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Speedy Printing!

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While writing an email to our friends last week about turnaround times (sign up below if you haven't already), I was in the middle of a crazy deadline. The final design was received on Monday and the project was ready for pick-up on Thursday evening. Here's a little video showing part of the letterpress printing, and at the speed of which the entire project felt! Follow us on instagram for more behind the scenes pictures and videos.  

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Can We Letterpress on Handmade Papers? Yes!

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You asked and we delivered- printing wedding designs on deckled edge, handmade papers. Gorgeous!

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Behind the Scenes - Printing Poetry Broadsides

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Watch this video of our letterpress printing of poetry prints from Austin-based poet Kaci Kai and publisher Aspen & Sonder.

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From Basic to Completely Personalized: Thank You Cards

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Want to see how we can take a simple idea and make it more YOU? The other week we were asked to create some unique thank you cards for a man who just celebrated his 60th birthday and wanted to send appropriate thank you cards. To keep costs down, since we are using the luxe double-thick cards, we used our collection of metal type. Classic text "Thank You" with "60" behind it in transparent white ink, which makes the "no ink" look more easily seen: Then, to make it more special, we printed the 60 on the envelope flap. The...

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Studio Visit: the Cross Plains Review

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Earlier this month, Trent and I went to the small town of Cross Plains TX for Howard Days (weekend celebrating the life and works of Robert E Howard, one of T's favorite authors). Because I like nerdy literary stuff, I happily tag along. Our first stop in Cross Plains was the Review...

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