We’re getting hitched Friday!  Whoa.  Here is a super sneaky peak at the dress, necklace, and a few of the many pinwheel “flowers” I made this weekend.  I’m sure that this breaks some kind of wedding jinx… But, to be honest, Jon and I have broken pretty much all the wedding jinx/traditions/superstitions.  At this point, [...]

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A few years ago, in DE
Jon and I are sprinting towards an early August wedding– for lots of reasons a long engagement just isn’t for us.  When I realized that we’d be doing a courthouse wedding (weirdly, long before he even popped the question) I felt this great sense of relief.  When Jon said he [...]

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The first, and to date only, Kickstarter project I’ve donated to is the super-exciting LetterMPress app.  I purchased an iPad2 a few months ago and while I enjoy it as a consumption device, I’m excited to have an app that might encourage me to create just a bit more.  Plus, I suspect that for most [...]

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Image via the super brilliant Peter Marks, Portland, OR
I’m only slightly less obsessed with the perfect desk than I am with the perfect calendar. I want something that has personality, the same amount of surface area as a drafting table, and tons of storage. Oh, and I dont want to spend too much. [...]

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Image via Catoctin Creek Distilling’s website.
I spent Sunday touring the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company based in Loudon County, VA. Not only was it fun, I learned a lot and sampled some great liquor.  Did you know, for example, that there is a federal law that says distillers can only use their barrels one time?  It’s [...]

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Ahem… um… is anyone still out there?
You’d think that with my obsession with calendars and planners and schedules I could keep up this whole blogging thing.  Sadly it’s been three months since I last stopped by this space.  I’d like to tell you it’s because I’ve been terribly busy with all kinds of productive, crafty [...]

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Hyejung Bae, a graphic designer whose work is new to me, made this great poster displaying the evolution of the QWERTY keyboard and the typewriter’s contribution to that evolution.  Plus, the post includes some super cool shots of deconstructed typewriters.  Sadly, it doesn’t look like Bae has prints for sale… Too bad, because this would [...]

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India Hicks’ Bahamas Hideaways (via Design Tripper).
It’s been cold, snowy, and dark in DC.  Most of my time is spent on the dreadmill, prepping for a few upcoming trips, and reading on the couch under one of my mom’s homemade quilts.  It’s been lovely, but not terribly crafty.  Just today, I stumbled over the incredible [...]

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“Chalkboard” in Monika Hoinkis’ Flickr Stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
We rang in the new year with a kiss while playing Rock Band 3, drinking martinis, and giggling.  Hope your 2011 is off to a silly, lovely start.  Sure, January 1 is “just a day,” but there is something refreshing about all the new calendars, uncluttered [...]

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The year in review (in no particular order):
1. Produce, 2. Postage Tattoo: In Scale, 3. The barn spills outward, 4. Caution: Runners on Road , 5. Oakland Tribune Building, 6. Best Part of Visiting the NPM Events? Stamps Galore!, 7. Love and Football. WHO DAT?, 8. US: Airmail Stamp in Tweezers, 9. Getting [...]

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