DIY Trunkshow pics

Here are a few pictures from my table at the DIY Trunkshow. It was a great show! I had a lot of fun and met great people! That was my one and only holiday show this year. Please visit my etsy shop if you would like anything. If you don't see the design you want please email me anytime! I will be adding a lot more to my etsy shop in the next couple of weeks.

Speaking of adding to my etsy shop. I designed a new poster and a sneak peak is pictured below. That will be going up in the etsy shop tomorrow. It is a limited edition letterpress print of 32 and it is printed on creamy white card stock. It is a Tina Fey quote from her guest appearance on Weekend Update on SNL this year (before all the great spots of her as SP).


Like I said DIY Trunkshow was my one and only holiday show this year but there are lots and lots more great shows coming up in Chicago. So if you have some free time check out these: the Bucktown Bazaar, the One of a Kind Show, the Renegade Holiday Sale, and many more! Metromix is a pretty good place to search for holiday happenings around town.

And I know this is not a handmade show but I just love this crazy little German Christmas town (christkindlmarket chicago) the city does from Thanksgiving through Christmas in Daley Plaza. Mmmmm... mulled wine and strudel!

news: the second holiday card is printed!

This is the second Shimmer Studio holiday card for this year. It also features a Shimmer Studio brocade design and reads, "Happy Holidays!" It is folded and the inside is blank for your personal correspondence. This holiday card is letterpress printed on Italian Startdream metallic cardstock and includes a coordinating envelope. The cardstock color is a light metallic aquamarine and the design is printed with a turquoise ink. Both holiday cards will be available for sale soon!!! Here is a link back to Shimmer Studio's Alternative Holiday.

news: Alternative Holiday Card

I just finished printing my Alternative Holiday card today and here is a little preview of it!!! I am so excited with how they turned out. These cards are folded and letterpress printed onto Italian Stardream cardstock and they come with a matching envelope. The cardstock is a metallic gun metal color and the ink is silver metallic. The envelope is also a metallic paper. The design is a shimmer studio brocade pattern and they say, "happy whatever & merry everything else." I can't wait to send out a stack of black envelopes for the holidays — how about you?

I do have another holiday card option that I will be printing next week. It is also on metallic cardstock and comes with a matching metallic envelope but the paper color is light blue and it will be letterpress printed with a turquoise ink (shimmer studio's signature color). The design is a different shimmer studio brocade pattern and it will simply say, "Happy Holidays!"