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The Letter Nest® | Sally King McBride

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Seventeen summers ago, I was lucky enough to start my first job @metmuseum. This June, my Met Alphabet launched at The Met Store: 26 letters featuring objects I got to know during my decade of work at the Museum. From the iconic Carpeaux sculpture I’d walk by every morning on the way to my desk, to the Egyptian Estate Figure that appeared on my college art history finals—I found such a personal connection to these artworks, which progressed even further in painting them.

Since the Met Alphabet’s launch, I’ve lost count of the number of you who’ve shared your own stories about a connection to the Museum—or to one of these letters. I’m so excited to see where this artwork will lead; it’s just the beginning.

#theletternest #alphabetart #themetalphabet #sallykingmcbride #alphabetartist taken in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by @theletternest

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2 years ago

Free Letter Nest Name Print for anyone who uses one of these ideas… taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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3 days ago

Steal my costume ideas! Adding my notes in captions for how I created these, and what I might do differently. Here comes 8 years’ worth of inspo…

🍏2018: I went as Rene Magritte’s iconic painting, The Son of Man, with a watercolor apple and a clip-on tie. Someone should grab a friend for the lookalike painting, Man with a Bowler Hat. 🕊️ Or, go full Thomas Crown Affair and have 3 or more friends dress in this costume for a jaunty art heist…

🖤Not my artiest costume but certainly the year of pup-wrangling. Kids wore HannaJams, I bought a wig, et voila.

⚡️McBowie Family, chosen when my oldest went through a major Starman phase. Recommend reinterpreting this one as a group costume of favorite “Bowie Eras”

🎧I spray-painted children’s astronaut helmets and bought the kids these suits from Target. Got white pumpkins at the bodega and hand-painted them with acrylic and paint-pen.

🎻 Smashing Pumpkins, our peak. I painted recycled boxes to make our instruments and set, got cheap suits from Etsy, and repurposed a favorite @toryburch dress to play D’arcy. Wig is from Village Party Store in NYC!

Mario was mostly store-bought/closet-shopping, plus the painted star elements for my youngest ⭐️

♟️Knight, Queen, Bishop and Pawn, c/o papier-mâché hats and printed chess boards.

🧡 My favorite to date: Iconic New Yorker covers. 2026’s costume will be just as handpainted (if not quite as erudite)… taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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9 days ago

Cute little horror stories, brought to you by the Letter H.🏚️

“H” for Haunted House, Letter 8 of my watercolor Halloween Alphabet. taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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10 days ago

Hiding, lit. and fig.
Featured, Interior Design Alphabet Print.
Artists: show me your work! 🩷 taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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12 days ago

The Halloween Alphabet is my personality pic.

(Available as a Print or Placemat on-site!) taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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17 days ago

The September Issue! Love every one of these names—a selection of what we customized for you this month. taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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18 days ago

An intro in 7 Letters! I’m so glad you’re here.

Xo,
Sally taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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18 days ago

Time to deck those haunted halls: the Halloween Alphabet is now available as a print! 🎃🕷️🐈‍⬛ 26 phonetic letter illustrations from Acorn to Haunted House to Zombie. Elevated and educational—painted by an artist who still dresses up for this hallowed holiday.

Xo,
Sally taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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20 days ago

I love them all equally. 🫶 taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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24 days ago

Introducing our new Halloween Alphabet Placemats. Intricately painted in watercolor, these letters include references as varied as Stranger Things, Edgar Allan Poe, The Thomas Crown Affair (via Rene Magritte), and 1990s New England Haunted House attractions.

We launched the alphabet exclusively as a Placemat, so that these letters get maximum interaction with their viewer—right at the dining room table, consumed along with candy!

Hope you love them,
xo Sally taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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25 days ago

My watercolor letters should come with these warnings 🚨

Here’s to seven years and counting of engaging, enchanting, and educating through the alphabet! taken in New York, New York by @theletternest

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