In the seemingly endless quest for the perfect setup for product shots….This…is a test. It is only a test. Do not adjust your television. This is an older card, recolored, and was shot at three different exposures and combined by Photoshop into one image, commonly called HDR (high dynamic range imaging). It was lit with a single bulb from a semi antique Kodak Carousel Slide Projector. Once Kodak goes under, the projector could become a collector’s item. But I digress (and I feel badly for Kodak, which was once an Americon icon, known and respected worldwide and whose products I used throughout my younger years). So, it’s just a picture, see what you think. It hasn’t gotten rave reviews from a certain designer.

We were happy to see the WSJ do a nice piece on the return of the written word. Seems folks may be getting tech tired and are beginning to actually write to each other again. Like in the olden days. The story’s here:

May 2011:

From the National Stationery Show in NYC, we have won the 2011  LOUIE award in the “Rising Star” category.

This pleases us. Our thanks to the kind judging panel and their (obvious) impeccable good taste.

2011 Booth- via Iphone

In a stroke of marketing genius, we forgot to post our updated catalogue prior to arriving here in the great City of New York.

Quickest way to view our wholesale catalogue is on the NSS site here.

Or, if you wish to download a pdf, here ‘tis

Our line sheets are a condensed version of catalogue and are here. pdf.

We’re pleased to announce that our favorite Mother’s Day card has been nominated as a finalist in the National Stationery Show’s ”Louie” competition. This is akin to a Grammy for music or an Oscar for a film. No, there will likely be no “stars” present at the awards ceremony, but being nominated is quite an honor. Here’s the proud nominated card.

We’re pleased to announce that we have shipped our Baby Book to Peabody Papers in Columbus, Ohio. If you are local, please visit them, they’re awfully nice folks, although I can’t confirm that Mr. Peabody’s sidekick Sherman is onsite. Here’s a link to their website.

After hours of labor, we have shipped our first Baby Album. This piece contains all 16 of our new designs, as well as retail pricing. We will be sending samples of the cards (sans album) to selected stationery stores across the country and hope to entice folks to take on the line. Many thanks again to The Village Invites, NYC for being the first retailer to join with us.

See the entire line here.

We are pleased to announce that The Village Invites has become the first retailer for our line of baby announcements. They have just opened a new store at 20 East 13th Street in New York which will have more emphasis on babies than the flagship store at 25 West 43rd Street. Stop in to see the line and meet Nathalie, who sure sounds nice over the phone!
Thanks for your support, Linda and Nathalie.

Printed on Crane Lettra 220# duplex stock. Four passes on the solid black, two passes on the text, two passes on the metallic green. Yikes.

Great client, this is his design. Nice.

We tried die cutting cards today. Makes me wonder what took me so long to try yet another task that the Windmill does well. I’ve mangled many a business card, trying to cut them on a regular paper cutter. So I emailed Bobbie at Key Dies and she graciously helped me through the process of figuring out exactly what I wanted. Once the order was finalized, the die was here almost instantly. That’s a great company.

I periodically do calling cards for my friend Hugo in Maine somewhere and this is the product of our first die cutting effort. Just look at those razor sharp and clean edges. It’s enough to give you goosebumps. Ok, so this is for a narrow audience, but I’m still pretty excited…