B&C Initiation

I met a woman at the farmer’s market who runs a little card store from her basement. She sat shaded from the heat in her tent, the walls lined with eye-popping cards. At a small worktable she chatted with another woman while casually filling in the white meat of a stamped heart with swirls of watercolors. I asked if she teaches classes on how to create the delicious-looking cards. “Yes,” a brief pause, then, “You’re not allergic to rabbits are you? I have a rabbit at home where I usually hold my classes. I hold them at home because it's easier; I have 10,000 different stamps.” I wondered how someone could accumulate that many rubber stamps, how many stamps she had before starting her business and how a business like hers could thrive.

Books and Crannies’ ingredients are a still wisps of smoke, a vague notion as was THiNK Magazine before we started digging into the magazine like rabid gardeners itching to till a new patch of dirt.

This is our opportunity for conversation just to get the creative juices flowing. A place to keep B&C alive. I wanted to create a forum for card ideas, recipe ideas, business ideas, etc. Anyone invested in B&C can, and should, post their suggestions and thoughts here. B&C is not an idea that I want to gnaw on for awhile and eventually forget about, like a teething baby and its pacifier. I’m excited to start B&C. I’m excited to see Books and Crannies grow like THiNK Magazine grew from a much-deliberated and confusing idea, to a refreshing and innovative publication from a bunch of college students.