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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...

Tags: behind the scenes

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.

Tags: services

KK Poetry Broadsides, Part 1

Posted by ashley mcneill on Feb 20, 2018

The poet Kaci Kai hired us to letterpress print two poems from her upcoming book, It Happens to Strong People, Too, which we did with vintage moveable type.

Tags: behind the scenes, broadsides, print shop

Featured Project: Tracy's 40th Birthday Invitations

Posted by ashley mcneill on Feb 11, 2018

Tags: featured project