tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252316302024-03-07T00:44:30.835-05:00stitch.rip.repeat.my misadventures in sewingBeth Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01716074225978666557noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-2956714038516681782011-03-22T08:35:00.000-04:002011-03-22T08:36:04.617-04:00Amelia's Birth Announcements<a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-416" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement1" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement1-749x1024.jpg" alt="" width="552" height="755" /></a><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement2.jpg"></a><br /><br />I've finally completed Amelia's birth announcements. She's now 10 weeks old. I've had them designed for quite a while, but printing them and getting them assembled took some extra time. Now I just have to finish sending out my "thank you" notes before I send out the announcements. Sheesh. I'm so embarrassingly bad at things like that. The sad thing is, I've had the notes written since before she was born, but I haven't found the time to address and stamp them. It's really shameful considering how grateful I am to everyone who gave us something and took the time to throw us a shower.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-417" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement2" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement2-826x1024.jpg" alt="" width="681" height="845" /></a><br /><br />But enough with the sob story. I'm thrilled with how these turned out. Big big shout-out to Heather Roth Photography (HSR Photography) out of St. Louis for the wonderful photos. She came all the way out to the country to take them and she was just amazing. I have a nice big camera, and fancy myself a decent photographer, but let me tell you this: I could never have gotten the shots that she did. She was just amazing with the poses and handling Amelia in a soothing way. I was so stressed in the first hour that I had to step away and let her do her magic. They turned out wonderful!<br /><br />So what I did was arrange a couple of my favorites in Photoshop, sent them to Sam's Club to get printed on 5x7's (so much cheaper at Sam's. 38 cents instead of $1.48 at Walmart). and then attached my letterpressed piece on the middle. It was tempting to just do a digital card with no letterpress, but I didn't think that would be quite acceptable.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-418" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement3" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement3-803x1024.jpg" alt="" width="658" height="840" /></a><br /><br />I bought an edge punch at Michael's which amazingly enough actually held up to cut through that super thick Lettra paper.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-419" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement4" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement4.jpg" alt="" width="694" height="651" /></a><br /><br />Here's the printing plate. I tried the reversed out design, but you couldn't really tell that it was letterpressed, so what was the point? Too much surface area of printing can have that effect, no matter how hard you're hitting the paper with the press. We've learned that the hard way.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-420" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement5" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement5.jpg" alt="" width="675" height="567" /></a><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement6.jpg"></a><br /><br />Here's a shot of the girl herself at the age of 9 weeks. It's funny that I was so "anti" pink before she was born, but it just suits her so beautifully! That red hair and her complexion make the pink perfect.<a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement6.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-421" title="Amelia_BirthAnnouncement6" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Amelia_BirthAnnouncement6-791x1024.jpg" alt="" width="380" height="493" /></a><br /><br /><br /><h1><span style="color: #33cccc;">~Beth</span></h1>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-63522458479884191102011-03-16T09:39:00.001-04:002011-03-16T09:39:21.065-04:00HappenstanceSo a friend of a friend sent us <a href="http://www.fedex.com/us/office/index.html">this link </a>along with this message "Check out this link. Hopefully you can see the photo on the right of the FedEx page. The book cover’s picture looks like your recipe stuff….Alan"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Picture-29.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-380" title="Picture 29" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Picture-29.png" alt="" width="670" height="627" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I couldn't imagine what might be on there, but was pleasantly surprised to find the book cover that I designed for <a href="http://blogaidforhaiti.blogspot.com/">BlogAid: Hope for Haiti a year ago.</a> Apparently, FedEx has purchased Blurb, which is my favorite book making software.<br /><br />Dinner With Julie Blog author (Julie) contacted me about creating a cover using the recipe card box image, and I was more than happy to help. It's so weird that a year later it's showing up on FedEx Office's website! I wish there was a credit for the artwork that linked back to our shop, but I guess that's a good lesson for making sure you know exactly how your artwork is being used. In this case, I guess it's not a bad thing. My brain keeps trying to think of the worst case scenario, and I guess there isn't one. Right?<br /><br />Anyway, I suppose I should just be happy that they liked the look enough to publish it!<br /><h2><span style="color: #33cccc;">xo~Beth</span></h2>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-17041439085660429542011-03-05T11:45:00.006-05:002011-03-05T11:54:01.533-05:00Our Name in Lights!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSdKm7pzBqLatlw9w9j1W7NTgDCLi9Dunh65xDbrxEu61vA4b93u-3AukPHSPI-iWidgZyFNe6JooTR6bU_-fKWsX3jxvcSCBDfI3M82e7Y7N7fQHa36DtjcFuCw64uQ5e7UUZQ/s1600/Picture+10.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSdKm7pzBqLatlw9w9j1W7NTgDCLi9Dunh65xDbrxEu61vA4b93u-3AukPHSPI-iWidgZyFNe6JooTR6bU_-fKWsX3jxvcSCBDfI3M82e7Y7N7fQHa36DtjcFuCw64uQ5e7UUZQ/s320/Picture+10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580639124322358978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbsKpBujs0aLDcRZXI5dTC2sF2R5o9BW7ppwjqAu40OEQRBNOGqUJH2b6z9xdB_HQTUxE4Y37zXXl_Zpq7zDdlZJoY599O5fdsM7TFBmygMtOvdwvnMHrDH9PBusLQEKNtBIZXw/s1600/Picture+14.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbsKpBujs0aLDcRZXI5dTC2sF2R5o9BW7ppwjqAu40OEQRBNOGqUJH2b6z9xdB_HQTUxE4Y37zXXl_Zpq7zDdlZJoY599O5fdsM7TFBmygMtOvdwvnMHrDH9PBusLQEKNtBIZXw/s320/Picture+14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580639844460714738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Or actually, on air. Our local NBC station, <a href="http://www.komu.com/">KOMU</a> has a segment specific to our rural little county, and they wanted to do a story about our letterpress!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.komu.com/KOMU/63260976-80ce-18b5-015b-8efe7c14d403/7a0a2c2b-80ce-18b5-01dd-624458475110.html">Here's the link.</a> They did a lovely job of portraying our little business in 2 minutes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeH2QwisxwrOO-MEk-Nu8rmV8qOE6Ogzvo7V71Pleb2x1D_4F7ZAUJFUHP9rfJLGUDQ5P5BRwgbEgvyZbCH5rx3ELhHzWMz0fZE_Ns_AjxO7-A3jvNiGxlXjKXBhMRs4EaDEI1Kg/s1600/Picture+15.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeH2QwisxwrOO-MEk-Nu8rmV8qOE6Ogzvo7V71Pleb2x1D_4F7ZAUJFUHP9rfJLGUDQ5P5BRwgbEgvyZbCH5rx3ELhHzWMz0fZE_Ns_AjxO7-A3jvNiGxlXjKXBhMRs4EaDEI1Kg/s320/Picture+15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580639827573066354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here's Karen...she did a fantastic job!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-9016276543382876372011-03-04T09:36:00.005-05:002011-03-04T10:05:58.515-05:00From one friend to another..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNIUOWLzxapM2ZfriOqZuvcIAK3g7zxnfrtf-eIYuz_XK_7c6z8XTSlvgMKJlW3psfo8b7gQToaHB9jB6zeWW8WdLPwuVJ5wFhuO4mXeATVvsyM23Imz_PhcfguyvuhH286dPuw/s1600/London_Skyline.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNIUOWLzxapM2ZfriOqZuvcIAK3g7zxnfrtf-eIYuz_XK_7c6z8XTSlvgMKJlW3psfo8b7gQToaHB9jB6zeWW8WdLPwuVJ5wFhuO4mXeATVvsyM23Imz_PhcfguyvuhH286dPuw/s400/London_Skyline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580234134605847042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A dear friend has started a new company and I just had to help spread the word<br /><br />Wendy specializes in unique tours of the city which are stress-free and affordable. She can show you all of London in less than 6 hours without needing a map- and without the worry of getting lost.<br />There is finally a reason to stay off that tour bus!<br /><br />If you are busy at work, and need to entertain family and friends this is a great way to do it! A long layover? Traveling alone? London in a Day is the answer!<br /><br />Tours also make a great gift!<br /><br />Check out her website: <a href="http://www.londoninaday.com/" target="_blank">London in a Day</a>.<br /><br />Contact info:<br /><a href="mailto:wendy@londoninaday.com" target="_blank">wendy@londoninaday.com</a><br /><span><a href="http://www.londoninaday.com/" target="_blank">www.londoninaday.com</a></span><br /><span><a href="http://www.londoninaday.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.londoninaday.co.uk</a></span><br /><span><br /><br /><br /></span>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-75836347539792670962011-01-22T18:54:00.000-05:002011-01-22T18:55:51.139-05:00That's My Baby!Two weeks ago, Amelia Jane was born into this world. She weighed 10 lbs, 8 ozs, and 21.5 inches long. Oh baby! No wonder my stomach was so big!<br /><br />Everything went smoothly, and she's a darling. We're getting accustomed to each other and working on sleeping schedules. Carrie and Jason are packing all of our Etsy orders, and I'm just starting to come out of the haze that is the first 2 weeks to think about sketching and things other than how long it's been since I've changed a diaper.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_1588sm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-271" title="IMG_1588sm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_1588sm-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="575" /></a><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amelia1.jpg"></a><br /><br />I'm hoping to have <a href="http://www.hsrphoto.com/">this fabulous photographer </a>out of St. Louis come take some newborn pics, but so far the weather has been thwarting us! I have lots of props. Crayons, flower headbands and vintage blocks. I've been trying to take some artsy photos, but sometimes it's just nice to have someone else lend their artistic vision. And I'm not too great at manhandling the baby into position.