In addition to reaching our 10,000 order mark in our www.GiveAcaricature.com business, we’ve moved from Portland, OR to Gilbert, AZ (in the Phoenix area).

We’re still going thru the upheaval of the move and hope to have things settled soon – but no worries, we’re able to satisfy orders just as efficiently as we did before!  We’re just holding off on things like facebook page updates and blog posts.  And getting used to the 100+ degree heat

We’ll be back to updating our pages and posting our caricatures & masterpieces of the month very soon!  Stay tuned…

Background: Picnic in a park, sitting on a blanket with a wicker picnic basket and a lake behind them with ducks swimming. There are ducks near the blanket looking for food.
Person Specific: The man wearing an aikido uniform with iphone in one hand showing a basketball game. The woman wearing traditional Pakistani clothing (as seen in picture) holding a travel brochure.


How cute – I love the colors in this one!!! A caricature makes a great “Paper” Anniversary Gift!

The subject is a hunter. In this case though, the buck got him. He should be tied to the hood of his truck like an old time deer hunter might have. He should be dressed in hunters clothing, have an orange hunting vest and orange hunting ball-cap on. The deer should be a big antlered buck, standing next to his prize (the subject) as though posing for a photo with his trophy. The deer should have Jack’s rifle.


I just thought it was a very funny caricature, what a great idea for a retirement gift! We love the scene descriptions that have a little humor in them!

Pretty Woman movie poster.

So yes, I love the movie Pretty Woman but that’s not the only reason I love this caricature.  The customer provided photos of them in the poses that he wanted and gave us the information for the text on the medallion and at the bottom of the poster. It looks so much like the real Pretty Woman movie poster! What a sweet Anniversary Gift!

I think the kids are adorable, I absolutely love this caricature! It is definitely a great Harley-Davidson gift idea for the Harley lover!

The year started off with the announcement on January 10th by Playboy that they have accepted Hugh Hefner’s offer to buy the company and take it private.

The deal is expected to close sometime in the first quarter.  See more information on our GiveAshare blog.  What does this mean to us?  Basically once Playboy goes private the stock certificates are gone.  It’s created a bit of a buzz among collectors, and we are definitely seeing an uptick in Playboy stock sales on our GiveAshare.com website.  But once it’s gone, it’s gone for good.

Last weekend we participated in our first Bridal Show.  What an event!  We had a great time, met lots of brides and grooms, and realized once again how popular and how much fun our caricatures are! 
Everyone who stopped by our booth (and there were a lot), walked away laughing…and I can’t count how many times I heard the comment: “We’ve definitely got to do that for our wedding…” as they walked away.

We’re looking forward to another busy wedding season.  Our newest offering – Save The Dates definitely garnered a lot of attention, as did the Groomsmen caricatures, Bridesmaid caricatures, and the Wedding Couple caricatures with the signable mats.

But first…Valentine’s Day is coming!  We have lots of awesome personalized gift ideas…why don’t you stop by and check them out?  www.LeadingEdgeGifts.com

Here’s a peak at the Christmas card my husband and I are sending out this year – of course the artwork is from www.GiveAcaricature.com!  Included are our three lovely daughters and we couldn’t leave out our favorite pet (and office mascot) Pepper!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

This caricature was given to a woman as a farewell gift since she recently got promoted.  I thought it was really cute that it depicted her as a Super-Mom and Super-Worker!