House Beautiful Magazine

How fun! House Beautiful Magazine picked our Alphabet Print as one of their 250 Gifts Under $25!...We were #8! Thank you!

Sweet review....

What a treat when I saw a "tweet" that was sent to me over on Twitter - the tweet was from a new name that I hadn't seen before. When I followed the link, I was so delighted at such a sweet write up of us.



You can take a peek at the blog post over here. Thank you to all of my fellow bloggers for being so supportive! If I've missed a mention, do let me know, as I would love to thank you! - Lindsay

Pregancy Magazine

So I woke up this morning, was all groggy and such (no coffee yet in my system) and I got a really sweet e-mail from Barbara who has a shop on Etsy called LilDabDesigns, congratulating me on my Pregancy Magazine mention. I was stumped. Really? I was? So.... I happened to have plans to meet my Mom this morning and one of our stops was Chapters/Indigo. So while she was looking for her book, I darted towards the magazine aisle and found the magazine and feverishly flipped through - and there it was - my print!

I was so honoured to be in this magazine, but also to be surrounded by some amazing artists that I totally admire on that page. I walked madly through the store (really, I looked possessed) and found my Mom. I must have looked ridiculous. And I showed her and she screamed ..."There you are!!!" ...I think we startled some people. And then we went for Sushi to celebrate. And that, my friends, was my morning. :)

The only unfortunate thing is, is that they totally got the pricing + size wrong in the magazine. It states that the print is 13x9 & $15.00. When it's actually 13x19 (not 9) and it's $25.00. If you're interested in the $15 print, then you'll want the 8x10 size. You can see the sizing + prices online here at www.pennypeople.etsy.com

Globe & Mail Style Counsel

What a fabulous surprise to get in my inbox this morning one of my favourite e-mails - The Globe & Mail Style Counsels newsletter. It was even better this morning as when I opened it - my Alphabet print was there! Thank you! Here is a screen shot, but below is the super sweet write up that they did.

"Ever rushed to the nearest big box baby store in a panic on the way to a shower and grabbed a few onesies and a generic teddy bear, all the while feeling like a pathetic friend to your new-parent buddies? Why not try something a little more personal, while supporting a Canadian artist and avoiding a toy that could have been made in China.

What a pleasant surprise it is to see what Lindsay Stephenson at Penny People Designs is cooking up. She creates framed alphabet pictures that come with the sweet little one's name atop a colourful jumble of alphabet characters. She'll also do a custom design on a bird print.

The block letters are modern and clean looking for parents who don't want their nursery décor to get too cutesy, and Stephenson says they'll still be suitable for kids' rooms when they get older. And they're super affordable, along with being sized to fit a number of IKEA frames. Next time a baby shower rolls around, you won't have to hide your gift at the bottom of the pile.

Check out Pennypeople.etsy.com, and expect to spend $15 and up for a small alphabet name print to $25 for a large print, plus shipping costs. -Allison Dunfield"

As seen in...

Just a fun roundup of where our prints have been seen the past week around the web. :) Don't forget about our little contest that is running for January to win some free Address Labels!



Found online at Coochicoos


Our new Art Print was featured on Ohdeedoh thanks to someone named Katie who gave them the heads up about our new print. I would hug Katie if I could for that mention!

We're in Today's Parent Magazine!

Eeek! 2 of our Holiday Cards were featured in Today's Parent December issue. Hip-Hip Horray!

ohhh! we're on ohdeedoh!

You can buy the art prints online at our etsy shop by clicking here.

Two of my favourite websites/blogs out there are Apartment Therapy (Great home design ideas) and Ohdeedoh, their "Baby/Nursery" Design Blog which I adore for great inspiration and ideas for a furture...well..."2nd bedroom". I was super excited to see our Alphabet Prints (which I blogged about earlier) featured today!! Yippeee! It's like being accepted into a group of super amazing people that have been featured before, so not only am I soooo happy, I'm very honoured. Take a peek!

