happy holiday

hello, internet. hope everyone had a happy holiday with family and friends!

To wake up?

Fifty People, One Question: Brooklyn from Crush & Lovely

i love this video series and wanted to share it.

found via OhJoy!

Mr. Barnes

We have been busy packing+shipping out orders for the shop and tonight we finally have a chance to wrap our own presents. Unfortunately we can't put the presents under our christmas tree, because Barney our bunny (or Mr. Barnes as we like to call him) loves like crazytown chewing and nibbling up the wrapping paper and boxes, plus under the tree is his spot.

Tonight I also baked some presents for friends and neighbors. Some banana bread, pumpkin bread and also Mandel Bread with chocolate chips, which I discovered from Stu's aunt and it is my favorite. It smells like cinnamon and chocolate in our house tonight. Love it.

Ornaments we made.

Some ornaments Holly and I sewed for our tree yesterday. Made with some fabric scraps, felt, buttons and ribbon.

For those last-minute shoppers...

A tree on our roof.

Hello, there.
Hope our weekend was a good one. This weekend we got our tree and hung our stockings up. It was the first year Holly really got into decorating our tree with me and was as excited as I was about hanging each of our ornaments. She's already on winter break from preschool so I think were going to make some ornaments together this week for the tree.

Winter Friday

The other night we watched Charlie Brown Christmas and this weekend we're going to get our tree. Stu already strung our lights up outside our house and now I have to dig in the basement to find our ornaments and stockings. I love this time of year.

Happy weekend.

p.s. do some shopping this weekend at three potato four and
take advantage of our promo - ten dollars off orders $75 or more
enter code: tenpotato at checkout

Holiday Deals - Ten Dollars Off

We're running a promo now that last til Sunday December 14th. $10 dollars off all orders $75 dollars or more. Happy shopping!

*Gift Ideas* - Birds of a Feather

From left to right: Bird Botanical Print - Japanese Lantern. Ceramic Pigeon Vase by J. Mendicino. Orange/Red Flock Print by Good Shape Design. Bluebird & Trees Carafe by Shinzi Katoh. Bluebird Stationery Set. Glass Chickadee Vase. Piyo 3 Piece Meauring Cup Set. Sticker Stamp Set - Curious Bird. Suspended Seagull Sculpture. Ceramic Skinny Bird Vase.

silos + factories

vintage industrial from american furnishings

We think old factories, abandoned warehouses, woodworking shops, barns and silos are fascinating places to explore. Everything is so perfectly worn, having spent many years being used by those who work hard - making a living by working with their hands. A lot of our very favorite pieces of furniture in our own home, we have found in abandoned places like these, like our blue school desk found in a warehouse, our tanker industrial steel desk found outside a police station, our metal card catalog from an old factory, and our orange set of lockers from an abandoned woodshop. Things seem to have more meaning when they have an interesting backstory to tell.

The folks at american furnishings have also visited many of these long forgotten places in middle america and rescued some amazing pieces, re-purposed for useful everyday items and now available in their shop.

handsewn type

don't you love this?

via iheartit.tumbler.com

Punch in...Punch out

Just wanted to mention these industrial time-card racks were just put up in the shop. They're awesome and look great up on a wall.

Friday.

hooded sweaters make me cozy -otis @ 4 1/2 months

just a reminder free shipping ends this sunday... have a great weekend!

Hung up with care.

Update to the shop coming tomorrow. Look for fun items like these wooden vintage ornaments and take advantage of the free shipping we are offering this week!

This is how we chill.

93 til infinity by Souls of Mischief
15 years old and still one of our favorite songs...

Hello.

This week we are guest bloggers over at Poppytalk. Check out our posts there all this week. Thanks to Jan at Poppytalk for inviting us!

Manhattan.

This is where...
we got our first apartment together.
worked long hours at our first real jobs.
we got married in a loft in the garment district.
my wallet was stolen.
we spent hours walking and wandering around.
we wrote our names in the cement.
we were on sept 11.
they have the best bagels and pizza.
our first child was born.

"Manhattan" print now available in our shop. A limited print by Jim Datz.

*free shipping this week for orders over $25.