{a winter wonderland party}

here's another peak inside the studio ---

it was a winter wonderland party celebrating our BIG TWO year old. ugh! two??? really??? time flies when your having fun! all that was missing from the party was a little of the white stuff!

snow balls - nutella stuffed pancakes

milk bar

the birthday girl enjoying her cup of cocoa.

happy birthday sweet eliza mae!

stay warm with hot chocolate favors

cold hands. warm heart. pocket hand warmer favors.

thanks meg davidson photography for all of the pics.

and all of your hard work!!

{cheers to twenty twelve}

we are just getting back into the studio after a long "winter's" nap. if only it felt like winter out there! we have fully recovered from our most successful holiday season in nine years and are fully recharged, rejuvenated and ready to rock in two thousand and twelve. we can't wait to share with you what we have in store! cheers everyone and thanks for all of your support in twenty eleven.

{home for holidays}

from our home to yours - cheers for the new year!

{from our home to yours}

The holidays are a little nutty around here to say the least. Designing starts in June or July. Shows kick into full swing in the early fall. By Thanksgiving we are up to our elbows in Christmas card orders and only two weeks to fill them all. The Bowman house is always the last one on the street to put up the lights and the men at the tree stand normally toss the pathetic, needless specimen on our car on the 20th with a HUGE discount. Our gifts are always late and our cards are never sent. And on Christmas day we check out with Santa, hot chocolate or toddy in hand.

After 10 years, I am extremely excited to say that we finally have it down to a mastered science. Not only was it in the biggest and best Christmas card season at inkSpotts, we wrapped up all of our customers' holiday greetings and even had time to stop and enjoy a few quiet moments ourselves. We are still in disbelief at how seamless the season was, considering in the midst of it all we did a kitchen renovation. Why not do everything at once, right?

Because our house is new to the decorating, baking and merriment scene, we thought we would open our home to you the days leading up to Christmas and spread the new found joy.

Happy Christmas and thanks to all of you for a very special year!!!

{baking day}

{card of the day}

We have been celebrating the 12 days of inkSpotts Christmas Cards on our facebook page. Today, our card of choice is not one that we created but one that was given as a gift a few years ago. It was found in a little gift shop here in Atlanta but, I truly think that it could have been pulled out of my Grandmother's trunk of heirlooms. I treasure it every year when I pull it out of the bin of decorations. The design and artwork are classic. The penmanship is beautiful! And, the message just makes me chuckle - "have not heard from you in a coons age". Again, are you sure that this was not my Grandmother's?

Be sure to take a look at the details. Pure joy!

It's Show Time!

Tonight is the BIG night! The popcorn is ready to be popped and the hot cocoa is waiting to be stirred. Friends and family bursting with anticipation, ready to cuddle up and tune in to CBS 8:30pm est - The Elf on the Shelf: AN ELF'S STORY!!! It's being called the next Holiday Movie Classic, but why are we so excited about it? Well, it could just be because I was lucky enough to spend a small amount of time in the production studio. I had the pleasure of drawing the concept designs for the characters costumes. It was absolutely amazing watching the behind scene process of how such a movie comes to life. See some of it for yourself here. Thank you Chad and Tara from Trick 3D and Big Canoe Entertainment for an experience I will never forget!

The magic doesn't just stop there, last Sunday I had the opportunity of a life time to join the cast and a crew at the red carpet, black tie movie premiere event. Not only was it exciting to be apart of the show, it was an experience that words can describe watching my 1 1/2 year old daughter Eliza capture the magic of Christmas, understanding who Santa and of course his elves really were for the first time. Seeing my name on the big screen was just the icing on the Christmas cookie.

I can't wait to wake up tomorrow to see where the Elf that has been sent to the Bowman house will be "hiding"? hmmmm... and what shall we name him?

I hope that you all enjoy the movie as much as I have enjoyed the experience. May it become a tradition in your home as well. Don't forget to adopt your elf if you haven't already!

Cheers! Here's to the Magic of the Season!!!

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