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amelia1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-272" title="amelia1" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amelia1-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><br /><br />I'll try not to make this a baby picture blog, but I wanted to share our great news!<br /><br />~BethBeth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-25499566176111299682011-01-03T21:21:00.004-05:002011-01-03T21:39:25.731-05:00There's a baby in there!I don't know if I've mentioned it or not, but I'm all set to pop out this baby in 2 weeks, give or take well, 2 weeks. Isn't it strange that one of the biggest events in your life is so completely and utterly un-plannable?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-w1seFUbwht0qRMKOFjhsVj0LecEMeuKgVA0uLgqJa6uRRQfyPRuHQeq6DJXLxKdQ1qkxTPpSQC8LzkQlWm9-Ft1rrITF9ba_VTV8hSRYE-UrlynhawzSVxzXkJd6KyvnqDqTw/s1600/pregnant.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-w1seFUbwht0qRMKOFjhsVj0LecEMeuKgVA0uLgqJa6uRRQfyPRuHQeq6DJXLxKdQ1qkxTPpSQC8LzkQlWm9-Ft1rrITF9ba_VTV8hSRYE-UrlynhawzSVxzXkJd6KyvnqDqTw/s400/pregnant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558151166698986194" border="0" /></a><br />Let me tell you that being uber pregnant is not conducive to doing a lot of work. Thankfully I have had a lot of help from Carrie at the barn and at home from Jason and from my mom and dad.<br /><br />December was a crazy month sales wise, but it was wonderful! Thank goodness we had everything printed already, and all there was to do was ship everyday, something that took Jason or my mom less than an hour or so. I can't speak for Carrie, since she ships 50%. What a brilliant idea to have a partner! It works out so much better when life (baby) takes priority over your hobbies.<br /><br />I have some serious anxiety about how this is all going to work out after having the baby. How will I find time to print and work on things? I just don't know, but it might be a great catalyst for me letting go. Maybe we'll find a great intern to be our printing monkey. We've hired an awesome wholesale liason/life organizer, Karen, and I hope to hire someone else to do the bookkeeping. It would be great if Carrie and I could just draw and design. Those are the things we're good at.Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-66658002486759471412010-12-13T08:10:00.000-05:002010-12-13T08:11:13.710-05:00Renegade Holiday Fair! ChicagoFor the second year in a row we decided to make the trek up to Chicago to be a part of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/holiday-chicago">Renegade Holiday Craft Fair</a>, and it turned out to be a GREAT weekend. Since Beth is just a few weeks out from having her baby, she decided that it might be best to stay home where she could get a little more rest. I (Carrie) was obviously a bit disappointed to be going without my sidekick, but we all knew that it would be for the best. So I recruited a team. They dubbed themselves The A Team. And they were awesome. The line-up...Karen, (sis-in-law), and Dustin and Melissa (brother and sis-in-law).<br /><br />We left Mid-Missouri early on Friday evening. Everything was going great until we got to central Illinois and ran straight into a snowstorm. For about 200 miles we averaged maybe 35 mph. Dustin handled it great...and the van pulled us through. We rolled into Chicago safe and sound around 3:30 am. Ouch.<br /><br />Saturday morning we drug ourselves out of bed and headed straight to the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse to set up for the fair.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/booth3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-181" title="booth3" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/booth3-1024x687.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="412" /></a></p><br />Our booth location was great this year. We were lucky enough to be in the auditorium on the end of a row.<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/booth2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-187" title="booth2" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/booth2-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Karen and Melissa did an awesome job of helping set up the booth.</p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/carriebooth.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-189" title="carriebooth" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/carriebooth-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">It's a challenge to fit everything into a 6x6 ft. space, but we made it work! It is really crazy to think about how much we've done in a year. I feel like this year we had twice the amount of products to put on display than we did last year.</p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Attendance was great, and we got such a great response from all the fair goers who passed by our booth.</p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We were also directly across from some awesome entertainment. Dustin taking in the sweet sounds of the record players...</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dustin.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-191" title="dustin" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dustin-1024x689.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="413" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Saturday night we went out for some deep dish Chicago pizza at <a href="http://www.loumalnatis.com/">Lou Malnati's</a>. It was SO good, but we were SO tired. We went back to our home away from home and crashed. We were lucky to stay in a really great location not too far from where Renegade took place. The street was so pretty in the snow!</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/street.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-197" title="street" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/street-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/house.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-193" title="house" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/house-727x1024.jpg" alt="" width="436" height="614" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We were back at it on Sunday for day 2 of the fair. It was a lot of fun looking around at all the other booths, and meeting other vendors. So many talented people!</p><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/group.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-192" title="group" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/group-606x1024.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="614" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Christmas in Chicago!</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dandm.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-190" title="dandm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dandm-1024x748.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="449" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">On the way out of town on Monday morning we stopped at Millennium Park to see the <a href="http://www.millenniumpark.org/artandarchitecture/cloud_gate.html">giant bean sculpture</a>.</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mirror.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-196" title="mirror" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mirror-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Always a fun place to take pictures!</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bean2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-186" title="bean2" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bean2-1024x721.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="433" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bean.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-185" title="bean" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bean-1024x711.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="427" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: left;">A BIG HUGE thanks to the team for all the work that made the weekend a success!</p>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-89774367114501984972010-12-06T07:06:00.001-05:002010-12-05T16:09:20.597-05:00Thank you notes are here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Vly62VAHnU1QnZujsjb_RfQ7VlWcgweDxXJWZ0Glr-SsQEkKr7vZb9sSvE5JZjGgzAzxJlXpkPnM_2cpPqah_ozj_6YL9YG3VDQc1MYsiMgTqKPi-up-lMzJIwozV-fofX1Dw/s1600/ThankYou1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Vly62VAHnU1QnZujsjb_RfQ7VlWcgweDxXJWZ0Glr-SsQEkKr7vZb9sSvE5JZjGgzAzxJlXpkPnM_2cpPqah_ozj_6YL9YG3VDQc1MYsiMgTqKPi-up-lMzJIwozV-fofX1Dw/s400/ThankYou1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547308112981600498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguirxC_OZOcJtHcFBYKyM7bf-7vNTJnbzbnVJb10iGKwR7kuJ7oLeKlSUVmZoZCjS6QI4uQMhozIYnlDmMPYengPoCXvE9cRYyBlEfHG-UiMwIWtHb-3TeaKJHBw_9NBirUT5w4Q/s1600/thankyou_all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguirxC_OZOcJtHcFBYKyM7bf-7vNTJnbzbnVJb10iGKwR7kuJ7oLeKlSUVmZoZCjS6QI4uQMhozIYnlDmMPYengPoCXvE9cRYyBlEfHG-UiMwIWtHb-3TeaKJHBw_9NBirUT5w4Q/s400/thankyou_all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547308107573864466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxv3q6NXH7KESMNIUmUAN-H4p3gJ5nD-waqga_kXDmqZw8An31jkh3KaMj1M2R16-0ZrZEphzlnsFhL9wA1RnKyizpYfEyllKIgYqSwS2p1N7Rr5-RAlkzmEYsLGzYiy4N37nIIw/s1600/ThankYou_all2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxv3q6NXH7KESMNIUmUAN-H4p3gJ5nD-waqga_kXDmqZw8An31jkh3KaMj1M2R16-0ZrZEphzlnsFhL9wA1RnKyizpYfEyllKIgYqSwS2p1N7Rr5-RAlkzmEYsLGzYiy4N37nIIw/s400/ThankYou_all2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547308105114921570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw2h8ZnbFY9pKYChy4IYxsDF6D3-ZH_5QMS9bsnvTnf8OENDxbKcb4FU2A7oFtYEpfZ-MMrOQMc2-T755JQDEPjDEBp5fqf8pFb-_4EuPaZGmyuJFY3yalhV6JCTkJx1SKuufRg/s1600/thankyou_tight.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw2h8ZnbFY9pKYChy4IYxsDF6D3-ZH_5QMS9bsnvTnf8OENDxbKcb4FU2A7oFtYEpfZ-MMrOQMc2-T755JQDEPjDEBp5fqf8pFb-_4EuPaZGmyuJFY3yalhV6JCTkJx1SKuufRg/s400/thankyou_tight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547308100863007746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So, being all pregnant and such, people seem to want to give you things for the baby. I'm totally thrilled with this! I didn't think it would be quite right to send out someone else's letterpress thank you notes. Thus, a new product was born.<br /><br />I drew one design and Carrie drew the other, and we printed them each in 2 colorways. We are THRILLED with how they turned out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiSBaWCZEJcaNDbRJH_1jJWZCH7d_61oGM2o4Ce_mrIoQY3OrkRVHO5p6qXJjxmhA4OHfNlnLfuBXEKwVo-pywADuACd8VA4chHfS6aEpEATK7CsiF97eIaxspgCEjDTzzKukzQ/s1600/thankyou_back.