Two Selbyville women are combining their business skills and experiences as mothers to launch a new, free family magazine. Created by Carrie Boyden and Devon Eastlack, family time for you and your crew is a publication connecting local families to local interests.
Boyden, a graphic designer with more than 20 years of design and publishing experience and Eastlack, with a 10-year background in marketing and finance, saw a need for a different kind of family magazine in the Sussex County area.
Regular features of the magazine will include articles about family getaways, faith and family, healthy lifestyle, book reviews, even the family pet. The magazine’s website will also have information not found in the magazine, giving readers another avenue to connect with their community. “We want to help uncover and share all of the wonderful aspects about this area and present it in an attractive and creative way,” said Eastlack.
The cover of the first issue will feature the winner of the magazine’s “What family means to me” art contest. The contest is open to children from kindergarten through grade 12, and each year the winner’s artwork will grace the cover of the winter issue.
Artwork of the honorable mention winners will be featured within the four remaining issues of the magazine. The deadline for submitting artwork is Friday, Nov. 13. Contest rules can be found at familytimemag.biz.
Local artist John Donato is working with Boyden and Eastlack to illustrate exciting one-of-a-kind covers for the remaining 2010 issues.
With their program, One Ad at a Time, Boyden and Eastlack feel it is important to give back to the community. Each issue a percentage of ad revenue will be returned to the community via area organizations aiding families and children. Their hope is to help improve the lives of local families one ad at a time.
The magazine is geared to educate, inform and entertain everyone in the family. The magazine will be distributed throughout Sussex County and the surrounding areas beginning Jan. 1, 2010.
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