My mom’s birthday was this month, and her requests for birthday activities were estate sales and dinner. (Can’t go wrong!) It was our first estate sale day with the whole family together, and it was a major success! We found tons of fun things, including this 100+ year old desk that we’re in the process of refinishing.
Recently my “picker” parents and lil’ sis found these vintage Speedball linoleum tools at an estate sale. There’s nothing better than antiques that are unused and still 100% useful!
Cosmic Sans has sprouted legs and taken off running! Submissions are coming in every day, and we are so impressed by what our fellow space lovers are coming up with! This show is going to knock your proverbial socks off. Look at this sneak peek:
Insane, right!? Yes, that is Zoidberg! (Left by Zac Schwiet, right by Lisa Schneller) And that’s just the beginning. We’ve got light sabres, space monkeys, and Gordon Freeman’s crow bar coming your way!
1) Plan to come to the show. And then do it!
2) Print out this flyer and hang it up somewhere that nerds cool people will see it.
3) RSVP that you’re coming on our Facebook event so we can make enough space snacks for you.
We can’t wait. We’ll see you there!
As I was organizing files this week (a long overdue task), I stumbled upon the photos we took of our studio at 110 Cherry before we moved in. I love a good before and after, and it doesn’t get much worse than the mustard walls, black ceilings, and blue accents of this “before.”
CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for “creative types.” Each event is free, includes a 20 minute talk & 20 minutes of Q&A, and brings together creative folks to share their work and experiences. CreativeMornings was started in New York City in 2009 by Tina Roth Eisenberg (SwissMiss), to create an “accessible, inspiring morning event for people to meet.” We’re big fans of CreativeMornings – we love attending the Seattle events, and enjoy impromptu CreativeMornings in the office, listening to the wealth of content available from all over the world!
July’s Seattle CreativeMornings was hosted at Maker’s Space, a rad new coworking space in downtown Seattle, and featured a talk by us! (Crazy, right!?) These photos of the event are by the lovely and talented Jenny Linquist.
Renegade was awesome. Sincerely awesome. We got into a ton of mischief while vending – our fellow vendors’ goods were way too rad to resist. Every time one of us took a trip to the bathroom (on the opposite end of the building from our booth), we’d come back with something fun for ourselves or a gift for someone else.
The show sign (I cheered when we drove in!)
and fun new artwork in the studio by Paper Parasol Press, Hello, Lets Be Friends & Of Hearty Stock
Things we came home with:
We bought an ultra rad tee shirt from Gnome Enterprises for our friends’ son Jackson. His 2nd birthday party was the day we got back from SF, and we were really excited to bring him back such an epic shirt. He’s at the age where he likes to pick what he wears every day, and I’m pretty sure that dinosaurs and robots are the best thing ever when you’re 2.
We got an awesome chicken shaped cutting board from Mac Cutting Boards for my mom’s birthday. My parents had chickens when they moved to Florida but can’t have them at their house here, so we’re always on the lookout for fun chicken themed things. Continue reading ☞
This was our first time as vendors at any Renegade Craft Fair, and let me tell you – we are hooked! The turnout was incredible, the organizers were highly organized and helpful, the vendors were suburb, the shoppers were excited… and we had so much fun. It was such a great show. We can’t stop raving! Here are some photos of the goings-on:
Look at all those happy folks! Continue reading ☞
I read an interview with Dana Tanamachi (chalk artist extraordinaire) recently on the Great Discontent, and I really loved her comments on working in community. If you listened to my Creative Mornings talk (blog post about that coming soon), you know that we believe strongly in collaboration and community. These two quotes really hit the nail right on the head, so I’d like to share them with you.
“When someone sees something in you and they have the courage to speak it out, it changes everything. I learned the other month that the root of ‘encourage’ literally means to put courage into someone. That is what my community does. I’ve learned from them that if you see something special or unique in someone, don’t just think it—tell them. Our words hold a lot of power.”
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“Being known and knowing others is so important. To have people who know your story, know what you’re about, know your strengths and weaknesses, and can speak into your life is good. Like I mentioned, there is a current in NY and it’s easy to get swept away—having those people really grounds you. They can remind you of how you’ve changed and grown when you do get discouraged.”
Dana Tanamachi on the Great Discontent
A couple weeks ago (it’s been so busy since we got back!) we spent time in San Francisco for Renegade Craft Fair and a long overdue “just the two of us” vacation. It was our first time in California, so we took a road trip down the coast to see as much as we could.
Photos taken by Brad on an iPhone with VSCO Cam
It was the most wonderful trip. We had lots of adventures, saw the sights, ate tons of great food, did some shopping… SF took really good care of us. Here are some of our favorite things: Continue reading ☞
