The other day I realized that when the bloggers I follow share their media moments, I love hearing about it! Why am I being so shy posting my moments here and sharing with you? So, to get over that, here is my roundup of the television + radio + newspaper groups that invited me to… Read more.
A few weeks ago I received an email from Seventh Generation. Yes, the company who makes the cleaning products that I have been using for years. They asked me if I would take part in Holiday.gif Guide (no that is not a typo) with three other bloggers that you can view and read about here…. Read more.
The competition started with 8 finalists, chosen from our video entries to compete in the 16th annual Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest. In round 1 we were all to wrap the large rubber duck and a boxed game. That is two gifts in just 10 minutes. . . and we were to use the… Read more.
Oh me, oh my! I am still pinching myself. This morning I competed in the Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest at Bryant Park in New York City. It was both stressful and a blast and as you can see in the photo. . . I WON! Check out this great little video they just… Read more.
What a great offer! A $16 for $40 voucher to spend in our Elli shop. Thanks Zulily for featuring us on your site. This offer is available for all of our blog readers as well, but the offer ends at 6am Monday morning. So go! Just sign in at Zulily and add our offer to… Read more.
Hooray, hooray. . . Our Elli shop is open! To celebrate we are hosting a $100 gift certificate giveaway for one lucky winner. The gift certificate will be good for personalized note cards or thank you cards, wedding save the date cards, wedding invitations, party invitations or photo cards for the upcoming holidays. . …. Read more.
Yesterday was Christmas in June at our studio. A mountain of boxes were delivered from our printer: our first round of samples of our Elli shop goods. The level of excitement we had for our shop opening just amped up about four notches! We decided that we have to share at least a sampling of… Read more.
If you have yet to visit the blog Dearest Nature, you are in for an eye-full of daily delight. Donaville, founder of both Dearest Nature and Discover Paper has an amazing gift for collecting, creating, and sharing beauty and inspiration. We were quite pleased that she invited us to share photos of our studio and… Read more.
1. WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WANTED TO BE A GRAPHIC DESIGNER? I knew I wanted to do either interior design or graphic design when I finished high school. I decided on the graphic design route and after college worked at a couple of design agencies in town. I left the workforce on the due… Read more.
We love our studio space here in Portland, Oregon. Ellinée lives on the top floor of an old warehouse with large windows, tall ceilings and rustic wooden floors. We thought you might enjoy a peek into our studio. We are busy working on new wedding sets! This is one of our favorites, designed by Jennie,… Read more.
When my friend told me she had tickets to the Young House Love Blogging Seminar at the Portland Home & Garden Show, I jumped at the chance to see John and Sherry in person. They live in Richmond, Virginia, so having them minutes away is kind of surreal. I have been following their frugal-minded home improvement… Read more.
At Ellinee, we have an extremely talented team of designers who live and breathe good design. Original illustrations are one of the things that makes our designs fresh, whimsical, and fun and we are so lucky to have Jennie Hake, an amazing illustrator, on our team. We thought it would be fun to share a… Read more.