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November 22, 2012
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daniellesayer: In the spirit of Movember, I decided to have a little fun with some stock flourishes I had on my computer. I always think of moustaches when I see flourishes, especially ones that come in pairs. If you would like to support Movember, raise awareness about men’s health and specifically prostate cancer, head over to my man Dan’s Movember page to donate! mobro.co/DanPearse Also see the fun typographic bracket-as-moustaches of A Field Guide to Typestaches by Tor Weeks, and another version over at Beard Revue. Reblogged in honor of Movember!

daniellesayer:

In the spirit of Movember, I decided to have a little fun with some stock flourishes I had on my computer. I always think of moustaches when I see flourishes, especially ones that come in pairs.

If you would like to support Movember, raise awareness about men’s health and specifically prostate cancer, head over to my man Dan’s Movember page to donate! mobro.co/DanPearse

Also see the fun typographic bracket-as-moustaches of A Field Guide to Typestaches by Tor Weeks, and another version over at Beard Revue.

Reblogged in honor of Movember!

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April 08, 2012
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RAMONES cross-stitch

A cross-stitch I created of the 1976 Ramones album cover.

12” x 12”

© Danielle Sayer 2012

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March 15, 2012
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FRANKENSTITCH. A cross-stitch I created of Boris Karloff’s “The Monster” from the film Bride of Frankenstein.

© Danielle Sayer 2012

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December 21, 2011
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A few weeks ago I finally saw Typeface, the movie, and started getting excited about TypeCon 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I’m hoping that by the summer I will have saved up enough money and vacation time to be able to make the trip out to the mid-west to participate in TypeCon 2012. I’ve never used letterpress, but would love to learn how, and as a graphic designer I have a definite fondness of fonts.

All this to say: after learning about my slight obsession with typefaces and lettering, a family friend gave me an old set of rubber stamps that had been sitting in her basement for a few decades. It’s a complete upper-case alphabet and numerical set. Most punctuation is still there, and even the “&”, “½”, a some cool pointer-hands. The letters are about 2 inches in height.

The set was apparently bought from an antique shop in England over 30 years ago… Though I find it curious that it contains the $ and ¢ symbols, but no £ stamp, which makes me think that it could be American, Canadian or Australian. That’s about all the information I have about it. I have tried to search online for more clues but have yet to find anything useful.

If you have any insight as to where this set of rubber stamps came from, or if you know anyone that is knowledgeable about this sort of thing, please let me know! danielle (.) sayer (@) gmail (.) com

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December 05, 2011
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Time to start making holiday cards!

Time to start making holiday cards!

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November 27, 2011
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Cross stitch Christmas stocking part two! (see cross stitch Christmas stocking part one!)

Cross stitch Christmas stocking part two!

(see cross stitch Christmas stocking part one!)

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November 24, 2011
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World AIDS Day: December 1st. To raise awareness and to promote education and prevention of HIV / AIDS, please share this blog post! I will be donating to the Farha Foundation for every like, reblog, and follow of this blog until (edit)November 30th December 1st at 10pm.$1 for every follow on Tumblr50¢ for every reblog25¢ for every like Just one click and you can help support those living with HIV / AIDS. I will donate a maximum of $200, help me reach my goal! Feel free to DONATE directly to the Farha Foundation. –––––––––––– In 1991, at the age of 35, my uncle David died of AIDS. Two years later, when I was 10 years old, my mother brought me to the Farha Foundation’s first ever Ça Marche AIDS Walk. I have walked nearly every year since in memory of my Uncle David, as well as to promote education and prevention of HIV / AIDS and to support those living with HIV / AIDS.  The Farha Foundation is Quebec’s leading AIDS fundraising organization, committed to help men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. They fund services committed to improving the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS and programs that curb the rate of new infection. Support me and help the Farha Foundation to provide badly needed services for some 20,000 men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS in Quebec, as well as prevention and education programs across the province. No drug can cure AIDS.

World AIDS Day: December 1st.

To raise awareness and to promote education and prevention of HIV / AIDS, please share this blog post!

I will be donating to the Farha Foundation for every like, reblog, and follow of this blog until (edit)November 30th December 1st at 10pm.

$1 for every follow on Tumblr
50¢ for every reblog
25¢ for every like

Just one click and you can help support those living with HIV / AIDS. I will donate a maximum of $200, help me reach my goal!

Feel free to DONATE directly to the Farha Foundation.

––––––––––––

In 1991, at the age of 35, my uncle David died of AIDS. Two years later, when I was 10 years old, my mother brought me to the Farha Foundation’s first ever Ça Marche AIDS Walk. I have walked nearly every year since in memory of my Uncle David, as well as to promote education and prevention of HIV / AIDS and to support those living with HIV / AIDS. 

The Farha Foundation is Quebec’s leading AIDS fundraising organization, committed to help men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. They fund services committed to improving the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS and programs that curb the rate of new infection.

Support me and help the Farha Foundation to provide badly needed services for some 20,000 men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS in Quebec, as well as prevention and education programs across the province.

No drug can cure AIDS.

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October 13, 2011
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The Sketchbook Project: Part 1

Today was a GREAT mail day!

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for The Sketchbook Project, a project run by the Art House Co-op in Brooklyn. Today I received a package in the mail containing my new sketchbook as well as a welcome letter and the rules. I couldn’t be more excited!

The Sketchbook Project is a world-wide initiative that invites artists of any level to participate by filling the pages of a sketchbook and then mailing it back to the Art House Co-op. After the sketchbooks are cataloged (each one has a barcode on it), they head off on a whirlwind world tour across the U.S., Canada, England, and as far as Australia, giving a chance to artists from around the world to check them out.

The sketchbooks will then travel back to Brooklyn to be part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library. They will also be digitized so that anyone from around the world will be able to view them online.

The theme I chose for my sketchbook is “Stitches and Folds.” I can’t wait to get started!

My blank slate: an empty sketchbook. I’ll post more updates as I get started on my sketchbook!

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