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiSBaWCZEJcaNDbRJH_1jJWZCH7d_61oGM2o4Ce_mrIoQY3OrkRVHO5p6qXJjxmhA4OHfNlnLfuBXEKwVo-pywADuACd8VA4chHfS6aEpEATK7CsiF97eIaxspgCEjDTzzKukzQ/s400/thankyou_back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547308115340328994" border="0" /></a><br />Now I have a stack of belated notes to be gettin' out. Better get to that and stop the yakkin<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63683020/thank-you-notes-cards-letterpressed" target="_blank">g. We didn't print just too many, so you better get them while you can! Here's the shop link.</a>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-82160081687763601942010-12-01T08:31:00.001-05:002010-12-01T08:31:59.792-05:00Meet us in Chicago!<a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/holiday-chicago"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142" title="ChiHolidayWeb11" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ChiHolidayWeb11.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="354" /></a><br /><br />This weekend, December 4th and 5th! We have a booth in the lovely auditorium at Pulaski Park Fieldhouse. <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/holiday-chicago" target="_blank">Click here for all the details.</a> I can tell you that we'll have 10 times the selection of items over last years show.<br /><br />Carrie and I were thinking back on last year, when we had only printed 1 thing on our (then new) Chandler & Price. This year, we have coasters, stickers, house kits, calendars, fabric and so many prints! We hope to have a stellar show...so please come out!<br /><br /><a href="http://stitchriprepeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/renegade-chicago-our-letterpressed.htmlhttp://">Here's a post about last year, including some of our great booth neighbors!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitchriprepeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/renegade-chicago-our-letterpressed.html"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-144" title="renegade 2009" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/renegade-2009-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-45956265840853742512010-11-23T07:49:00.000-05:002010-11-23T07:50:11.981-05:00Holiday CoastersHave we talked about our <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set" target="_blank">new holiday coasters?</a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134" title="HolidayCoasters2sm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/HolidayCoasters2sm-e1290516183923.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="490" /></a><br /><br />We love to print coasters. They're easy to get in and out of the press, and they're so useful! Printing a functional item is sort of hard to come by, but these fit the bill perfectly.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-136" title="pinebranch_coastersm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pinebranch_coastersm-300x189.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="189" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-137" title="snowflakes_coaster sm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/snowflakes_coaster-sm-300x273.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="273" /></a><br /><br />The stars and snowflakes are printed with metallic ink--so fun! But a pain to wash off the press.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-138" title="Stars_coastersm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Stars_coastersm-300x246.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="246" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-139" title="Trees_Coastersm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Trees_Coastersm-300x250.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="250" /></a><br /><br />We used variations of our holiday cards for the artwork, and this allowed us to print them at the same time, saving us from the dreaded wash-up of the press and the rollers.<br /><br />These make a great holiday party hostess gift--and they're only $15!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61508420/letterpress-holiday-coasters-set"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135" title="HolidayCoasters_Packagingsm" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/HolidayCoasters_Packagingsm-e1290516530389.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="432" /></a><br /><br />AND we've really packaged them up in a cute way, thanks to Jean Howard, sweatshop worker extraordinaire!<br /><br />Check them out today!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-23423020576030434922010-11-16T06:48:00.002-05:002010-11-16T06:49:22.379-05:00Holiday Barnwarming Market!!We wanted an excuse to have an "open barn" party before the holidays and show people how the presses work, etc, so we decided to invite some friends along as well! Check it out:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/barnwarmingHeader.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-117" title="barnwarmingHeader" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/barnwarmingHeader.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="195" /></a><br /><br />Come out to the barn for an afternoon of local arts and letterpress demonstrations!<br /><br />We'll have a roasty campfire complete with s'more making, the gumball machine will be rolling, and you'll get to shop with some of our area's best artisans! We'll be running our letterpresses and giving demonstrations of this fantastic process.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Details:</span><br /><br />When: December 11th (Saturday) from 1-5 p.m.<br /><br />Where: Shryock's Big Red Barn (home of the Corn Maze) just 10 minute East of Columbia . <a href="http://www.callawayfarms.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.callawayfarms.com/about-our-farm/getting-to-our-farm.php" target="_blank">Click here for information and directions</a>.<br /><br />Come finish (or start) your holiday shopping with fantastic local artists!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_02.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-119" title="pics_02" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_02.jpg" alt="" width="118" height="106" /></a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/animaliapottery?ga_search_query=animalia&ga_search_type=seller_usernames" target="_blank"> -Animalia pottery</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_04.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-121" title="pics_04" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_04.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="106" /></a> <a href="http://www.lilydawsondesigns.com/" target="_blank">-Lily Dawson Jewelry</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/designsbymarietta.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-123" title="designsbymarietta" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/designsbymarietta.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="110" /></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Lees-Summit-MO/Designs-by-Marietta/165673970116262" target="_blank">-Marietta Designs fused glass</a><br /><br />--Fergus Moore Pottery<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_05.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-122" title="pics_05" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_05.jpg" alt="" width="148" height="106" /></a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/porchswingafghans?ga_search_query=porch+swing&ga_search_type=seller_usernames" target="_blank">-Porch Swing Afghans</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hoot.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-124" title="hoot" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hoot.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="150" /></a> -<a href="http://www.hootdesignco.com/">Hoot Design Co. artwork and posters</a><br /><br />-Chad Canfield Soaps<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-118" title="pics_01" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pics_01.jpg" alt="" width="114" height="106" /></a> --and of course, plenty of<a href="http://www.1canoe2.etsy.com/" target="_blank"> 1canoe2 goodness!</a>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-91272424445098419802010-11-09T08:21:00.001-05:002010-11-09T08:22:28.951-05:00New Business CardsFirst, I need to tell you all that you can find all these posts over on our <a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/blog">1canoe2 website blog. </a>I'm just double posting for now, but I think a time will come when we'll mostly post over there.<br /><br />And Carrie will also be posting over there, so you should check it out! The website isn't finished yet, but it's getting there!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardssmallaqua.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-107" title="businessCardssmallaqua" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardssmallaqua.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="642" /></a><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardssmall.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108" title="businessCardssmall" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardssmall.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="518" /></a><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardsall.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-109" title="businessCardsall" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/businessCardsall.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="800" /></a><br /><br />Here are some legit photos of our new business cards. Our old cards were cute, but not really a good example of letterpress. We're pretty excited about these and plan to print a few every time we have a fun color on the press.Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-32660497769505640392010-11-04T21:51:00.000-04:002010-11-04T21:52:34.323-04:00Hot and Fresh off the Press!We just finished printing some lovely wedding invites! Jackie came to us last summer with a request for some letterpressed invitations that reflected their botanical garden wedding.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/std.jpg"><img style="width: 610px; height: 408px;" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-96" title="Save the Date" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/std.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />We used some flowers that Carrie had drawn, and Beth drew the hand lettering and did the design work. It was a true 1canoe2 collaboration!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/invitrs-all.jpg"><img style="width: 593px; height: 478px;" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-95" title="invites all" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/invitrs-all.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />They're printed on Crane's Lettra 220lb....so luxurious! The impression of letterpress is really beautiful on this type of paper.