First Print, New Space

by Grace on September 15, 2010

Printing more Pomplamoose shirts

We’ve been setting up the studio for weeks and we finally executed our first print run in the new space today.

We’re excited to get our own work up and on some cotton and paper but first a little Pomplamoosing was in order.

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making a ripple of motion

by Grace on September 13, 2010

Reflecting on our work

My camera broke in France & ever since I’ve been working hard opening a studio with a sweet little store front in Charlottesville, Va. I have a better sense of what kind of blog I can maintain while running a business and working two jobs. Simple is beautiful. Elements of style taught me that but I guess I had to let it sink in deeper.

Armed with a new phone and soon a fixed camera, I’ll be sharing photos with friends and family (and the odd Wordpress explorer).

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What Inspires Us: Life

June 30, 2010
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Together Tristan and I run the environmentally focused graphic design company A Mystery In Common. Our studio is in Greenwood, Virginia right outside Charlottesville. We are starting a new series on our company blog called ‘What Inspires Us’ and I wanted to post it here too. Please feel free to leave comments on either blog, we [...]

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Pascale Charrier Ceramiques

June 10, 2010
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I’m very lucky that my gracious hosts Christian et Annie have many friends in Le Perche who are artists. Yesterday we stopped by the ceramics studio of Pascale Charrier on our way home and took a look around her studio. It is a small, unassuming space filled with good energy and pottery of all sizes. [...]

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Nick Meadows: The Other Way

June 8, 2010
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Most people in France, especially in the smaller villages (and I know this might come as a complete shock to many of you) speak French. That is exactly why it was such a wonderful surprise to hear a man singing and playing guitar on the side of the street in English while I was shopping in [...]

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La Ferme de l’Aritoire

May 27, 2010
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Here is a small look (un petit regard) at La Ferme de l’Aritoire Fromagerie. In the morning we wake up (se réveille) at 7:00am and have breakfast and tea. For breakfast we have bread, butter, cheese, fruit, yogurt, an assortment of homemade jams and marmalade, local honey and tea or coffee. Then we begin the [...]

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La Madeleine-Bouvet, France

May 26, 2010
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Tucked away in La Madeleine-Bouvet there is a charming Formangerie called La Farme de l’Aritoire (Tél: 02.33 73 93 34). I met the hardworking couple, Annie et Christian, who runs the entire Formangerie together through my friends Laura and Kagey (or as they are more famously known “The Honey Dewdrops“). Several months ago Laura et Kagey received [...]

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Jam (according to Daniel)

May 19, 2010
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Grace’s Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

May 18, 2010
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You can mix all the dry ingredients in advance and store them in a large ziplock bag in the fridge or freezer for easy morning biscuits without all the measuring. I’ve made this with powdered buttermilk, regular buttermilk, all purpose flour and Pamela’s gluten-free baking mix and it doesn’t affect the quality of the biscuits [...]

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JJ’s Dandelion Wine

April 30, 2010
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This recipe is courtesy of Jj Eisfelder, an artist whose specializes in pottery and printmaking in Farmville, Virginia. You can find her on Etsy under the name PraireRosePress and at local artisan fairs and galleries. Her work is currently (as of May 2010) on display at the j fergeson gallery in Farmville. Photograph courtesy of [...]

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