{"id":1223,"date":"2006-11-01T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T14:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2006-11-01T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2006-11-01T14:46:39","slug":"rebecca_puig_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/rebecca_puig_of\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Puig of Sugarboo Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rebecca\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/rebecca.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Rebecca\" \/>Meet Rebecca Puig of <a href=\"http:\/\/clientfolders.com\/SugarbooDesigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sugarboo Designs<\/a>.&#0160; She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Rick and their lovely children Jacob and Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca&#39;s artist statement reads, \u201cI graduated from the University of Georgia in 1997 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. During that period, I focused mainly in ceramics and I did not become interested in painting until I worked in a folk art gallery in Athens, GA. There, I fell in love with the artwork. I was so intrigued with how expressive and raw the art was. I also knew that most of the artists were self-taught so I decided to try my hand at it&#8230; and I loved it!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug01l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sug01l\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug01l.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Sug01l\" \/><\/a> <br \/>I did not fret so much over the technical aspects of the art so that I could focus more on giving the art some soul. I continue to be influenced by folk art and children&#39;s art to this day. <\/p>\n<p>Children&#39;s art especially inspires me because it is so simple, raw, beautiful, and honest. I believe children are some of the best artists in the world. I am also inspired by nature, animals, words, imperfection, old things, and everyday things that we sometimes forget to see the wonder in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug06l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sug06l\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug06l.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Sug06l\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite moments in the studio are when I&#39;m inscribing a message on a piece from a mommy &amp; daddy to their child or from a wife to a husband.&#0160; It is such an honor to be part of a loving gift.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug03l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sug03l\" border=\"0\" class=\"image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug03l.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Sug03l\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/sug03l.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recently featured Rebecca&#39;s work in one of our previous enews editions and got such a great response from it, we decided to carry some of her pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Each <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages.php?pageid=8\" target=\"_blank\">catching fireflies l<span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS\">ocatio<\/span><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS\">n<\/span><\/a> has a couple samples of the photo boxes along with a book of all the possible color and quote combinations for special orders.&#0160; Select quotes are also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/search.php?search_query=sugarboo\" target=\"_blank\">available online<\/a>.&#0160; All special orders do take 4-5 weeks for delivery and guaranteed Christmas delivery needs to be ordered by November 10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/rebecca_puig_of\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/rebecca_puig_of\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Rebecca Puig of Sugarboo Designs.&#0160; She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Rick and their lovely children Jacob and Sophie. 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