Oakland, CA, January 29, 2009 --(
PR.com)-- Blac Gurlz Ink is the brain child of two American lesbians of African descent, who have 32 years of loving women between the two of them, but for the Life of them, could not find a greeting card, a print, a calendar, napkin, doily, or bumper sticker...that represented them, their friends or the lesbians of their community.
Blac Gurlz Ink was created as a premiere place to find quality greeting items with a “true” lesbian theme. It is the goal of Blac Gurlz Ink to present “real” lesbian women vs. “models” in a classy print format. Tapping their creative energy, the founders decided to develop their own line of greeting cards, prints, calendars, and other quality items, versus just complaining about it and waiting for someone else to come out with a line.
The founders so believed in this endeavor, that they used their images to start the business. They chose the name, Blac Gurlz Ink, because it contains the most logical commonalities they share -- 2 tattooed Black girls, using a print medium.
“We started with our images because we are dedicated to this, plus we work for free! We hoped, and it has been affirmed, that our courage would inspire others to model for us,” states, Spring Opara and Tonette Woodson, founders of Blac Gurlz Ink.
They continue to photograph themselves and other women loving women in order to produce a wide selection of greeting items that appeal to a variety of purveyors.
Their second photo shoot, Graffiti Queers was shot on January 18, 2009 and the subsequent cards are scheduled for release in mid-May 2009.
Additionally, their greeting cards can be found at Laurel Bookstore, 4100 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, California, beginning February 2009.
It is their hope that their items fill the void that currently exists in this market.
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