• Start a letter writing club, an origami group and a journaling meet up
• Sponsor three ETSY Craft Parties
• Teach Victorian paper crafts at three Henry B. Plant Museum picnics
• Assemble the largest collection of vintage typewriters for sale and rent in the Southeastern United States
• Have three World Typewriter Day Type-Ins
• Create a writing bar experience for over 1,700 people with 30+ typewriters
• Host the Tampa Type writing bar at four Oxford Exchange Book Fairs
• Teach The Art of Paper Crafting at Disney World’s International Festival of the Arts
• Host local artists and makers at Makers Market Tampa, three times
• Bring an international paper flower artist to Tampa for three workshops
• Bring a celebrated calligrapher from Colorado, whom you met through
Instagram, to teach
• Bring a world-renowned master penman to teach Spencerian calligraphy and cursive handwriting
• Provide over 100 creative classes with a team of 40 teachers to hundreds of students
• Design a best-selling calligraphy kit
• Curate artisanal goods from all over the globe in a magical space where folks can take a digital detox
• Fill a 1917 bungalow with good cheer and community for over 1,000 days
Whew! We are thrilled to be a part of the growing community in Tampa and in a stunning state we love, Florida! We are honored to have had this opportunity to create a space filled with love, creativity and mindfulness; and to provide the analog tools to slow down and take a digital detox. We look forward to what the next 36 months will bring...
If you would like to learn more, please get a copy of our very first 'zine, "Hippocampus" , and get inspired by the people who made it all happen.