A pink train! Em would love this.
pink locomotive
project press restoration 3 // parts
We’re about to get our hands dirty and tackle our third press. Like our previous Pearls, we will be cleaning, priming and painting our Old Style C&P 10×15.
As we go along, I’ll be documenting it all here. I’ll be calling it Project Press Restoration 3, PPR3 for short. To make it easier to follow along, I’ve added a new press restoration blog category to contain all of the posts. This new category also includes posts from our previous restoration projects – our first + second Pearl presses.
In addition to cleaning, priming + painting our C&P, we will also be sourcing parts to convert it to a treadle-operated press. And, there are a couple of parts that it didn’t come with but we will need for printing, so we will be sourcing those, too. Here’s a list of the parts we need. Except for the base + rollers, we hope to find originals.
- platen
- rollers
chase- treadle
- treadle connecting parts
- Boxcar base
- side feed board
This particular press was used for die cutting. It didn’t have a chase and the platen is pretty chewed up because a jacket wasn’t used for the die cutting. We will either be machining down the platen or getting another one to replace it. Right now we’re assessing the damage and working on price quotes for each option.
I’ve already crossed out #3 because an original Old Style chase has been tracked down, ordered and should be coming in very soon.
We have a lot of work ahead of us but we are very excited about the challenge. We’re looking forward to it being finished and printing away in our studio!
letterpress cases
I recently got a new iPhone and was searching around my previous posts trying to decide on a case for it. I clicked through this post and discovered these new + fab letterpress cases. If you’re into photography, there are some vintage camera iPhone cases for you, too!
striped straws
I’ve seen + used striped paper straws but I’ve never seen them in such a rainbow of colors! Oh the party possibilities! Thank you, Shop Sweet Lulu.
alice supply co.
Every morning I check Zulily. [If you're not on that bandwagon yet, you should be! Here's an invite]. This morning, I absolutely love this nautical line from Alice Supply Co. So much fun! They have other fun collections, too.
PS – Clicking, signing up + purchasing from the invite links above gives me a small Zulily credit.
pumpkin patch 2011
A couple of pics from our little weekend trip to the pumpkin patch. Em loved all of the pumpkins, especially the little bitty ones. She’d pick one up and hand it to us. Then pick up another and do the same. Soon she had quite a pile. Afterward, we’d hand her one and she’d put it back. And repeat. She had so much fun!
chandler & price
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!
recent work // house sketch
Another house sketch we recently completed. In addition to the moving announcements, we also letterpress printed a larger 5″ x 7″ card with the client’s custom house sketch. It’s perfect for framing!
