Banquet Journal

make cheery totes

kraft and tassel gift bags, from an old old old copy of mccalls.

mask making

rainy day + two three year olds + cardboard + felts + old magazines + gluestick + scissors + string = one bad guy villain mask and one butterfly princess mask

the bear print is back

i will admit i was overwhelmed by everyone's disapointment when we sold out of our red bear (...i think about what's next, to a fault). but i have been convinced, and here he (she?) is. A signed a...

Burrowing Animals

of all the work i do for banquet, the thing i love most are creating these science and nature themed prints. i love the drawing part, and trying to reduce something like a mole to a simple silhoue...

the badger

remember the badger? he's finally here, and a real beauty! more details in a couple of days...  

egyptian queen

i always have a hard time thinking of a halloween costume, but yesterday i had an hour to myself and some corrugated cardboard and egypt on the brain, and this collar and head dress just kind of c...

christmas

we've posted the christmas cards to the shop. really pleased with the quality of these cards; we print offset with a small local printer, and they really go above and beyond everytime. i love that...

luck of the egyptians

it's not really the right time of year but i am so fond of our four-leaf clover print, and of course thought of it immediately upon seeing this pin on erie basin: A very unusual Victorian brooch i...

dribs and drabs

taupe nails and clutch with painted neon stripe here. great window from an unknown source (start here and here). girl's dress from bobochoses

notebooks and back to school

big week for us here; the five starts kindergarten, and the two-fer preschool, never mind notebooks up in the shop... woo hoo!