#letterpress greeting cards

[deepinkletterpress]

Making rainbow cards for Berkeley Bowl in preparation for gay wedding season!

[sacramentohistorymuseum]

It’s never too early to be thinking about dad for Father’s Day. If you’re looking for a nice letterpress printed card, we have you covered!

These letterpress printed Father’s Day greeting cards were printed in a mixed blue rubber base ink with a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. The card reads, “It’s o-FISH-al you’re the best dad ever!” The font is 24 point Caslon and the image of a man reeling in a fish is from an electrotype made in the 1930s.

The back of the card includes an image of a Washington hand press and the words “Printed at the Sacramento History Museum.”

Fifty cards were printed in this press run. You can order a card on our website or purchase one in our museum store!

[formeryelpers]

Shorthand, 126 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles (Larchmont), CA 90004

As a fan of their Highland Park location, it’s nice to see Shorthand doing well enough to expand to Larchmont Village. The two shops are pretty similar. The displays are organized by color, so it always looks lovely inside.

You’ll find greeting cards, gift wrap, and all kinds of office supplies: pens, pencils, staplers, trays, pencil cases, erasers, stickers, notebooks, tape, paper clips, scissors, glue sticks, etc. They have their own line of letterpress cards and notebooks. They carry things from other countries too – Italy, Japan, Germany, etc.

5 out of 5 stars

By Lolia S.

[chapmanportfolio]

Letterpress blind deboss of a sugar skull on greeting card

[skelavender]

“Still, my mom is going to imply…” “I know. It’s not serious. I mean, it’s not like we’re married or anything.” Scully chuckles and pushes up onto her toes to press a kiss to his cheek. “Now that’s not going to help dissuade the rumors, Agent Scully.” He teases. “At this point, I don’t think there’s any hope.” OR After a year of platonic marriage, things start to change.

read chapter one of you are in love on ao3, or below the cut!

One look, dark room

Meant just for you

Time moved too fast

You play it back

Buttons on a coat

Light-hearted joke

No proof, not much

But you saw enough

***

November 1996

There are flowers on Mulder’s desk. 

A bouquet of… well, Mulder’s not great with flowers, but they’re all purple. There’s lavender, he knows that, and what he’s guessing are violets and irises. The last he can’t recognize, but it looks like a purple daisy. Maybe it is just a purple daisy? He didn’t know they made those. 

As he steps further into the office, he notices Scully behind the desk. She had been gone when he woke up, which was unusual for them, but had left a note on the coffee maker saying she had some errands to run before work and she would meet him there. It was folded and in his pocket. 

“Good morning,” she greets.

“Hey. Who sent you flowers?”

Scully raises one eyebrow and a small smirk graces her face, a challenge. “Check the card.”

He looks at her with curiosity and approaches the desk. He plucks the card out of the little fork, and when he unfolds it, he blinks dumbly a couple times.

Happy anniversary, sweetheart. 

Oh.

It wasn’t as though he’d forgotten. Of course not, not in a million years. Her gift is waiting at home, on top of the bookshelf in their home office where she could neither see nor reach. That was part of why he’d been disappointed when he woke up to a cold bed. He had wanted to give it to her before work, but she left before he got the chance. He had ordered personalized stationery for her, paper being the traditional gift for a first wedding anniversary, from a store down in Rosslyn. They have Special Agent Dana Scully, M.D. letterpressed across the top in green, with a notepad to match. 

“I don’t think anybody has ever gotten me flowers before.” He notes with a dreamy tone to his voice. Scully has impressed him.

Her satisfied expression softens. “I’m glad I could be the first.”

“Thank you, Scully. I love them.”

“You’re welcome.”

“God,” he laughs and ducks his head. “I can’t believe it’s been a year. It’s flown by.”

“It has, hasn’t it.”

“It seems like just last month we were averaging a hospital visit every two weeks.”

Scully snorts, “Not that we’re that far off.” 

Mulder chuckles, and rounds the desk to peck her cheek. “I didn’t forget, by the way. Your gift is at home. I’ll give it to you this evening.”

“I didn’t think you had.” She mirrors the small kiss and Mudler retreats to the chair Scully usually sits in. If she wants the desk today, she can sure as hell have it. 

***

Scully pulls up outside her mother’s house and parks the car. She’s unbuckling her seatbelt when his hand shoots out and stops her. Her eyes shoot up to meet his, one brow raised.

