We've been busy working on a promotional package for the International Institute of Sustainable Development (iisd) that includes quite a few custom pieces which has been a lot of fun to work on. We should have the package completed by early next week but here's a little peek at one of the screen printed leave-behind gifts that will be included.

For the past couple of days I've been doing a little Spring cleaning. Except instead of being Spring, its Summer, and instead of cleaning I'm actually making a bigger mess. See, a lot of work can pile up in 10 years and that's what I'm dealing with here. I'm getting all 1o years of these print samples back in order, because needless to say, they are a little out of control. I'll be honest with you guys, it kind of looks like an episode of Hoarders in here and I'm not even half done. There is, however, some good to come out of this process (well, other than things eventually being neat and organized and all) and that is when going through piles of old stuff, some gems are bound to pop up along the way. I've decided to share some of these gems with you here today. You're welcome. Exhibit A: bright colours, and bitmaps. This is all a little bit too much for my eyes to handle. Clearly this whole trend was before my time, and I feel pretty lucky for that. Exhibit B: Check these brochures out, I don't know what to say about them other than gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are all really fun words to say. Also, I should probably get these things off my desk before people start getting the wrong idea. Unrelated to the photos above, does anyone recognize that dashing young fellow in the photo down there? Whaaa? Who? Wait a second, is that Mr. Callum Beattie?

Well they have, but not in a bad way. Thursdays around here have now turned into
bring-your-dog-to-work day. Which just happens to be one of the best ideas I think anyone has ever had. Well, at least in the top 10. We had kind of tossed around the idea a few months ago to the ol' boss, the head honcho, el capitano around here. But, being the new girl I was a little weary of making the first move. Since then Charity has started here with us, and obviously wasn't quite as weary as I (I think you know how the rest of this story goes). However we both were slightly worried that the first bring-your-dog-to-work day might be our last after the first day's little episode... Lets just say someone's pooch was feeling a little adventurous that day, and he may or may not have made his way onto the elevator, and when that same elevator came back up and the doors opened well, maybe he wasn't on it. All is well though, we found him moments later in the basement, presumably getting a sweet treat from the vending machine. So, without further adieu meet Winston and Coco. Winston, my pride and joy is that handsome little fellow on top, and Coco is that sassy little chihuahua on the bottom.