Friday, April 3, 2009

a Wordle week

It's been a wonderfully busy week here at Pinkerton (can't complain about being busy these days, right?) and when I saw Wordle, a website where you create "word clouds" from blogs or any text you provide, it seemed fitting to end the week with a creative way of jumbling up all the things we love!

Also, don't forget that the Garden Card Giveaway ends at 5pm on Sunday, so get your comments and emails in asap! We look forward to giving away some cards first thing on Monday.




Thursday, April 2, 2009

thanks, man.

As expected, it's mostly women that are hoping for a chance to win some of our new garden cards, but ladies, don't forget about your men! I'm sure they'd love to say thank you without all the cute flowers and gnomes, right? Well here's their chance with our new Manly Note Cards.







Our guy-friendly designs are a masculine dark grey with a bit of color, and just like our garden cards, these note cards are also printed on 100% recycled, post-consumer waste paper with vegetable-based inks. No need to worry guys, Pinkerton's got you covered.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Go Green with our Spring Giveaway!




Trees and flowers are blooming, the weather is warming up a bit and we're so excited to be kicking off the spring season with our new Garden Series greeting cards! We're giving away a set of the 3 different designs, each boxed with 8 cards and envelopes. We're also throwing in our cute gardening gnome "i dig you" card and the "happy birthday" party gnomes card!

In keeping with the "green" theme, the cards are printed on 100% recycled, post consumer waste paper with vegetable-based inks. They're good to look at and good for the environment! The cards are also blank, so feel free to write any sentiment you like.

To be entered into the giveaway all you have to do is leave us a comment and email us so we can let you know if you've won and also include you in all future giveaways, sales and promotions.

Want an extra chance to win? Link to us on your website or blog and we'll enter you twice!

The giveaway will end at 5pm on Sunday, April 5 and we'll draw the lucky winner and post the results on the following Monday, April 6.

Good luck and Happy Spring!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

happy birthday shout-out!


sing it with me now...

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Paper Delights!!
Happy Birthday to you!


One of our favorite (and local!) stationery stores is turning 1 years old today!! YEA!!

If you're in the Seattle area, they're having a birthday party tonight at the store from 6-9pm. There will be cupcakes, tissue paper flower making and best of all, everything in the store is 20% off! Stop on by and check out all the goodies on display or just chat with the lovely mother/daughter team who own the store.

Congrats to Paper Delights! Cheers to a great year - and many more to come!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Hater Pack


My smart-ass side thinks these "anti-whatever" stickers from youworkforthem.com are genius. I can picture them on all kinds of signs and places and it cracks me up. But my nicer side is horrified at the thought of someone using one of these on something of mine - a sign, a product, my logo, etc. That would make me sad.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Martha's blogging studio

I'm taking a break from our studio today, as we're painting a large magnetic wall right now and I couldn't handle the paint fumes, so I've decided to spend the remainder of the afternoon working from Cafe Ladro, my favorite local coffee shop.

Amidst the browsing websites for work related things, I stumbled upon Martha Stewart's blogging studio. Yes, she has a dedicated house for blogging!! And as expected, it's pretty nice!






I love her inspiration wall and the clean and serene atmosphere. I'd take it!

Friday, February 6, 2009

This is Ridiculous

One of the things you most often here about Seattle is that Seattlites love their coffee. After moving here a few years ago, I can tell you that not only is it true, but the stereotype is nothing compared to the reality - there are so many freaking coffee places. Since we just moved the studio in January, and I have a new commute, I decided to count how many places I can get an espresso on my 1.6 mile drive to work. So far I have counted eight, none of which are Starbucks:

Monkey Grind
Green Bean
Espresso Stand at Fred Meyer
Java Hut at Greenwood Market
Neptune Coffee
Diva Espresso
Chocolati Cafe
Herkimer Coffee

If I go one block out of my way, I can add in:
Greenwood Sip N Ship
Starbucks at Safeway

I am on my way to trying them all...

Herkimer Coffee

Neptune Coffee

Monkey Grind
Green Bean Coffeehouse

Chocolati Cafe

Diva Espresso