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/invite.jpg"><img style="width: 589px; height: 426px;" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-98" title="invite" src="http://www.1canoe2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/invite.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Congratulations, Jackie! We hope you love your wedding invitations as much as we loved making them!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-3234200691816505052010-11-03T08:24:00.004-04:002010-11-03T08:33:54.668-04:00The cat is out of the bagThe biggest secret of the summer: We sold our recipe card box kits and address card files to <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com">Anthropologie!</a> And it took a village to get them built, printed, assembled, and shipped!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxew7F966B5atKbUjs4BnpvqID20qCtj4IV97StlRihnQ4HWesWnPCDd1CvhAUzQx2oPL2tHhFudt6KyueMTZeONSHND3FZhkuR7FrWXZgB7q0Wuz_hclWrJLTc1JUU1gwaB7iTw/s1600/IMG_0968.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxew7F966B5atKbUjs4BnpvqID20qCtj4IV97StlRihnQ4HWesWnPCDd1CvhAUzQx2oPL2tHhFudt6KyueMTZeONSHND3FZhkuR7FrWXZgB7q0Wuz_hclWrJLTc1JUU1gwaB7iTw/s400/IMG_0968.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535298577374868402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My dad's workshop. He has officially made more than 1,000 boxes now. Whoa. This is what he did on his summer vacation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvrQWHyZUh80442mWP73ggm3osG_pONWlFdEYxtRbLL7ZD7wtVBLuoihZo5lRXazLo6lg0lgacgoW5Ax58UwFq_AuLbTK-iJN189YVHUvdfScGa8OlHQA8POA_eK4RUplnzFqqw/s1600/IMG_0966.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvrQWHyZUh80442mWP73ggm3osG_pONWlFdEYxtRbLL7ZD7wtVBLuoihZo5lRXazLo6lg0lgacgoW5Ax58UwFq_AuLbTK-iJN189YVHUvdfScGa8OlHQA8POA_eK4RUplnzFqqw/s400/IMG_0966.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535298571874379698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Carrie and I printed and printed. I had to custom order special plastic packaging boxes since these will be on the shelves at Anthropologie and need to look nice!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GKY1tbRYjrKv6yLX8qkUDBy7Xp4v2N93ck6xN40i_YMJVsWu0ErDCFoPTccLqJszSKFs7WSufdnZiS15ASENe0VGb2ZB5fqMOihMHhCoVT-6mVvNxIbYDKcRGMaxRbGRE4q5_A/s1600/IMG_1130.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GKY1tbRYjrKv6yLX8qkUDBy7Xp4v2N93ck6xN40i_YMJVsWu0ErDCFoPTccLqJszSKFs7WSufdnZiS15ASENe0VGb2ZB5fqMOihMHhCoVT-6mVvNxIbYDKcRGMaxRbGRE4q5_A/s400/IMG_1130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535298579824491314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After weeks of my mom and I and occasionally Jason packing boxes, two of my mom's sisters came over for one massive packing party, and we finally had all of them done!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC91pLLb-hTJ5I5BWMjbaScZAS2WkH2e7s_87BeVDh4d-LHVGIhvi3q0v9zQ3d7CVPZ0tKXiEmGeYm-6Lpzg1siHafKga04Df3RD02xwsfOtBf-IlPWfZ-Y6Qrd5hUQUXAVhyHzg/s1600/PackingParty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC91pLLb-hTJ5I5BWMjbaScZAS2WkH2e7s_87BeVDh4d-LHVGIhvi3q0v9zQ3d7CVPZ0tKXiEmGeYm-6Lpzg1siHafKga04Df3RD02xwsfOtBf-IlPWfZ-Y6Qrd5hUQUXAVhyHzg/s400/PackingParty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535299251070862242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let's hear it for people who work for a good dinner!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGPnTL3uZYlE3p6e3wKkAnTsY-tVePd-rXxSk55-YMDx5wHsCSEte68QufpEBUGz6OCoU95N-o5i3wyBpBSYUmDqe1XHVmnXXAAwWvPLdWFWyAi-t2dEmmoehpnYZKQwaVI2OdQ/s1600/Anthro-Recipe+cards.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGPnTL3uZYlE3p6e3wKkAnTsY-tVePd-rXxSk55-YMDx5wHsCSEte68QufpEBUGz6OCoU95N-o5i3wyBpBSYUmDqe1XHVmnXXAAwWvPLdWFWyAi-t2dEmmoehpnYZKQwaVI2OdQ/s400/Anthro-Recipe+cards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535298563925041074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuNsZgYSWU7JS66phKWTjDhMH3pshWQtbboDMwV32a6f0Z66RzK9VEy8KDBp05unHffMQ10DRX6L5IG0ZpZylru0jnioORu6rlWFk_BEUUbJA0mRng-iZq143WGSZY_zl8jMZ1w/s1600/Allison_Recipecards.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuNsZgYSWU7JS66phKWTjDhMH3pshWQtbboDMwV32a6f0Z66RzK9VEy8KDBp05unHffMQ10DRX6L5IG0ZpZylru0jnioORu6rlWFk_BEUUbJA0mRng-iZq143WGSZY_zl8jMZ1w/s400/Allison_Recipecards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535298569640783506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my sister Al with one of the boxes she found in the Kansas City, Missouri store! Go to your local store and see if you see them! And move them to the front of the shelves! :)<br /><br />Seriously, though, this was a huge undertaking. One we are so excited about. We learned a lot of lessons about mass production and general pricing and business. Many MANY thanks go to my parents who work for free, and are always excited for us in every new adventure.<br /><br />The final straw was shipping out 2 pallets of boxes. Let's just say it involved using the small-town good-old boy network and my mom driving a trailer on the highway with 2 pallets and white knuckles. UPS picked them up, and now they're all over the country!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-59838610291596006502010-10-09T07:39:00.005-04:002010-10-09T07:45:44.645-04:00Round things are BACK!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ldEXnVXRxZMma5tHfpqCHB7BXOBUlRzUtZIpq42Sa4_z4HiooyfcWMyUCbxk4CZGU2YktGXli3bTXk26wUgGEeQMNa3GB6xp5Brw7aUB8WzvIMePLj1oEaAW-NdZ2bUwykNjw/s1600/CarriePoster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ldEXnVXRxZMma5tHfpqCHB7BXOBUlRzUtZIpq42Sa4_z4HiooyfcWMyUCbxk4CZGU2YktGXli3bTXk26wUgGEeQMNa3GB6xp5Brw7aUB8WzvIMePLj1oEaAW-NdZ2bUwykNjw/s400/CarriePoster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526010203324269698" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gnvqBx6QQmRFyPE1Pyu61HbHx1o6L5lsJ4oKs3Lp04fEiOOIySCRC3zstGr1iE4HDDGwt62IyAfTmTCpFDJxvaubd26bdSTCr5KS7f296vDUyUuccMntAjTM3Uli71wT1tVFDw/s1600/coasterpostertight.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gnvqBx6QQmRFyPE1Pyu61HbHx1o6L5lsJ4oKs3Lp04fEiOOIySCRC3zstGr1iE4HDDGwt62IyAfTmTCpFDJxvaubd26bdSTCr5KS7f296vDUyUuccMntAjTM3Uli71wT1tVFDw/s400/coasterpostertight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526010285450174770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last time we printed this beauty, we only made 38. And they sold out in 2 days time. It took all summer, but we've reprinted the poster, in another limited edition, and it's back! And if want one, this is your chance, cause I seriously doubt we're going to be printing all 9 of those colors ever again. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/58499536/letterpress-poster-16x20-things-that-are">GET YOURS RIGHT HERE!</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSK8zNfxZwzIfSO4Q4JOWZnV9W_AnCFQHjnp5UYltyvtCjWPfHZ6WfjrSXSbADzrUbtbjQYUcv1sI1japzMxFyv64DlmuLMhwASt2UUezYUln-FfUXPO6481TqDlawjtMbKTiXw/s1600/coasters+bag.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSK8zNfxZwzIfSO4Q4JOWZnV9W_AnCFQHjnp5UYltyvtCjWPfHZ6WfjrSXSbADzrUbtbjQYUcv1sI1japzMxFyv64DlmuLMhwASt2UUezYUln-FfUXPO6481TqDlawjtMbKTiXw/s400/coasters+bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526010741380285346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And thanks to being featured on <a href="http://www.dailycandy.com">Daily Candy,</a> we've sold all but 4 of our coaster sets, so we reprinted those at the same time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrRD4cnj020A2AuqRBlv4PrxBnsD2z7Fp8VA5kBbbDMLp2b9HVfcqiDZNzMigdX1X0uT-j_9b7a7qhU_DQNUsrTjBFfdO6QBgcRZVAl_MT4A37B-yzirSTlnWw5Bxr13z-ubUWg/s1600/coastersline.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrRD4cnj020A2AuqRBlv4PrxBnsD2z7Fp8VA5kBbbDMLp2b9HVfcqiDZNzMigdX1X0uT-j_9b7a7qhU_DQNUsrTjBFfdO6QBgcRZVAl_MT4A37B-yzirSTlnWw5Bxr13z-ubUWg/s400/coastersline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526010737750394034" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeUyJJ4GbACKDWzKZxu_mHGgCfEtXD263cq3Lkf3AguVJ_YYnj5vRrh8Q2zTFJkzdvt_D9kRmd8jxG6oh_QdetyjHN42nQ4xOqf_qYxrJZQ6MdQ7hBZK-RqrVWHveTe-z9qSI-w/s1600/coasters+grid+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeUyJJ4GbACKDWzKZxu_mHGgCfEtXD263cq3Lkf3AguVJ_YYnj5vRrh8Q2zTFJkzdvt_D9kRmd8jxG6oh_QdetyjHN42nQ4xOqf_qYxrJZQ6MdQ7hBZK-RqrVWHveTe-z9qSI-w/s400/coasters+grid+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526010730832317970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We're now back to printing new things: some really lovely wedding invites, holiday coasters, and holiday cards. Let's hope I can post those soon!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-11727267153216661742010-09-14T06:23:00.004-04:002010-09-14T06:23:00.191-04:00Things That Are Long-Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kxDK0bluBoN6F3M_Mk67uYprAyFExmSRMGcy8_qMi0zHeUFTHgGqR6hBBAzz8DPuQxOTIxxZn-XeXqCbzrvDYW-5Hi64O97yHUjtzPlevwPpNoDdFIPO7tsOpzsdZZcnOIXITA/s1600/LongThings_Poster_stump.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kxDK0bluBoN6F3M_Mk67uYprAyFExmSRMGcy8_qMi0zHeUFTHgGqR6hBBAzz8DPuQxOTIxxZn-XeXqCbzrvDYW-5Hi64O97yHUjtzPlevwPpNoDdFIPO7tsOpzsdZZcnOIXITA/s400/LongThings_Poster_stump.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516357678168505266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Everyone likes a good mini-series, right? Remember our "Things That Are Round"? This is "Things That Are Long", and we may do even more! We sold out of the last poster in 48 hours, although we still have some<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/53971306/letterpress-coasters-set-of-9-with-bag?ref=v1_other_2"> of the coasters.</a> We're still hoping to reprint this sometime soon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMuvNcGyHeZ9TU22RT9sHq6wCw-8hHmxZylZe8vF9KJEicuxB5D4N-RBOOtP-_iaoFGmU2vmLCL2hBVjmuF-uF_MiotjOEOhIAU3xhzISOSOo2jrwcyY06wWNkdapQtBN_lHOkA/s1600/CarriePoster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMuvNcGyHeZ9TU22RT9sHq6wCw-8hHmxZylZe8vF9KJEicuxB5D4N-RBOOtP-_iaoFGmU2vmLCL2hBVjmuF-uF_MiotjOEOhIAU3xhzISOSOo2jrwcyY06wWNkdapQtBN_lHOkA/s400/CarriePoster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516358918912215874" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBYjg-dbns5rKR8IsX391wNSAiAgPXbseOe1pCd8CwCOMunIIYHaJakG8SN1HlCckEL8qgdVmC-XZk9UpMDpKyNj4rsZw6AGwNLptYI24t7c9dkaoIEtl34VFDAxOhMtZbLpZ-g/s1600/coastersline.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBYjg-dbns5rKR8IsX391wNSAiAgPXbseOe1pCd8CwCOMunIIYHaJakG8SN1HlCckEL8qgdVmC-XZk9UpMDpKyNj4rsZw6AGwNLptYI24t7c9dkaoIEtl34VFDAxOhMtZbLpZ-g/s400/coastersline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516358928317813650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Carrie did so many drawings of "Things That Are Long" That we felt like we had to use them all! (Some go used in<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55695782/2011-letterpress-calendar-things-that?ref=v1_other_2"> the calendar</a>, but we couldn't fit all of them.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoqatwRg46ZENSErXeF3ZzeJjIykp8-L9fqnbgSxlzzjNp65A3w5Op8xPYjsC6wD4JQpIoXvnTZr7-sgPUKdlk3KFbINtUejqZ9Hf-VyJHx7b-FZnynvOC6zGWu1sQOfByZVpxg/s1600/LongThings_Poster_close.