1Canoe2 Letterpress Coasters and Prints

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1Canoe2 Things that are Round Letterpress Print

Squee! The new “Things that are Round” letterpress coasters and letterpress posters from 1Canoe2 are so completely, fantastically clever that I couldn’t help but squee. I’m totally craving pie lately, so that’s where I honed in first but, honestly, every round little item is brilliant. Donuts, dandelions, tomato pin cushions, soda can tops, the world — so much fun! The set of coasters would make an excellent hostess gift, and the poster would be great to hang in the kitchen, the office, pretty much anywhere. Many thanks to Beth for the heads up on these!

P.S. The coasters come in a totally cute, letterpressed drawstring bag, too!

1Canoe2 Things that are Round Letterpress Print
1Canoe2 Things that are Round Letterpress Print
1Canoe2 Things that are Round Letterpress Print

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2010 Mother’s Day Cards, Part 1

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Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and there are so many excellent card options this year that my roundup is going to be at least two parts. The more pretty cards, the merrier, no? Here we go!

afavorite always has such clever cards, and I’m loving their selection of Mother’s Day greetings. The letterpress bill (top) is absolutely fantastic!

A Favorite Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

Pretty and pink from Byvik Ink :

Byvik Ink Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

Hee! An oh so clever letterpress “origami baby” Mother’s Day card from Fat Bunny Press :

Fat Bunny Press Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

Lots of lovely and fun Mother’s Day letterpress cards from Hello! Lucky :

Hello! Lucky Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

Sweet spring robin’s egg nest letterpress Mother’s Day cards by Vandalia Street Press :

Vandalia Street Press Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

A rockin’, folk art inspired letterpress Mother’s Day greeting by Dutch Door Press :

Dutch Door Letterpress Mother's Day Cards

Clever, kawaii Mother’s Day letterpress cards from Fugu Fugu Press. Hee at the “udder” card!

Fugu Fugu Press

Lovely hand lettering and hand drawn flowers in this Mother’s Day letterpress card by Spring Olive :

Spring Olive Letterpress Mother's Day Card

Stay tuned for part two of my Mother’s Day card roundup later this week!

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Letterpress Food Snob Place Cards

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Letterpress Food Snob Place Cards

These letterpress Food Snob Place Cards from Greenwich Letterpress totally made me laugh out loud. Do you know offhand what a cardoon is? How about a Chioggia beet? If so, then you might be a vegetable or root-crop snob, respectively. I love that the place cards categorize food snobs, and I think that the collection would be a fantastic ice breaker or conversation starter at a dinner party. Just be sure that your food snob friends are able to poke fun at themselves, or else things could get ugly!

Details from several of the humorous place cards:

Letterpress Food Snob Place Cards
Letterpress Food Snob Place Cards

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Alef Betty Hebrew Alphabet Prints

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Alef Betty Hebrew Alphabet Prints

I love a well designed alphabet print, but I don’t know that I’ve seen a foreign alphabet print before now. These sleek, modern Hebrew alphabet prints come from Alef Betty, Tsilli Pines’ new shop, which is devoted to modern Hebrew artwork. You may know Tsilli from her gorgeous, handmade ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) work, and you can check out her entire menagerie of creative projects over at Tsilli.com.

Alef Betty Hebrew Alphabet Prints

The alphabet prints feature letterforms based on two typefaces from the Hebrew canon: Frank Ruehl and Haim and were printed by the awesome Pinball Publishing on chipboard using soy-based inks. You can read the inspiring story behind Alef Betty and purchase the posters in Classic, Blocks, and Circle designs (red and blue colorways) at the Alef Betty shop. – via design*sponge and CoinOp

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