2011 archive

Bespoke: Letterpress calling + business cards


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Good morning!  Happy Tuesday!  It is absolutely beautiful over here in California today, bright blue sky, shining sun, crisp, autumn air, 65-70 degrees of perfection. So what better day than to launch our new project! Yeah! Bespoke was born from client wishes, my love for the tiny things in life and our joint desire for […] Read more…

Indigo Ink + Caramel + Warm Gray + Cactus Inspiration


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We have been project-crazy over here ever since our slow-er (it hasn’t been slow this year, more accurately, it just hasn’t been a breakneck pace every day) season started.  I love this time because it’s when I truly get a chance to innovate, better develop our company and finish off infrastructure projects that get neglected […] Read more…

FONTOPHILE FILES: EDITION #15


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source As I was browsing some of my favorite type sites this week looking for a font for a personal branding project I stumbled upon something inspiring, heartwarming and just really dang cool.  This week’s #fontfriday post is a collection of glyphs compiled by the Society of Typographic Aficionados to benefit relief efforts in Japan. […] Read more…

AP Project Series No.1: Sample Ink Cards


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  I just wanted to pop in to share a new project we are working on in between printing about a billion pretty invitation orders over the next few weeks! When we send out samples and clients request specific ink colors we usually send a full invitation in that color in addition to the suites […] Read more…

Font Friday: Skunkling Printable + Giveaway


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Happy #fontfriday friends! Today we are mixing it up a bit and doing something a little new.  The holidays are fast approaching (yaaaay!) and so the entire Font Friday crew decided to get together and each do a free download, using one of our new font favorites, Skunkling. In case you are out of the […] Read more…

Chantilly Suite: Invitation Inspired Cake


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Happy Wednesday! Today I am sharing something a little different.  A few weeks ago one of our wonderful, and now-married, clients shared some photos from her wedding and specifically some truly lovely pictures of her cake.  A cake inspired by the invitations we created for her!  How fabulous is that? I am one of those […] Read more…

fontophile files: Edition #14


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Yeehaw! It’s #fontfriday! Today we thought it would be fun to showcase something a little more kitchy and stylized. Enter Cowboyslang! I am loving how great this font will work with letterpress to give that old-fashioned, vintage wood type effect that you can see in the photos below. The letters are just so playful and […] Read more…

Watercolor Letterpress Collection Launch


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Today we launch our fabulous new Watercolor Letterpress line!  The line has been an exciting project for us over the past few months and I am so thrilled to finally see it live on the site ready to be perused by our clients.  The inspiration for the collection was the resurgence of love for handmade, […] Read more…

WCL is launching tomorrow!


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We are finaaallllyyy ready to launch Watercolor Letterpress tomorrow!  I am so excited because this new collection has been my baby for the past few months and I am beyond thrilled to finally be able to share the whole she-bang with our clients. The initial offering will include five house designs in a wide array […] Read more…

Happy = Pretty


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{found here} I saw this image on one of my friends’ Facebook feeds and had to share.  I love the simple message of the photo.  It reminds me of one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn quotes: “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a […] Read more…

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