New Paris Prints

Welcome back to Monday! Hope you had a great few days off! Is a vacation on your mind lately? I've always wanted to visit Paris. What about you??  So much so, that I was inspired to create a few French prints. Oui.  These are truly the smallest prints MadeByGirl has ever done, and we love them! Each print is 5"x7" and the background is a bright CORAL with metallic GOLD letters. If this isn't a gorgeous color combo I don't know what is! 

So, if you want to spice up the walls in your home or office or even in your closet, these will fit pretty much anywhere! You can buy one, two or all four as a set! If you buy 4 - you save $6. I highly recommend getting them framed in the gold metal frame.

 

Tip - to really see the gold, make sure you face the prints directly toward the natural light.

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Cocoa & Hearts News

I normally don't announce it here - but NEW Cocoa & Hearts paintings will be added to the gallery sometime today!! Stay tuned!!! 

It will be announced on my twitter when they are live!! Exciting!

(sun & rain)

UPDATE:

Thank you so much for your overwhelming support of my work! I'm more than flattered, in fact I am so grateful. I will also continue to thank God for the gift to create art.

  Below is a sample of some of the pieces (10 paintings) that were posted, all were sold!

-image by jen ramos

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New at MadeByGirl + Lara Stone

Who knew that lips would be so popular? 

Let's face it, model Lara Stone has a distinguishable mouth. Full lips & gap teeth. Apparently agencies nowadays aren't as concerned about IMPERFECTIONS. It's ok to be a fashion model & not be rejected at an agency if this if your issue. Well, it wasn't always that way. Back when I was growing up, being ETHNIC or an imperfection was 'pretty much' a stamp of REJECTION within most modeling agencies. Insane right? Things have definitely come a looooong way in the high FASHION modeling world. I'm very much aware of the few models like Lauren Hutton, Iman etc but my point is the majority of models back in the days, did 'not' have so-called imperfections & were 'not' ethnic. Very few were. Thoughts??

Glad to see that we can now see so-called imperfections about a person, as beautiful.

With that said, the new prints at MadeByGirl are an homage to Lara Stone & her pretty mouth. Art by Jessice Rowe. You can purchase this print with or without a frame directly on MadeByGirl, but I would recommend getting yours with a gold frame, as pictured below. It looks awesome!

Photo below by Hedi Slimane

below photo by cuneyt akeroglu

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New iPhone Cases!

New iPhone cases are up at MadeByGirl! They're all cases made from Cocoa & Hearts original paintings! I've added 2 abstract designs, as well as my current favorite, Colors 223 with emerald!
 

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Newest Cocoa & Hearts iPhone Cases

With new Cocoa & Hearts paintings in the works - I wanted to let you guys know that most of my iPhone cases are at MadeByGirl. Here are the colors we have available right now. We're hoping to add more colors soon!

ALSO....Please let us know if you see a style or design you'd like to from my Cocoa & Hearts & maybe we'll add it onto a case! 

-all cases by artist jen ramos

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Coming Soon to Cocoa & Hearts

EMERALD GREEN is so in right now. 

Coming real soon to Cocoa & Hearts!! Stay Tuned! Also, are you on the mailing list???

If not, go ahead & add yourself here or join my twitter so you'll be the first to know when new pieces are added to the gallery!

-image by jen ramos

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Cocoa & Hearts

So cool to see Fashion Blogger - Bradley Agather display four framed Cocoa & Hearts paintings in her stylish bedroom! You can see the rest of her home tour on The Glitter Guide. So gorgeous!!

-Photography: Kelsey Foster 

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Your Weekend

new paintings coming soon to cocoa & hearts

-image by jen ramos

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Cocoa & Hearts News

Wondering what happened to Cocoa & Hearts? I've been getting several emails asking when new pieces will be added. Well, now that I'm finally settled into the new apartment, I can paint. 

10 new paintings will be added to the gallery - so stay tuned! If you want to be the first to know, either follow me on my Twitter or sign up for the email list here. They go fast, so once they're up, get yours!

-image by jen ramos

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS LOVE SALE

With the Holidays approaching you'll have 12 shopping days to take advantage of our "Twelve Days of Christmas LOVE" special.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Everyday for the next 12 days, a different LOVE poster will be on sale, just for our Made By Girl customers!

*Make sure to check our calendar below to see which posters will be on SALE & when!

