Author Archives: Jane

Shop news

Good morning! Summer arrived with a vengeance yesterday ’round these parts. I went for my usual Tuesday run, and was much slower (and sweatier) than usual. Even my peppy playlist couldn’t push me along. Humidity is here. For a cool-down, I cut a few peonies for my first self-made bouquet of the season, pictured above […]

It’s My (Blog’s) Birthday!

Welcome to my new home at Blogger! I’m eager to start my second year of stationery, magazines, bottle reduction, etc ….. and whatever else pops into my head at 7am! Today also marks Maria’s Port2Port Card Society birthday. Maria’s blog is one of the reasons I started my own blog, so congratulations, Mav! Looking forward […]

Holiday Weekend FFF

Welcome, those of you who previously were reading “Midwest Musings.” I spent the better part of Friday morning trying to upload my entry, and realized that I was bailing water on a rapidly sinking ship. And thus, here I am – new name, The Speckled Egg, to better tie into my Flickr-ing, and new space. […]

Slow progress

I had planned for this week to be all about the Stationery Show, complete with photos and links to my favorites, but it isn’t happening. Perhaps it’s because I’m dying to see Paper + Cup’s new work line, and have heard zero about it to date. (I’m hoping it makes part two.) To fill my […]

Trickles of news from the Stationery Show

Grace had a very nice post yesterday about the Stationery Show (Part 1 today; Part 2 tomorrow). There were lots of pictures, so don’t miss it. A standout for me was Small Square Design: after clicking over to their site, I fell in love with their sweet greeting cards. Who wouldn’t like a Happy Birthday […]