Look at these terrific photos of Devorah with her poster and bat mitzvah t-shirts! She's gorgeous!

Here's our world class lighthouse made into a Menorah.

Have A Cool Portrait of Your Child on a Store Full of Gifts

Check out Julia Greenberg's (daughter of MitzvahChic author Gail Greenberg) own store on Cafe Press at http://www.cafepress.com/olinergraphics/3336596.     This incredibly fun idea - having a whole store with YOU as the theme - comes courtesy of the artist who did Julia's portrait, Liz Oliner. Once she does a beautiful portrait from a photo of your child, Liz can put it on invitations, sign-in boards (check these out  http://www.cafepress.com/olinergraphics/3713459 ) and tons of other places to make your party personal, classic and unique.  Visit Liz's website at the link below to see Julia's "before" picture - and a great before and after of a bat mitzvah mom! There's another great idea!

How Gorgeous is This?
Get a unique piece of art from your child's photo to serve as your sign-in. This portrait from Liz Oliner, the same artist who created a portrait of MitzvahChic author Gail Greenberg's daughter can also go on invitations, and a zillion items in your own store on Cafe Press. 

See an example at  http://www.cafepress.com/olinergraphics/3662538  .  And visit Liz's website at the link below to see Ms. Greenberg's "before" and "after" picture - and a great "before and after" of a bat mitzvah mom (who is not Ms. Greenberg's mom)! But mom portraits - there's another great idea!

Here’s the plug I got from Mitzvah Chic. Mitzvah Chic is a wildly popular book and website for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah crowd and I was thrilled to illustrate the author’s daughter for her own bat mitzvah. You can also check out my plug by clicking here. You can see my image on that page, click on it to read the below.

Get a Fabulous Portrait of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah For Invitations, Sign in, Anything!

What does the queen of bat mitzvahs ask for when she can have anything she wants? An original "Liz Oliner!" This is the portrait of her daughter that MitzvahChic author Gail Greenberg is using on her daughter Julia's invitations, sign-in piece and in decorations.

Go to artist Liz Oliner's website (link is below) to see more finished portraits and the photos she works from. Liz can put the finished work on sign-in boards, invitations, and even put up a CafePress store with the portrait on all sorts of items for your child, friends and family members to buy party favors, decorations or mementos.
Gail says: "Julia's so delighted, she's inviting her friends over to see the invitations before we can even get them mailed. She's also got a T-shirt with her portrait - it's sort of the team shirt for her bat mitzvah. What fun!".

This was the art for William's 4' banner at his Bar Mitzvah. It's hanging over his bed now. He loves it.

I did lots of work for the Garden Club of Montclair Yearbook when I was focusing on charity organizations.

I must credit my friend Julie G. for the title of this logo. Everyone loves this. If you would like this for your own temple please email me at lizol@comcast.net and I will happily put your temple's name in the text for no extra charge and provide you with a store site at my main products site.

No, I didn't create the cover art. What I did do was...



Kept looking? Good for you. What I did was create those giant blow ups featured of Demi Moore's face. They just wanted some printouts but instead I created a series of images that progressively focused on her eyes. They were supposed to convey the feeling that Alec Baldwin was obsessed. Do you see it in the upper right hand side of the box? The director loved it and put the scene they were in on the TV commercials and the back of the box.

Around this time I had also begun creating screen images for pilot TV shows. If they were filmed banging on a computer and something was on the screen...well, that was my stuff. Not very exciting or creative to produce but, I have to say, people were always more impressed when I worked in the film industry than by a really "hot" pharmaceutical brochure. (No, I never met Alex Baldwin and Demi Moore, I was shut away in an internal room with all my machines.)

Good grief this was 1996! I had just gotten pregnant with my second child which basically knocked me out of the work force.

I created this for my son's Bar Mitzvah last year. He's an awesome kid. The Bar Mitzvah date was October 7th. Hence, the 10/07 in the logo. With a date like that the theme was obvious. I went a bit wild and made the entire family into bond characters and made an incredible movie. We had a blast.

Here's another version of the Take 10 Now cards. Of course, I also created the logo. The "0" is supposed to represent a clock with the pink pie shaped wedged representing a ten minute span of time.

And How About This!:

Less than two hours from the moment I met Liz Oliner she had a complete
feel for my business and the energy I wanted to project. I had a
completed business card in my hand less than one week later, and was
thrilled as I watched my client list double at the first event I was
able to give them out. I love the image, my customers love the image.
I couldn't be happier with Liz's work.

Rory Cohen, Co-Founder

The Take 10 Success System

www.take10now.com

I met Rory one fine June day, such a positive, amazing person. We hit it off right away as did our dogs. We are both proud owners of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, the best dogs in the world. She immediately commissioned me to create an image for her business cards for her amazing business "Take 10". Her image was snapped on my porch after she had just been on the beach. You can see how much fun she is and it was a pleasure to draw her.

Take 10 has as its focus the concept of taking ten minutes each day to fulfill your life's dreams. I tried it and I can honestly say her advice is amazing and it shockingly seems to work. Check out her site here and on my link page. http://www.take10now.com. For a fantastic review of their company click on this link http://www.entelekey.com/entrep1.html.

Back to work. I've finally succeeded in mucking through the complicated "how to's" of creating an internet site. So much HTML coding! I find myself using coding language with my kids, "Hey, Will, I told you to href your homework!" (href replacing access)

Welcome me back please. I have 3 kids and have been volunteering for the past 9 years until the little one's made it to first grade. The last paid jobs I remember working on were for "The Juror" movie with Demi Moore and Deutsch Bank in NY. Since then its been all volunteer for town schools and events.