our letterpress journal & resources

You know we love a good challenge! Simple jobs allow for great zen-like flow and rhythm, but challenges stretch the problem solving muscles, and are great fun. The Paper A couple came to us with a design, all text in two colors, on a blush pink background. You know that letterpress printing isn't good for large areas of solid ink, so we would have to source the blush pink cards. I found two great options that would be letterpress-friendly, and we decided to go with the warmer option, from Waste Not Paper / Paper Source. But, when it came to...

While writing an email to our friends last week about turnaround times (sign up below if you haven't already), I was in the middle of a crazy deadline. The final design was received on Monday and the project was ready for pick-up on Thursday evening. Here's a little video showing part of the letterpress printing, and at the speed of which the entire project felt! Follow us on instagram for more behind the scenes pictures and videos.  

Want to see how we can take a simple idea and make it more YOU? The other week we were asked to create some unique thank you cards for a man who just celebrated his 60th birthday and wanted to send appropriate thank you cards. To keep costs down, since we are using the luxe double-thick cards, we used our collection of metal type. Classic text "Thank You" with "60" behind it in transparent white ink, which makes the "no ink" look more easily seen: Then, to make it more special, we printed the 60 on the envelope flap. The...