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Design Sponge Inspiration and a Floral Happenstance
By Cathy on March 2, 201120I often begin my day with a perusal of the Design Sponge posts, which are waiting for me in...
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D.I.Y.: Make-Your-Own Card Games, Double the Fun
By Ellen Heck on February 17, 2011When we were in Budapest over the holidays, our friend introduced us to Lost Cities, and I’m embarrassed to...
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Remember these guys?
By Cathy on October 18, 2010Every now and then, funny thoughts and little ideas from posts on the blog turn into something else we...
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Alameda Antique Market
By Ellen Heck on October 5, 2010Here is a little eye-candy montage from October’s Alameda Antique Market. It’s amazingly close to our home, nestled on...
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Seven Summer Snapshots
By Ellen Heck on September 21, 2010Several of our favorite blogs have recently posted odes to summer 2010, making me nostalgic for lingering afternoons, lemonade...
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Blueprint of a Bundle of Joy
By Ellen Heck on April 27, 2010In Lithuania, my husband’s grandparents have the most wonderful, weightless, incarnation-of-joy, farm dog in the entire world. His name...
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Vilnius Street Inspiration
By Ellen Heck on April 23, 2010We’ve been working with a lot of new patterns recently in the studio, so I kept my eyes peeled...
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Caldecott Season, Jerry Pinkney, and a Budding Artist
By Cathy on April 6, 2010Every year, right before our niece’s birthday in February, the Caldecott Awards are announced, and we are able to...
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Greetings from the Bay: Creative Reuse
By Ellen Heck on January 11, 2010In her early years, my sister Jules had an incredible gift for finding those tiny little hidden objects in...
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Polar Express: A Little Girl Meets Chris Van Allsburg
By Cathy on December 24, 2009At Christmastime, we like to replace a set of coffee table books with favorite Christmas stories. This way, we...