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Penguin Prose

iCarly, Penguins and happiness

icarly penguin t-shirt

In my house iCarly or Spongebob are on the TV quite frequently. They’re both shows that appeal to the kids and the adults or kid-like adults in the family.
I prefer iCarly and as reminded by a friend today, I’m a quite fond of Spencer. If dorky sense of humor cracks me up, he’s an artist [...]

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Do you have a Lucky Penguin?

St. Patrick

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, there’s no time to waste in making sure you’ve gathered all your Irish loving swag. Shamrocks wilt, rainbows fade away and that pot of gold.. well, the current economy has delayed that delivery for a bit.
But a penguin – now THAT I can help with, take your [...]

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It’s World Penguin Day – get a free penguin – Hooray!

Party like a Penguin - it

Yes, you heard right, it is World Penguin Day! Today is the day to appreciate the penguins of the world – share your love of these cute critters and spread the word how fabulous they are. Stand up and shout out with me - HEY! it’s World Penguin Day!

You might be asking.. what the heck [...]

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JGoode Designs Now Offers Flip Minos (yes, penguins too)

A cool new product I am proud to be able to offer.. the flip mino camcorder. My own test version of the flip mino has arrived and I Love it! I hope you will too. This particular version features multiple mini penguins as the custom art printed on these adorable flip mino camcorders. I have [...]

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Penguin and I are in Seattle

I have no idea where the time went, my 3 day breast cancer walk is tomorrow! With your help I’ve managed to raise $3135.00 – Besides requesting direction donations, I’ve sold mini buttons at a local shop, my little stuff pink ribbon penguin through etsy.com, pink ribbon themed gear through my website and helped sell [...]

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Meet the Chef Penguin

Chef penguin

Lately, in my house, we’ve been cooking a lot. Tons of celebrations and cakes and family and food. We love to cook together, especially banana bread. So I thought a great way to start “today’s featured design” would be to start out with our little friend the Chef penguin

Chef penguin, a fun original penguin [...]

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The Penguin and a Student Art Show

I am all about art and art education and art for the sake of just being creative for 37 seconds. So when I was asked if I could help out with an art show at the Ellen Browning Scripps school in San Diego, I jumped up at the opportunity. The school’s mascot is a penguin, [...]

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Green penguins make me happy

Green Beer Penguin

It’s true, green penguins are quite a happy occurance, but I’m not talking about green like money.. I’m talking about Irish green. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here we have Irish loving penguins you can share with your friends.

More Irish penguins can be found here
You can also pass around a freebie happy St. [...]

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MyPenguinTravels.com now live

penguin belly rub

I’ve been playing around with a new penguin site idea for a while. Now it’s finally live. I’ve created a hand made, mini plushie for The Penguin and he’s on the go! He’s traveling around, meeting new people, seeing new places and trying some yummy food. Check out mypenguintravels.com and see where he goes next.

PLUS [...]

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Ode to President’s Day

original designs by JGoode at myJGD.com

Not much to say,
except YAY and HooRay!
It’s president’s day
a double whammy birthday
Athough
There’s no cake to pass out,
we’ll still sing and shout
as long as the office is closed. ~wink

Thoughts and words of wisdom…
I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the [...]

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I love my ol’ blankie

This week’s Illustration Friday topic is “blanket”. The first thing that came to mind were the super hero capes and livingroom forts. I loved those snowy days when school was canceled – sitting around pretending the house was an obstacle course and our adventure began with hot cocoa.
If it weren’t for my blankie, I’d have [...]

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The Penguin Goes to the Art Show

Since I began selling my doodle art online, I’ve had a side goal to try to help promote various causes through my art.
As time has gone on, the Penguin cartoon collection has turned into the perfect avenue for such promotion. I started with the Pink Ribbon penguin, supporting breast cancer awareness, and expanded into [...]

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The Penguins Win Honorable Mention at Zazzle

I entered a contest at Zazzle a few weeks ago. The contest was to design a greeting card template (a template allows buyers to customize the card). There were literally 100s of entries ranging from cute and fun to beautiful and inspiring. There’s a fabulous array of talent at Zazzle these days.

My entry was a [...]

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Penguins send mail too

Mail Carrier Penguin

My (almost) 5 year old son has been asking for weeks if I would make a mailman penguin. He loves Mr. Mailman, a character on one of the pre-k programs he watches. So, I finally sat down and completed the request. Just remember, your mail carrier might just like penguins too. – wink.

As always, [...]

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A penguin, not a turkey

Not a Turkey Penguin

November is here and the autumn chill is trying to creep in again. As a bit of turkey loving fun, I have a penguin to add some humor to the month:

So Glad I’m Not a Turkey
A penguin bit of thankfulness. Happy day! Available featured on a variety of apparel, decor and gift items.
Technorati Tags: november, [...]

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Helping San Diego wildfire victims with the penguins

Starting today and continuing through December 31, 2007 sales from the JGoode penguin shop will help San Diego wild fire victims. Purchase any product featuring one of 3 penguin designs and 50% of the profits will be donated to the Red Cross.

