glue it tuesday: week 10

I found happiness at Sam's Club on Saturday in a 24-pack of glue sticks -- complete with its own little stand!

and I found double happiness yesterday at the National Stationery Show... my first visit ever! I've wanted to go for years. Paper heaven! My feet were numb and my eyes were crossed and my mind was whirling in the very best way possible by the time I left.

Can't wait to see what everyone is sharing in the Glue it Tuesday lounge this week... bring it on!

xo,
Aimee

blooms, booze, & bursts of color

I scraped off the layer of pollen from the front porch, hosed it down, and made it habitable enough for a book & a brew;


had flower coffee;


went back to Manhattan for another dose of spring in the city;


wanted to take home this door I found along Bleecker Street, but it was painted on the building;


had a Bronx ale with two of my favorite paper ladies at The Spotted Pig in Greenwich Village;


unpacked one of the (many!!!!) boxes my parents sent me of my grandmother's belongings and memories, including her cocktail notes (she does not partake much now but was very serious about her cocktails back in the day);


got a dose of sunflowers from my friend Karen on a day I really needed it;


and whipped up a few hand-inked paper packs. I make these by "painting" with inkpads -- a technique I'll be teaching in my Inky Antics class at The Ink Pad in NYC on June 26. If you're nearby, and want to play, come & join us -- I'd love to see you!

And thanks everyone for your wonderful feedback on my new home! I'm very excited about the new shop :)

Happy PPFOS (Paint Party Friday on Saturday) and happy weekend!

(p.s. I finally got with it and put the Followers & Follow by E-mail widgets on my sidebar... thanks Mary for the prod to do it!)

xo
Aimee

color in the city + a new artsyville shop

Some bursts of color I found on a photowhirl in New York City last weekend:


I never met a nicer purple oven {18th Street}


A bicycle built for me {Christopher Street}


Do Kham {Nolita}


Pick-a-shirt {Bleecker Street}


Fire station {18th Street}


Gypsy skirt {Bleecker Street}


With a neon sign like that, it's got to be good {Greenwich Village}


I could have spent the entire day here {Jefferson Market Garden}


Lunch {Soho}


Thousands of square feet of paper joy {front window of Paper Presentation}


Sheets of course at Paper Source {Spring Street}


Walk down Crosby Street {Soho}


Doorstep {135 Whatever Street; can't remember which one}

Also, big news! I have another new home: the shop at www.artsyville.com is finally OPEN! We still have lots of content to add (I will be indexing all my tutorials & free printables over there among many other things) and it is still undergoing lots of layout changes (It's fun to play in a brand new sandbox!) but the shop is fully functional and we are already shipping orders! We opened up the new shop b/c I'm going to be adding a lot of new goods over the next few months: washi tape, boxed notes, paper packs, etc.) and expanding my wholesale business, and the Etsy shop isn't quite set up to handle that type of volume (the more items I list, the more stuff seems to get lost) so we decided it would be a good idea to set up a shop that would make it easy for people to find what they are looking for. I'll still keep my Etsy shop running for those who like to purchase there, too -- I'll just have a bigger variety of goods in the new casa.

For those who asked for a washi update: the samples are IN PRODUCTION! There are still so many things that could go wrong (so speaks my eternal internal pessimist), but getting this far -- I'm telling you -- is reason enough to crack open one fine craft beer on the front porch.

Happy Wednesday!