Illustrator Bekah O'Connor's whimsical designs are sure to bring a little cheer to your holiday season and will make a perfect gift for anyone who calls Atlanta home.

The SCAD grad uses the city as inspiration for a lot of her prints. Her illustrations include colorful, highly-stylized maps of various intown neighborhoods like the Highlands and Little Five Points. She also makes useful paper goods like Atlanta-themed Christmas cards and our favorite: a hand-drawn recipe card set that you can write on and collect.

"Every piece still begins with paper and pencil," says O'Connor. "There is something magical when ideas are given a chance to survive in the physical world before being, inevitably and thankfully, shared in the digital one."

Up close, O'Connor's work is intricately detailed and captures Atlanta landmarks to quirky perfection.

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