Bittersugar ABC Letterpress Prints

April 07, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

Narwhals and yaks and sardines, oh my! I’m still loving the ABC trend, and Bittersugar’s phonetic alphabet letterpress prints are so much fun, with animals such as the aforementioned narwhals, yaks, and sardines, as well as horses, jellyfish, and a very clever “X”. Check out all of the available prints at the Bittersugar Etsy shop.

images from Bittersugar

In Haus Press Little Notes

April 05, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m competely taken with these simple, chic letterpress Little Notes from San Francisco based In Haus Press. They would make great little favors, hostess gifts, or “just because” gifts, and I love the custom printed cotton drawstring packaging!

images from In Haus Press

Friends of Type Letterpress Prints

April 05, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

Fantastic hand lettering + letterpress printing = love. And that’s exactly what I’m feeling about these letterpress prints from Friends of Type (Aaron Carambula, Dennis Payongayong, Erik Marinovich, and Jason Wong), printed by Jordan Provost of Enormous Champion. I’m also loving the blind debossed Friends of Type logo at the bottom of each print. Great detail! – via FPO

images from Friends of Type / FPO

Stukenborg Letterpress Dice Prints

March 29, 2010 // kristen // 8 replies

It’s the start of what what will be a very rainy Monday (and Tuesday, and Wednesday…) here, but it’s all good because it’s a holiday week. Happy Passover to those of you who celebrate, and an early Happy Easter to those who will be celebrating the upcoming Good Friday and Easter Sunday!

I thought I’d start off the week with these wonderfully original letterpress dice prints from Stukenborg, which kind of blow my mind. Each pattern is built by laying dice, one by one, on the bed of the letterpress and rolling ink directly onto the face of the dice for each impression:

And here are some of the final prints. It’s amazing how many different patterns can be made with the dice:

images from Stukenborg

New Everyday Letterpress by Smock

March 22, 2010 // kristen // 3 replies

Smock has just added all sorts of lovely new letterpress cards and gift tags to their Everday line, and I’m completely taken with the palettes of teal, yellow, and white and violet, yellow, and white. So many great patterns and illustrations going on, too. Here’s a peek at the new additions, and you can see them all at Smock: