Archive for March, 2008

The State of Things

Dino’s been away since Thursday.  I worked at the frame shop through the weekend, and then worked each night here in the studio.  It’s a grim sight, the studio, these days.  Remember a few weeks back I posted excitedly about my newly made-over and tidied up studio?  Ha!  I should have had a contest based [...]

I’ve Been Tagged

I have to admit–I’ve been hoping to get blog-tagged and now that I have, I don’t really get it!  JC over at Crafty Handbags tagged me and said I need to follow these rules:1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some [...]

Oh, what a relief it is!

No, I don’t have indigestion–although I did for a good few days there!  First, thanks all of you for your helpful and supportive comments after the wedding-transfer debacle!  You had some great suggestions.  The good news is, that I don’t have to use any of them because we’re staying put–but not after a roller-coaster ride [...]

A Call to Action–bloggie friends, I need you!

Get a load of THIS one!!!  I get a phone call today from the event manager at the restaurant where we’re having the wedding–in 13 days.  No, it’s not in six months, or in 2009.  It’s in 13 days. 
I answer the phone jovially and say "Oh, I meant to call you–we need to firm [...]

Holy Bejeevers

I’m out of my tree.  I get like this…a little frantic.  If I slow down and pace myself I realize it will all be okay, but at this moment–11:43 on Monday evening, I’m a bit out of my tree.

In two weeks from yesterday I’m having my wedding!  But I’m not even stressed about my OWN [...]

A conversation “frozen” in time.

I am about to tell you a true story. It’s a bit long, but worth reading to the end.  If you don’t know me well, you’ll just think it’s absolutely absurd and think I’m nuts.  If you DO know me well, you’ll still think it’s absolutely absurd, but you’ll realize it’s quite typical of me [...]

More birds?

I guess I’ve got birds on the brain right now…it seems to be a recurring trend in my invitations lately.  And lots of brides have been requesting bird-related designs.  Come to think of it, I had birds on my own invitation didn’t I?  This is another vintage engraving I found.  This bold pink and [...]

Let me tell you ’bout the birds and the bees

Lately I’ve been so busy completing orders that I haven’t had much time for designing anything new.  But finally I gave in to procrastination and just let my mind wander a bit and came up with these sweet invitations, inspired by spring.  I found this darling, vintage engraving of birds and it just seemed appropriate [...]

Polkadot Bride Feature!

Polkadot Bride Feature, originally uploaded by mewpaperarts.
This was an exciting treat to come upon:  my invitations mentioned under the Etsy Finds section of the Polka Dot Bride blog! You can find a lot more cool wedding ideas and inspirations on this site–definitely give it a peep!

`O Tiger-lily,’ said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, `I wish you could talk!’

Early this year I got a phonecall from the buyer at a new family of boutiques in the Cape May, New Jersey area.  She had seen my products on Trunkt (a site which I’m a member of, but never remember to update!) and asked to feature some of my paper goods in the shop called [...]