In lieu of the Labor Day holiday, I wanted to spread a little Christmas cheer. Oh, wait. I guess I’ve got the wrong holiday here. Never the less, check out the Etsy store for more details on this and other fantastic christmas cards being listed this week!

I’m not usually adamant that my blogging receive multiple exclamation points but the occasion seems fitting since this is the first time. I’ve been featured by the lovely Jenn Ski. Upon browsing through her awesome Etsy shop and website, I found some spectacular originals and giclee prints, one of these might be going in baby girl’s room soon! Share the love, thanks Jenn.

My family always jokes that I have a billion EXTRA projects going on in addition to my normal life which then leads them to believe that my capacity to finish said projects is slim. Well, this summer has proved them wrong. I will be posting two large projects that have been 8 years in the making. The first, was a dilapidated old coffee table I found at a yard sale. This baby was bought in the year 2000 and throughout my ownership has since been in storage, a horse trailer (doubling as a moving trailer), has survived two winters OUTSIDE, and the rest of its life to date in my basement. 

Check out the site. We’ve donned a new back to school wardrobe thats fresh for fall, you won’t want to miss our holiday line that will go live this week. Beware, for spooky surprises and a hint of seasons greetings!

As summer heads into flight down to the southern hemisphere, I love the feeling of anticipation that the new school year brings. Although I’m not officially enrolled in school anymore, I’m one of those strange life-long learner types. Every August rolls around and I sit at my computer pining away for a chance to enroll in a few more art/math/photography classes at my Alma Mater. All that wishful thinking behind me, the first note set from the Signature Dingabt line has been printed and is available on Etsy in packs of 6! So if you are looking for something atomically saavy to join you with those chemistry and physics books, the search for the coolest notes in town has ended.

For those of you that do not read the blog, as really no one does – and in case you’ve been mysteriously wondering why there have not been any new posts – the fact is I’ve been doing a lot of studio work lately that has been keeping me from my letterpress fancies! In a previous life well, not really that previous but anyway I worked as a graphic designer at an ad agency where they taught me almost everything I know. Since then I’ve freelanced out print and web work but my passions gave way to the art of letterpress printing and the need to get my hands inky. Every once in awhile though I get an opportunity to re-enter the print and web world (non-letterpress related) if there’s a project that looks really enticing. I love being able to have design as an alternative to stir up my brain and create new challenges when I feel like impression after impression on my 700 lb. press can get a little monotonous. I’ve been working on a new project for a client that came as a follow up after doing her wedding invitations. It’s been really great to be back in the design mode these last few weeks because I forget the advantages of the different printing options out there. While I love the fine art aspect of letterpress printing and the crisp, clean impression on a soft paper pulling at my heartstrings, I also forget how amazing offset printing can look as well. I admit I’m a letterpress snob on many levels so it’s fun to surprise myself every once in awhile. I’ve been scouting for some different alternatives of photography for my client and some of the stuff I’m finding really impresses me at how amazing photography looks when printed well too. I can’t wait to put everything together and present the next round of proofs to the client! In the meantime, I’m also working on a few website re-designs with my mad new Dreamweaver skills that have developed and will be picking back up on the letterpress posts soon. Just thought I’d let you all know where I’ve disappeared to!

For for those not familiar with a printer’s dingbat, here’s a sample of what we’ve been up to this last week. The D I N G B A T Signature Line has been in the works for awhile, and after much thought, it seemed necessary to show a dingbat for what it is worth. A beautiful petite ornament, making it’s debut spotlight with out all the fuss. Above is a sample of vector artwork that has made the Dingbat “cut”. Appearing very soon will be all sorts of letterpressed dingbat stationery in our Etsy shop and on the website.