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Who’s ever seen a Christmas Piano Tree? by Jina Bacarr

December 11, 2014 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as book cover, Christmas, Christmas eve, Christmas tree, design, holiday romance, military, piano, romance, soldier, sweet romance, wounded warrior

I asked myself that question when I was looking for ideas for a cover for my holiday romance, A Christmas Piano Tree.

You canâ€™t stick a picture of a Christmas tree on a pianoâ€¦and the story is a romance. Got to have gorgeous hero and pretty heroine on the coverâ€¦but where to start?

Thatâ€™s when I decided to take a cover class from Andris Bear www.andrisbear.com and Lily Smith http://www.coversbylily.com through the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.

http://heartofcarolina.org

Andris and Lily critiqued and gave suggestions to my cover until I got it right. Thank you, ladies!! I highly recommend their class if you want to do your own covers. Lily and Andris are awesome!

I love www.Dreamstime.com for stock photos, and since I have somewhat of an art background, I enjoy the process of cover design (once upon another life I studied design for the theatre). Here is a Spanish-theme sketch I did for a Vegas-type extravaganza.

Iâ€™ve always had a love for design since I was a kid and I drew pictures in my dadâ€™s encyclopedias (remember those?).

Here’s a sketch for a dress design I did at age 11. Somehow it has survived numerous moves around the country and overseasâ€¦

What kind of covers do you enjoy for Christmas books?

I totally enjoyed putting the cover together for â€œA Christmas Piano Tree,â€ the story of a pretty young war widow who re-discovers the magic of the holiday season with the help of a homeless vet and an old piano. I hope you like it.

Check out my Christmas Piano Tree Pinterest board!