Thanks to Sam who was in our letterpress class on Saturday and then wrote a fabulous blog post. Check it out! http://sammitt.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/making-letterpress-cards/
Showing posts with label letterpress_classes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letterpress_classes. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Letterpress Central to host National Printing Conference!
We are hosting the APA letterpress printing conference in 2013. Yippee!
Nothing says Arizona like pointy Tuscan Gothic wood type by WM Page as well as highlighting the fact that we do have AIR CONDITIONING and indoor restrooms!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Dive in to letterpress, Phoenix!
When you live in a warm climate, it helps to think cool thoughts! Plus, I love how letterpress is going along swimmingly in the Phoenix area!
Friday, August 31, 2012
What do a donkey, tomato & fish have in common?
I used this crazy cut to print a "food" postcard with lovely handset Paramount type. Now why would a donkey be standing on a tomato with a fish swimming by?
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Half Off Bacon - Mad Men Letterpress Class
After the Madmen inspired letterpress class, Lisa took her coasters with her to show friends at dinner. She said the wait staff were very intrigued but not intrigued enough to give them 50% off bacon!
Images from the class. Such a fun day!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Letterpress Holiday Card Class
The holiday letterpress class was fun! Thanks to all who participated. Here's a sampling of the cards we printed using vintage holiday cuts. Everyone was printing like maniacs and ended up with 20 letterpress cards that were all ready to be sent to their favorite people. Yay!
Folks had fun even embellishing their envelopes. These are the kinds of envelopes I open first when I get the mail.
We still had all the stuff out for tee shirt printing so here's the shirt I printed. You can definitely go crazy printing tee shirts. So many possibilities!
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Time for Holiday Cards!
Tis the season for holiday cards! I did two segments for the local NBC television station on holiday cards--at 5:40 am and 6:40 am. I had to get up at 4:00 o'clock in the morning! I NEVER get up that early unless I have to catch a plane. Bleary eyed and all, Gary and I trotted over to Phoenix. The positive thing was--there was no traffic! Gotta admire the news anchor Tram Mai from channel 12--she is so delightful and nice even that early in the morning.
I love handmade holiday cards. I love to get them in the mail. It's the first thing I open and always the ones I keep. When I was a kid in our local 4-H group, we made piles of them every year for the local nursing homes. I have really fond memories of drawing, gluing glittering & creating the cards and distributing them to the residents. Creating cards is a fun activity to do with your family or friends.
However, some folks get all stressed out about cardmaking. Here are some suggestions to keep in mind to reduce your stress:
4. You don't have to create cards from scratch. You could use a kit as a starting point. The cards on the left are from a Basic Grey Cardmaking Class Kit. The fun thing about a kit is that you get loads of materials to work with and instructions. I think of instructions more as guidelines since I always seem to veer off the path of doing it by the book. You can make the cards according to your own style. Plus, you have lots of left over materials to make more stuff!
5. Use fun materials in making holiday cards. Wrapping paper is a great element. There are so many styles and colors and it is readily available. These cards use wrapping paper and ribbon as a decorative element on pocket cards. Cards don't have to be just the traditional folded card so think outside the box!
6. You could take a class and get all your cards done at once! Our holiday letterpress card class is one of our most popular classes. At The Paper Studio, we forage through our array of vintage images (called cuts) and set them up in our presses so participants can make 20 cards with 4 different motifs. Here's a sample of the cards the class made last year. We have different images selected for this year!
I love handmade holiday cards. I love to get them in the mail. It's the first thing I open and always the ones I keep. When I was a kid in our local 4-H group, we made piles of them every year for the local nursing homes. I have really fond memories of drawing, gluing glittering & creating the cards and distributing them to the residents. Creating cards is a fun activity to do with your family or friends.
However, some folks get all stressed out about cardmaking. Here are some suggestions to keep in mind to reduce your stress:
1. The cards do not have to be perfect (you'll make yourself crazy). It's great to see the artist's hand in the finished work.
2. You don't have to give everyone on your list a handmade card. Give them to the people who will appreciate them!
3. You don't have to do all unique cards. Create something that resonates with you and make several of the same style.
4. You don't have to create cards from scratch. You could use a kit as a starting point. The cards on the left are from a Basic Grey Cardmaking Class Kit. The fun thing about a kit is that you get loads of materials to work with and instructions. I think of instructions more as guidelines since I always seem to veer off the path of doing it by the book. You can make the cards according to your own style. Plus, you have lots of left over materials to make more stuff!5. Use fun materials in making holiday cards. Wrapping paper is a great element. There are so many styles and colors and it is readily available. These cards use wrapping paper and ribbon as a decorative element on pocket cards. Cards don't have to be just the traditional folded card so think outside the box!
You can also use the leftover paper to create your own gift tags! I prefer handmade gift tags over the mass-produced tags any day!
6. You could take a class and get all your cards done at once! Our holiday letterpress card class is one of our most popular classes. At The Paper Studio, we forage through our array of vintage images (called cuts) and set them up in our presses so participants can make 20 cards with 4 different motifs. Here's a sample of the cards the class made last year. We have different images selected for this year!
The class includes everything you need to leave with 4 sets of letterpress cards. This year we'll also be inking up some wood type so folks can bring a tee-shirt to print. Think of a word that describes your favorite person, print the shirt and give them the shirt as a present.
Happy Creating!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wayzgoose Fun!
We were thrilled with the turn out of the first AZ Wayzgoose! The fun thing is that it seemed like everyone did a little bit of everything! Lisa described it as a 7-ring circus and she was right! It was so much fun, that none of us even remembered to eat lunch.
Letterpress was buzzing with coaster and bookmark printing.Mike was on the go most of the day.
Photographer Rhonda Lewis made my favorite bookmark of the day and she also took this fab photo of the press!
Donna kept things humming in the papermaking studio where everyone made handmade recycled paper.
Gary led the making your own envelope session. Notice the festive Halloween Hat!
The hit of the day was the tee shirt printing. (see Gary's shirt above) Below, Lisa helps the Labyrinth guy with his design.
We concluded the day's activities with a little pochoir on letterpress.
It was really a fun filled day! A great chance to connect with old friends and meet new ones as well.
You can see more photos of the wayzgoose on our flickr sites: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisatakata/sets/72157622581803607/ and
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