He’s been thinking about it since Maggie called him to extend the invitation to the dinner. When they were first discussing getting married, Scully was concerned about her mother finding out. She had mentioned to him that she didn’t think her mother would keep the secret, but he suspected that she was afraid she wouldn’t approve of what was essentially a sham union. 

But Mulder wears his ring, and people tend to be curious.

Most of the time he can get away with vague answers that aren’t really lies, but he knows Mrs. Scully would grill him about it. He can only answer so many questions by talking about Scully without really talking about Scully before her mother notices. 

“Your mom still doesn’t know, right?”

Scully knows what he’s talking about immediately. “No. Only that we’re living together.”

He slips his ring off his finger and holds it out to her, “Will you hold onto this for me?” Her mouth forms a little O. “She’ll have questions. There are only so many ways I can skirt them.”

“Of course,” she says. Her hands trace the neckline of her cardigan. He’s about to ask what she’s doing as he’s still holding the ring out to her in a flat palm, until the gold chain pops out and she undoes the clasp.

It would be so easy to forget about it. That she also wears the ring. That their union isn’t one-sided. That she’s as intertwined with him as he is with her. She wears it openly at home, sometimes, but the necklace remains hidden when they’re out and about. Despite that, Mulder, with a possessive streak that he tries to damp down, remembers. The image of her ring laid against her chest, or the fleeting vision of it on her finger for a couple days in the hospital, is settled into its own corner of his mind. He thinks of it more often than he’d like to admit. 

Scully plucks the ring from Mulder’s hand and slides it onto the chain. It clinks into place next to hers. Two hearts, strung together. 

“Thank you for mentioning that, I hadn’t considered it,“ The thought of hiding you hadn’t crossed my mind, she doesn’t say. She tucks the necklace back into her shirt and goes to unbuckle her seatbelt again. “You ready?” 

Mulder nods, and they approach the Scully residence. 

“She does think that we’re dating, you know.” Scully says as they walk up the pathway side by side.

“Really?”

“I tried to explain we’re living together because of the convenience, but she was not convinced.”

Mulder’s hand goes to the small of Scully’s back as she does up the couple steps onto the porch. “I’m not surprised. She always seemed to think we were…”

“I know. But now she’s pretty damn sure of it.”

“You did your best.”

Scully wonders how different things would be if they were… romantically entangled. Would he have fought her mother’s Thanksgiving invitation so hard? Would his hand be in hers, or around her shoulders, instead of on her back? Would he drop a kiss onto her lips on her mother’s front porch before facing the crowd inside?

She steps back and her eyes crawl up and down Mulder’s form. One of the buttons on his shirt doesn’t match, she notices. The cleaner would have attached a closer match, so he must have done it himself. 

Who had taught him to sew a button? It’s not a skill she would expect him to have. She can’t exactly picture his mother sitting him down to teach him. Every time Scully thinks she finally knows Mulder, finally understands him, something new surfaces that makes her rethink him. 

Scully sucks in a breath and refocuses. “Still, she’s going to imply…”

“I know. It’s not serious. I mean, it’s not like we’re married or anything.”

Scully chuckles and pushes up onto her toes to press a kiss to his cheek.

“Now that’s not going to help dissuade the rumors, Agent Scully.” He teases.

“At this point, I don’t think there’s any hope.” She rings the bell.

“Dana! Fox! Oh, it’s so good to see you both.” Maggie swings the door open and greets them with her usual warm, excited smile. She takes each of them in for a hug and kiss on the cheek.

“Happy Thanksgiving, Mom.”

“Happy Thanksgiving, Mrs Scully.”

Maggie slaps his arm playfully. “You call me Maggie, Fox, how many times do I have to tell you.”

“Alright Maggie.” Mulder smiles at his shoes. Mulder fucking loves Maggie Scully. She offers affection so freely, in a way Mulder isn’t used to experiencing, especially not in a familial manner. He wasn’t raised with this, with hugs hello and being allowed to call friends’ parents by their first names. It’s foreign to him. She’s been trying to get him to call her Maggie since she started feeding him while Scully was gone, but it had never stuck. 

“Bill and Charlie are in the living room, why don’t you two go sit with them while I check on the bird?“ Maggie offers.

“Tara and Marcel couldn’t make it?”

