08/21/10
I’m back from the New York International Gift Fair and have been happily revelling in post-show bliss. For the first time in a couple of months I feel like I can breathe. I even played hookie yesterday and spent the day walking around New York City! (shhhhhhhhh)
The show was great and the overall mood was [...]
07/12/10
The wonderful people at Jade Magazine, the online magazine aimed at professional Asian and APA women in their twenties and thirties, interviewed me recently for a profile piece about myself and my company Wanart. I’ve provided an excerpt below, to read the entire interview visit their website here.
In the Cards: An Interview with Joyce Wan
Although [...]
Tags: design, entrepreneur, greeting cards, greetings from kiwi and pear, Joyce Wan, kiwi and pear, small business, Wanart
06/13/10
What a crazy week! I attended the NJ SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) 2010 Conference last weekend in Princeton then flew off to Las Vegas for a few days to check out the Licensing Expo! My head is buzzing with new ideas about books, licensing, and design.
Check out my recap of the [...]
Tags: art licensing, bumblebee, Joyce Wan, licensing, Licensing Expo, NJ SCBWI Conference, NJ-SCBWI, picture books, transformers, Wanart, writing conference
05/28/10
If you’re going to be in the NYC area this Memorial Day weekend I’m going to be rockin the street fairs! Saturday I’ll be on Waverly Place and Sunday I’ll be on 73rd Street and Broadway! Drop by and say hello – see you there!
03/24/10
Spring has finally arrived and you know what means – summer is not too far behind! This season always brings with it the sweetness of new beginnings and endless possibilities. I always feel a renewed sense of energy and inspiration – I LOVE it.
I just put our button sets up on our Etsy shop (wanartco)! [...]
Tags: astrology, buttons, chinese zodiac, cute, kawaii, pinback buttons, pins, Wanart, year of the tiger
03/03/10
If you live in the Boston area I will be speaking at the “85 Broads Boston University Spring Conference 2010″ on March 27th. The intercollegiate conference aims to empower women in all areas of their lives. It will feature diverse speakers and panelists from a variety of fields including: Marketing, Advertising, Finance, Fashion, Government, [...]
Tags: 85 broads, boston events, entrepreneurship, Wanart
02/10/10
I am excited to share with you all a nice review of my book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” by onelittleroom.com and an interview I did with gadling.com about the Lunar New Year. I provided excerpts below but you can click on the links for the full articles.
onelittleroom.com:
“The book is cute as can be. [...]
02/10/10
The Wanart booth at NY Gift Show 2010. It was nice meeting everybody who stopped by!
Tags: new york gift show 2010, nyigf, Wanart
01/20/10
Gearing up for the New York International Gift Fair at the end of the month. I will be debuting new Kiwi and Pear designs among other items! Please stop by and see us in the Wanart booth #1848 if you will be attending. Take a sneak peek at our new gift enclosure collection!
Tags: gift enclosures, greeting cards, Joyce Wan, new york international gift fair, nyigf, stationery, Wanart
08/21/09
ahhh…the Jacob Javits Center – designed by architects I.M. Pei and partners back in 1986 and named after the US Senator who died that year – it’s also where I hawk my goods about three weeks out of the year for the National Stationery Show every May and for the New York International Gift Fair [...]
Tags: national stationery show, New York Gift Show, new york international gift fair, nyigf, tradeshows, Wanart