First Day of School Jitters
It was back to school week, and if you sent someone back to school or if you went back yourself, I hope it was a great start, full of good energy and ideas and new relationships and community. Summer ...
Ah, Technology
I had a baby and got an e-reader. The world is upending itself, I’m trying hard to keep up.
We recently got in a delicious order of new books for the shop that I can’t wait to crack into, waiting for m...
TheCoffeeMonsterzCO Tapes
We are so excited to launch these super special washi tapes designed by TheCoffeeMonsterzCO! These are collaboration tapes available through us and on her website(where she also offers so many other cut...
Babysitting
Life continues on its disaster mode, as evidenced by Caleb supervising baby while eating pork rinds out of a small pot while reading an overdue library book while his cello remains open, unpracticed, ...
Chicken’s Corner: A Losing Popularity Contest
We’ve returned from band camp, and, to my surprise and confusion, all the things that were on the to-do list before we left are, unpleasantly, still on the list. Were my stationery elves not busy doin...
A New Blackwing Eras Pencil
The Eras are a series of special edition pencils outside of their quarterly Volume releases, and which celebrate an era of history in this famous pencil, and the
newest Blackwing Erasis one of my favou...
Road Trip
We’re going on a road trip! Nothing too exciting, just to Waterloo, where Caleb is attending a band camp. Caleb has been playing cello for a little while now, and he vaguely enjoys it, but the one mis...
Catching Up
Summer has come and with it the new baby and her second season of life. I had imagined all these lovely summer plans, sitting outside in a park under a shady tree, a sleepy baby, an iced coffee, journ...
Chicken’s Corner: Wounded
More cat news around here, as we continue to funnel money directly into our local vet clinic. Chicken came home with a claw missing and after a while it got infected, so Jon had to bring him in. He ca...
Traveler’s Notebook Limited Edition Sets
We got in these very exciting Traveler’s Notebook Limited Edition Sets, and as is usual, I took a few photos, but by the time I got around to a blog post they were all sold out. These ones actually sol...