monday contest

Another caption contest!  Rules are the same this week – enter your captions below, best entry wins this fine moleskine notebook.  You have until tomorrow morning at 10am (ET) to enter, winner will be announced shortly after.  Last week’s winner was from San Francisco, but as a reminder international entries are welcome!  Here’s my best effort:

“Judy seems to have gotten a lot out of that assertiveness training seminar.”

calling all colonial dames

I printed two wedding invitation jobs this week for couples getting married in my hometown of Philly.  One is taking place on a farm in the suburbs north of the city, and this one is taking place at the awesomely titled Pennsylvania Headquarters of the Society of the Colonial Dames.  Philadelphia has so many stunning historical buildings, and this is a spectacular venue for a wedding.  Did you (or are you planning to) get married in an interesting place – share it with us below!

caption winner!

And the winner is “Girlfer” submitted by Sophia!  Sophia I’m going to email you this morning to get your mailing address.  If you’re interested in one of your own, you can find them in my etsy shop (ten left in stock).

I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who submitted captions, this was seriously the most fun I’ve ever had with the blog.  And because of that I’ve decided that every Monday is going to be Reader Appreciation Day.  I’ll have a giveaway every week, winners probably announced Tuesday instead of Wednesday.

Next Monday I’ll have another moleskine caption, after that I’m wondering if it might be cool to have a funny haiku contest, or some other poem/word games.  Please feel free to suggest contests, I’m wide open.  Thanks again, hope you’ll come back Monday morning!!

monday contest!

Today is a new feature!  I printed a series of vintage graphics on these moleskine cahier notebooks.  This is a lady golfer…and the person who comes up with the best caption wins it.  You can leave your entries below in a comment, I’ll announce a winner on Wednesday.  (International entries welcome)  Good luck!  :)

letterpress tags

Of course I can’t sell anything without a really great tag.

diy craft show banner

I want to send a million thanks to jungrrl at Craftster for posting an online tutorial on how to make a craft show banner.  I followed her instructions and here’s my finished product!  I have always wanted to have a swanky sign for my craft shows, so since I’ll be doing a few weekends this summer at the Brooklyn Flea I figured it was the time to take a crack at it.  If you follow Craftster’s instructions you can keep your expenses very low.  I spent $5.50 on a large copy of my sign at kinkos, and $11 on fabric and felt – that’s it!

If you have any tips on signs you made or have questions on how to make your own, leave a comment and we’ll start a discussion.

brooklyn flea this weekend

I’ve been holed away for a few days, getting my ducks in a row for next weekend when I’ll be at the Brooklyn Flea both Saturday (in Fort Greene) and Sunday (in Dumbo)!  I’ll be sharing a booth with my friend Jane of Foxy & Winston, so it should be lots of fun.

I’ve decided to follow my passion and make a bunch of terrariums to sell.  I’m going to be offering three different versions, including some in mason jars (for a less expensive option).  Obviously they’re going to have a gorgeous letterpress tag…still working on those.  I’m also going to be selling some cool new Brooklyn cards that I designed in the spirit of vintage postcards.  Still haven’t made plates for those yet but I’ll post in a few days when they’re done.

Also, I found this awesome online tutorial on how to make a craft sale banner – so I’ll update you guys on that in a day or two.  Whew, lots of stuff going on this week, stay tuned!

dark ink colors

Today I delivered this wedding invitation with very dark inks.  The clients chose a vibrant combination of burgundy and navy blue elm leaves.  Even though each piece was a single ink color, I had to break these into two batches:  graphics getting double ink, and text single ink.  This happens sometimes with very dark ink since big solid areas usually need double ink for even coverage.  The text looks too heavy with more than one inking…what we printers call ‘muddy’.

shooting in manual

I had such a nice few days away this past weekend.  I went to an awesome family party in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and then had a photography pow-wow with my sister in New Jersey.  I took these photos in Frenchtown, NJ on the gorgeous Delaware River at sunset.  This weekend we were shooting only in manual mode (something every good photographer tells me I must do).  So from now on I’m going to commit to manual only…and start a house hunt on the Delaware.

grassy table cards

I printed some sweet grassy invitations a few months ago for a backyard/outdoor wedding in Michigan.  These table cards came later, still love this nice spring green!