I’m here today to talk about fruitcake. Yes, really. Poor fruitcake. Much maligned, much joked about, even rumored to be banned by the TSA (it’s not true, I assure you). And we’ve all heard the laugh about there only being one real fruitcake in existence, passed around each year ad nauseam. Here’s where I stir...
**I’m sure you all are headed every which way in your Thanksgiving travels (I wanted to get this post up much earlier, but what can I say? Three kids and letterpress holiday season) – I hope you all travel safely!** ————————————————————————————————— This post has been long in the making. Remember two and a half years...
The final new card series in our holiday line-up is inspired by Handel’s Messiah. Both Matt and I love this vocal work sooo much, in fact, every year we try to make it to the Mondavi Center to hear the American Bach Soloists sing this beautiful oratorio. If you have never heard this work performed...
Our next little new series of cards is called Holiday Vignettes. Basically, I drew six little whimsical sketches on a theme. I love variations, and often when I’m drawing a new design I try a bunch of takes on one concept. So this time, I thought, why not just include all the iterations? I...
It’s that time of year again! The time we roll out our new holiday line and I get to share the behind-the-scenes scoop on each of them. I try to wait until November (really, Christmas for me starts after Thanksgiving), but so many of you are so organized and ahead of schedule, and I’ve been...
It’s probably a little late for this post. In fact, it’s definitely too late for this post. I’m supposed to be one of those put-together, organized bloggers who gives you 30 handmade Christmas ideas by December 2nd, and pre-decorates their house for Christmas in November all so they can photograph it and share it with...
