Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. I’m going to date myself here but when I was in college studying graphic design, we still went to typesetters to set our type. I graduated in 1990, and computer typesetting...
Looking for a fun theme for you Graduation Party? You can’t go wrong with a Luau theme! Always easy to find decorations and party supplies for this theme, plus some great food ideas. My son and niece are graduating this year and we are hosting a joint party. To...
Last week I bought a bunch of zucchini. It’s one of those veggies that the whole family loves. Normally I slice it thin and just cook it with a little olive oil. This time I decided to make zucchini chips and Zucchini-Chocolate Chip Muffins. Sorry no pictures of...
Our newest fabric, Let it Rain, is now available. For this collection we combined rain boots and umbrellas in bright and sassy colors. Here is a link to the quilt pattern seen above. I’ve always loved patterned rain boots, unfortunately I’ve never needed a...
Have you seen the movie The Jerk? There is one scene in the movie where Steve Martin is super excited about getting the new phone book, see it here. This is how I feel when I am getting the mail. I love getting letters and packages from people it is so fun. I know we...
One of our clients is Frecklebox.com. Besides designing a lot of licensed products for their site we also do all of their marketing. That includes all of their email blasts. This one is live today and it was one of our favorites to work on. Hurry up and head on over...
e·qual·i·ty 1. the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability. Isn’t it time we stopped arguing and do the right thing? We have a history of denying rights to citizens, let’s take a step in the right...
The first day of Spring was March 20! It has been sunny and warm around here and with the warmer weather the Farmer’s Markets start opening up. Some are open year round but I hate the thought of walking around in the rain to buy my fruits and veggies. But a...
It’s almost the end of the school year, time sure flew by! This year I have a graduating senior. Besides figuring out college, senior ball, and graduation parties, I also need to get my act together on his announcement/invitation before it gets too late. My...
Have plans for Sunday, besides wearing green? When I was younger (many moons ago) and lived at home, my mom always made corn beef and cabbage, yum! And we are not even Irish. We are Russian, Italian and Hungarian. I sure do miss me some corned beef. I think I’ll...
Before I get into the yummy, easy snacks we made this weekend, I just want to bitch a little bit about daylight savings time. It is hard enough waking up in the morning and getting the kids up now we spring ahead and lose an hour and have to get up in the dark again?...
Up until 7 or 8 years ago we did not license our artwork, but we did do a lot of custom wedding invitations and stationery. In 2005, an unknown company called Tinyprints, asked us if we’d like to be one of their first online stationery designers. They were...
We have a new collection available on Frecklebox. We designed it with tweens in mind. Sometimes tweens are like crows, they just want something shiny and colorful! We tried to pattern our design collection off of the old PeeChee folders that we used to carry around in...
I don’t know about you but when you have 3 kids it’s sometimes hard to find something to do on the weekend that does not cost an arm and a leg. If we go to a matinee and lunch we are usually looking at spending at least $75. I was pretty excited to see...
It is starting to warm up around here. We are supposed to hit the 70’s this week. I always find it hard to transition from winter to spring. It is still cold in the morning and evening but warmer in the afternoon. My main issue is what to wear on my feet so they...
We love going to the beach whenever we have a free day. Our kids all have wetsuits and boogie boards and can spend the whole day in the surf. Since we had President’s Day off we did a spur of the moment overnight with cousins at the beach. We spent the day going...
Since temperatures are supposed to hit 72° todayI thought we should celebrate by showing one of our spring collections. This collection we called Front Porch. Who wouldn’t want to chill out in a colorful adirondack chair with a glass of lemonade? We used parts...
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and if you are looking for a fun activity for your kids we’ve designed some free Valentine’s cards for Frecklebox.com. You can personalize them with your child’s name and either print out a color version or black and...
I get a farm veggie box delivered to my house once a month. Sometimes it’s a magical mystery tour and I have no idea what something is or how to cook and eat it. This week we got this alien, fractal looking oddball. I did like the bright green color but of...
Even though it is raining outside and there are a bunch of dead leaves on my lawn, I am dreaming about spring and summer when I can be outside enjoying my yard. I love when all of the flowers are blooming and the vegetable garden is overflowing. I have a lot of work...
We got to the office today and there was a huge box at our doorstep. Our Mediterranean Dream fabric through Quilting Treasures is now on sale in stores and online and we just got all of our sample fabrics. It’s like Christmas all over again! If you’d like...
I thought it might be interesting to show how we design our collections and then incorporate those designs into licensed artwork for manufacturers. We usually start with a main idea. We always design a focal or highlight pattern and then design 5-6 additional patterns...
This Sunday everyone will be tuned to their television to watch some hot girls eating doritos, frogs singing about beer, a baby talking about finances, and maybe to watch the Superbowl! There are plenty of websites that have which commercials will be playing and the...
I’ve always loved doing cute personalized Valentine’s for my kids. I always included their picture and then attached it to a glassine envelope with candy inside to hand out at school. Now that my kids are out of elementary school it’s no longer cool...
Our Typografeast dishes are finally in stores! Yeah! I know that they can be found at Hobby Lobby. Here are some pictures from the Atlanta Gift Show. There are approx. 40-50 pieces. I love the teapot and cookie jar. So exciting to finally see the finished product. We...