“No, Tara decided to go to her parents last minute, and Marcel is, well, Polish, so he didn’t want to come back over with Charlie for an American holiday.” Maggie winks at her daughter. “You’re the only one who brought a partner this year, Dana.”

“Mom, that’s not—“ Scully sighs and runs a hand over her forehead in exasperation before deciding to just drop it. “I’m surprised Charlie was able to get the time off, he usually isn’t.”

“I’m not teaching this semester,” a new voice explains, Mulder turns around to face a burly looking redhead. “I’m focusing on research and writing. Makes it a bit easier to get away for American holidays.” He turns to Mulder and offers a hand, which the agent takes. “You must be the Agent Mulder I keep hearing about in Dana’s emails. Charlie Scully.”

“That would be me. It’s good to meet you.”

“Dana says you just go by Mulder?”

“With a first name like mine, you’d go by anything else.”

Charlie laughs, “So tell me, Mulder, has Dana ever told you about what happened at her senior prom?”

“No, she has not.” Mulder replies, tone keen and interested. He turns to his partner, “Scully, am I about to unlock embarrassing childhood stories?”

“Charlie, you promised you would never tell anyone!”

Charlie taps his fingers together conspiratorially, and begins regaling Mulder with the story as they enter the living room. 

Upon introduction to Bill, Mulder understands why Scully had laughed so hard at a joke he once made about the two of them having an affair. Bill hides his contempt for Mulder poorly, with a pinched smile as they shake hands and the occasional glare. When Maggie calls them into the dining room to gather for the meal, Mulder sticks to his Scully’s side and Bill settles himself on the other end of the table, at the head. 

“Mom, that was delicious,” Scully says as she pushes her chair back. She then turns to Mulder, “Should we get on the dishes?”

“Oh, you don’t have to do that, Dana.” Maggie protests, rising from her seat.

“You cooked us an amazing meal, Mrs. Scully, please let us clean up.” Mulder places a hand on her shoulder to encourage her to stay in her seat and converse with her sons, and he and Scully retreat to the kitchen with piles of dishes in hand.

“You wash, I dry and put away?” Scully offers, and Mulder nods. 

“Thank you for inviting me,” he says after a few moments of quiet washing. “I was afraid it would be awkward. I mean, Bill doesn’t seem to like me very much, but Charlie seems nice.”

“I can’t believe he told you about Marcus.” Scully laughs, “That story is so embarrassing.”

“I’m just glad to have finally earned your embarrassing childhood stories. It’s like I’ve reached the next level of friendship.”

Scully snorts. “Right, Mulder. Step one is they bail you out of jail, step two is they shoot you, three is get married, four is buy a home together, and five is learn about their senior prom. That’s the natural order of things.”

Maggie watches from the other room as Mulder tilts his head back to let out a full belly laugh. Dana elbows him, and he deposits a smear of suds onto her nose in response. As she observes the ensuing playful water fight, Maggie can’t help but hope they soon see what she does, what she’s sure Charlie has picked up on as well, what Bill might still be unaccepting of. There’s so much affection between the two of them. Dana looks up at Fox with a look that she’s never seen on her daughter’s face before, one filled with raw affection. Maggie can tell that whatever they have, it’s coming to a head. Something is there. Everything is there, glowing between them.

Plus, Fox has a thin strip of paler skin on his fourth finger of his left hand, right where a wedding ring would lie. 

next chapter ->

[dailyfont-com]

Internal Display is a font that effortlessly blends smoothness, cleanliness, and uniqueness, while also embodying elegance, modernity, and femininity. With its sensual and glamorous vibe, it maintains a simple yet incredibly readable design. Its classic style lends itself well to a wide range of formal applications, including invitations, labels, menus, logos, fashion, makeup, stationery, letterpress, romantic novels, magazines, books, greeting and wedding cards, packaging, and more.

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[starpointestudio]

New greeting cards available @kyartscouncil #kycraftedmarket I ironically printed these over the past 2 days - the wind storm took 3 of our beloved trees ☹️ #printmaking #letterpress #woodtype #engraving #trees #iris #kentucky https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYT_NTu0OI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[duardius]

the 21st century has appropriated the term «gift card»: now an instrument of credit, object with monetary value. but what should we call a card we attach to a gift? —gift note-card? in any event—gathered up studio scrap to print «gift note-cards». monotype santa [lanston monotype 1336A]; black letter greeting, engravers old english [atf 148].

letterpress on somerset velvet antique.

