{Feelin' Lucky: Day 7 - neworleanstiles}

NOLA Tiles - Nicolle & Chris Psilos
Etsy shop: http://www.neworleanstiles.etsy.com
Website: http://www.nolatiles.com

Item
NOLA ornament featuring replicas of the famous street tiles still (but had to find) in use today!

BONUS
NOLA Tiles is offering a promotion to ALL Southern Flair readers for the month of March! If you include the promo code "Southern Flair" in their "message to buyer" on Etsy upon check-out, you get a FREE NOLA magnet with your purchase!

Bio
Established in 2008, www.nolatiles.com is a project conceived by Chris & Nicolle Psilos on the idea of using historic New Orleans street tiles as a basis for art and home décor. This whole thing really evolved out of their love for New Orleans. Using such a unique piece of the city as a basis for their work makes it extremely enjoyable to create the pieces. Getting started was an extremely intimidating process because they really never considered themselves “artists” and basically taught themselves everything through trial and error. They spent lots of time researching many different processes until they decided on their final items: coasters, magnets, plaques and ornaments/displays. Everything is created in their home and all “raw materials” (with the exception of the heavy duty magnet paper) is purchased over the counter at stores/markets around the city. The most crucial ingredient is the actual picture of the letter or number that they're using at the time. They literally took thousands of pictures and filtered them down to about 50 or so different images that they use. Even though they've only been at this for less than a year, they can say with confidence that they now DO feel like “artists” and are working tirelessly to improve the items they create!

Favorite Materials
new orleans heritage, ceramic, slate, magnets

To win this piece of New Orleans history, leave a comment answering the following:

Can you sum up your idea of New Orleans in one word (or short phrase)?

I would (of course) say, "Laissez les bon temps rouler!"

winner will be announced March 14th