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How gorgeous is this gift set of personalised stationery? It’s from Inkspot Workshop. I’m a sucker for beautiful writing paper…. well almost any kind of cute stationery, actually. The thrill of looking at colour pencils, erasers, notepads that I used to feel as a 5-year-old girl has never really left me. So when I found this beautiful set on Etsy the other day (I was working, really I was!), I thought I just had to share them with you.
Before we were married, my husband and I spent a little over a year living in different countries. He was in Australia and I was studying at uni in Japan. According to my kids, this was way back in the dark ages. There was no Facebook, no Skype. Actually no email. Not even the internet! So how did we keep in touch? We wrote letters to each other.
The old fashioned way.
By hand, with pen and paper.
Then we went to the post office, bought a stamp, put it on the envelope with ‘lick and stick’ (the old fashioned way!) and posted it.
The old fashioned way.
It took a week or so to reach its destination.
It was tough, but it was good, too. We got to know each other in a way we otherwise never would have. And now we’ve been married for 20 years (yep, TWENTY), so it doesn’t seem to have done us any harm.
The moral of the story? Write more letters!
This set comes from Inkspot Worksop on Etsy. If you’re looking around for gorgeous stationery, why not try shopping there? You don’t even have to leave your desk, at least not until you have to go to the post office and buy a stamp. 😉
Want 20% off?
To make this gorgeous set even sweeter, Stacy over at Inkspot Workshop has provided a discount code. Go to her website, take your time browsing and choosing which of the yummy stationery sets you would like, and then enter the code VIVID at the checkout to receive 20% off. The code expires midnight Sunday 28th July 2013 USA Eastern Standard Time, so get cracking peeps!
(Images courtesy of Inkspot Workshop, and used with permission.)
I’ve taken a while to write this post.
I’m not quite sure how to express my feelings without sounding all sappy and tear-jerky. So I am writing in a fairly matter-of-fact way about something that makes me cry every time I think about it.
This is Peter.
No, he’s not a woman. He’s my hairdresser, and has been for nearly 20 years now. His children and my children are about the same age. A little while back he had a serious health scare that landed him in hospital, and left his wife at home caring for four children AND running a beauty therapy business of her own. Peter nearly died. More than once. It was frightening. I can’t imagine what kinds of thoughts must have been running through his children’s heads when they had a quiet moment or two….
Peter worked bloody hard to recover. He’s back at work now, but it has been a painfully long and tedious journey for him, and also for his wife Caroline.
Peter is… well… outgoing, to say the least! Caroline is a little more reserved. And, as the one who was unwell, Peter received lots of love and support from his clients, I’m sure. But I really felt for Caroline.
What an amazingly strong and capable woman she is! She has had one of the toughest years imaginable, and she kept everything together with such grace. I wanted to find a way to show support for her. In all the years I have been a client of Peter’s we’ve talked a lot about a lot of things (as you do with your hairdresser!), but I had never really shown him any of my work. He’s quite well-known in the world of hairdressing, and is always working with models and photographers, and I had always been a little shy about showing my work to him. The events of the past year or so prompted me to take a risk and offer Caroline a couture portrait session.
Here’s the result.
It was an honour and a privilege to be able to photograph this couple. I hope they cherish each other, their children, even the very air they breathe more and more each day. Thank you Peter and Caroline for allowing me to spend a day photographing you.
You can find Peter and Caroline at Pure Hair Pure Body in Castle Hill. I can highly recommend their salon. I’ve always meant to ask about that logo, though…. Perhaps they use it like an inkblot test and leave it to each client to decide….
Loads of love,
Jen.
Can you tell I’m a little excited? Here’s one more from behind the scenes.
Really looking forward to sharing the finished product with you soon.
Earlier this year I had the good fortune to photograph this family… just after they went from a family of two, to a family of three.
And I just loved getting their album together. Thanks for having me, guys. Lots of love to you all. Jen
If you’d like something similar for your family, you can get in touch here.