[thenorlupress]

Page Wood Type Bookmark Stocking Stuffer

The Fifth of Ten Posts in Ten Days for the Upcoming Christkindlmarkt Holiday greeting cards are a big part of what The Norlu Press is offering at this weekend’s Hofbräuhaus Buffalo Christkindlmarkt, but we also will have several other interesting letterpress printing items for sale. One of them is a handsome bookmark that will appeal to the typophiles and bibliophiles among us and make a…

[deepinkletterpress]

Mother’s Day was a smash! Thanks! Now onto Father’s Day! Buy your cards early at Berkeley Bowl, and I’ll bring more!

[sacramentohistorymuseum]

With 2023 ending very soon, we wanted to remind you to stay classy!

In this video, Jared demonstrates letterpress printing greeting cards in dark pink rubber base ink, which is a mix of rhodamine red and opaque white ink. This press run involved printing 50 cards using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press.

The electrotype (copy of a woodcut) of the very fashionable lady was made about 125-130 years ago and is from the Lewis Winter Collection. The type “Stay classy!” is 30 point Cloister Black font. The back of the card includes an image of a Washington hand press and the words “Printed at the Sacramento History Museum.” This card and other cards are available in our Museum Store!

[packadvance]

 Printing Cylinder  

Gravure printing predominates in the high-volume printing of packaging, wallpaper and gift wrap. Although less common, it also works for printing magazines, greeting cards, and high- volume advertising pieces. In gravure printing, an image is acid-etched on the surface of a metal cylinder—one cylinder for each colour in a pattern of cells. The cells are recessed into the cylinder, unlike relief printing or letterpress where the printing image is raised or like offset printing, in which the image is level with the plate - rotogravure printing cylinder.

Our gravure proofing presses supply shafted and shaftless cylinder choices, permitting you to customize the press according to your operational wants. The gravure proofing press caters to your particular wants with numerous features and customisation choices. All our shoppers profit from our expertise and expertise, as we offer comprehensive help throughout the whole manufacturing journey. We produce tailored embossing rollers with the most recent laser, etching and knurling applied sciences and methods, effortlessly reproducing intricate particulars and patterns - printer cylinder.

Rotogravure printing, system of printing based on the transfer of fluid ink from depressions in a printing plate to the paper. It is an intaglio process, so-called because the design to be printed is etched or engraved below the surface of the printing plate. A gravure printing plate made of copper is then prepared to accept photomechanical transfer using a gravure screen; this is a grid of closely intersecting lines that create thousands of tiny squares on the plate, which will in turn react differentially to an etching bath after the plate has been exposed to light through the positive film.

Our online tools make the process as simple and clear as possible, and we’re working to enhance your expertise on a regular basis. Because cells of different depths can hold varying amounts of ink, the rotogravure process can print a rich, full range of tonal values, making it ideal for reproducing photographs and other continuous-tone copy in large quantities. In the printing process, the cylinder bearing the printing plates is usually arranged so that during its rotary movement it passes through a trough filled with a thin solution of fast-drying ink, or is sprayed with ink instead. For more information, please visit our site https://packadvance.com/

[mauricecherry]

The past few years has been a testing ground for a lot of creatives. For Breon Waters II, he’s used this time to dive deeper into design across the digital world and the real world. And the results have been paying off!

Our conversation began with a look at his line of letterpress greeting cards, which are a fun mix of old-world printing techniques and cutting-edge technology. We also talked about his work at DEPT, and Breon shared how he came into product design throughs his earlier explorations in visual design and UI/UX. Breon has been steadily building his career brick by brick, and that’s given him a strong design foundation that will serve him well into the future!

For extended show notes, including a full transcript of this interview, visit revisionpath.com.

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[goodmorninglovelies42]

I have these stickers that I bought from a company called kwohtations that I love so much, because they have the best affirmations:

I have the power to accomplish some of the things I set out to do today

My value is not determined by my productivity

I forgive myself for any mistakes I made today

I can do this (and if I can’t it will be okay anyway)

I don’t have to be perfect to be enough

I won’t quit (unless it’s too hard or if I want to)

Anyway highly recommend for a daily boost. https://kwohtations.com

Today is the Being Nice to Myself Even Though I Didn’t Accomplish What I Wanted to This Weekend Day