They're Here! Our Summer Collection has Landed!

Our summer collection is here! Click to shop our latest letterpress stationery, greeting cards, and wall art!

Hope you love it!
Cheers~

Did you miss it? Our spring collection:

Hello Friends!

Thank you for the wonderful feedback on this Spring Collection! It’s a little bit fun, a little bit prim, and a little bit punky.
 
Did you miss the release? Here it is!
 
This is one of the new stationery suites offered. The royal blue ink is pulled from some details of the envelope linings:

 
I’m starting the brainstorming and sketching portion of the Summer Collection shortly, so if you have any requests for certain cards or stationery, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do to get them worked in. 

Thank you for all you support! As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. 
Cheers,
Ashley

Just Released - Our Spring Collection!

Greetings from Texas, where we had all four seasons in a two-week period. This is a crazy time for me- I’m training for my first belt test in krav maga (on Saturday!) and I’ve really had to push myself to get this collection done in time. I set the release schedule in the fall, and it doesn’t matter if no one else would know that I missed it, I would know, so it had to get done. And it is complete and ready to share with you! 

As I mentioned in an earlier email this month, creating personalized stationery sets is my favorite, so this collection we have three styles available. The personalized stationery has the option for the fancy envelope linings you saw earlier, too. There isn’t a huge quantity of those papers, so it’s capped at one order of 25 per style. Unlined envelopes have much greater quantities available.

For pre-printed and ready to ship options, each set has corresponding thank you cards, in both folded and flat styles.

I also created a card for Valentine’s Day, a couple of boxed stationery designs, and a birthday card.

Happy shopping and thanks for all your support and encouragement!
Cheers,

New Envelope Offerings!

You know how when you place a custom order with us, you get to pick not only your ink colors, but also your paper and envelop colors? Well these are the new color offerings! A few are classics for us, but we've added some new ones, plus some shimmer envelopes:

And of course, if you had your heart set on say... bright orange envelopes, it's extremely likely that we can hunt some down for you. But since it's not one that we keep in stock it would be a special order. 

Cheers,
ashley

Don't be afraid of color!

One of our newest wedding invitation designs, the de Winter, changes character with color variations. What starts as a more traditional and calming invitation livens up with the brighter fuchsia and chartreuse!

Never be afraid to play with color! Bright colors and neons used on traditional designs, or more somber colors on modern, nontraditional designs... no rules*, no restrictions, go for it!

Cheers,
ashley 

*I'm a stickler for proper wording. More on that another time...

Summer Shop Update Tomorrow!

New items are landing in the online store at midnight! Fill-in invitations, thank yous, and note cards...
Happy Shopping,
ashley

P.s. To say thanks, we're including a petite pack of 3 flat cards with each order* when placed by the end of the month; use coupon code SURPRISEME when checking out. 

*while supplies last
 

Thank You Very Much

Designed to go with our wedding invitations based on the Grand Budapest Hotel film poster, I finally got these thank you cards printed!

I'm pretty excited to share these with you; the design is cleanly, and deeply, printed and the colors turned out quite nice. They're packed in boxes of six and will be available for sale here on Friday!

Cheers,
ashley 

{Sneak Peek} New Thank You Card

This is one of the new, fun cards that will be available after the Shop Update on March 21; I think it would be perfect for your Staff or Assistant(s) for Administrative Professionals Day (Weds, April 23; maybe tuck in a Visa gift card too? Those were always appreciated at the office job.)

Cheers,
Ashley

Save the Date: Austin Flea

In the Austin area and wanting to shop local/handmade/vintage, and in time for Valentine's Day? The first Austin Flea of 2014 is February 8th from 11-5. It's always a good time and there's such an assortment of vendors, you're sure to find something perfect.

We'll have all of our valentines, lots of stationery & cards, and quite a few new items as well! Don't want to wait for the Flea? Our Shop Update happens on Saturday- new items are available for sale!

Cheers,
ashley

Happy New Year + Shop Update

Happy New Year!!! Let's celebrate with free shipping!

free (domestic) shipping through the 12th- use the code HELLO2014

And since it's the first of the month, there are new items in the shop! Our Valentine's Day cards have also landed and our winter holiday cards are on sale (stock up for next year perhaps?)

Small folded hearts card

I love Shop Update days. All month long I'm creating products and listings and just keeping them hidden until the 1st. Then like magic, they appear for sharing and shopping. Makes me happy.

New ampersand coasters, also available as folded cards

Hope you find something that you like! Remember, we do custom work or can print your design. Just email us to discuss your project.

May 2014 bring you much joy and happiness.
Cheers!
ashley

Still More Added to the Shop

A lot of these items haven't been available online before. You're welcome!

Most of these below were printed using vintage print blocks. The amount of detail they put into them is incredible.

These are all 4bar sized, so perfect for short notes, and are available to purchase HERE.

Have a fantastic day!
Cheers,
ashley

Shop Update: October - Lots of goodies!

Friday was such a great day- successful, happy printing in the morning and pairing/packing/pricing in the afternoon. X-files and Burn Notice to keep me amused while working.

And what came from that successful morning and earlier that week? These:

Folded Note Cards with Tina Fey's Quote

Folded Note Cards with Coco Chanel's Quote

10x8 print, created custom for a friend. Made some for the shop, too.

You know that car that parked so badly you couldn't get out? Yeah. That's what these are for.

Perfect for apologies and embarrassing tales...

Smaller size of our dahlia merci cards.

Robot birthday card.

Birthday post cards, 2-pack. Perfect when birthdays sneak up on you.

