Holiday 2007
Those Hallmark boxed-set Christmas cards you send every year are the paper-goods equivalent of a fruitcake. This year, try something different. Greet the season -- and your friends and family members -- with more distinctive holiday cards from local designers, including a wedding-invitation designer gone festive and a snarky artist from Bellingham.
By Natalie Bow | November 21, 2007
Holiday 2007
Sure, they're overrun with commercialism, but that doesn't mean the winter holidays have to lose their fun. By giving toys to the grown-ups in your life, you can bring back some of that giddy joy you used to feel.
By Cody Ellerd | November 21, 2007
Holiday 2007
The holiday season may be the one time of year when you can force your political agenda on others. Not by commandeering the dinner table with election-year talk or causing a tiff around the tree, but by what you give. This year, think globally, and give eco-friendly gifts that will influence the habits of your family members and friends.
By Britt Olson | November 21, 2007
Holiday 2007
Generosity shouldn't mean giving amply, but giving aptly. Show how thoughtful (not how thrifty) you are by giving a truly distinctive gift, while still staying within your means. These fun goodies were all found in stores around town, and all cost less than $25.
By Britt Olson | November 21, 2007
Daily Find
With locations in Bellevue Square, University Village and Tukwila, Impress is helping to spread holiday cheer throughout the Puget Sound region with its lineup of seasonal DIY classes. Impress offers several classes per week, per location, that help students learn the fine art of rubber stamping, die-cutting, paper folding and more.
By Natalie Bow | November 19, 2007
Daily Find
There are so many ways these days to show off your love for friends and family members: photo coffee mugs, engraved jewelry, license plate frames, MySpace comments. But Vancouver, Wash., company Simply Silhouettes offers a more classic approach.
By Marika McElroy Cain | November 13, 2007
Daily Find
Tom Bihn, local maker of laptop and messenger bags, called on the readers and editors of Knitty magazine to help design the ultimate functional knitting bag. The result is the $70 "Swift," a sturdy, feature-filled ballistic nylon tote, a bag so popular that five of the seven available colors sold out within days of the bag's Oct. 12 debut.
By Marika McElroy Cain | November 6, 2007
Daily Find
Everybody has them: old family photos so hilariously bad that they deserve to be shared. This month, with the help of local card designer Shannon Martin and Madison Valley boutique Rue de Lyon, you could win the opportunity to share yours with the world.
By Natalie Bow | November 5, 2007
Daily Find
Flex your creative muscle this weekend with a full day of card-making classes at A Muse.
By Natalie Bow | September 27, 2007
Daily Find
West Seattle gift-wrap emporium Swee Swee Paperie and Studio will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a weekend full of festivities, including discounts, bubbly and -- rumor has it -- delicious homemade biscotti.
By Natalie Bow | September 25, 2007
