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THE ART OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING

by Emily Jane

After my husband and I decided to relocate to Pennsylvania to pursue a new career opportunity for him we also decided that I would begin to pursue my dream of owning my own business in stationery design. As with anything, a good network, is very important.

One of the first people I reached out to when I arrived in Pennsylvania, was Kseniya Thomas at Thomas-Printers. She owns and runs her own letterpress print shop out of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She graciously invited me to her studio, so that we could meet and discuss letterpress printing. Since I do not personally own a letterpress printer, it was important to find a printer that I could trust to do high quality of work.

This past week, I drove up to Carlisle to see my business cards for Dorothy Jane printed by Thomas-Printers. Letterpress printing is expensive, but for a reason. Everything is done by hand. The inks are perfectly hand mixed. Each piece of paper is hand fed in to the machine, which might I add is very large and fast. I was in awe of the process and have a new and true appreciation of the art of letterpress printing. Not to mention, I was excited to see my business cards come to life.

Inks are mixed by hand.

Paper is hand fed in to the printer.

 The printer moves fast so you need to be quick and alert.

 Cards are printed and ready to be trimmed.

The final product.

Choosing to letterpress print my business cards was definitely an investment I was willing to make into my business and my brand. The cards were printed on Crane's Lettra Fluorescent White double thick paper. When I hand my business card to a potential client, it represents my style and my taste. I want them to know that they will receive a high end design with quality craftsmanship from me. Only the best for my clients.

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BUSY BUSY BUSY

by Emily Jane

We have been busy in work and life that that our little blog as taken a back seat. With the holiday weekend and summer now upon us, we are organized and hope to give more love to XOXO.

So what have we been up too?

We sent out this lovely pink version of our "Cute as a Button" Baby Shower Invitation. They were digitally printed by StationeryHQ. They did an amazing job with printing and customer service and this photo really does not do the final product justice!

We also sent out these lovely custom designed Personal Stationery Note Cards. Kseniya at Thomas-Printers letterpressed printed them in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. I absolutely love letterpress printing and she did an amazing job. I can't wait to get back to her shop for the next project.

My apologies for the poor photo quality. I am learning quickly that it is hard to keep up with all of the details of business and my goal is to get in to a routine so we don't fall behind. Like this blog.