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How we moved the Chandler & Price this weekend

click on the images below to see the whole thing:::::

Please click on my FLICKR link on the side bar of this page to get all the details of the move::::

Tomorrow...a new press

image from Briar Press
Tomorrow I will be picking up a new printing press and some drawers of type from Virginia with my Dad and Pavel.  This is my last big purchase for some time now.  The shop will be in full swing come May and it will be downtown!  That's right, I will be moving my whole enterprise to Old City right on 3rd street.  I'll be posting the official address and store name where you can come visit me soon.  The shop will be open for studio visits and tours for those of you who have been wanting to see what it is I do...really. 
So please keep your eyes on the blog for the new info some time within the next two weeks and photos of the move.  It's going to be a lot of hard work- thanks Dad and Pavel in advance- this isn't the most fun activity you can imagine for a weekend "off" so I won't make a habit out of moving all this iron around. 


and for those of you who didn't get to see in my earlier post because the photo wasn't great- this is more or less the paper cutter I just bought- though mine is bigger that the one in the photo.  If any of you Philly artists need to cut some serious paper down in either quantity or size- feel free to shoot me an e-mail I would be glad to help you out. 

 

Art Star Craft Bazaar

 
Saturday May 31st 11-7 and Sunday June 1st 11-5

I'm IN!!!!!
Very excited about this fun outdoor craft event in the Penn's Landing area of Philadelphia.  It was a juried event- with 150 artists participating from all over.

Please do stop by and say hello if you're in the area

Art Star Craft Bazaar
click on site for detailed directions!

Adorable print by artist Julie West available here to purchase for $20 (I bought one :)  )

 

100's of daff's

I remember so well how the front of our house used to look when we first bought it.  Overgrown, neglected, lots of weeds, overwhelming really.  But we went at it little by little.  What is interesting about a home is that- if you buy in the winter- you don't really know what's in the ground.  In our case- by the time we started to clean up the yard- we didn't care either.  Our mission was to get rid of everything and start from new.  For those of you who don't know or never saw our home, it used to be a mechanic's shop in our backyard- and it was full of trash and debris- and weeds, did I mention the weeds yet? 

So we chopped everything to the ground- almost everything- and started all over again.  And so I've planted over 20 plants in our yard (including 4 trees) roses, crepe myrtle's, decorative grass, perennial flowers, hasta- and last fall we planted 100 tulips and 100 daffodil bulbs.  So now this year (top photo) spring has truly sprung in our front yard.  And there's a four year old who just LOVES to pick them.  And you know what- she can- she can pick as many as she likes. 

If I were a kid and I could pick daff's every day when I got home from school I would have been happy as can be.  Now we're just waiting for the tulips to pop out.

One of the plants we had no idea about was the flowering quince (2nd photo)  This is probably one of the most stunning plants I've ever seen.  And cutting it to the quick didn't seem to bother it.  Like a rose it came back in full force.  And in the late summer it has quince fruits that grow around the bottom.  They are so pretty, don't you think?