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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Are you a Nauti-Girl? Time To Get Nautical with Simply Chickie and Peachy!

It's time to dust off your yacht and set sail!  Do you have the latest casual clothing to match?   We like this tshirt by Simply Chickie for its soft style and sharp statement!  It is cut well and printed on 1
00% organic cotton. Gwen uses papers from around the world, paints, and gems to create the whimsical art that is printed on clothing for moms, boys and girls to wear. 
This company is from Newport, Rhode Island and the tshirt itself says it is made in Peru.
Peachy Ahoy loves this tshirt!  Get a couple for the summer season.

The Little Chickie Creator 
When Gwen was pregnant with her daughter, Elizabeth, she decided to put the designs on clothes. So, the Little E Chickie wear line began. The clothing is printed on 100% organic cotton - a very important thing to Elizabeth - though she doesn't quite know that yet!

Gwendolyn is the owner of the company, Gwen Designs. Creativity runs in her background; she comes from a long line of artists and writers; in fact, she is a direct descendent of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of the 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter.

One of her earliest memories is Sundays growing up—when her father would gather crayons, paints, and paper from the kitchen cabinet for her to use while he and her mother slept in until almost noon. During college, she studied art history as well as abstract art with Karen Peterson from Hartford College for Women. Later, she studied the art of watercolor with Laura Eden.

In 1988, she lived in Tokyo, Japan where she became fascinated with the fine detail, elegance, and attention to nature that Japanese art highlights. Japanese paper and paint are the mediums she uses to create the art that gets printed on cards and textiles.

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