I've been working on wedding invites for a friend of mine and they are finally ready to get printed! She is getting married in Gloucester, MA so everything has a nautical theme. Now the fun part is cutting out 100 cards! Woohoo! 
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Wedding invites
Fifth Annual Printing Arts Fair
In four weeks I will be part of the Fifth Annual Printing Arts Fair, on Father'a Day, Sunday June 15th, from 10am-4pm, at The Museum of Printing, 800 Massachusetts Ave. in North Andover, MA. It's co-sponsored by the Letterpress Guild of New England and the Museum, and the best part is it's free! There will be Printing and Book Art demonstrations as well as vendor booths such as Albertine Press, B Designs, Carta, Inc., Rainy Planet Press, Sea Dog Press, Press Bound among others. There will be raffles and fun stuff for the kids.
See you there!
Flower Power
Vintage Etsy Finds:
3 Flower Power Mugs $12
Pop Flowered Vintage Tissue Holder $4
Vintage Round Flowered Tray $12
Every where I look I see more and more 60's/70's flower patterns popping up. So I've been stocking up lol! I picked up this cute Retro Flower Jacket from forever 21. It's soo cute!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Hand Carved and Fused Glass Art Panels
Check out these gorgeous glass panels by Etsy seller Starfire Studio's.
Retro gadgets
Retro Spotlight Alarm Clock (red) (silver)
Leather-Clad Flashlight
A classic since 1917, wrapped in chocolate top-grain leather.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Going green
Every where I look I see more and more products promoting a green life style. Tote bags seem to be all the rage! I've been thinking about doing a tote bag with my little bird on it. How cute would that be!
Green tree organic cotton tote bag
It's Easy Being Green
Green is the new pink tote
May 15th - Free stuff
Get a free 16 oz iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts May 15th from 10am-10pm. (US)
Get a free southern style chicken sandwich from McDonald's (free with a purchase of a medium or large drink). (US)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Etsy Orange
I Dream Of Mimi
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
New work from Bryan Jernigan
The colors and textures are amazing! For more info about Bryan's work, check out his myspace page.
600 posts!
Wow, it's almost been a year since I started my blog and my website. 600 posts later I'm still here! I just wanted to say thanks to all my readers who keep coming back.
Sigh
I found another home for sale online and I've fallen in love again. It's one of those fixer-uppers, but if you fixed it up it would probably become a million-dollar home. It looks like it needs new windows, an updated kitchen and some new paint, but I've always wanted one of those homes that needs "help". Another great thing about this home is its location: it sits in a historic town in MA.
I found out it was built in 1953, but I don't know by who. I have not gone to see it yet, but I plan to very soon. I need to start playing the lottery though - this home is priced at $630,000. Yes, that seems like a lot, but that's the average price for homes in my area. :-(
Rooms I love!
Jon's 60's Retro Bedroom posted on Apartment Therapy. I am so drawn to this room! Every thing just fits so well together.
Luxe Interiors has a beautiful Orla Kiely collection which I'm always inspired by.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Lighting
Etsy shop Aglowinc finds vintage lighting and reworks them. Some are original and untouched (yellow one on the top left) and others have been redesigned with new colors and wiring.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Boston Craigslist Find
I found this awesome pet carrier on Craigslist! I so want to buy it but I'm trying to save for the wedding. Check out that handle!!!
$40
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Wedding
More wedding updates
My friend/wedding planner found a cute gallery to do the ceremony and reception. I'm so excited! I'm working with a tiny budget but I hope to make something cool. 
The colors of the wedding will be banana yellow and some light blues. I'm currently on a mission to find a vintage yellow wool coat (Boston gets really cold in January).
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Contest?
I got a big package from my publishing company recently and it was filled with many large (16" x 23") prints. These are part of a series of 3 prints that I had made for them, and they look great! I might give some of them away in a contest this June, since it's going to be jennski.com's 1 year anniversary... Stay tuned!
New stuff i'm working on
Friday, May 2, 2008
Open Studios
Somerville Open Studios is this weekend! Visit over 300 artists at more than 100 locations! Click here to see the artists.
I'm going to do some walking this weekend to get a feel for how it works, I plan on participating next year.
Etsy Shop Sophia's Sweet Spot
Check out these acrylic paintings by Etsy shop Sophia's Sweet Spot. The colors and shapes are gorgeous!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Modular shelving system
I love this shelving system by Micheal Doyer. The best part is that you can hide your clutter behind the front panels.
Me time
Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been moving my office around, trashing junk and giving away things I don't need on Freecycle. Today I'm going to get my hair cut because I look like cousin it! 
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wine & Design
Check out all these cute wine racks!
LOOPSEY Wine Rack
Dennis Lin - Cru Wine Rack
Plywood Wine Rack
Wine Knot - Wine Rack
Monday, April 28, 2008
More Etsy Finds
Look what I just bought on Etsy! I Love it!!!! I purchased this Ingraham Daisy Wall Clock from Etsy seller One More Smile. It's going in the kitchen!
Also check out these mugs from Etsy shop Vintage Tea. They are still available at only $8.95!
Lightseed Hanging Candleholder
Lightseed Hanging Candleholder
Create a warm, inviting atmosphere with these Light Seed Candleholders. Hang them from the ceiling, insert the tealight and you've got a new décor for your home. Buy more than one and you can create your own light display. Cable and one tealight are included. Comes in a display box. Available in four colors: Blue, Pink, Brick and Green. Please note that you may find black dirt on the piece that you receive; this is caused by the soil from the stoneware on matte color during the heating process and is natural for this product.
On Sale! $9.99 each
My Weekend Adventure
So this past weekend I took a letterpress and book-binding workshop at Albertine Press. We started off Saturday working with lead type. I can't believe people used to use this type for making newspapers back in the day, it's very tedious work. 
Our first project was to bring in a quote and arrange it with type anyway we liked. Shelley Barandes, who runs Albertine Press, showed us all the tricks on how to work with type and how to use her press. The press looked scary at first, but once you get the hang of if it it's a breeze. Also be sure to check out the Albertine Press Etsy shop.
Sunday was the book-binding part of the workshop, led by Angela Liguori. I had always wanted to learn about book-binding, but was a little intimidated by the whole process. I have to say when you see someone doing it it's so much easier to learn! Angela brought in beautiful papers, with which each person in the class made a soft-cover book and a hard-cover book. Later on she showed us some examples of other work she's made - absolutely stunning! Check out her Etsy shop.
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