We have a winner! Congratulations Amber! We will be contacting you shortly so that we can mail the letterpress goodies to you.

And, thanks to everyone who entered + liked our Facebook page!

A few things I’ve been eyeing for our office. We already have this paint color on the walls. Plus, lots of white office pieces – mostly from Ikea.

one / drapes

two / window hardware

three / rug

four / paint color

five /  cabinet

six / clock

Thanks to the folks at Boxcar Press for the wonderful spotlight yesterday! They interviewed us for a series on their blog. Check it out and get a glimpse into our printing life.

A few snapshots from our weekend…

1 / Mixing a custom ink color for a fun project we’re working on.

2 / We’re busy redesigning our website. It is so time! This is an outtake from a little photo shoot we did for our new site.

Another favorite unconventional office supply? Embroidery scissors. I got this particular pair at the premiere of Handmade Nation a couple of years ago. I use them all the time. They are nice + sharp and perfect for cutting washi tape, ribbon + twine.

I love office supplies. From different types of pens to colorful tape and everything in between. I especially love unconventional office supplies. So, I thought I’d share with you some of my unconventional favorites and how + why I like to use them.

Like my pinking shears. Lately, I’ve been getting lots of use of out of them. Originally intended for cutting fabric to reduce fraying, these specialty scissors create a nice zig zag pattern. I use them to dress up tags, envelopes and washi tape. I recently used them to cut down extra long glassine bags. They can be used on all sorts of things, and I often reach for them instead of standard scissors. I love the extra oomph they give to straight edges.

Around the studio today – tiny packages for a little secret mailing that went out this morning, plus my favorite striped tape.

How was your weekend? Ours was super busy. We printed, brought Em to a pumpkin patch and took a road trip to pick up that Chandler & Price press. The move went so smoothly. Best case senario really. And I’m so relieved. The press is now residing in our garage waiting to be cleaned up + painted. Again, we have quite the press restoration project on our hands!

This weekend, Kacey, Em and I took a look at a handful of presses for sale. This is one of them. An old style C&P. Although it’s quite dirty and will need some restoration work, it seems to be in good shape structurally. We have a bit more research + thinking to do before we determine if this is the right press for us. It would definitely be a large jump from our little Pearl but that’s what we’re searching for.

Let’s see. Where were we on our Pearl restoration journey? Oh yes. Back at the end of July, our new rollers had come in. Since then, we’ve found an original crank and found someone to fabricate the connecting rod. Those are the final pieces in converting our press from a motor operated press to one that’s powered by our foot. All that’s left for us to do is create feeder boards. We have the wood + stain. Now to find the time!

PS – The picture above was taken several months back when we were priming all of the press parts a nice ketchup color.