The cutie pi dress

I'm super thrilled to announce that as of today, I'm adding "dresses" to the long list of products available in my store. If you've ever seen photos of my closet, it probably won't come as much of a shock that I really love dresses. In particular I have an affinity for a good novelty-print, and enjoy wearing dresses that match a particular holiday, activity, occasion, or event.

For years I've wanted a Pi Day dress that didn't have baked pies on it. That seems to be the only option out there, and while apple pie is one of my favorite foods of all time, I was craving something a little less sweet and a little more mathematical. I feel like I should acknowledge here that, yes, this is definitely a very niche dress to start off with. I know that I'm in the minority when it comes to my obsession with this holiday, and my pi products hardly ever sell. But I wanted to launch my dress collection with a design that was very special to me, not just something that might sell. If that makes sense? I'll definitely be adding designs with broader appeal in the weeks to come, but for my very first dress I wanted it to be something that I've desperately wanted in my closet for a long time and just couldn't find anywhere else. And that was a pi dress.



My dresses are being manufactured in Montreal, Canada. It's an ethically and environmentally friendly company where workers are paid a fair wage, receive paid breaks, and work normal hours. Extra and irregular clothing is donated to local shelters. The fabric itself is manufactured in Montreal using a process that uses a third less energy and water than normal polyester processes usually do.

I am very smitten with how these came out. The colors were printed exactly the way I intended, vibrant but still pastel. The print is crisp and clear, and the fabric is really comfy. It kind of reminds me of a thinner version of neoprene, very sleek and soft, but not shiny.

The dress has some stretch to it, but I'd recommend sizing up if you're between sizes. I got the medium based on my bust/waist measurements, but it's a little snug in the hips so next time I'm going to go with a large. The medium still fits pretty well though, as you can see in the photo above. You can view my size chart below:



I'm so excited to finally be offering dresses! Ideally someday I'd love to design vintage-style garments (like chiffon dresses with knife pleats and bell sleeves, oh my!) but for now this is pretty darn exciting. If you're interested in the cutie pi dress, it's available right here. And I'll have other designs available within the next month or so.

Please note, if you're ordering the cutie pi dress for Pi Day, be sure to order as soon as humanly possible. These are all made to order and have a turnaround time of 1-10 days so the sooner you order, the better your chances of having the dress in time for March 14th!

Let the Pi Day fun begin!

As you might already know, I'm a bit of a Pi Day fanatic. In Princeton they go all-out for the holiday, seeing as it's also Einstein's birthday, complete with pie-eating contests, pi-recitation contests, pi-shaped chocolates, pie-flavored ice cream, you name it! I personally don't participate in any of the contests, which means I usually celebrate by just eating a lot of fruit pie and pizza pie. And while that's clearly very fun, it's not actually related to the 3.14 version of the word.

Enter -- Yippi!

Last year my dad printed out the first 25 or so digits of pi on copy paper and set two dice on the kitchen table. The object of the game was to roll the dice, and cross off the numbers of pi as you rolled the corresponding digits. Over the course of the game we all came up with some simple rules, and Yippi! was born! This year I decided to turn our family game into a real dice game that other Pi Day fanatics could own & play for themselves! :)

The game comes with 25 Pi Cards (printed with the first 64 digits of pi), 2 dice, an instruction card, and a hand-stamped 5" x 7" muslin carrying case.



I say this a lot, but this is one of my favorite things I've ever worked on. I love seeing an idea come to life in such a tangible way -- starting out as sketches in a notebook, then digital designs on a computer screen, then assembling the final product. It's definitely a passion project (I doubt there's a really high demand for math-themed games) but those are usually my favorites. In fact, it's practically a statistical rule that my most-beloved creations hardly ever sell while my lesser-loved items are usually my best sellers.

However, if you're one of the rare souls who IS clamoring for a very fun, PI-not-PIE way to celebrate March 14th this year, my Yippi! game is available in my shop right here. Be sure to order soon in order to receive your game in time for Pi Day! :)

New cutie pi brooches & more

I'm so excited about my brand new cutie pi brooch design! It seems like I've revamped my design for this brooch every year, never 100% satisfied with how it came out and constantly feeling like it needed some tweaking. But this time I'm so in love with the finished product, and I think she'll be sticking around for quite some time. The new brooch is available in my shop here.

I also made some new Einstein brooches and earrings. I'm really smitten with how awesome sketchy drawings look when I get them laser cut, it really looks like you're wearing a 3D version of a drawing! They're available here. I was also in need of a cute graduation card for a friend, so I decided to make one myself. I'm really happy with how it turned out so I decided to list it in my shop as well. That's available here.

Pi Day deadline

Pi Day is only a little over a week away! If you still need to stock up on Pi Day supplies (buttons, art prints, brooches and the like) my cutoff for 3/13 delivery is tomorrow, Friday March 6th*. I can't guarantee anything since the post office can be crazy and unreliable (especially with all the snow this year) but ordering by tomorrow means you *should* get your Pi Day goodies in time for the big day! Don't forget, this particular Pi Day is especially special because it's 3-14-15. And at 9:26 PM it gets even MORE special! And at 9:26:53 it's specialer still! It's going to be a pretty exciting day.

These cutie pi brooches are almost sold out (3 left) and I won't be making any more once they're gone. If you want to snatch up one of the last ones, they're in my shop here. And you can see all of my Pi Day products right here.

*Excludes t-shirts, since they have a longer turnaround time

Pi Day artwork

I just skipped right over Valentine's Day this year (well, with this exception) and started planning for Pi Day! It's one of my favorite holidays - in Princeton we go all out since it's also Einstein's birthday. They have pie eating contests, pie throwing contests, pi recitation contests, almost every store has specially priced items at $3.14 and my favorite ice cream shop sells pie ice cream!

Anyway, since it is one of my favorite days of the year I decided to expand on my cutie pi brooch and make some new Pi Day items! These new drawings are all available as prints (individually or as a set) and they're also available on buttons and (drum roll) t-shirts! What?! Yes! T-Shirts!

My personal favorite is the Pi-rate but I have a soft spot in my heart for Cutie Pi, too. I'm actually working on a big project with that specific character that I'm so excited about! Hopefully I'll be able to share more details on that soon :)

All of the new pieces of pi (haha) are available in my shop here.

Cutie pi brooches

New cutie pi brooches, just in time for Pi Day! A limited number are available in my sweet and lovely shop, here.

That's Amore - A Mental Floss Exclusive

In addition to the Life of Pi painting, Mental Floss also commissioned this  pizza pi painting. This was a really fun one to paint and I'm so happy with how it came out. It's available on tote bags exclusively at Mental Floss.

Life of Pi - a Mental Floss exclusive

Mental Floss recently commissioned me to do this six panel painting called "Life of Pi" -- a punny take on the movie and the math. Little Mr. Pi goes through six stages of life -- infancy, teen years, graduation, love & marraige, family, and old age. But as we all know, he doesn't die, he goes on forever ...

The painting is available on prints & t-shirts exclusively in the Mental Floss store.

Pi Chart

Pi Day is coming up soon, and I have lots of new pi-themed items to share! First up is this new painting, available as a print in my Puns Intended shop.