Style At Home Magazine

How exciting! We're in Style at Home Magazine this month, and our personalized stickers are featured as a part of Tamara Robbins wedding!

Celebrity Baby Blog

Wow! We were so honoured to be featured & reviewed by Celebrity Baby Blog just the other day! Thank you & hello to all of the newbies who are visiting our blog. :)

The Matrimonial Mishap - Oh My!

How excited was I when I got an e-mail, and then phone calls from friends asking me if I knew that my hubby and I were in the North Toronto post this month? Pretty darn excited. I love the North Toronto post, and was pretty elated when I saw a full page article about my hubby and I, and the mention of Penny People. And I obviously drove around looking for a NTP box at midnight, zipping around in our little Mini, trying to find ourselves a copy. I should have just gone to my Moms house - there it was proudly on the Kitchen island. ;) I giggled at the headline; "The matrimonial Mishap." It sounds as if we didn't mean to get married. How scandalous! (The reality is that our marriage liscence didnt make it to the ceremony). If you're in Toronto, you can pick yourself up a copy and read the whole story. ;)

In METRO Newspaper!

How exciting! On Friday we were featured in the METRO as a place to get the cutest address labels! Eeek. We love it! Thanks to Lisi for mentioning us!

In SNAP! Newspaper

How fun! Penny People's "George Herman Day", a day where we donated 100% from all sales to Geroge Herman House, a home for women living with Mental Health Issues, was noted in the local SNAP!

A cute picture from an evenings festivities accompanies the article.

Baseball Shirts!

Well, it's not "news" but I love it! Every Wednesday night is baseball night, and one of the teammates had T-Shirts made for everyone on the team. Yours truly designed the logo, and as thanks, Penny People's logo was put on the shirts. Love it!

We're honoured!

We received an e-mail today from Kim Vallee, who is the writter behind "At Home with kim vallee" a delightful blog with amazing writting. She let us know that there was a post up about Penny People, and we were delighted! We encourage you to take a peek at her blog!

Lindsay

We loved Chocolat before, but now we LOOOVE it

What a wonderful suprise it was when I opened up Chocolat Magazine and found this on the very back page! We were one of Chantel Simmon's things "she loves best". Now, I wont lie, I hugged the magazine for a few minutes. A little birdie gave us the heads up, and I RAN to the Indigo at Yonge & Eglinton to go find a copy. I also forgot that hubby bought me a subscription, so now I have TWO magazines to hug. Sweet bliss.

You must check out Chantel's debut book, Stuck in Downward Dog. I'm going to pick it up for when we take a few weeks vacation as we lie on a dock, and dream of new paper designs.

Thank you to our amazing clients who do pass along our name, it's a honour to be recommended.

Hugs,

Lindsay & Team

An Interview...how fun

We love to talk, especially when it comes to Penny People Designs & how we started. We were super happy when York Region baby invited for an interview.
Click here to read the fun interview with York Region Baby!

We're delighted

Sweetspot.ca featured our George Herman House cards today under their Spotted Section. We're delighted that this card received a mention as we just adore it, and the cause it's for.



"You are: Thoughtful of others. We love a killer combo (poutine comes to mind), like this new philanthropic push from Toronto’s Penny People Designs. Quality cards, a cute design and customized name and font not enough? Add that 50% of the proceeds goes to George Herman House for women living with mental health issues.George Herman House Designer Card by Penny People Designs, $1.20 each; http://www.pennypeople.com/"

Penny People on a CD Cover

This isn't a new story, but more of a fun post! Whenever someone comes into our studio and looks at our "wall-o-fun" they always seem to stop at the framed CD Cover from Markus's "Lullabies & Dreams" CD, which we illustrated the cover for. It's pretty sweet! You can purchase the CDs online at MastermindToys.com. We do love the sleeping baby on the moon, soooo sweet!