Bonjour! Just popping in with a quick update to the #52HandLettered Project. This weeks’ prompt was “Rainy Day Activities,” and I don’t know about you, but I don’t find myself doing many activities on rainy days at all. Something about the gloominess is very demotivating to me. So here it is, my preferred rainy day […]

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Oh August, you hot little son-of-a-gun. I am both excited and sad that you’re here.   I’ve always had a fickle relationship with the month, really. I think it started when I was a kid – the back-to-school stuff comes out in full force in August and you’d panic about how little of your precious […]

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It’s July! Can you believe it! Summer is officially here and I can gauge that clearly by how many popsicles/beers I currently have at my disposal. In an studio without air conditioning, you just gotta do what you can to survive. I know it’s been crickets around here lately and so I thought I’d jump […]

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Mobile photo taking/posting/editing is serious business, and the tools people are using to perfect their photos are also becoming more serious. Back in the old days (like, 2012?) the in-house Instagram editing options would have done the trick. A little vignetting here, a little tilt-shift there, and boom – a perfect Instagram photo was finished. […]

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Let’s just pretend that I didn’t completely abandon the entire month of April for the #52HandLettered project. What can I say? Life got busy. Hashtag priorities. Jumping right back in for week 18.  The prompt is “a date to remember” and I wasn’t exactly sure what way to take it. But here is what I […]

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Instagram is the place where I spend 95% of my social media efforts. For peeps like me where everything is visually oriented, Instagram just makes the most sense. There is a community there (both fans and peers!) that are able to see your brand and aesthetic quickly and easily. So yes, Instagram all the way. […]

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Back on board with the #52HandLetteredProject this week! The prompt was “words to motivate” and the first thing I thought of was this old proverb. What’s your favorite motivational quote? Happy Easter, everyone! — Gillian    

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Hello! Happy Monday! Just popping in for a quick Weekly Wishes post after a pretty relaxed weekend. After two back-to-back out of town weekends, it was nice to just stay home. Our local area is having it’s Restaurant Week and so we took advantage on Friday with a lovely night out at the Colonial – […]

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One of the best things about living in Upstate NY is the proximity to the greatest cities in the North East US. Nothing excites me more than the prospect of hopping in our car and having a huge list of amazing places we could end up in just a couple of hours. And maybe the […]

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Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a restful weekend! I just got back from a quick trip up to my parents’, and as usual, it was great to be home. Sunday included a mad dash to IKEA in Toronto, which I will never ever do again. Oh my gosh – it was so busy! When we […]

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Happy Monday! Hope your transition into the workweek is going well. After a super hectic weekend working 14 hour days, I’m actually relieved it’s Monday. On top of that, it is above freezing today. For the first time in what seems like forever! I thought I’d start this week off right with a little goal setting. (a […]

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Have y’all jumped on the lemon water bandwagon? I’ll readily admit that I am a fad follower. If I see something that seemingly takes the internet by storm and it costs less than $10 to try it, chances are I’m running out to get whatever mystery items I need to cure whatever it is that has […]

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It’s Saturday so I’m just one day shy of being too late for this week’s #52handlettered project! The prompt for this week was ‘everyday essentials’ and it didn’t take me very long to pick mine. I think I could get along okay on a desert island as long as I have some coffee and mascara […]

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Welp, it’s been almost 2 months since I saddled up and did a Weekly Wishes post. (Yikes!) January was my busiest month everrr – I’ve regularly done a of design and marketing work for two big clients that both like to have their projects culminate at the end of January/ early February. Most all of […]

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How’s this for consistency? Go blog AWOL for 2 entire weeks and then right back at you with two posts. In a row. I know, I know. Contain your excitement! After missing a couple of weeks I’m back with the #52handlettered project. You can check out the deets of this project in last week’s submission, or check […]

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A friend of ours was over at our place on the weekend and he happened to be wearing sweater that was pretty close in color to Marsala, the Pantone Color of the Year for 2015. Me, being the weirdo for these sorts of things, decided I should inform him of how on trend he is. […]

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Just stopping in to post my crack at Week 2 of the 52 Hand Lettered Project. You can check out the deets of this project in last week’s submission, or check out pen + peplum for more info! This week’s prompt is a summer love list. This week has been particularly cold in NY (it’s […]

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You could almost guarantee that I have a Burt’s Bees product within 5 feet of me at any given time. I have epically dry skin and lips and can get into a frenzy if I’m looking for a moisturizer and can’t find it. Lip chap/gloss also seems to suffer the same fate as pens – […]

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Oh, hi 2015. Nice to finally acknowledge that you’re here! What a way to start this year – it’s been nuts around this place! Some exciting stuff (more new products for the shop! some big web design projects that I’m cranking through!) and some not so exciting stuff (jury duty – whomp whomp). I’m still […]

