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Happy Halloween!

Last night we warmed up the Halloween vibes with a spooky party at the home of a couple Black Apples we know. [And please check out that Halloween link.  I promise you won't be sorry.]

We received this warning in the mail with the invitation:

 

so it seemed rather imperative we attend if we wanted to keep all our digits.

Unfortunately we did a terrible job of party and costume documentation, though we did retain ten fingers a piece.  Good thing we have tonight to photographically make up for it!

We did manage to get shots of bits and pieces of our own costumes (even though we never got full body shots) so we'll just work off a slow reveal...

    

 I swear I am not making this next part up.  While we were on our errand hunt for costume bits and pieces, we were almost taken out by a hot shot driver in the Halloween Superstore parking lot. After he parked, we got a look at his license plate.  Are you ready for this?...

 

Spooky!!!

James Bond Red Hots

Intrigue!

Today I found this little parcel waiting for me at my desk:

 

 

 

 

We bought a bag of these style of boxes candy treats for a party last week. [Side note: What is the classification for these things?  You know, Lemonheads, Boston Baked Beans, Jawbreakers, etc...do they belong to specific confectionery category? Boxed candy doesn't seem quite appropriate.]  [Second side note: In case you were wondering, the Orangeheads were the first to go among party-goers.]

Since then, I've had a real thing for the Red Hots in particular.  In fact, we still have a mound of this {insert box candy genre here} waiting for anyone who would like to come trick or treating in our living room but that mound has been picked clean of the 'Hots.  So, just when I thought I was out, this little package magically appeared.

Secret packaging + trendy candy desires = good husband!

P.S.  Please don't tell my dentist about this.  I just had my cleaning last week.

Wheels for Henry

Okay, let's get blog things back on track the right way, shall we?

We're happy to announce that starting today and running through October 31st we'll be donating 10% of our Etsy shop sales to Wheels For Henry.

 

(Illustration by the unstoppable Kate Bingaman-Burt)

Henry is one cool kid and is the son of our pal Chloe (who is also the proprietress of one of Portland's greatest shopping treasures, Reading Frenzy).  It just so happens that Henry rocks a wheelchair and he and his mom would benefit greatly from a vehicular upgrade.  They have received funding to convert a van in the necessary ways to make it wheelchair friendly, but they don't have the funds for the van...yet.  You can read more about Henry and his mom here.

Enough talking, let's do this!  Why not start some holiday shopping now and spread some of that moolah around for a good cause.  I've already been eyeing some of the other 30+ shops participating and plan to put my money where my bloggy mouth is.  

I'm looking at this print by Betsy Walton (although it's really tough to pick out my favorite by Betsy):

 

And this letterpress calendar for 2010 by ilee:

 

We have their 2009 version of this letterpress calendar and I get really giddy about flipping over each month.  I try to never peek at what's coming up next so I have a little surprise each 1st.

I'm also pretty sure this thank you card by Power and Light Press could come in handy in virtually any situation:

 

We're going to be a releasing a few new things in the next couple weeks for purchasing motivation as well.  Today we start with three new bottle openers.  Thanks to Dane and Claire for helping us come us with some new slogans via our Facebook page.

We've got the sloth taking it easy:

 

The cardinal wetting his whistle:

 

and the gorilla having it his way:

Now let's go out there and get ourselves a van!  Go team!

Two new animals!

We're back from DC and we'll have our report compiled in the next couple days.  We didn't want to make you wait for the two new animals we had up our sleeves, however.  Please welcome the following stubborn gents to our Etsy menagerie:

Mr. Donkey:

 

and Mr. Llama:

Available here.

Let's talk soon, okay?