The family of Double D Ranchâ„¢ would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and blessings to you and yours throughout the New Year.
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From the Archives:
The featured greeting card is from Double D Ranch's ephemera collection of leather postcards. Leather postcards became popular around 1900 and were produced by about a dozen companies including the W.S. Heal Company. These 3"x5" mini missives were made from scrap leather and produced the old fashion way - one at a time. Many are hand tinted and include greetings, campy cliches and humorous play on words.  Some cards even had pre-punched holes to encouraged crafty recipients to fashion pillows and throws from them.  Then in 1909, the U.S. Postal Service banned leather postcards because the card's thickness kept jamming the new postal sorting machines.
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This "Why Don't You Write" pillow was produced by Double D Ranchâ„¢ Home Collection in 2005. Â It is inspired by an antique folk art pillow I collected on a junking adventure.
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I absolutely love this, and I’ve never seen such a thing before! Guess I have a new thing to add to my radar to hunt for at antique/junk stores…and maybe another idea to make use of my leather scraps (as long as I hand-deliver the cards!)
Didn't get a chance to tune in to the live video of Grand Canyon line launch? (Or just want to watch it again?) No worries, here's the recording. Get a (virtual) front row seat to Cheryl and Audrey walking you through the fall transition collection, piece by piece, sharing tidbits of insight and inspiration. Explore Grand Canyon!
by Halley SanfordJuly 18, 20212 min read2 Comments
Mark your calendars! The long-awaited launch of our first fall collection is right around the corner. After a long, hot summer of Sissy, we’re taking the collections on the road – metaphorically.
We got all caught up in Americana with the Sissy collection and we kind of let (probably our favorite ever) pajamas slip through the cracks. Our recent photoshoot made it clear the Stolen Ponies Sleepshirt deserves a little more spotlight than it got.
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Jessica Montoya
May 16, 2016
I absolutely love this, and I’ve never seen such a thing before! Guess I have a new thing to add to my radar to hunt for at antique/junk stores…and maybe another idea to make use of my leather scraps (as long as I hand-deliver the cards!)