Ends Wednesday, July 22nd. 

We have a couple of new pieces this week.  A new map of Portland Maine and a sail chart featuring a clipper ship.

About 6 years ago my brother in law gave me this "Daruma" (also known as a Dharma doll).  He told me that they can be used as helpful little reminders of the goals one wants to reach.  The idea behind them is to fill in one eye when you begin a project and only fill in the other eye when you have reached your desired goal.  I filled in the first eye and told myself that I would not fill in the other until I had become able to support myself fully as an artist.  Over the years I had actually lost track of the daruma but refound it when we were packing for our move.  I realized that I hadn't filled in the other eye yet and needed to do that.  Even though it's just a trinket it was a good feeling to have this small marker of a goal realized.  It took a lot of hard work, staying focused while juggling part time jobs, and the help of family and friends and especially my loving husband, but Quail Lane Press came to be!  ...And we are so happy to have it. 

It's been way too long since my last post, but we've been in recovery mode after our interstate move.  Now we are finally settling in to our new home in Oregon and are over the moon about being here.  I love all the exploring that goes on when you first move to a place.  Little adventures every day.  We've had a chance to tour the marvelous city (and I plan to do another blog post on that!) of Portland, but have also been taking small trips to places just outside the city.  Obviously no place is perfect but so far we've found a lot of pretty insanely cool stuff- berry picking, enchanted old growth forests, and sublime beaches all in striking distance.  Here are some photos of our discoveries plus a look at our shop (she still needs some work but is coming together).

Hey folks, just want to let you know that we are moving to our beautiful neighbor state of Oregon!  We've been a little slow to get new products out lately because, hey it turns out moving 600 miles makes things pretty hectic.  Our shops are going to be closed from May 13th through May 18th, and will be answering emails if you have any questions about orders placed before the 13th.