Genuine, thoughtful, and poetic paper goods and engravings inspired by the darker side of life, designed and handmade by a husband and wife team in rural Oklahoma.

 
Mike and I recently decided we needed a new, big eye-catching banner for our booth at the @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo but besides our logo, I was struggling to figure out what to put on it. Ultimately, I decided I wanted something that both represent
A few of our embellished framed pieces for the @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo in Columbus this weekend and Indy the next. 👀 Just a reminder that every purchase from an artist/small business owner literally helps us keep the lights on and put food on t
💡Strong and Hardy were the maiden names of my American great grandmothers (on my father’s side.) Bessie Strong, born in 1889, was an American West pioneer who died 6 years before I was born, so our time on earth did not overlap. Still, she be
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th. 💕 “[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary—it’s an act of infinite optimism.” —Gilda Radner . . . #strongandhard
Wanna make out? ★ The What the Heck series is an homage to Johann Georg Heck, the German artist behind the lithographs used from his 1849 book, Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexicon: Ikonographische Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Kü
Just a couple general announcements: 1. If you go to strongandhardy.com, click Artwork and scroll to the bottom of that page, you’ll see a section of photos on display that were posted and tagged on social or sent to us from people who purchas
Drove a few hours to SE OK to camp this weekend and be in the eclipse path of totality today. Mike and I saw the total eclipse in Wyoming in 2017 on our honeymoon and got to experience it again today, this time with our daughter. Absolute cloud cover
The original version of this piece (that you may have seen if you stopped by our booth in Houston or Dallas) had the subject’s head inside a birdcage. But even though I loved the concept in theory, there was something about it that didn’t
Treated myself to this beautiful necklace from our booth neighbor @curiousodditiesofskinbones in Dallas last Friday night and wore it to the show on Saturday. They were the sweetest humans ever and were so good with our little girl so I wanted to giv
★ Newest embellished framed pieces for @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo in Dallas this Easter weekend. ★ . . . #strongandhardy #framedart #oddities #odditiesandcuriosities #bees #cicadas #snakes #rabbits #darkart #darkartists #travelingartists #thesewillb