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Monday, November 30th, 2009

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free shipping in the shop ends today 12pm EST.

sorting

Monday, November 30th, 2009

letterpressbeespaperscraps

Sorting through trays of letterpress wood type, stamps and paper…
These things make me happy.

-j

a sunday in november

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

national_zoo_09national_zoo_ottersnational_zoo_beavernational_zoo_us

A recent trip to the National Zoo.
Beavers and Giant Anteaters were our favorites.

Happy thanksgiving, everyone. Safe travels.

hand-lettered signs

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

holly_custom_sign

custom hand-lettered signs now available in the shop…

we have an alligator in our house.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

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Our daughter is four and like most kids her age she likes to tell stories and has a crazy imagination. At preschool one day she told her teacher about an alligator with sharp teeth, long claws and a dusty scaly tail that lived in her house until one day we sent him away in the mail. When I picked her up from school that day her teacher told us about her alligator story. She was shocked to find out it was true, that we did bring an alligator with sharp teeth and long claws home with us and sent him away to one lucky 3p4 customer.

Stu and I have a strange job and bring some strange things home with us. But it made us laugh the strange stories our daughter must tell at school – next time her teacher will probably wonder if it’s her imagination or reality. alligators in the house, that’s just silly.

musical crates.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

shih_musicboxes
Here they are!
These music boxes are now in the shop.
Choose your song.
In limited quantities by SHIH.

no. 4905

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

egg_cup_packaging

Many vintage eggcups have passed through our shop. But we recently acquired an old stock of them in their original packaging. Packaging (and their knit hats) make us love them even more.

santa_egg_cup

camping every night

Friday, November 20th, 2009

hollys_tent

every night we read books and i sing her three little birds.
don’t forget to zip up my tent, she says.
holly goes camping every night.

get excited.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

tasty

Kind of neglected this blog.
But I think I am finally coming out of this, all last week I was sick. It’s so difficult when one of us is out of commission we rely so much on each other in taking care of the kids and also running Three Potato Four. I think we used the word “chaos” a lot last week, but we’re through it and are glad it didn’t hit us during the busy holiday season.

Giving you a peek into the making of a *new product* coming exclusively to Three Potato Four very soon – from our friends Something’s Hiding in Here

We’re excited!
-janet

(photo via SHIH)

Customizable Shop Signs!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

We’ve been diligently working with a professional sign painter with over 30+ years of experience in the sign-making business and are so excited to finally announce the upcoming offering of customizable hand-painted hand-lettered shop signs!…and just in time for the holidays! Details coming soon…hollys_cupcakes_promo