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoqatwRg46ZENSErXeF3ZzeJjIykp8-L9fqnbgSxlzzjNp65A3w5Op8xPYjsC6wD4JQpIoXvnTZr7-sgPUKdlk3KFbINtUejqZ9Hf-VyJHx7b-FZnynvOC6zGWu1sQOfByZVpxg/s400/LongThings_Poster_close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516357671954620242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So we made an 11x14 poster. And it's beautiful! It's up for sale in the shop now, and we only printed 120, so I recommend you snatch it up if you can. We only made 40 of our last poster, and it sold out in 48 hours.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34ounYrWOJ90nn2AbAwQBpUCYru7zJ0lZJCJzfqU2urxEq520nBlyf51rx5GU2p6Q6OmKcFIEPkw1bdN47XIbOQrlcwVB6_MPkGofCNXfgQFTd6aVlhDxiRcSuILlb2r_suS-HA/s1600/LongThings_Poster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34ounYrWOJ90nn2AbAwQBpUCYru7zJ0lZJCJzfqU2urxEq520nBlyf51rx5GU2p6Q6OmKcFIEPkw1bdN47XIbOQrlcwVB6_MPkGofCNXfgQFTd6aVlhDxiRcSuILlb2r_suS-HA/s400/LongThings_Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516357665036506978" border="0" /></a>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-81857610486802849512010-09-13T07:11:00.004-04:002010-09-13T07:23:18.400-04:002011 Calendars--it's official!<a href="http://www.1canoe2.com">2011 Letterpress Calendars! Get 'em while you can!</a><br />Cause there are only 200 of each, and it's only September, but they're selling quick!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgZ-RCd7CdVIlyrHCLjZF98jgpwE6HIAg4fRff4SaJJAatOPndxRNw4zwl8wUvbuK33DPcUez92t1rO4dh1q0BR5gI_3B_C9dZE77tX0MWly9nVXyB6AbI72Ys5tVy1O9l9PSNw/s1600/XSM_All_Barn.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgZ-RCd7CdVIlyrHCLjZF98jgpwE6HIAg4fRff4SaJJAatOPndxRNw4zwl8wUvbuK33DPcUez92t1rO4dh1q0BR5gI_3B_C9dZE77tX0MWly9nVXyB6AbI72Ys5tVy1O9l9PSNw/s400/XSM_All_Barn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516354577154357186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last year printing our calendar took us from Labor Day weekend all the way into November. It's pretty much the only project we did all autumn long. This year the drawings took us longer, but we printed it in just a couple of weekends. What will we do with our spare time?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA5S3AfqGlUTfELFwFgyczQxpYkZXe_mA_Zy9jktfK-F_Xv-46IfkBWcYQ302GcOAtefhuQQYziKnOvjv3ISYMRW-20xzD90sKOceMR4jHWuT20azXOBfZmgfMZHzs-2qpCQcKQ/s1600/SM_Farm_wood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA5S3AfqGlUTfELFwFgyczQxpYkZXe_mA_Zy9jktfK-F_Xv-46IfkBWcYQ302GcOAtefhuQQYziKnOvjv3ISYMRW-20xzD90sKOceMR4jHWuT20azXOBfZmgfMZHzs-2qpCQcKQ/s400/SM_Farm_wood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516354579767412530" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKABUA_dXhtZSudXi496l37zDByCdEFq9nSel2REdcpo2SkZ1ys1n4kLLYzIY1PmVSIUHj8oIBCM0MRToUXk-txMUi6yVCnJs_B99i7Ij7fTAUuXpA6dNFy4DawfdVzQe1IvWYTQ/s1600/SM_Close_Farm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKABUA_dXhtZSudXi496l37zDByCdEFq9nSel2REdcpo2SkZ1ys1n4kLLYzIY1PmVSIUHj8oIBCM0MRToUXk-txMUi6yVCnJs_B99i7Ij7fTAUuXpA6dNFy4DawfdVzQe1IvWYTQ/s400/SM_Close_Farm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516354562422772386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55633411/2011-letterpress-calendar-farm">my farm scape</a>. I really love the way it turned out. I like it so much because I think it looks like someone else drew it! And I LOVE the colors. So happy!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEift9sj_pTRJ9i1Oaw7JCwp8766mFza1St0-OTGfWyFDqUB7Siv5hVE8JLtMRJgVghTtaOhaG1bgWnoNVyq-DGOTDYseXbTt9dHpincIyRDA6sEAp7AIvkZTji7XQ-OeqhIEvBTvw/s1600/SM_Flowers_GrainBin.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEift9sj_pTRJ9i1Oaw7JCwp8766mFza1St0-OTGfWyFDqUB7Siv5hVE8JLtMRJgVghTtaOhaG1bgWnoNVyq-DGOTDYseXbTt9dHpincIyRDA6sEAp7AIvkZTji7XQ-OeqhIEvBTvw/s400/SM_Flowers_GrainBin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516354571918617730" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rjsNFE2Ix8r48HGAwky_Ngtj66bzyNCpZHGgWSHw0X5aM8CpjQBk1x7c8IKkCX0hQF_EtoXKQPplUK88Lp9oJPqZph_zJ1KmCJipMNwToZIG2ikdNY7dpnHuCaJ83HrmmRVroA/s1600/SM_Flowers_Close.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rjsNFE2Ix8r48HGAwky_Ngtj66bzyNCpZHGgWSHw0X5aM8CpjQBk1x7c8IKkCX0hQF_EtoXKQPplUK88Lp9oJPqZph_zJ1KmCJipMNwToZIG2ikdNY7dpnHuCaJ83HrmmRVroA/s400/SM_Flowers_Close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516355323476525682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55698098/2011-letterpress-calendar-flower-garden?ref=v1_other_2">This is Carrie's Flower Garden.</a> I love the colors here, too! And the flower illustrations are brilliant. Doing the lining up was a bit of a challenge, but we did it! We've finally gotten to the point where we can think ahead and see problems. Like this time before we did anything else, we printed a few test prints with the dark lines so that we'd be able to line the whole thing up better.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp7CXgqwZQE6wyH5p2CKD48dAXmj6dxrws-oUwhbSwdfbMAFL4z5YIH1FL9ZGA7sjSggAyeAhpnh2qBNY0wTDTNX2CCGeL0prV26YBMvTk6n0AEcUXDSKZln2petV5XS8Jgql5g/s1600/SM_Boats_Boots.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp7CXgqwZQE6wyH5p2CKD48dAXmj6dxrws-oUwhbSwdfbMAFL4z5YIH1FL9ZGA7sjSggAyeAhpnh2qBNY0wTDTNX2CCGeL0prV26YBMvTk6n0AEcUXDSKZln2petV5XS8Jgql5g/s400/SM_Boats_Boots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516354567393430178" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL5OL206_yyYNdgW_EVCiF-7fG9D6LdUNOQYurT22nK4A5ujc2ghIAEznffS8EJHuyFlr_ajFVrrecdsXFxxtdTSZ_xS980hzc7FPTl5LFy-wNlYe__ESJOWRrUky5h9H6Cf-ug/s1600/SM_Boats_Close.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL5OL206_yyYNdgW_EVCiF-7fG9D6LdUNOQYurT22nK4A5ujc2ghIAEznffS8EJHuyFlr_ajFVrrecdsXFxxtdTSZ_xS980hzc7FPTl5LFy-wNlYe__ESJOWRrUky5h9H6Cf-ug/s400/SM_Boats_Close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516355334871223074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55696813/2011-letterpress-calendar-boats?ref=v1_other_2">This is my boats drawing,</a> it's the misfit because it's horizontal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSifxFQQ5_PJQ48ZDwZWpKfJTRs03oYcJWPCu3xknE6E8RUwZyD528kxmE2U1vIRHGEwmEerc-zaDM9BzyOyX-bGLQRBbdp2dWCiBe055fRKCbAhcw3g9fbR7VNCxy43o_M_5cQ/s1600/SM_LongThings_Close.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSifxFQQ5_PJQ48ZDwZWpKfJTRs03oYcJWPCu3xknE6E8RUwZyD528kxmE2U1vIRHGEwmEerc-zaDM9BzyOyX-bGLQRBbdp2dWCiBe055fRKCbAhcw3g9fbR7VNCxy43o_M_5cQ/s400/SM_LongThings_Close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516355325458036354" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVhF_Q2wyJl5q_9FogHGdzLPHFTolIde-CVN9Db7-XX4P_emyYpD_u00C4LICs3g8RlWGkJbtd6_rreISI49qltUGEbJVXFiBfWmmScvWbE6z3bUs4YX5oJ4c4kXRAz1tgtlixw/s1600/SM_Longthings_boots.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVhF_Q2wyJl5q_9FogHGdzLPHFTolIde-CVN9Db7-XX4P_emyYpD_u00C4LICs3g8RlWGkJbtd6_rreISI49qltUGEbJVXFiBfWmmScvWbE6z3bUs4YX5oJ4c4kXRAz1tgtlixw/s400/SM_Longthings_boots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516355984100176210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55695782/2011-letterpress-calendar-things-that?ref=v1_other_2">And finally, Carrie's "Things That Are Long" </a>which we also have made into a poster. (I'll post about that later). On a side note, I think we're getting so much better with our photography. With the help of Carrie's mom and dad, we shot these all at their farm. Carrie happened to be wearing the most perfect dress/boots, and the sunlight was beautiful. Nothing like the country in the fall!<br /><br />Last week, we were featured on Design*Sponge (This is the holy grail of good publicity right to our target market) And we've been crazy-busy shipping, which is a great thing!<br />Have a great week everyone!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-20800482218047971672010-09-05T08:18:00.004-04:002010-09-05T08:34:22.162-04:002011 Calendar sneak peek<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Even though it's just the first of September, Carrie and I have been working feverishly on our 2011 Calendars. See, you have to be ahead of the game with the calendars in order to get the publicity you want. Really, if we had wanted to try to get in some magazines, we probably should have designed and printed them in May (and then gone to the National Stationery Show to hawk them). <br /><br />As it is, we feel extremely productive and ahead of the game this year. <a href="http://stitchriprepeat.blogspot.com/2009/09/2010-letterpress-calendar.html">Last year's calendar </a>was a labor of love and frustration. We began printing it on Labor Day weekend, and continued printing it until almost November to get just 300 copies done. This was long before Roy and Charlie (our 2,000lb. hot hunks of iron). Now that we have modern (circa 1950) technology on our side, our 4 designs for 2011 only (haha) took about 4 days to print.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL9qBP41qJwBaG-kUg4YLbuGNT5y8ayR6Co-6SYWwayMUsp6304wmMApDG8lGAKEZdbiZXfqYj20e6KepkreWbex3cNGJN4-Uqwg9adFsphyphenhyphenpjymiDmfHSi7SAKmhUMDjWp0nSA/s1600/caledanr_a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL9qBP41qJwBaG-kUg4YLbuGNT5y8ayR6Co-6SYWwayMUsp6304wmMApDG8lGAKEZdbiZXfqYj20e6KepkreWbex3cNGJN4-Uqwg9adFsphyphenhyphenpjymiDmfHSi7SAKmhUMDjWp0nSA/s400/caledanr_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513403360306799762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbWt4QN1wGkkzPcywFREE_beHsy9mKgwHnC8g4r0QlvXHNwYaEkrub57KSZuTbVWlStomUfGSAZrMDLtSrU8Wby5i_zGeb0jNYg0ZJzJxLyA2OofF3BY7MSyDM6XIW9ytiyatlg/s1600/caledanr_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbWt4QN1wGkkzPcywFREE_beHsy9mKgwHnC8g4r0QlvXHNwYaEkrub57KSZuTbVWlStomUfGSAZrMDLtSrU8Wby5i_zGeb0jNYg0ZJzJxLyA2OofF3BY7MSyDM6XIW9ytiyatlg/s400/caledanr_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513403368435942498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are the step-outs from the flowers calendar. We are learning from past mistakes when trying to line things up, but these were a challenge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPdahAp8lpbGn4kO4EcFJNjLe5sucuXQOBCbfrQHcOSn2oWBtzT3cT4JAbXY307APgPmwmXYkHzTfuxQfF9gag1jfOZ2xz83VoDc5ppIwijpcCBWW-t_QCeeOHcY-rWJUJFKO4w/s1600/calendar1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPdahAp8lpbGn4kO4EcFJNjLe5sucuXQOBCbfrQHcOSn2oWBtzT3cT4JAbXY307APgPmwmXYkHzTfuxQfF9gag1jfOZ2xz83VoDc5ppIwijpcCBWW-t_QCeeOHcY-rWJUJFKO4w/s400/calendar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513402950038082130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So this year we couldn't come up with any designs that we thought would be great in a 12 month calendar, and we decided to draw 4 full-page poster style calendars instead. The paper measures 11x14, and this is really the limit for how large we can print on our presses. It's a great size, though, as it's still small enough to hang with just a clip, and it's a readily available frame size.