Join us for a Portrait Pop-Up with Emilie Inc. Photography!

We are so excited for our first annual pop-up portrait with emilie inc. photography! Take a peek at the details below and then call the shop to book your time slot: 603-319-1717. Come Thanksgiving, when your holiday cards are printed, addressed and ready to be mailed, you will be SO happy you signed up for this fun little event! We hope to see you there!

4th Birthday Bash: The Re-Cap

I am so excited to be able to share a few images from our 4th Birthday Bash!

Our store was stocked to the brim with gorgeous goodies from Smock and Jenna, from the Smock team, joined us and gave lessons in pinwheel-making all evening long.

Erin from Wild Orchid Baking Co. kept our bellies full with her incredible cupcakes. And, satisfying our sweet-tooth tendencies, Laurie from Lolly Candy put together an adorable spread of gummies and chocolates while the team at The Goldenrod provided their signature saltwater taffy. Finally, our pals at The Juicery kept us cool and hydrated with their brand new artisan ice pops.

We were thrilled to be able to give away 3 amazing door prizes including custom letterpress stationery from Smock, a Smock goodie-box and a gift certificate to Gus & Ruby Letterpress. It's always such fun to be able to give back to all our fabulous customers in some small way.

Thank you so very much to all of you who came out for the event! We had an absolute blast celebrating with so many of you. And, a big thank you to Megan from Emilie Inc. Photography for capturing all the fun. It was a joyful night full of good friends, great crafts and sweet treats; we are lucky gals, indeed.

Gabe & Christa's hand-drawn wedding invitations

Last week I shared Gabe and Christa's hand-drawn save the dates and I am so excited to reveal their beautiful invitations today! In our initial meeting, G&C had fallen in love with Elizabeth and David's invitation suite because they loved the illustration style and most of all, the gate fold format. They knew they wanted a drawing of Gabe's family home to be the center of the invitation suite so we had the amazingly talented Nate Duval illustrate the house and some structures from around the property including a funky old tree, an old pick-up truck that's always parked in the driveway, the stonewall that separates the lawn from the rocky, ocean coast and the gated driveway that leads to the expansive property. We combined Nate's illustration with my handwriting for all of the text and used the purple and chartreuse inks from the save the date. Here is a picture of the whole suite:  

After the twine was removed the gate fold (that featured the gated driveway) opens to reveal the invitation: 

A detailed shot of the handwriting:

A detailed shot of the gorgeous house:

My favorite piece was the reply card that featured a couple of Adirondack chairs and the extra big response options, YES and NO! 

Another shot of the invitation (left) and the gate fold (right) before it is opened:

An additional card gave guests the wedding website: 

And I just couldn't resist sharing a photo of the gorgeous couple, Gabe and Christa: 

Pretty cute right? To see more pics of this AMAZing wedding, including some shots of the beautiful work our very own Lizzy did, click here. It was SO much fun working with these two and I am so sad that it's over. They are spending the next year traveling the world (literally a year-long honeymoon) and we hope they have an amazing trip and first year of marriage! 


Beautiful photos courtesy of emilie inc. photography.

Business Card Round-Up

In addition to designing wedding invitations, birth announcements and social stationery, we love love designing and printing business cards. From fellow wedding vendors to arborists, we have designed a variety of different cards. If you already have a design for your business card and are just looking for a printer to letterpress them, we do that too! We are happy to offer a designer's discount if you provide us with print-ready files. Take a peek at some of our favorites below:

{photo by Brea McDonald}

{photo by Brea McDonald}

{photo by Brea McDonald}

Printed on chipboard, this card was designed for an Arborist out of Gloucester, Massachusetts:

{photo by Brea McDonald}

We worked with Brea McDonald Photography on a redesign of her logo last winter and were thrilled with the final product. The business card was printed on Crane Lettra 220# fluorescent white paper, which is an extra thick, luxuriously soft, cotton paper that lends itself beautifully to double-sided letterpress printing:

{photo by Brea McDonald}

{photo by Brea McDonald}

When emilie inc. photography redesigned their business cards, they enlisted us to do the printing. I love the white space on the front and signature emilie inc. pink patterned backs:

{photo by emilie inc. photography}

{photo by emilie inc. photography}

Another emilie inc. design (note the consistent use of patterned backs):

{photo by emilie inc. photography}

Ned Jackson came to us a few weeks after we opened last year looking to upgrade his digitally printed business cards to something more substantial. He wanted to wow his brides and grooms when he handed it to them so we took his already beautiful design and printed it on Crane Lettra 220# stock in Pearl White. He was thrilled with the results and has been wowing his clients ever since.

{photo by Ned Jackson Photography}