Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 11:13AM 
top to bottom, left to right:
vintage porche poster, vintage leather chairs, Chad Kloepfer book cover, Lauren Bacall, Top Shop coat, J.Crew shoes, amazing fonts, men's watch, hermes scarf, leather jewelry box
finds in inspiration palettes Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:00PM 
a little wednesday eye candy with the oh-so-dapper mr. cary grant.
photography in inspirations Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 3:12PM 
Well, lately I haven't done much else besides work & get the new place ready but I do love how everything has been turning out. The studio area is coming along nicely and is nearly finished but the storefront still has a ways to go (mainly furniture to be built).
We've been putting our magnetic chalkboard to good use by having everyone who stops by draw a little something. It's my favorite thing about the studio area. Craig also came by today to wire up a few lights. I was suuuper excited to find the Anthropologie lamps for above the large worktable and storefront windows on sale and love how they look.. especially the red ones in the window (which I also had in my last 'currently digging' post).. Find them here.
behind the scenes, orlando in studio Friday, March 5, 2010 at 3:23PM 
There's still more work to be done but today is our first day working out of our new space! (above is Nathan in his nice little nook- hopefully it will stay that clean :) I'm sore from moving all last night but very excited about the way things are turning out.. even if we've had a couple bumps along the way (such as getting a bad mix of paint and not noticing until the whole place was painted).
To the right of Nathan you can see our chalkboard wall.. to the left is one of the walls separating the studio from the storefront. Once we got the correct Benjamin Moore 'ballet white' I am very happy with the color choice. It's a beautiful shade. I also decided to paint the storage and meeting room in Martha Stewart's 'magnetite' which is a dark charcoal color. I thought it could be a risky choice but I absolutely love it and now want to go and paint our whole apartment in the color..
it's back to work for me but I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I will post more photos next week when we are a little more settled.
behind the scenes, orlando in studio Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 4:25PM 
This handcrafted address file by lovelydesign is one of my favorite things ever. I've been wanting one ever since I first saw it back in 2006 (cruising the design blogs while I worked as an art director). I just ordered one has a little gift to my desk in the new office and I can't wait for it to arrive!
images via lovelydesign
shopping in inspirations Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 2:10PM 
I did a little interview for Kate & Jane and their Plucky Pioneers interview series. Check it out along with my "cheat sheet" here.
Thank you ladies for including me!!
interview in personally Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:14AM 
The studio buildout has been going well.. this time it's so much more overwhelming than when we moved into our current space and slapped some new paint on the walls though. The first thing the guys did was put up a couple walls to divide the retail area from our studio. We decided to use wood paneling instead of drywall because of the effect (I will paint it the wall color but there will be some character & texture to it) and because it was cheaper (we're on a strict budget here).
We were originally going to leave the concrete floor as-is but ended up deciding to put wood floors down in the retail area. It just adds so much and I'm really glad we decided to do it. You can see the raw wood in the top picture (it's Blue Pine).. we're planning on painting it with milk paint to darken it to a deep brown/black. The milk paint still shows the grain but covers the wood a lot more evenly than stain and has a great effect (I also wanted to play down the color differences in the wood).
Next steps: painting and the guys are working on some custom shelving for products in the retail area & exterior signage and window boxes. It took me forever to pick a paint color but I eventually decided on Benjamin Moore's Ballet White. I really wanted to go for something a little different like a mint but the simple cream just works with everything and I couldn't resist.
Although the place has a bit more work to go, we're planning on moving in over the weekend as our lease wraps up here at our current space. Nope, I have nothing packed or ready and my plan kind of involves just throwing random things in my car and making a ton of trips around the block to the new place to unload!
