Fall 2009 Colors

We are very happy to introduce a new line of Keep Calm and Carry On prints for Fall 2009! There are 7 new colors and designs available until November 15th. Enjoy!

The Beginning of a Mailing List (and a really good coupon)

(photo courtesy of FLICKR)

How would you like to receive a 20% off coupon for your next purchase at the Canton Box Company's Etsy Shop? All you have to do is sign up for our mailing list! Send us an email to cantonboxcompany@yahoo.com with your name and a short note saying you'd like to be added to our mailing list and we'll email you back with a coupon code to use during your next visit to our shop!

We promise not to bombard your inboxes - we will be sending out monthly to bi-monthly shop updates/special offers/exclusive discounts etc.

Hurry - this 20% off coupon code will only be good until September 18th!

Halloween Artwork

Here are a few things we've been working on for Halloween. This artwork was fun to make...although creating and cutting the templates was a bit tedious. But I'm in love with the final product!

I love these so much that they will definitely be gracing my mantle this bewitching season...

Make sure to check out the CBC Etsy Shop for regular additions to our Halloween Line!!

Flying Bats - for puchase click here.

Spooky Cat - for purchase click here.

Jack-o-Lantern - for purchase click here.

Hall of Fame Days

Its my favorite two weeks of the summer in Canton - Hall of Fame Festival week! Each year during this time, the city we love is brimming with activities and we always make sure to take full advantage of them. So - this past weekend was the Hall of Fame race, which Tyson and I take part in every year. After begrudgingly pulling myself out of bed at 7:00am on Sunday (seriously, that should be illegal on the weekend) we went down to the Football HOF for the race kick-off. Despite the somewhat inclement weather conditions - the place was PACKED full of runners!

After we were done with the race, we decided to take a walk down to the McKinley Memorial ~ a place we actually visit pretty often. Its one of those rare kind of untapped gems that I don't think people have a full appreciation for here in Canton.

I was thanking my lucky stars that I thought to bring my camera with me because we ended up having the entire memorial all to ourselves (it was still pretty early in the morning). I was able to get some lovely pics that I thought I would share with you.

A shot from the top steps of the Memorial. The runners on the road below were on

their last few miles of the 5 mile race.
"A government like ours rests on the intelligence, morality and patriotism of the people."
A great quote by President William McKinley

My favorite part of the McKinley Memorial - the huge ornate brass doors that lead inside.

The details on these doors are stunning.

The statue of McKinley on the stairs of the memorial.

Took a short walk through the park before it started raining.

Lots of hidden treasures in Memorial park to be discovered!

Two tired runners relaxing on the steps of the memorial.

Stay tuned on the blog and twitter this week for more HOF Festival updates! And of course - the CBC Halloween line will debuted in a mere matter of days!

Indie Girl Fun!

We had a wonderful time at the Blissful on Saturday for the Indie Girl Trunk show! We had so much fun hanging out with the other Indie Girls artists and getting a chance to talk to customers to get a new and different perspective on our work. Make sure to check out Abby's blog to see all of the other artists' work...its really beautiful. A BIG thanks to Abby & Debbie for inviting us and all their support throughout the event. And another BIG thanks to all the customers who came out to support local artists and who made this event so successful for us. Here's a little peak at what our display looked like on Saturday.

We will be working hard over the next couple weeks to get all of our new stuff on our Etsy shop (we already started this yesterday). In the meantime, if you see anything in the pictures above that catches your eye, shoot us an email at cantonboxcompany@yahoo.com and we'll give you all the details on it.

Indie Girl Preview

With the Indie Girl Trunk Show just days away...we thought we would give you a little preview of some of the things that you'll find there from the Canton Box Company! Make sure to stop by our spot at the Blissful on Saturday, June 27th and sign up for our mailing list...we will begin to send out updates and special offers soon! If you can't make it to the sale, but would still like to be on the mailing list, email us at cantonboxcompany@yahoo.com with your name, address and email and we'll make sure to add you to the list!

Ok - not to toot my own horn...but this AMOUR print turned out seriously cool. I will definitely be making one for our home.
Love Print - A reminder of what's most important

Le Marche aux Fleurs (the flower market) My favorite item so far...and Tyson and my first joint venture project.

Utility Drawer providing some display space for our Monogrammed Cards

You can expect lots of Keep Calm & Carry On prints in brand new colors and white frames

Numbers & Symbols print - a bit of an industrial feel

We will be debuting tons of new card & invitation designs....make sure to stop by and check them all out!

Splinter Shelves!

I am so excited that we will be able to bring some splinter shelves to the Indie Girl Trunk Show at the Blissful! We had been really up in the air on whether or not we would be able to make any in time. Tyson makes these shelves by "splintering" a piece of wood. The wood has to have enough imperfections so that the board can be broken apart. He was lucky enough yesterday to find a board that was perfect for making these shelves, so we will have not one shelf to take to Indie Girl, but several! Below are the one's Tyson has made in the past.