Happy Camper

Vintage finds

Happy Camper — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:06 +0000

Over the weekend, I found these fun gems at a flea market in Harpers Ferry, WV:

A marmalade pewter container from Scotland.
An old milk bottle from Aristocrat Dairy. Perfect as a vase!

Barely there blue

Happy Camper — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:04:21 +0000

Amidst the “summer of weddings” craziness, I’m trying to squeeze in some letterpress work. This is a little sneak peek of what I worked on this weekend. Barely there blue waves on 110# Crane Lettra. Full reveal will come … soonish :)

Getting Inky

Happy Camper — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:08:33 +0000

Finally went through all of the inks I acquired, weeding out the dried up ones. Here’s what I ended up with:

2 Yellow

2 Rubine Red

1 PMS 185 Red

1 Rhodamine Red

2 Warm Red

1 Orange OA 3638

1 Brick Dust

1 Bronze Blue

1 Process Blue

and … 5 blacks.

Whew. I’m set for life with reds and black.

Too bad the “cactus” color didn’t work out; it looked like a fun color:

Unfortunately, I’ve got about 15 dried up cans to toss out. Anyone know how to dispose old ink properly?

Wedding photos – revisited

Happy Camper — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:07:55 +0000

Remember I wrote last week to wait for the professional photos of my sister’s wedding? Well some of them are here! Matthew Tennison, talented photographer who snapped away at the wedding, posted a few on his blog and they are gorgeous.

(That’s me behind my sister trying to button all those buttons!)

There are a few more on his blog to check out too

Finally Friday

Happy Camper — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:17:32 +0000

A little different than my “Feliz Friday” posts but I definitely feel a big sigh of relaxation that it’s finally Friday. This photo sums it up quite nicely that my dear friend and talented photographer Mimi took in Martha’s vineyard:
Have a calm and relaxing weekend!

It’s dandy

Happy Camper — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:09:04 +0000

Hand-drawn, letterpress animal cards with a twist by Dandy Lion Press are beautiful. I love the big, sketchy illustrations on colored paper:

So lovely how they pay attention to the whole card space — extending the design around to the back and using little elements that coordinate the card to the envelope.

{ via PaperCrave }

Girl crush

Happy Camper — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:07:25 +0000

Really wish my hair could do that — I’d love to cut it short and have messy waves…

{image via the Sartorialist }

Save the whales

Happy Camper — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:20:00 +0000

Just some fun Save the Whales illustrations

1. Print found here

2. Print found here

3. Shirt found here

My sister’s wedding

Happy Camper — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:20:57 +0000

My sister was married this weekend in my hometown in Pennsylvania! Everything was beautiful, especially my sister. These were a few photos I was able to take in between the craziness. More (professional) photos to come!

Special weekend

Happy Camper — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:22:47 +0000

I’m heading out a bit early this week due to … my sister’s wedding! My one and only older sister is getting married in our hometown on Saturday in a yellow barn. I’ll post photos after the weekend!

Happy weekend everyone!

{photo found here}