It is Storming with Thunder

Happy 18-year anniversary to us!
Lives built on happenstance and spontaneity —

Walter and I made quick decisions when we met, including making two humans, travelling, getting married in Iceland, and starting Peg and Awl — all within two and a half years. And for one of those years, Walter was in Iraq with the military.

From my journal shortly after meeting him.

It is
“There are few things as comforting as well-linked humans.”

Then,
“It is true that I will always love thunderstorms. I will also love perfectly falling drops of music and certain walks.”

And,
“At the seashore again, a perfect day. We barely know each other (I say, I say) but we talk about faraway things. We decided to see the world by sea. We need to figure out how, now.”

The Guests Arrived, One by One

Our Journaling Tutorials, Gathered

Having one page left in my current journal, I must make a new one. I shall record.

Until then, we’ve gathered some of our favorite journaling how-tos – ways to begin, continue, collect, and keep your own pages. And if you aren’t inspired to make your own (or need one sooner), we always have some in our shop.

SHOP JOURNAL COLLECTION

New Blue Of a Kinds in the Works!

I over-blued myself in the early days of Peg and Awl and shelved it for a long time. Happy to have them back! This collection will drop next Saturday, August 8, at 10ish am EST!

Nutshells!

Back in Stock!

Scraplings, made from the leftovers from Sendaks, are back in stock along with the discontinued Helen Painter’s Palette as we’ve made a bunch for Jackson’s Art and have a few left over:)

Helen Painter’s Palette

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