(James & Penelope are best friends - I took this sometime in 2009)
First, we named Penelope after a Pinback song. It's a sweet song about a fish. My cousin remixed the song & put it up for your listening pleasure right here. He's getting really good at the whole remix thing & this one sounds fabulous. He just joined Soft Science, a band out of Provo. They'll be performing at Velour tomorrow night, if you're wanting to support. We'll be there, too!
(Isn't James' lettering beautiful?)
Second: as a follow up to my Recycled: Fonts post, I just wanted to give you a heads up about a FABULOUS type site: Lost Type. I can't remember how I found it - Pinterest, perhaps? But it's incredibly designed & curated; y'all should go & download every typeface they have available. It's the first pay-what-you-want Type Foundry, that offers gorgeous typefaces for the price you can afford. You can obviously download everything for free, but I encourage you to give these budding typists support, even if it's a couple of bucks!! All donations go directly to the artists. My favorites are: Quaver, Duke, Tommaso and Nelma. What are yours?
Third: I'm currently enjoying my new favorite addiction: black licorice out of Finland. The lovely lady of Scissors & Spice sent me a package of that devilishly amazing black licorice. I can't get enough, but I'm being good & only allowing myself a small piece at a time. It's gotta last! Speaking of type; her husband, who works at House Industries, hand lettered the package she sent me. Pretty custom lettering always puts a smile on my face. So does delicious candy.