I Love Caifornia | Fire Fighter | Fire Rescue
Always happy to help – [...]

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Happy Halloween from the JGoode penguins

I’ve just recently begun adding a new product type to my offering, a yard sign. Today I received my first official example model…

Happy Halloween Penguins — oh, spoooky!

A fun little decor accessory that is quite easily packed away with the rest of the holiday decor.

Measures 22″ wide x 15″ high
10 oz. flexible vinyl [...]

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Tuesdays Topic – The Boss

Today is Boss Day, the day every employee can stop and say “hey thanks for being a great boss”… assuming the boss is great, and assuming we need a single day for the opportunity…
But what about those of us that are our own boss, the self employed? Do I pat myself on the back and [...]

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New Penguin Colors

Breast Cancer penguin

Favorite designs, now available in new colors, YAY!
The following penguin designs are now available in a brand new selection fo shirt colors. Find bright red, brilliant blue, earthy green and more. Available in styles and sizes for the whole family – plus sizes, men, women, teens, kids and infants.

Breast Cancer penguin

Acoustic Guitar Penguin
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I’ve recently joined club penguin. My love for the flightless bird has instilled a curiosity about anything penguin. I also have 2 children that are determined to spend the majority of their inside time playing something, somewhere on the computer, so I am always looking for new and better avenues for them to try.
Now, I [...]

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Penguins Helping Peru

The August 15th earthquake in Peru has tens of thousands displaced, and killed at least 500. Families without shelter nor medical supplies — they need our help. Our good friends over at unEarthedTees.com have started an initiative to help and the penguins and I wanted to join in.

So we came up with our own little [...]

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Are the penguins stepping on corporate toes?

Currently a fairly large, well estiblished corporate entity is accusing the JGoode “artic bird” of infringing… on the word penguin. Or maybe it’s infringing on being a penguin. I’m not quite sure. It’s all *hearsay* ya know… suppozebly.

I’m sorry to say it, but I’m actually truly confused. This poor little birdy has no other name.. [...]

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Vote Penguin!

Vote Penguin.jpg

Frontier Airlines is now running a “Who’s Your Favorite Animal” campaign. Visitors can vote for their favorite plane tail critter to represent. I’m not sure if its just for Denver’s favorite animal or varies by city.
Obviously I’m going to have a biased opinion here. I mean, I love them all.. but hey, I say go [...]

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Yay for Penuin Awareness Day

So all day I’ve spent making cute little handmade penguin greeting cards… and I forgot to mention to everyone that HEY… today is penguin awareness day. Yeup. All day we should have been taking a moment to think about, learn something new about, create in honor of, talk about or in some form or another [...]

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Penguins Give Me Happy Feet!

original designs by JGoode at myJGD.com

Hi-dee-ho, time to go.. laugh and giggle and play in the snow…
Have YOU seen Happy Feet? It’s the newest family film.. a much anticipated piece of entertainment on our family list. Happy Feet is a dance-tastic, musically fun, computer animated comedy from GEORGE Miller featuring penguins… singing and tap dancing penguins. Wooo hoo, and you [...]

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A lil’ buzz about a penguin

pass it on!!
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.jgoodedesigns.com/clips/penguinBuzz.swf" height="313" width="431" /]
If you giggle, tell your friends
if you cant see the flash above, click here
Technorati Tags: penguin, jgoode

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The Votes Are In!!

And the winner is…. drum rollllll
JO
The Penguin now can stand proud and no longer run nameless. Jo Penguin is the newest member of of the JGoode Designs collection.

Check out all of the submitted names, visitor comments and which names were the favorites.
thank you everyone for your penguin naming 2 cents.

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Hip Hip and a big One Red Paperclip T-shirt HooRay!

JGoode Design

So about a week ago, the penguin became a part of an elborate scene as my contribution to the One Red Paperclip project. Kyle challenged anyone listening to come up with a t-shirt design to represent the story. So I sat down and doodled…
Heres a small version of the image:

Now get this coolness…
Today, to my [...]

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Post the Penguin

So I have a challege for you today… grab the image below and post about the penguin. Post on your blog, on your site, in an email to your friends.. Post on your profiles or post in IM. Heck if you wanted to you could probably print it out and just post on your desk.
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NameThePenguin.com Goes Live

The New JGoode Penguin site has officially been launched…
JGoode Designs has recently released a new cartoon character. The public is invited to participate in naming the newly created penguin representing the collection.
Castle Rock, Colorado July 18, 2006 Colorado
Designer/Artist Jen Goode, of JGoode Designs, has released a new cartoon collection of penguin personalities. Each funny [...]

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Meet the Affiliates

The Penguin made its first official public appearance in Orlando this past week.
July 7-13 I was attending Affiliate Summit for the second time this year. Hundreds of affiliate marketers mingled with merchants from around the world. The penguin popped it’s head early at the event, featured on a magnet designed by yours truly (JGoode).
After [...]

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