August 6, 2008

Letterpress cards in the shop

The weekend was indeed full of fun printing productivity! Driving 45 minutes each way to the class on both Saturday and Sunday was pretty tiring (not to mention not being able to sleep in), but entirely worth it. I managed to print quite a few things, and will add them to the shop over 2 days. Here are a few of the cards I just added to the shop!

Fishies letterpress card

Hi bird letterpress card

Swirl teal letterpress card

This last one here is actually printed from the plate I used for my wedding thank you cards. My printer gave me all the plates for my invitation, and I've been wanting to re-print the thank you cards in another color. The original ones were printed in yellow, and I'm also adding those to the shop since I have plenty leftover. I really wanted it in the teal, but there just wasn't enough time. I might look into renting time in a letterpress studio in San Francisco one of these days.

Sakura pink letterpress card

Edit 8/7: I took the Contemporary Letterpress class at California College of the Arts in Oakland. It's part of extended education program, and it's taught by Thea Sizemore, along with her husband Patrick. They were great teachers and made the class a lot of fun. Thea teaches this class twice a year. There are also letterpress classes at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

10 comments:

Krissy | Paper Schmaper said...

Oh Wendy, these are so wonderful!! I love the fish :)

monique said...

love love love the bottom Thank you card!

Tina said...

They are all beautiful, but I've been having a thing for fish lately. If you don't mind me asking ... Where do you take your letterpress classes?

anita said...

these look awesome wendy =) love the added dimension of texture that the letterpress gives.

Traci said...

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. I'm heading over to your shop right now!

Laura said...

These are beautiful, I love the little fishies!

Anonymous said...

Outstanding, I can't believe you did these for a class.

Michelle Engel Bencsko said...

Letterpress and You. Perfect together.

cornelia said...

love the red roses! =) shopping now!

Anonymous said...

Hi Wendy,
You did it again just too good. I liked the fishes. They are just awesome. I wish i clould have joined your class.