tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:31:22 +0000The creative adventures of a city girl and her city dog.http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jen)Blogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4846048661560123634Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:40:00 +00002009-12-05T14:53:19.565-08:00miscellaneousMy friend J is turning 40 this year. She's having a spa-day party and bought a bunch of my flower notebooks as favors. She'd asked me to personalize them, but because I don't have any room in my production schedule for custom work right now, I offered to make her personalized tags instead. Can I tell you how much I love clear label paper? Well, I do. If they'd had the stuff when I was a kid, I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/zWPImsnrSUU/birthdays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/zWPImsnrSUU" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/12/birthdays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-5907976879366889899Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +00002009-11-29T21:03:37.733-08:00showsI'll be spending the next couple of weeks getting products ready for this year's Renegade Holiday Fair in San Francisco. The show is December 19-20 at Fort Mason and I'll be sharing a booth with Christine of Chocolate and Steel. Stop by!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/2HdrJhDmfmE/renegade-holiday-fair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/2HdrJhDmfmE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/renegade-holiday-fair.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-1409718038673585222Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +00002009-11-27T11:40:29.574-08:00etsysewingfabricscreenprintingMy mom kept walking in and out of my room this morning while I was sewing these lavender sachets. Finally, she said "I could really use some of these sachets for the linen closet." Which cracked me up - my mom is so rarely direct about what she wants. I told her that she could have all the sachets she wanted, but she only took two.Then she came back a few minutes later and asked me to hem some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/d2iXLsxu-hs/doors-of-paris-lavender-sachets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/d2iXLsxu-hs" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/doors-of-paris-lavender-sachets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-1142522582394441476Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-11-26T13:15:57.682-08:00JakeHappy Thanksgiving! Jake's got his party clothes on and is eagerly awaiting the evening's festivities.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/7NzhyjuEfo8/happy-thanksgiving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/7NzhyjuEfo8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-5367003568814372244Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:00 +00002009-11-20T10:28:41.735-08:00tea towelsprintslinenWhen I was in college, I spent six months studying in Paris. When my parents, who had never been to Europe until then, visited me, my mom exclaimed "This city looks like a movie!" Which it does. My dad, a photographer, spent his week in Paris photographing all the doors on my tiny street.I'm sure that photos and drawings of Parisian doors are as much of a cliche now as illustrations of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/mYpeHkB6_5c/doors-of-paris-tea-towel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/mYpeHkB6_5c" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/doors-of-paris-tea-towel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-264170379001049466Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:53:00 +00002009-11-18T16:02:36.786-08:00home designJakeTrying to change my photo styling a bit, I pulled a little table I'd found on the street out of the closet and used it as a prop. And because I was too lazy - um, busy - yesterday to return the table to its storage place, I left it out. And I like it a lot in that space.Apparently, Jake likes it too. Then again, that dog can and will sleep anywhere. He also seems to like having easier access to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/8hSJgc3t59Y/change-is-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/8hSJgc3t59Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/change-is-good.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-1958649708282502219Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:00 +00002009-11-18T09:09:57.298-08:00inspirationAmazing stop motion animated video of the bookmaking process from The Women's Studio Workshop. Found via the Craft Magazine blog.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/Q23yTIQtt0Q/complex-of-all-these.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/Q23yTIQtt0Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/complex-of-all-these.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-1082530487182186786Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +00002009-11-17T12:02:07.210-08:00printscalendarsI've been a bad blogger lately. I suppose I've been busy working on new products, looking for a job and gearing up for holiday shows. Or I've just been lazy.Well, not really lazy.I did manage to print two new products - a 2010 calendar featuring my fishnets print and some galoshes notecard. Most of the fishnets calendars will be going to MoCFA for its "50 Under $50" holiday promotion, but I did http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/uKdjchos5RE/one-more-calendar-some-cards-and-hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/uKdjchos5RE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-more-calendar-some-cards-and-hello.