awhile ago i heard somewhere when it comes to organization you are either a piler or a filer. if you look around my studio you can see i am a piler. last weekend i was straightening up before someone stopped by and i noticed everything is in stacks and containers. and everything is out in the open because i know if i put it away i will probably never use it again.

my mom was going to watch my sister’s kids last week and wanted to take a little craft to do with the girls – so i put together a simple little spring daisy kit. in some glassine bags i packaged scraps of white and yellow paper, bakers twine, a flower punch and a hole punch. i made a sample flower and sent my mother on her way.

the flowers are easy to make:
- take two of the punched out flowers and glue them to either side of the twine (don’t worry about lining up the petals – they look more natural when they aren’t even)
- add a yellow dot on both sides of the flower
- keep adding flowers until you are done
- hang up anywhere you want to add a little bit of spring

this year there has been a real lack of snow around here. but this morning there was a nice little surprise snow fall. i’m sure most people are welcoming the non-snow winter after last year – where there was so much snow roofs were collapsing or the freak snow/ice storm last october that shut down the state for over a week – but i am happy that there was at least one morning of winter weather.

it’s official. letter C design will be exhibiting at the national stationery show for the first time this year. lots of new products and designs will be debuting. please stop by booth 1282 and say hello.

weekends in my office are my favorite. probably because there is no pressure of having to get orders ready to mail by 5:00. or maybe because i don’t really answer email or send proofs, but work on projects that i don’t get to during the week. usually i don’t even sit at my desk, i use my laptop on my worktable in the other room – far away from printers and databases.

this weekend i did have to do some work for two very important clients – my nieces. they needed their valentines. they both gave very specific art direction. however there was a problem – was weeks ago i ran out of envelopes for my tiny valentines. so they got something even better – handmade envelopes. i couldn’t give them just plain white envelopes so i printed a pattern on some paper and started folding and glueing.

and now they just have to had their name and some sticker hearts and they will have the perfect valentines to hand out.

i had a little trip planned to new york city with one of my sisters and mother. the night before we left my sister decided to surprise her kids and take them along. it’s about a 3 hour train trip so i put together a little travel kit to give them something to do (besides play with my phone or laptop). i didn’t have much time so i grabbed some pocket journals, mini pencils and extra stickers i had in a mistakes box. everything was put in a glassine bag for safe keeping and put the food bag (clementines, cheese, crackers and water).

even in the wind and cold we had a fun trip – especially the girls who brought their dolls to the american doll store (my mom might have enjoyed the store more than they did).

i just painted my bedroom walls white and the floor light grey. i plan on making a grey and white quilt, but if i had the patience to knit more than half a scarf this blanket i saw in martha stewart living would be perfect in grey & white.

image from martha stewart

this year i made a little advent calendar for my nieces and nephew. i should have made one for myself because i just realized how fast december has gone by.

if you are looking for christmas gifts or some gift wrapping extras from letter C design it’s not too late. most items ship the day after the order is placed (if possible the same day). the exception for this is address labels and other personalized items requiring a proof.

priority mail delivery (2-3 days) is always an option. on shoplettercdesign.com you can choose priority mail when checking out. if you prefer to shop on etsy you can let me know when ordering that you want priority mail and I will send you a link from paypal for the additional cost.

i am happy to send gifts directly to the recipients gift wrapped and with a note from you — just make a note that it is a gift and what you would like the note from you to say.

if you have questions feel free to email me at cindy {at} lettercdesign . com or send a text to 860 966 6831.

having a quiet day in the studio getting a lot done … working on orders and fun gifts for friends.

Last week was the official start of fall, but you can’t tell from the weather. It was warm and sunny this afternoon so I left my office early to take photos of some pillows. These pillows are a little collaboration between my mom and I. I designed the fabric and had it printed – my mom then sewed them up. I think that she made more test pillows with scrap fabric than final pillows with my fabric, but I love how they came out. There are only 5 pillows left after selling them at a fair this summer. I plan on listing the ones I still have in my etsy shop some time this week.

Since it was so nice out today I ended up working outside here for a little while (until the mosquitos came out).