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I love Me some Minted Holiday Cards

December 19, 2012

I just got this year’s holiday cards back from Minted!! This is the 3rd time I’ve used minted.com to make our cards, and I totally LOVE them. Let me give you some perspective, I am chronic non-holiday-card-sender-outer. Out of the 13 holiday’s I’ve had since splitting* with my folks (aka moving out), 9 of which I’ve spent married, and 5 of those with kids, I’ve only sent out holiday cards 3 times. I know, I totally suck and I am the worst. Not only do I fail at sending out cards, I am also very opinionated about the cards that I don’t send out. Herein lies the problem. I could never buy stationery off the shelf, I just couldn’t. I need a well designed holiday card on lush paper, (I’m such a total snob, right?). I guess I might as well just make my own. “Oh what’s that you say internet?, try minted you’ll like it?” No way! And then it happened, minted came around and made it easy for me to make super cool holiday cards. With an assortment of stationery to suit all types of styles it becomes hard to choose your favorite. Not only do they have [...]

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Cam’s Baby Shower Invites

April 18, 2012

This weekend I cranked out some invitations for my friend Cam’s baby shower that I will be hosting in May. I’m super happy with how they turned out. I was totally inspired by Shanna Murray’s decal illustrations. I knew from the get go I wanted the party to involve a lot of handmade elements and I thought I’d start by penning the invitations in my own handwriting. Plus I had just ordered a bunch of washi tape for no other reason then to hoard polka-dots and stripes. It needed to be put to use. I pulled out my old gocco printer out and went to town. I’m getting pretty proficient with this printer, it used to terrify me. Mostly because the screens and bulbs were so expensive, but now I’m an old veteran. I’ve got mad gocco skillz. I tucked the invites in an inner 5×7 glassine sleeve. I love making correspondence and I wanted these to feel special and delicate. Can’t get enough of the polka dots these days. I whole heartedly blame Annie Larson and Crystal Quinn. I rounded the edges of the invite with a corner rounder. Do you have one of these? I highly recommend one, [...]

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… and the Valentine Winner is:

February 9, 2012

Congrats Graham! (Jeff totally picked you cause you were the only dude, bros stick together). I hope your sweetie, Jes, loves the card and your sentiments too of course. Do you think you’ll give her the Bruce one? That would probably be best. Thanks to all who entered! It was nice to hear from all of you and I appreciate all the kind words and positive feedback about the new site redesign. Have a good weekend, Scoops Out. Related posts:Happy Anniversary To My Sweets.Cheers!Something Weird Is HappeningGet Yer Spring On!

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Win Some Cool Valentines!

February 7, 2012

Hey Guys, You might have noticed that I have been up to a lot of new things around the old Henhouse these days. I’ve got the new site redesign, some new features (like the etsy finds), a really awesome new spotlight involving cool people and studio tours, and some new projects I’d like to share with you. To celebrate all the new changes and to welcome you to the new and improved Henhouse, I’d like to try something new, a GIVEAWAY! Yep that’s right. Colz and I are going to be giving away a suite of 3 Valentine’s (featured below) from our stationery shop, The Henhouse Press. All this being said, I’d love it if you made yourself at home, check out the new space, nose around and head over to the Facebook page where I have been sharing news, a few instagram photos and some other random inspiration.

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HVD Valentines!

February 6, 2012

Yep, We’ve got new Valentine’s in the Etsy store and these ones are pretty great. Printed with super Hot Pink & Metallic Gold ink they kinda rule, seriously, how could you go wrong? The abbreviation on the front could stand for Happy Valentines Day, or, it could stand for any of the following; Herpes Vulva Dong Happy Venereal Disease Hot Vajayjay Dookie Huge Virtual Dong Hilarious Vagina Dicks (my favorite) Humping Very Daintily Okay, I’m spent, this is harder than it looks. Here’s another pic and the details. This single, screen printed valentine card comes complete with a coordinating kraft paper envelope. The inside of this cards is left blank, and is just waiting a special, or not so special message for your sweetie . The note card is A2 size (4.25″ x 5.5″) and packaged in a cellophane bag for protection. Please order soon, so that I can get these sweeet thangs to you by V-Day. Related posts:Free Invitation Downloads from The …Jess & Nils’ Library Inspired W…Cheers!Last Minute Valentines

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