Gobble Gobble

 I spent the evening baking up a couple Pumpkin Cheesecakes and a pumpkin pie from scratch - my first time! The house now smells oh so yummy.  Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!

Tis the season

The boxes are starting to pile up daily on my desk, and holiday cards are shipping out to our stores across the country (and the UK & Canada, of course) Don't have your holiday cards yet? Then head on over to our Etsy shop!

Excitement

I love owning my own business, and being able to create and design freely as I please in my little office. But now and again it's easy to feel isolated and cut off from the outside world (especially during the cold Wisconsin winters...) So, I am beyond excited to be attending Altitude Design Summit in Salt Lake City this upcoming January! I've always wanted to go, and decided to go for it this year! I'm taking a few days away from my boys and indulging in all things design. Oh, and the temptation of a snowboarding day in the mountains made my decision quite easy too. I'm really looking forward to networking and meeting other bloggers, designers and cool people.

On Wisconsin!

I forgot to post about our newest notecard set a few weeks ago...so here it is now-the Madison notecard set! This set is pretty specific to Wisconsinites and is super cool. Set comes with 6 inside blank cards and matching red envelopes. Each card features different Madison specifics-like the the Capitol, badgers, the union, the lakes, and Bascom Hall. Check this set out now in our Etsy shop!

The Bestest Movies

'Science of Sleep'

'So, I married an axe murderer'

Now that it's getting chilly outside, I am more tempted to cozy up on the couch and watch some of my most favorite movies. I have kind of an eclectic collection of favorite movies (which I sometimes get made fun of for), but here are probably my top 10 favorite movies- in no particular order:

-Royal Tenenbaums
-So, I Married an Axe Murderer
-Super Troopers
-Rushmore
-Science of Sleep
-40 Year Old Virgin
-The Big Lebowski
-500 Days of Summer
-Ghostbusters
-Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Happy Halloween!

I was really excited about Beckett's Halloween costume this year (The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters), so I had this idea to design a little card to showcase the awesome-ness of Beckett in his costume. The end result turned out better than I expected, and I laugh every time I look at this card.

Happy Halloween to all!

Warm & Modern Invites

I had the pleasure of working with Christian and Kim on their wedding invitations. They got hitched in Chicago in the beginning of October. They wanted to keep it simple, clean, and modern with warm browns and oranges, and that sounded just about perfect to me! I really loved how the final invite turned out, complete with a chocolate brown tri-fold and textured ivory paper. Congrats you two!

Discovering Cool Kids Clothes

Before I had Beckett, I thought that all baby clothes were just the basic Carters outfits that were overly cutsie and made me wanna barf. But I have been so excited to find that a lot of my favorite stores have super rad kids clothing lines-my two favorites being H&M Kids Collection and American Apparel for Kids. H&M kids is especially cool because it's so affordable, and their little boy outfits are so freakishly cute, I can't stand it. It's a perfect combination of simple, a little old school, and hip.

Mama Bird Baby Shower

A few months ago I designed these fun baby shower invitations for the super talented Heather Cook Elliott. A mama bird and egg seemed perfect for the mama-to-be! I really dig how these turned out! I'll be sharing her baby girl, Wren's, birth announcement in the next few weeks too...they are suuuuuuper cool.

PS: Check out Heather's work here.

Close Encounter

Look out! There is a new card in town, and it is super cool. Find it in our Etsy shop now!

Specs: "Looking forward to our close encounter", the inside of this card is blank.