There are so many people and experiences in our lives that make us who we are and I would hazard a guess that very few of them have to do with the specific work we find ourselves doing each day yet, here we are working away and we know they had something to do with …
My mom is amazing with mail. She sends incredible packages and letters and the one that showed up on our steps on Valentine’s Eve was no exception. There were heaps of fun clothes for Charlotte, chocolates for us, and Burt’s Bees like you wouldn’t believe (this is one great smelling kid!). On top, though, was …
It seems like everyone I know has had at least one day this week that just stunk. It’s early February, it’s grey, it’s cold and, as one of our good friends in Iowa likes to say, it’s the “bottom of winter”. We’re doing our best to fight off the February malaise with bright colors, a …
Someone almost has birth announcements! Please tell me there’s some sort of grace period when you print your own announcements. There are still photos to adhere, but I’m very happy with how those colors look! Really, she’s only (!) 4 months old…4 months isn’t *that* long, right?!? Mixing ink Lunchtime reading with Sophie Like I …
While bouncing around with Charlotte this morning, we took a look through a great book I hadn’t flipped through since last summer. Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art by Jennifer New (a fellow Iowan!) is a great look inside the visual journals of people ranging from David Byrne and Maira Kalman to a geologist, …
