Buckminster Green's Holiday Greetings
As much as I don’t want to admit it, 2011 is almost over. It was an amazing year for us, but I can’t wait for 2012. We’ll be closing for the holidays on December 20th, so the last day we’re accepting new orders for 2011 will be December 14th. All save-the-dates, business cards, and last-minute holiday greeting orders received before then will ship out before we close on the 20th. Fill out our contact form here for a fast and friendly quote.
These pics really don’t do justice to the PMS 805 recently printed on postcards for artist Jen Heuer; 805, in real life, is best described as electric coral. It was a fun change from the more muted colors usually on press.
Tags: letterpress, moving announcements, neon, postcard
I was thrilled recently to be interviewed by Katherine Rosman of the Wall Street Journal for an article about twitter and stationery–letterpress stationery in particular. (The print edition was even better, with the tagline for this article appearing above the masthead on the front page!) Ladies of Letterpress, an organization I co-direct with Jessica White of Heroes and Criminals Press, had a panel discussion at our last conference on the uses of social media, so it’s nice to see print media taking notice as well. We have a great letterpress community out there, and I’m glad to be a part of it.
A while back, I received two presents from two long-time customers; receiving them made my day, and opening them made it all over again. Take a peek:
From the inimitable Sarah at Truly Smitten:
And from the Jam-Genius Raj, of Dagstani and Sons:
Will I print in exchange for foodstuffs? Usually.
Tags: chocolate, jam, letterpress, thanks!
Come see us in the Ladies of Letterpress booths, #2362-2368, where I’ll be showing off the brand new, re-branded, Thomas-Printers Invitations wedding album. Ask about the special show pricing and drool over the eight new invitation designs. Show runs May 15-18th.
Tags: national stationery show 2011, thomas-printers invitations
A delicate, two-sided, die-cut business card for our friends at Chaviano Couture. The bleed almost looks like edge painting, which is a nice effect.
Tags: business cards, die cutting
Are completely possible. And we don’t always need to use double-thick or super-heavy stock for the result to be a great-looking card, with crisp impressions on both sides and no show-through. It’s important to run the side with the larger print-area first so that its impression doesn’t flatten out the type on the other side. The two cards below–the first from Cotton Etc., in Singapore, and the second from Braddock Design in Florida–were both were printed on 110# Lettra.
A four-color birth announcement for my new nephew, Desmond, designed by Katie Evans. Note the one-eyed pug, Pirate, on the envelope. Good boy!
Tags: announcement, blue, green, letterpress, pink, pug
I printed this beaut for a Ladies of Letterpress postcard swap last August. The theme was “Hello from . . . ” and naturally I picked my home state, Utah. The type is Rosewood, a two-color face by Adobe after a William Page design from the 1870s. The close-ups tell the tale of tight registration, and what a tight Chandler and Price and clean loup can do.
Tags: chromatic, postcard, rosewood, squinting, strathmore, two color
Congratulations Andy and Circe! This was a fun project we both designed and printed for our friends. Welcome to the circus Phoebe!
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