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stephanie hanes

Pretty, peaceful + warm photos from prop stylist Stephanie Hanes ...

Hope you have a great weekend.  I'm hoping to get through a very long to do list ... and also hoping to a bit of a break.  Happy Friday!

kate towers + some links

Lots of very pretty dresses by Kate Towers [and love that she's largely self-taught by experimentation :] ...

And I thought I'd share some things I've recently enjoyed/bookmarked...

• this story about how a print shop was boosted by the inauguration [can you imagine, 1 million invites?!]
• stamps from this ebay seller [I've spent a bit too much money here]
• this very simple, clean but sold-out calendar
• the entire design portfolio + website [especially her hand lettering] of Jessica Hische [via suffix.abuse]

makes me happy

That tape ... I want it ...

Isn't the dollar stronger now?  Good enough excuse to buy it, maybe?  Cute shop.

[via bloesem kids]

bold & noble

I *heart* all the prints from Bold & Noble ...

giveaway winners

Here are the winners for my odds + ends giveaway ...

So many great reading recommendations - thank you!  I've added a number of them to my list for 2009 + my vacation reading list.  Can't wait!

Darci, Barchbo + Juliana I'm sending you emails now to get your mailing address.  Thank you much! 

darn cute

So cute ... from the Curiosity Shoppe ...

amazing day

I spent most of the day glued to the TV + trying to get some work done.  What a great day.  And on a lighter note, how cute were the first daughters in their custom J. Crew coats?

Back tomorrow with regular postings + the winners of my little giveaway!

[photo from here]

castle

I first saw Castle over at the lovely {frolic!} then again on mustard and sage [just discovered this blog + love it].  I dug around the Castle site + found these very cool pieces of embroidered art ...

And thanks for your kind words about my letterpress write-up ... and actually, thanks for reading it .. I'm realizing now it was quite long! 

wow, thanks!

Thanks to all those who have already commented for my little giveaway!  I have three bundles of goodies just like this ready to go ...

I've read through about half the comments + have carefully noted all your [great] reading recommendations -- I'm set for a long time!  Keep your comments coming + I'll choose three names at the end of Tuesday.

Hope you're having a good weekend! 

giveaway, anyone?

If I had a proper studio one of the things I would definitely do is have a 'sample sale'.  I have lots of odds + ends of my products ... mostly things I don't make anymore or changed colors or have leftover holiday stuff, etc ...

If you're interested in any of these goodies ... leave a comment + I'll choose 3 people to send a pretty assortment of letterpress printed note cards + such.   And in your comment if you have recommendations of reading materials [books, magazines, anything] even better ... I'm stocking up for our vacation!