d.Sharp Journal

C

Vintage lettering book

C

Serial illustrated stories in vintage newspaper

The new old.

Would this not look amazing framed? Little rectangles -  each a dedication to color. On ETSY HERE.

C

Antique Newspaper/Magazine

C

1890's sheet music cover

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

Vintage child's alphabet book

Penguin GIFS make me happy.

B

Antique Sheet Music

It's been a hard week -

had to say goodbye. Marble was a sweet girl. 2002 - 2012.

B

1950's Bow-tying pamphlet

B

Victorian Bon Bon Box

B

Vintage game box

 

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

Vintage Cardboard Puzzle, 1950's

A

Vintage lettering book

A

Vintage embossed silver garland

A

1885, The Guest Book

A

1944, Animal Stories

Abecedary of Type Inspiration

{all from my stacks}

1890's ephemera

To you.

I'm back. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and wish you all the best in the new year! We had a nice, low-key  holiday. The picture below is one of the boy's letters to Santa - a tradition from my husband's childhood. We roll the letter, stand it on end and light it from the bottom. Flames go up and then ashes glide down. That is how Santa receives the letter.

I am thinking about my resolutions  and changes I want for the New Year and I may just borrow this paper lighting tradition for them. To write down all of the things I want to let go of this year. Let them go into the ether. Poof.

Rise and shine

I really want to become a morning person. I like it when I can get up before the boys and get myself together, caffienated and ready to get stuff done. This Times article is helpful and I'll give it a try. It might be hard to give up the night!

How amazing is this bed by Shawn Lovell? I have admired it for quite some time. I never got this technically skilled working in the metal shop in college. I did, however, manage to set my sleeve on fire.

 

supermarketing.

Wonderfully subversive! Truth in advertising courtesy of Ron English.

 

An update

I am:

• still breathing
• looking forward to my next cup of coffee
• busy on a big/fun project I wish I could share right now {the making of which produces colorful confetti all over the studio}
• absolutely frightened by how quickly the time between Halloween and New Years seems to go by faster each year
• experiencing internet speeds outpaced by molasses. Seriously, so frustrating when you are paying for speed
• looking forward to the boys having Christmas break from school
• needing to get the tree up and decorated this weekend. C absolutely loves to decorate for holidays, hardcore
• thankfully fully recovered from throwing my back out last week {nothing can make me feel older than that}
• terribly sorry for being such a deadbeat blogger!

Portlanders!

hello locals! I am looking forward to being a part of this great sale at Em Space Book Arts Center! It is a great opportunity to check out the center and all of its printerly goodness, meet some nice folks and help support Em Space. Come and visit, I may have a little treat for you!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Best,

Denise

I am still alive.

A bit of an unplanned hiatus. Sometimes at my busiest, it feels overwhelming and I need to step back and take a social media vacation. Do you ever feel the same? Spending more time with the boys as they are on break. Below are some of C's pics, self portrait included. I love his photo smile.

Portlanders!

Hope you can join me at the ART of CHRISTMAS show tomorrow night!

Bernadette Breu Experience {SERIOUSLY amazing store}
Thursday, November 10th from 6 -10:00 pm
...
An evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres, and the talent of local artisans.


Bernadette Breu Experience
503-226-6565
1338 SE 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214

The force was strong

this Halloween. C as Darth and M as Hans Solo frozen in carbonite. Such troopers they were - the mask made it hard to see and being a wall had it's disadvantages! Hope you had a great one!

I admit

I am pretty horrible about email. I can let it linger and then it gets piled up. Like a stack of envelopes, death by a thousand {virtual} paper cuts.

 

Lifehacker has some great tips {as always}HERE

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I love these repainted vintage portraits by Museum of Wonder. I have an antique portrait of a church cardinal that would be perfect for this, wonder if they do commissions...

Hope you have a great HALLOWEEN!

 

whatever.

Why use Lorem Ipsum as placeholder text when you can you use Hipster Ipsum?

I only use it ironically of course. {wink} Generate text here: http://hipsteripsum.me.  Hipster bike photo from here