I’m pleased to announce three more stores that carry my letterpress products!  Derby Farm Flowers & Gardens (Arlington, MA), The Curatorium (Providence, RI), and Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) all have an assortment of note cards, prints & gift sets.  They’re all wonderful stores, so if you happen to be near one of them definitely drop in!

For my full list of retail carriers, click here.

If you’re a retailer and you’re interested in my wholesale information, send me an email and I’ll send it your way.

More stores to be announced next week!  If you’re a retail store and would like my wholesale information, send me a quick email and I’ll get it right over to you.

You never know when a photo will inspire your next project!

{for more of my letterpress work, check out my Flickr}

We went to the Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.  Open since 1848, it’s a beautifully laid out “garden cemetery” with trees, a pond, different sculptures and secret places.  A mix of gravestones, markers and mausoleums, it was actually really enjoyable to walk and explore.  It was so quiet, especially for being in the middle of the city, and the feeling of the area is really is peaceful.

If you’re in the Boston area, make sure you stop by for a walk on a nice day.  It had a similiar feel to the Arboretum and is definitely worth a visit.

{images shown via my iPhone}

I meant to post yesterday and the day ran away with me… I apologize.  I think this will be my last post for 2011; I have quite a few projects to wrap up, a class syllabus to prepare, and book keeping and studio organization to do – along with 5-6 types of cookies to bake, a Christmas Eve turkey to roast, a Christmas Day quiche to whip up, a Hanukkah dinner to host for my husband’s family, and hopefully some good down time relaxing in between with family and friends.

I’m looking forward to sharing more of my projects, ideas, goals, and inspirations with you all in this space next year… 2012, can you believe it?  I’ll see you all again on January 2nd.  Have a very merry holiday season!

{for more of my at home images, check out my Flickr}

Sarah take gorgeous photographs and blogs frequently; for more of her work, check out her blog here.

I almost made additional signs for the desserts, but had to say no since I wasn’t even close to finishing my baking.  First things, first – the desserts themselves!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday last week!
- Colleen

{image shown via my iPhone}

Hello all!  Just a quick post today to say have a really lovely Thanksgiving this week.  If you aren’t in the US and don’t celebrate, have a wonderful week just the same.

And, psst… this Friday, November 25th through the 28th, you can get 15% off your order in my online shop when you enter “THANKS15″ at checkout.

Let the holiday season begin!  See you all here back on the 28th.
- Colleen

{image shown via my Flickr}

I’ve done it. I’ve finally taken the plunge and joined Pinterest. I’ve gotten a slew of invites over the last year or so and was very consciously holding out. It’s just one more thing you have to maintain and update (when I already feel maxed out at times), and knowing me and being honest… a distraction from getting work done during the day.

I just started so it’s still very sparse, but you’re welcome to follow me and help me build more boards. And now my view on it has flipped and I thought “why haven’t I done this sooner?!” – I keep a folder of inspiration on my computer which is getting overloaded with files, so much that it’s becoming hard to go through.  I could’ve done the same thing I already do, but keep it all organized and saved on Pinterest a lot sooner.  Onward and upward, I guess!

{image shown from my Pinterest}

Wow, it’s Friday already?  This weekend I have a few parties and get togethers with friends and family, but I’m planning on spending all day Saturday inside, in my pj’s, baking with the apples I still have (which is a lot!), and having a fire in the fireplace.  It snowed here last night (which is sort of early for us, but it was just a dusting) and it made me really excited to have a fire to sit next to.  I’m planning on trying Katy’s Rustic Apple French Toast and the Apple Cider Doughnuts, and maybe make a loaf of multigrain bread while I’m at it.  I’m so excited!  I cannot remember the last time I spent an entire day in my pj’s and not working.

What are your plans this weekend?  Whatever it is, have a relaxing, cozy one!
- Colleen

{image shown belongs to Katy Elliot}