I love good paper..and great design…and environmentally friendly products…I found Smock Paper when I was searching for a good wrapping paper to use for one of my projects. Unfortunately, there is only one distributor in the Phoenix area, and the selection slightly poor, but I did found a roll of paper I absolutely love. Since Christmas is just around the corner, and most of my family in Europe, I decided to get some of their Christmas cards as well. Having to chose from all those wonderful designs was so hard…Smock paper does really awesome letterpress, and they are passionately committed to the environment. All of their papers are printed on a pesticide-free bamboo paper, and are donating 1% of their sales to environmental causes.

They also have an Etsy shop, where I actually ordered my cards from.

Have you bought anything from Smock Paper before? Have you got your Christmas cards already? I always love getting cards in the mail, and not just e-cards…it is so nice actually opening something else than bills and advertisements..

(photos by Smock Paper)

xoxo

Denise

P.S This is not a sponsor post, I just happen to love their products and believe in what they do.

When I first started blogging, I knew there will be criticism…It is inevitable, after all is the internet era, people can say whatever they want to say, whenever they want to say it. Today I got rather an unkind comment to a piece I recently finished, and to some extent that is fine. I do not tolerate however, the language that was used. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and not everybody has to like each piece of furniture I paint. I have debated all day if I should remove that comment, or any other that might follow. I decided to keep it, despite the trivial language used, so that other people to see how ungracious that person was. If you find it offensive, please let me know and I will remove it. Yes, it did hurt my feelings..quite a lot..especially the choice of words..I am fine knowing that somebody didn’t like that piece, after all, it was my time, my money and my sweat..Advise is always appreciated, but in the end, decision is entirely mine. I do not buy something because is pretty, I buy something because I see potential in those badly damaged pieces, I see something through the dents, cracks, broken drawers, or missing pieces. This is what I had to say…for now..

I love ocean…the smell, the sound, the sand..I could spend hours just watching the waves…

And is quite funny, I ended up living in the desert…Hopefully, not for a very long time..

Tomorrow we are leaving for s short road trip..no plans, no reservations…wherever we feel like stopping, will stop..I am being adventurous for once..

…and hopefully, I will be taking this very same picture myself tomorrow..

Carpe Diem!!

XOXO

Denise