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I always like to wait until after the client has actually mailed or distributed whatever it is I have printed for them, so this is a little belated, but Welcome Anna! She was born in October and I was able to work on her baby announcement…isn't she too cute?!

Hello! Here is a photo of a recent wedding announcement that I did featuring bicycles! The newlyweds are avid bikers so this seemed fitting! I'll be working on a fun wedding card based off the illustration!

We had a balmy 64 degree Thanksgiving Day! Usually it is cold and windy so this was a welcome change of pace. We had a great time out at the McCoy household with aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, parents, and kids running around. After dinner we were able to take a walk in the woods- Jenny found a fantastic hat that was said to have been worn skiing in Wyoming! Did you have a good one too?

Hello friends, I know, I know, it isn't even Thanksgiving yet but here at The Permanent Collection Studio we've been doing Christmas for awhile now {and much more custom holiday printing to come} so I thought I'd' show what I've been working on, a Christmas Banquet invitation. I was able to get a new typeface (Spencerian hand) I actually learned this hand in a calligraphy class but to really master it you have to practice, practice, practice, so I did the next best thing and called local calligrapher Jean Wilson and she did all the addresses and reply card addresses,...

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="5" include="1014"] Hello friends! Well I'm back from Atlanta. I went there this past weekend to participate in Country Living Magazine "Pitch Your Product." I got in a little late friday night…er early saturday morning around 1:45 am to Atlanta. Saturday I practiced my pitch (we only had a limited time to pitch) and of course went shopping! I went to all the places we don't have in Iowa: Anthropologie, Madewell, Zara, and H&M. We do have a JCrew but since I didn't have my sidekicks with me I was free to roam and try things on,...