i think BLACK FRIDAY is a really cool name for a not as cool actual thing.

that said, to celebrate BLACK FRIDAY and it's weird new cousin CYBER MONDAY, i will give anyone who orders from me this weekend a free SCOTT'S NARWHAL greeting card with your order if you mention "black friday" in the message to seller..


happy shopping!!


p.s.

Hello dear deer readers,

I have been totally slacking on the blogging tip, I know, BUT DO YOU KNOW : that I have been working on a website? Yes it's true. Ready yourselves.

{ &the blog will be a-movin when it comes! }

By the by, I suck at making websites, haha. So who knows when it will be ready. We'll see. I'm presently redefining the phrase "playing it by ear" ...

I have to say, I did not expect moving to take up every moment of my entire life.

Whether or not I should have expected that is a different story, I suppose.

We moved out of our Providence apartment on the 1st and came to Kentucky, which is where I am now, to stay with Justin's family. They threw us a lovely, lovely post-wedding party last Saturday :


On Monday I'm off to DC for 10 days and then to the UK for the "final installment" of the move.

Let's do some freebies this week, huh? I think it's a good idea.

To make up for all the posts I haven't been writing during "packing season," I've prepared something very special to tide you over!!
if you just can't wait til tomorrow for th' deetz, follow me on twitter and/or facebook where I'm bound to spill the beans! { to follow me, click one of the handy buttons to the left! }

...i just said "spill the beans"!

exactly 6 jam-packed weeks left in the States..
eesh, packing is so stressful!
we have to have everything together to be shipped to england in a week, it's crazy.

i've been spending a lot of time outdoors (on the non-rainy days), and last week went with my husband and my cousin to one of my favorite places in providence: the broken bridge. it's tall. and scary. and beautiful.


in internet news: i have some pretty new new new thingsies in my etsy shop! yay!

introducing :

-MOON, a set of 8 fill-in invitations with pretty silvery gray envelopes!

- HAZEL ARMS, 5 bright square flat notes with papaya envelopes!

I'm also happy to announce that I am now a contributor to Each Penny Pretty, an affordable art and design blog from Julie at Up Up Creative (whose stuff i LOVE)! I'll be there each Wednesday with my column "Paper Trails" ...my first post went up yesterday, and featured an *exclusive* printable from Erin Vale!! and be sure to check out my introduction from last week, it's so sweet!

Bread of Many stationery is now available at two locations in Providence, RI!

+ at the lovely Ada Books on Westminster St. run by the lovely Brent

hello lovelies!

before i get to the rest of the post, i want to thank you all for the comments about my organizational folders! i really love comments, i always want to know what you think... i mean since the blog is essentially me just talking at you it's really nice when someone else joins in the conversation, ha

AND

since you asked, i will have a download of my organization/procrastination folder for y'all early next week!
i can't offer the narwhal folder, unfortunately, because it's the same design as a card i sell in my etsy shop, but i'll try to rework the image into something new since everyone liked it so much...

like me :


or, because of this :

today i introduce you to a new series of BREAD OF MANY note cards called : FRIENDSIES !
aptly titled as lately i've been turning to my insanely wonderful friends for inspiration and ideas that could translate in interesting ways to stationery...

the first of the FRIENDSIES series was technically my RECKLESS PUMPKIN note set, which i made by copying a photograph of my bandmate and pal PJ, although i designed it before i had plans for a collection...

i think the photograph was from hallowe'en one year, but i might also think that just because PJ is pictured wearing a mask...





the first intentional FRIENDSIES installment was the NOUX'S POLYGRAPH note set, which was actually the first thing i was able to make after enduring a horribly long period of creative stagnancy... i ended up asking my deer dear Nour for help, and had her imagine what her ideal stationery would look like...

she had a really rich and exciting response which was actually full of ideas, but included the notion of polygraph stationery...


thank you, Nourex! also, since i'm still riding the excitement-coattails of my own wedding, i'd like to mention that Nour, who was one of my bridesmaids, custom made my veil for me, which was so much better than having to shop around for one and stress about it.. she worked with me on it and it was so so BEAUTIFUL


today i made another in the FRIENDSIES series with a set of note cards dedicated to another chum of mine: Lauren!


check it out in my shop!

this FRIENDSIES series is making me really eager to make! make! make! luckily i have a lot of great friends to skim fascinating stuff off of... i'll keep you posted!

AND SO FREAKING MARRIED!

here is a sneaky sneak peaky peek of the wedding




it was by far the most crazy awesome day of my life. lots of friends and family and cheesy stuff...

i've got new things coming, EXCITING new things, so stay tuned!!

in case you haven't yet downloaded my very first font, SHIRTSY, this is your lucky day because i, haley son-of-mothra, have made it even easier to do so!

instead of going through the old bread of many wordpress blog and then clicking around to the downloads page and then clicking around the file hosting site blah blah blah etc etc etc...
YOU CAN NOW get SHIRTSY the same way you get the rest of your fonts : on fontspace!

you can grab it right here

so have at it! download! type! have fun! ace!

...and don't forget, y'all :

but play nice and don't go making millions with it... (i.e. read the license!)


{ p.s. if you are secretly making millions with my font plz tell me how thx }

also, i invite you - I IMPLORE YOU! - to sign up for the Bread of Many newsletter... just enter your email address into that familiar box on the right there and you'll receive shop updates &announcements as well as THRILLING info on promotions, contests and giveaways! yes!