summertime...

a lot has happened since my last blog post, which seemed like forever ago. here is a little recap of my world the last month:

-my dog norm has eaten several things off the counter including an entire loaf of bread, cinnamon bagels, cinnamon rolls, he has gotten chips ahoy out of the pantry and tonight off the counter: 3 pieces of bbq chicken in the 20 mintues that ben and i rode our bikes to cvs. and we don't even have food on the counter very often!

-i found out i'm pregnant: 12 1/2 wks to be exact. so excited about that!

-sam (my new nephew) seems to get bigger each day

-i went to fort myers, florida for my friend kristen's bachelorette party. we had a great time while getting some sun, pedicures, and eating tons of food.

-broke down and got the iphone 4, which i love.

that's about it for july. can't wait for the cooler months ahead!

the store was closed today...

because of this little blessing. Samuel Jonathan Oliver was born this morning at 9:49 weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 21 inches long. Jon and Stacie are doing awesome and we just can't get enough of him. From the out of control head of hair to the itty bitty fingers and toes, he is simply perfect.

letterpress recap!

Here are some pictures of our recent letterpress jobs. We've worked on these over the past few weeks and we are planning on doing three more projects in the next few days. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

meet this guy.

his name is rob (our ups guy) and he's about to make oliver's twist a better place. today he brought a new shipment of crane & co. imprintables as well as an order of greeting cards from gina b. designs. they are super cute and are only $2.25 each. it is our first of many NSS orders for this year. more tomorrow!

NSS 2010

So much to talk about, so little time! We just got back from the national stationery show on Monday night and had an absolute blast. We went to the show Sunday and Monday and did some shopping, eating, and play watching in between. There were so many brilliant ideas at the show it was almost overwhelming. Who thinks of this stuff? Geez, people are so talented. Everyone says the show gets smaller every year but with 1500 booths of adorable paper goods, how can you complain? There is no shortage to choose from. I'll be posting about our new arrivals as they arrive in the store. Can't wait for you to see what we found!

hand made (and written) with love...

I am so excited to have a new niece or nephew. Therefore, the invitation had to be super cute. My pal Erin came over for a "craft minute" as we like to call it and we put our handwriting together and hand wrote the artwork for this invitation. I then sent it to have a plate made and at 7 a.m. this morning, cranked these beauties out on the press. I love the authentic hand made look of it. I'll post more pictures of things we are doing for the shower as I do them.

Coasters

Sunday night we tried coasters for the first time on the press. After brainstorming how NOT to hit the gauge pins with the base, we finally figured it out and I love them! We made these peacocks for favors for a baby shower this weekend. We also made a flower design that we'll be selling in the shop. Ben said they are super easy to feed in the press so I'm sure we'll be making more soon!