Hi there!
I am a printmaker and doodler, and owner of Zucchini & Co. I adore fonts, letters, and words. I also love the smell of linoleum and the touch of all kinds of paper. The eponymous Zucchini is my 6-year old doxie, I love her very much and she sits and watches me craft and drink coffee in the morning. I'm just the "& Co." part of the deal.
Please take a look at my portfolio!
Busy Bee
bee's my nickname, always has been.
so anyways I've been super-busy, it doesn't even feel like summer! Besides the bookplates I've been making, I've been working on wedding invitations and other sorts of designs for invites...
Here's a little insight into the process:
I carved a paisley pattern and a wildflower (I call them dandelions) onto linoleum blocks. Oy! Carpal tunnel!
I printed said linoleum block in a pretty zucchini & co. pink on lovely rice paper and thick cotton rag.
[I let them dry...] I scanned them into my computer.
I took 'em into Photoshop and played... and then I took 'em into Illustrator and played!
I then learned that my printer (with a little love and encouragement) can handle nice cotton rag!
Then I uploaded some pictures of them to my Flickr. I like to call Zucchini & Co.'s wedding things an imprint called "Love, Zucchini". Like if my teeny 'Kini sent invites, that's what they would look like. 
What do you think?
Behind the Bookplates: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A former student of mine is throwing a Gala.
This Gala is to benefit the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy fund, a non-profit organization that is devoted to finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
This ex-student [now friend] has a brother who will be a senior in high school. He has Duchenne.
Right now, Duchenne is 100% fatal. This disease will eventually rob him of his ability to breathe.
Watch this video "What is Duchenne?" and I challenge you NOT to cry. Of course, I did cry, and this student remains my favorite (um, yeah, teachers have favorites) and I want to help. So there's volunteering [tiny form to fill out here], and there's sponsorship [the sponsorship packet's on the right hand side] , but I wanted to use what I got to help out.
My bookplates are definitely one of my best-sellers, so I created a line of bookplates, silly designs, cute designs, under-the-sea-themed designs (the theme of the Gala), and Zucchini & Co. will be selling them and donating half of the profits to the PPMD.
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us." --Flora Edwards
I hope you consider volunteering, sponsoring, or making a purchase to help this cause.