All are available at the online store but some have very limited quantities, so shop quickly. Feel free to share with friends/family/coworkers who you think might enjoy these, as well. The more the merrier!
And as usual, it's free shipping for orders over $75!

Cheers and thanks for all your support,
ashley

Shop, Shop, Shop Away!

You may have noticed a change to the blog banner; added a Shop page a while back. If you haven't clicked on it already, you might not know that it does *not* take you to Etsy anymore. (We're still there, but...)

...tada!!! It's our new online store!

Been working on it for a month, tweaking the layout, re-photographing products, all sorts of good things. There are still a good many designs & products to add, but it's a good start!

Several stationery items have personalization options now, which is pretty cool:

AND, we have free shipping on orders over $75.

We hope that you'll check out the new shop and let us know what you think!
Cheers,
ashley
 

Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger*

Spent the weekend not only printing custom orders, but photographing & editing Etsy listings.

Goals:
-to retake photos so that the background is consistent
-use a background that really shows off the cards without being un-inviting
-to have *everything* listed in the online shop

Here's a glimpse of the old look:

Custom Cards section, still needs to be re-photographed. Next weekend!

Fun Things to Share, Yay!

Here are some fun things I had to share:

~ Illustrated guides to eating dinner & drinking wine from A Cup of Jo

~ Maybe you've done some strawberry picking? I totally recommend this recipe from Joy the Baker.
Here's mine (sans cardamon):

So yummy!!

~  Remember when you were 12 or so, and you had those 10-color pens? Except they were a P.O.S. and the ink was crappy and the barrel always broke? Well, I found a couple multi-color pens on amazon (purchased for french vocabulary lists, not notes to friends sadly) and they don't suck! Here and Here.

~ Trying to work in more exercise, but sometimes I get distracted by the prettiness on the trail. How could I not?

~ For those of you in a shopping mood, more petite packs (3-5 cards/set) have been added to the shop! Burnt orange flourishes, pink chandeliers, etc. Good stuff. Will make a great Mother's Day gift.

~ Yes! Mother's Day is coming up! Sunday, May 13th. But don't buy your card just yet- ours will be printed this weekend and I'll have them available on the shop as quickly as possible. I'll let you know!

Enjoy the rest of your week. Cheers!

Gearing up for RENEGADE!

That's right, we got in to Renegade Craft Fair! Mark your calendars- May 19 & 20 at the Palmer Events Center, ATX.

So now we're busting our butts creating new items, rethinking older designs, and having a blast with spring colors! We finally have a baby shower invitation design, an Austin-specific design, and a few other fun things that haven't even been tested yet!

Some new items on Etsy, too. Skull thank you cards, delicate Merci cards, and even more to come next Sunday! Purple and chartreuse ink are on the menu for Saturday.

ALSO

Yesterday was a *very* stressful day in the printshop. BUT we did come out with these custom pieces:

Reply cards for the wedding set printed on Saturday.

2-sided business cards for SophieandAva.com

With these two projects complete, our calendar is opening up again, so please don't hesitate to contact us about your special projects.

cheers
- ashley

Poor neglected blog...

Sorry for the lack of posts. Every free moment has been spent in the printshop, and not even printing! I've been tackling all those "rainy day" projects- bags of miscellaneous type leftover from er three years ago, a dump tin of misc. type from the previous owner, etc. Cleaning, re-labeling, re-sizing, also. 
It's been wonderful.

There's still a lot to do, but one corner is complete.

Paper drawers, organized. Space drawers, organized. Tops of cabinets, wiped down. Items on shelves, labeled.

I've also discovered that we had some duplicate fonts- same exact type but different names- Flash and Highspot in both 18 and 24pts. Uh, let's consolidate? Yeah! Those are done, so now I'm saving type that is stuck in large, heavy, broken drawers, transferring them to the newly emptied drawers. It's messy, but will be very helpful in the end.

Found a brand new, never taken out of it's original packaging, 6pt font, which I will be selling on etsy later. It's lovely, I just don't like dealing with 6pt unless I have to. Personal preference.

Tomorrow is Oct 1 (Happy Bday, Grandma P) and that means time for another Shop Update!

Do check it out, Saturday afternoon. We'll have some new items up and it'll be great. Don't forget to get your Halloween cards while at the shop.

And then there were none

After a weekend of shows, the calendar is now empty until Craft Riot in November.

It's weird.

But it's good- I'll get back in the print shop and come up with some fun holiday-gift items. And of course, if any events come up, I will consider them. I am sure there will be another Austin Flea before Craft Riot, and those are always fun.

Also, now I can start working on a wedding invitation set due this fall!

And tomorrow:

There are a few sets that expired a while back that have been re-visited, and also some new items, including the aqua/tiffany blue cards that I printed on Monday.

Aren't they cute? Wee little enclosure cards / place cards. (A departure from the halloween cards that I've been printing, I know!)

Be sure to check out our esty shop tomorrow for the new items!

Adding Personalization

Custom and personalized cards are probably my favorite things to print, and the past two Saturdays I was thrilled to print them!

No picture uploaded of the last week's custom order, of which the client left feedback saying it is "Really quite special" but here is today's personalization:

Text was printed in Century Roman, in red to match the envelopes.

Our client requested a name be added to the Gorey-inspired umbrella cards that were for sale on our etsy shop, which I was happy to do. If you ever see a set of cards that you might like personalized- just ask! If I can do it, I will.

Also... 

There are quite a few lots of items waiting to be added to the shop! A few more Halloween items, including new spider cards, some revisited designs, some newer ones only seen at our local events, and some completely new ones.

We've been busy. And it's been wonderful.

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