Mother's Day 2013

I created a pretty floral design and used it both for a Mother's Day card and for a general greeting card.  The floral design runs over to the back of the Mother's Day card which is a little unique feature.  Unfortunately, it took me forever to get these designs up in our shop and Mother's Day is only a week away!  If you haven't found the right card for your mom yet, if you order soon you might still make it!

New Bicycle Items

In anticipation of our appearance at A Fair of the Hear this Saturday, I've been working on a few new items.  Below are a couple non-card items - our popular bicycle print on moleskine journals and plastic gift tags. 

I have also designed and printed three new cards that I'm excited to share.  I'll be posting about them as soon as photos are taken.  Hopefully they'll be a hit at the craft fair. 

Powder Coated Pegboard

I was checking out a local shop when I saw these lovely powder coated pegboards which were used to display a variety of items.  I like that you can hang things and use magnets to display items as well.  I think I'll invest in one of two of these because not only would they help me organize some of my crafting items, they'd also make a very cool background for photographing cards with pretty magnets.  They can be purchased at Crate and Barrel in a couple different sizes.

A Fair of the Heart - April 13

This coming Saturday, April 13, Chunky Pineapple will be setting up and selling cards at A Fair of the Heart at Irvington High School in Fremont.  Stop by and say hi!

I Apparently Can't Get Enough Jane Austen

I am a sucker for period piece movies.  Pride and Prejudice is certainly a favorite...whether it be the BBC version or the Keira Knightly version (though the latter had to fit into regular movie length so at times it seemed a bit rushed).  Jane Eyre is probably the only book I have ever read twice, and once I knew that the Michael Fassbender version had been released, I had to see it.  Last night I found on Netflix streaming a BBC 4-episode mini-series of Emma.  I never read Emma, but I remembered enjoying the Gwenyth Paltrow version back in the day.  (It's hard to believe that was over a decade ago.)  I started at about 11pm and thought I would just watch the first episode and go to bed.  Of course I could not help it and ended up watching all 3 hours and 20 minutes in a row and went to bed at 2:30am.  Ouch.  I thought it was well paced and Jonny Lee Miller was quite good as the gentle and handsome Mr. Knightly.  The only thing that bothers me about the story is the act that Frank Churchill had put on.  It doesn't quite make sense to me, and and seemed like simply a forced device Ms. Austen to make Emma look foolish.  There didn't really seem to be a need for him to go so far in his antics.  I wonder whether reading the book would shed any light on this or whether it was more subtle when written.  Regardless, you still feel giddy at the end even though you can tell what is coming from a mile away, as you should...that's why we love these stories after all.

Chunky Pineapple Note Cards

I recently printed these Chunky Pineapple note cards using our logo and sunny yellow ink.  Pineapples are a cute accent and they are a sign of hospitality. 

Don't forget, we're having a flash sale on our site today only - everything will be 40% off if you enter xoxoSFETSY at checkout.

Modern Thank You Cards

I designed these modern thank you cards for Baby CP's first birthday.  The pineapple signature was included on his cards because the theme of his parties was, of course, pineapples.  I just got around to photographing them. 

I changed the colorway for the cards just posted on our site.