Gearing up for RENEGADE!

That's right, we got in to Renegade Craft Fair! Mark your calendars- May 19 & 20 at the Palmer Events Center, ATX.

So now we're busting our butts creating new items, rethinking older designs, and having a blast with spring colors! We finally have a baby shower invitation design, an Austin-specific design, and a few other fun things that haven't even been tested yet!

Some new items on Etsy, too. Skull thank you cards, delicate Merci cards, and even more to come next Sunday! Purple and chartreuse ink are on the menu for Saturday.

ALSO

Yesterday was a *very* stressful day in the printshop. BUT we did come out with these custom pieces:

Reply cards for the wedding set printed on Saturday.

2-sided business cards for SophieandAva.com

With these two projects complete, our calendar is opening up again, so please don't hesitate to contact us about your special projects.

cheers
- ashley

a weekend off...

We took the weekend off, away from phones, emails, and even the press- our first of the year!

Went to a B&B in Wimberley where we had a cabin reserved. I read books, listened to the wind, drank wine and hot cocoa, and even did nothing, guilt-free! It was lovely.

But now we're back and ready to print! March is looking to be a wonderfully busy month. Lots of good things coming up, and several custom-projects, too. A polymer plate is on order and this coming weekend will be very colorful!

Austin Wedding Party

Trent did his first solo-show this weekend. It was with the Austin Wedding Party, the info we shared with those subscribed to our Local Events newsletter, and included many vendors involved in the wedding planning industry.

Showing off lots of wedding invitations.

Judging by the pictures of the event seen so far, it looks like it was a lot of fun!

Good thing i have a counting machine...

Last weekend was CRAZY AWESOME BUSY in the printshop:

over 1000 impressions made
5 ink colors used
2 custom projects
and almost entire Season 1 of Downton Abbey playing in the background for Saturday alone! (DA is my go-to "background" choice. It's also my crack.)

I also FINALLY reprinted our business cards- got a huge stack of them, just needing their corners rounded. It's been almost 2 months of no business cards. Bad!!

One of the custom projects was for SXSW's Interactive Department:

The other custom project was our classic chandelier image in light pink, which led to printing a bunch of great "spring is coming"-ish cards- light pink inks with grass-green envelopes, chartreuse inks with orange envelopes. Very cheery. But they're not available online or in stores, yet. For you locals, you *can* get them at...

The Austin Flea!

It's on Saturday and we're super excited. We'll have all our Valentine's Day cards out, as well as our cards in new spring colors. With all the other great artists there, you KNOW you'll find something awesome, and you can get your cards, gift enclosures, little valentines for friends, and even your xoxo coasters with us!

inviting's "new" toy

Chartreuse & Tangerine!

Not traditional colors for a wedding, but super-fun, no?

We had our first print-job from inviting affairs, who designed the card, and it went very well:

Hope the bride loves them!

I've been promised a sample of the completed set, and will post that once I get it. I'm very excited to see all the pieces.

xo, ashley

Save the Date, Medioevalis Style

Helped a client out with the image and printed his design for him and his fiance. Printed these last Sunday:

They provided the design and the paper: deckle-edge European flats ("Medioevalis"); our first time printing on them. The paper resembles watercolor paper, actually- textured and stiff, and took the punch nicely. Looking into setting up an account with a wholesaler and maybe we can carry these in our line.

What do you think? Are there any papers you'd like to see in our regular collection? Currently we use Crane's Lettra and WNP's Luxe, and of course any random pretties I come across to try out. There's a wool paper i'd like, but it's rather $$$. But any suggestions? Let us know : )

xo, ashley