{"id":1941,"date":"2015-11-10T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2017-09-18T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T19:41:07","slug":"november-artist-spotlight-ann-shen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/november-artist-spotlight-ann-shen\/","title":{"rendered":"November Artist Spotlight: Ann Shen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN103DontGiveUp.png\" alt=\"ANNSHEN103DontGiveUp\" width=\"462\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN103DontGiveUp.png 462w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN103DontGiveUp-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN103DontGiveUp-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The featured artist for the month of November\u00a0is Ann Shen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ann Shen is an illustrator, letterer, and designer of magical things, based in Los Angeles. Her paper goods line celebrates every day as a holiday with whimsical, sophisticated illustrations that infuse joy into your daily life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We asked Ann some questions&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AnnShen_Studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AnnShen_Studio.jpg\" alt=\"AnnShen_Studio\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AnnShen_Studio.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AnnShen_Studio-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AnnShen_Studio-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u00a0How many folks are involved in the whole design process?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust me.<\/p>\n<div><strong>*Where are your headquarters?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Sunny Los Angeles, California<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>* What\u2019s your favorite card that you\u2019ve designed (on Postable)?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>The Happy Happy Happy Happy card &#8211; the pinks are fun and it&#8217;s perfect for so many occasions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>* Where do you draw your inspiration for your design?<\/strong><br \/>\nVintage things that tickle my fancy at the flea market, mid-century illustrations that blow my mind, and when events come up where I wish I had a card&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN102HappyHappy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN102HappyHappy.png\" alt=\"ANNSHEN102HappyHappy\" width=\"462\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN102HappyHappy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN102HappyHappy-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN102HappyHappy-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>* If you had to describe your cards in one word, what would it be?<\/strong><br \/>\nHappy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>*If you could spend a day with any person (dead or alive) who would it be?<\/strong><br \/>\nOprah. She knows so much, I&#8217;d love to just spend a day with her and get to know her keys for being a centered person \u2013 ooh and find out her latest favorite things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*If you had to paint your house inside and out with the same color, what would it be? Why?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn my dreams, pink because it&#8217;s my favorite color. In reality, white because it makes everything look beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*What would you choose as your last meal?<\/strong><br \/>\nOysters, tacos, pizza, and ice cream cake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly.png\" alt=\"ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly\" width=\"462\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly.png 462w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ANNSHEN104GoodVibesOnly-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you\u2019d like to check out more from November&#8217;s\u00a0Featured Artist [Ann Shen], visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/cards\" target=\"_blank\">Postable.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[17,226,130],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v22.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>November Artist Spotlight: Ann Shen | Postable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/november-artist-spotlight-ann-shen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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