It’s been a busy week around here, and the weekend has been non-stop! My baby brother has been in town visiting and we’ve walked all over, seen lots, and had a great time. And, just in case you haven’t been outside in New York recently…it is 100%, without-a-doubt, officially summer! I’m pretty […]
Category archives: design
Variations on a theme
June 28, 2008, 6:45 pm
Just in case everyone wasn’t already aware, I do actually spend close to every waking second thinking about paper and books. Some would say this is a little extreme, and it probably is, but I tend to enjoy it. At 7:00 p.m. today, after a full day of printing, binding, designing, and invitation […]
Hands that are never still
June 19, 2008, 9:06 pm
Needless to say, it has been one busy week around here! Tomorrow, we’re taking a much needed break and heading out of town, just for the day, to the Dia:Beacon.
In the meantime, the other set of invites, RSVPs, direction cards & envelopes I just finished up!
These are all done […]
So purely and lushly new
June 18, 2008, 10:26 pm
You did say you wanted to see lots of pictures, right?
The truly gorgeous cherry tree that climbs higher than our building and is - despite the best efforts of the old abandoned, dilapidated building behind ours - thriving and producing some pretty beautiful fruit, not to mention some stunning summer colors.
And […]
Perking along
June 16, 2008, 7:10 am
One color down, one to go! Last night was a printing marathon of the latest batch of invitations, which I’m printing on Crane’s Lettra in ecru with a combination of a gorgeous copper ink for the text and fuchsia for the floral decorative elements. Copper is done, fuchsia later in the week! […]
Relationship to dreams
May 31, 2008, 9:06 am
Here we are: Saturday morning, coffee not 10 inches away, sun pouring in our front windows, and I am knee deep in wedding invitation schedules and designs, not to mention plate, paper and ink orders. By the end of this week I should have some very fun samples to share! No […]
When I woke today, I noticed
May 27, 2008, 9:24 pm
While I spent a large portion of the (luxuriously long!) weekend cleaning and outside, I did put something together last night that I’m proud of and excited about.
Lots of measuring, putting together pieces and constructing hinges
The outside covered, the inside has yet to be lined - hinge structure still visible
This small […]
Full of starfish
May 24, 2008, 9:47 pm
After a marathon printing effort yesterday afternoon, today was a laid back, sunny and beautiful Saturday - and just the beginning of a nice long weekend with more gorgeous weather to come!
Newly potted & repotted plants on our roof
In the next week or so, I’ll be printing and binding at full speed and […]
Perhaps a few hundred square feet
May 16, 2008, 7:14 am
Just a little pearl of wisdom from the fantastic collection of insights and observations regarding how people live, work, and interact, A Pattern Language:
“As the decentralization of work becomes more and more effective, the workshop in the home grows and grows in importance.
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Make a place in the home, where substantial work can be done; not […]
Living & working, fully.
May 6, 2008, 10:31 pm
At long last…what I’ve been going on and on and on about. They’re finally done!!!
These are 13.5″ x 17.5″ custom bound and printed leather portfolios. The covers are a really luxurious, soft, and rich chocolate leather and they are lined with hot pressed, 100% cotton off-white Arches Platine printmaking […]