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Can We Letterpress on Handmade Papers? Yes!

Posted by ashley mcneill on Oct 09, 2018

You asked and we delivered- printing wedding designs on deckled edge, handmade papers. Gorgeous!

Tags: behind the scenes, papers, print shop

Behind the Scenes - Printing Poetry Broadsides

Posted by ashley mcneill on Jul 02, 2018

Watch this video of our letterpress printing of poetry prints from Austin-based poet Kaci Kai and publisher Aspen & Sonder.

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From Basic to Completely Personalized: Thank You Cards

Posted by ashley mcneill on Jun 26, 2018

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...

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Studio Visit: the Cross Plains Review

Posted by ashley mcneill on Jun 17, 2018

Earlier this month, Trent and I went to the small town of Cross Plains TX for Howard Days (weekend celebrating the life and works of Robert E Howard, one of T's favorite authors). Because I like nerdy literary stuff, I happily tag along. Our first stop in Cross Plains was the Review...

Tags: studio visit

Our Newest Skill - Die Cutting

Posted by ashley mcneill on Mar 06, 2018

You know that saying that you should say yes, and figure out how later? When asked if I could die cut for a project, that's exactly what happened.

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