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-1740721472794334141Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-11-05T09:23:48.037-08:00miscellaneousI used to be an avid reader. And I suddenly realized that I'm not anymore. I used to devour books. I read them on the bus, during lunch breaks, curled up on the couch. I probably averaged a book every two weeks or so. But in the last year, I've stopped reading like I used to.When I first moved into my neighborhood thirteen years ago, there were two independent bookstores within two blocks of eachhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/PWFf06BGjto/on-bookstores.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/PWFf06BGjto" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-bookstores.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4327578087749659310Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-11-03T11:56:23.678-08:00showsRosie and Tim, muertos faces, and my print.Glass skull, mirror, silly poses with Sami, Steph and BjornHuh. I looked on my camera this morning and saw that I only took four photos of the show opening last night. Four! That's a sign of a good night. Many of my friends stopped by. I ate tamales. I even ate crickets (or were they grasshoppers?) - they were quite tasty, and were lightly flavored with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/CWbEWEFutvw/show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/CWbEWEFutvw" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/11/show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-5968278563868598061Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +00002009-10-28T09:15:50.375-07:00printsshowsI finished my Day of the Dead print last night and am pleased with it. It looks better than I'd anticipated, and my last-minute, gut instinct decisions about color worked.Creating this print was not an easy project for me. In the beginning, every time I started sketching, I heard Tim Gunn's voice in my head, saying, "You don't want the judges to say you're a one-note." I'm not kidding. I've been http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/XabZ7AnhjrU/day-of-dead-2010-print.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/XabZ7AnhjrU" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/day-of-dead-2010-print.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4599826688793845242Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-10-27T09:48:25.529-07:00showsImage by Calixto Robles.I will be participating in a Day of the Dead group show at the Back to the Picture Gallery. I'm excited about this show because (1) it's my first gallery show, and (2) I will be showing a print that doesn't feature shoes, purses, or smirky animals.After I, um, finish my print sometime this week, I'll post a photo or two. Or, better yet, you can stop by the show to check ithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/ipUQgRVy_ME/day-of-dead-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/ipUQgRVy_ME" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/day-of-dead-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-2979496692455832569Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +00002009-10-23T11:06:53.374-07:00etsyI've had a flurry of orders this week (thanks, decor8 and Craft blog!) and ran out of the tissue paper I usually wrap my orders in. I just happened to have this elementary school manuscript paper lying around (bought for a project that I'll probably never do) so used it to wrap my 2010 calendar orders.I keep meaning to do a post about creative ways to wrap packages, but other things keep popping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/wWjJLXrCbKY/how-to-repurpose-stuff-thats-just-lying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/wWjJLXrCbKY" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-repurpose-stuff-thats-just-lying.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-2340681772611012558Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:26:00 +00002009-10-22T21:37:31.121-07:00Jake... equals 28 dog years. And that's how long Jake and I have been together.We didn't do anything special for our anniversary this year - for our first anniversary I made him a boiled potato and a carrot but he didn't get me anything - and I've decided I don't like his surprises anyway.I found a bunch of photos of him on my iPhone. Am I taking them, or is he doing the weird, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/KjhEYzNG2wc/four-people-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/KjhEYzNG2wc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/four-people-years.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-3522559221462484130Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:42:00 +00002009-10-19T16:45:25.537-07:00miscellaneousI noticed that my Galoshes calendar was suddenly getting a lot of hits and found out that it had been included in decor8blog's calendar roundup. That makes me very happy.It's always nice to get validation from other people! So, thank you decor8blog - and thank you, all of my customers and supporters. I couldn't do it without you.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/NN77X9-8PRE/thanks-decor8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/NN77X9-8PRE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/thanks-decor8.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4756931200380983503Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +00002009-10-17T08:30:00.220-07:00farmers' marketPeas and carrots, farmers' market-style.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/y6xcJVH-Wtw/peas-and-carrots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/y6xcJVH-Wtw" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/peas-and-carrots.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-5336642193614039654Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:56:00 +00002009-10-16T18:42:04.449-07:00miscellaneousThere are bad weeks and there are *bad* weeks. This week was one of the latter. My job fell through, Jake has to see the vet because he's becoming incontinent (I'd just thought he was naughty), and California says I owe sales taxes from 2004 (this despite having been told five years ago - by this same agency - that I owed nothing and didn't have to file). So I did the least uplifting thing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/nx_WShWcGg0/life-is-just-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/nx_WShWcGg0" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/life-is-just-life.