Loving This: Letterpress

I’m going to start a new feature called Loving This. :) I stumble on stuff all the time, but rarely categorize into sets, so this will be fun!  Tonight, for example, I was browsing about, and got sucked into this entire evening full of letterpress goodness! There’s something so compelling about how tactile they are, and they’re always printed on gorgeous textured paper. :D I love that each one must be made individually, and so often they are made completely by hand. (Handmade stuff has been a theme for me for a little while now.)

Here are some awesome ones I am loving! I’m actually thinking of starting a little letterpress collection of my own here. :)

 

 Linda & Harriett  Is that not the most delicious handwritten letterpressed signature you ever saw? WHOA.

 

Green Chair Press

 

Satsuma Lynn

Reinked   (this one actually comes with envelopes made from vintage magazines. :) Love the inkless pressing.

 

 Night Owl Paper Goods

Egg Press (yes. another green thing. big surprise.) This one is both offset printed (the tree) and letterpressed.

 

 Papered TogetherI want to put one of these in EVERY book I own. And the child silhouette looks just like Rowen to me. :)

 

Dee and Lala   I pretty much love every single one of their sweet, whimsical cards, but these elephants just melt my heart. :)

 

 Messenger Brid Press - one can never have too many coasters. And wouldn’t these rock as gifts?

 

 

Smock  I pretty much love every.single.thing from this web site. Oh yes. And I want to touch it, and pet it, and call it George.

 

Red Tandem Studio - LOVE this ink color.

 

Megan Creates - And one more sweet lil’ elephant to round out the evening. :)

Yes. Definitely thinking of starting a letterpress collection of my own. :D (Hey, and if I get sets, I can send 5 and keep one, right? ;)

For more reading (for me too!) on letterpress, here are a couple of sites:

• Briar Press
• Five Roses
  
• I Love Letterpress
  

Got any letterpress lovelies you’d like to add to this? Have you ever seen letterpress in action? Are you a letterpresser yourself? A collector? An appreciater? :D

Update on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:03AM by Jessica

I enabled myself right into this, and this. Ha!

Comments

[Damon Crawley]

I love the quote! And talk about convergence!

Tomorrow night (Thursday) I begin teaching a bible study using the book by John Ortberg "If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat."

Our church is having some issues and my wife and I have started a few things because of this call. I was going to cover some composition notebooks with a masculine paper and hand them out tomorrow as a journal to use for the sessions. But instead I (or my wife, whoever has the time tomorrow) are going to recreate this quote like you have it and put it on the cover.

I am stoked!!!

[Rachel]

Have you seen what Elise does with the letterpress? So awesome. Her blog:http://www.eliseblaha.typepad.com/ Her Etsy:http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5124444

[@Joscie rhymes with bossy]

I looove love love letterpress!
check this out! http://brooklynsocialcards.com/

[Jenny]

Wow, this stuff is all so pretty and inspiring. That handwritten one at the top is the best. I soooo love that writing. And you cracked me up with the "touch it, pet it and call it George." hilarious!

Jenny
http://www.shutterbugkeepsakes.com

[latz]

very cool--that child one does look like your sweet Rowen! How awesome is that?

[Jackie]

love letterpress! I can't wait to check out these sites!

Port 2 Port Press is another neat site.

Jessica, you are the Queen of enabling!

[Rebecca]

If you're ever in Portland, check out Oblation:
http://www.oblationpapers.com/

I'm a graphic designer, and I just want to marry this store. They have the most amazing paper stuff in their store, including a "tree" of a zillion pretty ribbons hanging down, They have beautiful letterpressed invites etc. that you can see them printing on their printing presses behind the fishbowl glass. It is SO COOL!

[Liz Ness]

YUM and so cute -- love the elephant at the end of your post!

[Becky]

At my December wedding, I gave my bridesmaids 2008 letterpress calendars after reading this blog post: http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/10/25/ilee-letterpress-calendar/

They were a HUGE hit.
:) Becky
http://www.stinkylemsky.typepad.com/

[Kirsten]

Letterpress is so delicious. I had the opportunity in college to do a few projects on a letterpress. I wish I was able to do more. It was so involved and beautiful that I still dream to this day that I could own my very own press and produce little lovelies to send to people.
Thank you for the great links and inspiration. Ahhhh..beautiful!

[anna]

you are 100% funny and I LOVE how you describe stuff. thanks for sharing

[mer]

letterpress melts my heart! i am using letterpress wood blocks as my wedding cake topper in aug... egg has an AMAZING store in sf that you should see when you are there next time. it's a must for me to go and fill up on good energy and stunning eye candy. :)

here are my two absolute favorites:

http://www.elumdesigns.com/

http://www.hellolucky.com/

sigh...

have a beautiful thursday!

[paws]

Thanks for sharing these. Love letterpressed items!

[denise:) (the winner!)]

oh no! these are delicious! i had no idea this even existed... must learn more... now.

[denise:)]

um, my siggy "denise") (the winner!!)" was from the camera strap/shazam tutorial entry... and i don't believe i did win...hmm. :D

[DawnS]

Jessica...thanks so much for sharing this with us. Each one is cuter than the next! I can't pick a favorite.

And did I catch a hint from your previous post that just "maybe" there may be a new book that you're working on (she said with fingers crossed)???

[Seth]

We got a letterpressed wedding invite the other day. Has a nice look to it. When we were just married, Aubrey was researching letter presses and was thinking about getting one. Looks like a fun hobby, but a serious one.