grammar girl

When we were in 2nd grade, we had a teacher named Mrs. Powers.  She was by no means our favorite teacher, but she did teach us some of what we consider to be the more important life skills and for that she is well-remembered.  The first of these skills was handwriting.  That’s right, folks.  We were writing cursive in 2nd grade.  We know teenagers who think cursive is just another font type.  So sad.  Anyway, that skill has served us well over the years.  For example, it was especially handy when coming up with the shop’s identity.  We think of Mrs. Powers everytime someone says “nice logo!”  (Yup, that’s our very own script up there!)

We also did a lot of phonics in 2nd grade.  Which naturally led to some awesome reading and spelling skills.  Skills that we have used most recently in re-reading the entire Twilight Saga and in writing this post without the help of spell check.  Thank you Mrs. Powers.  Thank you Mrs. Powers.  We LOVED phonics.  One might say we were even hooked on it.  We loved all those fun worksheets with the pictures and things to fill in.  So it should come as no surprise that when we saw these old phonics cards we knew we had to get them for our very own.  What do you do with old classroom phonics cards once you’re an adult and nowhere near a class full of 2nd graders?  We sure as heck don’t know.  But we’re sure someone out there has some ideas.  If you do, these ones will be for sale soon in our online shop.  Get ‘em while they’re hot, snot, cot, trot, robot.

So over the 4th we went to Colorado for our big brother’s wedding. It was a ton of fun. A week filled with lots of love, crazy hippies, mounds of food, sparklers, packs of friendly dogs, intermittent patches of rain and lots and lots of what J. Denver called “cathedral mountains.” Indeed. But rather than bore you with familial activities that don’t concern you we’ll tell you all about where we stayed.

We were in the mountains right outside of Boulder and our residence for the week was an old lodge in tiny place called Gold Hill. Built in 1872, the lodge was once residence for gold miners. Now, it’s just for people like us and probably a few ghosts. And ghosts aside, let us just say, that if we could have done it without going to jail, we would have shoved every ounce of our Inn’s decor into our one suitcase and brought it back to put in the shop. That place was cool. We think you’ll agree.

We took lots of pics so that you could visit vicariously…

Ooooh. Looky. Who could resist these little lovlies? Not us, that’s who!

We love to organize and be organized and these colorful leather wallets by Latico help us keep our bags and purses tidy while looking decidedly designer-y. Available in two sizes they can accommodate the worst of the receipt hoarders and obssesive club card collectors as well of those of you who actually use a wallet to just carry your cash around. Imagine that! (b.t.w. equally awesome clutches coming soon)