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY78Q0YvzNiVGeQ13dgR9E1wY2kIhgjjgeOJhu-XLMxjCW_6SJXk0v-ItHBRV_sWXlU01ZSZsmC9POqvO4b52bniFYQeHOGhGXEvHtvuU24J-5sELqwcTeEaLWyqA8xyLATQXMpw/s1600/calendar3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY78Q0YvzNiVGeQ13dgR9E1wY2kIhgjjgeOJhu-XLMxjCW_6SJXk0v-ItHBRV_sWXlU01ZSZsmC9POqvO4b52bniFYQeHOGhGXEvHtvuU24J-5sELqwcTeEaLWyqA8xyLATQXMpw/s400/calendar3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513402956174490562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my boats calendar. Jason helped out when I could think of no more boats to draw.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOL9sWWaq2V-AOPMf6G0iW_IcPXIsMnEjsYnR3anFpGqHWJqMwo7HwPvHrWPRIF01_U6UGX36ReQUxVtZ_kotqnVvoVC8LXK55jr5PYz4VAQ69kBChBt7hkXJkYgkAHtLZ9ma8w/s1600/calendar2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOL9sWWaq2V-AOPMf6G0iW_IcPXIsMnEjsYnR3anFpGqHWJqMwo7HwPvHrWPRIF01_U6UGX36ReQUxVtZ_kotqnVvoVC8LXK55jr5PYz4VAQ69kBChBt7hkXJkYgkAHtLZ9ma8w/s400/calendar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513402954543003874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm especially pleased with my farm design. That pantone color book we bought was well worth the money. As we say, "It's gonna revolutionize our business".<br /><br />Due to human error on my part and rushing to get the plates turned into the platemaker, Carrie has one more calendar that is 80% finished.<br /><br />We're gonna finish it today and then do an official photo shoot. After all that, we hope to put them up in <a href="http://www.1canoe2.com">the shop</a>. <br /><br />All of this not a moment too soon. I have orders from my doctor to take it easy, and standing on concrete to print for hours is not exactly what she had in mind. So I'm taking a big camp chair with a foot rest and Carrie will be doing the heavy lifting. And Jason is going to get training. The doctor says I can be there while the printing is going on, just not actually doing it. This is so sad for me, but it's best for the baby, so I will have to deal with it! Luckily, we have most of what we need for the holiday season all wrapped up.Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-16777196843646593102010-08-28T21:52:00.004-04:002010-08-28T21:59:14.896-04:00What we did today<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWC-NvSQnnNk8eCFCqHElWTb_VMkmnBADZw0M5gRw4km3O4tkkmKXJgh3cmVrLg7P_p7HmNDCFRM8ROzYPGoxAhlfPS47F7OyuSTrT1DURiouoDonAuyvkgaPYOTYSPCIzymmHQ/s1600/BethCarriePrinting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWC-NvSQnnNk8eCFCqHElWTb_VMkmnBADZw0M5gRw4km3O4tkkmKXJgh3cmVrLg7P_p7HmNDCFRM8ROzYPGoxAhlfPS47F7OyuSTrT1DURiouoDonAuyvkgaPYOTYSPCIzymmHQ/s400/BethCarriePrinting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510643852672600610" border="0" /></a><br />(photo by my mom)<br /><br />I'm dead-dog tired today. Carrie and I printed a total of 8 rounds of colors on our press, with washups in between all! We have all but 1 of our 2011 caledars done! Consider this your very sneaky peek. I might be posting the finished versions soon, but we're not quite ready to sell them yet.<br /><br />We've been super busy with <a href="http://www.1canoe2.com">1canoe2</a>. <a href="http://www.callawayfarms.com">Carrie's family's corn maze starts in a week</a>, and we're getting (gently) kicked out of our space at the barn while it's going on. This will involve our beloved presses and paper cutter going 1 mile down a dusty gravel road on the front of a tractor. I've asked to not be present, so as not to have a heart attack. Sooo we've been printing like crazy in an effort to be efficient.<br /><br />We're also working on a website, possible holiday cards, and generally getting our ducks in a row for the holiday season.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and I'm pregnant. 20 weeks along, and have been super sick, so there's my excuse for not posting all summer. It seems like all I can muster is the energy to draw a teeny bit, ship orders, and keep 1canoe2 going. Not to mention, my blog time is usually early morning, and let's just say those haven't been pretty for several months. Here's hoping for a healthy happy baby on the ultrasound next week. I'm thinking that will be the moment it all sets in. There will be a baby here on or before January 15th! Then I'll get a luxurious 8-12 week vacation. HA!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-84776219910830641982010-07-26T07:44:00.004-04:002010-07-26T07:50:56.735-04:00Anne and Dan's Wedding Invitations!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2CuDUwlwTZC6M1wgELtEH35JTc9sIudH4aSeQGTFurQpG0Ju1ckckF80Ep5TtNs6x9TKm3sJS8O4nbM7-14QmHDpVth317id8DpM0nFXj6cRcU2QXUIMjxdTeo2aeGdhytTYyQ/s1600/Anne_Dan2_lg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2CuDUwlwTZC6M1wgELtEH35JTc9sIudH4aSeQGTFurQpG0Ju1ckckF80Ep5TtNs6x9TKm3sJS8O4nbM7-14QmHDpVth317id8DpM0nFXj6cRcU2QXUIMjxdTeo2aeGdhytTYyQ/s400/Anne_Dan2_lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498179804050377010" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some lovely wedding invites that we designed ourselves and printed for the charming Anne and Dan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7jGL20ginpJGPuh6MkUNwMUcNPQSDYw_XJ-0k2YyI7qBYr7ntT1h6bLnEx49ItOwEhl-4zCCXse6974SdmVUGpgaOiPZKmOLG0H9lHRixX8c2EGS9VNszxJw4Gas3N8ppYopDg/s1600/Anne_Dan3_sm+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7jGL20ginpJGPuh6MkUNwMUcNPQSDYw_XJ-0k2YyI7qBYr7ntT1h6bLnEx49ItOwEhl-4zCCXse6974SdmVUGpgaOiPZKmOLG0H9lHRixX8c2EGS9VNszxJw4Gas3N8ppYopDg/s400/Anne_Dan3_sm+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498179816330055826" border="0" /></a><br />We printed these on the 220 lb Crane's Lettra...it's like buttah. They're our favorite invitation job by far.<br /><br />They had a small breakfast wedding complete with seersucker and coffee cake! How sweet!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6UpeqOEnBmx0YjUbJdeP5xRP4ttsymqq8qFAQLZVTErnSg4WhVgpTlxAqlkhAwmnL78yILY8IZHhmFkT-pBXQ0gq4aDs-rh0HeoH_Sy_Q_ruFBtiiBJWWwFQ4gUT1oZlw-DJDA/s1600/Anne_Dan1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6UpeqOEnBmx0YjUbJdeP5xRP4ttsymqq8qFAQLZVTErnSg4WhVgpTlxAqlkhAwmnL78yILY8IZHhmFkT-pBXQ0gq4aDs-rh0HeoH_Sy_Q_ruFBtiiBJWWwFQ4gUT1oZlw-DJDA/s400/Anne_Dan1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498179810175754754" border="0" /></a> Remember that flower from my sketchbook? (It's been so long since I've blogged, you can probably just scroll down, <a href="http://stitchriprepeat.blogspot.com/2010/03/thought-process-of-doodler.html">but here's the link just in case)</a><br /><br />People, I have so much in the hopper that I can't tell you about just yet. I will say this: I have a HUGE order from a large national retailer that I'm trying to get done, and I also have a licensing deal for some of my artwork. And a bit of personal news as well...but it will all have to wait.<br /><br />This week is QUILTFEST! I need a jump in the lake like nobody's business. I will definitely be posting about that when I get back. Bear with me!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-4750705102268669792010-07-01T08:11:00.003-04:002010-07-01T08:21:19.249-04:00Canoeing!Carrie and I took a couple of days out of the week and went for our first official company-wide float trip! We get asked all the time about our company name, and while I wish there was a more clever story, basically, we just like canoeing a lot, and then we liked how "1canoe2" sounded.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiltVBlTwrvIxIrfUmVcSaEOO6ah_KkDVil5zp4g0mcoHgLBcoxrnKPrBfO0NdICsUd_xY_xC_CxGMYvNt_j42hBApdmNHnsI5-68fE3QV44jm6TE43V07rqH5U52QatxPXu33Q/s1600/IMG_3179.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiltVBlTwrvIxIrfUmVcSaEOO6ah_KkDVil5zp4g0mcoHgLBcoxrnKPrBfO0NdICsUd_xY_xC_CxGMYvNt_j42hBApdmNHnsI5-68fE3QV44jm6TE43V07rqH5U52QatxPXu33Q/s400/IMG_3179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909480653227106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's been several years since Carrie and were in a canoe together, and it was exactly what the doctor ordered! We camped the night before and were on the water before 9am.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxhYmfcbIlJSYGJyh8sBnbDidy-Zk8b6dj7uiNijSWQKP_jlkIO0e_ajvFB65TK692Ebxa_mhYvi4no4GB6XEF0-X5dx1rbZmjrrsKIviADu1MOjsxvPnE3GThnxuPbCHS1vXcA/s1600/IMG_3180.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxhYmfcbIlJSYGJyh8sBnbDidy-Zk8b6dj7uiNijSWQKP_jlkIO0e_ajvFB65TK692Ebxa_mhYvi4no4GB6XEF0-X5dx1rbZmjrrsKIviADu1MOjsxvPnE3GThnxuPbCHS1vXcA/s400/IMG_3180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909477583931138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Southern Missouri has some really great floating rivers, but the best in my opinion are in the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ozar/index.htm">Ozark Scenic Riverways National Park.</a> We floated the Current, which is completely springfed, meaning that the water is completely clear, even when it's 15 feet deep, fairly fast moving, and COLD. Every time you pass another spring, the water gets cold again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfG-S1vvcrpBolIabpcmNqYyljcYIUNPKpAYdPNoIiR6HhyphenhyphensoZo6AgC8Er1pOFifFLSLnFJ10hWuFtNs390N-HlGZi87vWLXqWFCgTa0R1lnzTECD1GWXFA65neOkKU1h0_qaVw/s1600/IMG_3184.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfG-S1vvcrpBolIabpcmNqYyljcYIUNPKpAYdPNoIiR6HhyphenhyphensoZo6AgC8Er1pOFifFLSLnFJ10hWuFtNs390N-HlGZi87vWLXqWFCgTa0R1lnzTECD1GWXFA65neOkKU1h0_qaVw/s400/IMG_3184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909474831105298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We floated 10 miles or so, and never saw another boat of people. Heaven! It was one of the nicest days of the summer so far (83 degrees) and so we didn't swim as much as we normally might have. Great weather for camping, but a little chilly for jumping in 60 degree water!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishupk8CWpJIXKXRHPp1unbC8Zo6NUPwaPLBjSZWOlnp6MXoBdWpcfcQtDgsBWqQmais1qHqY8tUSTTmxxyd664mJ-PUBOfMkxo8OOLgPytZBffUNpoGtT7k7uzTD_BJ8sA5ZqZg/s1600/IMG_3186.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishupk8CWpJIXKXRHPp1unbC8Zo6NUPwaPLBjSZWOlnp6MXoBdWpcfcQtDgsBWqQmais1qHqY8tUSTTmxxyd664mJ-PUBOfMkxo8OOLgPytZBffUNpoGtT7k7uzTD_BJ8sA5ZqZg/s400/IMG_3186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909464303327010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We saw lots of turtles, and 3 cranes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Xi_d-O13Enlz9RVK735dPm03Gfb1Za7wbkP1Nf4FfgXNLDSeTrTxvhhcukVGLQKsiRV7MsodRyBhengV_7pmFfNPLxQgb-13vkZxgeNbGGS2N1AF0-0HvD1b_RwpoPvgFY-Jng/s1600/IMG_3189.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Xi_d-O13Enlz9RVK735dPm03Gfb1Za7wbkP1Nf4FfgXNLDSeTrTxvhhcukVGLQKsiRV7MsodRyBhengV_7pmFfNPLxQgb-13vkZxgeNbGGS2N1AF0-0HvD1b_RwpoPvgFY-Jng/s400/IMG_3189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488909461704249954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There are several great floating rivers in Missouri. Unfortunately, a lot of them are full of partying rednecks on the weekends. I think the Current River tries to keep that to a minimum. It also helps that we went on a Tuesday. All in all, it's a relaxing experience. It really felt like a breath of fresh air in the middle of the week!