Even though the company has an office in downtown Granville, Amy still prefers to work from home. After all, she’s used to long periods of solitude. “When we first moved back here in 1992 and lived in a log cabin in the woods, we had one car,” she recalls. “David would go into Columbus to get freelance graphic design work and I’d hold down the fort. At one point, I was bagging at an apple orchard during the day and painting and doing surface designs in the evening. It was a very creative time for us.”

Today, with a full staff and deadlines, life isn’t quite as free and easy—but Amy still carves out the quiet time necessary to produce an average of 40 prints twice a year.

(top) David’s 1936 Monarch Silver King bicycle comes in handy as a stocking holder. The “peace sign” is a graphic image that you can enlarge as shown or use as a greeting card. Found reindeer antlers dress up an industrial cart.

(bottom) Piled on a retro office chair in her studio, Amy’s sewing pattern and lifestyle books include In Stitches, Found Style, and Midwest Modern, which David photographed and designed. “We shot Midwest Modern through several seasons and different events. It was a true capturing of our lives,” Amy says. Gift wrap, Amy Butler for Glitterings.

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