Swiss Days

The ladies and I took it upon ourselves to have a booth at swiss days this year. It was such a great time. A TON of work, but such a great time. Here are some pics.

Emily is doing the robot in front of our booth ;)
And here is some of our product:

photos by Sarah Faubus

I Heart New York

So we went to New York! No big deal, right?

It was just a hot, sticky, subway-riding, pizza-eating, H&M-shopping, Van Gogh-viewing, feet-aching, bedbug-dodging, most amazing time!

Shaun's work was selected as a winner in I.D. Magazine's annual design review. We absolutely felt it necessary to take a trip out there for the show...couldn't miss it right?

view the winners here.

Mom

Just wanted to show off my beautiful mother. Happy mother's day Mom! I love you.

A Day in the Life

This is Oasis

When she's ready to go home, she climbs behind you on your chair, puts her head on your shoulder, and makes wookiee noises in your ear. I kind of love her.

The Book of Commandments

Remember all the paper I was making in this post?

Well, it's for a project that has been a long time in the making at Scrub Oak Bindery where I work. Ethan Ensign was granted permission from several owners ( including the LDS church archives) of original copies of the LDS Book of Commandments to scan and create a reproduction of the book.

So, for the past year to two years he has been furiously scanning, editing files, making paper, and printing (on a Vandercook letterpress) 150 reproductions of the Book of Commandments. Now it's time to bind them all up, make boxes (oh my goodness) and get them sent on their way to those who have pre-ordered and are VERY patiently waiting.

Needless to say, work has been busy lately, but I've got some great photos to show you our progess!

Get ready for photo overload

Untrimmed, printed sheets

Lili folding and collating the cut sheets

A sea of pages

Sections folded, pressed, and ready for a refining trim

Lili trimming

Trimmed sheets being prepped for sewing

Had to get a shot of Ethan :)

Punching sections for sewing

Ethan sewing

Building trays for the box

Ten box trays and lids finished!

Boxes ready for labels

Here's the inside of the box with the Book of Commandments on top and the addendum by Peter Crawley on the bottom. Obviously this copy isn't in a completed state, but you get the idea.

So there's a sneak peak! I'll get some more pictures up soon of the finished product in all it's glory. The reproduction is being sold through Ken Sanders Rare Books.

Frumpy Dumpy Doo

I have been in a funk. As a moody blogger you will have to excuse my 'in-a-funk' absences. January, February, and March are my frumpy dumpy days. These usually trigger a return trip to the depression of my adolescence.

Good News... They're over! At least...for today they are :)
Here's why:

1. It was a beautiful day today and my house smells like fresh flowers (courtesy of Nate and Stevie's wedding, thank you very much).
2. I gardened today...a lot. I'm going to try square foot gardening and I've got it all planned out. More to come.
3. I saw these:

http://www.keepcalmgallery.com/

I will have them. At least the first two. Just tack those on to my wish list guys.

Cross Country Skiing: The Hardest Sport Ever

Saturday we went cross country skiing with Brock and Sarah at Aspen Grove. I'm in pretty good shape...I mean. I've run marathons. But that stuff is hard. We were all pretty tired by the end of the trip.

I went home and proceeded to crash on the couch. When I woke up, guess what was on TV?

Marcus Hellner of Sweden won the men's 30 km SPRINT (that's right, SPRINT).

Amazing. I think I'll stick to marathons. Did I mention I'm addicted to the olympics? They're so motivating. If it weren't for my warm bed in the morning I'd be in tip top shape right now!