Have a great weekend

I just want to wish you all a happy and productive weekend - we have been working on getting new things in the shop so you can order them in time for the holidays. I have been editing the photos for the Letter Bag in rosewood with the adjustable strap...it will be in the shop before the weekend is over. We are also adding a new color to The Messenger Line....it's so nice! Jeremy particularly likes this one. He feels it is the most gender neutral color yet...so, boys and girls, if you've been looking for a color that is just so...it's almost here!

p.s. my t-shirt is from Timber! one of my favorite t-shirt designers! Find the Timber shop here.

A little nudge

As a little bit of encouragement to place your holiday orders early, I'm going to point you in the direction of the lovely Liana and her Mixed Plate Holiday Gift Guide. If you click here or here, you'll find a special offer from us.

Falling Water

We had some friends in town from Massachusetts this past weekend and we spent Saturday at Falling Water. Aside from The Guggenheim, this was my first time visiting any Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. It was just the experience I needed to break my mind from the chaos of the last few months. I loved the house, the interior design, the art, the furniture, the woods, the falls, the moss covered grounds, the interior gardens, the thought that went into every step...I loved everything about it. Parker especially loved it. She told us she wants to live there. What can you say, she has good taste.

Much of our energy has been focused on building out the studio building but we have been at a loss for what the interior should ultimately look like. It has been a very organic process thus far...simply responding to the space as we take out walls, replace beams, raise the ceiling, connect spaces together, etc., etc. I think I really needed to see a space like Falling Water - so ahead of its time yet so timeless. I will take some photos this week of the renovations on the second floor of the building to share with you all (nothing more has been done at the house...and likely will not be done until the spring...except, we did get the gas line replaced! hooray for heat!). Until then, enjoy your days!

One side note:

I just want to remind everyone that it is just Jeremy and I sewing and we do make every Moop bag upon order so be sure to plan ahead and order early for holiday delivery...especially if you are having it shipped outside of the United States. We have not made a cutoff date for holiday orders, we will just be responding to order volume over the next few weeks.

Moop + Craft = Monday Smiles

click here for a special something that is sure to make you smile...;)

The Moth: Stories Told

I like to listen to things while I work. Lately it has been mostly the news from NPR. I guess because it's what I'm supposed to be listening to...because it's important to know what goes on in the world outside of Moop studios. But, I often tire of listening to the news or simply can't listen or just don't want to. My youngest brother is a Marine. Two weeks ago he deployed to Afghanistan. Soooo, right now I particularly don't like to listen to the news. In my search for something else to listen to, I discovered The Moth: Stories Told. It's a great form of escapism. Here are two of my favorites so far...one by Joan Juliet Buck and one by Mike Birbiglia...both will make you laugh.

You can also download many of the Moth podcasts for free on iTunes.

Have a great weekend!

The Letter Bag is new again!

I have been so anxious to get this into the shop. We have been working on this evolution of The Letter Bag for quite.some.time (almost since the first Letter Bag was released back in May!). We knew this bag was great, but we knew it could be even better with the addition of an adjustable strap. This is no simple thing to add, though. With a bag this size, we knew we needed to have a very specific piece of hardware to withstand the weight of everything you might put inside (like computers). So we custom ordered a set of d-rings that are welded and finished exactly how we want them.

This was a new process for us. We learned that it takes a loooong time to custom order hardware and you have to order it in very large quantities. But it was a great experience, our hardware suppliers are fantastic and helped us every step of the way (even though we are likely one of their tiniest companies to work with). An added bonus is this hardware will now be used on all of our bags with removable straps...so, all of our bags just got a bit better - yay!

Now, how to order...We have the gunmetal and the black in the shop and will be adding the option to the rosewood quite soon. You will be given the option of ordering with the strap or without the strap..but all of the new Letter Bags will be made with the d-rings so you can add a strap later if you don't want to order it right away. You can find the gunmetal here and the black here. I hope you love it as much as I do!

p.s. you can also find them in our Supermarket shop, here and here.
and our Etsy shop, here and here.

xoxoxo
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Happy Halloweeeeen!

Parker carved her Halloween pumpkin. Jack o lanterns are like kids drawings...they're all super duper cute.

Have fun this weekend!

heart shaped bananas

I saw this idea for heart shaped bananas last week on Poppytalk...it was posted by Sauna and Stephen of Somethings Hiding in Here -I thought it was completely charming (as they seem to be, eh?). I took their idea and tossed them on top of Parker's toaster waffles this morning...they really classed up breakfast! It was super easy. I didn't have time to photograph it so I stole this image from their website. But, you too can dress up your eggos in a jif...here's how Stephen says to do it:

simply carve a notch down the entire banana, then slice up the heart shapes onto pancakes, ice cream, or any of your favorite treats.

A few new bags

We just added a few new colors to the shop. The first (and one I think you'll be excited about) is a new color in the Market Bag! It's been a long time since we added to the Market Bag Collection and are super excited to show you the newest addition:


The Market Bag in brown corded canvas lined in 100% organic golden yellow cotton. This is one of my most favorite color pairings. I would love to know what you think of it.


We love this new brown corded canvas so much we decided to add it to the Messenger Bag collection as well. Corded canvas is the ideal material. It is durable, has texture, is slightly distressed, breaks in like your favorite jeans and pairs perfectly with all of our designs. Here, we combined it with matte black cordura (which is water proof and durable). Our good friend Owen just took this on a trip to Ireland...we'll let you know what he thinks of it for world traveling when he returns.



We also added a messenger in rosewood corded canvas. We made one at the request of a customer and liked it so much, we felt it needed to be in the shop. Why not punch things up a bit with the perfect red bag this winter? A little color is the best way to ward off the winter blues (though, we like blue, too!)

Hello Hello

The last few weeks have been so nuts. A few traumatic events coupled with many business and personal obligations have made it high stress and very very busy around here. We are looking forward to having a few days off some time in the future (we're aiming for Thanksgiving). In the meantime, we're sewing and sewing to get caught up on all of our orders (we're almost there!!) and we want to thank all of our wonderful wonderful customers who have been so patient with us - you're truly the best!

Have a great weekend!

xoxo
Wendy & Jeremy