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p.s. Apologies for the lack of posts.. things are a little crazy around here and I haven't had much time to write or visit the blog world. I also have not forgotten about the Business Series.. I got a little intimidated about writing it but I am trying to work on some posts that should be up soon.
behind the scenes, orlando in studio Monday, February 15, 2010 at 11:14AM I've been meaning to post some pictures from our last It's Better Together meetup. This one was so much fun.. we had a pretty large turnout at Lure Design's studios in Orlando where they talked to us about running a design studio & showed us the ropes of screen printing (they do lots of gig posters). They were incredibly gracious and even allowed everyone to take a turn pulling a poster to take home.
lt was a great meeting and we're so thankful for how much time and effort the Lure team put into helping us have a great event. They really went above and beyond (for example, wine). They're also top on my list because a few weeks ago they also agreed to take time out of their day to talk to me about the National Stationery Show (which I am showing at this year- for the first time). They've been showing their L2 line for a few years and gave me lots of helpful tips and advice. So, many thanks to Lure all around!
This group is about bringing a spirit of camaraderie and togetherness to your business peers instead of competitiveness and it's so nice to see it really happening..
all photos by Becka Knight of Studio222
orlando in happenings Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:00AM 
My friend Jessica Bennett took these wonderful engagement photos of my friends Jesse & Liz. Not only are they the cutest couple ever but these photos are so adorable.. film, oranges, & an anthropologie dress.. perfect. :) eye candy for your monday morning.
more here. (via Jessica's blog)
photography in inspirations Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 3:32PM art in inspirations Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 9:00AM 
I began designing show posters after I moved to Orlando and met Nathan (for his band and a few venues in the area). I fell in love with it and it became one of the first ways that I really began experimenting with combining my illustrations with graphic design. Jay Ryan was (and still his) a huge inspiration.. I'm mesmerized at how he can make a screen printed poster look so detailed.. and having that freshly sketched look. ..not to mention his amazing hand drawn type.
And... seeing that screen printed wedding poster (2nd in on the bottom row) was the first time I realized wedding invitations could be awesome. So, thank you Jay.
images via here.
design, illustration, posters in inspirations Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 9:00AM If anyone has been following my studio move posts you may have noticed that I've never posted the final results. That's because after being in this space for 7+ months we never actually got it finished or opened up our retail store (though I did make it look pretty for Joy one day). The area that was supposed to become the store quickly became storage space for boxes of cards and other things. We've been looking for a new space with more room for our studio and a proper area to serve as a storefront.
Soo, we are now moving to a new space a few blocks away. I've decided to continue the series and document the process of our build-out. This time it will be a much bigger project and we are not moving in until it's completely done so that'll keep us motivated to finish quickly.
here are a few photos...
the new studio/store is the brick space with the 3 windows and we have some fun plans to spice up the exterior (which includes getting rid of the icky green awnings). Our city offers grants to businesses to help pay for façade work to be done so I am planning on applying for this to help ease my costs (I'm working with a pretty strict budget).
our friends Blair & Craig are doing our buildout (Blair is the one who made this). the day after signing the lease they'd already cleared out most of the tile and random walls that the previous tenant installed. I'm now quite overwhelmed at the amount of space we have but very excited about the potential.
google maps
we're going to be located in the Hannibal Square district of Winter Park, fl. ...just a few blocks away from our current location (around the corner form Dexter's for those who live here). It's more of a quaint business district with brick streets, boutique shops & restaurants.
behind the scenes in studio Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:30AM Chris & Alison got married at a national park in Ohio and their invitation set was inspired by their location as well as their love of gig & vintage WPA posters. The main invitation was a fold out poster and we also created a vintage park guide inspired booklet that included a note from the couple, wedding information, a map, and a tear away RSVP postcard on the last page. The booklet was printed and then bound with stitched red thread.
I also created the couple's save the date which you can see here.
invitations in new work, weddings & events Monday, January 25, 2010 at 3:36PM 
top to bottom, left to right:
Postalco notebooks; Postalco leather bag; Perch planter; currently listening to Nat King Cole; reading Malcolm Galdwell's What the Dog Saw; how awesome are TED talks?; Jack Spade bag; J.Crew shoes; Mod Cloth dress; Anna Lynett is my favorite on Project Runway; tulip pendant light from Anthropologie; Kate Spade jewelry
shopping in inspirations 
