New Jersey Love

I've been home in NJ for the past week or so for our school break…and sadly I have to head back South tomorrow. Even though the Jerz tends to get a bad rap, I wouldn't want to have grown up anywhere else. So, in honor of all that is great about Hopewell Valley, I put together a little top 10 list of reasons why I love being home:


1. Mom's peach pie
2. Running along the canal
3. Watching the Eags with Dad
4. Being able to see the fabulous Kaity Ry for just $12
5. Jersey tomatoes
6. Kerr Farm corn
7. Lambertville (and New Hope - which should really just be considered part of NJ)
8. Terhune Orchard donuts
9. Cream King (and especially its former employees)
10. Sitting in the backyard with no one else around

Going to the Chapel…

No, not me. But someone very very dear to me is - and she was gracious enough to ask me for some help with her wedding invitations (all incredibly exciting!) While I don't want to spoil the surprise of what her invites might look like, I thought I'd share some of my personal favorites…although none are quite as special as this wonderful lady's will be xo Enjoy!







from top: Ceci, Hammerpress, Bird and Banner, Linda + Harriet, Oscar + Emma

Come back August…

Don't get me wrong: I love the fall (by far my favorite season.) I'm just not ready to say goodbye to summer quite yet.
photo: cig harvey

Birthday Girl #2

Melissa Conley: newest member of the "we're officially in our mid-20s" club. What a good friend you've been to me these past 20 years or so…how I so wish I could be with you to celebrate! (But only if you make the same face as this little girl when you blow out your birthday candles…)

Happy Birthday Jessie!

Very special birthday wishes sent out to the one and only Miss Jessie Prewitt! Welcome to the "we're officially in our mid-2os" club. What I wouldn't give to be home celebrating with you…eat some extra cake for me.

She may not be pretty…

Ta da! My very own press. Sort of. After months of sitting in pieces at the foot of my bed, I finally put my tabletop press together (design courtesy of ReadyMade, construction/elbow grease courtesy of Mom.) In case you don't already know, I'm slightly obsessed with letterpress printing (think of my Christmas cards.) Quality/affordable presses are hard to come by, so last winter Mom helped me (re: I watched her) make a tabletop press to call my own. I'm waiting on an ink shipment right now, but I'm excited to run some prints soon.

Vandercook Press; C&P Pilot Presses

I'm not sure how she'll compare to the real deal, but until I have enough space/money for one of these, she'll have to do!

Playing catch up…

Well…it's been awhile! Since wrapping up a string of family vacations and lots of lazy Sundays, I've finally caught up with all my school work…so I figured I'd try and catch up with the tfp blog as well. I thought I'd share a few photos from the highlight of my summer - my good friend/sister #2 Sarah's wedding. I think I may just have to quit school and move to Colorado…

{photos courtesy of Courtney Wilson Photography}