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…
Well, we made it into and out of NYC intact. Stuffed with incredible food, visited by lots of new folks and old friends. Our Father’s Day cards were well received as well as our new Dog Wisdom series. Got a lot of inquiries about books for weddings and baby announcements, which we will be jumping on as soon as we get all of our orders shipped out.
Thank you to all who kindly stopped by our booth and super duper thanks to our new customers.
Here’s what we looked like, via iphone.
For all the mothers out there who worry about perfection, this card has a sweet and calming effect. Try to do the right thing and you most likely are. #6304
We’ve just posted a new downloadable catalog. It’s here.
This is the press. It’s a Heidelberg Tiegel, commonly (and usually affectionally) called a Windmill. This press was made in the early 1970′s and adheres to the original design from the early 1900′s. I suppose Tiegel was too hard for Americans to say (rhymes with beagle) and the colloquial name does aptly describe the appearance of the paper handling arms as they whirl around like (duh) an actual windmill. The Windmill mechanism is dangerous. Just ask my right wrist. Apparently, Heidelberg fitted out special trucks with these presses mounted on the beds and drove them around to potential clients, demonstrating their capabilities up close and personal. Without qualification, I luff this machine.
We are pleased to announce that we have been picked as a letterpress vendor for Neiman Marcus Direct. They will be shipping fall catalogs which offer two of our pieces based on the work of William Morris (1834-1896). This could be a big deal…or not….but it’s nice to be in the company of Crane & Co. and William Arthur. We’ll show you the cards once the catalogs have been shipped.
I wrote a piece about the making of our annual calendar. Rather than replicate it here, you can see it at Boxcar Press blog.
The Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania did a nice little story on us recently. You can see it here.
We’ve done calendars the past two years as holiday gifts for Kedash Design and Red Oak Press. This year our plate supplier, Boxcar Press, liked the calendar so much, they did a little blog piece on us. You can find it here, if you so desire.
