If you’re a retailer, blogger, or a visitor to this year’s National Stationery Show – please add our booth to your list of places to stop by! Letter & Lark is sharing a booth with Parrott Design Studio at Booth no. 2168 – it’s our debut year for both studios and we’ve both got lots of beautiful, new letterpress things to share. We really hope to meet you at the show!
May 19-22nd, 2013 at the Javitz Center in New York City
I’m alive, I promise! I hate that I haven’t blogged in well over a month (!!) but I had to stop in briefly to tell you that I’m here, I haven’t deserted the blog, but I have been literally non-stop busy for weeks now.
Pretty much since I decided to sign on the studio space, everything all happened at once. In no particular order, here are some wonderful things that have happened since we spoke last: I got a press (a Vandercook SP-15), I moved into my studio space, I’ve been printing & designing like mad for NSS, I’ve been doing lots of custom work. Not so great things: I got the dreaded norovirus (twice in one week, no less), haven’t slept much, eaten much, exercised, or been able to see family & friends for weeks because of my schedule. I don’t even want to count the days till NSS, but I know it’s in less than two weeks! Holy cannoli, where did the time go?!
There’s so much I want to share (the press move, setting up the studio, NSS stuff) so since I have a mountain of work to do, to be continued! For now, here’s a few snippets of the past few weeks via Instagram (still the best way to see what I’m up to).
Hope you’ve all been well!
– Colleen
{images shown via my Instagram @letterandlark}
I can’t believe it… something I’ve wanted for such a long time is actually happening – today I signed a lease on a studio space for Letter & Lark! I had an amazing opportunity to get a spot in the newly created Mother Brook Arts and Community Center in Dedham, MA; it’s a retired 1920′s elementary school that is being turned into studio spaces for artists and workshops. I was able to go their first open house night and instantly fell in love with the building, the organization, and a particular space. I’ve been thinking of doing this for a while now and it never really seemed like the right time or the right space – this time it just all fell into place. I’m moving in on April 1st (of course a month before NSS! No time like the present, right?) and it’ll be a while till I’m fully settled and have all the equipment I need. Just trying to take a moment to realize this is really happening… for now, it’s time to celebrate!
Stay tuned, I’m hoping to have an open house sometime this summer to welcome everyone to the new space!
{image shown via my Instagram @letterandlark}
Took a little longer than I had hoped, but finally the love note cards & other goodies are now in the shop! Since I’ll be away from February 8–22nd, make sure to order asap so I can get things to you before I leave (and well before February 14th!).
{image shown is of the Love is Love note card}
I am so proud to let you know about our involvement in Wish for Wedded Bliss Auction! It raises funds for Wish Upon a Wedding, a nonprofit wish granting organization that provides weddings and vow renewals for couples facing terminal illness and serious life-altering circumstances, regardless of sexual orientation.
We’re offering a set of 50 fold-over note cards with blank envelopes of 4-bar size (3.5″x4.875″). The design of the cards is completely custom, working with the winning bidder to create a note card based on the their personal style and preference. Note cards will be of 100% cotton stock and printed in one-ink color of the winning bidder’s choice.
Click here to bid on our auction, you’ll be helping a wonderful organization and deserving couples at the same time!
{image shown is of previous custom stationery, rights to logo belong to Wish Upon A Wedding}
After multiple holiday fairs (including three weeks straight in December of full weekends) I am finally done – phew! Definitely the busiest fair season I’ve ever done and the constant packing/unpacking, loading/unloading the car got old pretty quick. However, I met the nicest people and everyone had such kind things to say about Letter & Lark and the work that I do, and that made it totally worth it.
Now to focus on getting my studio new year’s cards printed and mailed and hopefully taking some much needed time off before starting off 2013 with a bang!
{images shown via my Instagram @letterandlark}
This weekend will be my last holiday fair and the one I’m most excited to be a part of – Boston’s Bazaar Bizarre! I have to admit, for such a long time (even before I started to do letterpress) one of my goals was to someday get into the Bazaar Bizarre Winter Fair. I’ve entered before and didn’t get in, so when I got the acceptance email for this year – I was beyond excited. It’s not everyday that you get to accomplish something you’ve wished for over the last few years!
I’ll once again be sharing a booth with the incredibly talented Laura from Paper Taxi, and I really hope you can stop by if you’re in the area. The fair is a huge event and has turned into a Boston handmade & unique crafts shopping tradition. It lasts from 12–6 pm and is located at the very cool Cyclorama in the South End of Boston. I really hope to see you there!
{image shown belongs to Bazaar Bizarre Boston}
I’m doing my 2nd Festival Fete event this weekend, and this one is sure to be fantastic. Both Saturday & Sunday, Letter & Lark will be an exhibitor at the Holiday Market at The Garden City Center in Cranston, RI from 10am – 5pm.
If you’re in the New England area, stop by and see all of the gorgeous work for sale. Don’t forget during this holiday season – shop small, shop local, shop handmade!
{image shown belongs to Festival Fete}
To everyone celebrating in the States tomorrow, hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones! I’ll be taking the rest of the week off from here to spend time with family.
Also if you’re starting your holiday shopping this weekend, don’t forget that you can receive 15% of your total order in the shop until Monday, November 26th. Simply enter “THANKFUL” when you checkout!
See you Monday!
{image shown is of the Autumn Leaves letterpress note card available in the shop}
Thought I should let you all know of two big holiday events starting this week that Letter & Lark is a part of:
The first, started today and is the 2nd year that I’m participating in: Poppytalk Handmade! Super excited to be a part of their “Double Month Holiday Market” and am so honored to be in such good company with so many talented craftsman and studios, and always love working with Jan & Earl.
The second, is local to me and will start this Friday, the 23rd and will be my first year being a part of: Craftland! I have been hoping that Craftland would show my work for some time now, so I was incredibly excited to be chosen for their well known month-long holiday show.
These two events are running during the rest of November and throughout December, but I have lots more event happening in December on particular dates… stay tuned or head over to my shop for more details (*listed at top in banner)!
{images shown belong to Poppytalk Handmade & Craftland respectively}