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-70912647119331017342010-06-19T07:48:00.006-04:002010-06-19T08:06:54.853-04:00Ugg. And IrelandI've been avoiding logging into blogger because I didn't want to see just how long it had been since I had posted last. I closed my eyes. Life and a 2 week vacation took over, and I'm still recovering!<br /><br />I do have some decent post material, however, so let the fun begin!<br /><br />Today: Travel plans. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p_P1lGrLo_dMYEJN15jThTEzDIdtPLcGnO4xuXKUeejco5RXWditV62AycS1-l74-QEYIXjZhb5TBsiCOdHFnvXsJ8lr-qvPmdopi9baPdZA7Zi4QaWVgXcllrSuItsFvrHa7Q/s1600/IMG_0553.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p_P1lGrLo_dMYEJN15jThTEzDIdtPLcGnO4xuXKUeejco5RXWditV62AycS1-l74-QEYIXjZhb5TBsiCOdHFnvXsJ8lr-qvPmdopi9baPdZA7Zi4QaWVgXcllrSuItsFvrHa7Q/s400/IMG_0553.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484451447040773810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jason and I went to London for a few days to visit our dear friends the McCooeys who have moved there for work. They have a lovely apartment in Notting Hill, very near and awesome market and several really great restaurants and pubs. And super close to the Tube station.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGq67R3Ag8VvQP5gSdrBG9CNb9xb71JeJeZtfSm0FHQFBdl-AWGaCPyjWpHrzYSOXmtjWwD42WT9ZB5LbN65fsuxr3jIGvyFTuhU1GOm5nYa67ClOCPiqsQYAVL6hFMpsA1DwTw/s1600/IMG_0545.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGq67R3Ag8VvQP5gSdrBG9CNb9xb71JeJeZtfSm0FHQFBdl-AWGaCPyjWpHrzYSOXmtjWwD42WT9ZB5LbN65fsuxr3jIGvyFTuhU1GOm5nYa67ClOCPiqsQYAVL6hFMpsA1DwTw/s400/IMG_0545.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484451449934322242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We saw a few sights in London like the Tower Bridge and the Crown Jewels, the British Museum and we did lots of market shopping. There are all of these adorable neighborhood markets---HUGE with lot of food stands, etc.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUEOIlqlySegDAqHA8RxYqpvwRBbl4luSXZLQNXuWJK_Uqt7I_lvuQb_cUeg-5bagrb0Hrik4veR2RHhrHrQ3kky1dRYd_xWgI-h9t2goH-YVqbxH9mrhZqV_-r4evsYww4bhBg/s1600/IMG_0590.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUEOIlqlySegDAqHA8RxYqpvwRBbl4luSXZLQNXuWJK_Uqt7I_lvuQb_cUeg-5bagrb0Hrik4veR2RHhrHrQ3kky1dRYd_xWgI-h9t2goH-YVqbxH9mrhZqV_-r4evsYww4bhBg/s400/IMG_0590.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484451464682241074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMycTC2NPNPZQyjhzJLh2zDPJJ2p3btQb9A1hEJsAM6aeFT_nt_wCdvj1Pkhthpk4vVbiSDa3GXmlAY5vzh_VHsEr_mLQJzwAfU1wmRaxfF7DeeZ1N-9GwoMn0WV-L8peHAhWbw/s1600/IMG_0617.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMycTC2NPNPZQyjhzJLh2zDPJJ2p3btQb9A1hEJsAM6aeFT_nt_wCdvj1Pkhthpk4vVbiSDa3GXmlAY5vzh_VHsEr_mLQJzwAfU1wmRaxfF7DeeZ1N-9GwoMn0WV-L8peHAhWbw/s400/IMG_0617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453378077374802" border="0" /></a><br />We went to Brick Lane which was pretty exotic, and of course Portobello road, which is just around the corner from where we were staying.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0vDnb3BL7u6VfPKUI-UUU0rUZ9VV75KWYCCxxCJ47olsVNXveAfUtOckeg7XR62h5MzOVWwnqGRP1RTV5Ubr-VKME9mkRbtE_rrJkJwE9LQ1zfREIiqQtinGD2ZL-FqMKSdXIA/s1600/IMG_0580.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0vDnb3BL7u6VfPKUI-UUU0rUZ9VV75KWYCCxxCJ47olsVNXveAfUtOckeg7XR62h5MzOVWwnqGRP1RTV5Ubr-VKME9mkRbtE_rrJkJwE9LQ1zfREIiqQtinGD2ZL-FqMKSdXIA/s400/IMG_0580.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484452410239690514" border="0" /></a><br />There are a few letterpress stands at this market, but the day I went, the wooden type guy wasn't there. I did buy a couple of things from this guy, but they're reproductions, and they're not even type-high, so I can't print them. He said I could buy a stamp pad, but I was like "Dude. I'm way beyond the stamp pad."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zuBi8oXVQZr4UQ_UfOMtDOlyTj6xi66mjilq4a1C3SFh2td31jPzcK5e5g9kNgoPgv9BR8cwNiogEkWcfis-nEhQ-5V7-9hi1EyW5gVJLaTlntm2YYs90Jv23Vsh_Om7iMjW1Q/s1600/IMG_0633.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zuBi8oXVQZr4UQ_UfOMtDOlyTj6xi66mjilq4a1C3SFh2td31jPzcK5e5g9kNgoPgv9BR8cwNiogEkWcfis-nEhQ-5V7-9hi1EyW5gVJLaTlntm2YYs90Jv23Vsh_Om7iMjW1Q/s400/IMG_0633.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484451469589468914" border="0" /></a><br />We ate some truly delicious food in London. This is from Wahaca. (Oaxaca???) Such flavor!<br /><br /><br />After stopping in London for a few days to see our old Nashville friends, Jason and I joined my whole family--mom, dad, sisters, brother-in-law, and boyfriend (my youngest sister's) in Ireland for a week and some change.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP0e6yP5QwO7GRk7t-oHqxAiYcwgrmeJLQUjET1nP_qnHGrqvcjoJxDLifEFrmbZS9PYewkZGSD5h6HKyn8AXAUd7_7Wz1dVkYyPslSEXIN-pO_DL6CYTtUSCK8Ny5Sj09JGvow/s1600/IMG_0651.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP0e6yP5QwO7GRk7t-oHqxAiYcwgrmeJLQUjET1nP_qnHGrqvcjoJxDLifEFrmbZS9PYewkZGSD5h6HKyn8AXAUd7_7Wz1dVkYyPslSEXIN-pO_DL6CYTtUSCK8Ny5Sj09JGvow/s400/IMG_0651.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453395302032178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We traveled down the Southwest coast and stayed in a lovely little town called Kenmare. We rented a cottage for a week and then struck out each day in search of castles, chowder and Irish beaches.<br />Our Cottage:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOphssaf_VFbZsoL8_H3bbe5yVDR4l5nTK8iSboYd8Zo0qZR8NNKbfCp3iwnjBJpHCnPxnMm07_ndKX-nR5Bc05t5KLfBQ-iYWThj1XhtIk0DLbNYaXbBG5bg6e9sQ4dhVhP54Q/s1600/IMG_0648.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOphssaf_VFbZsoL8_H3bbe5yVDR4l5nTK8iSboYd8Zo0qZR8NNKbfCp3iwnjBJpHCnPxnMm07_ndKX-nR5Bc05t5KLfBQ-iYWThj1XhtIk0DLbNYaXbBG5bg6e9sQ4dhVhP54Q/s400/IMG_0648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453385830875090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNBdk4xmCqYkM2dg8IN0IbeWbRfSGBE9Ap8DWv5jUkRIqKQ_H0O6cyio4Fk_vZO4H-b4jiFWpZny-W3-T7BwHiYEjNpj4AnycE6EUIhCMp9UIG5cAQ4J0ptzL0IZd70iIWnUFRw/s1600/IMG_0806.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNBdk4xmCqYkM2dg8IN0IbeWbRfSGBE9Ap8DWv5jUkRIqKQ_H0O6cyio4Fk_vZO4H-b4jiFWpZny-W3-T7BwHiYEjNpj4AnycE6EUIhCMp9UIG5cAQ4J0ptzL0IZd70iIWnUFRw/s400/IMG_0806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453411344166594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiOxnl9-JxVuHsTjXC_OOIY-qO5NatEakdg3J_QAUT009rWYhgZemcbXqKEaZ1G4EcIOEOwSATUEvg_bM44r1FQQcNFfFYQKktag9Cn93uZ1vfFfn_eZJTDXyJwYvUgBGpTm-cg/s1600/IMG_0708.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiOxnl9-JxVuHsTjXC_OOIY-qO5NatEakdg3J_QAUT009rWYhgZemcbXqKEaZ1G4EcIOEOwSATUEvg_bM44r1FQQcNFfFYQKktag9Cn93uZ1vfFfn_eZJTDXyJwYvUgBGpTm-cg/s400/IMG_0708.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453399709108338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pretty much everywhere you turned it looked like the set of Lord of the Rings.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTMWWMQmjtCVmvXCY8sZy2UZ-BFCt8VWAgyGeBlaAEqHHe5wgzzdWR3PZ5JS9M2bwfjrBFV3BC5tAU-91N3Zs6seGJN0eSNJDq1Xh00C4wYLbu5fdpZ2hGdGFtR_VGDCPpLD8eg/s1600/IMG_0816.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTMWWMQmjtCVmvXCY8sZy2UZ-BFCt8VWAgyGeBlaAEqHHe5wgzzdWR3PZ5JS9M2bwfjrBFV3BC5tAU-91N3Zs6seGJN0eSNJDq1Xh00C4wYLbu5fdpZ2hGdGFtR_VGDCPpLD8eg/s400/IMG_0816.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453990694741634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The driving was absolutely horrific. Luckily my sister and my mom drove our rental cars. I would have taken a photo, but I was too busy saying my last words to everyone else in the car. The roads are more curvy, hilly, and NARROW than you can imagine, you drive on the left side of the road, oh, and then some giant tour bus comes along and blows you off into the hedge that serves as a shoulder there. Not a great time. I'm so glad we had cars, because we did whatever we wanted, and really saw the countryside. I'm also glad I wasn't driving.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKhaLkDjXo4oayClSSP1dv8-JFJIHRkLOmTepsuqpnXvC8NcfJYZ6ru7iI9AhvRmocwHJKKADb6TEBdp_PY64fjrsfYNtoAvwMUOokUaLnDNNWkEmRRtypNG5srKMQnroV36F5Q/s1600/IMG_0859.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKhaLkDjXo4oayClSSP1dv8-JFJIHRkLOmTepsuqpnXvC8NcfJYZ6ru7iI9AhvRmocwHJKKADb6TEBdp_PY64fjrsfYNtoAvwMUOokUaLnDNNWkEmRRtypNG5srKMQnroV36F5Q/s400/IMG_0859.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484454000747377170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M6A_7yBsaJ4GnpEi4shKGstd-82SCI2hTtFVM23XMgMktnnXKSxPK3lb7NItUC3wPVyFhQYnkv6qpAnVn_o22Is_6tN3eSu130TXMYMeMI0MaxmoNyIGeiVacjRy7wEcbiSOqw/s1600/IMG_0840.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M6A_7yBsaJ4GnpEi4shKGstd-82SCI2hTtFVM23XMgMktnnXKSxPK3lb7NItUC3wPVyFhQYnkv6qpAnVn_o22Is_6tN3eSu130TXMYMeMI0MaxmoNyIGeiVacjRy7wEcbiSOqw/s400/IMG_0840.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484453992445029026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We spent the last few days in Dublin. I was exhausted by this time and didn't take many photos.<br />The last night we were there we went to a pub with Irish Set dancing. Conveniently, it requires sets of 8 people, which we had. It's something like square dancing, where they call out orders and you dance them. Very fun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc199Bh0bzpbV87-yFZThyZWRS-79VFybfYdyGrJuqllyhth3ACBebzcqPeBV-VtcljxMRKENzSA6t92rt_U1-k7nUzgAHS28twL4g0IUsM74tf5wW-TNdX6V3hvK-bKc5OmNkbg/s1600/IMG_0947.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc199Bh0bzpbV87-yFZThyZWRS-79VFybfYdyGrJuqllyhth3ACBebzcqPeBV-VtcljxMRKENzSA6t92rt_U1-k7nUzgAHS28twL4g0IUsM74tf5wW-TNdX6V3hvK-bKc5OmNkbg/s400/IMG_0947.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484454004901165106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now I'm exhausted from writing all of this. I have much more in the hopper. I hope I can get back here to write it soon!Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-29793308269790128142010-05-13T20:39:00.003-04:002010-05-13T20:55:23.295-04:00I'm spoiledSo I know that there are real, serious problems out there in the world. Forgive me for being obsessive about my kitchen.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Original as seen in <a href="http://stitchriprepeat.blogspot.com/2009/04/befores-and-one-almost-after.html">this blog post:</a><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI5fOcuouZ2X42KeZdc4HgJKjBGXGYx5fedKW_EOCOlecNE4MHeqnn_5C5ldyFpUKVYQ0-WenNmIpYAzYfIDVg2mdgEM-t8HaqC-gh4smXUZpqVjJ1sYh8mkMLhXQpU5u5Tp48w/s1600/oldkitchen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI5fOcuouZ2X42KeZdc4HgJKjBGXGYx5fedKW_EOCOlecNE4MHeqnn_5C5ldyFpUKVYQ0-WenNmIpYAzYfIDVg2mdgEM-t8HaqC-gh4smXUZpqVjJ1sYh8mkMLhXQpU5u5Tp48w/s400/oldkitchen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470920890810753954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After I painted 3 different shades of green, I still don't like it. