Name Crazy

I'm personalizing these Oversized Flats like crazy these days. People seem to really gravitate towards customized things. And I love the way they are turning out. Can you believe I haven't made any for myself yet? Need to get on that! But which one? I don't have this one on my site yet - but I love the color combo of pale pink and this bold green "Frank". Bad pic, but you get the idea:

Old School Notepad

It's the first day of school, and you've got a backback full of new spiral and preferably perforated notebooks, mechanical pencils, and ballpoint pens. You think you are super organized, super smart, and absolutely capable of doing all your homework, turning it in on time and getting straight A's. All because of that (blank) notebook that sits on your desk. It's so clean, so undented, and just the perfect place for all the knowledge in the world to spew all over its pages. How could it not?

That's how I always felt, at least.

So, I decided to make a notepad from the index card/notebook lines that I love so much. A very simple, very handy, and very cool (I think) notepad. I think this one will become by new staple to have lying around. For all my wildly creative, amazingly talented, and highly lucrative ideas.

Linda & Harriett (and Frank) in Domino!

I love Domino Magazine. It's like Christmas when it arrives, and I read it cover to cover. I imagine myself living in those stunning clutter-free rooms, and I'm immediately at ease. The September issue brought an even bigger and better Christmas this month because they chose to feature our Oversized "Frank" Flats in their "new school" stationery piece:



I could not be more flattered or more highly complimented. I knew it was coming, but didn't think it would be out until today or tomorrow - so when I found it in the airport on Thursday, I was like a giddy little kid with her new Christmas toy. I actually almost missed my plane, too!

Thank you, Domino. I'm so very grateful.

Tri-Colored Roosters

If you read my blog often (all three of you out there) then you may have noticed me mention my Surf walls. I love the Martha Stewart color I chose for my studio walls. And lately, I want to tack everything up there because it's such a great backdrop. Case and point - my three roosters cards - love this combo of colors:

For Bride's and brides

I'm submitting some wedding invitation samples to Bride's Magazine today. Very exciting. Even more so that my older sister Kim used to work there. I remember when I was younger, I visited her at her office with my mom. It was so cool. There were clothes everywhere, head shots of models thumb-tacked on the walls, and everyone there was impeccably dressed. (Kim still wins my Best Dressed award. If I gave them out, that is.) I must have been 12, but I knew this place was hip - and New York, too, was hip. And I wanted to live there when I grew up. Fast forward 15 years, and here I am submitting my work there. Very cool for little me.

Here's another one I'm pretty proud of:


It's all hand-stamped with archival ink. The branch is a deep chocolate brown that I just don't think I'll grow old of any time soon - especially when stamped on this super-soft, white, deckled edge Italian paper. The reverse side is shown for both - a tea-stain color in a diamond pattern. The variation of color in this subtle color is beautiful - and something that really cannot be replicated in other printing processes. If I could do it all over again, I would go with something like this.

What do you think about a stamped invitation? I'm contemplating a complete transition to letterpress, but I love the immediacy and playfulness of the stamp.

Thoughts?

Yellow Marry Me

Yellow has to be the cheeriest of all colors - as demonstrated by Mr. Happy, smiley face, sunflowers - even things like lemons and the Cheerios box have a high happy factor.

So when I started thinking about new invitation designs, I decided to get some seriously happy yellow ink. And as I posted yesterday, I'm having lots of fun experimenting with it. But I've also come up with this new invitation that I'm loving right now:

Simple and clean on the front with a bold diamond graphic on the back - and in yellow is more fun that stiff. I also think it would be great to have two different response cards. Encourage your guests to write a poem or draw you a picture, and you've got a great looking keepsake.

Yay Yellow!

I have been asked by Bride's Magazine to provide some samples for their Feb/March issue. While coming up with some new designs, I started stamping like crazy and made this trio of yellow patterns, which I love. I want to see it as a framed triptych on my Surf walls. Or as a soft flannel baby quilt. Or a set of kitchen towels. Or one pattern on the outside of a small zip purse and another pattern on the inside. Or a little girl's smocked dress using the third design and little half-moon pockets using the first. Oh the possibilities are endless!

Better get back to those samples now...