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Today is the day I finally crawled out of my Christmas haze and have decided to step (one cautious) foot into the real world. Done are the days of no plans, no pants and no nutritional value in anything I eat. That is until New Years where all bets will be off, again. Matt and […]

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Hello hello! It’s Monday (again, how did this happen?) and I’m back to the ‘ole blog. My husband and I decided to do a impromptu little getaway this weekend, so we made the short trek down to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and then on to Philadelphia. We don’t live far from either of those places so it […]

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I realize there are only few precious shopping days left before Christmas and I am wayyyyy behind on this 2014 gift guide. And I also realize I’m like the 203428324th blog to put together one of these suckers. So just incase all the other gift guides out there have you still searching for the perfect […]

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I feel like right after all the Thanksgiving leftovers are eaten up, Christmas begins in proper form. While this does not mean I haven’t already hopped on the holiday bandwagon, I no longer have to feel shame for being full-on Christmas crazy. I’m coming out of the closet! So with all of my decorations and […]

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Hello all! Can you believe it’s December already? I can’t believe how fast this year is coming to a close. 2014 whizzed by in a flash and I’m already scheduling things in my 2015 planner. Eeep! Christmas is gonna be here soon and before I know it we’ll be smack dab in 2015 and I’ll […]

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My name is Gillian and I’m a font-a-holic. (Hiiiiiiii Gilliannnnn.) Fonts are really is a weakness of mine. I must must must set myself a monthly font budget (oh god even typing that out makes my problem more real), or else I’d just blow all of my earnings BUYING ALL THE FONTS. So seeing as […]

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Happy Monday! After a busy weekend in Canada celebrating my Mom’s birthday, Matt and I got back home this afternoon with a big pile of work waiting for us. I don’t think either of us are complaining. Busy is good. I’m back to the Weekly Wishes link up after missing out last week. Let’s review my […]

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I can’t believe it’s already Thursday and this is my first post of the week! Time flies, especially this time of year. I’ve been doing a lot of digital work recently, which has been a refreshing change from the print projects I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks prior. Although it means a […]

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Happy Friday! I’m stopping in to share a beautiful bohemian wedding invite set that I recently drooled over stumbled upon while visiting one of my favorite blogs in the universe, Oh So Beautiful Paper. Are you guys obsessed with that blog as much as I am? It’s just filled with beautiful paper and stationery sets […]

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Back to Monday again! How was everyone’s Halloween? I had a great weekend celebrating all things spooky and scary at my house with my hubs and some friends. We carved pumpkins, roasted seeds, and ooh’d and ahh’d over all the little trick-or-treaters that came to the door. Halloween isn’t huge in our neighborhood but I […]

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When I first started out freelancing and working for myself, I was determined that I would follow every single opportunity that was given to me.  Small jobs, pro bono work, stuff I was nervous to take on for one reason or another – I said yes to all of it. And while this “say YES” […]

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Hello again! Did you have a nice weekend? Mine was quiet but good! Did a little housework, yardwork and some fall cooking in the kitchen (stew!). I also vowed to fix my fritzy washing machine with my own hands this weekend. My hubs and I have been dealing with a washer that likes to shut […]

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Happy Friday! I write to you almost relieved of the nearly 12 000 (!!!) cards I have been ripping through in the last week. Let me tell you, when I envisioned operating a little print shop, I kind of overlooked the tangible nature of print products. I live digitally! Most of my files and projects […]

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Please tell me that you’ve seen/loved/obsessed over Marcel the Shell. It’s just the cutest web series there is. And probably the only “web series” I watch. This little guy comes to you courtesy of former SNL’er and current Mona Lisa on Parks and Rec, Jenny Slate, and her partner Dean Fliesher-Camp. The long awaited Part 3 […]

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Hello hello! Well, we’re back to Monday folks. Sad but true. Even though my job is not the traditional 9-5, M-F, I still definitely feel Mondays. And also that bit of dread you feel on Sunday evenings after an especially cozy and relaxing weekend. The weather turned seriously cold this weekend in upstate NY. It […]

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Happy Friday, guys! I thought I’d stop with with a little update of the latest card set I’ve added to the shop. I’m really excited about these! But first, if you’ll indulge me, a little background to these cards.  When I was a kid, I never had any ideas about weddings. While other little girls […]

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Happy Wednesday! I finally feel like I’m back to business as usual after a couple of hectic weeks. Matt and I just got back home after our Thanksgiving celebrations with my family in Canada. (A perk of a Can-Am relationship: two Thanksgivings every year! I will never say no to that.) As always, I have […]

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