Archive for October, 2010
rainbow over brooklyn
Sunday, October 31st, 2010Sharing a lovely moment from October 27th. I took these walking home from our studio.
Rainbow over building
Rainbow and fire escape
5th Ave & 7th St
are you ready for the holidays? – III
Sunday, October 31st, 2010A few more to get you in the holiday spirit…
Ornament card - Kate Spade
Silent night card - George Stanley
Peace on earth - Vera Wang, gold burst - Bailey Doesn't Bark
Happy Hannukah - Smudge
are you ready for the holidays? – II
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
MoMA's winter wonderland
MoMA always rocks – playful and colorful and fold-outable!
MoMA's winter wonderland wide open
MoMA's winter wonderland bird in the trees
are you ready for the holidays? – I
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Yule log card by L2
We know it’s not yet Halloween, but we just put some great cards on the shelves to help initiate the holiday season and thought we share some of the designs we adored.
Delightful fire card by Sugarcube Press
Sled card from Waste Not Paper
why we love paper #42
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Ashley and Matthew: hand calligraphed text on duplexed card stock, gold guilded edges with traditional florentine liner
Ashley and Matthew 2
why we love paper #41
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Hannah Ruth: tree design letterpressed on wood, rust and fern green
Hannah Ruth: reception card letterpressed on 100% cotton paper
why we love paper #40
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010Fun with fonts
Matthew & Derek: thermography printing, whimsical font mixture
Matthew & Derek 2
Matthew & Derek 3
why we love paper #39
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Raquel & Gerry: custom passport invitation on navy stardream paper, foil stamped in gold
How fun is this passport invitation? Had to show page by page!
Raquel & Gerry: passport invite 2
Raquel & Gerry: passport invite 3
Raquel & Gerry: passport invite 4
Raquel & Gerry: passport invite 5
fall window display
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
San Remo invitation from PostScript Brooklyn
I miss typewriters. I miss the heavy, satifsying weight of the keys and the sound and sweep of the metal arms striking the paper. This fall we celebrate a technology gone for good. Another great display by Mallory!
Third Street invitation suite from PostScript Brooklyn
Fall window 2010: merchandise and Seaport invitation from PostScript Brooklyn
Fall 2010 window display - strung postcards
Fall 2010 window display
Fall window 2010
Do Your Own Printing
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Do Your Own Printing Cover (1936)
We recently came into unexpected custody of what appears to be a 1936 letterpress printer. The booklet is wonderfully informative, especially the page entitled What a Printing Outfit Will Do For You, which includes this exerpt: “BOYS: Parents, teachers and friends should help boys and young men to buy presses. The use of the press not only gives them pocket money and a knowledge of business, but it improves grammar, punctuation and spelling….Many important men in this country started as boy editors…”
No mention of what the girls should do.
What a Printing Outfit Will Do For You - -
Or how about this from The Fascination of the Printing Press: “Many people are turning to printcraft for relaxation from the cares and fatigue of the office, factory, store or studio. He who has not experienced the unforgettable sensation of taking the first proof from a form of type made ready by himself has missed one of the ‘thrills that come once in a lifetime.’”
No indication of where that last quote derives from.
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