Which LOVE poster is your favorite?

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Made By Girl now on Instagram!!

Many of you have asked if MadeByGirl was on Instagram. Well, I was.

However, it was a private account with family photos & so on. A couple days ago I asked my assistant Daisy, to revamp it & allow you guys to follow.  Sometimes when I get sooo caught up in work, I don't realize how popular things are getting. I almost let this pass me by! #OHMYGosh

But nonetheless, I'm now on Instagram & you can follow me here if you like.

I update almost everyday & most of the pics you will  only see there & NOT on my blog. See you there!

 

Are you on Instagram? Do you use it often?

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Boo!

Have a safe Halloween. You can now buy your year-round gold skull print on MadeByGirl.

-imageby jen ramos

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New at MadeByGirl

 GOLD skull print - available now at MadeByGirl.

 

....maybe even too gorgeous for Halloween! 

Oh & more paintings coming soon to Cocoa & Hearts! Stay tuned!!

-image by jen ramos

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Cocoa & Hearts News

Hey guys ! Welcome back...I swear, it was so nice to get some rest this weekend, I totally needed it. My chiropractor told me that I needed to get off my computer to help my BACK PAIN...seems like ours computers are our worst enemies at times, know what I mean?!??

Hope you all had a great few days as well! As for me, I've been working on some commissions with a few clients - here is one I did yesterday for a client's home office. She wanted a combination of blush pinks & gold mainly. I love the way it turned out, how about you??

I'm still working on a few more but should be available to start more commissions around October 25th or so. If interested email me with size of painting you'd like & colors you prefer to see. If you're unsure of style, visit my gallery at Cocoa & Hearts.

Also - more paintings to be added as well to the gallery toward the end of this month! 

-image by jen ramos

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Apartments + iPhone + Friday

Our search for an apartment continues this weekend. It seems like the rents are higher & the sq. footage has gotten smaller, unreal. New York City!! What happened to you?!?? 

Anyhow, I will try to relax this weekend as well, I hope. In the meantime, please check out the Cocoa & Hearts iPhone case available here - at this time we only have this color, but I promise new colors will follow. Have a great weekend!

-image by jen ramos

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My NYC Home Office

Hello everyone! I finally wanted to share some photos of my current office space here in my NYC apartment. These particular photos were shot by Janis Nicolay earlier this year. When I first decorated this space, I wanted something WILD & colorful, so I added FLOR tiles - which I love by the way & colorful art!

Interestingly enough, I just found out we'll be moving to another apartment in November!!!!  That means apartment NYC hunting next month + new office...woo hoo! Exciting!

Zebra print tiles are by FLOR

Abstract artwork is my own - you can see more in my online gallery via cocoa & hearts

all food prepared by my husband

hanging to the left is my 1st ever cocoa & hearts painting!!

gold love print via my shop made by girl

-images by janis nicolay

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Warhol Event & Campbell Soup

This past Wednesday, I attended an event over at the MET.  It was a private viewing of "Regarding Warhol Sixty Artists, Fifty Years" hosted by Campbell soup. I took my new assistant with me & we enjoyed an exclusive tasting of the new soups from Campbell! With flavors like, Jammin' Jerk chicken w/rice & beans, Kickin' buffalo-style chicken, Chipotle chicken & corn chowder & more! 

It was delicious! In fact, I may have had too many tastings, but it was all good when the red velvet slices came out, my goodness those were amazing! 
 
If you're in NYC - check out the exhibit - it's live to the public on Sept 18th! Below you'll see a preview....

My favorite Warhol piece was Marilyn's lips. So cool.

"Your car is ready Mrs. Ramos" - cute.

 We arrived!

Check out the soup cans - in typical Andy Warhol style!  Although I don't these are for sale, they did gave me one!

My fave piece was Elvis Presley by Keith Haring - genius. Last but not least, red velvet cake looking over the city! Hope you've had a great week so far!

-images by jen ramos

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Coming Soon to Cocoa & Hearts

I've been busy working on adding new paintings to the Cocoa & Hearts gallery, here are just a couple of the paintings I'll have available for purchase. I can't hold any of these unfortunately...

Once they are up, it's available to whomever purchases first. If you're not on the mailing list to be notified, sign up here.

I don't know when they'll be added to the online gallery, but it will def. be sometime this month! Stay tuned!

-images by jen ramos

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