Sites We Like: Two Please, Nick’s Custom Boots, & Simply Brown

Sometimes you just want to really work your hands into something—whether it’s something you can eat at the end of the process, wear proudly, or curl up under. This week’s sites we like highlight a few of those handmade creature comforts: warm food, good shoes, and a cozy quilt.

Two Please website

From husband-and-wife team Brian Hoff and Kathleen Watkins, Two Please shows off tempting recipes with luscious photos and some great type. FF Nexus Serif and Sans, both ported over on a license from FontFont, balance each other nicely between cheerful sans headings and the delicately seriffed body text, and Brandon Grotesque looks fantastic in the header navigation.

Nick's Custom Boots website

In operation out of Toronto for the past forty years, Nick’s Custom Boots wastes no time getting to the point: if you’re looking for quality custom-made boots, you’re in the right place. You can also see two of our quality fonts on display on their store website: Bree, somewhat unusually placed as the body text font here, invokes the warm rounded elements of handwriting, while JAF Bernino Sans Condensed keeps the headings and navigation clicking along neatly.

Simply Brown website

If you’re ready to dive into your own crafty project, Eileen Brown offers us Simply Brown, whose no-nonsense quilting kits and straightforward directions will turn you into a quilter in no time. Type on the site is likewise clear and easy to read, with body text in JAF Bernina Sans and headings in Kepler Std Semicondensed. Read more about the type choices at Fonts In Use.

Well, if you didn’t have plans for this weekend already, that should get you started. That’s it for this week; share sites you like in the comments!

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Sally Kerrigan

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