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it's no secret that we love giving gifts. our favorite part about the holidays is making something special for our friends and family. this year, we made perpetual calendars using wood, chalkboard paint and a silk screen. since we have so many new friends at poppy talk, we wanted to share something with all of you. follow this link to download a 2010 calendar from us to you!
they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach... and this is certainly true for stephen. we take turns packing our lunches each week and i've been trying to cut everything into a heart shape. on monday, i started with this simple sandwich.
this week, shauna and i celebrated thanksgiving. it's had us thinking about what's important to each other, so i wanted to give her something that shows how much she means to me. i used our proofing press to make a print that's simple and to the point.
if there's anything stephen dislikes more than spiders, it's going to the dentist! before his visit, i thought i would try to lighten his anxiety by giving him a bouquet of "good luck" flowers in a papier-mâché tooth vase. (it totally helped).
there's something sweet about watching a mobile quietly drift and spin. we saw one recently at a folk art museum and shauna hasn't stopped talking about it since. i made this miniature version just for her using some wire and paper.
stephen's been out of town and while he was gone, it finally started to feel like fall. i didn't want him to miss a thing - so i gathered freshly fallen leaves and taped a collection to our wall.
welcome home stephen!
sunday brunch is our favorite meal of the week. recently, i cut heart shaped bananas for the top of shauna's pancakes. it was an easy thing to do, and it made her melt like butter.
to make your own: simply carve a notch down the entire banana, then slice up the heart shapes onto pancakes, ice cream, or any of your favorite treats.
if you don't already subscribe to uppercase, go right now and order your own copy. don't wait because the last two issues are already sold out! no.3 also includes our favorite printmakers, lab partners and the ultra inspiring regional assembly of text. a very special thank you to janine, editor of uppercase, for helping me surprise stephen. the same park we flew kites at is also our favorite place to spend time with our dogs. on a recent trip, I carved shauna’s initials into a tree nearby our usual path.
this tree is on the side of a river bank and must have fallen over a long time ago. although it doesn't grow leaves anymore, it was the perfect spot for a lasting message (or as long as the tree still stands). sometimes old traditions are the best ones.
technically, this week should be called i had this made for you. stephen likes to stockpile pencils and he doesn't like to share them. so i ordered a few dozen pencils and had them customized with sayings like: "my wife gave me this pencil", "this pencil belongs to stephen", "will trade pencil for snickers", "if found return to stephen"...
if you have a special message (30 characters or less), the oriental trading company is a great source. for $5.99 you can order 24 custom pencils.
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