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I thought today I'd show you some artwork that we have up in our home. Some are printed by me others are printed by:BeeThings out of Dallas, Texashttp://www.etsy.com/shop/beethings?ref=ss_profilePoster Cabaret out of Austin, Texas (the work up in Gemma's Room)http://postercabaret.comSara Langworthy, Iowa City (the alphabet compositions)Jason Munn of Small Stakes (the kitty in the basket image on the mantel)http://jasonmunn.com/posters.phpRick Von Holt (Press Sweet Press, Typography)Minburn, IowaAnagram Press (Dead Feminist Broadside- green + brown)http://anagram-press.com/artAndBooks/I have new prints I've collected that I don't have framed/up yet so I'll do another post once those are up! The rest are prints I have done, Florence,...

I had a great time at the first-ever ladies of letterpress conference (Asheville, NC). It was so cool to meet so many lady printers! We talked a lot of shop: pricing, paper vendors (samples galore), tradeshows, type, you name it—we discussed it. Some of the presses I met were:http://www.pistachiopress.comhttp://iglooletterpress.comhttp://www.birddogpress.comhttp://www.penelopespress.comThe highlight was getting to meet Judith Berliner. She runs Full Circle Press in Neveda City, CAhttp://www.full-circle-press.comHere are a few shots from the weekend, I didn't bring my "good" camera and I kept forgetting to take shots I was so busy by talking and looking at everyone's work! I stayed at a...

Happy Thursday to you! Today I have some printing to do, more photos about that next week. This weekend however I'll be heading East to The Ladies of Letterpress conference. It should be good…meeting up with an old grad school friend who runs this crazy gathering of people and of course meeting all kinds of other letterpress printers. It is in Asheville, North Carolina so I'm excited to be exploring a new city via car and running shoes. I'll be staying at the Abbington Green Bed and Breakfast so hopefully I'll post some lovely pics to share of the B&B....

I found this story yesterday on the Fiat 500 2012 on nypost.com's Page Six (if you don't go to Page Six, I highly recommend it if you want to keep updated on all things pop culture):"Four Seasons co-owner Julian Niccolini is using the restaurant's lobby as a parking spot for his new Fiat 500 (a k a the Cinquecento), the miniature hatchback that recently became available in the US. The white convertible is small enough to fit through the front doors of the power-lunch eatery and Niccolini drives it out the front door to toodle around town. The car was a gift from Fiat...

Here is the final print…what do you think?