New over at Etsy

New here at the ranch:



I called an illustrator friend of mine and asked him if I could use this image he did for my office a number of years ago. I'm not sure about your neighborhood but it's all cafe racers around town here these days. I love to see the boys zipping around town on their vintage bmw's and triumphs with their fun metallic helmets, cuffed levi's etc.

Mark Sasway Illustration, should you be in need of someone with great talent, is available here he also has a lovely show hanging at Portfolio Coffee House over on Retro Row/4th Street here in Long Beach at the moment and can also be seen on his site.


If you have a moto fan in your life [or it's you], this illustration was originally done approx 10+ years ago for a poster my former office did for a vintage motorcycle event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The poster won some awards if I remember correctly.

available on Crane's lettra in pearl white with a choc brown envelope or also on kraft with an off white envelope.
ink is a vintage green-glass color on both



lastly a fun little birthday card.

both available over at Etsy $4.75 each - I highly advise choosing a couple things if you're buying second item is only 10 cents to ship if you purchase more than one card!

"looking for some hot stuff"

I'm hearing Donna Summer's playing "looking for some hot stuff" in my head right now. Unless you're 15, actually 13 please don't. I want to keep my lunch down.

via the uber fashion site Net-a-Porter $200 if you're nasty.

We all scream for ice cream -Coolhaus mobile ice cream

If you've been reading for a while, you'll know that I've had a thing for mobile food for a few years now. I just thought that the whole business model of the ice cream truck was underutilized, seems is as if I was right once again. As we've seen in the past few years gourmand airstreams up in Portland, the insanity of Kogi here in Los Angeles, Long Beach's own Ice Cream Man, Sprinkles cupcakes have recently took the road and now the gourmet ice cream cookie.

Coolhausthe fancy ice cream sandwich maker is partnering with Kogi, doing the twitter thing too. It sounds like a perfect match to me late night tacos followed by a yummy dessert.

Now I just need a Peet's coffee truck to come singing down the street and life would be perfect.

via> Springwise

Olio United-film series

Check out "the story behind the product" film series by a super cool store in Portland Olio United: what they say about their store:

we love to share stories with our customers. We believe that people have the right to know how products are made and where they are made. Our mission is to carry products that are aesthetically inspiring and beneficial to people’s lives, from the maker of the product to the consumer.

From fashion consciousness to global consciousness, we connect the dots. Quite honestly, we don’t believe that the world needed another retail store . . . it needed one with a better purpose. There are numerous global issues facing us today, and with smart consumer spending and support of local artisans and fairly made products, we can all be an active part of the solution.

Korinne James and Cathy McMurray
owners

New in the studio - Christy & Martin

Christy and Martin finally were printed right side up [see previous post for the hilarious mirror printing]
Letterpressed one color
Lettra Pearl White sheet 110#

invite, map card, rsvp, thank you and matching place card, matching digitally printed wrap around label
envelope night blue with moss green liner and deep purple return envelope which you can't see because I've lost my photography mojo lately.






I worked with her florist [the very awesome, super exclusive Diane Frederic of Twig Floral if you're in the Los Angeles area/ Diane@twigfloral.com] that had set up the cymbidium orchid platform for the wedding and we mirrored the square format she has continuing with her cake in the invitation.

click to enlarge any of the photos [they're very lovely large and in charge]