Loving these recycled pencils from Write With Moxie. So bright + fun.
via @PushingPapers
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shop update // holiday cards + tags
We’re still working on our 2011 Holiday Collection. However, since we’ve gotten lots of requests for Christmas cards already, we’ve updated our Etsy shop with cards + tags from our previous collections. Enjoy!
inner space cavern
A few weekends ago, Kacey, Em, my cousin and I took a tour of Inner Space Cavern. It was a pretty neat experience. We took a cable car down into the cave. We learned that the cave was discovered in the 60′s by the Highway Department drilling for the highway system. Can you imagine such a find?
recent work // house sketch
Thanks so much for all the sweet comments + tweets about our sad little press. Although still a little heartbroken, we’ve begun the search for another press. It’s going to take a lot of work to find the right one but we’re very hopeful + excited about what lies ahead!
But for now, thankfully, we have our first trusty Pearl printing out jobs almost daily. Like this custom house sketch moving announcement we recently completed.
restoring our second pearl // finished. done.
For nearly a year, we poured ourselves into our second Pearl press. Stripping, sanding, priming, painting, repainting, sourcing parts. This weekend, all the parts were in. The brand new rollers. An original crank. A new connecting rod. Everything was in our hands. Saturday night, our press was finished. Done.
Only, if you follow us on twitter, you know those words have a much different meaning than we could have ever dreamed.
After the last bolt was in place, we added packing, put on a plate and spun the wheel. On about the third spin, there was a deep + loud pop. Kacey slowly spun the wheel again inspecting the mechanics of the press. He took a look at the paper it had just printed. The impression wasn’t even. He looked on the side of the press and there it was. A crack clean down the body of the press.
All of that hard work. All of the money. Gone. The crack too significant and beyond repair. And we never saw it coming. It spun fine all along. Saturday night, though, adding the packing and the pressure of the plate just did it in. We are heartbroken.
It’s finished. Done.
recent work // apartment sketch
Another custom sketch moving announcement we recently sketched + printed. This one a newly built apartment building. I absolutely love how it turned out.
tiny toms
Tiny Toms for tiny tots. How adorable! I think Em needs a pair.
PS – they even make pink sparkly ones.
tutus + cashmere
This has got to be my favorite shoot from J.Crew. Russian ballerinas from the Mariinsky Ballet School modeling J.Crew’s Italian cashmere collection. Simply gorgeous.
