New 2013 Calendar!

Finally! Managed to ink up and print a small quantity of Paper Thieves 2013 letterpress calendars.

Get them here!

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Hijirik Studio

Many of you have seen Hijiri's awesome "Live What You Love" letterpress poster, which are great words to live by, but she has many other great prints as well. Here's a little sampling:

(images from Hijirik)

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Paper + Cup

I've always loved the simple and clean designs of Paper + Cup. So many beautiful labels, journals, and cards. It's great see how much more customization and letterpress they have incorporated into their work. Items are available for sale on their site.

Custom Letterpress Journals:

Bon Bon Flats:

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More items from Renegade!

We've uploaded more of the new items from Renegade on our etsy shop.

Check them out here.

One, Two, Three Letterpress Notebooks

Welded Address Files

Tree Chalkboards

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Athenaeum Press

I've said it before, but I love type - old type, letterpress type, advertising type. When I stumble across others that have found ways to share their love of type, it can be very inspiring.
Athenaeum Press, which is run by Peder Singleton has her own collection of Urban Typography, embracing in a way that Douglas Wilson does (he has a link to his urban typography photos on flickr), but taking it one step further......Taking photos of typography, they have been manipulated so that letterpress prints could be reproduced from the images. A really lovely to preserve some of these artworks and signs that are slowly being demolished.

The prints can be bought here.
(PS There's also a great intro to letterpress on their site, complete with an interactive press that you can click on)

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Set Editions

I love, love, love Set Editions foil stamped, chipboard postcards.

I hoard them just to hang on the wall. Their design is so simple, striking and clean.

Most people who have seen their products are familiar with their Cardstock set - a box of 40 cards to cover you for any occasion (way better than any set of cards you could find at any old card shop).

Since I've only seen a few of their items in stores, a little look see on the website showed all that is currently available, including their letterpressed cards, such as the Morse Code one above and gift tags as well. Definitely worth checking out.

(All images from Set Editions)

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The Paper Thieves on Design*Sponge!

I'd like to thank Grace from Design*Sponge for sharing our 2009 letterpress calendar.
You can purchase the calendar here.

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Another Great Letterpress Calendar

Pedlar's website had been updated for the holidays with some great gift ideas, where I discovered the lovely letterpress calendar by Harrington & Squires.

This handmade calendar is printed in black and red ink, and features perforated days, that can be torn off as used. A wooden clothes pin clips onto the calendar to mark the day.
All comes packaged in a nice, graphic package. A clean design and unique calendar indeed!

(images from Harrington & Squires)

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Something's Hiding In Here's 2009 Calendar

I love looking forward to the work that something's hiding in here has up their sleeves - it's always a nice surprise. Through keeping up with their blog, I learned about their foray into letterpress, and that they purchased an old proof press and have started on their first project, a 2009 calendar. It's great to see how they contrast uniform old calendar type with chunky wood type in their design, printing on what looks like a different colored paper for many of the months. Can't wait to see how they complete it.

**Update - They have just started selling them in their store here. They will ship Dec. 13th.
The photo above shows the finished product. Love the wood.

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New Letterpress Cards!

Check them out!

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Roses Are Blooming

I was having a little look see over at etsy, and came across these rose letterpress coasters by Paper Dragonfly- I really like the dimension of the roses and color, and well, I'm a sucker for letterpress. They also have some simply elegant cards as well.


(image from Paper Dragonfly)

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Presidential Wrestling?

The folks at Yee Haw Industries have created this great letterpress print to commemorate the upcoming election. I love the vintage look of this - makes it really seem like it's going to be an interesting fight!

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Faux Bois?

We're off creating a series of faux bois 2009 calendars which will soon be in our etsy store.......

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Letterpress Delicacies Pt 2

Ahoy There Letterpress Card
Originally uploaded by letterpressdelicacies

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Letterpress Delicacies

Good Luck Horseshoe Letterpress Detail
Originally uploaded by letterpressdelicacies

I came across these folks, Letterpress Delicacies, through Etsy store, and I just love love love the detail in their letterpress work. Their designs are very vibrant and really stand out in sea of traditional letterpress. I'd love to see what other designs they have up their sleeve!

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New Letterpress Tags

Check out our new letterpress tags!

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Thanks Jan!

Jan over at Poppytalk just included our Letterpressed Calendar Cover Notebook in her current newsletter. Thank you!

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Merit Badges!

Like many people, I was once a girl scout back in the day, and boy did I (along with my Mom's help) work my ass off for those merit badges - sewing, cooking, you name it!
So it was cool to stumble across Pod Post and see these contemporary crafty merit badges they have for sale. They must be the first people I have ever seen to create merit badges for letterpress! Their set includes 3 badges - one for setting type, one for type, and one for printing (on a Vandercook of course - but damn printing on an old school C&P is so much harder!). They also have great sets of badges for bookbinding and zine making arts - so I must give props to these crafty librarians for having merit badges for all these skill sets!

(image from Pod Post)

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Did I tell you I made some coasters?

Yup, I did, letterpressed and done. Check them out on etsy.

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Alyson Beaton Design

Alyson Beaton is a Chicago based designer and what I like to think of as a modern day renaissance woman - she knits, she letterpresses cards and designs artist books. Her exquisite attention to detail and design gives her items almost their own grouping. One of her projects that has stuck in my head is her Baby's First Words letterpressed cards set.
Sold through Fawn & Forest, this beautiful set includes a letterpressed card for each letter of the alphabet, so that parents can indicate and a have a memento of each of their child's first words.
In a sea of baby books and such, this stands out on its own as something for new parents to treasure. I almost wish I had a kid so I had an excuse to purchase this!!

(images from fawnandforest.com)

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