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd9Yue4StZlOe4_XH5QjhObw-GInaW9BsILb4kfmx1oX_Ac9u-xzqhiV1A8M85xjJLNEktlutn_zM6wKdsK-0Hj-o1W_747auKkZ3x0ygPI__-ukR0kYPJu_ekLUa3mjuO0ArvQ/s1600/kitchen_original.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 266px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470846651404659346" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd9Yue4StZlOe4_XH5QjhObw-GInaW9BsILb4kfmx1oX_Ac9u-xzqhiV1A8M85xjJLNEktlutn_zM6wKdsK-0Hj-o1W_747auKkZ3x0ygPI__-ukR0kYPJu_ekLUa3mjuO0ArvQ/s400/kitchen_original.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I think the real problem is the cabinets/countertops/old appliances. I am wavering about doing anything because really, if I paint, I want to get new countertops, and if I get new countertops, we'll need new appliances, and if we're getting that deep, I really want to knock out both walls and put in a kitchen island. I think I'm going to settle for painting and possibly new countertops (which does definitetly mean a new sink. The old owner was a smoker and used to put her ashes out in sink, and it was acrylic, so you get the picture.)<br /><br />Here's the deal: I don't <span style="font-style: italic;">really </span>want to paint the cabinets, but I don't know how much good I can do if I don't paint them.<br /><br />Old cabinets: Painted cabinets:<br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEUnMg6QwuyJ14_Knl-jLpjsUf9oGjsy9a-lJtoHrm25VQvU1c7gERpS6od60JiqFiTrBiRKXtdXZSLWwe__6OmtBTi4t25L9eIG8wtm6c7ka_2kCKjGrQiume2wehx-aauvveg/s1600/kitchen_Aquaa.jpg"><img style="width: 280px; height: 192px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470846416159144642" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEUnMg6QwuyJ14_Knl-jLpjsUf9oGjsy9a-lJtoHrm25VQvU1c7gERpS6od60JiqFiTrBiRKXtdXZSLWwe__6OmtBTi4t25L9eIG8wtm6c7ka_2kCKjGrQiume2wehx-aauvveg/s400/kitchen_Aquaa.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IdTG9GQcgz5oIGnHh2X-G2-zTEKsNZ4Uk9gCvqdFx2ijyMMrdchN8kN1mxJRB1rPNAs8dkEBrLZ0ZxB0VfgZ9sc9gvzVLV5KgWdGQ_JSXFi1gEXv7TZTi3ohmBmfRXzqzxn6UA/s1600/kitchen_Aqua.jpg"><img style="width: 288px; height: 194px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470846426378627234" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IdTG9GQcgz5oIGnHh2X-G2-zTEKsNZ4Uk9gCvqdFx2ijyMMrdchN8kN1mxJRB1rPNAs8dkEBrLZ0ZxB0VfgZ9sc9gvzVLV5KgWdGQ_JSXFi1gEXv7TZTi3ohmBmfRXzqzxn6UA/s400/kitchen_Aqua.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Old cabinets: Painted cabinet<div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgyRxJ1TfN8Wr3e70RVrr2nAn5F7aCrBJXm5hw-UvS749n-508OCjdoOWKWp3aNkzAe4KPnN-0PqrpxTnKCMcdD57aMnofyyjbCrGIGuj9v3wtFAnOCRvr4A_ZZkKNRIRTqPRWA/s1600/kitchen_Orangea.jpg"><img style="width: 308px; height: 204px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470844453691246610" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgyRxJ1TfN8Wr3e70RVrr2nAn5F7aCrBJXm5hw-UvS749n-508OCjdoOWKWp3aNkzAe4KPnN-0PqrpxTnKCMcdD57aMnofyyjbCrGIGuj9v3wtFAnOCRvr4A_ZZkKNRIRTqPRWA/s400/kitchen_Orangea.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3BuV4dIhulYSdIVz7DsnZdsWF8IVLdO6F5fWlXL0h8fflHfFIpmfEYo5ufKrQBPzTeAsmcJlyGyFgK7aUoz0cy2y1mh-FOuJpFpsAZQ_FK_qaNxtPmiBwW2fhDC38yGPoHhofA/s1600/kitchen_Orange.jpg"><img style="width: 307px; height: 204px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470844465148034098" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3BuV4dIhulYSdIVz7DsnZdsWF8IVLdO6F5fWlXL0h8fflHfFIpmfEYo5ufKrQBPzTeAsmcJlyGyFgK7aUoz0cy2y1mh-FOuJpFpsAZQ_FK_qaNxtPmiBwW2fhDC38yGPoHhofA/s400/kitchen_Orange.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The orange is the only one that I think might work with the existing cabinet color.<br /><br />Old cabinets: Painted cabinets::<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4QzqRAt3eiaqXKNJjXhSP3u_LJMjrO0vscua8fqPfcSwD4RKgDbhHv1ox9Ihjsps7CPuzZibNmBqa-w4H7agRsFng2rs1-_Pfx7AdUr0vK9whnSZ9EpYEHv_JnRUocmQLWG-Hw/s1600/kitchen_steelblue.jpg"><img style="width: 321px; height: 213px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470844445384153762" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4QzqRAt3eiaqXKNJjXhSP3u_LJMjrO0vscua8fqPfcSwD4RKgDbhHv1ox9Ihjsps7CPuzZibNmBqa-w4H7agRsFng2rs1-_Pfx7AdUr0vK9whnSZ9EpYEHv_JnRUocmQLWG-Hw/s400/kitchen_steelblue.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznassfqakqPUDRZmtFj5lKRmp6d0O7MqgasP2SQH3Yg93qTweaIZfw7N_5nVqON_eGvabZO442UnAcOe_7vCLBriRg8e8Id9cHGg69_0ubcFrn1EGpSi1jjm_v7wO_mpFcEu_5g/s1600/kitchen_steelbluea.jpg"><img style="width: 322px; height: 214px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470844445597246994" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznassfqakqPUDRZmtFj5lKRmp6d0O7MqgasP2SQH3Yg93qTweaIZfw7N_5nVqON_eGvabZO442UnAcOe_7vCLBriRg8e8Id9cHGg69_0ubcFrn1EGpSi1jjm_v7wO_mpFcEu_5g/s400/kitchen_steelbluea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is supposed to be more of a steel gray/blue color.<br /><br /><br />Any ideas? Anyone ever painted their cabinets?<br />Help me!! <br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh2_SUGLy7mLYt4fl582fkbi_Sbrvy6Dq_bFVKm68ZbgpjL7H3gF3v3HjiOyVodOqN9UhTIFW_hvNLmqs3LvKp6R0b94_EfGJ11Iho2ZgYtm3joC-lEU4SJE4Bhm6xGfTNxnHYw/s1600/kitchen_original.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-20204254946010069252010-05-09T09:14:00.001-04:002010-05-09T09:14:22.247-04:00New project<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkW-idCo1AdKGWGZ8VyKhbt_UwEFwlAlHn-C7on20dAjPxtAWZtHbktwulVKj48E8GP6hHl8uJJ0f7dnfD9VENqN0dtQdTxrKOBWN1P3I1LN5j9F-HQdgUDItc1joRCkC_drz-Q/s1600/IMAG0033-762251.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkW-idCo1AdKGWGZ8VyKhbt_UwEFwlAlHn-C7on20dAjPxtAWZtHbktwulVKj48E8GP6hHl8uJJ0f7dnfD9VENqN0dtQdTxrKOBWN1P3I1LN5j9F-HQdgUDItc1joRCkC_drz-Q/s320/IMAG0033-762251.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469258012696113650" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFts0_8ikS8FnveaBucTDtOYtjRRZLxaXASqY2J6HOok5vpVJLBeL8WOnQhqNePEAondlyxOVyPXEZutkgDDlbYoiJAD5nwxAAfkINUrwhAHpPeSTI869N3FvAbRbrv6zPF_KNDg/s1600/IMAG0031-764703.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFts0_8ikS8FnveaBucTDtOYtjRRZLxaXASqY2J6HOok5vpVJLBeL8WOnQhqNePEAondlyxOVyPXEZutkgDDlbYoiJAD5nwxAAfkINUrwhAHpPeSTI869N3FvAbRbrv6zPF_KNDg/s320/IMAG0031-764703.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469258023688874546" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H5-ugbrCTJROuEZze2vPjj1mkJ5sh6va60LDGYbxXisOqGu5Te5-QmT86MeLdAQd4RhpruxYNUf9efL_FBcEJ6gNxp31L6qtV8Nq_6xwlKSlcrvui-nCRilUaGPVf4rXlxAr_A/s1600/IMAG0033-767545.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H5-ugbrCTJROuEZze2vPjj1mkJ5sh6va60LDGYbxXisOqGu5Te5-QmT86MeLdAQd4RhpruxYNUf9efL_FBcEJ6gNxp31L6qtV8Nq_6xwlKSlcrvui-nCRilUaGPVf4rXlxAr_A/s320/IMAG0033-767545.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469258032519254754" /></a></p><p>I'm trying out the bloggong feature on my new smartphone...its smarter than me.</p> <p>Carrie and I printed a new project yesterday. Sticker labels for all your organizational needs.</p> Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25231630.post-71337395948344157292010-05-06T07:09:00.002-04:002010-05-06T07:35:39.135-04:00Nashville is Hurting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwYTWRpLA2xwjZ1r6Tt_ICQmYaIEkTb8tY8UjeM_2S5rK2qNrsu14nxwznAyV0FFe20PR3IsZ-7ppKusJAUnxucB_wwz7j0it9hklpqZ8mAN0yma38_i5YFvBiGnhe-Y9_JxotQ/s1600/nashville-flooding.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwYTWRpLA2xwjZ1r6Tt_ICQmYaIEkTb8tY8UjeM_2S5rK2qNrsu14nxwznAyV0FFe20PR3IsZ-7ppKusJAUnxucB_wwz7j0it9hklpqZ8mAN0yma38_i5YFvBiGnhe-Y9_JxotQ/s400/nashville-flooding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468119202026647234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyBB9FGy7set4tX01BBVdbv-vTYWYaKs-7iCqdrrthlXF-MyvXgT32UK8qCVBcJKvV8ekqG5cVOI4_r0TTgAY0sGA5NZ-Bll6yyc3-yxtJpYTSkInXTL0lWnPBfXGWaRk70eo4A/s1600/opryland"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyBB9FGy7set4tX01BBVdbv-vTYWYaKs-7iCqdrrthlXF-MyvXgT32UK8qCVBcJKvV8ekqG5cVOI4_r0TTgAY0sGA5NZ-Bll6yyc3-yxtJpYTSkInXTL0lWnPBfXGWaRk70eo4A/s400/opryland" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468119195038309954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgaQhkYq50AXyTXdAZ-pebvjyPG_ntV6RlH_3NGIviE949ofzU_tDdXFez9Q2rmrES9tqpNyCPJpmVmk6jGLoLndr0ys5-vehw84WEg1uM_RiOj-qWJwkLxDufpFrHZQglYX7pQ/s1600/resized_Nashville1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgaQhkYq50AXyTXdAZ-pebvjyPG_ntV6RlH_3NGIviE949ofzU_tDdXFez9Q2rmrES9tqpNyCPJpmVmk6jGLoLndr0ys5-vehw84WEg1uM_RiOj-qWJwkLxDufpFrHZQglYX7pQ/s400/resized_Nashville1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468119189566401874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last weekend Nashville, Tennessee experienced possibly the worst natural disaster it's ever seen. My second hometown is sadly wrecked. 13+inches of rain in a 2 day period washed out roads, hundreds if not thousands of cars, friends of mine lost all they had or at least their basement. Many many people were stranded in their cars, homes, neighborhoods and away from their loved ones for days.<br /><br />To s<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/flooding_in_tennessee.html?camp=localsearch:on:twit:bigpic">ee some photos of the devastation, this is the best website I've seen for photos</a> that tell the story. What's not being said is that most people and businesses didn't have flood insurance. Because the word "flood" has never crossed their mind. It's just mind-blowing.<br /><br />I've been putting off this post because I don't know if I can really do the subject justice. Suffice to say that Nashville is in need of serious help. Here are a couple of things you can do.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.hon.org/">Donate to Hands On Nashville. </a>This is a FABULOUS organization that gets a lot of people volunteering efficiently and fast. They get it done.</li></ul><ul><li>Text the number 90999 to Donate $10 to the <a href="http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=9d0523e11c368210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD">Red Cross (or click here)</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/freshieandzero?ga_search_query=freshie&ga_search_type=seller_usernames">Buy some jewelry! Freshie & Zero's in-stock shop is offering to donate 50% of all May Etsy sales to the recovery effort.</a></li></ul><ul><li>Say some prayers for all the poor and the lower income children of Nashville. My old neighborhood was hit hard, and while a lot of the coverage has been about suburban houses underwater, the poor and indigent will need so much more help. It's one thing to lose your possessions when you have a job and friends with money and insurance. It's another when you make minimum wage and no longer have a car because it was flooded out in your parking lot.<br /></li></ul>Beth Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322626041434017455noreply@blogger.com2