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September30th

Brownie Neutralized

Posted in: GIVEAWAY

Remember these?

Well I still have a slew of them sitting around! Seeing that I just printed a bunch of them as 4Bar notes for a custom order, I thought I’d offer a set of each to my twits (yes you!).

If you want some, look over to the top right (and ignore my avatar that hasn’t been changed out) and click on my twitter button. Then go twit this EXACT phrase:

GIVEAWAY! Git yer #letterpress Brownish/Greyish 4Bar Aspen Notes + gift enclosures from @DingbatPress, twit to win #DingbatPressAspen

THE GOODS:
1 set of 6, 4bar notes and 1 set of 10 gift enclosures! Letterpressed with love, by yours truly! Random winner will be selected by Friday at 12pm MST.

UPDATED: And the winner is…
September30th

Orangealicious!

Posted in: Kids

So the other day I bought Evelyn a little PollyPocket size Strawberry Shortcake doll and didn’t realize until this evening that I have unleashed the girlyness that I thought didn’t exist in the tomboy 2 year old. This Strawberry Shortcake came with an 11 minute DVD that I have now memorized and am often referring to when in conversation with said 2 year old. All I hear about is Strawberry, Plum Pudding, Blueberry Muffin and Orange Blossom (among others). As I typed this post I found myself humming the obnoxious theme song Strawberry, Strawberry, Straw-berrrr-yyyyyyyyy Short.Cake! in an even more obnoxious teeny-bopper falsetto voice. Bleh. And then I realized that Wednesday is devoted to Orange on Autumn Week with PoppyTalk and thought that I haven’t shown you this orangalicious letterpress announcement that shipped this month. Here’s to girly girls with a hint of orange blossom ink. I love it when baby announcements stray from traditional pink towards something a little more sweet.

And because it’s an orangealicious day I thought I’d share some Orangealicious Etsy favs with you. Enjoy!

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September29th

Its a Green Giveaway!

Posted in: GIVEAWAY

In continuing with Autumn Week over at PoppyTalk, today is devoted to fresh green hues. In honor of the color green, comment above with your favorite green product pictured. If you are randomly selected, you’ll get 1 (one) set of the product of your choice from the selection below! ENDS Tuesday the 29th at midnight MST!

THE GOODS, Top to bottom:

Set of 10 4×6″ Letterpress Royalty Cards (Silver)
Set of 10 2×2″ Letterpress Aspen Beverage Tags/Gift Tags
Set of 6 4Bar Letterpress Let it Snow Cards
Set of 6 4Bar Letterpress Striped Beetle Notes
Set of 10 2×2″ Letterpress Aster Wildflower gift tags
Set of 10 4×6″ Truffle Pop Letterpress Recipe+Treats cards

UPDATED! Congrats #10, Liloh, you’ve won!
September28th

Autumn Week with PoppyTalk

Posted in: Holiday

To celebrate the start of autumn, PoppyTalk will be hosting Autumn Week and has invited their market place booths to participate as well. Today will be devoted to the delicious color yellow, which has been quite dominant this last year in fashion (think all those yellow/grey combos out earlier this year).

This week there will be 24 hour specials so check back everyday to see how you can score DP items at a discounted price! Today only, 10% off any product printed in yellow ink. Make your purchase and I’ll refund 10% on all yellow items via PayPal. For CUSTOM orders take 10% off too if you want yellow ink on your order!
September27th

BlogCap with DropCaps

Posted in: Terriffic Typography

eautify your blog by nesting in a lovely drop cap by Jessica Hische. Get your own cap designed and illustrated by this amazing illustrator/typographer – but remember to be good and don’t steal. These are NOT for commercial use :) Every working day, Jessica will be producing a new letter, hopefully she won’t stop at z! You can find Jessica on Twitter at home or go direct to the drop cap goodness here. Man I wish I had these typography skills. Now I need to break out the sketchbook again and start working on my drop cap styling. You are my type-idol Jessica!
September25th

