After my declaration of productivity on Friday, I did something contrary to my usual behavior: I did not work on one single book or printing project all day Saturday! Instead, I went to the beach in Westport, Connecticut to celebrate my dear friend (and, frankly, amazing sales rep!) Caroline’s birthday with some lovely ladies [...]
Category archives: breathing
Who needs sleep when you’ve got ink & paper?
August 22, 2008, 5:39 pm
I’m getting to the end of a long day, at the end of a busy week, that has been a really serious push into full-time self-employment and, it turns out…I’ve got some serious work going on!
I had a custom guestbook to complete that included a letterpress printed, personalized cover page, a great opportunity to [...]
A lonely little press & a busy little Thursday
August 21, 2008, 8:04 pm
That, my dears, is a press that has remained entirely untouched today. (And yes, you’re seeing that it’s still in the kitchen, too!) Just too much going on this fine Thursday to get it inked up for the first time, despite finally having all the necessary accoutrements on hand! Fortunately, I predict [...]
I think I can, I think I can…
August 17, 2008, 9:43 pm
It’s been a hectic week, but unquestionably a productive one. Though I’ve ditched the day job, I now have 7 day work weeks these days, despite our attempts to remember to throw a little weekend into the weekend days. It definitely seems silly to do a laundry list of what I’ve been up [...]
Chicago…and the press…even if they are unrelated!
August 14, 2008, 10:20 pm
If I keep going at this rate, our weekend in Chicago will have been months past before I get around to telling you about it! So we’ll let the pictures do most of the talking…
A great Friday afternoon at Wrigley!
Buckingham Fountain & Millennium Park
Lincoln Park & the zoo!
There was definitely a gorgeous [...]
Announcing the newest cast iron member of the family…
August 13, 2008, 9:43 pm
Still a little too winded and digging out from under some massive piles of paper & projects, but look at the 93 year old beauty that’s moored in our kitchen (for the moment)!
That’s us, cheers-ing over the ink disc on my brand new (really old!) press! This was pretty much the most celebration we [...]
Holy Toledo.
August 13, 2008, 9:41 am
Don’t worry, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, but…you’ll notice above that the picture is of Matt driving across a section of Pennsylvania yesterday. What’s wrong with that picture? We do not own a car, we did not plan on driving across Pennsylvania, and we are exhausted! It’s been [...]
The life so short, the craft so long to learn
August 5, 2008, 8:50 pm
How, you ask, is it possible for someone to leave a serious, full-time day job to focus on her bookbinding and letterpress printing, and still feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get to everything she’d like to do? Well, I wasn’t completely sure it was possible…until now. We [...]
A joyful noise
August 2, 2008, 6:54 pm
It’s official: I’m focused, happy, invigorated, and ready to go! There’s no question that I’m going to really like this self-employment gig! Tonight will be celebratory, relaxed grilling on the roof…and then back to work! There are stacks of books waiting to be sewn up, paper waiting to be torn down for [...]
Refreshed by that vision
July 30, 2008, 9:01 pm
In the process of creating new cards, new designs, new journals, and new albums, I often wonder whether I should just put all of it out here for you to flip through and enjoy, or whether I should be more moderate and deliver certain things at planned times. If you’ve met me…or even just [...]