biz cards

I've been meaning to blog this, especially now that Chandra

has kindly mentioned it here.

I was so impressed with all the amazing business cards we

received from people at the stationery show, and here are just

a few of my favorites:

clock wise from top left:

pie bird press, wildhorse letterpress, heartfish press, erika firm

of delphine and creative socal, knock knock, Brandon's awesome

'professional jerk' card printed by power and light press,

a really pretty silk screened feather image one that i have

since misplaced and have no idea who it came from (aaaah

so sorry!!!), pulp creative paper, anemone letterpress,

metal mermaid, aisle candy, give-away card from wildhorse, and

lettered olive. All are letterpress printed except for

knock knock, the feather one, and pulp creative.

nss here we come

so the crate has been packed and shipped. we still have tons

of stuff to do, like participating in Unique LA this weekend, but

at least the crate part is done. Thank you John YET AGAIN for

making awesome booth and crate for us!!!!

new york stationery show '10 pt.1

So here we are again. It always starts with a crate and an

empty booth.

me behind the booth, clamping together the super cool modular

walls that John built for us.

Almost done...

ta-dah!

We had a great show again. Thank you so much to all of you

who came to our booth!!! It's always fun to see the familiar

faces and catch up, and also to meet new people.

We'll see you again next year!!

stationery show 2

One of the fun things about the stationery show is getting

to make new friends, and catching up with the old ones...

Our show neighbors Greg and Maria of Fusion Designs.

Thanks for making us laugh.  Hi to Lee!

The across the isle neighbor, Lowry of Joobli.

Thanks for letting us shrink our Dinks!! We loved it.

The Dutch Door Press girls had a really great booth with

many beautifully designed & printed cards.

Ken scored their give-away tea towel!!

It was great talking shop with the Copper Willow

girls, Leora and Jill!

We had fun chatting a bit with Anna of Sub Studio.

We love their new large format prints!!  Also it was a treat to

peek through their wedding book and see their cool designs.  

We connected with Mable and Christen of Dee & Lala.

They are fellow Angelenos.  Mable is a walking rolladex of

information and contacts for letterpress stuff.

Also of L.A., Tianyi of Tiselle.  It was great catching up!

It seems that we only see each other in NY, even though we 

both are in LA...

It's always a good time hanging out with Brad and crew

of Maginating.  Brad does some of the nicest, tight register

letterpress work we've ever seen.  And his designs are fresh

and super cute too!

It's always a delight to catch up with Olga of

Offensive + Delightful.  If you've never seen her

stuff, you really should check out her website.

She pulls no punches, and says it like it is.

Believe it or not, we went through many shots to reach

the magic found in this one.  Hal and Carrie of Red Cap Cards

are always a blast to hang out with.

Alan and Jennifer are the resourceful & creative duo 

of Night Owl Paper Goods.  We always love checking in

with them, and seeing their beautiful stuff!

And last but definitely not least, Brandon of Blue Barn House.

He writes some of the funniest, most memorable lines for

his cards - and now they're making t-shirts too!

(Thanks beer fairy!!)

stationery show 1

The stationery show is over and we had a blast!!

Here is a quick re-cap of our trip.

Just like last year, we showed up to find the three blank white walls

and a crate.

Luckily, John did an amazing job packing everything.

First step, put down the floor...

... assemble, assemble...

... and then the finishing touches.

We really have to thank John at a single tree

for designing and building us the beautiful and practical

shelves and furniture.  Not seen in these pictures is

a hide-away storage compartment under the tabletop,

where we could store all of our goodies.  What a

genius idea!!! It worked out great!