Real Business: Berkeley MBA, Final

Posted in: business cards

These shipped a while back (RI design options here) and I thought it was about time I shared the final printed piece. I love how simple the cards turned out. Very minimalist. I SERIOUSLY love each business card order that comes through my door. I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun they are to design. I love working with my clients, and making pretty.cool stuff for them. I’m smiling now, not because I’m a design genius (which I’m not) but because it’s just so much fun. It’s a good thing I like what I do, otherwise working to pay for prescription drugs (legal – mind you) and health insurance, and everything else my little family requires would be sooooo drab – well – everything else in regards that my hubby works for the big stuff like the house payment and I cover the smaller things like the drugs…okay enough about drugs. What I mean to say is insulin, test strips and the sort, because really – what insurance will cover that sort of stuff? And now I’m crossing over into politics. Signing off. Enjoy!

UPDATE: These were really cool cards, however the client requested that I not show photos of the final product. SO, you can look at the design proofs for the designs that have altered contact info!
September23rd

Baby Announcement

Posted in: Kids

This announcement for baby Anya was from the Snookums line, customized with pertinent information of course. To see more vintage floral letterpress announcements click on the link above and browse the catalogue. There you’ll find a myriad of options that can be customizable for your new bundle of joy!
September22nd

Real Business: Say Dream

Posted in: business cards

Remember these from last week, designed by Carina? Well here’s the business cards that went with them. This was a 2.5×2.5″ card printed double sided on the 110# Lettra paper. Unique | Beautiful | Inspired as her business mantra states, thanks Carina for letting me ship these to you down under!
September21st

PoppyTalk Mixed-tape!

Posted in: Custom

Hey friends! I’m so excited to let you know I’ve been asked to participate in PoppyTalk’s handmade market place. Head over there today to see my table and some of the new goods I’ve got up in the shop and let me know what you think! SOOOOO excited….
September19th

The leaves are changing…

Posted in: Holiday

All around with cold fall nights setting in on my rural plat of earth, I think of fall and the smell of musty leaves. If you liked these, then you are sure to like what is new! I think my fondest memories of childhood is hearing the crisp brittle and dry aspens blowing in the wind as they are changing from green to yellow then fading to black. Occasionally if it’s an area with a lot of redrock or iron in the soil (think Utah) then the leaves will go red/orange in color before falling off. If only I could be a poet, I would write about autumn in all my pretty prose. Lucky for you I’m not, so without further adeu:

Available in the shop in : yellow | red | orange | green
September18th

Real Business: Berkeley MBA, RI

Posted in: business cards

These were round one options from a job that shipped recently. Based off of these, the requirements were minimalist, 1 color and had to incorporate the Haas Business School logo if possible so versions with and without were presented in each design. Here’s what came out of the first round of designs:
September17th

Victorian Christmas

Posted in: Wedding

Here’s a sneak peek at some Christmas Invitations I shipped recently…
September16th

Holidays are here!

Posted in: Holiday

I’ve been printing and photographing new holiday stuff. It will get listed by the end of the week. Here’s the first of many: Let it snow (in a few months)!

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GIVEAWAY – 7.31

Donate $10 to help a 20 mo. old baby fight for life! - By donating you'll be entered to win a set of 100 letterpress invites (2 color) and RSVPs OR a set of baby announcements/thank you notes!!

Update: 7.11 Adam has been moved from PICU to NTU (Neuro Trauma Unit) where he is miraculously doing well. He is finally breathing on his own, they've taken out his PICC line, and they are on the slow road to recovery. He has been determined as having an anoxic brain injury and the outcome is still unkown. Right now there is positive feedback from the doctors and only time will tell. His brain is about a year behind what it should be. So for a 20 mo. old baby that puts him at re-learning to sit up on his own. He will continue to receive treatment at Primary Children's Medical Center. Your donations will go towards his hospital bills, and you'll be entered to win some sweet wedding invites or baby announcements! Click the picture above to donate!

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