Hi friends! We are so excited to announce that our work is featured in “I Love Stationery” – a fun, inspiring and well-designed book by Charlotte Rivers.
The book is broken down by technique: Hand-Drawn Illustration, Screenprinting, Letterpress Printing, Block Printing, Digital Illustration, Calligraphy, and Collage/3-D/Sewn. Each section has a quick overview of the process and materials commonly used, and is followed by multiple pages of examples of stationery design from artists around the world, from the U.S., U.K, Australia, Singapore and South Africa just to name a few.
It is really fun to see all of the beautiful, whimsical and creative card designs that are out there. I am flattered to be among them! The book was published in the U.K. and is currently available through Amazon U.K., though hopefully they’ll do a U.S. reprint soon.
You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Stationery-Inspirational-techniques-practitioners/dp/1906417695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337097956&sr=8-1
Here’s another post from one of my inspiration sources in Chicago – Architectural Artifacts in Ravenswood. It’s a supercool space filled with salvage and antique items of all shapes, sizes and prices.
As you might have already guessed I have a moderate obsession with printed ephemera and paper (which, of course, is the main reason I own a stationery business) so needless to say I was completely enamored by the enormous wall of old paper pieces they had up in their entryway on my trip there a while back. I thought I’d share a few photos with you.
Hello everyone! I know, I’ve been terrible at keeping up with my blog the past few months. If you’re wondering what I’ve been up to… My husband and I welcomed our son Owen into the world on November 26th. As first-time parents the past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind but I wouldn’t trade a moment of it. We’ve been having so much fun with the little dude. I thought I’d share a couple of photos of his letterpress birth announcements that I designed. Enjoy! (And I promise, you’ll hear from me more often now that I’m back in the swing of things!)
I’m so excited to share that our “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler” letterpress card is featured in Chicago Magazine’s November 2011 Issue (page 38 in case you’d like to see for yourself.) Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler is a phrase that’s uniquely New Orleans, borrowed from it’s rich French heritage. The phrase means “let the good times roll” and is a New Orleanian’s way of saying let the celebration begin (and, of course, you can always find a reason to celebrate!)
You can find this card in our etsy shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69528031/let-the-good-times-roll-letterpress-card
