Honesty Stamps

I think these honesty stamps are really cute. I first thought that I wanted them, I needed them, I needed to stamp sincere love notes everywhere for my nonexistent boyfriend.



Then I wondered, is your sincerity somewhat lessened if you say something so often and in such the same way that you can have a stamp made up? Do I really want to rubber stamp love?

eBay Addiction

I've told myself I have to stop placing bids on eBay, because I have a little bit of an addiction of late. But one thing that I'm very excited to have arrive on my doorstop is this little guy:



Owning a letterpress has been on my mind for a while. I once started building a press, but had a few too many hiccups to end up with something that works. Last week I went to look at a press that I loved, but I don't have space currently for a machine that is 5 feet wide, 6 feet long, and weighs over a half ton. Unfortunately. So for now, this will be a great compromise. More functional than the homemade press but more apartment-sized for my current stage in life. Now I just have to be patient while it ships. I'm crossing my fingers that it arrives safely.

Oh, and you know what else is great? The included manual:

I love that illustration.

Moving Announcement

After moving to my new place, I had to tell my loved ones where they could find me. I threw together some moving announcements and sent them out to family members. The process went something like this:


Printing out my new address on brown paper. And no, that's not my real address.


I cut out the corners. While I'm thinking of it, please let me know in the comments if you'd like me to send you my new address. I only sent these to my immediate family.


Then I used a ruler to steady my legendarily shaky hands and made a few lines with a bone folder. Are you in the market for a bone folder? You should be. I recommend this one, from Martha.


Can you seen the pleasing line that it makes in this nice, sturdy paper? Yum.


And that line makes it easy to make a clean fold. I made four of them.

Then I closed up the card and secured it with string.

See? All done.



Now, I promise to stay in this new place for a while. And I hope you come visit.

Working for something you care about

Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom are living my dream life. They gave up their day jobs to own a store. They've published two books. They're cool, they're in love, and they are doing something they care about.



Read an interview with them over at Design Glut.

(photo courtesy of design*sponge)

Typewriter Cake

I saw this cake over at design*sponge and couldn't resist showing it again here:



Happy 4th Birthday, Regional Assembly of Text.
I knew there was a reason (okay, many reasons) that I liked those guys.

Housekeeping

I'm testing out a little widget below each entry. I'm not sure I love it yet, but I'm interested to hear your feedback. Hate it? Like it? Want something similar but not quite the same?

Update: I took it off, at least for the time being. Thanks for your patience as I work to make this little house a home.