{ Up to letterpressing }

I finally got some pressing done a couple nights ago, and I LOVE IT! Such a great idea to get into it. Such a great idea.

I pressed the lettering for some wedding invites, and with only a few minor hiccups, they turned out great. Hiccup #1 -- my press was a little too weenie for the hard paper the bride had given me for the invites so ... I rented some time on my friend Lee's Vandercook letterpress (such an incredibly fun press to work on. I may need to purchase one of these in the near future) to get the heavy-duty job done. And hiccup #2 -- the ink I ordered was supposed to be a pretty, chocolatey brown, but came in as a so-dark-brown-it-is-almost-black color, so I learned to mix my own ink too (thanks again to Lee at Rowley Press). I don't have any fun photos of the actual pressing process, but I'll post what I have.


4.5 parts yellow, 3.5 parts red, 3 parts black, 11 parts white, and some added black and yellow to sight = Pantone 4635.


After Lee putting all the ink down, I mixed it up, which took a surprisingly long time to get a good, streakless mix.


And the final product.

So so great.

Coming soon: Erin and James' letterpressed wedding Invitations. I'm in the design process now, fiddling around with yellows, grays and patterns. Final product postable in a couple weeks. And hopefully I will get to photograph them with something a little more profesh than my iphone.