Over the past few months, we’ve been expanding into the home with thoughtful kits for different gift-giving occasions. Our new Cocktail Party Prep Kit is a great housewarming gift or for anyone who may need to entertain guests or host a sophisticated get-together for the first time.
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I started this blog almost exactly 7 years ago! Since then, I’ve published roughly 2,000 posts — 1,000 about Cincinnati and 600 specifically on our neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine. A lot has changed since then, and this blog has changed as well. More changes are in store this year.
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Gift Guide For: The Kids: our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger gets some love from Ivanka Trump herself!
Gifts That Give Back: more love from The Citizenry.
Cincinnati Gift Guide // A Few Of My Favorite Things…: plus, Cincinnati love from VB.
Northside Photo Show: worth checking out in Cincinnati tomorrow at Chicken Lays an Egg in Northside.
How to Make Transit Succeed in a Sprawling City: Calgary versus Dallas.
Urbanists Need to Face the Full Implications of Peak Car: on traffic levels in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Detroit by Air: crazy photos.
We’re so excited that a few of our handmade products are available at Terrain this holiday season! Above, Blooming Coal Seed Bombs are perfect for the stocking of anyone who’s been naughty or nice this year.
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Here at VL HQ, we’ve been hard at work, developing a few new kits that are [hopefully] perfect for gift-giving, and today I’m really excited to show you the Lavender Love Kit, great for anyone who enjoys this feminine scent as much as I do.
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Host/Hostess Gifts: check out VL products on Fox 19, courtesy of Carolyn, owner of our favorite Over-the-Rhine boutique, MiCA 12/v!
Shop Small This Christmas: Cincinnati Favorites: an awesome round-up of local stores and makers, including yours truly.
An Indie Guide to Cincinnati During the Holidays: tons of pop-up markets and special events in OTR and downtown Cincy this month.
‘Ghost Signs’ Haunt Clarksville: a town in Tennessee is considering restoring or preserving its ghost sign history.
Las Vegas: The Once and Future Downtown Project: thwarted urban revitalization ambitions in Vegas.
A Horrible Brooklyn Love Story: involving secret tunnels and ghosts.
Saving Neon Signs One Flash at a Time: in Sacramento and beyond, an effort to preserve old neon signs.
How is it already December? To thank you for reading our studio blog and supporting our small business, we’re offering 20% off your purchase of $20 or more, now through the end of 2014 in our online shop, when you use discount code THANKYOU2014.
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Let’s face it: today’s for shopping, not reading random urbanism articles on the Internet. If you’re going to participate in Black Friday, support the small businesses in your neighborhood!
If you need some suggestions, check out the list of stores that stock our work, in Cincinnati and beyond.
Tomorrow, we’ll have a booth at Crafty Supermarket in the ballroom at Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati.
Also tomorrow, our work will be featured in a trunk show hosted by Two Little Buds Florist in Hamilton, OH.
If you prefer to shop online, check out these fun and thoughtful gift guides put together by Five Dot Design, which include our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger.
On Monday, we’ll publish our annual gift guide, which always includes a bunch of friends, neighbors and talented peeps whose work we admire. In the mean time, check out the 2013 gift guide.
We’re thrilled that our Ol Pine Heart Warmer is included in this year’s City Beat Gift Guide, as part of “The Seasonal Shut-In” assortment. You can pick up a bundle at Crafty Supermarket this Saturday!
