Creative Mornings

Creative Mornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types.   Think of it as a local morning mini-conference and inspirational community boost before work. Nothing fancy, just good people and a great talk by a guest lecturer. 

Free events are held in 16 (and counting) cities around the world.  In the US, the lineup included NY, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Seattle.

Neenah Blotter Paper

You spoke, we listened.  Introducing Neenah Blotter Papers - perfect for making letterpress coasters.

The paper has surface sizing so that the sheet accepts offset printing as well as letterpress, foil stamping, embossing and die custting.  It's also a great paper for fragrance strips and air fresheners.

24pt, acid free, fully recyclable.

Remembering

Kardashian & Rising (really)

Now that THE biggest wedding event of the year (according to TMZ) is over, we can write about the all-important Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries wedding invite.

Our friends at Lehr & Black designed and produced these elegant invitations using 100% cotton Rising Museum Board 8-Ply White and Esse Pearlized White.

"We chose Rising due to its extra thick weight that was necessary for the rich quality of the invitation," said Sol Lehr. "We bevel-cut around the card and Rising was the ideal board that held up perfectly to produce a razor-sharp clean bevel.  The 100% cotton feel of Rising contributed to the card's deluxe quality."

The invitation was letterpress printed, hot-stamped and embossed.  Click here to see more images of the invite. 

The written word in today's digital age

We thought it appropriate to re-post this article in today's Wall Street Journal.  

The article presents the overlap between the digital and analog world that many (most) people in the letterpress community experience. Social media tools have made it easy for small letterpress shops to communicate and share ideas with one-another.  

There was also a nice shout-out to our friends at the Ladies of Letterpress and Boxcar Press.

Artisan Press

Interesting post from Australia on what makes a good letterpress paper.

What's special about letterpress papers? The Artisan Press uses a range letterpress friendly papers from the leading fine art paper mills across the world. Some of these mills were producing paper in the 13th century – well before the advent of the printing press! For example the Magnani mill in Italy, customers include Napoleon Bonaparte, the reigning families of Europe and the state mints of several countries. It's a little special and one touch will tell you why. Read the rest of the post