A warm golden manor house among silvery snowflakes, to wish your nearest and dearest a merry little Christmas… letterpress printed on thick folded cards made from 100% reclaimed cotton.
I got so busy with printing and turkeys and family (not all at once!) that I forgot to post these! You can find them in the Sweet [...]
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Let your heart be light…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sweet olive press, merry little christmas, merry christmas, letterpress christmas, letterpress holiday, christmas card, letterpress gold on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Letterpress Christmas Cards: Noël
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged letterpress cards, letterpress christmas card, letterpress christmas cards, letterpress christmas tree, letterpress holiday card, letterpress Noël, mississippi letterpress, sweet olive press on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been printing so much this week, I’m in letterpress heaven! Exhibit A: a golden candle-lit Christmas tree and a holiday-red “noël”, just off the press and available in the Sweet Olive Press online store in boxed sets, and soon on Etsy.
More coming! Much more…
Working on the railroad
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I knew trains used to be cooler than they are today. Look at this fabulous shot of a linotype in operation on a railway press car in 1913!
Um, molten lead on a bumpy railway? The pot did have a cover, but I wouldn’t be putting my hand up for the job…
{Photo by Brown Photo Co., [...]
Not spooky at all
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Halloween from Owl and the Forest Fairy Princess, and from Sweet Olive Press!
(Owl is testing the forcible entry approach to trick-or-treating. At 17 months he gets a pass; next year not so much.)
Away we go
Posted in Christmas, Holiday Cards, Uncategorized, tagged christmas cards, Holiday Cards, letterpress cards, letterpress christmas cards, sweet olive press on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One thing I’ve noticed since moving from Australia to the United States is that over here the downhill dash to the end of the year starts much, much earlier.
If you’re so inclined, you can start fretting about Halloween costumes in late September and be in full panic by mid-October. The last week of October is [...]
Advice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chandler & price letterpress, letterpress on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Printing wisdom from my four-year-old:
“We don’t lick the letterpress,” she says, “because it would taste yuck.”
Getaway
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had planned a weekend at the press… but since it was all “do-anytime” work, we decided to go to Florida instead.
It was lovely.
Life can be fun!
Posted in Gifts, letterpress art, tagged 1950s art, letterpress art, letterpress art print, limited edition letterpress print, sweet olive press on October 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m so excited to show you the very first limited edition art prints from Sweet Olive Press!
“Life Can Be Fun” is a four-colour print (read: four separate trips through the press!) inspired by Australian women’s magazines of the 1950s, and is the first in a series of works on this theme. I’ve been working on [...]
News and prizes!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged email news, letterpress news, letterpress prize, subscribe, sweet olive press on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At last, I’ve forced myself to sit still long enough to get an email newsletter system sorted out! Now you can sign up for monthly(ish – depending how ambitious I get) email news with updates on Sweet Olive Press, brand-new letterpress stationery designs and special offers just for subscribers.
Also just for subscribers – the chance [...]
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