Tag: holiday
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Festive flock
Hot off the press and just in time for this year’s holiday season, I’m proud to present a mini flock of letterpress bird ornaments! Just like the larger prints in my Flock series, each one of these is printed from a hand-carved linoleum block. Then each was individually hand-painted with watercolor (which, I’m not afraid…
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Home for the holidays
Every year I whip up a little holiday postcard and send it winging to far-flung friends and family. It’s a long-standing tradition of mine, and an important constant when many other holiday plans change from year to year. This year’s card reflects my own personal plans for Christmas this year—I fully intend to spend some…
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Festooned with greenery
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, or you’ve met me or the Tailor, you already know about our penchant for storing food and taking seasonal eating to hardcore extremes. But our nuttiness about walking the talk extends far beyond the pantry. Another aspect of our attempts to live as sustainably as we can…
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Season’s greetings
Every year I make a resolution to create a whole slew of greeting cards for the holidays, and every year I’m lucky if I can scrape together one postcard design to send to my own friends and family. Maybe it’s because I’m not really capable of getting in the mood for Christmas or Hanukkah in…