Feliz Friday
30Jul
Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted a room with a giant map as the wallpaper like this one:
Have a great weekend all!
{image found at You Are My Favorite Jr.}
Archive for July 2010
Vintage finds
29Jul
Over the weekend, I found these fun gems at a flea market in Harpers Ferry, WV:
A marmalade pewter container from Scotland.
An old milk bottle from Aristocrat Dairy. Perfect as a vase!
Barely there blue
28Jul
Amidst the “summer of weddings” craziness, I’m trying to squeeze in some letterpress work. This is a little sneak peek of what I worked on this weekend. Barely there blue waves on 110# Crane Lettra. Full reveal will come … soonish :)
Tags: Ink
Category: letterpress // 2 Comments
Getting Inky
27Jul
Finally went through all of the inks I acquired, weeding out the dried up ones. Here’s what I ended up with:
2 Yellow
2 Rubine Red
1 PMS 185 Red
1 Rhodamine Red
2 Warm Red
1 Orange OA 3638
1 Brick Dust
1 Bronze Blue
1 Process Blue
and … 5 blacks.
Whew. I’m set for life with reds and black.
Too bad the “cactus” color didn’t work out; it looked like a fun color:
Unfortunately, I’ve got about 15 dried up cans to toss out. Anyone know how to dispose old ink properly?
Tags: color, Ink
Category: letterpress // 1 Comment
Wedding photos – revisited
26Jul
Remember I wrote last week to wait for the professional photos of my sister’s wedding? Well some of them are here! Matthew Tennison, talented photographer who snapped away at the wedding, posted a few on his blog and they are gorgeous.
(That’s me behind my sister trying to button all those buttons!)
There are a few more on his blog to check out too
Tags: wedding
Category: photography // No Comments
Finally Friday
23Jul
A little different than my “Feliz Friday” posts but I definitely feel a big sigh of relaxation that it’s finally Friday. This photo sums it up quite nicely that my dear friend and talented photographer Mimi took in Martha’s vineyard:
Have a calm and relaxing weekend!
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It’s dandy
22Jul
Hand-drawn, letterpress animal cards with a twist by Dandy Lion Press are beautiful. I love the big, sketchy illustrations on colored paper:
So lovely how they pay attention to the whole card space — extending the design around to the back and using little elements that coordinate the card to the envelope.
{ via PaperCrave }
Category: animals, illustration, letterpress, stationery // 2 Comments