Cool Color Combinations for Logos

Cool Color Combinations for Logos

Happy Friday, everyone! What’s on your agenda for the weekend? We have a friend in town from Austin and are going to spend some time hanging out with her and her delightful “beau” (her word, not mine).Before the weekend begins, I’d like to spend some time on color.... Read More
The Desk of a Fun Girl

The Desk of a Fun Girl

Vintage Box of Stars  •  Colored Pencils•  Diagonal Stripes Personalized Stationery•  Anything Tape Dispenser•  Ready for Adventure Rubber Stamp •  Anything Stapler•  Shoegazing Stationery Set• Color Block NotebookDo you guys... Read More

What’s Next?: Two Weeks and A Mailing List

Photograph by Sante Forlano, Vogue 1958 This week I was sitting at Wheelhouse Coffee, drinking my afternoon double tall split shot nonfat cappuccino and looking out at the city, trying to imagine what it was going to be like to wake up every morning and decide how my... Read More
What Does Your Font Say About You?

What Does Your Font Say About You?

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of all things font. Whenever I go through a blog redesign I feel like I spend a lot of time agonizing over what font I should use.Typeface is one of the most important things in package design. If I’m trying to decide between two... Read More

Give it a Whirl: Canning Tomatoes

We recently decided to split a CSA with our awesome neighbors who live down the street, so now every other Thursday, a box of organic vegetables is delivered to our doorstep from Johnson’s Backyard Garden, a farm in East Austin. I think we’ve made use of... Read More
Vintage Swimwear

Vintage Swimwear

What’s worse than trying on jeans? Trying on swimsuits. At least for me, anyway. I’ve avoided swimming just because I didn’t want to buy a bathing suit. Even when I was pre-baby and cigarette-smoking thin, I hated it. Then it got even... Read More