you still have until midnight tonight...
...to leave a comment on this post. At Midnight (CST) I'll close the comments and tomorrow I'll draw names for the fabric bundle winners.
In the meantime, I thought I'd share the name of the stamps I've been using for the easy Valentines and the lettering on my container labels. It is a set of vintage (inspired) alphabet stamps in the font BREITE ITALIENNE. I picked them up at Kuhl-Linscomb (a very favorite place) when we were in Houston over the holidays. Although I don't use stamps very often, I loved the style of this set as well as explanation that accompanied them:
VINTAGE ALPHABET STAMPS celebrates historical typefaces that hark back to the days when type was carved out of wood, cast in lead, and set by hand. This nineteenth-century typeface was originally featured in a German printer's specimen book.
Here they are in the lovely afternoon light that sometimes finds its way through our studio windows. Not today though... brrr. Baby, it's cold and snowing outside!
Little Deers
For those of you who asked about the little deers grazing by my ribbon jar, I believe that they're carved wooden figurines from the Erzgebirge region of Germany. I, of course, got them on ebay. ;)
Oh my, how have I never been to that store? It looks fantastic! Next time I'm in the city...
Posted by: Sarah | February 11, 2008 at 05:27 PM
I can't believe I lived in Houston for years, and never went there! Thanks for the link!
Posted by: Rachel | February 11, 2008 at 06:56 PM
ooh i want to go to that store! so fabulous!
thanks for sharing
have a great week
jessi
Posted by: jessi nagy | February 11, 2008 at 08:43 PM
I don't think i'm too late for the drawing. I just started sewing and I'm trying to build up my fabric collection because, as you know, you've gotta have choices! Love your blog!
Posted by: Chris Salley | February 11, 2008 at 10:39 PM
I failed...i like 2 and 4. thanks!
Posted by: Chris Salley | February 11, 2008 at 10:40 PM
hello.
brilliant photography.
thank you for the lovely window into your creativity.
Posted by: Anna | February 12, 2008 at 02:47 PM
hello. great blog. i have been reading it for a bit now, but have never posted.
what cool fonts. i am trying to find some letter stamps but I am having a hard time finding them in a font that i like
Posted by: erinn Johnson | February 13, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Very cool stamps. They give such a neat, yet still handmade, quality to your labels.
Posted by: Anna | February 13, 2008 at 02:52 PM