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Come visit me at SoWa Open Market in Boston this summer!

SoWa Open Market Boston poor and pretty kleiner eisbär

I’m excited to announce that I will be vending at the SoWa (South of Washington Street) Open Market in Boston for a few Sundays this Summer! Catch me 6/2, 7/7, 7/21, 8/11, and 8/18 sharing a tent with my friends Krissy & Dennis Maksymiw of Kleiner Eisbär, purveyors of lovely handbound journals [Read on...]

What I learned from Alt for Everyone: The art of color palettes

Alt for Everyone ended on Saturday, and I already miss it so much! It was a great way to network with other bloggers and gave me tons of inspiration for Poor & Pretty. My favorite classes were Laurie Smithwick’s Graphic Design for Bloggers 101, 201, and 301. In 201, we learned Laurie’s secret to making awesome color palettes. I don’t [Read on...]

New hangtags on my cupcake soaps!

Poor and Pretty cupcake soaps new hangtags

I’ve been working on these new hangtags for my cupcake soaps for a few months, and I’m so happy with them! They’re professionally printed by 4over4, so I no longer have to print them at home, cut them out individually, handwrite the names on them… yeah, [Read on...]

Alt for Everyone: My first Altitude Summit

Alt-For-Everyone

I’ve been wanting to attend an Altitude Summit ever since I discovered them a few years ago. It’s a blogging conference with classes on graphic design fundamentals, social media strategy, organization tips {yes, please!}, brand-building and much more. Unfortunately, I could never make it to Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and [Read on...]

The glitz & glamor of The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby 2013 - Nicky Gatsby Daisy Tom

Suzi & I saw Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby over the weekend and it made me want to throw a 1920′s party all over again.

Great Gatsby 2013 - Gatsby party

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