Something's Hiding In Here

ryantown

i was lucky enough to visit ryantown in london a week ago and it was just as good as i had imagined. the hardest part was picking something to bring home to stephen because i wanted everything. i finally decided that these were perfect! if you're near nyc before May, visit earnest sewn to see rob ryan's show ryantown usa.

just a few left

the letterpress totes were a hit! we've had several request for totes that have already been sold and since they are "one of a kind' we have to say no. sorry! there are just 8 5 totes left so hurry up and visit our shop here to get your own.

also a hit at the party were our new recycled letter banners. we intended these to be a one time only item, but our friend maggie may have convinced us to take the "station" on  the road... you never know! we've already found them to be the perfect birthday card, so if your interested in getting your own set - visit our shop here and let us know!

thanks fred flare!

we had a great time friday night! thanks to everyone who came to say hi and to the gang at fred flare for being perfect hosts (even when stephen tried to wreck the coat closet). it's clear that keith and chris have created a little fred flare family and we feel proud to have been a part of it for the last 40 days. we also have to say a special thank you to the amazing bilgin for taking such good care of our sign while it was in brooklyn.

see you there

sadly, our second YOUR MESSAGE HERE project has come to a close. keith and chris of fred flare have decided to throw a party to celebrate our collaboration. there will be drinks, snacks and we're bringing some new items to celebrate the 40 chosen messages. we'll be there from 7 - 10 tonight and can't wait to meet you. click here for more info.

your message here

we wanted to document all 1500+ messages submitted to the fred flare YOUR MESSAGE HERE project. so we made a 52 page zine containing every single unedited message. we will be bringing these to the closing party on friday night, but we don't want you to feel left out if you can't make it... so we have added a YOUR MESSAGE HERE section to our shop! we only made an edition of 100, so once they're gone - they're gone.

recycled calendars

since making our 2009 calendars we've had a pretty tall stack of misprints (thanks to my mild dyslexia). i knew we would find a use for them and have been looking forward to seeing what they would become. after purchasing a set of vintage alphabet dies, it seemed like the perfect partnership! we still have a bit more testing to do and a lot more die cutting, but if all goes well... these old calendars will become new banners.

letterpress totes

we've been planning to document the 40 messages chosen for our marque sign at fred flare. after a few heated debates, we concluded that letterpress totes were the way to go! since our wood type collection is still growing, we had to combine several fonts and sizes to create the sayings. if you've ever done letterpress, you can imagine that using this method to print totes is a bit crazy, but we think it was worth it.

no.1 on the list of things to get...

we just found out that lisa is not only going to be in the new book: san francisco kitchens, but that she and the amazing wilfredo will be on the cover!!! just a few days left before the release on april 8th. we can't wait to add this to our collection of the paumes series. congrats lisa!

if you want to get your own copy, visit the rare device shop here, but hurry because they only have a few copies.

you are what you love

we're busy finishing all the goods for our pop-up shop at fred flare! we're excited about these necklaces, inspired by the messages posted on the marque. we're also bringing tote bags and a zine documenting the messages submitted to the brooklyn your message here project. just in case you have a message, for one night only... there will be kits to make your own banners!

ok, back to work...

ryantown usa

we have to thank our new friend, hazel, for inviting us to the opening of ryantown usa, an exhibition, installation and pop up shop by rob ryan. if you're in ny during april & may, you MUST see the show at earnest sewn in the meatpacking district on washington street. 

we knew we would love the show, but had no idea how much! the room was FULL of paper cuts from floor to ceiling, all made by hand (see more here). just in case seeing his amazing work in person wasn't enough... we were able to meet rob, chat with his beautiful wife, and several of his friends. yeah!