I love love love getting photos from brides and grooms for whom I’ve done custom work. And, lookie what I got in the mail this week! These were a set of teal ties that I made with the attendants’ names screenprinted in silver on the side, and compasses screenprinted going off the end. [...]
Entries from August 2010
custom neckties
August 20th, 2010 2 Comments
Tags: bow ties · neckties · xoelle
hello due date
August 19th, 2010 3 Comments
Well, here it is- my estimated date of delivery. I was optimistic that I would be holding a little ginger girl by this time, but here I am waddling around the house, wishing that I could choose the time of her arrival. Tonight would be great. Ya hear that ging?
It’s a surreal [...]
thrifted and coveted
August 16th, 2010 2 Comments
Isn’t that ladybug amazing? Having been nicknamed Ladybug as a kid, I have quite a collection of these, but I was so amazed to find this little pressed tin one that is a pincushion and a tape measure (look at the little behind!) It’s missing one googly eye, but I’m gonna do my [...]
Tags: thrifted
To our second born
August 14th, 2010 5 Comments
Dear Ginger,
Just in case we haven’t officially told you yet, we’re ready for you. We have washed and folded all your little dainty pink baby clothes (with a healthy dose of hand-me-downs from your brother).
We have a vintage Jenny Lind crib that we picked up for you at a garage sale, and even though [...]
Tags: baby
the boy of a thousand faces
August 12th, 2010 3 Comments
love love love this kid.
Tags: jack
three glorious years
August 7th, 2010 9 Comments
Dear mr. awesome,
Has it really been three years that I’ve been calling you that? More, really- since I gave you that nickname the first week we were dating. I remember you rambling on and on our first date about all of your amazing qualities- how great you were at money management (I didn’t [...]
Tags: anniversary · garth
back to school with poppytalk handmade
August 5th, 2010 1 Comment
Open publication – Free publishing – More vintage
xoelle is included in Poppytalk’s Back to School market. Sweet.
Tags: xoelle. business














