…so this is about how much snow we got…a  dusting.  the schools closed in anticipation of 8 to 10 inches and the snow never stuck to the roads. i’m so glad i canceled all my driving around that I needed to do.  well at least the kids had fun right?

image by alibubba.

… i just had to share this “catskill wedding” with you via once wed because it features one of Paisley Tree Press’s wedding invitation clients!  you can see the halcyon invitation featured in the first photo.  i really enjoyed working with alyce and i am honored to be a small part of edward and alyce’s joyful wedding celebration.  please see more of this stunning wedding at once wed.  photos by belathee photography.

i think one of the smartest things i have ever done was to join a crop share. i am a member of the roxbury farm community supported agriculture farm in kinderhook, new york. i love it! all of the produce is organic and grown locally just a few miles from my home. they also offer a fruit share every week and organic meats from time to time. it’s a great way to help the environment and to support your local community. to find a csa crop share near you click here.

images from Paisley Tree

instead of working all weekend long like i normally do, i decided to not be such a jerk and surprised my kids by taking them to the kindercrafter fair on saturday. we all had some yummy addictive kettle corn
fresh squeezed lemonade
wow that’s sour!
ewan found some of his friends and hung out on the cannon in the square

ewan and cameron got along great

they jumped around

and around

ewan cried when the time limit on the bouncy bounce expired

but he got over it when he got to sit in a real firetruck!

but then cried again when i asked him to sit on the front bumper with his sister….check out the dirty look from cam…

ewan kept grabbing his friend maddy and walking her around

they were so cute!

what a day! what did you do this weekend?

…nothing is more enjoyable than hanging out with ewan and blowing some bubbles

…the stationery show was a lot of fun. i really enjoyed walking around and seeing all the booths…especially letterpress shops! Some letterpress vendors seemed a little nervous when i told them i was a letterpress printer…?? i don’t know what that was about..maybe they thought i was there to spawn an evil plan to steal their designs or maybe they thought i was there to size up the competition and cackle an evil laugh!? Seriously, i’m just looking at your beautiful work….so eventually i stopped introducing myself. it’s too bad though…i really wanted to make some new contacts within the industry. we are such a rare group of artist and printers and we should be able to communicate with each other more and be friends…i seriously need to give my regular friends a break from listening to my shop talk all the time.

the highlight of my trip BY FAR was meeting everyone over at the smock booth!! i was afraid to say hello. i was little intimidated because I have been a huge admirer of Bella Figura for years!! they are the reason i fell in love with letterpress in the first place and gave up my accounting career. i read their blog and know all kinds of things about them but they have no idea who i am…so i felt as though i was meeting super rock stars! ….but Debbie is so open and sweet she came right up to me and shook my hand. Debbie and Harold are the nicest people on the planet. they were really fun to chat with. it was super cool meeting Kathy and Anthony too…. after so many phone conversations over the years it was great to put a face to the voice. they were all so kind and helpful and I think I finally met the letterpress printing friends I have been looking for! i can’t wait to go up to Syracuse and visit their shop….and maybe the hubby and I can do something fun and check out the finger lakes and maybe a winery or two.