER15 at checkout - offer is valid until Tuesday, May 7, which is the deadline to order art prints if you want to make sure you get them before Mother's Day.   I have an XOXO print, too, as well as the XOXO T-shirt!

Did I mention: FREE SHIPPING in the US (includes all T-shirts and art prints in my shop).

Share this offer and my shop cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com with your bff, so she can spoil Mom, too!

XOXO,
Cristina

p.s. If you're wondering where I got that snazzy wall macrame and gold hoop wall hanging in the photos, it's an awesome (and super simple!) DYI pattern courtesy of debrosse, (Teresa aka T of @debrosse_nyc) the genius behind soooo many cool knit, crochet and all-yarn patterns at debrosse.com The wood hanging rack is my own DYI - email me for details at hello@cristinatudor.com

April showers bring May flowers!  It’s May, and I’m all about spring and flowers this month.  I was inspired to paint the May calendar by the flowers in the recent SoCal superbloom, the upcoming Mother’s Day, and by Molly Bee, aka @beautsoup on Instagram, who creates fantastic makeup looks and always looks incredible! So I’m going to call this one Flower Girl! ;)

And if you want to make Mom happy this Mother’s Day, you can use code MOTHER15 on all my art prints in my shop at cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com until Tuesday, May 7 at 11:59pm, which is also the last day to order your prints if you want to make sure you get them before Mother’s Day (May 12).  As always, all US shipping is FREE! :)

Didn't get my April calendar?  Sign up at cristinatudor.com today, and it'll pop right in your inbox!

Here's a few behind the scenes peeks at my illustration process for this month's calendar: