all things girls can tell

coasters + towels + lunchbags at fab!

get your Fab.com account ready! on sunday, january 22, girls can tell will be offering up an assortment of coasters, lunch bags, and, of course, tea towels through the flash feature site. in the meantime, i've been busy in the shop, cutting a few hundred coasters in preparation for a marathon afternoon (and probably evening...) of printing for the occasion.

and if you can't wait for the sale to begin (or you're looking for an extra special design in particular), the great news is that the felt coasters are also available for sale once again in the official girls can tell online shop. happy weekend!

holiday shipping deadlines!

the shop is all gussied up for the holidays! which can only mean one thing: shipping deadlines for online shoppers are nearing!

i do my very best to pack up your orders as soon as they're received all year long. all orders ship within 2-3 business days from the time payment is received (some even ship sooner! like i said, i really do my best!). however, even if i'm as speedy as can be, delivery can take a couple days. most US orders are sent via 2-3 day priority mail, and international orders are sent via first class international mail - please allow enough time for delivery when ordering!

to ensure you all get your holiday goodies in plenty of time for gift giving, the following are the last ordering dates for which i can be sure you'll receive your packages in time:

 

US holiday shipping deadline: order by dec 19 for dec 23 delivery
Int'l holiday shipping deadline: order by dec 7 for dec 23 delivery

as always, if you have a special gift giving event that you're ordering for, please let me know when it is! while i make every effort to ship as quickly as possible, i'm much better at drawing diagrams than reading minds. a heads up with your order is much better than us scurrying to find a solution at the last minute!

thanks so much! happy gift giving this season! shop small + support independent businesses!

special project: coasters for knack!

lovely lady barb at knack studios has been making pure magic lately, bringing new life to great pieces of furniture. when she asked about having some custom coasters made as a thank you gift for her lovely customers, i agreed to the project without hesitation.

here is a super post she wrote at her own blog on the results, with some photos (how did i forget to take photos! gah!). take a peek, and also skip on her site to see some of the really beautiful projects she's taken on lately. amazing.

beautiful illustrations + handmade shows

in my inbox this morning popped this great graphic on an email for the always amazing art vs. craft show in milwaukee. i've seen a lot (a whole lot, actually) of illustrations for craft shows, but this one is by far my favorite.

speaking of art + craft shows... this weekend, pittsburgh! erik + i will make our way across the (deceptively huge) state of pennsylvania for handmade arcade! check out this little sneak peek steeltown anthem did on some of the vendors to get excited! (with links to great shops if you're not in western pennsylvania...)

if you're in philadelphia, the shop will be open all weekend! from 12-6pm on saturday + sunday, the ever so awesome yara will be here to answer your questions + help you begin your holiday shopping!

 

process: shipping boxes + other monotonous details

lately i've ben very fortunate + have been able to participate in some really big, fantastic opportunities. sometimes, i forget when i'm signing on to really neat things that are bigger that i've ever done before that the details take time. like assembling 300+ shipping boxes in an afternoon by myself. it's for processes like this that i love to find a good, long documentary + let my mind wander while i work. recently, i watched the fantastic ken burns' prohibition series on PBS. it delved into not only the bits we all tend to think of when we recall that era, but also the series of events leading up to it, which was completely fascinating.

feature: modern mouse interview

modern mouse is a fantastic little shop carrying girls can tell wares that i am delighted to have been with since the beginning. located in alameda, california, the shop grew from a holiday pop-up store to a year round spot for amazing, good things! they interviewed me about the work|shop a bit ago, and that interview is up on their blog now (along with some photos you may recognize!)

enjoy the interview here!

top picks for supermarket

this week, the lovely people at supermarketHQ asked me to curate a selection of picks from the designers on their site. it was hard to choose from all the amazing things - take a peek at what i selected!

special project: rowhouse pint glasses

each year, my neighborhood organizes a beer tour - it's basically a series of open houses where each house offers a different local, seasonal craft beer, along with oktoberfest themed foods + snacks. it's great fun, especially if you're like me + getting to peek into other people's houses + craft beer are two of your all time favorite things.

the planning commitee this year asked me to do an illustration for the pint glasses for the event. they mentioned that they had a drawing of a rowhouse in mind, since every house in our neighborhood is some derivation of pretty much the same model of traditional rowhouse. it was quite a bit of fun drawing out all the rooms + furnishings, which i think shows in all the little details in the illustration. i heard they weren't expecting a front / back section through all the rooms, but everyone seemed to love the drawing. yay!

welcome to the work|shop!

new for this holiday season is the girls can tell work|shop! if you find yourself in south philadelphia, you can stop by to see where + how girls can tell items are made + shipped out, browse selections that haven't made their internet debut yet or just say hi! for hours, please see girlscantell.com/hours or to make an appointment for another day, just email me at visit [at] girlscantell.com.

if you are in philadelphia this month, please do stop by for philadelphia open studio tours on october 15 + 16, between 12 - 6pm for refreshments, q+a + shopping!

since so many of you, out there in interwebz world, don't have the good fortune of living in our fair city, i thought i'd share a few photos of the shop from the day of the opening party. thanks for taking a peek! hope to see you soon!

 

oh, blog!

admittedly, i've been having a bit of a hard time blogging lately. i won't sit here and go on about how busy i am or detail what i've been choosing to work on instead of posting (i've been posting those types of updates as "news" at girlscantell.com). it's not for lack of ideas or things to say i'm not posting here. i just can't help but wonder what real purpose this virtual space serves these days.

when i began posting, i was enthused about beginning my full time creative business, and posted fairly often here because i wanted dialogue about a lot of stuff i wasn't seeing discussed in our community. i wanted to answer the questions i hadn't found answers to and figured out myself as i went along. it seemed like the right thing to do.