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We’ll be selling our goods this weekend at the first annual Design Salon Sale. Flyer below. More info on the Design Salon blog. 

We got a copy of the Art Institute of Chicago catalog last week. Our loaf bowl is in there towards the back. 

My studio-mate and good friend Ann helped me out in a pinch last week. I realized rather late in the game that I am in fact NOT Superman and there was no way I was going to get everything sewn and shipped in such a limited time. Ann came to the rescue! Thanks again Ann.

Note: Ann has an almost identical machine to mine except hers is cutely labeled with her name! She also has a bag line called mittenmitten and a new company, the 47th, that has an almost identical blog layout. 

Thanks Mom for introducing me to the sewing machine when I was maybe 8 years old. And thanks Mom for helping me cut a million of these bunnies and kitties when you were visiting last week. And no, I haven’t finished sewing them yet!

We’re exhausted and staying in, but look at the pumpkin Chris got me! 

And my silly dog who perches on the couch like a cat. And requires a jacket when the weather gets cooler. 

Our math coasters were chosen to be part of secrethistory’s treasury. I love the mix of black and white in all of these products and photographs.

Double trouble! About 2 hours after posting this, AroundNBrightlyWound told us we were featured in their treasury as well. 

We finally received our big shipment of felt last week and it’s been madness around here lately. I’ve been running around like a crazy person trying to get orders completed and shipped. There’s just not enough time in the day and only so many things I can do each day. We’ve restocked our Bun and Loaf bowls as of today.

We’ve got about six of these early Franklin bags that have been hanging around the studio for a while now. Some are lined and finished. Some are not. It’s time to let them go. . . They are now on sale in our Etsy shop. 

I was fortunate enough to convince Traci to model for me. 

We were featured recently in an article called “The Portable, Planet-Friendly Home” on sprig.com. Sprig is a fashion site dedicated to green style, glamour and fashion. As they put it, their mission is to motivate, inspire and inform 95% of the consumer population toward becoming 5% more green, as [they] believe this approach will have a great positive impact on the environment.

See the full article and slideshow here.