Blog — Press Check

Hey friends! This Saturday, May 5th is opening weekend for the Des Moines Downtown Farmer's Market! Have you seen the forecast? I'll be located on Fourth Street Right by Vaudeville Mews, Royal Mile and Java Joes. Come say hi and see new prints + cards, it is gonna be a good Farmer's Market season…  

As you know, been busy finalizing things for national stationery show, but I think (fingers crossed) that I am mostly done. A few final things like extension cords and little give-a-ways to get ready but for the most part the big stuff is done. I have some custom work and as usual most of these are gifts so I can't show them yet but I will soon. What do you have planned this weekend? Tonight my parents are taking the girls out so A + I can have a date. Trying to decide what to do on our date and...

Howdy, the latest view from the press…I also have some without Iowa.

  [caption id="attachment_1729" align="alignnone" width="540" caption="true grit ©thepermanentcollection"][/caption] Hello! Today I thought I'd give a little look into my creative process. I've had different people ask me how do I come up with ideas for cards, prints, etc. and usually I just want to say something brilliant like "well you know, Michelangelo just lived it, he couldn't NOT create," but we all know that isn't really always the case for me. Usually I am just inspired by small pretty mundane things. So here is the inspiration for this card… I've been thinking a lot lately about what it is to...

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