Happy Holidays!

Every year I draw our Christmas card and we send it out as a postcard. When we were first married we were poor and postcard stamps and copy machines were the cheapest route. Then I started stumbling on to all these great cards from some of my cartooning heroes, so I decided to make it a tradition. I've had some bad ones along the way, but it's fun for me every year and I've been told some people actually look forward to getting them and adding them to their collection. That is always guaranteed to bring out the "Aw, shucks!" in me.

Polly Esther Posters

My better half is a pretty talented artist as well as teacher. Her new little venture is this thing called Polly Eshther Threads. She makes these fun-shaped crayons--

And these T-Shirt scarves. She has a really good eye for putting this stuff together and making it look pretty rad. She sells Polly Esther goods at Firefly Coffee House, Fort Wayne Museum of Art and will be, along with myself, the Featured Artist at Freshly on July 18th. I put these posters together to start advertising her work a little more as she she starts to get some more exposure.

Look for an Etsy store soon!

If you'd like to order some crayons or scarves, drop her a line at pollyestherthreads@gmail.com. She can do batches, too!

Polly Esther Identity

Been working on some designs for my wife's Polly Esther Repurposed Threads line of handcrafted goodness.  Working on a hanger to display her tie cuffs and a business card.

 

These are just first drafts.  Any input would be appreciated.

These books have been floating around fueling the handmade rampage at our house: