Here's Looking at you, Kid

This is "Here's Looking at you, Kid", from of my Bohemian Girl Collection! How I do love movies. Old black and white movies of course are my favorites! I wanted to built a scene around one of my favorite luxuries, a drive-in movie theater. I pictured that a cute couple were watching a classic. As I had the couple seeing each other, the phrase "Here's Looking at you kid", came to mind. And that's how I decided to include the famous scene from the 1942 Casablanca.

Drive-in movies are almost extinct. I have personally enjoyed going to the drive-in here in Florida. When my hubby and I used to live in Miami Beach we will drive to Ft. Lauderdale to an old, but well preserved drive-in theater. And I have to tell you it was a lot of fun! Here we where in our own car, under the starry skies while enjoying the fresh night air, eating popcorn, and holding hands. It was so romantic! What more can you ask?

I just loved our drive-in movie dates!

You can purchase my lovely "Here's looking at you, Kid", tote bag from my Bohemian Girl Collection shop at any time!

I found a great website that lists "Drive In Movies" in the U.S., Canada, and Australia :
www.driveinmovie.com

Happy movie nite!



Chao,


Carmen

Bohemian Girl Shop!

This is my Bohemian Girl Collection "All The Girls" series! I have always enjoyed the old black and white movies, which is where I get most of my Retro Art inspiration. I love the elegance of the 30's and 40's when women wore hats and gloves whenever they will got out. I wish that we can go back to that elegant era again. And even though these shirts are made out of cotton and are very comfortable, I am hoping that my art inspires girls to dress with style!

Shop at the Bohemian Girl Shop for my cutest shirts! http://www.bohemiangirlshop.com/

Stepford Factory

Artists from around the world are committed to draw once a year. They call it "Drawing Day." So last year, on the Drawing Day, I went ahead and brushed up on my drawing. Back then, I haven't drawn for some time. I had to kind of practice shapes and forms to get my hand to the artist mode. It took me awhile until I finally felt comfortable with drawing in pencil again.

"Now what should I draw?" I asked myself. I wanted to draw something totally different from my usual Bohemian Girl Collection. I wanted it to be unique and unusual, but still in the Retro Pop Art category. I thought then of something that reminded me of Retro living. So the Stepford Wives movie came to mind. Yes, I have to admit I liked that movie. It's funny because I love to be the typical Homemaker Wife. Even though the movie was kind of making fun of the cookie cutter wife, I thought that it made my homemaker skills look easier.

I started to make a mannequin form, that was fitted with an apron and I added a touch of sparkle with a pearl necklace. Then I drew a face of a mannequin, which as you can see I added for the background effect. Then I repeated the mannequin forms and just changed her dress colors, to give it that Pop Art look. And viola, my freshly made Retro Pop Art " Stepford Factory" came about!


My "Stepford Factory" design is being featured below in this Jumbo size tote bag! Click the bag to visit my Bohemian Girl Shop!




You can visit my shop at anytime and see my other retro pop designs at Bohemian Girl Shop!


Have a fun weekend!


P.S. If you happened to enjoy the Stepford's Wives movie, you are for sure going to enjoy the article "How To Be a Stepford" on the Time Warp Wives website.


My Stepford Factory design is copyrighted by Carmen Johnson.

Bohemian Girl Coffee Mugs!

These are my Bohemian Girl Collection Coffee Mugs! The girls represented in my art are wearing their signature flower flapper hats.
What girl doesn't want to look stylish?

Now you can enjoy that delicious morning cup of coffee or that soothing evening green tea, with style!


This mug has my Bohemian Girl Collection logo signature design. This sleek design is an inspiration from my love of retro pop art. So chic isn't it?



Here are "All The Girls", from my International BG Collection design. It is nice to see that a retro girl comes in different hairdos and colors!




Step into my Bohemian Girl Collection shop,
to visit and purchase these chic mugs!

Beauty School Dropout

This is my Retro Pop Art "Beauty School Dropout" design ! I got the inspiration from the movie "Grease". I always felt embarrassed for Frenchie when her hair turned pink. It seems like the poor girl wasn't fit to become a hair dresser after all. So with that in mind I wanted to draw pink hair dyers from a beauty salon. I repeated the chair to add that Pop Art feel. Though to add interest I used different colors of pink for every chair. I also added a mirror as a backdrop which is another item found in a beauty salon. And that's how my "Beauty School Dropout"was made!

So for all of those girls out there that have ruin their own hair or had others ruin it for them. Make sure to ask for a beauty hair credentials next time you go for a hairdo. Or else "better forget it, who wants their hair done by a slob?"

Here is my "Beauty School Dropout" jumbo tote bag!
Click the bag to visit my Bohemian Girl Shop.




Tips in how to choose the right hair color: Time Warp Wives Beauty

Beauty School Dropout by Carmen Johnson © 2008-2009