In the studio...

If you've tried to set up a lesson or a rental in the studio, then you know how jam packed the schedule's been - even after finishing up the Birthday Card fundraiser!

Hence, the third "In the studio" post in a row....

This one is an awesome card by awesome designer Sarah Hanks:

It goes perfectly with my favorite card of hers:

Check out Sarah's other stuff over at her blog and her shop!

In the studio...

Steve just sent me this photo of his latest poster that he printed with Pyramid's wood type:



Love it. Check out his other posters and prints over at his Flickr!

In the studio...

Moira (former Letterpress Associate) was back in the studio to print some business cards:

Check out more photos of the cards and Moira's awesome registration job over at Bookish Lady!

Birthday Party!

Some photos of our fun birthday party this weekend!

For our studio activity, we had the Universal all set up so that guests could come print their own bookmarks. Leslie and I took turns helping people crank out bookmarks with the type that Leslie'd set:

Meanwhile, Bridget manned our Letterpress Birthday Card table:

(And yes, I'm currently working on setting up a place on the Pyramid site where you can buy these sets.... Stay tuned!)

There were tons of people and tons of things to do. Here was our view of the Screenprint Studio, where guests were screenprinting a 3-color poster designed by Marty:

And Steve was kind enough to share his photos of the other demos that were happening in the other studios:

In the studio...

Graphic Designer Alison Whitty was recently in the studio printing some wedding invitations with Melanie. Here are some photos of the pretty invites for a beach wedding:

And once she helped Alison get settled, Melanie started printing some of her own designs on the C&P. Here are two of her etiquette coasters:

The whole set should be available next weekend when she and I will be at Spring Bada-Bing in Richmond!

In the studio...

Some photos of my lesson with Erin Vince, graphic designer and bride-to-be:

These photos show the first two runs on her own wedding invitations. We did first run to put a blind impression of a map onto her paper. Then followed up with the bulk of the text in turquoise. Next step: adding Erin and her fiance's names in yellow (on her own!)

Birthday Card Fundraiser Preview #4

All the cards have been printed and assembled into sets!

The sets will be available this Saturday at Pyramid's 30th birthday party. If you can't make it out, stay tuned for info on how to purchase them online next week!

And now, photos of the rest of the cards!

From Carina Herman:

Leslie Smith:

Sara Shaffer:

Beth Schaible:

 Jody McLean:

Amelia Smith:

Morgan Ward:

Sarah Hanks:

Hope to see you Saturday!