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Sam Nga Blum

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Y’all keep asking for a map, so here it is! See where all of the current New Orleans mini art print vending machines from @samngablum / @parchmentstudioco / and @inciardi x @dirtycoast are. 🖼️

Bring your quarters, and don’t forget to support the amazing local businesses that are hosting alll of these machines. 💕

P.S. I missed one at @junksabove (4626 D’Hemecourt St.)! taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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Look ma… I made a content! I launched a little mini art print vending machine in September 2024 - since then I’ve upped my collection to 10 machines in different spots around the city (and Metairie, Kenner, and even Bay St. Louis), and multiple collections of prints for you to collect. 🖼️

Where to find the bar prints: @petesirishchannel and @_thegoodshop_

✨ Special pop-up announcement! ✨
Come see me this Saturday, June 27 at Pete’s for a pop-up shop and trading card night. Missing a bar print you really want? Have 6 copies of Ms. Mae’s? Want to yell at me for not drawing your favorite bar yet? Bring your deck and trade with some beautiful friends at Pete’s. taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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6 years. 127 parades. 4,182 throws.

Since 2020, I have been meticulously logging every single throw that I get from a Mardi Gras parade. I now present to you… Graw 2026! ✨

You can view these images larger + all of the previous years on my website. taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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8 months ago

Teeny tiny Carrollton Station art print has been added to the vending machine rotation!

Grab this new lil print at any of my Bars of New Orleans vending machines (located at @petesirishchannel and @_thegoodshop_ ) taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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9 days ago

Restock day! Fresh goodies dropped at @gatormuseum @fleurty_girl and @cafedumonde. Cameo by the cutest baby gator and luv of my life. 🐊 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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I got tired of seeing the cardboard sleeves from my mini art print vending machines go in the trash! Some stores that host my machines save them behind the register and some made their own boxes, but way too many of this reusable item ended up in the garbage can.

Needing a better solution, I designed this little box that will attach to each machine with magnets for customers to drop in their unwanted sleeves - allowing me to put them back into circulation!

Yes, I need to glue it cleaner (don’t come at me for those messy joints), but this one is just the prototype! taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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18 days ago

New @cafedumonde sticker alert! 🌼

You can now nab this glittertastic bouquet of wildflowers in a to-go beignet bag at Café Du Monde! Add some sparkle to your life. 🌻🌷🪻 taken in Café Du Monde by @samngablum

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19 days ago

They’re finally hereeeeeeeeee! 🖼️

You can now get your mini art print frames on my website (link in bio), and very very soon (like probably next week) at @cafedumonde shop locations that host my vending machines.

Each wood frame holds a 2.5x3.5” art print and features magnets and wall hanging hooks on the back, so you can make a teeny tiny gallery wall OR cover those old wedding save-the-dates on your fridge.

Right now there are three edge and six color options available (if stock says empty on anything, it should be updated within the next week… I’m working as fast as I can!).

Each frame is loving designed (with the help of the amazing @bybrunapetalla), painted, cut, assembled, and packaged by me. ❤️

P.S. Please ignore how dirty my thumb is in the final picture. That’s laser cutting residue, and it’s just how I am now. 😢 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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Carrollton Station: 8140 Willow Street, New Orleans. Across from the streetcar barn. (And yes… I did take some creative liberties and put the old sign back on the building because it’s a cool sign and I wanted to.) 🍻

Information below from the venue’s website.

Carrollton Station is in the oldest continually operating barroom in the Carrollton neighborhood. The building’s origins go hand-in-hand with the streetcar barn across the street. In 1891, construction began on the barn in an area where there was little but small family farms and dairies. Bavarian baker John Leonard Eiswith saw an opportunity and purchased 1/4th of the 8100 block of Willow Street, then named Fifth Street.

On January 24, 1893, Eiswirth was granted permission from the city to open his corner bar. With his son, John Jr., the men immediately opened the doors. Eight days later, the first electrified streetcar in New Orleans departed from the new Carrollton barn.

After John Sr. passed away in 1895, his son took over the business. He refashioned it into the Carrollton Restaurant & Bar, where streetcar employees and their riders could grab hot meals, raw oysters, and spirits to wash them down with. The earliest regulars were the men who worked for the streetcar company and who also lived in the neighborhood, becoming an important landmark in streetcar history.

The restaurant and bar continued operating through Prohibition. Although liquor sales were illegal, the Volstead Act was not strictly enforced in New Orleans if barkeepers made friends with the right people and did not flaunt their insubordination. Operating as multiple establishments throughout the 20th century, including the famous Willow Inn, Carrollton Station, as it is known today was established in 1980. taken in Carrollton Station by @samngablum

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Little pet portrait of my good friend, Aldo - one of the bestest boys to ever pup. 🐶

For @chamodelosrios 💕 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @samngablum

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