Category Archives: process

Drawing

Drawing Babies Breath After a busy li’l May, we’re coming up for a breath of summer air. We’re launching 5 new wedding invitation designs next week that have been waiting their turn very patiently. Charlotte and I are off to Iowa later next week, and I’m looking forward to seeing a sunset and some wide

Behind the scenes

A gorgeous inky mess Lest you think all is quiet on the home front…I’ve been silent recently because wedding season is in full swing and, besides Charlotte, the thing I’ve spent the most quality time with lately is the press. There will be lots of beautiful invitations and albums to show off just as soon

Botanica

And, suddenly…it’s November! My mom has an incredible green thumb, and her dad, Grandfather Bud to me, studied forestry at Syracuse. Growing up identifying every plant that crossed our path (or was even close to our path), I’ve learned enough to identify most common plants, but I’m still no expert. More than anything, I have

“Lead is heavy, not eloquent”

Our new-to-us Challenge MP-15 press, in storage in my dad’s wood shop for a while. I know this press is meant to be ours because when I went out to meet it for the first time, it had its own Charlotte-in-residence. I saw a brilliant little brown spider and egg sacs galore on her web.

Predictable orbits

Despite the silence, there’s no lack of activity around the homestead - not to worry! We’re just lacking in hours in the day and energy enough to conquer it all. We’ve been up to plenty. A few custom projects - one a birthday celebration book filled with letters to the client’s mother; another an illustrator’s