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Issue 7 Release + Pop-Up at Morningtide / Solano Stroll

September 02, 2018 by the ILLUSTORIA team

Come celebrate the release of #7: The Black & White Issue with some black-and-white activities and crafts! We will provide all supplies to make zines, cards, and drawings using white ink on black paper. Also make your own adorable b&w pom-pom bookmarks! 

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Our issue #7 sponsor Sakura of America will be giving away these FREE sets of Gelly Roll and Pigma Micron pens + pouch and stickers with every Illustoria Magazine purchase. All this at the lovely neighborhood shop, Morningtide, during the family-friendly, annual Solano Stroll. We look forward to seeing you there!

Free pens + pouch set by Sakura of America with every Illustoria magazine purchase on 9/9 at Morningtide!

Free pens + pouch set by Sakura of America with every Illustoria magazine purchase on 9/9 at Morningtide!

Come doodle and craft with us and make some great art to take home. 

Come doodle and craft with us and make some great art to take home. 

WHAT: ILLUSTORIA POP-UP + ISSUE 7 RELEASE!

WHERE: Morningtide
               847 Cornell Ave
               Albany, CA

WHEN: Sunday, September 9th, 2018
             11am-3pm

 
Art by Basak Agaoglu from "Not So Black-and-White Party," from Issue 7: Black & White.

Art by Basak Agaoglu from "Not So Black-and-White Party," from Issue 7: Black & White.

 

We hope to see you there!

xoxo ~ ILLUSTORIA

 

September 02, 2018 /the ILLUSTORIA team
EVENTS, morningtide, ISSUE 7, BLACK AND WHITE, THE BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE, CRAFTS, KIDS CRAFTS, SAKURA OF AMERICA
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