It started with an idea that I couldn't let go of. I wanted, as a baby gift for my newest niece Sasha, an alphabet chart in Russian. Her mother, Sophia, is of Russian descent and I wanted to give them something unique and personal for their second baby girl. Amazingly I couldn't find any Russian alphabet charts to purchase on Etsy, so I decided to tackle making one from scratch.
I marched off to the Abington Free Library and checked out "The Itiot's Guide to Russian," as well as a few other dictionaries. I also became super familiar with Google Translate. I divided the chart into 33 squares, and illustrated it with images that represented the letters (and sounds) one by one.
Since I could find nothing like it on the web, I decided to list reprints of the poster for sale on Etsy. I sold three in a week! My first customer, a Russian immigrant living in Brooklyn, helped proof the print and made sure I hadn't made any errors. I kept it local, and used the friendly folks at Jenkintown Business Graphics for the printing.
So here is the gift to Sasha! And she is a gift to us. Добро пожаловать сладкий Саша!
Awesome. I wish I knew how to Pinterest it from my iPad!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! We love our Lampesalot original, and I plan on referring every last Russian relative I have to your Etsy site. Thanks Auntie Sarah!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! Really great Sarah :) xoxo all around from us up north!
ReplyDeleteA Beautiful Baby Gift for A Beautiful Baby Girl - lovely work Sarah darling!
ReplyDeletexoxo, mum
Indeed, super cool and super interesting! I not only get to learn some Russian but if you will help, I might even learn what Etsy is and how to see your site there! pops
ReplyDeleteSo glad you all liked it! I love a good craft project and this one was fun and challenging! I get headaches in Russian now :-) I no longer see bright lights when I squeeze my eyes shut but little backwards, upside down lower case h's. Ha!
ReplyDeleteLove to you all and to the newest member of the Lampe Clan... baby Sasha!!!