Thursday, November 22, 2012

second storie and Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale!

If you're in the Rochester, NY area come see us at second storie indie craft market, Saturday, November 24.


and check out our Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale in our etsy shop, 20% off select items.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Monday, November 5, 2012

Leah & Adam's String of Lights invites

Read more about these invites on Oh So Beautiful Paper.

It's always such a pleasure to work with clients that have a fairly clear idea of what they want as well as having a style that I love to work with! Leah first was inspired by a post on Oh So Beautiful Paper of a fabulous kraft save the date card. So we took that as inspiration to start and used the tri-fold with photo idea and made it fit her style. The photo in the save the date is by Bonnie Sen. (you can see some of the fabulous photos of Leah & Adam's backyard wedding at the link).


The whole suite consisted of a combination of fluorescent white cotton paper, kraft chipboard and envelopes, steel gray ink, accented with the elegance of Betsy Dunlap's calligraphy. Leah loves Betsy's work so we commissioned her to do the names and a few other pieces. Leah and Adam's wedding was held outside in a beautiful backyard, with lots of lights strung about in the tall trees. We went with strings of lights as the main illustration for the invitation suite. 



For the post-wedding pieces, the couple made mixed CDs to give away as favors to their guests so we printed CD sleeves. And thank you notes were important for the post-wedding etiquette.

 
A variation of the design is now available as one of our new pieces in the Blackbird Wedding 
Collection! Also check out another new design in the collection, the Scalloped Suite.

Friday, November 2, 2012

We heart Letterpress- The Wedding Issue



We <3 Letterpress has put out a beautiful online magazine called Letterpress Inspiration- The Wedding Issue. Inside you'll find wedding pieces from various printshops and design studios. And we're inside too! It is filled with gorgeous wedding suites and also tips about timing and help to prepare you while planning for your big day.

The website was created by Kristin and Ben, and is dedicated to all things letterpress. You can find interviews of letterpress studios from all over the world, from the US to Argentina and Australia to Norway. Lots of inspiration indeed! It is definitely a place for letterpress printers and lovers. Check it out here.