Slowly but surely over the last year, we’ve been collecting miniatures. It wasn’t our intention to collect miniatures, but every time we see one, we kind of can’t resist. This old Pepsi crate is the perfect curio cabinet for our army of smalls! And now that there’s a designated place in the studio for them, there’s an excuse to pick up more when we see them! I don’t know what it is… they just make me giggle! Continue reading ☞
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.”
Having a studio separate from our home has given us an excuse to collect all kinds of random things. In this new blog segment, I will show you photos of these collections, and tell you where they came from. Deal?
Last week, we were given a type cabinet.
In an exciting turn of events, my parents and sister moved from Florida to Washington State a little over a month ago. They’ve been coming to help out in the studio about once a week since they arrived, and it’s been so much fun to share our space and our life with them. This past week, my sister spent the night with Brad and I, and came in to work with me the next day. Jenny was in the studio taking product photos that day as well, and captured some pretty wonderful “Beth moments.” Continue reading ☞
We recently picked up a (very heavy) new piece of studio furniture on Craigslist. We’d been looking for an additional storage solution (flat files, type cases, etc.), but our budget wasn’t lining up with what was available. But then (ta da!) this beautiful galley rack came up, and we snatched it up and brought it to its new home.
Today I’m excited to bring you photos and info about the Grand Opening we had a few weeks ago! Our amazing intern Jenny took all of the photos and wrote the following post. Enjoy!
Jenny the intern here. A few weeks ago the ’57 Biscayne residents opened their doors to the public for the first time. It was quite the party, with lots of wine, cheese, friends, and Carmelita (our landlady and fellow studio-mate’s dog).
We’ve been hard at work these past few weeks, doing projects to make our new studio home. And we’ve finally got some photos for you!
In many ways we’ve been working much much harder than usual (late nights, long days, lots of manual labor): hence, the working hard. But in the midst of that, we haven’t been doing the work we typically do: hence, the hardly working. Soon the new studio will be in order and we’ll be back to printing – but for now, here’s an update on what we’ve been doing in the meantime.
With all the 619 hullabaloo, we’ve been excited to put it behind us and start planning for the new studio. We’ve found the space (details coming soon, I promise!), and we’ll be moving sometime before October 1st (as soon as the new space is ready). We’ve got a plan brewing for the new studio that takes into account the style of the building, the additional space (Yes, it’s going to be bigger!), and our aesthetic desires. We love our current studio and had so much fun designing the space, painting, decorating, etc. – but we’re even more excited to take what we learned on that “project” and improve upon it. Here’s some of the photos we’ve been gathering on Pinterest for inspiration.
DIY Built-in Shelving from The Brick House, Metal Truss Work Table from West Elm, Architect’s Boom Sconce from Restoration Hardware
