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Happy Camper Blog // 2010 // June

Archive for June 2010

Above the mountains

30Jun

mountain screen printScreen print by Kris Johnsen

Birthday invitations

29Jun

My great aunt is turning 80 and I was asked to design and letterpress her birthday invitations — remember the sneak peek? Well here’s the full reveal:

birthday letterpress invitationsbirthday letterpressbirthday-letterpress

Wedding weekend

25Jun

Off to no.3 of 7 this season!

Wooden Wedding Signs
{ image found via Once Wed }

Arts and Crafts style

24Jun

il_430xN.137183826il_430xN.152907631il_430xN.151994620il_430xN.150049976Love these bold, graphic designs in the arts&crafts style by Cindy Lindgren

Hot Summer Sun

23Jun

It’s officially summer now although here in DC it’s been in the 90s for awhile  — today to reach 96 degrees. I’ve got summer outfits on my mind…mainly cool sundresses.

image_4image_74image_76{ Toast }

anthropologie{ Anthropologie }

yumi{ Yumi }

Treasure trove

22Jun

I recently was given some boxes of old supplies that belonged to a local artist in my hometown. I found about 30 cans of Van Son ink — I’m still checking them through as some are pretty old, but what a collection!

letterpress inksvan son ink

I also found a rogue “P” type

P type

But, best of all, I have to announce that along with these treasures is a “{BABY} sister printer” to my Sigwalt: a Gocco printer!

gocco b5 mastergocco materials

I’ve never tried Gocco printing before but am really excited to try it out!

Bear sightings in Shenandoah

21Jun

I was one Happy Camper this weekend at Shenandoah National Park. Want to know why? Not only did my family and I did some great hiking with gorgeous vistas, we saw bears! And not just one, four! And not just adults but two cubs!Happy-camper-bear

bear-cub-happy-camperWe even were stopped by one along the trail who ran up a tree! We saw the cubs wrestle with one another, try to turn up rocks for insects and follow their mother who happened to be following the Appalachian Trail. I was in heaven.

AT-marker

Here are some more photos highlighting the beauty of the park:

sunset-over-shenandoah

shenandoah-flowershenandoah forestmountain laurelpurple fringed orchid(The purple-fringed orchid…generally pretty rare to be seen)

shenandoah-viewmoss covered tree

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