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-757017578407155972Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:11:00 +00002009-10-16T14:17:42.862-07:00street findsYup, more things found on the street. Well not on the street, exactly - these vases were in my laundromat with stray socks and used fabric softener sheets. And since no one ever leaves anything lying around in the laundromat unless the items are being given away (the Watchtower, for example), I assumed they were up for grabs.Both vases are about eight inches tall and are prettily glazed on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/lr3m9tF5u38/and-now-street-vases.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/lr3m9tF5u38" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-now-street-vases.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-125878314186673423Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:58:00 +00002009-10-16T09:05:44.551-07:00contestsNumber eight, or atarii. Ms. Atarii, Please send me an email at jennifer.hewett [at] gmail.com with your address and I'll mail your calendars.Thanks, everyone, for participating!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/v6TJZkyvLLo/and-winner-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/v6TJZkyvLLo" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-winner-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-800701475902691096Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-10-14T16:37:05.622-07:00street findsContinuing my street finds streak, here are a few old-school children's encyclopedias I found while out with Jake. These are way cooler than the encyclopedias I had when I was a kid, which I always resented because (1) my parents liked to tell me to look up answers to my questions instead of asking them, and (2) my mom repeatedly claimed that one of my cousins was so smart because she'd spent thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/cL2oxjFYsZ4/street-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/cL2oxjFYsZ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/street-books.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4743571330367090386Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-10-14T13:33:10.686-07:00etsyscreenprintingcalendarsMy calendar is finally almost-finished and I really like it. I put together a couple of samples today and will tweak the layout a little before shipping them out on October 20th. Laying out the pages took a little longer than I'd expected since I decided to draw the calendar by hand. I'm so excited about my 2010 calendars that I'm going to add this little calendar to the giveaway here. Please http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/mBe6wtIeuTI/2010-galoshes-calendar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/mBe6wtIeuTI" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/2010-galoshes-calendar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-4558252305893997314Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:38:00 +00002009-10-13T17:28:28.200-07:00inspirationInspiration hits me at the kitchen sink. I'm not kidding. I can draw at my desk for hours - days, sometimes - and not create anything I like. In a fit of frustration, I do my dishes when suddenly, I'm struck by an idea that comes on so strongly that I rush to finish my dishes (I don't like a dirty sink) before the idea leaves me.I like to call this the "House Effect." For those of you who've http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/w4sTH0QmBag/this-is-where-inspiration-often-hits-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/w4sTH0QmBag" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-where-inspiration-often-hits-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-8464742876706438601Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +00002009-10-12T09:32:44.871-07:00inspirationI love this video. I think San Francisco should assign a Minister of Fun.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/2mJNo6i9WT8/make-things-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/2mJNo6i9WT8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-things-fun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-560247536878378915Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:52:00 +00002009-10-11T14:53:34.638-07:00etsyprintsOkay - how cute is this? I refined my galoshes print a bit, reduced it to three colors, and made it into a notebook. The image will soon adorn a pocket calendar, as well. And, if I can squeeze it into my production calendar, I'll make a galoshes-print linen bag in time for holiday gift-giving.Notebooks are available here.Also, don't forget to enter for a chance to win one of my wall calendars.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/nWzmzSrkuxI/galoshes-and-skirt-notebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/nWzmzSrkuxI" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/galoshes-and-skirt-notebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324254399232064533.post-5115947629701170513Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-10-09T10:02:55.160-07:00etsyprintsI'm almost finished with my wall calendars. Don't they look great? They're four colors and are printed on a large sheet of French paper (the brand, not the country). Since I only ordered a small amount of the paper, this will likely be a limited-edition print. I'll start shipping the calendars on October 15th, and you can pre-order yours while they're still available here.Pocket calendars will http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JenAndJake/~3/s1D48LUy8Og/2010-wall-calendar-and-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jen)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JenAndJake/~4/s1D48LUy8Og" height="1" width="1"/>http://jenhewett.blogspot.com/2009/10/2010-wall-calendar-and-contest.html